From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Thu Dec 1 04:04:31 2016 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 04:04:31 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Superstition Superfest in Mesa AZ, Saturday (3 December 2016) Message-ID: Hi! I will have an AMSAT booth at the Superstition Amateur Radio Club's "Superstition Superfest" hamfest on Saturday morning, 3 December 2016. The hamfest will be at Mesa Community College, between Southern Avenue and US-60 exit 177 along Dobson Road in Mesa, Arizona. The hamfest is normally in the southwest parking lot along Dobson Road, next to the US-60 freeway. The hamfest officially starts at 8am (1500 UTC), but I am sure there will be buyers and sellers out there at least a couple of hours before that time. More information about the hamfest is available at: https://www.superstitionsuperfest.org/ WD9EWK will be on various satellite passes during the hamfest - most likely in the morning, and maybe into the afternoon if there are still crowds walking around the hamfest. If you hear WD9EWK on the air Saturday, please call and be a part of the demonstrations. All QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after the hamfest. Please e-mail me directly with QSO details if you would like to receive a QSL card. During the hamfest, I'll tweet updates regarding satellite passes I plan on working, along with photos from the hamfest. These will be visible on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed, or in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK Go AMSAT! From KA9QJG at COMCAST.NET Thu Dec 1 04:08:16 2016 From: KA9QJG at COMCAST.NET (KA9QJG) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:08:16 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] OT We have a Problem Houston Message-ID: <019b01d24b88$8b47f530$a1d7df90$@COMCAST.NET> It would Be great if An Amateur Radio Operator could actually come up with the fix for this , Sometimes we think about all the high tech Sats and Other things and forget about the basics 73 And Happy Holidays Don KA9QJG Solve NASA's Space Poop Problem, Win $30,000 http://tinyurl.com/hcfovgk Butt, Really. NASA is doing everything it can to keep its hands clean-of poop. NASA has launched "The Space Poop" challenge for participants to invent a hands-free system that routes and collects waste away from the astronaut's body for up to six days. How do you deal with human waste when you're trapped in a space suit for up to a week? That's what they're asking you. Inventors have until December 20, 2016, to submit their best "space poop" ideas for the chance to win $30,000. During spaceflight astronauts can be in their suits for more than 10 hours at a time. And, with NASA's plans to send humans deeper into space, future missions will require the advancement of new technology to keep the astronauts alive and well. And, shall we say, clean. Currently crews wear an absorbent diaper, but these will not be suitable for flights longer than a day. While it goes without saying that nobody would want to wear a diaper for a week, the issue is more than a matter of cleanliness, it's a matter of life or death. It is vital that the waste needs to be treated otherwise it could harm or even kill the astronaut, especially if infection sets in. NASA said it aims to test the winning ideas in the next year and roll out successful systems in the next three. __._,_.___ _____ From wa4sca at gmail.com Thu Dec 1 05:33:44 2016 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:33:44 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] OT We have a Problem Houston In-Reply-To: <019b01d24b88$8b47f530$a1d7df90$@COMCAST.NET> References: <019b01d24b88$8b47f530$a1d7df90$@COMCAST.NET> Message-ID: <000101d24b94$7b865590$729300b0$@GMAIL.COM> We would all be flushed with pride. 73s, Alan WA4SCA From mr.soup12 at gmail.com Thu Dec 1 09:43:21 2016 From: mr.soup12 at gmail.com (Oliver Krystal) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 03:43:21 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] OT We have a Problem Houston In-Reply-To: <000101d24b94$7b865590$729300b0$@GMAIL.COM> References: <019b01d24b88$8b47f530$a1d7df90$@COMCAST.NET> <000101d24b94$7b865590$729300b0$@GMAIL.COM> Message-ID: <43c93f30-6542-b35d-5e37-ebcd01b1c8b8@gmail.com> That stunk. I suppose I'll wipe up :) On 11/30/2016 11:33 PM, Alan wrote: > We would all be flushed with pride. > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From david at rysdam.org Thu Dec 1 15:40:59 2016 From: david at rysdam.org (David Rysdam) Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:40:59 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] introduction and request for information Message-ID: <87lgvzhd2s.fsf@host378.hostmonster.com> I'm a software engineer that works with a bunch of electrical engineers on some radar stuff. So I've been interested in learning more about the electronics, signal processing and related matters. I'm also interested in and fairly knowledgeable about orbital things already, so it seems like amsats are a natural fit. I studied up and recently got my General, but I have basically no equipment other than some SDR dongles and a Baofeng. I did manage to cobble together a yagi that let me pull down both voice and data from a couple satellites, by waving the antenna around in what I hoped was the right direction. (I printed out the pass, but didn't and still don't have a reliable way of tracking.) What I want to do next is basically email myself over RF via space. I know there's some store-and-forward sats, but that's about it. I'd prefer to have an antenna that wouldn't need to track. I can limit myself to passes over X deg (say 30) to get short ranges that don't need high gain. But maybe the pass lengths won't be long enough to send and receive in that time? What I'm really looking for is tutorials. It's pretty easy to find ones aimed at hams who don't know anything about satellites or computers. It's hard to find ones for computer- and space-savvy people who don't have a lot of practical experience with xmit/rcv. From bruninga at usna.edu Thu Dec 1 20:41:31 2016 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:41:31 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] introduction and request for information (APRS EMAIL) Message-ID: <9d49d03be39513c32e120f17c57c7d9c@mail.gmail.com> > What I want to do next is basically email myself over RF via space. > I'd prefer to have an antenna that wouldn't need to track. > [and] limit myself to passes over X deg (say 30) to get short ranges... Its easy. Use any AX.25 1200 baud packet system on 145.825 MHz when the ISS comes over several tiems a day and send this packet: URCALL>APRS,ARISS::EMAIL....:UREMAIL at WHATEVER.WHATEVER hi world this is me. The first part is the header built by your packet modem or software showin your SENDING call, the destination address of APRS and the VIA path of ARISS. The body of the packet must begin with :EMAIL....: Which tells APRS it is a "message format. The extra 4 dots shoule be spaces to pad the message address field out to a total of 9 characters. Then immediately following that is the body of an APRS message. In this case, to have it become email, you have to begin the message with the FIRST "word" being the complete email address. In the example, I wrote that as UREMAIL at WHATEVER>WHATEVER And then after a space to separate it, is your actual text of your email. All of this is in one packet, and the sum total of the length of y our email address and the text of yoru email must fit in the APRS message size of I think it is 67 bytes. CAVEAT: All of the above assumes the ISS is on 145.825 MHz (I think it is not. I think It is now on 437.550 MHz which requires you to track Doppler in a complicated fashion stepping up in transmit frequency while at the same time stepping down in frequency for receive during the pass. Also it assumes the global APRS "EMAIL" engine is on line and working... ALSO it assumes the ISS digipeater address is still working as ARISS. If not, you may have to use the actual call of RS0ISS if that is what it is. Search for APRS EMAIL and you should be able to find something. Bob, WB4APR From twdeckard at earthlink.net Thu Dec 1 22:13:57 2016 From: twdeckard at earthlink.net (Todd Deckard) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 16:13:57 -0600 (GMT-06:00) Subject: [amsat-bb] CHIRP programming file for the VHF/UHF satellites Message-ID: <7181168.11841.1480630437489@elwamui-karabash.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Greetings! Does anyone have a .csv file that can be imported into CHIRP to program the Baofeng radios for the common VHF/UHF satellites? Surprised I couldn't turn one up with Google. Best - Todd From clintbradford at mac.com Fri Dec 2 02:29:36 2016 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:29:36 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] CHIRP programming file for the VHF/UHF satellites Message-ID: I have a few for different models - which model HT do you have? I will privately email it to you. Clint Bradford (909) 999-SATS From david at rysdam.org Fri Dec 2 12:12:51 2016 From: david at rysdam.org (David Rysdam) Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 07:12:51 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] introduction and request for information (APRS EMAIL) In-Reply-To: <9d49d03be39513c32e120f17c57c7d9c@mail.gmail.com> References: <9d49d03be39513c32e120f17c57c7d9c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <874m2mh6m4.fsf@host378.hostmonster.com> Robert Bruninga writes: > Its easy. Use any AX.25 1200 baud packet system on 145.825 MHz when the > ISS comes over several tiems a day and send this packet: "It's easy" followed by "use any AX.25 1200 baud packet system" makes sense to you experienced hams, but that covers a lot of new ground for me. Right now, my only transmitter is an HT. I have successfully built at least one antenna for it for handheld use. I have not been particularly successful in using fldigi to talk to it. I think to follow your instructions, I would need a chain something like this: computer with ax.25 software <-> fldigi <-> HT <-> some unknown antenna Does that sound reasonable? I assume the stock antenna will be basically worthless here, is there a suggestion about what I should use? Something non-tracking would be ideal. There's definitely ax.25 software available to me, but I haven't explored it at all nor do I know how that might interact with fldigi. Or maybe fldigi has ax.25 built in and the computer just needs to format the message. I'll have to mess around with this part this weekend. From clintbradford at mac.com Fri Dec 2 14:36:28 2016 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 06:36:28 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] introduction and request for information (APRS EMAIL) Message-ID: >> ? "It's easy" followed by "use any AX.25 1200 baud packet system? makes sense to you experienced hams, but that covers a lot of new ground for me. Although ?rocket science,? it CAN be done with your HT ? (grin) Here is a reference page of good material. Look at Joanne?s excellent article on working the ISS via packet. https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-work-the-iss-on-aprs-packet-radio/ And know now that the ISS? packet work is on 440 - NOT 2M - due to an equipment failure on board. Here is a suggested frequency chart for you to accommodate now for Doppler on that 440 frequency ? http://www.work-sat.com/Home_files/WS-50-85-ISS.pdf Clint Bradford K6LCS (909) 999-SATS From clintbradford at mac.com Fri Dec 2 14:40:45 2016 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 06:40:45 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] CHIRP programming file for the VHF/UHF satellites In-Reply-To: <580uLBNJl5536S06.1480684237@web06.cms.usa.net> References: <580uLBNJl5536S06.1480684237@web06.cms.usa.net> Message-ID: <29066DBC-25C0-4E84-BDE3-F283E57F633C@mac.com> UV9D - YES UV2D - MAYBE (grin) - CHIRP does IMPORT its own .csv files ... UV5R - YES Lowell - give me your email address, and I will send you what I have your rigs. Clint Bradford K6LCS (909) 999-SATS > On > > Hi Clint, > > Pardon me for riding on someone else's coattails, but would you happen to have > a CHIRP file for any of these?: > > Wouxun KG-UV9D > Wouxun KG-UV2D > Baofeng UV-5RT > > I finally got my 2M, 432 and 1296 antennas back up (it'd been two years...) > and am working on finishing up my feedlines and rotor wiring JUST BEFORE a > winter blast comes. I am hoping to be bird & EME ready sooner than 'Real Soon > Now'. > > Thanks, > > Lowell > K9LDW > EM12sr From nss at mwt.net Fri Dec 2 16:40:17 2016 From: nss at mwt.net (Joe) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 10:40:17 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] CHIRP programming file for the VHF/UHF satellites In-Reply-To: <29066DBC-25C0-4E84-BDE3-F283E57F633C@mac.com> References: <580uLBNJl5536S06.1480684237@web06.cms.usa.net> <29066DBC-25C0-4E84-BDE3-F283E57F633C@mac.com> Message-ID: <5da5a10a-0f3e-ccc6-467b-df310de725f6@mwt.net> I'll take the UV5R one please!? Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 12/2/2016 8:40 AM, Clint Bradford wrote: > UV9D - YES > UV2D - MAYBE (grin) - CHIRP does IMPORT its own .csv files ... > UV5R - YES > > Lowell - give me your email address, and I will send you what I have your rigs. > > Clint Bradford K6LCS > (909) 999-SATS > > >> On >> >> Hi Clint, >> >> Pardon me for riding on someone else's coattails, but would you happen to have >> a CHIRP file for any of these?: >> >> Wouxun KG-UV9D >> Wouxun KG-UV2D >> Baofeng UV-5RT >> >> I finally got my 2M, 432 and 1296 antennas back up (it'd been two years...) >> and am working on finishing up my feedlines and rotor wiring JUST BEFORE a >> winter blast comes. I am hoping to be bird & EME ready sooner than 'Real Soon >> Now'. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Lowell >> K9LDW >> EM12sr > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > > > From david at rysdam.org Fri Dec 2 16:56:50 2016 From: david at rysdam.org (David Rysdam) Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:56:50 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] introduction and request for information (APRS EMAIL) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <87shq6fewd.fsf@host378.hostmonster.com> Clint Bradford writes: >>> ? "It's easy" followed by "use any AX.25 1200 baud packet system? makes > sense to you experienced hams, but that covers a lot of new ground for me. > > Although ?rocket science,? it CAN be done with your HT ? (grin) I actually did do something very similar to this. I built a 2m yagi, hooked it to my HT and listened in on a contact. Later I hooked it to my SDR dongle and laptop and recorded data for later decoding, which was successful. However, I got a direct reply from someone else that mentioned there are no store-and-forward satellites. (I'm not sure how I thought there were. Maybe that was old info or maybe I just imagined it.) The s-a-f part is more important to me than the satellite part, so I may hop over to HF instead... From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Fri Dec 2 19:57:02 2016 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 19:57:02 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?School_Students=E2=80=99_Tancredo-1_TubeSat_?= =?utf-8?q?launches_Dec_9_+_HamTV?= References: <1038106511.8970209.1480708622227.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1038106511.8970209.1480708622227@mail.yahoo.com> Middle School Students? Tancredo-1 TubeSat scheduled for launch to ISS Dec 9, deployment Dec 19-21 https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/02/school-tancredo-1-tubesat/ Receive Pictures from Space ? ISS SSTV Dec 8-9 - links for UK and Russian 2m WebSDR's https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/02/iss-sstv-dec-8-9/ On HamTV Yahoo Group Daniel Cussen EI9FHB / MI0FHB reports a test of UHF voice radio for use with HamTV from ISS Columbus module on December 8 https://groups.yahoo.com/group/HamTV Phil Crump M0DNY @philcrump2 reports ARISS-UK HamTV Receiver at Goonhilly UK @goonhillyorg is now operational https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk/posts/1220525751323805 The book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites 2016 is now in stock at the AMSAT-UK shop https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/27/getting-started-with-amateur-satellites-2016/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From jim at milnet.uk.net Fri Dec 2 20:37:31 2016 From: jim at milnet.uk.net (Jim Heck) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 20:37:31 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73/FUNcube -1 status Message-ID: <957469CD082C48E887A64F96EAB1A689@jimPC2> Hi All, Just to report that AO-73/FUNcube-1 is now in manual amateur mode for the weekend with the transponder operational continuously. We plan to revert back to auto mode on Sunday pm, as usual. Please enjoy and have fun 73s Jim G3WGM From jim at beeson.cc Fri Dec 2 22:39:58 2016 From: jim at beeson.cc (jim at beeson.cc) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:39:58 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CHIRP programming file for the VHF/UHF satellites In-Reply-To: <5da5a10a-0f3e-ccc6-467b-df310de725f6@mwt.net> References: <580uLBNJl5536S06.1480684237@web06.cms.usa.net> <29066DBC-25C0-4E84-BDE3-F283E57F633C@mac.com> <5da5a10a-0f3e-ccc6-467b-df310de725f6@mwt.net> Message-ID: What about the KG-UV8D ?? ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] CHIRP programming file for the VHF/UHF satellites From: "Joe" Date: Fri, December 2, 2016 11:40 am To: amsat-bb at amsat.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I'll take the UV5R one please!? > > Joe WB9SBD > Sig > The Original Rolling Ball Clock > Idle Tyme > Idle-Tyme.com > http://www.idle-tyme.com > On 12/2/2016 8:40 AM, Clint Bradford wrote: >> UV9D - YES >> UV2D - MAYBE (grin) - CHIRP does IMPORT its own .csv files ... >> UV5R - YES >> >> Lowell - give me your email address, and I will send you what I have your rigs. >> >> Clint Bradford K6LCS >> (909) 999-SATS >> >> >>> On >>> >>> Hi Clint, >>> >>> Pardon me for riding on someone else's coattails, but would you happen to have >>> a CHIRP file for any of these?: >>> >>> Wouxun KG-UV9D >>> Wouxun KG-UV2D >>> Baofeng UV-5RT >>> >>> I finally got my 2M, 432 and 1296 antennas back up (it'd been two years...) >>> and am working on finishing up my feedlines and rotor wiring JUST BEFORE a >>> winter blast comes. I am hoping to be bird & EME ready sooner than 'Real Soon >>> Now'. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Lowell >>> K9LDW >>> EM12sr >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From john at papays.com Sat Dec 3 00:22:31 2016 From: john at papays.com (John Papay) Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:22:31 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CAS-2T Beacon Report Message-ID: <20161203002241.E08028D61@lansing182.amsat.org> CAS-2T was heard on 3Dec2016 at 0007-0009utc. It would send the letter "C" every 10 seconds or so. After about 10 transmissions, it stopped altogether. 73, John K8YSE/7 DM43 Mesa Arizona --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From clintbradford at mac.com Sat Dec 3 04:16:44 2016 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 20:16:44 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Baofeng Datafiles Message-ID: All I have is a CHIRP-generated .chirp file and its associated .csv file for the Baofeng ?5R that I programmed for a friend ? I believe CHIRP is ?powerful? enough to IMPORT the CSV file for other Baofeng units. It has AO-85, new-and-old ISS packet (the suggested 5-freq set for the current 440 packet), SO-50, ISS 2M voice for the regions, the six NOAA freqs, and the national simplex freqs. I will post it as a .zip file on the DOCS page at ? http://www.k6lcs.com ? about 11PM Pacific the tonight. Clint K6LCS (909) 999-SATS From daniel at destevez.net Sat Dec 3 09:03:18 2016 From: daniel at destevez.net (=?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_Est=c3=a9vez?=) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 10:03:18 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] introduction and request for information (APRS EMAIL) In-Reply-To: <874m2mh6m4.fsf@host378.hostmonster.com> References: <9d49d03be39513c32e120f17c57c7d9c@mail.gmail.com> <874m2mh6m4.fsf@host378.hostmonster.com> Message-ID: <5f67662f-023b-9794-4fb5-a8cf2de57856@destevez.net> El 02/12/16 a las 13:12, David Rysdam escribi?: > Robert Bruninga writes: >> Its easy. Use any AX.25 1200 baud packet system on 145.825 MHz when the >> ISS comes over several tiems a day and send this packet: > > "It's easy" followed by "use any AX.25 1200 baud packet system" makes > sense to you experienced hams, but that covers a lot of new ground for > me. > > Right now, my only transmitter is an HT. I have successfully built at > least one antenna for it for handheld use. I have not been particularly > successful in using fldigi to talk to it. > > I think to follow your instructions, I would need a chain something like > this: > > computer with ax.25 software <-> fldigi <-> HT > <-> some unknown antenna > > Does that sound reasonable? I assume the stock antenna will be basically > worthless here, is there a suggestion about what I should use? Something > non-tracking would be ideal. Hi David, fldigi doesn't do 1200 baud AFSK, which is the modulation that you need for the ISS and other APRS satellites. I recommend direwolf. 73, Dani EA4GPZ. From AJ9N at aol.com Sat Dec 3 09:07:36 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 04:07:36 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-03 09:00 UTC Message-ID: <68edf0.67fee748.4573e558@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-03 09:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-08 15:19:45 UTC 74 deg This contact might be on the downlink of 437.525 MHz The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY, direct via W2IR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-10 19:49:54 UTC 85 deg Tony VK5ZAI reported to ARISS that long time ARISS supporter and former AMSAT President Robin VE3FRH has passed away. ARISS sends its condolences to Robin's family. He will be greatly missed. (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 2016-12-02 09:00 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 1095. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1060. 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 2016-11-29 06:30 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From X3rdplanet at aol.com Sat Dec 3 17:23:54 2016 From: X3rdplanet at aol.com (X3rdplanet at aol.com) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 12:23:54 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker Availability Message-ID: Does anyone know when LVB Trackers (complete) will once again become available. Thanks, Fletch N1RCN From vimone at alice.it Sat Dec 3 20:31:16 2016 From: vimone at alice.it (Vincenzo Mone) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 21:31:16 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Kenwood ACC 1 connector and connections Message-ID: Hi folks, till a month ago I 've used the Kenwood TS-790E with a Trakbox attached to it via the ACC1 connector. I have passed to a Kenwood TS-2000X and have noticed that the ACC1 connector is not present on This radio so now I am stuck how to connect the trakbox to it for the satellite Doppler correction. Has anyone used my same setup and can tell me how to make the cable between the Radio and the Trakbox? I have also tried to look the TS-790E manual but it does not say about the connections pin. Anybody can help me? Thanks in advance. 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ******************************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** ******************************************* From nss at mwt.net Sat Dec 3 22:54:44 2016 From: nss at mwt.net (Joe) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 16:54:44 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] CHIRP programming file for the VHF/UHF satellites In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I went to the Doc link and did not find the UV5 file. Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 12/1/2016 8:29 PM, Clint Bradford wrote: > I have a few for different models - which model HT do you have? > > I will privately email it to you. > > Clint Bradford > (909) 999-SATS > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > > > From clintbradford at mac.com Sun Dec 4 00:24:14 2016 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:24:14 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] CHIRP Datafile Message-ID: >> ... I went to the Doc link and did not find the UV5 file. Is is the fourth or fifth item down ... Clint From nss at mwt.net Sun Dec 4 02:39:18 2016 From: nss at mwt.net (Joe) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 20:39:18 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] CHIRP Datafile In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8562d087-0083-11d0-b4a1-579f68fcb334@mwt.net> sorry, Lost the address. Joe Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 12/3/2016 6:24 PM, Clint Bradford wrote: >>> ... I went to the Doc link and did not find the UV5 file. > Is is the fourth or fifth item down ... > > Clint > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > > > From clintbradford at mac.com Sun Dec 4 04:39:47 2016 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 20:39:47 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] CHIRP Datafile Message-ID: >> ? sorry, Lost the address. Joe - it is on the DOCS page at ? http://www.k6lcs.com Clint K6LCS Attendee, AMSAT Symposium 2006 From clintbradford at mac.com Sun Dec 4 06:35:48 2016 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 22:35:48 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a Message-ID: RT Systems has a $25 software program for the new Kenwood TH-D74a. https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/TH-D74-programming-software-and-USB-cable-s/2688.htm Uses a Standard USB-A to Micro-B cable or MicroSD card for programming - so there is no need to purchase a cable from RTSystems for this HT! Clint Bradford, K6LCS Published article, AMSAT Symposium 2008 From philji at mac.com Sun Dec 4 16:47:27 2016 From: philji at mac.com (Phillip Lontz) Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2016 09:47:27 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> Will that new KENWOOD do crossband full duplex like the TH D72???? What me worry? > On Dec 3, 2016, at 11:35 PM, Clint Bradford wrote: > > RT Systems has a $25 software program for the new Kenwood TH-D74a. > > https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/TH-D74-programming-software-and-USB-cable-s/2688.htm > > Uses a Standard USB-A to Micro-B cable or MicroSD card for programming - so there is > no need to purchase a cable from RTSystems for this HT! > > Clint Bradford, K6LCS > Published article, AMSAT Symposium 2008 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From kb1pvh at gmail.com Sun Dec 4 16:52:22 2016 From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 11:52:22 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a In-Reply-To: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> References: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> Message-ID: No it will not. Patrick WD9EWK has written about it and I'm sure he'll chime in. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Galaxy S7 On Dec 4, 2016 11:47 AM, "Phillip Lontz" wrote: > Will that new KENWOOD do crossband full duplex like the TH D72???? > > What me worry? > > > On Dec 3, 2016, at 11:35 PM, Clint Bradford > wrote: > > > > RT Systems has a $25 software program for the new Kenwood TH-D74a. > > > > https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/TH-D74-programming-software- > and-USB-cable-s/2688.htm > > > > Uses a Standard USB-A to Micro-B cable or MicroSD card for programming - > so there is > > no need to purchase a cable from RTSystems for this HT! > > > > Clint Bradford, K6LCS > > Published article, AMSAT Symposium 2008 > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sun Dec 4 17:19:40 2016 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 17:19:40 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a In-Reply-To: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> References: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> Message-ID: Phillip, As Dave KB1PVH said, the answer is "no". The TH-D74 is not capable of cross-band full-duplex operation for working FM satellites, unlike the older TH-D72 which can do that. When you transmit from one VFO or "band" on the TH-D74, the other VFO/"band" is muted. I have written a bit about how I have used my TH-D74A on satellites, and not just trying to use it with FM satellites, on the QRZ.com satellite forum at: https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/kenwood-th -d74a-for-satellite-work.540096/ I have used my TH-D74A on both SO-50 and AO-85 in FM, as the downlink receiver when working SSB satellites like AO-73, FO-29, and XW-2F (transmit radio was a Yaesu FT-817ND), and working the orbiting packet digipeaters on the ISS (previously on 145.825 MHz, and now on 437.550 MHz) and NO-84 (when available). Please e-mail me directly if I can be of further assistance with the TH-D74A on satellites. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Phillip Lontz wrote: > Will that new KENWOOD do crossband full duplex like the TH D72???? > > What me worry? > > > On Dec 3, 2016, at 11:35 PM, Clint Bradford > wrote: > > > > RT Systems has a $25 software program for the new Kenwood TH-D74a. > > > > https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/TH-D74-programming-software- > and-USB-cable-s/2688.htm > > > > Uses a Standard USB-A to Micro-B cable or MicroSD card for programming - > so there is > > no need to purchase a cable from RTSystems for this HT! > > > > Clint Bradford, K6LCS > > Published article, AMSAT Symposium 2008 > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From kb2m at comcast.net Sun Dec 4 17:55:02 2016 From: kb2m at comcast.net (Jeff) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 12:55:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a In-Reply-To: References: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> Message-ID: Does it still have the 6k something + wide SSB frontend like the 10+ year old TH-F6a? I read Patrick's post about it and I don't remember any Kenwood rep at Dayton say it would do full duplex. I think Kenwood really missed the boat on this one. 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 12:19 PM To: Phillip Lontz ; amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a Phillip, As Dave KB1PVH said, the answer is "no". The TH-D74 is not capable of cross-band full-duplex operation for working FM satellites, unlike the older TH-D72 which can do that. When you transmit from one VFO or "band" on the TH-D74, the other VFO/"band" is muted. I have written a bit about how I have used my TH-D74A on satellites, and not just trying to use it with FM satellites, on the QRZ.com satellite forum at: https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/kenwood-th -d74a-for-satellite-work.540096/ I have used my TH-D74A on both SO-50 and AO-85 in FM, as the downlink receiver when working SSB satellites like AO-73, FO-29, and XW-2F (transmit radio was a Yaesu FT-817ND), and working the orbiting packet digipeaters on the ISS (previously on 145.825 MHz, and now on 437.550 MHz) and NO-84 (when available). Please e-mail me directly if I can be of further assistance with the TH-D74A on satellites. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Phillip Lontz wrote: > Will that new KENWOOD do crossband full duplex like the TH D72???? > > What me worry? > > > On Dec 3, 2016, at 11:35 PM, Clint Bradford > wrote: > > > > RT Systems has a $25 software program for the new Kenwood TH-D74a. > > > > https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/TH-D74-programming-software- > and-USB-cable-s/2688.htm > > > > Uses a Standard USB-A to Micro-B cable or MicroSD card for programming - > so there is > > no need to purchase a cable from RTSystems for this HT! > > > > Clint Bradford, K6LCS > > Published article, AMSAT Symposium 2008 > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sun Dec 4 18:18:52 2016 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 18:18:52 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a In-Reply-To: References: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> Message-ID: Hi Jeff! With the TH-D74, you get new features for receive filters. For SSB, the high-cut value has possible options between 2.2 to 3.0 kHz. For CW bandwidth, it can be specified values between 0.3 and 2.0 kHz. On AM, the high-cut value can be between 3.0 and 7.5 kHz. This is, I think, the sort of filtering that the TH-F6A sorely lacked. Having this filtering makes the TH-D74's all-mode receiver work reasonably well, especially as an SSB receiver for satellite downlinks. I am comfortable with using my TH-D74A as an SSB receiver in place of one of my FT-817NDs or an SDR receiver. The TH-D74 also has an audio recording function, when a microSD card is plugged into the radio. I used that to make recordings of different passes I worked (FM, SSB, packet), and also testing a Bluetooth headset with this radio. I posted those recordings in the "TH-D74A" folder at http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ . If you want to hear recordings from SSB satellites specifically, please let me know and I can get you those file names. I think Kenwood missed the mark a bit with this radio, not designing it to have the cross-band full-duplex capability of the TH-D72 and TH-D7. Since the TH-D74A also operates on the 222 MHz band, it is possible that Kenwood's engineers based the TH-D74 on the design of the TH-F6A, but with lots of improvements and new features that weren't possible with the older radio. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Jeff wrote: > Does it still have the 6k something + wide SSB frontend like the 10+ > year old TH-F6a? I read Patrick's post about it and I don't remember any > Kenwood rep at Dayton say it would do full duplex. I think Kenwood really > missed the boat on this one. > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > > From jeff_griffin at comcast.net Sun Dec 4 18:44:49 2016 From: jeff_griffin at comcast.net (Jeff) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:44:49 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a In-Reply-To: References: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> Message-ID: <8DCA1FA464AD47FB818E247D957D266A@kb2m4PC> Hi Patrick, Well I?m glad there is filtering added to the SSB frontend. I remember trying to use a TH-F6a to RX FO-20/29 years ago and the RX bandwidth was a show stopper. The recording option sounds like a real plus for portable ops... 73 Jeff kb2m From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 1:18 PM To: Jeff ; amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a Hi Jeff! With the TH-D74, you get new features for receive filters. For SSB, the high-cut value has possible options between 2.2 to 3.0 kHz. For CW bandwidth, it can be specified values between 0.3 and 2.0 kHz. On AM, the high-cut value can be between 3.0 and 7.5 kHz. This is, I think, the sort of filtering that the TH-F6A sorely lacked. Having this filtering makes the TH-D74's all-mode receiver work reasonably well, especially as an SSB receiver for satellite downlinks. I am comfortable with using my TH-D74A as an SSB receiver in place of one of my FT-817NDs or an SDR receiver. The TH-D74 also has an audio recording function, when a microSD card is plugged into the radio. I used that to make recordings of different passes I worked (FM, SSB, packet), and also testing a Bluetooth headset with this radio. I posted those recordings in the "TH-D74A" folder at http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ . If you want to hear recordings from SSB satellites specifically, please let me know and I can get you those file names. I think Kenwood missed the mark a bit with this radio, not designing it to have the cross-band full-duplex capability of the TH-D72 and TH-D7. Since the TH-D74A also operates on the 222 MHz band, it is possible that Kenwood's engineers based the TH-D74 on the design of the TH-F6A, but with lots of improvements and new features that weren't possible with the older radio. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Jeff wrote: Does it still have the 6k something + wide SSB frontend like the 10+ year old TH-F6a? I read Patrick's post about it and I don't remember any Kenwood rep at Dayton say it would do full duplex. I think Kenwood really missed the boat on this one. 73 Jeff kb2m From ray.hoad at mypbmail.com Sun Dec 4 20:49:00 2016 From: ray.hoad at mypbmail.com (Ray Hoad) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 14:49:00 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Updating Keplerian Elements on SATSKED Message-ID: <001801d24e6f$d774ad10$865e0730$@mypbmail.com> Below is a request by Quirino, 6jzh. Quirino is an older person using an older program (probably DOS) called SATSKED, but he is having trouble updating the Keplerian elements. If you are familiar with this program could you help Quirino? I am not familiar with this program and I can't find anyone who has used SATSKED. I see a reference on www.amsat.org in the satellite software area under MS-DOS programs, Pacsat Programs, but I can't download any data from the link. Quirino's email address is 6jzh at libero.it He can read amsat-bb but is not able to send messages??? Please read the following messages that he has sent me on this subject and email him directly if you can help. FIRST MESSAGE: From: Quirino [mailto:6jzh at libero.it] Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 10:03 To: 'Ray Hoad' Subject: satsked and Keps Mr RAY, I'll appreciate very much the answare to a trouble of mine : How can I update keps on SATSKED ? Note that renaming the file .ele o .N to .txt, the same file it's accepted by Trakbox, istantrak, gpredict and others. Occasionaly tricking on Keyboard I had rarely update the keps, bu now I am n standby mode at keps 259 Please a trick Satsked is my story on sats my remembering TNX so much Mr Ray Quirino i6jzh e-mail 6jzh at libero.it (without the first "i") SECOND MESSAGE: From: Quirino [mailto:6jzh at libero.it] Sent: Friday, December 4, 2016 08:45 To: 'Ray Hoad' Subject: satsked and Keps Mr RAY Tnx for the callback I'm OLD.man and don't have a great familiarity with digital, so You understand why I use and tubes, DOS, istantrack and satsked.. I use amsat-bb for obtain keps and amsat bulletin, but I don't know how can I use directly by me for a question of mine. I find SATSKED a great program to use with Kansas city Tracker and Trakbox. In the past (KO 23) I used also PBPG With satisfaction for the easiness and even with satsked... Tell me how I can ask to the amsat's friends OM. TNX again Mr RAY for the kind answerback to my annoying question QUIRINO Ray Hoad WA5QGD Orbital Elements Manager From morgan_st at bellsouth.net Sun Dec 4 22:06:15 2016 From: morgan_st at bellsouth.net (Stewart Todd Morgan) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 17:06:15 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Updating Keplerian Elements on SATSKED Message-ID: <9fa0ae3e-d557-b935-f808-cd3d9495d23e@bellsouth.net> The SATSKED software can be downloaded via the Wayback Machine (i.e. Internet Archive): https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/software/PC/pacsat/ss1970.zip Todd AL0I From pinoleronica at hotmail.com Sun Dec 4 22:46:11 2016 From: pinoleronica at hotmail.com (Rafael Pena) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 22:46:11 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Control Box Problem Message-ID: ...and suddently, the analogue display of the Yaesu G-5500 (Elev / Azim)...I mean the needles stopped moving. Neither the Elevation nor the Azimuth needles are moving at all but the rotor is working when tracking with SatPC32 / LVB. Any hints on repairs are / will be appreciated. Who repairs this control boxes? Thanks Rafael / NN3RP From wageners at gmail.com Sun Dec 4 22:48:37 2016 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 16:48:37 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Control Box Problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Any loose cables in the back of the control box? Stefan On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Rafael Pena wrote: > ...and suddently, the analogue display of the Yaesu G-5500 (Elev / > Azim)...I mean the needles stopped moving. Neither the Elevation nor the > Azimuth needles are moving at all but the rotor is working when tracking > with SatPC32 / LVB. > > Any hints on repairs are / will be appreciated. > > Who repairs this control boxes? > > Thanks > > Rafael / NN3RP > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From pinoleronica at hotmail.com Sun Dec 4 23:20:22 2016 From: pinoleronica at hotmail.com (Rafael Pena) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 23:20:22 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Control Box Problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No, none. The rotor works while using SatPC32 and the LVB tracker?maybe I used it for more than 5 minutes per the doc? From: Stefan Wagener [mailto:wageners at gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 5:49 PM To: Rafael Pena Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Control Box Problem Any loose cables in the back of the control box? Stefan On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Rafael Pena > wrote: ...and suddently, the analogue display of the Yaesu G-5500 (Elev / Azim)...I mean the needles stopped moving. Neither the Elevation nor the Azimuth needles are moving at all but the rotor is working when tracking with SatPC32 / LVB. Any hints on repairs are / will be appreciated. Who repairs this control boxes? Thanks Rafael / NN3RP _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From kc0bmf at gmail.com Sun Dec 4 23:36:46 2016 From: kc0bmf at gmail.com (John Fickes) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 17:36:46 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS 23:30 Pass over Iowa Message-ID: Stations heard. Good group WD9EWK-9,W8LR,VE3NKL-6,KJ4HRM,AK3Q-1,KE3LB,KA8YES-6,VE3KHR,N3FCX 73 W0JW From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sun Dec 4 23:44:49 2016 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 23:44:49 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS 23:30 Pass over Iowa In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi John! Thanks for the quick QSO during that ISS pass! Using my TH-D74A and Elk log periodic in the back yard, along with some prepared messages instead of fumbling on the keypad to type out my grid locator and "tnx" or "73" to end QSOs, I'm happy we could make that exchange. Before you showed up, I had made QSOs with KK6OTJ in southern California and KC7MG south of the Phoenix area. I saw one other station before my LOS, KB6LTY-2 who was also in southern California. Working you wasn't my longest-distance QSO on the 70cm ISS packet digipeater, but it was pretty good at just over 1900km. Thanks again for answering me. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 11:36 PM, John Fickes wrote: > Stations heard. Good group > > WD9EWK-9,W8LR,VE3NKL-6,KJ4HRM,AK3Q-1,KE3LB,KA8YES-6,VE3KHR,N3FCX > > 73 W0JW > > From normanlizeth at gmail.com Mon Dec 5 00:05:54 2016 From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 19:05:54 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Control Box Problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The tracker reads voltages produced inside the controller that are identical to those seen at the input terminals on the back of the control box. I.E. pot voltages from the rotators. If the tracker works but the meters do not, the opamps that drive the meters have trouble. Since it's both, I suspect that the opamps are on one chip. Either the chip is bad or a rail (+v or gnd) is open. My g5400 control box blew fuses when unconnected to rotators. Removed the covers to do gross level troubleshooting. Boards are stacked and wired together with harnesses. Splitting the unit to repair is not my idea of fun. Tag the wires. Splice in test jumpers..... Here be dragons. Norm n3ykf On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Rafael Pena wrote: > No, none. > > The rotor works while using SatPC32 and the LVB tracker?maybe I used it for more than 5 minutes per the doc? > > From: Stefan Wagener [mailto:wageners at gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 5:49 PM > To: Rafael Pena > Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Control Box Problem > > Any loose cables in the back of the control box? > > Stefan > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Rafael Pena > wrote: > ...and suddently, the analogue display of the Yaesu G-5500 (Elev / Azim)...I mean the needles stopped moving. Neither the Elevation nor the Azimuth needles are moving at all but the rotor is working when tracking with SatPC32 / LVB. > > Any hints on repairs are / will be appreciated. > > Who repairs this control boxes? > > Thanks > > Rafael / NN3RP > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From wao at vfr.net Sun Dec 4 20:05:02 2016 From: wao at vfr.net (Joseph Spier) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 12:05:02 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] test Message-ID: <6186a016-b495-d2e4-65d5-f407fc69cecb@vfr.net> Sorry, Short test message. -- -73 k6wao Joe Spier k6wao at amsat.net From wao at vfr.net Sun Dec 4 03:03:57 2016 From: wao at vfr.net (Joseph Spier) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 19:03:57 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-339 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: <43cb2539-0a99-22b7-2cc8-c75e74955536@vfr.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-339 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Past AMSAT-NA President Frank (Robin) Haighton, VE3FRH SK * Middle School Students? Tancredo-1 TubeSat Scheduled for Launch * Radio Ham Awarded Space Achievement Honor * Receive Pictures from Space ? ISS SSTV Dec 8-9 * Aussie HAM to make an impact on Mars * AO-7 Eclipses Return * W5RKN receives Satellite WAS, Satellite VUCC and WAC * ISS Packet Digipeater on 437.550 MHz * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-339.01 ANS-339 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 339.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE December 4, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-339.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Past AMSAT-NA President Frank (Robin) Haighton, VE3FRH SK On behalf of AMSAT-North America, it is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Frank (Robin) Haighton, VE3FRH. Robin suffered a debilitating stroke earlier in this last week, was admitted to the hospital and became a silent key on the morning of December 2nd. Robin was a Past Executive Vice President, a past President and a long-time member of the Board of Directors for AMSAT-North America (AMSAT-NA). Over the years, Frank remained a strong Canadian voice for the organization. For example, as a founding member of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) project, Robin served as one of two international delegates from Canada. Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS's International Chairperson said that he and Robin..."had a unique perspective and relationship that was very much appreciated". Frank went on to note: "Robin contributed significantly to ARISS through his ideas, guidance and wise counsel. He challenged members of our team to look at things in a different perspective. As a result of his sage advice, we were able work through these issues and arrive at a common approach, both in developing and delivering ARISS hardware as well as supporting the technical mentoring of schools and local hams." I first became fully aware of Robin's many leadership talents in the mid-1990s when I was then AMSAT's Executive Vice President. In 1997, Robin hosted our AMSAT Board of Directors meeting and Space Symposium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, one of the first (if not THE first) time that meeting was held outside of the USA. At about that same time, Robin stepped up to the plate to also become AMSAT's Canadian Liaison, working a number of AMSAT issues north of the US/Canadian border. Most notably, Robin was instrumental in coordinating AMSAT's consultant role with the Canadian MOST (Microvariability and Oscillations of STars) satellite project. Through his tireless, "hands on" efforts with the satellite's Canadian builders, AMSAT was able to bring critical analysis and mentoring skills to bear the project which also garnered a large monetary donation to AMSAT as a result. MOST was successfully launched in 2003 and satellite remains on orbit (and largely operational) to this day. Throughout my time as President, and then later when we switched roles and I once again became Executive Vice President when he went on to become AMSAT's President in 2000, I always sought out and very much appreciated his wise counsel. During his time as our AMSAT President and BOD member, Frank helped to successfully guide the organization through the launch and subsequent anomalies with the Phase 3-D satellite (which later became AMSAT-OSCAR 40 (AO- 40)) on orbit. He was also instrumental in the birth, development and launch of AMSAT-NA's AO-51 satellite. During its long lifetime, AO-51 became one of the most popular (if not THE most popular) of the so-called "easy-sats", providing countless newcomers (and others) with an introduction to our wonderful world of amateur radio satellites. Needless to say, his legacy will live on, both within the hearts and minds of children and family members that experience ARISS, as well as those of us who served with him during his many years as a senior officer of AMSAT. At press time, funeral arrangements for Robin were pending, but that information will be passed along just as soon as it becomes known. In them meantime, and during this festive holiday season, please take a few moments to keep Robin and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Robin? you will be sorely missed. May your spirit soar among the stars! [ANS thanks Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF, AMSAT-NA Treasurer and Past President, and Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President, Human Spaceflight for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Middle School Students? Tancredo-1 TubeSat Scheduled for Launch The Tancredo-1 satellite, a small TubeSat built by middle school students in Brazil, is scheduled to be sent to the International Space Station on December 9, 2016. The satellite will be sent to the ISS inside the TuPOD TubeSat deployer onboard JAXA?s KOUNOTORI6 cargo ship (HTV-6 mission). The TuPOD is expected to be ejected into space by the J-SSOD satellite deployer on December 19th and on December 21st, Tancredo-1 is expected to be finally ejected from the TuPOD into space. Once in space, Tancredo-1 will start transmitting telemetry data. Tancredo-1 is the first satellite of the Ubatubasat project, a STEM project idealized by Prof. C?ndido Oswaldo de Moura at Escola Municipal Tancredo Neves public school in Ubatuba, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The project is supported by the Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE) and the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). Tancredo-1 will initially have the same orbit as the ISS, but it will slowly drift with time and will eventually reenter in the atmosphere and burn. The Ubatubasat project team and AMSAT-BR would like to kindly request radio amateurs around the planet to monitor and report any signals heard from Tancredo-1. Please send any reports (audio, AX.25 KISS files, etc) to py2sdr at gmail.com Tancredo-1 will transmit on 437.200 MHz using 1200 bps AFSK AX.25. Telemetry format and equations: https://goo.gl/qOK6qM For more information see: http://www.ubatubasat.com/en/ http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=419 http://amsat-br.org/ [ANS thanks Edson, PY2SDR, AMSAT-BR, and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Ham Awarded Space Achievement Honor Cornwall Live reports that radio amateur David Honess M6DNT has been awarded a prestigious space achievement honor for his Astro Pi work with the Tim Peake GB1SS Principia mission. David Honess M6DNT was presented with a Sir Arthur Clarke Award, on behalf of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and the British Interplanetary Society, for Space Achievement ? Industry/Project Individual. This came after Mr Honess and his Astro Pi project which installed two Raspberry Pi?s (Izzy and Ed) on to the International Space Station as the platform for students to run their own code in space and speak with Major Tim Peake GB1SS. Mr Honess has been ?the driving force? behind getting two UK designed and manufactured Astro Pi computers onto the International Space Station to provide a unique facility to inspire children and adults to learn to code. Read the full story at http://www.cornwalllive.com/west-cornwall-man-wins-award-for-space-achievement- after-project-with-tim-peake/story-29893608-detail/story.html Sir Arthur Clarke Awards Winners http://www.bis-space.com/2013/04/05/9719/sir-arthur-clarke-awards-winners You can follow the two ISS Astro Pi?s Izzy and Ed at https://twitter.com/astro_pi_ir https://twitter.com/astro_pi_vis [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Receive Pictures from Space ? ISS SSTV Dec 8-9 Slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions are planned from the International Space Station (ISS) on December 8-9, 2016. The SSTV images will be transmitted as part of the MAI-75 Experiment on 145.800 MHz FM using the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver located in the Russian ISS Service module. The MAI-75 activities have been scheduled for the Russian crew on Dec 8 from 12:35 to 18:00 GMT and Dec 9 from 12:40 to 17:40 GMT. Note the ISS transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM use the 5 kHz deviation standard rather than the narrow 2.5 kHz used in Europe. If your transceiver has selectable FM filters try the wider filter. The ISS Fan Club website will show you when the space station is in range http://www.issfanclub.com/ ISS SSTV information and links at https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/ ARISS-SSTV Images http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.co.uk/ Listen to the ISS when it is over Russia with the R4UAB WebSDR http://websdr.r4uab.ru/ Listen to the ISS when in range of London with the SUWS WebSDR http://websdr.suws.org.uk/ If you receive a full or partial picture from the Space Station your Local Newspaper may like to know http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/july/now-is-a-great-time-to-get-ham- radio-publicity.htm Scheduled ARISS Contacts and APRS Operations will utilize the Ericson UHF transceiver in the Columbia Module to allow multiple use of ARISS equipment onboard the ISS. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Aussie HAM to make an impact on Mars On a salt lake in Central Australia early next year a radio amateur will conduct tests of a wide area radio network destined for the planet Mars. Robert Brand VK2URB, of Thunderstruck Aerospace, reports that it is an essential part of a project to develop the Mars Nano-Lander and Methane detection system called MEDIAN, set to land in 2025. Approval will be sought from the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority for use of the air space for the test. The project calls for 10 separate penetrators to be ejected from the jettisoned heat shield at about 6km from the surface of Mars. They are to spear into the surface of Mars and form a ring about 8km wide. The radio systems will begin measuring distance between the other landers and map the network. Robert VK2URB says they will then switch to a random packet mode and begin sending messages to an orbiting craft. Even the orientation of each probe covering an area around the size of a small city, will be detected and used to calculate the direction that wind, and hopefully any methane, on the thin Martian atmosphere. Robert VK2URB says that the audacious mission is a joint project with the UK Methane detection group at the University of Central Lancashire, and the Australian Thunderstruck Aerospace team. Robert is the design architect of the landing system, the mapping, orientation, communications, data relay, and the on-going non-methane science package. He says that never before has a network of probes been landed anywhere outside of earth and have impactors with the intention of surviving the process. The possibility of microbial life on Mars has been discussed by scientists since the presence of methane gas on the red planet was found several years ago. MEDIAN will map possible methane vent locations for a rover to investigate. If the rover fails to land, the project will still relay local weather and subsoil information back to earth. It's expected that the tests in Central Australia will demonstrate the essential role that radio will play in mapping, locating, orienting the network and then relaying data around the network. The tests will involve dropping a simulated heat shield from 3km altitude and having the impactors fire at 2.5km feet to simulate the impact that each would have on Mars. Even the orientation of each probe will be detected and used to calculate the direction that wind is coming from in the thin Martian atmosphere. The penetrators will stay vertical and elevate the science and radio package about a meter off the surface allowing for better radio connectivity and clear wind profile. A meter diameter solar panel will provide adequate power and the network is expected to survive for at least six months on Mars relaying weather and sub-surface information. An expected seven of the 10 spikes will survive the impact. Ham radio will provide essential communications for the tests and for the event. It is hoped a special event around the testing will attract the interests of ham operators worldwide, and focus attention of the role that Australia is playing in Space Missions. [ANS thanks Jim Linton VK3PC and the VK1WIA wireless news for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AO-7 Eclipses Return The AMSAT satellite status page at http://www.amsat.org/status/ indicates that as of the morning of 11/25/2016, AO-7 is once again entering eclipse each orbit. This means that the 24 Hour mode change timer is interrupted each orbit, and the satellite will be found primarily in Mode U/v (aka Mode B). As the satellite is powered solely by the now 42 year-old solar panels, it is very sensitive to strong uplink signals, particularly CW. Users should closely monitor their downlink for excessive chirp, warbling or "FM'ing" and reduce power as necessary. More information including frequencies can be found at http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1031 [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice President, Operations for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- W5RKN receives Satellite WAS, Satellite VUCC and WAC In October 2016, Ron Parsens, W5RKN received the ARRL award for Satellite WAS #345 and Satellite VUCC #286 with 100 grids with 100 more grids ready to submit. Ron commented, "I would urge everyone to use LoTW for these awards as that makes applying for the awards so much simpler. I also received the IARU WAC award using a satellite contact for Asia with JF2WXS on March 13, 1994 on AO-13. I had a paper QSL card but since he was still listed on QRZ.com, I emailed Ban and he uploaded the contact to LoTW. Much thanks to all that provided the contacts, QSL cards and LoTW entries. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun." [ANS thanks Ron, W5RKN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISS Packet Digipeater on 437.550 MHz The Ericsson UHF HT is using the ARISS 70cm frequency of 437.550 MHz. With the move to 70cm, this means users of the packet digipeater will have to make adjustments for Doppler on both the uplink and downlink. Even with the change in frequency, the digipeater operates exactly as it did on 145.825 MHz. For HTs or FM mobile transceivers, and possibly other radios capable of operating on 70cm FM, programming a group of 5 memory channels which compensate for Doppler will allow for 70cm packet operation. Use the following group of memory channels for the ISS packet digipeater on 437.550 MHz: Channel Receive (MHz) Transmit (MHz) Offset 1 437.560 437.540 -0.02 MHz 2 437.555 437.545 -0.01 MHz 3 437.550 437.550 (no offset, simplex) 4 437.545 437.555 +0.01 MHz 5 437.540 437.560 +0.02 MHz Memory channels in some radios will accept separate receive and transmit frequencies, while others will accept the receive frequency and the offset size/direction. Be ready to flip-flop between the first two memories after a minute or so into the pass, and near the end flip-flop between 4 and 5. There could be moments near AOS and LOS - and maybe other points in the middle - where the signal is just in between the two RX frequencies, and your TNC or software won't decode it. More useful advice for working the ISS packet digipeater is available from K9JKM?s document ?Add ISS Packet Operation to Your Satellite Operation?, available from the AMSAT Station and Operating Hints page at: http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2144 [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA and Patrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Saturday, 14 January 2017 ? Thunderbird Hamfest 2017 in Phoenix AZ *Saturday, 4 February 2017 ? Palm Springs Hamfest in Palm Springs CA *Friday-Sunday, 10-12 February 2017 Orlando HamCation in Orlando, FL *Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2017 ? Yuma Hamfest in Yuma AZ *Friday-Sunday, March 31, April 1 & 2, 2017, NVCON in Las Vegas, NV [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Successful Contacts * A telebridge contact via LU1CGB with students at Michel LOTTE Junior High School in Belle Isle, France was successful Mon 2016-11-28. * A telebridge contact via W6SRJ with students at Salesian High School in Wroclaw, Poland was successful Fri 2016-11-25. Upcoming Contacts * Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-08 15:19:45 UTC 74 deg This contact might be on the downlink of 437.525 MHz * The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY, direct via W2IR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-10 19:49:54 UTC 85 deg Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over South African SDR Workshop Completed Phase 1, Now Planning Phase 2 Last Saturday it was hi-tech amateur radio at the National Amateur Radio Center when Cor Rademeyer, ZS6CR and Anton Janovsky, ZR6AIC presented the Software Defined Radio Workshop. Known by its initials SDR, it is a software way of creating a receiver and transmitter. During the workshop which included two videos introducing the SDR concept, the two speakers created a two metre to 70cm FM repeater using a dongle and a Raspberry Pi. The workshop, presented by AMSAT SA in cooperation with the SARL was attended by 37 radio amateurs and electronic hobbyists. A follow up workshop is planned for 18 February when Cor and Anton will take delegates through the steps of creating a satellite receiver using the RTL dongle and software. The workshop registration fee will include a dongle and memory stick with the required software. Full details will become available on amsatsa.org.za in the next few weeks. The various presentations and videos presented last Saturday, including how to build a repeater with a Raspberry Pi will be posted on www.amsatsa.org.za this weekend. You will also be able to follow the links from www.sarl.org.za. [ANS thanks SARL weekly news in English 2016-12-3 for the above information] FUNcube-1/AO73 Celebrates 3 Years in Space Monday, November 21, 2016, marked the third birthday in space for the 985 gram spacecraft FUNcube-1 / AO73. FUNcube-1 was launched at 07:10 UT on November 21, 2013 and its first signals were received immediately after deployment over the Indian Ocean by amateurs in South Africa. Since then it has been operating continuously in either its education mode or, with the transponder active, in amateur mode when in eclipse and at weekends. The FUNcube team are very grateful to everyone who has been contributing their telemetry records to the Data Warehouse and also to those who are using FUNcube- 1 for educational outreach to schools and colleges around the world. This important part of our mission is intended to encourage young people to develop an interest and passion in all STEM subjects for their future. The spacecraft is operating nominally ? the telemetry indicates that all the sub-systems are fine. The battery voltages, solar panel charge currents and on board temperatures are virtually unchanged since launch. In addition to FUNcube-1, there are now similar FUNcube transponders operating in low earth orbit on the UKube-1 and EO79/QB50p1 CubeSats. The team has recently contributed to the development of Nayif-1, which is presently awaiting launch, and is currently working on a number of further CubeSat and microsat projects. Happy Birthday AO73! Get your 73 on 73 Award, details at https://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/ AO-73 (FUNcube-1) website https://amsat-uk.org/funcube/funcube-website/ FUNcube Yahoo Group https://amsat-uk.org/funcube/yahoo-group/ https://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/21/funcube-1-ao73-celebrates-3-years-in-space/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional 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 stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org From clintbradford at mac.com Sun Dec 4 16:52:08 2016 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2016 08:52:08 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] RTSystems has Software for Kenwood TH-D74a In-Reply-To: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> References: <15938217-A4BE-4844-A978-250D442FEA5B@mac.com> Message-ID: <365FFF4A-74F0-4AE7-A827-72E858CC6EF5@mac.com> NO, it will not! The TH-D72a does ? But true full-duplex for working FM voice birds is not doable on the ?74. Clint K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com > On Dec 4, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Phillip Lontz wrote: > > Will that new KENWOOD do crossband full duplex like the TH D72???? > From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Mon Dec 5 02:32:48 2016 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 21:32:48 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Call for pictures Message-ID: <861f4454-2387-91be-0264-04c65dddee73@alum.wpi.edu> In an effort to improve our web site, I'd like to get some pictures that you might like to share. Send a note with what you have including links to your photo sharing site to Webmaster at amsat.org. Pictures of operating, kids days, the recent Symposium at Sea, building hardware etc are all great. 73 de KM1P Joe From martha at amsat.org Mon Dec 5 15:47:46 2016 From: martha at amsat.org (Martha) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 10:47:46 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker Availability In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hoping to receive a shipment within the next few weeks. 73- Martha On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Dwight Fletcher via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Does anyone know when LVB Trackers (complete) will once again become > available. > > Thanks, > Fletch > N1RCN > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > -- 73- Martha From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Mon Dec 5 15:59:43 2016 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 10:59:43 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [amsat-bb] Tampa Bay Hamfest Message-ID: <27576851.5066.1480953584541@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Good morning all, This Friday and Saturday is the Tampa Bay Hamfest in Plant City, Florida (http://fgcarc.org/). AMSAT will have a booth with the latest in AMSAT swag, including Getting Started on the Amateur Satellites book. We will have a forum from 9 AM to 10 AM on Saturday morning, and we will be doing demonstrations live on the air whenever possible, on both the FM and linear transponder satellites. Look for KK4FEM, KO4MA, and maybe others, on the air. If you are a current AMSAT member and plan on attending, drop me an email to let me know if you can help out. We need help especially during the forum, and during demonstration times. Thanks, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations From rwmcgwier at gmail.com Mon Dec 5 16:04:20 2016 From: rwmcgwier at gmail.com (Robert McGwier) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:04:20 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium In-Reply-To: <001201d2477f$11cf6970$356e3c50$@charter.net> References: <1266499870.420114.1480107373572.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1266499870.420114.1480107373572@mail.yahoo.com> <001201d2477f$11cf6970$356e3c50$@charter.net> Message-ID: I personally believe that False News is damaging. It cannot be allowed to go unanswered. In many eyes, silence is an admission of guilt. When someone, says something about AMSAT that is false, I feel the officers of AMSAT have a duty to respond publicly. As a mid-point between silence and taking the individual to task, I would make it a public statement and never mention the individual. On the symposium, AMSAT did not pay for it. AMSAT paid for the board of directors to go to Galveston and hold a board meeting in a hotel. It would have done that no matter where we assembled. No board activities were held on the ship. The symposium was attended by board, officers, members, interested persons, and guests. Each of us paid for the cruise out of our pockets. I certaintly did not ask AMSAT to pay for my drinks or my side trip to Chichen Nitza. ? The heated rhetoric and banter are not helpful and we should avoid them. I learned that the hard way getting to be 63 years old. 73s Bob N4HY On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 12:50 AM, Ted wrote: > Excellent commentary, Pablo... > > Unfortunately, you took the bait, thus giving him another chance to toot > his horn.. > > Everyone knows what he is. Simply ignoring ANY of his posts is the way to > deal with the problem. > > 73, K7TRK > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of > pablomiel70--- via AMSAT-BB > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 12:56 PM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium > > Clint Bragford K6LCS, > Your posts amount to an epic fail. When AMSAT announced their 2016 > symposium would be on a ship, you immediately tried to sink it. You were > shot down by numerous, well respected individuals who have something you > haven't got -- humility. When's the last time you attended a symposium? > Ummm, never? http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2016- > January/056856.html http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2016- > January/056858.htmlhttp://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/ > 2016-January/056859.html > You have no idea what a symposium costs AMSAT. The meeting space, tea, > coffee, etc. didn't cost AMSAT a dime on the cruise ship. Just because you > don't like W5PFG, don't take it out on AMSAT. Your idiotic posts clearly > demonstrate you can't tell the difference between a general meeting slide > deck and the symposium event. You just have a bone to pick because someone > out-did you, again. I like how you decided to bring the conversation to > your personal domain (Yahoo Work-Scat) rather than publicly discuss on > AMSAT's message forum, the AMSAT-BB. Petty and weak! While we are at it, > why do you even care about AMSAT? A few months ago, you threatened them > with legal action if they didn't "reign in" one of their most dedicated > volunteers. That man, WD9EWK, happens to be one of the most generous and > outspoken educators in the satellite community. You are not a team player > and frankly I don't see why AMSAT didn't strip you of your "Area > Coordinator" title sooner! > Nobody cares about the "kudos" and "thank you" emails you supposedly get > via email. Most of the time, you are talking to yourself on the > self-promoting forum threads you scatter across the web. Intelligent people > pick up on your silly auctions as a PR trick to get more website hits. > Today you're promoting barbed wire antennas again on another forum. How > silly? Barbed wire is not an effective material for constructing antennas. > Because one guy did it as a novelty, you act like it should work for > everyone in every situation. > Face it, your advice sucks. Your frequency chart (which was wrong for a > long time, BTW) is basically your one trick pony. Any videos of you working > a satellite on YouTube demonstrate your novice skill level. > I'm thankful this season that you are not a professional educator in any > school system. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 and member of PVRC, TAPR, and life member of ARRL and AMSAT From bruninga at usna.edu Mon Dec 5 16:58:56 2016 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 11:58:56 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and Volunteerism Message-ID: Friend speaks my mind. And Criticism -never- achieves anything in Amateur Radio or other Volunteer organizations. It accomplishes -nothing- but rile up everyone in frustration. Please learn, the way to change things is to get involved and DO SOMETHING, LEAD in another direction. Make progress. Contribute. And "contribute" does not mean kibitzing and complaining and standing in the way. That accomplishes nothing in volunteer organizations and is not what is meant by "get involved"... Watching every ham radio club, and church or other volunteer organization over my 55 years of Ham radio, it is abundantly clear. Things only happen by volunteer individuals taking personal initiative and trying to move or lead towards progress. (usually despite a chorus of complainers and ankle biters).. If one is not leading, or if no one is following you, please, get out of the way and support those who are going in a direction you can be comfortable with. Shooting everyone in front of you in-the-back does not help progress. My 2 cents. Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Robert McGwier Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium I personally believe that False News is damaging. It cannot be allowed to go unanswered. In many eyes, silence is an admission of guilt. When someone, says something about AMSAT that is false, I feel the officers of AMSAT have a duty to respond publicly. As a mid-point between silence and taking the individual to task, I would make it a public statement and never mention the individual. On the symposium, AMSAT did not pay for it. AMSAT paid for the board of directors to go to Galveston and hold a board meeting in a hotel. It would have done that no matter where we assembled. No board activities were held on the ship. The symposium was attended by board, officers, members, interested persons, and guests. Each of us paid for the cruise out of our pockets. I certaintly did not ask AMSAT to pay for my drinks or my side trip to Chichen Nitza. ? The heated rhetoric and banter are not helpful and we should avoid them. I learned that the hard way getting to be 63 years old. 73s Bob N4HY From rsoifer1 at aol.com Mon Dec 5 17:50:44 2016 From: rsoifer1 at aol.com (rsoifer1 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 12:50:44 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] VE3FRH SK Message-ID: <158d01bfa19-5842-79e3@webprd-m33.mail.aol.com> Sorry to learn of Robin's untimely passing. I was executive vice president when he was president, which also entailed my being acting president during the loss and subsequent partial recovery of AO -40. He and I didn't always agree, but I was in a position to see the many ways in which AMSAT benefited from his wisdom and strong leadership. He was instrumental in building the close relationship that now exists between AMSAT and IARU, as well as in guiding the organization through the difficult times that followed AO-40. AMSAT, and amateur radio, are better off because of Robin's presence among us. R.I.P., old friend. 73 Ray W2RS From normanlizeth at gmail.com Mon Dec 5 18:24:53 2016 From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 13:24:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and Volunteerism In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Elimination of dissent guarantees uniformity of direction and thought. Those two qualities are not characteristics of healthy organizations with long term stability. Cool aid anyone? On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > Friend speaks my mind. > > And Criticism -never- achieves anything in Amateur Radio or other Volunteer > organizations. It accomplishes -nothing- but rile up everyone in > frustration. > > Please learn, the way to change things is to get involved and DO SOMETHING, > LEAD in another direction. Make progress. Contribute. And "contribute" > does not mean kibitzing and complaining and standing in the way. That > accomplishes nothing in volunteer organizations and is not what is meant by > "get involved"... > > Watching every ham radio club, and church or other volunteer organization > over my 55 years of Ham radio, it is abundantly clear. Things only happen > by volunteer individuals taking personal initiative and trying to move or > lead towards progress. (usually despite a chorus of complainers and ankle > biters).. > > If one is not leading, or if no one is following you, please, get out of the > way and support those who are going in a direction you can be comfortable > with. Shooting everyone in front of you in-the-back does not help progress. > > My 2 cents. Bob, WB4APR > > -----Original Message----- > From: On Behalf Of Robert McGwier > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium > > I personally believe that False News is damaging. It cannot be allowed to > go unanswered. In many eyes, silence is an admission of guilt. When > someone, says something about AMSAT that is false, I feel the officers of > AMSAT have a duty to respond publicly. As a mid-point between silence and > taking the individual to task, I would make it a public statement and never > mention the individual. > > On the symposium, AMSAT did not pay for it. AMSAT paid for the board of > directors to go to Galveston and hold a board meeting in a hotel. It would > have done that no matter where we assembled. No board activities were held > on the ship. The symposium was attended by board, officers, members, > interested persons, and guests. Each of us paid for the cruise out of our > pockets. I certaintly did not ask AMSAT to pay for my drinks or my side > trip to Chichen Nitza. ? > > The heated rhetoric and banter are not helpful and we should avoid them. I > learned that the hard way getting to be 63 years old. > > 73s > Bob > N4HY > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From ray.hoad at mypbmail.com Mon Dec 5 16:41:55 2016 From: ray.hoad at mypbmail.com (Ray Hoad) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 10:41:55 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Control Box Problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000d01d24f16$7dee9bf0$79cbd3d0$@mypbmail.com> If the needles go to minimum scale (0 deg for elevation and 180 deg for azimuth on my G 5400B), then the connection to the rotor is broken. To get both to go to zero, the ground return has to be separated from the rotator. Otherwise, Norm has the best analysis. Raymond Hoad WA5QGD -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Norm n3ykf Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 18:06 To: Rafael Pena Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Control Box Problem The tracker reads voltages produced inside the controller that are identical to those seen at the input terminals on the back of the control box. I.E. pot voltages from the rotators. If the tracker works but the meters do not, the opamps that drive the meters have trouble. Since it's both, I suspect that the opamps are on one chip. Either the chip is bad or a rail (+v or gnd) is open. My g5400 control box blew fuses when unconnected to rotators. Removed the covers to do gross level troubleshooting. Boards are stacked and wired together with harnesses. Splitting the unit to repair is not my idea of fun. Tag the wires. Splice in test jumpers..... Here be dragons. Norm n3ykf On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Rafael Pena wrote: > No, none. > > The rotor works while using SatPC32 and the LVB tracker?maybe I used it for more than 5 minutes per the doc? > > From: Stefan Wagener [mailto:wageners at gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 5:49 PM > To: Rafael Pena > Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Control Box Problem > > Any loose cables in the back of the control box? > > Stefan > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Rafael Pena > wrote: > ...and suddently, the analogue display of the Yaesu G-5500 (Elev / Azim)...I mean the needles stopped moving. Neither the Elevation nor the Azimuth needles are moving at all but the rotor is working when tracking with SatPC32 / LVB. > > Any hints on repairs are / will be appreciated. > > Who repairs this control boxes? > > Thanks > > Rafael / NN3RP > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 From skristof at etczone.com Mon Dec 5 19:07:15 2016 From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com) Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 14:07:15 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and Volunteerism In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Neither Bob is saying anything about stifling dissent. I believe the point is that, if you don't like the way an organization is moving, then do more than just complain about it. Volunteer to actually do something that results in progress. Steve AI9IN On 2016-12-05 13:24, Norm n3ykf wrote: > Elimination of dissent guarantees uniformity of direction and thought. > Those two qualities are not characteristics of healthy organizations > with long term stability. > > Cool aid anyone? > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > >> Friend speaks my mind. >> >> And Criticism -never- achieves anything in Amateur Radio or other Volunteer >> organizations. It accomplishes -nothing- but rile up everyone in >> frustration. >> >> Please learn, the way to change things is to get involved and DO SOMETHING, >> LEAD in another direction. Make progress. Contribute. And "contribute" >> does not mean kibitzing and complaining and standing in the way. That >> accomplishes nothing in volunteer organizations and is not what is meant by >> "get involved"... >> >> Watching every ham radio club, and church or other volunteer organization >> over my 55 years of Ham radio, it is abundantly clear. Things only happen >> by volunteer individuals taking personal initiative and trying to move or >> lead towards progress. (usually despite a chorus of complainers and ankle >> biters).. >> >> If one is not leading, or if no one is following you, please, get out of the >> way and support those who are going in a direction you can be comfortable >> with. Shooting everyone in front of you in-the-back does not help progress. >> >> My 2 cents. Bob, WB4APR >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: On Behalf Of Robert McGwier >> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium >> >> I personally believe that False News is damaging. It cannot be allowed to >> go unanswered. In many eyes, silence is an admission of guilt. When >> someone, says something about AMSAT that is false, I feel the officers of >> AMSAT have a duty to respond publicly. As a mid-point between silence and >> taking the individual to task, I would make it a public statement and never >> mention the individual. >> >> On the symposium, AMSAT did not pay for it. AMSAT paid for the board of >> directors to go to Galveston and hold a board meeting in a hotel. It would >> have done that no matter where we assembled. No board activities were held >> on the ship. The symposium was attended by board, officers, members, >> interested persons, and guests. Each of us paid for the cruise out of our >> pockets. I certaintly did not ask AMSAT to pay for my drinks or my side >> trip to Chichen Nitza. ? >> >> The heated rhetoric and banter are not helpful and we should avoid them. I >> learned that the hard way getting to be 63 years old. >> >> 73s >> Bob >> N4HY >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From devin at thecabal.org Mon Dec 5 18:31:32 2016 From: devin at thecabal.org (Devin L. Ganger) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 18:31:32 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and Volunteerism In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There's a difference between criticism and constructive criticism, AKA feedback. All of the successful organizations I've been with (commercial and volunteer) had regular post-mortems and feedback loops. Doing so properly means the gathering of feedback is part of the after-action, and that the feedback is solicited AND welcome, appropriately scoped, and most importantly, focused on the "WHAT did/didn't work, WHAT problems did it solve/create, HOW do we continue/fix it" aspects and not the personalities or politics. -- Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG) email:?devin at thecabal.org web:?Devin on Earth cell:?+1 425.239.2575 -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 8:59 AM To: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and Volunteerism Friend speaks my mind. And Criticism -never- achieves anything in Amateur Radio or other Volunteer organizations. It accomplishes -nothing- but rile up everyone in frustration. Please learn, the way to change things is to get involved and DO SOMETHING, LEAD in another direction. Make progress. Contribute. And "contribute" does not mean kibitzing and complaining and standing in the way. That accomplishes nothing in volunteer organizations and is not what is meant by "get involved"... Watching every ham radio club, and church or other volunteer organization over my 55 years of Ham radio, it is abundantly clear. Things only happen by volunteer individuals taking personal initiative and trying to move or lead towards progress. (usually despite a chorus of complainers and ankle biters).. If one is not leading, or if no one is following you, please, get out of the way and support those who are going in a direction you can be comfortable with. Shooting everyone in front of you in-the-back does not help progress. My 2 cents. Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Robert McGwier Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium I personally believe that False News is damaging. It cannot be allowed to go unanswered. In many eyes, silence is an admission of guilt. When someone, says something about AMSAT that is false, I feel the officers of AMSAT have a duty to respond publicly. As a mid-point between silence and taking the individual to task, I would make it a public statement and never mention the individual. On the symposium, AMSAT did not pay for it. AMSAT paid for the board of directors to go to Galveston and hold a board meeting in a hotel. It would have done that no matter where we assembled. No board activities were held on the ship. The symposium was attended by board, officers, members, interested persons, and guests. Each of us paid for the cruise out of our pockets. I certaintly did not ask AMSAT to pay for my drinks or my side trip to Chichen Nitza. ? The heated rhetoric and banter are not helpful and we should avoid them. I learned that the hard way getting to be 63 years old. 73s Bob N4HY _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com Mon Dec 5 20:25:40 2016 From: w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com (Paul Andrews) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 15:25:40 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Big Gun Satellite Antennas - 2M / 70cm CP Message-ID: Satellite Antennas for Sale - New and Assembled. Ready for local pickup or I can deliver within 150 miles. M2 - 2MCP22, 144-148 MHz, Circular Polarization M2 - 436CP42UG, 420-440 MHz, Circular Polarization 73 - Paul - W2HRO From afmattis at comcast.net Mon Dec 5 20:12:45 2016 From: afmattis at comcast.net (Allen F. Mattis) Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 14:12:45 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] VE3FRH SK In-Reply-To: <158d01bfa19-5842-79e3@webprd-m33.mail.aol.com> References: <158d01bfa19-5842-79e3@webprd-m33.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: <20161205201528.1CB198F75@lansing182.amsat.org> I am also saddened by Robin's passing. He was the only AMSAT president I ever had a satellite contact with. Allen N5AFV At 11:50 AM 12/5/2016, you wrote: >Sorry to learn of Robin's untimely passing. I was executive vice >president when he was president, which also entailed my being acting >president during the loss and subsequent partial recovery of >AO -40. He and I didn't always agree, but I was in a position to >see the many ways in which AMSAT benefited from his wisdom and >strong leadership. He was instrumental in building the close >relationship that now exists between AMSAT and IARU, as well as in >guiding the organization through the difficult times that followed >AO-40. AMSAT, and amateur radio, are better off because of Robin's >presence among us. > > >R.I.P., old friend. > > >73 Ray W2RS >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From normanlizeth at gmail.com Mon Dec 5 21:28:28 2016 From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:28:28 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and Volunteerism In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Inclusivty requires just that. Several individuals have commented on the mailing list that "Lots of people want to volunteer, not many are wanted". Would you like me to dig into the archives? This has been seen more than once. Amsat's attitude is: Give me your money, now go away. Difficult to have a group that has dissenters unless dissent is encouraged. Been there, done that. Waste of money and time. Given time the current crop of lackluster individuals will die off (Tony let me play in his sandbox). Perhaps later. On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 2:07 PM, wrote: > Neither Bob is saying anything about stifling dissent. I believe the > point is that, if you don't like the way an organization is moving, then > do more than just complain about it. Volunteer to actually do something > that results in progress. > > Steve AI9IN > > On 2016-12-05 13:24, Norm n3ykf wrote: > >> Elimination of dissent guarantees uniformity of direction and thought. >> Those two qualities are not characteristics of healthy organizations >> with long term stability. >> >> Cool aid anyone? >> >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: >> >>> Friend speaks my mind. >>> >>> And Criticism -never- achieves anything in Amateur Radio or other Volunteer >>> organizations. It accomplishes -nothing- but rile up everyone in >>> frustration. >>> >>> Please learn, the way to change things is to get involved and DO SOMETHING, >>> LEAD in another direction. Make progress. Contribute. And "contribute" >>> does not mean kibitzing and complaining and standing in the way. That >>> accomplishes nothing in volunteer organizations and is not what is meant by >>> "get involved"... >>> >>> Watching every ham radio club, and church or other volunteer organization >>> over my 55 years of Ham radio, it is abundantly clear. Things only happen >>> by volunteer individuals taking personal initiative and trying to move or >>> lead towards progress. (usually despite a chorus of complainers and ankle >>> biters).. >>> >>> If one is not leading, or if no one is following you, please, get out of the >>> way and support those who are going in a direction you can be comfortable >>> with. Shooting everyone in front of you in-the-back does not help progress. >>> >>> My 2 cents. Bob, WB4APR >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: On Behalf Of Robert McGwier >>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium >>> >>> I personally believe that False News is damaging. It cannot be allowed to >>> go unanswered. In many eyes, silence is an admission of guilt. When >>> someone, says something about AMSAT that is false, I feel the officers of >>> AMSAT have a duty to respond publicly. As a mid-point between silence and >>> taking the individual to task, I would make it a public statement and never >>> mention the individual. >>> >>> On the symposium, AMSAT did not pay for it. AMSAT paid for the board of >>> directors to go to Galveston and hold a board meeting in a hotel. It would >>> have done that no matter where we assembled. No board activities were held >>> on the ship. The symposium was attended by board, officers, members, >>> interested persons, and guests. Each of us paid for the cruise out of our >>> pockets. I certaintly did not ask AMSAT to pay for my drinks or my side >>> trip to Chichen Nitza. ? >>> >>> The heated rhetoric and banter are not helpful and we should avoid them. I >>> learned that the hard way getting to be 63 years old. >>> >>> 73s >>> Bob >>> N4HY >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 From skristof at etczone.com Mon Dec 5 22:17:01 2016 From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com) Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 17:17:01 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and Volunteerism In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <736e3a54f7360af2b01390eb759acc66@etczone.com> Well, sure, since you volunteered, please dig into the archives and present your supporting information. Steve AI9IN On 2016-12-05 16:28, Norm n3ykf wrote: > Inclusivty requires just that. Several individuals have commented on > the mailing list that "Lots of people want to volunteer, not many are > wanted". > > Would you like me to dig into the archives? This has been seen more than once. > > Amsat's attitude is: Give me your money, now go away. Difficult to > have a group that has dissenters unless dissent is encouraged. > > Been there, done that. Waste of money and time. > > Given time the current crop of lackluster individuals will die off > (Tony let me play in his sandbox). Perhaps later. > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 2:07 PM, wrote: Neither Bob is saying anything about stifling dissent. I believe the > point is that, if you don't like the way an organization is moving, then > do more than just complain about it. Volunteer to actually do something > that results in progress. > > Steve AI9IN > > On 2016-12-05 13:24, Norm n3ykf wrote: > > Elimination of dissent guarantees uniformity of direction and thought. > Those two qualities are not characteristics of healthy organizations > with long term stability. > > Cool aid anyone? > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > > Friend speaks my mind. > > And Criticism -never- achieves anything in Amateur Radio or other Volunteer > organizations. It accomplishes -nothing- but rile up everyone in > frustration. > > Please learn, the way to change things is to get involved and DO SOMETHING, > LEAD in another direction. Make progress. Contribute. And "contribute" > does not mean kibitzing and complaining and standing in the way. That > accomplishes nothing in volunteer organizations and is not what is meant by > "get involved"... > > Watching every ham radio club, and church or other volunteer organization > over my 55 years of Ham radio, it is abundantly clear. Things only happen > by volunteer individuals taking personal initiative and trying to move or > lead towards progress. (usually despite a chorus of complainers and ankle > biters).. > > If one is not leading, or if no one is following you, please, get out of the > way and support those who are going in a direction you can be comfortable > with. Shooting everyone in front of you in-the-back does not help progress. > > My 2 cents. Bob, WB4APR > > -----Original Message----- > From: On Behalf Of Robert McGwier > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium > > I personally believe that False News is damaging. It cannot be allowed to > go unanswered. In many eyes, silence is an admission of guilt. When > someone, says something about AMSAT that is false, I feel the officers of > AMSAT have a duty to respond publicly. As a mid-point between silence and > taking the individual to task, I would make it a public statement and never > mention the individual. > > On the symposium, AMSAT did not pay for it. AMSAT paid for the board of > directors to go to Galveston and hold a board meeting in a hotel. It would > have done that no matter where we assembled. No board activities were held > on the ship. The symposium was attended by board, officers, members, > interested persons, and guests. Each of us paid for the cruise out of our > pockets. I certaintly did not ask AMSAT to pay for my drinks or my side > trip to Chichen Nitza. ? > > The heated rhetoric and banter are not helpful and we should avoid them. I > learned that the hard way getting to be 63 years old. > > 73s > Bob > N4HY > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 From normanlizeth at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 01:01:45 2016 From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 20:01:45 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and Volunteerism In-Reply-To: <736e3a54f7360af2b01390eb759acc66@etczone.com> References: <736e3a54f7360af2b01390eb759acc66@etczone.com> Message-ID: I've wasted as much time as I care to with this. Feel free. I quit. On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 5:17 PM, wrote: > Well, sure, since you volunteered, please dig into the archives and > present your supporting information. > > Steve AI9IN > > On 2016-12-05 16:28, Norm n3ykf wrote: > >> Inclusivty requires just that. Several individuals have commented on >> the mailing list that "Lots of people want to volunteer, not many are >> wanted". >> >> Would you like me to dig into the archives? This has been seen more than once. >> >> Amsat's attitude is: Give me your money, now go away. Difficult to >> have a group that has dissenters unless dissent is encouraged. >> >> Been there, done that. Waste of money and time. >> >> Given time the current crop of lackluster individuals will die off >> (Tony let me play in his sandbox). Perhaps later. >> >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 2:07 PM, wrote: Neither Bob is saying anything about stifling dissent. I believe the >> point is that, if you don't like the way an organization is moving, then >> do more than just complain about it. Volunteer to actually do something >> that results in progress. >> >> Steve AI9IN >> >> On 2016-12-05 13:24, Norm n3ykf wrote: >> >> Elimination of dissent guarantees uniformity of direction and thought. >> Those two qualities are not characteristics of healthy organizations >> with long term stability. >> >> Cool aid anyone? >> >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: >> >> Friend speaks my mind. >> >> And Criticism -never- achieves anything in Amateur Radio or other Volunteer >> organizations. It accomplishes -nothing- but rile up everyone in >> frustration. >> >> Please learn, the way to change things is to get involved and DO SOMETHING, >> LEAD in another direction. Make progress. Contribute. And "contribute" >> does not mean kibitzing and complaining and standing in the way. That >> accomplishes nothing in volunteer organizations and is not what is meant by >> "get involved"... >> >> Watching every ham radio club, and church or other volunteer organization >> over my 55 years of Ham radio, it is abundantly clear. Things only happen >> by volunteer individuals taking personal initiative and trying to move or >> lead towards progress. (usually despite a chorus of complainers and ankle >> biters).. >> >> If one is not leading, or if no one is following you, please, get out of the >> way and support those who are going in a direction you can be comfortable >> with. Shooting everyone in front of you in-the-back does not help progress. >> >> My 2 cents. Bob, WB4APR >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: On Behalf Of Robert McGwier >> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium >> >> I personally believe that False News is damaging. It cannot be allowed to >> go unanswered. In many eyes, silence is an admission of guilt. When >> someone, says something about AMSAT that is false, I feel the officers of >> AMSAT have a duty to respond publicly. As a mid-point between silence and >> taking the individual to task, I would make it a public statement and never >> mention the individual. >> >> On the symposium, AMSAT did not pay for it. AMSAT paid for the board of >> directors to go to Galveston and hold a board meeting in a hotel. It would >> have done that no matter where we assembled. No board activities were held >> on the ship. The symposium was attended by board, officers, members, >> interested persons, and guests. Each of us paid for the cruise out of our >> pockets. I certaintly did not ask AMSAT to pay for my drinks or my side >> trip to Chichen Nitza. ? >> >> The heated rhetoric and banter are not helpful and we should avoid them. I >> learned that the hard way getting to be 63 years old. >> >> 73s >> Bob >> N4HY >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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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 at 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 From mikesprenger at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 01:14:19 2016 From: mikesprenger at gmail.com (Mike Sprenger) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 20:14:19 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Tampa Bay Hamfest In-Reply-To: <27576851.5066.1480953584541@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <27576851.5066.1480953584541@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Drew, Count me in !!! Want me to do a quick bit on making an Arduino K3NG Interface to interface your Yaesu G5400 / G5500 to the PC ? Thanks, Mike W4UOO On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner < glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote: > > Good morning all, > > This Friday and Saturday is the Tampa Bay Hamfest in Plant City, Florida ( > http://fgcarc.org/). AMSAT will have a booth with the latest in AMSAT > swag, including Getting Started on the Amateur Satellites book. We will > have a forum from 9 AM to 10 AM on Saturday morning, and we will be doing > demonstrations live on the air whenever possible, on both the FM and linear > transponder satellites. Look for KK4FEM, KO4MA, and maybe others, on the > air. > > If you are a current AMSAT member and plan on attending, drop me an email > to let me know if you can help out. We need help especially during the > forum, and during demonstration times. > > Thanks, Drew KO4MA > AMSAT-NA VP Operations > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > -- Thanks, Mike Sprenger (37.9167N 81.1244W is the Summit) From kl7uw at acsalaska.net Tue Dec 6 01:38:33 2016 From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R Cole) Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 16:38:33 -0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and Volunteerism Message-ID: <201612060138.uB61cZUh010244@mail41c28.carrierzone.com> Well, my experience is be careful what you wish for. I get in these organizations and see something needing to be done and next thing I know I'm in charge of doing it. You'd think I'd learn to keep my mouth shut :-D OH geesh here I go again. 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Dubus-NA Business mail: dubususa at gmail.com From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 01:49:14 2016 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 20:49:14 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Question for the FT-817 experts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just received two brand new FT-817 from HRO.when one is on high power the power bargraph flashes ,when the other oNE is on high power the power bargraph is gone.verified high power with a peak reading bird with a 5 watt slug. Almost like 2 diferent firmwares . Anybody else experience this ? I did see a posting on a ft 817 users group that I am not the only one that has experienced this .thanks.jeff wb8rjy jeff broughton From framirezferrer at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 01:59:57 2016 From: framirezferrer at gmail.com (Fernando Ramirez) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 18:59:57 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Question for the FT-817 experts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: AFAIK, high power with no bars is when the radio receives +12 Volts. Flashing bars are under that voltage, usually NiMh batteries. 73 Fernando NP4JV On Dec 5, 2016 6:49 PM, "jeffory broughton" wrote: > Just received two brand new FT-817 from HRO.when one is on high power the > power bargraph flashes ,when the other oNE is on high power the power > bargraph is gone.verified high power with a peak reading bird with a 5 watt > slug. > Almost like 2 diferent firmwares . > Anybody else experience this ? > I did see a posting on a ft 817 users group that I am not the only one that > has experienced this .thanks.jeff wb8rjy > > jeff broughton > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 02:11:50 2016 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 21:11:50 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ft817 high power question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: P.S. both radios are running on the stocK Fully charged internal batteries,no external power supply is connected When I experience this . jeff broughton From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Tue Dec 6 02:13:45 2016 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 21:13:45 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ft817 high power question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <16c701d24f66$5f83fe30$1e8bfa90$@com> Run the non-flashing one for a bit and it will start doing it as the battery V drops. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of jeffory broughton Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 9:12 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Ft817 high power question P.S. both radios are running on the stocK Fully charged internal batteries,no external power supply is connected When I experience this . jeff broughton _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From LB2TG at hotmail.com Tue Dec 6 07:10:19 2016 From: LB2TG at hotmail.com (LB2TG Paul) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 07:10:19 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Parking the rig and the antennas Message-ID: Hi. Maybe it's here somewhere but I'll take the chance to ask .... Has anyone using SatPc32 found a way to park the rig and antennas after each pass? I want to set my antennas pointing 225, zero elevation and the rig on 145.600. I did try to make a fake satellite with no result. Earlier, when I used Uni-trac I had a satellte called "park" that did this job. 73, Paul LB2TG From AJ9N at aol.com Tue Dec 6 07:31:13 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 02:31:13 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-06 07:00 UTC Message-ID: <150425a.689534d0.4577c341@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-06 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-08 15:19:45 UTC 74 deg This contact might be on the downlink of 437.525 MHz The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY, direct via W2IR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-10 19:49:54 UTC 85 deg Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29:47 UTC 38 deg (***) Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Niccol? Pisano?, Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31:13 UTC 68 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 2016-12-06 07:00 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 1095. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1060. 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 2016-11-29 06:30 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From kb2m at comcast.net Tue Dec 6 13:13:50 2016 From: kb2m at comcast.net (Jeff) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 08:13:50 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Parking the rig and the antennas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <407370673E1E4B16B969AE903FBDEA32@kb2m4PC> SatPC32 has a park option. Just click on the Rotor selection and set your desired park az and el, then check the 'park automatically after the pass' box. For a park frequency, just close SatPC32 and the radio will revert to the frequency it was on before you opened the program... 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: LB2TG Paul Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 2:10 AM To: Amsat BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Parking the rig and the antennas Hi. Maybe it's here somewhere but I'll take the chance to ask .... Has anyone using SatPc32 found a way to park the rig and antennas after each pass? I want to set my antennas pointing 225, zero elevation and the rig on 145.600. I did try to make a fake satellite with no result. Earlier, when I used Uni-trac I had a satellte called "park" that did this job. 73, Paul LB2TG _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From LB2TG at hotmail.com Tue Dec 6 14:52:36 2016 From: LB2TG at hotmail.com (LB2TG Paul) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 14:52:36 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Parking the rig and the antennas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello. Thanks for the answers, all of you. Yes, I am aware of parking the antennas done by presets in the rotor window. I also know that when I close the software the rig goes back to the settings before starting the software. I was thinking if the rig "parked" at a given frequency and mode between the passes. No big deal, just a question and a thought. 73, Paul ________________________________________ Fra: AMSAT-BB p? vegne av LB2TG Paul Sendt: 6. desember 2016 08:10 Til: Amsat BB Emne: [amsat-bb] Parking the rig and the antennas Hi. Maybe it's here somewhere but I'll take the chance to ask .... Has anyone using SatPc32 found a way to park the rig and antennas after each pass? I want to set my antennas pointing 225, zero elevation and the rig on 145.600. I did try to make a fake satellite with no result. Earlier, when I used Uni-trac I had a satellte called "park" that did this job. 73, Paul LB2TG _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From w4upd at cfl.rr.com Tue Dec 6 15:10:23 2016 From: w4upd at cfl.rr.com (w4upd) Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:10:23 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Parking the rig and the antennas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5846D4DF.4000707@cfl.rr.com> Do what as suggested to me by the group here. I had a similar situation and found that by putting in a GEO satellite with the frequencies I wanted at the end of any known satellite passes. The GEO was sitting at priority 0. When all passes are done, it goes to the GEO (has to be in range), points the antennas (which I'm not using at this time), and goes back to the previous frequencies I monitor between passes. Seems to work fine. Reid, W4UPD On 12/6/2016 9:52 AM, LB2TG Paul wrote: > Hello. > Thanks for the answers, all of you. > > Yes, I am aware of parking the antennas done by presets in the rotor window. I also know that when I close the software the rig goes back to the settings before starting the software. > I was thinking if the rig "parked" at a given frequency and mode between the passes. > No big deal, just a question and a thought. > > 73, Paul > > > ________________________________________ > Fra: AMSAT-BB p? vegne av LB2TG Paul > Sendt: 6. desember 2016 08:10 > Til: Amsat BB > Emne: [amsat-bb] Parking the rig and the antennas > > Hi. > Maybe it's here somewhere but I'll take the chance to ask .... > Has anyone using SatPc32 found a way to park the rig and antennas after each pass? > I want to set my antennas pointing 225, zero elevation and the rig on 145.600. > > I did try to make a fake satellite with no result. > Earlier, when I used Uni-trac I had a satellte called "park" that did this job. > > 73, Paul LB2TG > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Tue Dec 6 17:33:31 2016 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 12:33:31 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Coll=E8ge_J?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ean_Charcot=2C_Saint_Malo=2C_France?= Message-ID: An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France on 08 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:19 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in French. St Malo is a city of north Brittany, surrounded by ramparts since the 12th century, famous for the corsair sailor merchants during the 17th century. The college Jean Charcot is named after the famous early 20th century Polar explorer. Since 3 years, the 8th / 9th grade students could follow a Science option at the college including: Mathematics and physics through the solar system, stars and spectrum analysis, tidal phenomena, Philae lander and comets, global earth warming, phytoplankton effect on climate, astronomy. By participating to the ARISS project, teachers hope to make students open to science or exploration, and proud to follow their famous "malouins" predecessors like Jacques Cartier, Pierre Louis de Maupertuis or Robert Surcouf. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Quelle est l'heure de r?f?rence ? bord? 2. Fabriquez-vous vous-m?me votre dioxyg?ne ou avez-vous des r?serves? 3. Comment faites-vous si quelqu'un se blesse gravement dans la station? 4. Sur quoi portent vos exp?riences actuellement? 5. Avez-vous fait des d?couvertes? 6. Peut-il y avoir de la bu?e dans votre casque? 7. La gravit? est-elle constante dans l'ISS durant sa r?volution? 8. Comment ressentez-vous physiologiquement la variation de gravit? entre laTerre et l'ISS? 9. L'eau que vous consommez est-elle recycl?e ou provient-elle de stocks? 10. O? en est-on sur les exp?riences concernant le caisson d'habitation gonflable? 11. A part la Terre, que pouvez-vous observer dans l'espace depuis l'ISS? Voyez-vous des ?toiles? 12. Quelle est la plus belle chose que vous ayez vue? 13. Quelle temp?rature fait-il dans l'ISS et dans l'espace? 14. Au bout de combien de temps pouvez-vous marcher normalement lorsque vous revenez sur Terre? 15. Y a-t-il des ?tapes importantes ? g?rer lors de votre retour sur Terre dans la capsule Soyouz? 16. Comment savez-vous que la nuit est tomb?e? 17. Comment faites-vous si vous perdez la liaison radio avec la Terre? 18. Lors d'une sortie dans l'espace, combien de temps d'autonomie avez-vous? 19. Comment faites-vous pour vous nourrir, faites-vous des cultures? 20. Comment savez-vous que vous ?tes ? l'envers ou ? l'endroit dans l'ISS? Translated: 1. What's the reference time on board? 2. Do you produce your own oxygen or do you have supplies on board? 3. How do you manage if someone gets badly hurt in the station? 4. At the moment, what is the nature of your experiments? 5. Have you already made major discoveries? 6. Can your helmets fill with condensation? 7. Does gravity remain constant in the ISS during her revolution? 8. : How do you feel, physiologically speaking, the variations of gravity between the earth and the ISS? 9. Is the water you drink recycled or does it come from water supplies? 10. What results have you had so far regarding the BEAM (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module)? 11. Apart from the earth what can you see in space? Can you see stars? 12. What is the most beautiful thing you have seen yet? 13. What's the temperature in the International Space Station and in space? 14. How long does it take you to walk normally, when you're back on Earth?) 15. Are there any important steps to cope with, when you're travelling back to Earth in Capsule Soyuz? 16. How do you know when night has fallen? 17. What do you do if you lose the radio connection with Earth? 18. When you go into space, how long can you stay there? How much autonomy do you have? 19. How do you manage to eat, do you grow vegetables or things? 20. How do you know if you are standing upright or upside down in the ISS? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY, direct via W2IR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-10 19:49 UTC 2. Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29 UTC 3. Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Niccol? Pisano", Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31 UTC About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From fab4space at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 17:40:47 2016 From: fab4space at gmail.com (fabrice faure) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 18:40:47 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Coll=C3=A8ge_Jea?= =?utf-8?q?n_Charcot=2C_Saint_Malo=2C_France?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, The contact was scheduled for UHF at 437.525 MHz, has it been changed to vhf? 73 de Fabrice F4HHV Le 6 d?c. 2016 18:33, a ?crit : > An International Space Station school contact has been planned with > participants at Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France on 08 Dec. The > event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:19 UTC. It is recommended > that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The > duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The > contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should > be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited > to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be > conducted in French. > > > > > > St Malo is a city of north Brittany, surrounded by ramparts since the 12th > century, famous for the corsair sailor merchants during the 17th century. > > The college Jean Charcot is named after the famous early 20th century > Polar explorer. > > > > Since 3 years, the 8th / 9th grade students could follow a Science option > at the college including: > > Mathematics and physics through the solar system, stars and spectrum > analysis, tidal phenomena, Philae lander and comets, global earth warming, > phytoplankton effect on climate, astronomy. > > > > By participating to the ARISS project, teachers hope to make students open > to science or exploration, and proud to follow their famous "malouins" > predecessors like Jacques Cartier, Pierre Louis de Maupertuis or Robert > Surcouf. > > > > > > > > Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: > > > > 1. Quelle est l'heure de r?f?rence ? bord? > > 2. Fabriquez-vous vous-m?me votre dioxyg?ne ou avez-vous des r?serves? > > 3. Comment faites-vous si quelqu'un se blesse gravement dans la station? > > 4. Sur quoi portent vos exp?riences actuellement? > > 5. Avez-vous fait des d?couvertes? > > 6. Peut-il y avoir de la bu?e dans votre casque? > > 7. La gravit? est-elle constante dans l'ISS durant sa r?volution? > > 8. Comment ressentez-vous physiologiquement la variation de gravit? entre > > laTerre et l'ISS? > > 9. L'eau que vous consommez est-elle recycl?e ou provient-elle de stocks? > > 10. O? en est-on sur les exp?riences concernant le caisson d'habitation > > gonflable? > > 11. A part la Terre, que pouvez-vous observer dans l'espace depuis l'ISS? > > Voyez-vous des ?toiles? > > 12. Quelle est la plus belle chose que vous ayez vue? > > 13. Quelle temp?rature fait-il dans l'ISS et dans l'espace? > > 14. Au bout de combien de temps pouvez-vous marcher normalement lorsque > vous > > revenez sur Terre? > > 15. Y a-t-il des ?tapes importantes ? g?rer lors de votre retour sur Terre > > dans la capsule Soyouz? > > 16. Comment savez-vous que la nuit est tomb?e? > > 17. Comment faites-vous si vous perdez la liaison radio avec la Terre? > > 18. Lors d'une sortie dans l'espace, combien de temps d'autonomie > avez-vous? > > 19. Comment faites-vous pour vous nourrir, faites-vous des cultures? > > 20. Comment savez-vous que vous ?tes ? l'envers ou ? l'endroit dans l'ISS? > > > > > > Translated: > > > > 1. What's the reference time on board? > > 2. Do you produce your own oxygen or do you have supplies on board? > > 3. How do you manage if someone gets badly hurt in the station? > > 4. At the moment, what is the nature of your experiments? > > 5. Have you already made major discoveries? > > 6. Can your helmets fill with condensation? > > 7. Does gravity remain constant in the ISS during her revolution? > > 8. : How do you feel, physiologically speaking, the variations of gravity > > between the earth and the ISS? > > 9. Is the water you drink recycled or does it come from water supplies? > > 10. What results have you had so far regarding the BEAM (Bigelow > Expandable > > Activity Module)? > > 11. Apart from the earth what can you see in space? Can you see stars? > > 12. What is the most beautiful thing you have seen yet? > > 13. What's the temperature in the International Space Station and in > space? > > 14. How long does it take you to walk normally, when you're back on > Earth?) > > 15. Are there any important steps to cope with, when you're travelling > back > > to Earth in Capsule Soyuz? > > 16. How do you know when night has fallen? > > 17. What do you do if you lose the radio connection with Earth? > > 18. When you go into space, how long can you stay there? How much autonomy > > do you have? > > 19. How do you manage to eat, do you grow vegetables or things? > > 20. How do you know if you are standing upright or upside down in the ISS? > > > > > > PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: > > > > Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the > International Space Station (ARISS). > > > > To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status > > > > > > > > Next planned event(s): > > > > 1. The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY, > direct via > > W2IR > > The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS > > The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD > > Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-10 19:49 UTC > > > > 2. Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR > > The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS > > The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG > > Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29 UTC > > > > 3. Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Niccol? Pisano", Marina di Pisa, > Italy, > > telebridge via IK1SLD (***) > > The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS > > The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD > > Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31 UTC > > > > > > > > About ARISS: > > Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative > venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies > that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, > sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American > Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in > Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). > The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, > engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts > via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in > classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced > amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in > a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, > students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space > technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, > www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. > > > > Thank you & 73, > > David - AA4KN > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Tue Dec 6 18:11:48 2016 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 13:11:48 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_contact_with_Coll=E8ge_Jean_Ch?= =?iso-8859-1?q?arcot=2C_Saint_Malo=2C_France?= Message-ID: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTION: Concerning today's ARISS Press Release for the upcoming contact on Dec. 8 with Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, the downlink frequency will be 437.525 MHz instead of 145.800 MHz as was noted in the release. Dave, AA4KN ARISS PR --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 20:00:54 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 12:00:54 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Upcoming_contact_with_Coll=C3=A8ge_Jean_Char?= =?utf-8?q?cot=2C_Saint_Malo=2C_France?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <584718F6.7060902@gmail.com> Same regarding the SSTV event? Greg KO6TH n4csitwo at bellsouth.net wrote: > PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTION: > > Concerning today's ARISS Press Release for the upcoming contact on Dec. 8 with Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, the downlink frequency will be 437.525 MHz instead of 145.800 MHz as was noted in the release. > > Dave, AA4KN > ARISS PR > > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From johnbrier at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 20:03:56 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:03:56 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Upcoming_contact_with_Coll=C3=A8ge_Jean_Char?= =?utf-8?q?cot=2C_Saint_Malo=2C_France?= In-Reply-To: <584718F6.7060902@gmail.com> References: <584718F6.7060902@gmail.com> Message-ID: No, that should be 145.800 still as the Russians are doing that event and they still have VHF capability. John Brier, KG4AKV On Dec 6, 2016 3:01 PM, "Greg D" wrote: > Same regarding the SSTV event? > > Greg KO6TH > > > n4csitwo at bellsouth.net wrote: > > PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTION: > > > > Concerning today's ARISS Press Release for the upcoming contact on Dec. > 8 with Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, the downlink frequency > will be 437.525 MHz instead of 145.800 MHz as was noted in the release. > > > > Dave, AA4KN > > ARISS PR > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From dave.w8aas at verizon.net Tue Dec 6 20:38:21 2016 From: dave.w8aas at verizon.net (Dave Taylor) Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:38:21 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Upcoming_contact_with_Coll=C3=A8ge_Jean_Char?= =?utf-8?q?cot=2C_Saint_Malo=2C_France?= In-Reply-To: <584718F6.7060902@gmail.com> References: <584718F6.7060902@gmail.com> Message-ID: <520896CA-87DA-41C8-BA0E-5DA951CEC02E@verizon.net> No. SSTV is on 145.800 at the same time as the ARISS contact, so the contact will be done on UHF. Dave > On Dec 6, 2016, at 3:00 PM, Greg D wrote: > > Same regarding the SSTV event? > > Greg KO6TH > > > n4csitwo at bellsouth.net wrote: >> PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTION: >> >> Concerning today's ARISS Press Release for the upcoming contact on Dec. 8 with Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, the downlink frequency will be 437.525 MHz instead of 145.800 MHz as was noted in the release. >> >> Dave, AA4KN >> ARISS PR >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From 6jzh at libero.it Tue Dec 6 20:44:05 2016 From: 6jzh at libero.it (Quirino) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 21:44:05 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] keps & SATSKED Message-ID: <000001d25001$7d2a76d0$777f6470$@it> HI Ii'll appreciate so much a trick for KEPS updating in SATSKED. The same file from amsat org renamed .TXT is Good for istantrack, gpredict, TRAKBOX but only random for satsked. now I'm standby at day 259 and have difficulty to find the sat....Pse is there any "Fred Flintstone" OM like me that can help with a trick? TNX de Quirino i6jzh e-mail: 6jzh at libero.it From peternyy at verizon.net Tue Dec 6 22:24:36 2016 From: peternyy at verizon.net (Peter) Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 17:24:36 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio University- 2017 Message-ID: <7CF5FEB63E2440CDA0D87C0F4366E7A3@DESKTOP8A7S6MK> Good Afternoon, HRU, located in Bethpage, NY, http://hamradiouniversity.org/, is scheduled for January 8th, 2017, and I could use some help. I will have an AMSAT table, running from 9 AM to 3 PM, and would like to do as many passes as the schedule allows. If you are a current AMSAT member, send me an email, to let me know if you can help out. If you can operate portable or can answer some questions at the satellite table that would be a big help, thank you. 73 Peter W2JV at amsat.org From normanlizeth at gmail.com Wed Dec 7 06:05:39 2016 From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 01:05:39 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Free to a good home: LVB tracker board Message-ID: Dead LVB tracker board. Good ADC AZ and EL. Took a lightening strike. Shot the bug down to the serial port. No output. Is it the uC or the line driver? I'll include a direct cross for the latter. Lucky recipient will have the pleasure of crossing his or her fingers and powering up. Any 16x2 44870 compatible display will work. NO LCD, CASE OR BUTTONS. These had a higher calling. PS: I'll include the never working difficult to find AMSAT official USB port. Great conversation piece. Norm n3ykf From LB2TG at hotmail.com Wed Dec 7 11:16:58 2016 From: LB2TG at hotmail.com (LB2TG Paul) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 11:16:58 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 Message-ID: I have one more question to make..... How do you set up SatPc32 so the IC-910 are working split? Like when SatPc32ISS is stared. I mean when both up- and downlink are in the same band, or same freq, just correcting for dopplershift. So far I have not found anything in the manual. Connecting two different radios maybe works....... 73, Paul LB2TG From LB2TG at hotmail.com Wed Dec 7 11:39:40 2016 From: LB2TG at hotmail.com (LB2TG Paul) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 11:39:40 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 In-Reply-To: <9FB04EFA4D55478D88C50BFEB61883AA@AA5PKPC> References: , <9FB04EFA4D55478D88C50BFEB61883AA@AA5PKPC> Message-ID: Hi. Yes I know, but how do you set up SatPC to do this? --- 73, Paul ________________________________________ Fra: Glenn Miller - AA5PK Sendt: 7. desember 2016 12:32 Til: LB2TG Paul Emne: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 Paul, Page 37 of the manual deals with split frequency operation. [split] -----Original Message----- From: LB2TG Paul Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 5:16 AM To: Amsat BB Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 I have one more question to make..... How do you set up SatPc32 so the IC-910 are working split? Like when SatPc32ISS is stared. I mean when both up- and downlink are in the same band, or same freq, just correcting for dopplershift. So far I have not found anything in the manual. Connecting two different radios maybe works....... 73, Paul LB2TG _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From kb2m at comcast.net Wed Dec 7 12:32:58 2016 From: kb2m at comcast.net (Jeff) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 07:32:58 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 In-Reply-To: References: , <9FB04EFA4D55478D88C50BFEB61883AA@AA5PKPC> Message-ID: <329F7A49614142CC803CEAE6080FA2CF@kb2m4PC> Hi Paul, you need to run SatPC32ISS. I've never used this program, but others on here have if you run into any issues. >From the SatPC32 manual.... 1. SatPC32ISS SatPC32ISS.Exe is a special version of the SatPC32 main program SatPC32.Exe, that is intended to be used for amateur radio contacts with the ISS or other transponders with uplink and downlink in the same band ('In-Band' satellites). The 'normal? SatPC32 doesn't support 'In-Band? operation.because it switches the satellite radios into the satellite mode. That mode allows full duplex operation (receiving and transmitting at the same time). Therefore it requires the uplink and downlink frequencies to be in different bands. 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: LB2TG Paul Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 6:39 AM To: Glenn Miller - AA5PK ; Amsat BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 Hi. Yes I know, but how do you set up SatPC to do this? --- 73, Paul ________________________________________ Fra: Glenn Miller - AA5PK Sendt: 7. desember 2016 12:32 Til: LB2TG Paul Emne: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 Paul, Page 37 of the manual deals with split frequency operation. [split] -----Original Message----- From: LB2TG Paul Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 5:16 AM To: Amsat BB Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 I have one more question to make..... How do you set up SatPc32 so the IC-910 are working split? Like when SatPc32ISS is stared. I mean when both up- and downlink are in the same band, or same freq, just correcting for dopplershift. So far I have not found anything in the manual. Connecting two different radios maybe works....... 73, Paul LB2TG _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From LB2TG at hotmail.com Wed Dec 7 13:05:14 2016 From: LB2TG at hotmail.com (LB2TG Paul) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 13:05:14 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 In-Reply-To: <329F7A49614142CC803CEAE6080FA2CF@kb2m4PC> References: , <9FB04EFA4D55478D88C50BFEB61883AA@AA5PKPC> , <329F7A49614142CC803CEAE6080FA2CF@kb2m4PC> Message-ID: Wohooo :-) Why didn't I think of that... slow person maybe.... hi Honestly, I did not notice the text in that chapter so I have only used it for the ISS. I think my "problem" are solved this now. Thank you so much! 73, Paul LB2tg ________________________________________ Fra: Jeff Sendt: 7. desember 2016 13:32 Til: LB2TG Paul; Amsat BB Emne: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 Hi Paul, you need to run SatPC32ISS. I've never used this program, but others on here have if you run into any issues. >From the SatPC32 manual.... 1. SatPC32ISS SatPC32ISS.Exe is a special version of the SatPC32 main program SatPC32.Exe, that is intended to be used for amateur radio contacts with the ISS or other transponders with uplink and downlink in the same band ('In-Band' satellites). The 'normal? SatPC32 doesn't support 'In-Band? operation.because it switches the satellite radios into the satellite mode. That mode allows full duplex operation (receiving and transmitting at the same time). Therefore it requires the uplink and downlink frequencies to be in different bands. 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: LB2TG Paul Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 6:39 AM To: Glenn Miller - AA5PK ; Amsat BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 Hi. Yes I know, but how do you set up SatPC to do this? --- 73, Paul ________________________________________ Fra: Glenn Miller - AA5PK Sendt: 7. desember 2016 12:32 Til: LB2TG Paul Emne: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 Paul, Page 37 of the manual deals with split frequency operation. [split] -----Original Message----- From: LB2TG Paul Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 5:16 AM To: Amsat BB Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910 Split operation in SatPc32 I have one more question to make..... How do you set up SatPc32 so the IC-910 are working split? Like when SatPc32ISS is stared. I mean when both up- and downlink are in the same band, or same freq, just correcting for dopplershift. So far I have not found anything in the manual. Connecting two different radios maybe works....... 73, Paul LB2TG _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From lw2dtz at yahoo.com.ar Wed Dec 7 14:38:54 2016 From: lw2dtz at yahoo.com.ar (Gustavo Carpignano) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:38:54 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Tigrisat Cubesat References: <877309872.1451523.1481121534403.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <877309872.1451523.1481121534403@mail.yahoo.com> Tigrisat , the Irak's ?first cubesat, is transmitting in 435 MhZ at 9K6 FSK G3RUH. It's modulation is very clear and easy to decode to anybody that wants to start to decode this type of satellite. Here you can find a live capture: https://youtu.be/_eo6rqb5EVY 73 Gustavo, LW2DTZ From GW1FKY at aol.com Wed Dec 7 15:49:05 2016 From: GW1FKY at aol.com (GW1FKY at aol.com) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 10:49:05 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] VE3FRH silent Key Message-ID: <769abb.43072bee.45798970@aol.com> I was very saddened to learn of the passing away of Robin Haighton ( VE3FRH) I had the great pleasure of meeting Robin in the year 2001 during a visit to the UK for the Amsat Colloquium, He had relatives over here as his wife had lived in the village of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales - Not to far away from my own QTH. Along with some other colleagues we great pleasure in talking to him and one of the subjects was ARISS School Contacts When Robin returned home he very kindly (at his own expense ) sent me a CD containing a video recording of the ISS link up with "KC0PCH " ( Parkway Central high School ). I was able to show this to many other interested parties and youngsters and it really pioneered the way forward for our hobby. My most of those in the video have matured and grown up - I am sure many will still remember the experience. Many thanks Robin - a very nice and respected person. - RIP. My thoughts are with family and friends. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat-UK Amsat NA From gp_ab5r at outlook.com Wed Dec 7 21:07:58 2016 From: gp_ab5r at outlook.com (Gerald Payton) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 21:07:58 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] A Little Help Please Message-ID: I am trying to install equipment for packet communication through ISS. I thought that UISS software worked with EITHER a software modem OR a TNC, but reading (at least starting to read) the 75 page manual, apparently it does not. Since it does not, please suggest another terminal program or APRS/Packet specific program. My approach for the hardware is an old MFJ-1270C TNC. I'm trying to learn its ins and outs from its 287 page outdated manual. GROINK Additionally, I have a cable ordered with modular end for my radio (IC-2730). Any advise or Elmer-ing will be highly appreciated. It has been over ten years since I had any experience with packet or APRS. My personal email is either AB5R at AMSAT, ARRL or gp_ab5r at outlook.com 73, Jerry AB5R From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Wed Dec 7 21:21:22 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 13:21:22 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] A Little Help Please In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <58487D52.8000203@gmail.com> My preference for APRS terminal programs is Lynn Deffenbaugh's APRSIS/32 (http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/). Haven't used Packet by itself (non-APRS) in probably a decade... Note the settings recommended for satellite operation, as different from terrestrial APRS. http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/doc:satelliteops Enjoy, Greg KO6TH Gerald Payton wrote: > I am trying to install equipment for packet communication through ISS. I thought that UISS software worked with EITHER a software modem OR a TNC, but reading (at least starting to read) the 75 page manual, apparently it does not. > > > Since it does not, please suggest another terminal program or APRS/Packet specific program. > > > My approach for the hardware is an old MFJ-1270C TNC. I'm trying to learn its ins and outs from its 287 page outdated manual. GROINK Additionally, I have a cable ordered with modular end for my radio (IC-2730). > > > Any advise or Elmer-ing will be highly appreciated. It has been over ten years since I had any experience with packet or APRS. > > > My personal email is either AB5R at AMSAT, ARRL or gp_ab5r at outlook.com > > 73, > > Jerry AB5R > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From pe0sat at vgnet.nl Wed Dec 7 21:24:22 2016 From: pe0sat at vgnet.nl (PE0SAT | Amateur Radio) Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:24:22 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] A Little Help Please In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <811245bdb9570300dbff97f4563155cf@vgnet.nl> Hello Gerald, Look at AGW Packet Engine, this can be connected to a hardware TNC in kiss mode. When that is working connect UISS via the AGW protocol to AGW Packet Engine. So the setup would look like: UISS -- via localhost tcp port 8000 -> AGW Packet Engine -- via RS232 serial --> MFJ-1270C TNC 73 Jan PE0SAT --- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ Online Telemetry Forwarder: http://tlm.pe0sat.nl/ irc://chat.freenode.net #Cubesat - Twitter @pe0sat On 07-12-2016 22:07, Gerald Payton wrote: > I am trying to install equipment for packet communication through ISS. > I thought that UISS software worked with EITHER a software modem OR a > TNC, but reading (at least starting to read) the 75 page manual, > apparently it does not. > > > Since it does not, please suggest another terminal program or > APRS/Packet specific program. > > > My approach for the hardware is an old MFJ-1270C TNC. I'm trying to > learn its ins and outs from its 287 page outdated manual. GROINK > Additionally, I have a cable ordered with modular end for my radio > (IC-2730). > > > Any advise or Elmer-ing will be highly appreciated. It has been over > ten years since I had any experience with packet or APRS. > > > My personal email is either AB5R at AMSAT, ARRL or gp_ab5r at outlook.com > > 73, > > Jerry AB5R > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com Wed Dec 7 21:34:31 2016 From: joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com (JoAnne K9JKM) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 15:34:31 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] A Little Help Please In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5848805b.c56e240a.b6989.24eb@mx.google.com> MFJ used to sell a MSDOS terminal window program with their MFJ-1270C which they called MFJCOM. This also ran under windows. The comm window would allow you to manually enter the TNC commands such as UNPROTO CQ VIA RS0ISS, MYCALL, PASSALL, MCON, MALL, etc. etc. A quick google for 'mfjcom' yielded a somewhat obscure repository containing mfjcom.zip (but I don't know the contents of this zip file); http://cd.textfiles.com/hamradio/fax/mfjcom-1/ Another version of the terminal program called Skyrider claims to be the predecessor to MFJCOM: http://www.qsl.net/ke4mob/software.html -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm at amsat.org From bruninga at usna.edu Wed Dec 7 23:21:30 2016 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 18:21:30 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker Message-ID: Those who remember the Russian Woodpecker that could decimate the Amateur Radio Bands back in the 1980?s might be interested to know there is a new Film on NETFIX called ?The Russian Woodpecker?! I thought it was some kind of spy thriller, but I got it on DVD and it turned out to be a documentary with English subtitiles. Wife got bored, but I wateched every word. I had never seen the pictures of it, but here is a guy climbing all over the abandoned antenna and making a documentary. I never knew that the Woodpecker HUGE HF beam array was right on the same property as the Chernobly Nuke plant! I didn?t see this coming. But the theory of the documentary is that the Chernoybl nuke plant disaster was traceable to ?the failure? of the Woodpecker system to work as promised and so the nuke disaster was an attempt by a Moscow Bureaucrat to cause a ?situation? at the nuke plant on that fateful day to cause enough of a problem to cause the big INSPECTION of the Woodpecker next door secheduled that same week, to be canceled? to hide their bureaucratic failure to work as promised. It was made by a Ukranian in brash defiance of the Russians, so there is an agenda here? Very interesting?. As conspiracy theories go? but also scary when you see the same kind of lies and deception in politicians today that was going on then too. Bob, Wb4APR From kc5qbc at swbell.net Wed Dec 7 23:37:31 2016 From: kc5qbc at swbell.net (Floyd Rodgers) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 17:37:31 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <116e121a-e938-4942-f578-562c54490fee@swbell.net> It is available for streaming on amazon prime also. From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Wed Dec 7 23:39:56 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 15:39:56 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: <116e121a-e938-4942-f578-562c54490fee@swbell.net> References: <116e121a-e938-4942-f578-562c54490fee@swbell.net> Message-ID: <58489DCC.7050403@gmail.com> No luck on Netflix :( Greg KO6TH Floyd Rodgers wrote: > It is available for streaming on amazon prime also. > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From diehl.mike.a at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 00:24:59 2016 From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 16:24:59 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] A Little Help Please In-Reply-To: <811245bdb9570300dbff97f4563155cf@vgnet.nl> References: <811245bdb9570300dbff97f4563155cf@vgnet.nl> Message-ID: <4C4506F2-7AA0-4D4A-81C3-6A3E60EDEABD@gmail.com> Jan probably had the best answer. AGWPE will handle your hardware TNC quite nicely for use with UISS. It works great with my homebrew Arduino TNC. 73 AI6GS - Mike > On Dec 7, 2016, at 1:24 PM, PE0SAT | Amateur Radio wrote: > > Hello Gerald, > > Look at AGW Packet Engine, this can be connected to a hardware TNC in kiss mode. > When that is working connect UISS via the AGW protocol to AGW Packet Engine. > > So the setup would look like: > > UISS -- via localhost tcp port 8000 -> AGW Packet Engine -- via RS232 serial --> MFJ-1270C TNC > > 73 Jan PE0SAT > > --- > With regards PE0SAT > Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ > DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ > Online Telemetry Forwarder: http://tlm.pe0sat.nl/ > irc://chat.freenode.net #Cubesat - Twitter @pe0sat > >> On 07-12-2016 22:07, Gerald Payton wrote: >> I am trying to install equipment for packet communication through ISS. >> I thought that UISS software worked with EITHER a software modem OR a >> TNC, but reading (at least starting to read) the 75 page manual, >> apparently it does not. >> Since it does not, please suggest another terminal program or >> APRS/Packet specific program. >> My approach for the hardware is an old MFJ-1270C TNC. I'm trying to >> learn its ins and outs from its 287 page outdated manual. GROINK >> Additionally, I have a cable ordered with modular end for my radio >> (IC-2730). >> Any advise or Elmer-ing will be highly appreciated. It has been over >> ten years since I had any experience with packet or APRS. >> My personal email is either AB5R at AMSAT, ARRL or gp_ab5r at outlook.com >> 73, >> Jerry AB5R >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From aa5pk at suddenlink.net Thu Dec 8 00:50:10 2016 From: aa5pk at suddenlink.net (Glenn Miller - AA5PK) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 18:50:10 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <257F9FFD24044D25BDE13F712CFEA567@AA5PKPC> Here's an interesting tour of the Duga radar from the lens of a few drones. From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 01:00:18 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 01:00:18 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Interfase CAT FT-747 Message-ID: Hello guys, does anyone know where to buy the interface for the CAT FT-847? Is not very commercial. Thanks for your help. -- Saludos David Maciel XE3DX Enviado desde mi IPHONE From wageners at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 01:09:19 2016 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 20:09:19 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Interfase CAT FT-747 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <80091E07-4150-41FA-AE8F-3D9C06D79076@gmail.com> Ebay :-) Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 7, 2016, at 8:00 PM, David Maciel (XE3DX) wrote: > > Hello guys, does anyone know where to buy the interface for the CAT FT-847? > Is not very commercial. Thanks for your help. > -- > Saludos > > David Maciel > XE3DX > > Enviado desde mi IPHONE > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From kontakt at sp3qfe.net Thu Dec 8 01:16:51 2016 From: kontakt at sp3qfe.net (Armand SP3QFE) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 02:16:51 +0100 (CET) Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: <58489DCC.7050403@gmail.com> References: <116e121a-e938-4942-f578-562c54490fee@swbell.net> <58489DCC.7050403@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1929266546.447385.1481159811712@poczta.nazwa.pl> Hello Everybody, Nice movie Bob. I didn't see before. Thank you! Full version of this movie is on page: http://fmovies.to/film/the-russian-woodpecker.553m/4jqwlk on server S2 (see on the page below the movie) On default server S1 the movie is broken. Here you are quite good English subtitles: http://english-subtitles.org/11520-the-russian-woodpecker.html Here you are description of the Dipole Nadenenko: http://www.antentop.org/006/files/dn006.pdf I hope it allow you to understand how the Duga-3 radar worked. From the other side some time ago I read that these two antennas were only for listen (only SWL) to, where as other very similar antennas complex located in another region were used for transmitting signals. 73, Armand SP3QFE > Dnia 8 grudzie? 2016 o 00:39 Greg D napisa?(a): > > > No luck on Netflix :( > > Greg KO6TH > > > Floyd Rodgers wrote: > > It is available for streaming on amazon prime also. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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EoF From va6bmj at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 01:42:52 2016 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 01:42:52 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 12/7/16, Robert Bruninga wrote: > Those who remember the Russian Woodpecker that could decimate the Amateur > Radio Bands back in the 1980?s might be interested to know there is a new > Film on NETFIX called ?The Russian Woodpecker?! Ah, the good old Woodpecker..... I was just an SWL when it was in its prime during the 1980s. Many a time I cursed it because it interfered with reception of a certain program or denied me a possible DX catch. It became as much a legend on the bands as those infamous numbers stations. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @DO33FL From k7trkradio at charter.net Thu Dec 8 01:43:16 2016 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 17:43:16 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Interface CAT FT-747 Message-ID: <001b01d250f4$74ba3b90$5e2eb2b0$@charter.net> Hi David, RT Systems provides a cable that will allow CAT control with Ham Radio deluxe or other programs. As I recall, the 847 needs a null modem cable, NOT a straight thru. I may have an extra RT Systems cable for you...let me check tomorrow 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of David Maciel (XE3DX) Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 5:00 PM To: Grupo Amsat BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Interfase CAT FT-747 Hello guys, does anyone know where to buy the interface for the CAT FT-847? Is not very commercial. Thanks for your help. -- Saludos David Maciel XE3DX Enviado desde mi IPHONE _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From bruninga at usna.edu Thu Dec 8 01:57:05 2016 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 20:57:05 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: <257F9FFD24044D25BDE13F712CFEA567@AA5PKPC> References: <257F9FFD24044D25BDE13F712CFEA567@AA5PKPC> Message-ID: THAT is unbelievable! -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Miller - AA5PK [mailto:aa5pk at suddenlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 7:50 PM To: Robert Bruninga; AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker Here's an interesting tour of the Duga radar from the lens of a few drones. From k8bl at ameritech.net Thu Dec 8 03:59:09 2016 From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 03:59:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1076716222.114462.1481169549501@mail.yahoo.com> Sadly, when you tune across the SW Bands these daysyou don't hear very much. ?It seems that the Internet hasreplaced many of those wonderful high-power stationsthat used to fill those airwaves.. ? -BL From: B J To: Robert Bruninga Cc: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker On 12/7/16, Robert Bruninga wrote: > Those who remember the Russian Woodpecker that could decimate the Amateur > Radio Bands back in the 1980?s might be interested to know there is a new > Film on NETFIX called ?The Russian Woodpecker?! Ah, the good old Woodpecker.....? I was just an SWL when it was in its prime during the 1980s.? Many a time I cursed it because it interfered with reception of a certain program or denied me a possible DX catch. It became as much a legend on the bands as those infamous numbers stations. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @DO33FL _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From va6bmj at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 05:09:42 2016 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 05:09:42 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: <1076716222.114462.1481169549501@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1076716222.114462.1481169549501@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On 12/8/16, R.T.Liddy wrote: > Sadly, when you tune across the SW Bands these daysyou don't hear very much. > It seems that the Internet hasreplaced many of those wonderful high-power > stationsthat used to fill those airwaves.. -BL Indeed that's the case. Many of those stations went off the air over the years. Many of their transmitters were old and spare parts were hard to come by. As well, they were often expensive to run. Streaming over the Internet cost considerably less. I used to be a monitor for the BBC World Service. In 1999, it ended its broadcasts to North America and I was told that I could only hear it via the Internet after that. Slowly, nearly all the familiar stations have gone silent. There are still some on the air, but many are usually heard in North America over existing relays that were used by other broadcasters in the old days. Aside from them, there are a few religious stations and that's about it. Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From KA9QJG at COMCAST.NET Thu Dec 8 05:14:27 2016 From: KA9QJG at COMCAST.NET (KA9QJG) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 23:14:27 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: <1076716222.114462.1481169549501@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1076716222.114462.1481169549501@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <002701d25111$f33d7230$d9b85690$@COMCAST.NET> I would rather listen to the Woodpecker like I did when I got My lic over 35 Yrs ago than some of the Wood heads I now hear on HF Lol 73 De Don KA9QJG -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of R.T.Liddy Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 9:59 PM To: B J; Robert Bruninga Cc: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker Sadly, when you tune across the SW Bands these daysyou don't hear very much. It seems that the Internet hasreplaced many of those wonderful high-power stationsthat used to fill those airwaves.. -BL From: B J To: Robert Bruninga Cc: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker On 12/7/16, Robert Bruninga wrote: > Those who remember the Russian Woodpecker that could decimate the > Amateur Radio Bands back in the 1980?s might be interested to know > there is a new Film on NETFIX called ?The Russian Woodpecker?! Ah, the good old Woodpecker..... I was just an SWL when it was in its prime during the 1980s. Many a time I cursed it because it interfered with reception of a certain program or denied me a possible DX catch. It became as much a legend on the bands as those infamous numbers stations. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @DO33FL _______________________________________________ From va6bmj at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 06:13:28 2016 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 06:13:28 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: <002701d25111$f33d7230$d9b85690$@COMCAST.NET> References: <1076716222.114462.1481169549501@mail.yahoo.com> <002701d25111$f33d7230$d9b85690$@COMCAST.NET> Message-ID: On 12/8/16, KA9QJG wrote: > I would rather listen to the Woodpecker like I did when I got My lic over > 35 Yrs ago than some of the Wood heads I now hear on HF Lol I remember reading reviews of SW receivers in the WRTH that had filters that could eliminate the Woodpecker. No word on whether there are any radios that can filter out traffic from rogue hams, hi. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From mark.g0mgx at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 06:15:37 2016 From: mark.g0mgx at gmail.com (Mark, G0MGX) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 06:15:37 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Interface CAT FT-747 In-Reply-To: <001b01d250f4$74ba3b90$5e2eb2b0$@charter.net> References: <001b01d250f4$74ba3b90$5e2eb2b0$@charter.net> Message-ID: <001701d2511a$7ea55650$7bf002f0$@gmail.com> You just need a standard cross RS232 cable. So ground to ground and 2-3 and 3-2. If I remember correctly you cant use the CAT interface if you have the external ATU connected - but I might be wrong. Mark G0MGX -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ted Sent: 08 December 2016 01:43 To: 'David Maciel (XE3DX)' ; 'Grupo Amsat BB' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Interface CAT FT-747 Hi David, RT Systems provides a cable that will allow CAT control with Ham Radio deluxe or other programs. As I recall, the 847 needs a null modem cable, NOT a straight thru. I may have an extra RT Systems cable for you...let me check tomorrow 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of David Maciel (XE3DX) Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 5:00 PM To: Grupo Amsat BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Interfase CAT FT-747 Hello guys, does anyone know where to buy the interface for the CAT FT-847? Is not very commercial. Thanks for your help. -- Saludos David Maciel XE3DX Enviado desde mi IPHONE _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From f6agr at orange.fr Thu Dec 8 10:18:44 2016 From: f6agr at orange.fr (Jean-L. RAULT) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 10:18:44 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just search for "Duga 3" on Youtube, and you'll get several interesting videos about our favorite Woodpecker :o) Jean-Louis F6AGR Le 07/12/2016 ? 23:21, Robert Bruninga a ?crit : > Those who remember the Russian Woodpecker that could decimate the Amateur > Radio Bands back in the 1980?s might be interested to know there is a new > Film on NETFIX called ?The Russian Woodpecker?! > > > > I thought it was some kind of spy thriller, but I got it on DVD and it > turned out to be a documentary with English subtitiles. Wife got bored, > but I wateched every word. I had never seen the pictures of it, but here > is a guy climbing all over the abandoned antenna and making a documentary. > I never knew that the Woodpecker HUGE HF beam array was right on the same > property as the Chernobly Nuke plant! > > > > I didn?t see this coming. But the theory of the documentary is that the > Chernoybl nuke plant disaster was traceable to ?the failure? of the > Woodpecker system to work as promised and so the nuke disaster was an > attempt by a Moscow Bureaucrat to cause a ?situation? at the nuke plant on > that fateful day to cause enough of a problem to cause the big INSPECTION > of the Woodpecker next door secheduled that same week, to be canceled? to > hide their bureaucratic failure to work as promised. > > > > It was made by a Ukranian in brash defiance of the Russians, so there is an > agenda here? > > > > Very interesting?. As conspiracy theories go? but also scary when you see > the same kind of lies and deception in politicians today that was going on > then too. > > > > Bob, Wb4APR > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Thu Dec 8 11:06:42 2016 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 11:06:42 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] March launch for CAS-4A/4B Transponder sats + ISS SSTV Today References: <786893903.369481.1481195202184.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <786893903.369481.1481195202184@mail.yahoo.com> Receive Pictures from Space ? ISS SSTV Dec?8-9 https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/02/iss-sstv-dec-8-9/ CAS-4A and CAS-4B to have Ham Radio Linear Transponders https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/07/cas-4a-cas-4b-transponder-sats/ Sandringham School aims for space https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/05/sandringham-school-aims-for-space/ CubeSats launch to ISS December 9 http://spaceflight101.com/htv-6/htv-6-cargo-overview/ https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/02/school-tancredo-1-tubesat/ The book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is available from the AMSAT-UK shop https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/27/getting-started-with-amateur-satellites-2016/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From roccaf at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 12:14:22 2016 From: roccaf at gmail.com (Fabio R.) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 13:14:22 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] UKUBE-1 Signal Message-ID: Hello everyone, we have noticed, during EU passes, that UKUBE-1 starts trasmitting noise every 2-3 minutes. Looks like a spurious signal saturating and covering about half of the passband. Any idea ? 73 Fabio F5VKV From ewpereira at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 12:23:32 2016 From: ewpereira at gmail.com (Edson W. R. Pereira) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 10:23:32 -0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] UKUBE-1 Signal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have observed the same behavior on passes over South America. The transponder passband singal is as strong as the FunCube BPSK beacon. 73, Edson PY2SDR --- - We humans have the capability to do amazing things if we work together. - N?s seres humanos temos a capacidade de fazer coisas incr?veis se trabalharmos juntos. On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Fabio R. wrote: > Hello everyone, > > we have noticed, during EU passes, that UKUBE-1 starts trasmitting noise > every 2-3 minutes. Looks like a spurious signal saturating and covering > about half of the passband. > > Any idea ? > > 73 > Fabio > F5VKV > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From AJ9N at aol.com Thu Dec 8 08:55:34 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 03:55:34 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-08 09:00 UTC Message-ID: <192482b.7697b2b0.457a7a06@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-08 09:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-08 15:19:45 UTC 74 deg This contact might be on the downlink of 437.525 MHz Watch for live stream at http://www.arace.fr/ (***) The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY, direct via W2IR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-10 19:49:54 UTC 85 deg Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29:47 UTC 38 deg Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Niccol? Pisano?, Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31:13 UTC 68 deg (if the HTV launches on time) (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-17 12:23:31 UTC 60 deg via IK1SLD for if there is a HTV launch delay) (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 2016-12-08 09:00 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 1095. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1060. 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 2016-11-29 06:30 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From n8hm at arrl.net Thu Dec 8 14:21:21 2016 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 09:21:21 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] UKUBE-1 Signal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The cause is the primary transceiver onboard the satellite transmitting it's beacon signal and overloading the receiver on the FUNcube-2 transponder. 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Edson W. R. Pereira wrote: > I have observed the same behavior on passes over South America. The > transponder passband singal is as strong as the FunCube BPSK beacon. > > 73, Edson PY2SDR > > > --- > - We humans have the capability to do amazing things if we work together. > - N?s seres humanos temos a capacidade de fazer coisas incr?veis se > trabalharmos juntos. > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Fabio R. wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > we have noticed, during EU passes, that UKUBE-1 starts trasmitting noise > > every 2-3 minutes. Looks like a spurious signal saturating and covering > > about half of the passband. > > > > Any idea ? > > > > 73 > > Fabio > > F5VKV > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From w5pfg at amsat.org Thu Dec 8 14:27:41 2016 From: w5pfg at amsat.org (Clayton W5PFG) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 08:27:41 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] UKUBE-1 Signal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The satellite's primary beacon causes many signals to disappear on the transponder when it is active. If you adjust your power, you can sometimes overcome it. :-) When the primary satellite beacon stops, the transponder will resume normal performance. It is fun to play a game and see when it catches you. Sometimes you get caught in the middle of QSO or calling CQ. I enjoy working UKube-1 because it is very strong. It is getting a fair amount of users over the USA. 73 Clayton W5PFG On 12/8/2016 06:14, Fabio R. wrote: > Hello everyone, > > we have noticed, during EU passes, that UKUBE-1 starts trasmitting noise > every 2-3 minutes. Looks like a spurious signal saturating and covering > about half of the passband. > > Any idea ? > > 73 > Fabio > F5VKV From andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk Thu Dec 8 15:47:12 2016 From: andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk (andy thomas) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:47:12 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS sending sstv References: <593329905.748555.1481212032474.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <593329905.748555.1481212032474@mail.yahoo.com> SSTV is being tx'd from the ISS on 145.800, PD180 FM. It's part of the Moscow Aviation Institute's 75 celebrations and shows a group seated photo with caption. My picture is marred by noise as I really should demolish my neighbour's house to the East, hi. My next pass is at 1659 utc from the south west but I am not sure that east coast usa will hear it. 73 de andy g0sfj From kk5do at arrl.net Thu Dec 8 20:47:14 2016 From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 14:47:14 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards Update Message-ID: <51f234e9-f87e-4795-e139-ade3763931fb@arrl.net> I have moved to a new house and am now in EM20. Fifty miles may not seem like far until you have to move everything you own. Now, back to business. Congrats to all who have earned an AMSAT Award since the last posting. AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO Augustinus Robert Tuanubun, YC8VRA Kenneth Hitchcock, KB0OQJ Jacek Zebrowski, W9OOO Terry Holman, AJ4A ------ AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Robert Beatty, WB4SON #569 Dan Koawl, AL7RS, #570 Robert Hinshaw, N6UK, #571 Mac Cody, AE5PH, #572 John Papay, KB7YSE/7, #573 Dave Swanson, KG5CCI, #574 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Fernando Ramirez-Ferrer, NP4JV #173 Robert Hinshaw, N6UK, #174 Dan Koawl, AL7RS, #175 John Papay, KB8YSE/7, #176 Dave Swanson, KG5CCI, #177 ------ AMSAT Century Club Award Dave Swanson, KG5CCI #48 ------ South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award Robert Hinshaw, N6UK, #US197 Dan Koawl, AL7RS, #US198 Mac Cody, AE5PH, #US199 John Papay, KB8YSE/7, #200 Dave Swanson, KG5CCI, #201 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Cleber Rodrigues, PY3TX, #88 Paul Stoezter, N8HM, Upgrade to 4000 Frank Westphal, K6FW, Upgrade to 2000 John Papay, K8YSE/7, Upgrade to 3000 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI 5000 Award Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, #33 ------ 73...bruce To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2018 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 21:08:02 2016 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 16:08:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] UKUBE 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ukube 1 is a wicked good bird with a very sensitive receiver that allows you to maintain a QSO with a watt or less ,and has a very good transmitter.I can certainly put up with the thing desensing it's own receiver for a few Seconds every few minutes.Sure appreciate having another great satellite ! jeff broughton From kk5do at arrl.net Thu Dec 8 21:19:29 2016 From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:19:29 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards Update In-Reply-To: <51f234e9-f87e-4795-e139-ade3763931fb@arrl.net> References: <51f234e9-f87e-4795-e139-ade3763931fb@arrl.net> Message-ID: <8cf1eb46-06c7-174d-c8bc-d8ecab0c2628@arrl.net> Oops... under the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award it should be K8YSE/7 for John Paypay and on the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award was K8YSE/7 again and on the South Africa Award as well. I might as well be consistent. Was not even close on fat fingering the keyboard. It was all correct in my records, I just cannot type in emails. 73...bruce From wa4sca at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 21:54:05 2016 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:54:05 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] God speed, John Glenn Message-ID: <000201d2519d$98ec6430$cac52c90$@GMAIL.COM> John Glenn passed away today at 95. 73s, Alan WA4SCA From aa5pk at suddenlink.net Thu Dec 8 22:32:50 2016 From: aa5pk at suddenlink.net (Glenn Miller - AA5PK) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 16:32:50 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] DL98 on Saturday, 10 December Message-ID: <51940C30D19C446DB3C2B2BDE29E3C62@AA5PKPC> On Saturday, 10 December, I plan to activate grid DL98 from/near Eagle Pass, TX. Barring traffic or road work delays, I should arrive in time for the AO-73 pass that rises at 1523Z. Next pass will be AO-85 at 1623Z followed by FO-29 at 1804Z. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW. Hard copy QSLs by email request. 73 Glenn AA5PK From ray.hoad at mypbmail.com Thu Dec 8 22:39:01 2016 From: ray.hoad at mypbmail.com (Ray Hoad) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 16:39:01 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] God speed, John Glenn In-Reply-To: <000201d2519d$98ec6430$cac52c90$@GMAIL.COM> References: <000201d2519d$98ec6430$cac52c90$@GMAIL.COM> Message-ID: <000301d251a3$dff37840$9fda68c0$@mypbmail.com> The league of "The Right Stuff" has been somewhat lessened today. I am sure others will step up. Raymond Hoad WA5QGD -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Alan Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 15:54 To: 'Amsat BB' Subject: [amsat-bb] God speed, John Glenn John Glenn passed away today at 95. 73s, Alan WA4SCA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From Saguaroastro at cox.net Thu Dec 8 22:59:04 2016 From: Saguaroastro at cox.net (Richard Tejera) Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:59:04 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS sending sstv Message-ID: <8ggcjm9cwuuwekxemplru82b.1481237944716@email.android.com> Not heard from DM43 at 3128it, it was a pretty low pass. There is a good one late tonight...I'll give that a go. Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On December 8, 2016, at 08:47, andy thomas via AMSAT-BB wrote: SSTV is being tx'd from the ISS on 145.800, PD180 FM. It's part of the Moscow Aviation Institute's 75 celebrations and shows a group seated photo with caption. My picture is marred by noise as I really should demolish my neighbour's house to the East, hi. My next pass is at 1659 utc from the south west but I am not sure that east coast usa will hear it. 73 de andy g0sfj _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From johnbrier at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 23:01:18 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 18:01:18 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS sending sstv In-Reply-To: <8ggcjm9cwuuwekxemplru82b.1481237944716@email.android.com> References: <8ggcjm9cwuuwekxemplru82b.1481237944716@email.android.com> Message-ID: It already stopped for today. There is a schedule. Note it stopped before it was scheduled to stop today. It's not always on target (usually isn't) "ISS SSTV may be active on 145.800 MHz FM on December 8-9. Seeing activities for MAI-75 on Dec 8 (12:35-1800) and Dec 9 (12:40-17:40) UTC. Times correspond to orbits over Moscow." - http://www.issfanclub.com/node/42050 73, John Brier, KG4AKV On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Richard Tejera wrote: > Not heard from DM43 at 3128it, it was a pretty low pass. > > There is a good one late tonight...I'll give that a go. > > Rick Tejera K7TEJ > Saguaro Astronomy Club > www.SaguaroAstro.org > Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club > www.w7tbc.org > > On December 8, 2016, at 08:47, andy thomas via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > SSTV is being tx'd from the ISS on 145.800, PD180 FM. It's part of the > Moscow Aviation Institute's 75 celebrations and shows a group seated photo > with caption. My picture is marred by noise as I really should demolish my > neighbour's house to the East, hi. My next pass is at 1659 utc from the > south west but I am not sure that east coast usa will hear it. > 73 de andy g0sfj > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From josepharmbruster at gmail.com Fri Dec 9 00:56:28 2016 From: josepharmbruster at gmail.com (Joseph Armbruster) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 19:56:28 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] God speed, John Glenn In-Reply-To: <000201d2519d$98ec6430$cac52c90$@GMAIL.COM> References: <000201d2519d$98ec6430$cac52c90$@GMAIL.COM> Message-ID: I am a child of the 80s, was born in 81 and I use to watch all of the launches I could on TV. I was in south Florida and I remember staring up at the sky hoping to catch any glimpse of a launch. Mom worked days and nights and we didn't travel much at all, so it was near impossible for us to drive up and watch a launch. Back then, you use to be able to send a snail-mail letter to nasa and request the STS-* launch photos (and others). I did this for everyone that I could and started requesting some of the older ones to fill up my notebook. This was a huge deal for me back then and it took a lot of work and time to do, it cost me all of my allowance at the time because of all the envelopes and stamps. Once you received the photos, you could send them back to different addresses to request a signature of a given astronaut in the picture. This was a lot more work, you had to figure out which place to send the photo to for a given astronaut, hope they were there to sign it, wait... wait...... wait... and one day voila, a manila envelope would appear in the mail. I remember, there was nothing more exciting than getting a NASA envelope in the mail, you have no clue, this was the ultimate excitement! We all use to gather around and see who it was from, I use to idolize these astronauts... And then one day, I received a letter from John Glenn, indicating that he would not sign a photo unless I sent him a check. I will Never forget this day. I showed this to my family and they could not believe it. I think my mom even called or wrote a letter to NASA and complained about it but I may be wrong (going to call and ask her about it tonight). Of the dozens of astronaut clips and photos that I have, he was the only astronaut that demanded a check for his autograph and it left a really bad scar on me. Maybe it's silly but I really felt betrayed as a kid. Oh well, Bygons. Joe On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Alan wrote: > John Glenn passed away today at 95. > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From k7trkradio at charter.net Fri Dec 9 01:31:39 2016 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 17:31:39 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] God speed, John Glenn In-Reply-To: References: <000201d2519d$98ec6430$cac52c90$@GMAIL.COM> Message-ID: <005101d251bb$fde9d520$f9bd7f60$@charter.net> Based on the following link, I have serious doubt regarding your allegation Just sayin' 73 K7TRK http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/002059.html -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Armbruster Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 4:56 PM To: Alan Biddle Cc: Amsat BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] God speed, John Glenn I am a child of the 80s, was born in 81 and I use to watch all of the launches I could on TV. I was in south Florida and I remember staring up at the sky hoping to catch any glimpse of a launch. Mom worked days and nights and we didn't travel much at all, so it was near impossible for us to drive up and watch a launch. Back then, you use to be able to send a snail-mail letter to nasa and request the STS-* launch photos (and others). I did this for everyone that I could and started requesting some of the older ones to fill up my notebook. This was a huge deal for me back then and it took a lot of work and time to do, it cost me all of my allowance at the time because of all the envelopes and stamps. Once you received the photos, you could send them back to different addresses to request a signature of a given astronaut in the picture. This was a lot more work, you had to figure out which place to send the photo to for a given astronaut, hope they were there to sign it, wait... wait...... wait... and one day voila, a manila envelope would appear in the mail. I remember, there was nothing more exciting than getting a NASA envelope in the mail, you have no clue, this was the ultimate excitement! We all use to gather around and see who it was from, I use to idolize these astronauts... And then one day, I received a letter from John Glenn, indicating that he would not sign a photo unless I sent him a check. I will Never forget this day. I showed this to my family and they could not believe it. I think my mom even called or wrote a letter to NASA and complained about it but I may be wrong (going to call and ask her about it tonight). Of the dozens of astronaut clips and photos that I have, he was the only astronaut that demanded a check for his autograph and it left a really bad scar on me. Maybe it's silly but I really felt betrayed as a kid. Oh well, Bygons. Joe On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Alan wrote: > John Glenn passed away today at 95. > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From josepharmbruster at gmail.com Fri Dec 9 01:56:46 2016 From: josepharmbruster at gmail.com (Joseph Armbruster) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 20:56:46 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] God speed, John Glenn In-Reply-To: <005101d251bb$fde9d520$f9bd7f60$@charter.net> References: <000201d2519d$98ec6430$cac52c90$@GMAIL.COM> <005101d251bb$fde9d520$f9bd7f60$@charter.net> Message-ID: Ted, I know many people on the BB in-person and I have no reason on earth to lie or misrepresent events about anyone. Especially a world-renowned individual, for goodness sake. You can doubt all you want but this is the truth and it was not just me that this happened to, this happened to others that we knew, my sister included! I learned many, many years later, from a retired NASA veteran that this was probably because they had issues with collectors sending in sets of pictures, which were very likely being sent in and signed for the sole purpose of being sold in the future. I do not know why mine was treated this way, mine was sent individually. I'll do everyone a favor, grab my box from storage and post up the letter for posterity. Joe On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Ted wrote: > Based on the following link, I have serious doubt regarding your allegation > > Just sayin' > > 73 > K7TRK > > http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/002059.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Joseph > Armbruster > Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 4:56 PM > To: Alan Biddle > Cc: Amsat BB > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] God speed, John Glenn > > I am a child of the 80s, was born in 81 and I use to watch all of the > launches I could on TV. I was in south Florida and I remember staring > up at the sky hoping to catch any glimpse of a launch. Mom worked > days and nights and we didn't travel much at all, so it was near > impossible for us to drive up and watch a launch. Back then, you use > to be able to send a snail-mail letter to nasa and request the STS-* > launch photos (and others). I did this for everyone that I could and > started requesting some of the older ones to fill up my notebook. > This was a huge deal for me back then and it took a lot of work and > time to do, it cost me all of my allowance at the time because of all > the envelopes and stamps. Once you received the photos, you could > send them back to different addresses to request a signature of a > given astronaut in the picture. This was a lot more work, you had to > figure out which place to send the photo to for a given astronaut, > hope they were there to sign it, wait... wait...... wait... and one > day voila, a manila envelope would appear in the mail. I remember, > there was nothing more exciting than getting a NASA envelope in the > mail, you have no clue, this was the ultimate excitement! We all use > to gather around and see who it was from, I use to idolize these > astronauts... > > And then one day, I received a letter from John Glenn, indicating that > he would not sign a photo unless I sent him a check. I will Never > forget this day. I showed this to my family and they could not > believe it. I think my mom even called or wrote a letter to NASA and > complained about it but I may be wrong (going to call and ask her > about it tonight). Of the dozens of astronaut clips and photos that I > have, he was the only astronaut that demanded a check for his > autograph and it left a really bad scar on me. Maybe it's silly but I > really felt betrayed as a kid. > > Oh well, Bygons. > > Joe > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Alan wrote: >> John Glenn passed away today at 95. >> >> 73s, >> >> Alan >> WA4SCA >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Fri Dec 9 03:59:48 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 21:59:48 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Problems With SATPC32 Message-ID: I am trying the SATPC32 version 12.8c, but I have some problems that I would like to comment on and hope for help. 1.- I have an interface provided for a few days for the FT-847, when starting SATPC32 is put into CAT mode and puts the frequencies of the selected satellite on the radio. When the satellite Doppler does not start in the VFO's of the radio. 2.- I create a group of satellites or a list, to re-start SATPC32 that list is no longer a priority, I have to re-open it in the foreground or view. 3.- I configured the Rotor G5500 with YAESU GS_232 interface, and the rotor does not work, I revise Setup_Rotor and I see that interface change only, it returns by default to the DDE interface. All these problems may be related to using the test version ...? I need to buy the license to solve this? Who guarantees that everything works well ..? thanks for your help. David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * From erich.eichmann at t-online.de Fri Dec 9 06:26:25 2016 From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 07:26:25 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Problems With SATPC32 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2bbd73ce-a9df-72bf-be29-1587bbcc56b6@t-online.de> Hi Maciel, 1. the program updates both frequencies of the RADIO (only) whenever the Doppler shift of the higher band changed by a certain amount of Hz or more (= "interval", see menu CAT). For testing set the interval for SSB to 10 and choose FO-29. The program will then update the radio frequencies when the Doppler shift of the downlink (UHF) changed by 10 Hz or more. I use intervals of 50 Hz for SSB and 100 Hz for FM sats. That are good practical values. 2. At program start the program will always use group "Standard" (FAQs file sect. 5d). Therefore add your favourite sats to group "Standard". 3. Select Yaesu_GS-232 from the list of supported controllers in menu "Rotor Setup". Then press the UPPER "Store" button and restart the program. It should now start the interface program "ServerSDX" and the symbol of "ServerSDX" should show up in the task line. Click on it to show ServerSDX normally. In the ServerSDX setup window choose an available COM port and the baudrate. Save the changes and restart SatPC32 once again. To test rotor control open menu "Rotor" and click - for example - the "Park" button. 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 09.12.2016 um 04:59 schrieb David Maciel (XE3DX): > I am trying the SATPC32 version 12.8c, but I have some problems that I > would like to comment on and hope for help. > > 1.- I have an interface provided for a few days for the FT-847, when > starting SATPC32 is put into CAT mode and puts the frequencies of the > selected satellite on the radio. When the satellite Doppler does not start > in the VFO's of the radio. > > 2.- I create a group of satellites or a list, to re-start SATPC32 that list > is no longer a priority, I have to re-open it in the foreground or view. > > 3.- I configured the Rotor G5500 with YAESU GS_232 interface, and the rotor > does not work, I revise Setup_Rotor and I see that interface change only, > it returns by default to the DDE interface. > > All these problems may be related to using the test version ...? I need to > buy the license to solve this? Who guarantees that everything works well ..? > > thanks for your help. > > > > > > David Maciel XE3DX > > *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * > > *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * > _______________________________________________ > Sent via .AMSAT-BB at 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 From LB2TG at hotmail.com Fri Dec 9 11:26:54 2016 From: LB2TG at hotmail.com (LB2TG Paul) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 11:26:54 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] LA2QAA SK Message-ID: This is maybe "off the list" but I guess many of us did know this person. Today is a sad day for us. John LA2QAA passed away November 25. and today we sayed goodbye for the last time. He was a real good friend, and a huge resource for us all here in the nabourhood and local club. The reason that I started working satellites are one and only John's "profit". Rest in peace John. 73, Paul From rw3xl at yandex.ru Fri Dec 9 11:38:19 2016 From: rw3xl at yandex.ru (Blinov Igor) Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:38:19 +0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] LA2QAA SK In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <11245981481283499@web22m.yandex.ru> Sadly, how to lose the friend. My condolences. Rest in peace John. --- Igor , RW3XL From wa4sca at gmail.com Fri Dec 9 12:11:49 2016 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 06:11:49 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] VE3FRH SK In-Reply-To: <158d01bfa19-5842-79e3@webprd-m33.mail.aol.com> References: <158d01bfa19-5842-79e3@webprd-m33.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: <000001d25215$6b9c4540$42d4cfc0$@GMAIL.COM> Information and visitation periods can be found here: http://www.smithsfh.com/book-of-memories/2783334/Haighton-F/service-details.php There is also a condolences book where you can post memories of Robin. 73s. Alan WA4SCA From py4zbz at yahoo.com Fri Dec 9 14:27:02 2016 From: py4zbz at yahoo.com (Roland Zurmely) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 14:27:02 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV from ISS References: <363467417.1021461.1481293622661.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <363467417.1021461.1481293622661@mail.yahoo.com> Pass over Brazil now (14:11 UTC) only strong carrier, no SSTV modulation... Pictures received yesterday: 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ From al7jk.john at gmail.com Fri Dec 9 14:28:10 2016 From: al7jk.john at gmail.com (AL7JK John) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 05:28:10 -0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] LA2QAA SK In-Reply-To: <11245981481283499@web22m.yandex.ru> References: <11245981481283499@web22m.yandex.ru> Message-ID: Thank you for letting us know Paul. My condolences to all. John, LA2QAA and I enjoyed many satellite qso's as the various satellites passed over the pole. John AL7JK On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 2:38 AM, Blinov Igor wrote: > Sadly, how to lose the friend. My condolences. Rest in peace John. > --- > Igor , RW3XL > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk Fri Dec 9 15:31:53 2016 From: andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk (andy thomas) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 15:31:53 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] LA2QAA SK References: <1562535076.1856127.1481297513600.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1562535076.1856127.1481297513600@mail.yahoo.com> He was one of a generation. He inspired me and many others, and will be sadly missed. andy G0SFJ From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Fri Dec 9 15:40:37 2016 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 08:40:37 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet now on 437.525 MHz? Message-ID: Hi! In the past few hours, I saw a tweet from JA0CAW mentioning that the ISS packet system was heard on 437.525 MHz, and there are some packets captured on ariss.net from the JA0CAW-6 gateway earlier today. Maybe the UHF radio was left on 437.525 MHz after the scheduled ARISS contact yesterday, instead of being put back on 437.550 MHz. Will the radio stay on 437.525 MHz for packet, or will it go back to 437.550 MHz? It's taken a little bit to get some gateway stations to listen to 437.550 MHz instead of - or, maybe, in addition to - the 145.825 MHz frequency still used by NO-44 and NO-84. It's not hard to deal with 437.525 MHz, either by changing the memories I've already put in my HTs, or setting up a new group of 5 memory channels with the frequencies 25 kHz lower. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK ? From dave.w8aas at verizon.net Fri Dec 9 16:25:51 2016 From: dave.w8aas at verizon.net (Dave Taylor) Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:25:51 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet now on 437.525 MHz? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4762946C-2D43-4B5A-BD39-F7833F708F5C@verizon.net> I expect this is a mistake on the astronaut?s part, or possibly an error in the post-contact procedure. I?ll pass this on to the ARISS team in Houston. They can get a message up to correct this. At the very least, it should be resolved when the radio is turned on after the shutdown for the HTV docking on Tuesday. Dave, W8AAS > On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote: > > Hi! > > In the past few hours, I saw a tweet from JA0CAW mentioning that the > ISS packet system was heard on 437.525 MHz, and there are some > packets captured on ariss.net from the JA0CAW-6 gateway earlier > today. Maybe the UHF radio was left on 437.525 MHz after the > scheduled ARISS contact yesterday, instead of being put back on > 437.550 MHz. > > Will the radio stay on 437.525 MHz for packet, or will it go back to > 437.550 MHz? It's taken a little bit to get some gateway stations to > listen to 437.550 MHz instead of - or, maybe, in addition to - the > 145.825 MHz frequency still used by NO-44 and NO-84. It's not hard to > deal with 437.525 MHz, either by changing the memories I've already > put in my HTs, or setting up a new group of 5 memory channels with > the frequencies 25 kHz lower. > > 73! > > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > Twitter: @WD9EWK > > ? > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Fri Dec 9 16:41:17 2016 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 09:41:17 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet now on 437.525 MHz? In-Reply-To: <4762946C-2D43-4B5A-BD39-F7833F708F5C@verizon.net> References: <4762946C-2D43-4B5A-BD39-F7833F708F5C@verizon.net> Message-ID: ?Dave, Thanks for the quick reply. I figured if packet was on 437.525 MHz, it was probably an oversight. I don't think there have been many scheduled ARISS contacts using UHF, or specifically using the Ericsson UHF HT. When the ISS passes by this evening, barring any news that the packet system was put back on 437.550 MHz today, I'll go with two sets of memory channels for both frequencies. I'll listen for activity on both, and hope to work anyone who shows up. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Dave Taylor wrote: > I expect this is a mistake on the astronaut?s part, or possibly an error > in the post-contact procedure. I?ll pass this on to the ARISS team in > Houston. They can get a message up to correct this. At the very least, it > should be resolved when the radio is turned on after the shutdown for the > HTV docking on Tuesday. > > Dave, W8AAS > > From kenneth.g.ransom at nasa.gov Fri Dec 9 16:43:21 2016 From: kenneth.g.ransom at nasa.gov (Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OP)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY LTD]) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 16:43:21 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet now on 437.525 MHz? In-Reply-To: <4762946C-2D43-4B5A-BD39-F7833F708F5C@verizon.net> References: <4762946C-2D43-4B5A-BD39-F7833F708F5C@verizon.net> Message-ID: <586D110A45EDE94092C8C8C5A7C8D84F0F784A1A@NDJSMBX203.ndc.nasa.gov> The radio will not be shut down for HTV berthing. I will see if I can get the problem resolved. Kenneth Ransom - N5VHO -----Original Message----- From: Dave Taylor [mailto:dave.w8aas at verizon.net] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 10:26 AM To: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS packet now on 437.525 MHz? I expect this is a mistake on the astronaut?s part, or possibly an error in the post-contact procedure. I?ll pass this on to the ARISS team in Houston. They can get a message up to correct this. At the very least, it should be resolved when the radio is turned on after the shutdown for the HTV docking on Tuesday. Dave, W8AAS > On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote: > > Hi! > > In the past few hours, I saw a tweet from JA0CAW mentioning that the > ISS packet system was heard on 437.525 MHz, and there are some packets > captured on ariss.net from the JA0CAW-6 gateway earlier today. Maybe > the UHF radio was left on 437.525 MHz after the scheduled ARISS > contact yesterday, instead of being put back on > 437.550 MHz. > > Will the radio stay on 437.525 MHz for packet, or will it go back to > 437.550 MHz? It's taken a little bit to get some gateway stations to > listen to 437.550 MHz instead of - or, maybe, in addition to - the > 145.825 MHz frequency still used by NO-44 and NO-84. It's not hard to > deal with 437.525 MHz, either by changing the memories I've already > put in my HTs, or setting up a new group of 5 memory channels with the > frequencies 25 kHz lower. > > 73! > > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > Twitter: @WD9EWK > > ? > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From paulopv8dx at gmail.com Fri Dec 9 17:33:41 2016 From: paulopv8dx at gmail.com (Paulo PV8DX) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 13:33:41 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet now on 437.525 MHz? In-Reply-To: <586D110A45EDE94092C8C8C5A7C8D84F0F784A1A@NDJSMBX203.ndc.nasa.gov> References: <4762946C-2D43-4B5A-BD39-F7833F708F5C@verizon.net> <586D110A45EDE94092C8C8C5A7C8D84F0F784A1A@NDJSMBX203.ndc.nasa.gov> Message-ID: <930A09D9DB4E4E1787FD86A92200440C@PAULOPV8DXPC> Hi Pass now North of Brasil and caribbean 17:32 UTC SSTV OFF 145 800 Packet ON 437 525 73 de Paulo PV8DX LABRE/ARRL AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member FJ92pt - VUCC SAT http://amsat-br.org/ www.qrz.com/db/pv8dx Contact ARISS 13/fev/2014 http://www.labre-rr.org/ariss.html Boa Vista-Roraima-Brasil pv8dx at arrl.net -----Mensagem Original----- From: Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OP)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY LTD] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 12:43 PM To: Dave Taylor ; amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS packet now on 437.525 MHz? The radio will not be shut down for HTV berthing. I will see if I can get the problem resolved. Kenneth Ransom - N5VHO -----Original Message----- From: Dave Taylor [mailto:dave.w8aas at verizon.net] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 10:26 AM To: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS packet now on 437.525 MHz? I expect this is a mistake on the astronaut?s part, or possibly an error in the post-contact procedure. I?ll pass this on to the ARISS team in Houston. They can get a message up to correct this. At the very least, it should be resolved when the radio is turned on after the shutdown for the HTV docking on Tuesday. Dave, W8AAS > On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) > wrote: > > Hi! > > In the past few hours, I saw a tweet from JA0CAW mentioning that the > ISS packet system was heard on 437.525 MHz, and there are some packets > captured on ariss.net from the JA0CAW-6 gateway earlier today. Maybe > the UHF radio was left on 437.525 MHz after the scheduled ARISS > contact yesterday, instead of being put back on > 437.550 MHz. > > Will the radio stay on 437.525 MHz for packet, or will it go back to > 437.550 MHz? It's taken a little bit to get some gateway stations to > listen to 437.550 MHz instead of - or, maybe, in addition to - the > 145.825 MHz frequency still used by NO-44 and NO-84. It's not hard to > deal with 437.525 MHz, either by changing the memories I've already > put in my HTs, or setting up a new group of 5 memory channels with the > frequencies 25 kHz lower. > > 73! > > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > Twitter: @WD9EWK > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From tjmackle at cox.net Fri Dec 9 18:32:17 2016 From: tjmackle at cox.net (Thomas J Mackle) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 10:32:17 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] HELP Message-ID: <211EE14C-54B8-44E4-9CAA-7369D5CAF360@cox.net> I just sign on this week and apparently I didn't know what I was looking at and now I'm getting about 30 emails a day. I think there I'd another option but I can't se where I can get back to change the settings. Thanks, Thomas J Mackle KE6IB Sent from my iPad From aa5pk at suddenlink.net Fri Dec 9 18:51:27 2016 From: aa5pk at suddenlink.net (Glenn Miller - AA5PK) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:51:27 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] HELP In-Reply-To: <211EE14C-54B8-44E4-9CAA-7369D5CAF360@cox.net> References: <211EE14C-54B8-44E4-9CAA-7369D5CAF360@cox.net> Message-ID: Select "Yes" to this question: Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? -----Original Message----- From: Thomas J Mackle Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 12:32 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] HELP I just sign on this week and apparently I didn't know what I was looking at and now I'm getting about 30 emails a day. I think there I'd another option but I can't se where I can get back to change the settings. Thanks, Thomas J Mackle KE6IB Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Fri Dec 9 19:21:29 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 13:21:29 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Problems With SATPC32 Message-ID: Thank you all, I have been able to solve most problems in my station, now they are small details, Thank you very special for Erich DK1TB, Noel WBOVGI, Roger W7TZ, and Pedro LU7ABF. David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * From mr.soup12 at gmail.com Fri Dec 9 19:00:54 2016 From: mr.soup12 at gmail.com (Oliver Krystal) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 13:00:54 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] HELP In-Reply-To: References: <211EE14C-54B8-44E4-9CAA-7369D5CAF360@cox.net> Message-ID: Or do as I do - make a folder and write a filter that pipes all amsat related emails to a folder to be scanned and viewed at my pleasure. They get deleted automatically as well. Modifying your subscription can be done here: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb as is noted in the footer of every mailer reflected email. On 12/09/2016 12:51 PM, Glenn Miller - AA5PK wrote: > Select "Yes" to this question: Would you like to receive list mail > batched in a daily digest? > > -----Original Message----- From: Thomas J Mackle > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 12:32 PM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] HELP > > I just sign on this week and apparently I didn't know what I was > looking at and now I'm getting about 30 emails a day. I think there > I'd another option but I can't se where I can get back to change the > settings. > Thanks, Thomas J Mackle KE6IB > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From ingejack at cox.net Fri Dec 9 20:48:50 2016 From: ingejack at cox.net (ingejack at cox.net) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 13:48:50 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] RS0ISS Packet Frequency Message-ID: <20161209154850.QO01U.109059.imail@fed1rmwml114> ARISS on 437.525 during 2040 Utc pass over NA Only heard beacon during pass no other stations. My packets evidently not received !! KC7MG-DM42 From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Fri Dec 9 21:45:01 2016 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 21:45:01 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] UBSEDS21 HAB 145.825 MHz APRS Test References: <1242570766.80185.1481319901416.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1242570766.80185.1481319901416@mail.yahoo.com> UK student balloon UBSEDS21 to test 145.825 MHz APRS relay through Amateur Radio packet satellites in remote areas https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From AJ9N at aol.com Sat Dec 10 08:03:27 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:03:27 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-10 07:00 UTC Message-ID: <377f05.7a0d93e0.457d10cf@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-10 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-08 15:19:45 UTC 74 deg This contact might be on the downlink of 437.525 MHz Watch for live stream at http://www.arace.fr/ The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY, direct via W2IR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-10 19:49:54 UTC 85 deg Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29:47 UTC 38 deg Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Niccol? Pisano?, Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31:13 UTC 68 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 2016-12-10 07:00 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 1096. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1061. (***) 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 2016-12-10 07:00 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From kayakfishtx at gmail.com Sat Dec 10 18:47:25 2016 From: kayakfishtx at gmail.com (Clayton Coleman) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 12:47:25 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] A satellite transponder is a shared resource Message-ID: There is a finite amount of shared satellite downlink power available for users of a linear transponder. When someone is operating CW and fails to adjust their power appropriately, everyone suffers. I made this recording today: https://soundcloud.com/w5pfg/fo-29-20161210-1805z-aa5pk-dl98-qro-cw Glenn, AA5PK was operating portable from the USA/Mexico border in grid square DL98. Using an Icom IC-910 and Arrow antenna, you could tell he was perfectly readable yet in his voice you could detect very strong CW elsewhere on the satellite passband. Often there are portable stations running 5 watts with their Arrow antennas. Please, please reduce your CW power. If you are operating CW to overcome hearing deficiencies at your station,please consider making station improvements rather than taking more of the transponder's limited power for yourself. 73 Clayton W5PFG From zmetzing at pobox.com Sat Dec 10 19:10:33 2016 From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 13:10:33 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] A satellite transponder is a shared resource In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2bd038ee-573e-bfb5-3f18-27fde851a9de@pobox.com> On 12/10/16 12:47, Clayton Coleman wrote: > Often there are portable stations running 5 watts with their Arrow > antennas. Please, please reduce your CW power. If you are operating CW > to overcome hearing deficiencies at your station,please consider > making station improvements rather than taking more of the > transponder's limited power for yourself. This is a great example of where a digitally processed (DSP/SDR) transponder would excel. Assuming that any one uplink signal didn't crush a sensitive receiver/ADC with good dynamic range, it could process all signals in the pass-band and AGC the problematic ones before sending the signal back to an output DAC/filter/PA. I never AO-40, so I haven't experienced LEILA in action, but the idea would be similar. "Quieting the alligators" --- Zach N0ZGO From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Sat Dec 10 22:33:55 2016 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 17:33:55 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Maristes High School, Toulouse, France Message-ID: <5B47C52F122D4D64AE6454C0A6B9A4AF@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Maristes High School, Toulouse, France on 12 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:29 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between FX0ISS and F8IDR. The contact should be audible over France and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in French. The MARISTES TOULOUSE: Collegians living the dream with Thomas PESQUET. Toulouse is a city which is situated in the south of France right at the heart of the department of Haute Garonne in the Occitania region. Built around the Garonne River which flows through the heart of the city, Toulouse was the theatre for many notable historical events such as the crusades led by the French Kings against the heretic Cathares during the middle ages. The county of Toulouse was annexed to the French realm at the end of the 13th century. Today this metropolis and French capital of Aeronautics and Aerospace is home to such prestigious establishments as the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) but also such industrial giants as TAS (Thales Alenia Space) and ADS (Airbus Defence and Space). The famous City de l'Espace, a scientifically oriented theme park, specifically geared towards the discovery, exploration and the development of space travel is one of the many tourist attractions appreciated by visitors to the city. The College-Lyc?e Les Maristes Toulouse has been situated in the Montaudran neighbourhood since 2012. The school was built just next to the site of the Montaudran runway. The self-same runway from which the planes of the Aerospatiale, flown by the pioneers of civil aviation such as Jean Mermoz, Henri Guillaumet, Paul Vachet ou Antoine de Saint Exup?ry, took off at the beginning of the 20th century. Over the past three years, the college has been working in partnership with the CNES on the project ? Mission eXplore : Je m'entra?ne comme un astronaute ? involving both the Physical Education and Biology programs. The goal of this project, created by the NASA in 2011, is to give youngsters an insight into life in outer space. The Maristes' objective with this project, via the bias of the scientific and sporting challenges as well as the project "Liaison ARISS" with Thomas Pesquet, is to promote:the sciences and the professions linked to space studies the necessity of associating regular sports activities with a healthy and balanced diet. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Quelle a ?t? votre r?action en entrant dans l'ISS? 2. Pourquoi avez-vous choisi ce m?tier? 3. Quelle a ?t? votre r?action lors de l'annonce de votre mission? 4. Combien de temps a dur? l'entrainement? 5. Quelle est la chose le plus surprenante dans l'espace? 6. Que mangez-vous? 7. Aimez-vous la nourriture? 8. Quelles sont vos activit?s quotidiennes? 9. Que pr?f?rez vous faire ? bord? 10. Avez-vous la sensation de voler 11. Comment vous reposez-vous? 12. Que vous manque t-il le plus? 13. Votre famille vous manque t-elle? 14. Comment gardez vous le contact avec votre famille ou vos amis? 15. Quelle est la chose la plus difficile ? r?aliser dans l'espace? 16. Comment vous lavez-vous dans l'espace? 17. Comment faites-vous votre lessive? 18. A quelle fr?quence faites-vous de l'exercice? 19. Quels sont les mauvais c?t?s d'?tre un astronaute? 20. Quelle sera votre vie d'astronaute apr?s votre retour sur terre? Une autre mission? Translated: 1. What was your reaction when you entered the ISS? 2. Why did you chose this job? 3. What was your reaction when they announced to you the mission? 4. How long did the training last? 5. What is the most amazing thing in the space? 6. What do you usually eat? 7. Do you enjoy the food? 8. What are your daily activities? 9. What do you prefer doing onboard? 10. Do you have the feeling of flying? 11. How do you rest? 12. What do you miss the most? 13. Do you miss your family? 14. How can you manage to keep in touch with your family and your friends? 15. What is the most difficult thing to do in the space? 16. How do you wash yourself? 17. How do you clean your laundry? 18. How often do you exercise / work out? 19. What are the bad things about being an astronaut 20. What will be your life as an astronaut after you return to earth? Another mission? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Niccol? Pisano", Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31:13 UTC About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From ea4cyq at gmail.com Sat Dec 10 23:37:26 2016 From: ea4cyq at gmail.com (Juan Antonio) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 00:37:26 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] updated http://www.ea4cax.com/ Message-ID: <003201d2533e$5d94b430$18be1c90$@gmail.com> Hi all, This web devoted to Ham and Meteorological SATs has been updated with several articles about EME, published in the URE (Spanish monthly magazine) last 2 years. Ham SATs and EME articles are in Spanish and English. Meteorological SATs by the hand of Rodolfo EA4CAX are in Spanish. I hope you enjoy them . . . http://www.ea4cax.com/ Juan Antonio EA4CYQ Rodolfo EA4CAX --- El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electr?nico en busca de virus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From mccardelm at gmail.com Sat Dec 10 23:54:10 2016 From: mccardelm at gmail.com (E.Mike McCardel) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 18:54:10 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-346 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-346 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * New Satellites on the Horizon * Possible Satellite Activity From Virgin Islands * Obituary for Frank (Robin) Haighton, VE3FRH, (1937-2016) * Phase 4 Ground Weekly Report * AMSAT CW Activity Day * AMSAT Awards * AMSAT Events * NEON - NASA Educators Online Network ANNOUNCEMENTS * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-346.01 ANS-346 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 346.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. December 11, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-346.01 New Satellites on the Horizon Recent International Amateur Radio Union satellite coordination requests provide new details on several satellites expected to launch before the end of the first quarter of 2017. The first satellite expected to launch is UBAKUSAT. UBAKUSAT, developed by Istanbul Technical University along with TAMSAT, GUMUSH, and ERTEK Ltd. is a 3U CubeSat with a Mode V/u inverting linear transponder, CW beacon, and a digital telemetry downlink. The transponder downlink frequencies will be 435.200 MHz ? 435.250 MHz with an uplink of 145.940 MHz ? 145.990 MHz. The CW beacon frequency will be 437.225 MHz and the digital telemetry downlink will be 437.325 MHz. UBAKUSAT will be delivered to the International Space Station aboard the JAXA HTV-6 resupply mission, scheduled for launch on December 9, 2016, for future deployment. The mission is expected to last 6-12 months. On December 26, 2016, the China Center for Aerospace Science and Technology?s BY70-1 satellite is expected to launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center into a 530 km sun-synchronous orbit. The satellite, a 3-axis stabilized 2U CubeSat with deployable solar panels, will carry a Mode V/u FM transponder with an uplink frequency of 145.920 MHz and a downlink frequency of 436.200 MHz. On March 31, 2017, two satellites from the Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) are expected to launch from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into a 524 km orbit with an inclination of 42 degrees. The two satellites, CAS-4A and CAS-4B, will be 50 kg mass with 3-axis stabilization carrying optical remote sensing missions. The amateur radio payloads will be similar to the XW-2 series of satellites with Mode U/v linear transponders with power output of 100 mW, 100 mW AX.25 4800 baud GMSK telemetry, and 50 mW CW beacons. Frequencies for these two satellites have not yet been coordinated. In addition to these satellites, AMSAT?s Fox-1Cliff, Fox-1D, and RadFxSat (Fox-1B) satellites carrying Mode U/v FM transponders are all expected to launch in the first half of 2017. Nayif-1, from the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) and American Univeristy of Sharjah (AUS) carrying a FUNcube Mode U/v linear transponder and telemetry downlink, as well as the U. S. Naval Academy Satellite Lab?s QIKcom-2, PSAT-2, and BRICSAT-2 satellites carrying two-way amateur radio payloads are all expected to launch in the first half of 2017. Es?Hail-2, a geostationary satellite carrying AMSAT-DL?s Phase 4A payload is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2017. AMSAT?s RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) satellite carrying a Mode V/u linear transponder may also launch in late 2017. [ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Possible Satellite Activity From Virgin Islands KP4/WP4, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. The "Buddies of the Caribbean", operators Tom/K4ZGB, Bryan/N8WD, Rick/AA4W and Robert/KE4AL, will be active as WP2/K4ZGB, KP2/N8WD, KP2/AA4W and KP2/KE4AL, respectively, from Saint Croix Island (NA-106) between December 6-14th. The location of their DXpedition is from "My Mountain Breeze" which is the location of the station NP2N . They will also be operating from his station and will have a station in the ARRL 10 meter Contest, NPOTA (Salt River Bay, Christiansted, and Buck Island), QRP, and beach operations will also take place. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. In addition, they will attempt to make some satellite contacts through SO-50 and AO-85. QSL via LOTW, eQSL or direct to their home callsigns. [ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1294 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Obituary for Frank (Robin) Haighton, VE3FRH, (1937-2016) Robin was a Past Executive Vice President, a past President and a long-time member of the Board of Directors for AMSAT-North America (AMSAT-NA). HAIGHTON, F.R.E. "Rob" (1937-2016) P. ENG. Passed away at Joseph Brant Hospital, on Friday, December 2, 2016, at the age of 79. Beloved husband of Diana (nee Anderson) for 54 years. Cherished father to Andrew (Lois) and Peter (Nichole). Dear grandfather of Amethyst, Emerald, Topaz, Jasper, Rachel, David, Mary and Joanna. Brother of Jill Hill. Born in England, he immigrated to Canada with Diana and Andrew in 1965. Rob was a past Master of Burlington Lodge No.165, A.F. & A.M., a charter member and past Master of Wellington Square Lodge No. 725, A.F. & A.M., member of the Scottish Rite-32nd Degree, the York Rite, White Oak Chapter No.104 of the Royal Arch and very excellent companion of Royal Arch Masonry. Rob, an Active Ham Radio Operator known as VE3FRH, was also a long time member of the Burlington Amateur Radio Club. He was a past president of AMSAT North America and instrumental Founding Member of ARISS space satellite systems. Visitation at SMITH'S FUNERAL HOME, 1167 Guelph Line (one stop light north of QEW), BURLINGTON (905-632- 3333), on Sunday, December 18, 2016 from 3-5 pm and 7-9 pm with Masonic Service to begin at 8:30 pm. For those who wish, donations in memory of Rob to the Joseph Brant Memorial Foundation, to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or to a charity of choice would be sincerely appreciated by the family. Visitations: Sunday, December 18th, 2016, 3:00pm - 5:00pm Sunday, December 18th, 2016, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Smith's Funeral Home - Guelph Line Address 1167 Guelph Line Burlington, ON L7P 2S7 [ANS thanks Smith's Funeral Home for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Phase 4 Ground Weekly Report Greetings all! This is the Phase 4 Ground weekly report for the weekend of December 9th 2016. Paul KB5MU sitting in for Michelle. (Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/Jjn2_NLkMzY) Generic stream encapsulation for DVB, or GSE for short, is now working in GNU Radio with ping packets! Low latency, high efficiency, and it's available as an out of tree module right now at the following link. https://github.com/drmpeg/gr-dvbgse Thank you Dr. MPEG (Ron w6rz) Why is GSE important? It's the data link layer protocol we've chosen, and therefore binds the universe together. It's efficient and low latency. It allows us to carry packet protocols like IP, ethernet, or whatever through our system. There are several addressing modes and it enables adapative coding and modulation. You can do hardware filtering with it and you can add other link protocols by extension. There are no built-in integrity checks in GSE. That's left up to the physical layer to do. We are confident that the physical layer is up to the job. GSE is also used in the terrestrial version of the protocol, DVB-T2. You've heard less about this but it's what we're going to use for terrestrial radio modes. Sharing GSE function between all modes makes for a more consistent design and a bit less work. The testing continues with GSE using the Ayecka SR1 and SR1 Pro. These are DVB-S2 receivers that claim to do GSE. Three of us purchased the SR1 in anticipation that it would do GSE out of the box and be either a good test equipment choice or possibly one of the many recipes for a Phase 4 Ground radio or both. However, GSE is, if you hunt hard enough, listed as an option that requires another $220 to unlock. And, Ayecka wants to upgrade your receiver remotely, which could be a problem in some IT situations. Dr. MPEG's early results seem to indicate that there are some bugs in Ayecka's SR1 GSE implementation. That's just further evidence of our early adopter status. Yay us! We were of course disappointed to find out that GSE was an extra cost option, and nobody like to run into bugs, but kudos to the Ayecka folks for being very responsive with fixes for the GSE issues we've reported. "Just say no to HLS" We are soliciting opinions about HLS from Xilinx. This is High-Level Synthesis and is part of the Vivado design environment. It allows C, C++ and System C specifications to be directly targeted into Xilinx All Programmable devices without the need to manually create RTL. Sounds like magic, doesn't it? Is it something that you have experience with? Is it something you have an opinion about? Xilinx wants to know. Get in touch with me with your feedback. [ANS thanks Paul KB5MU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT CW Activity Day January 1, 2017 (UTC) will be AMSAT's first annual CW Activity Day! As with the old Straight Key Night, this is a fun event, not a contest. It will run for 24 hours on January 1, 2017 (UTC). All forms of CW are welcome, -- straight keys, bugs, keyers, even keyboards and decoders. Since it is not a contest, there is no required exchange. A QSO is a QSO. Working the same station on more than one satellite is permitted. Instead of submitting Best Fist nominations, all participants are asked to post their results, including "Soapbox" comments, to AMSAT- BB. Please include the satellites you used, and the number of CW QSOs you had on each. While it is not necessary to post your full log, you may do so if you wish. [ANS thanks Ray W2RS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Awards Congrats to all who have earned an AMSAT Award since the last posting. AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO Augustinus Robert Tuanubun, YC8VRA Kenneth Hitchcock, KB0OQJ Jacek Zebrowski, W9OOO Terry Holman, AJ4A ------ AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Robert Beatty, WB4SON #569 Dan Koawl, AL7RS, #570 Robert Hinshaw, N6UK, #571 Mac Cody, AE5PH, #572 John Papay, K8YSE/7, #573 Dave Swanson, KG5CCI, #574 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Fernando Ramirez-Ferrer, NP4JV #173 Robert Hinshaw, N6UK, #174 Dan Koawl, AL7RS, #175 John Papay, K8YSE/7, #176 Dave Swanson, KG5CCI, #177 ------ AMSAT Century Club Award Dave Swanson, KG5CCI #48 ------ South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award Robert Hinshaw, N6UK, #US197 Dan Koawl, AL7RS, #US198 Mac Cody, AE5PH, #US199 John Papay, K8YSE/7, #200 Dave Swanson, KG5CCI, #201 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Cleber Rodrigues, PY3TX, #88 Paul Stoezter, N8HM, Upgrade to 4000 Frank Westphal, K6FW, Upgrade to 2000 John Papay, K8YSE/7, Upgrade to 3000 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI 5000 Award Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, #33 [ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Sunday, 8 January, 2017 - Long Island Section Convention at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage, NY *Saturday, 14 January 2017 ? Thunderbird Hamfest 2017 in Phoenix AZ *Saturday, 4 February 2017 ? Palm Springs Hamfest in Palm Springs CA *Friday-Sunday, 10-12 February 2017 Orlando HamCation in Orlando, FL *Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2017 ? Yuma Hamfest in Yuma AZ *Friday-Sunday, March 31, April 1 & 2, 2017, NVCON in Las Vegas, NV [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEON - NASA Educators Online Network ANNOUNCEMENTS Free STEM Education Webinars From NASA Educator Professional Development Audience: In-service, Pre-service, Home School and Informal Educators The NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC) at Texas State University is presenting a series of free webinars open to all educators. Join NASA education specialists to learn about activities, lesson plans, educator guides and resources that bring NASA into your classroom. Registration is required to participate. To register, simply click on the link provided beneath the webinar description. December 6, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. ET: Picking Up STEAM: Using Models and Data to Understand Clouds (Grades 4-10) - Practice STEAM through the use of inquiry-based science activities from NASA curriculum guides. The activities and NASA educational websites introduced will provide participants with new curriculum ideas to assist in reaching the Next Generation Science Standards and CORE learning outcomes standards. This STEAM workshop will guide participants through inquiry-based learning activities related to clouds, phase change, light, water cycle, weather and climate. Participants will use authentic data sets to model STEAM lessons. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/205303 ********** December 6, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. ET: Don't Count NASA Out of Your Math Classes: SpaceMath - Linking Math and Science (Grades 5-8) - Space Mathematics is a two-part series designed to help educators make the critical linkage between mathematics and science in the classroom. In Part 1 -- Linking Math and Science, participants will survey some of the available NASA resources and discuss the use of science as a vehicle for mathematics instruction. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/199140 ********** December 7, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. ET: Don't Count NASA Out of Your Math Classes: SpaceMath - Active Math (Grades 5-8) - Space Mathematics is a two-part series designed to help educators make the critical linkage between mathematics and science in the classroom. In Part 2 -- Active Math, participants will explore the use of inquiry to reinforce mathematics skills while engaging students with hands-on activities. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/199142 ********** December 8, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. ET: Don't Count NASA Out of Your Math Classes: Mass vs Weight (Grades K-12) - Participants will learn about hands-on standards-aligned activities comparing mass and weight. They also will learn about the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. This webinar addresses the Next Generation Science Standards ESS1 and ESS2 and Common Core Math Standards. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/207364 ********** December 12, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. ET: Don't Count NASA Out of Your Math Classes: Scale of Discovery (Grades K-12) - Participants will engage in hands-on standards-aligned activities using scale to create a scroll of the universe exploring the inner planets, outer planets and the asteroid belt. They also will use mathematical conversions and scale to compare planets and asteroids using various-sized fruit while learning about the Dawn and New Horizons. This webinar addresses the Next Generation Science Standards ESS1 and ESS2 and Common Core Math Standards. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/207360 ********** December 13, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. ET: Teachers Connect: LaRC Centennial Badge (Grades 6-8) - This webinar will focus for the first half-hour on clouds and their role in Earth?s ?energy budget? and on implementation ideas using GLOBE for different classroom settings as part of the ?Earth Right Now: LaRC 100th? digital badge. We also will talk about student badge implementations, extension ideas and extra resources. The second half-hour will be very similar but centered on the engineering design process using the Drag Race to Mars Engineering Design Challenge as part of the ?Journey to Mars: LaRC 100th? digital badge. This portion of the webinar will focus on forces and motion and math calculations using paper airplanes and testing different materials as part of the ?Aeronautics: LaRC 100th? digital badge. This webinar meets requirements of teacher discussions within the NASA Langley 100th Educator Professional Development Collaborative digital badges. To learn more about the Langley 100th digital badges, log in to https://nasatxstate-epdc.net/ and search for LaRC 100th. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/207899 ********** December 14, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. ET: Don't Count NASA Out of Your Math Classes: So You Want to be a Rocket Scientist? (Grades 4-8) - So you want to be a rocket scientist? Explore the math and science of rockets with NASA missions and STEM curriculum resources. Launch your students' interest in forces and motion with inquiry rocket activities and design challenges that include designing, building and launching simple rockets while recording and analyzing data. Join us in a learning journey "blast-off." Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/209754 ********** December 15, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. ET: Teachers Connect: LaRC Centennial Badge (Grades 6-8) - This webinar will focus for the first half-hour on clouds and their role in Earth?s ?energy budget? and on implementation ideas using GLOBE for different classroom settings as part of the ?Earth Right Now: LaRC 100th? digital badge. We also will talk about student badge implementations, extension ideas and extra resources. The second half-hour will be very similar but centered on the engineering design process using the Drag Race to Mars Engineering Design Challenge as part of the ?Journey to Mars: LaRC 100th? digital badge. This portion of the webinar will focus on forces and motion and math calculations using paper airplanes and testing different materials as part of the ?Aeronautics: LaRC 100th? digital badge. This webinar meets requirements of teacher discussions within the NASA Langley 100th Educator Professional Development Collaborative digital badges. To learn more about the Langley 100th digital badges, log in to https://nasatxstate-epdc.net/ and search for LaRC 100th. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/207902 ********** For the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development webinar schedule, go to: http://www.txstate-epdc.net/events/ [ANS thanks NASA Educators Online Network for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + A Successful contact was made between Coll?ge Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France] and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact began Thu 2016-12-08 15:19:45 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via IK1SLD. ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS. + A Successful contact was made between The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY, USA and Astronaut Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began Sat 2016-12- 10 19:49:54 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via W2IR. ARISS Mentor was John K4SQC Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule + Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29:47 UTC + Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Niccol? Pisano?, Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31:13 UTC (if the HTV launches on time) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-17 12:23:31 UTC (if there is a HTV launch delay) [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Tigrisat , the Irak's first cubesat, is transmitting in 435 MhZ at 9K6 FSK G3RUH. It's modulation is very clear and easy to decode to anybody that wants to start to decode this type of satellite. Here you can find a live capture: https://youtu.be/_eo6rqb5EVY [ANS thanks Gustavo, LW2DTZ for the above information] + Tiny 'Black Magic' Satellite Packs Origami-Like Radar Dish NASA challenged engineers to pack an entire satellite dish into a cereal box with Radar in a CubeSat (RainCube), a technology- demonstration mission scheduled for launch in 2017 that will measure rain and snowfall on Earth from space. Read more at: http://www.space.com/34807-cubesats-pack-origami-radar-dish.html [ANS thanks Space.com for the above information] + 18th annual LI Section Convention "Getting Started..." Forum. The Long Island Section Convention takes place at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage, NY January 8th, 2017, there will be 30 forums. Peter Portanova, W2JV, will be doing a forum at 10 AM on ?Getting Started with the Amateur Satellites?, AMSAT will have a table in the club room to answer your questions. We will be doing demonstrations on the air as time and weather permits, on both the FM and linear transponder satellites. Look for W2JV, or others on the air. Tom Gallagher, CEO, of ARRL will be the convention keynote speaker. [ANS thanks Peter W2JV for the above information] + Call for pictures In an effort to improve the AMSAT web site, Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, requests pictures that are relevant to AMSAT, satellite operations and engineering. Pictures should include a short narrative identifying people and the subject of the picture. Including links to your photo sharing site would be greatly appreciated. Send photos and information to to Webmaster at amsat.org. [ANS thanks Joe KM1P for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional 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 stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM aa8em at amsat dot org =3275 From ve3nkl at gmail.com Sun Dec 11 01:01:20 2016 From: ve3nkl at gmail.com (Nikolai Ozerov) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 20:01:20 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet now on 437.525 MHz? Message-ID: Hi all, it looks like ISS packet is back on 437.550. Just heard a few stations during the 00:42 (UTC) pass over FN03. 73, Nikolai / VE3NKL From mikesprenger at gmail.com Sun Dec 11 01:04:59 2016 From: mikesprenger at gmail.com (Mike Sprenger) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 20:04:59 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] A satellite transponder is a shared resource In-Reply-To: <2bd038ee-573e-bfb5-3f18-27fde851a9de@pobox.com> References: <2bd038ee-573e-bfb5-3f18-27fde851a9de@pobox.com> Message-ID: <227A1696-A4B9-42B7-A660-61E034FFFD73@gmail.com> On AO40 Leila would definitely tell you if you were too hot on the uplink. But, it wasn't unreasonable...good times. Oh....to think about squint angle (of the directional satellite antenna pointed at your location vs your receiving antenna. Good times they were Thanks, Mike Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 10, 2016, at 2:10 PM, Zach Metzinger wrote: > >> On 12/10/16 12:47, Clayton Coleman wrote: >> Often there are portable stations running 5 watts with their Arrow >> antennas. Please, please reduce your CW power. If you are operating CW >> to overcome hearing deficiencies at your station,please consider >> making station improvements rather than taking more of the >> transponder's limited power for yourself. > > This is a great example of where a digitally processed (DSP/SDR) transponder would excel. > > Assuming that any one uplink signal didn't crush a sensitive receiver/ADC with good dynamic range, it could process all signals in the pass-band and AGC the problematic ones before sending the signal back to an output DAC/filter/PA. > > I never AO-40, so I haven't experienced LEILA in action, but the idea would be similar. "Quieting the alligators" > > --- Zach > N0ZGO > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From w7lrd at comcast.net Sun Dec 11 02:48:35 2016 From: w7lrd at comcast.net (Bob- W7LRD) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 02:48:35 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] A satellite transponder is a shared resource In-Reply-To: <227A1696-A4B9-42B7-A660-61E034FFFD73@gmail.com> References: <2bd038ee-573e-bfb5-3f18-27fde851a9de@pobox.com> <227A1696-A4B9-42B7-A660-61E034FFFD73@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1934835063.64082945.1481424515424.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> good times indeed on AO-40 I had more fun than a human being is supposed to have (sobsob) 73 Bob W7LRD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Sprenger" To: "Zach Metzinger" Cc: "amsat-bb" Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 5:04:59 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A satellite transponder is a shared resource On AO40 Leila would definitely tell you if you were too hot on the uplink. But, it wasn't unreasonable...good times. Oh....to think about squint angle (of the directional satellite antenna pointed at your location vs your receiving antenna. Good times they were Thanks, Mike Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 10, 2016, at 2:10 PM, Zach Metzinger wrote: > >> On 12/10/16 12:47, Clayton Coleman wrote: >> Often there are portable stations running 5 watts with their Arrow >> antennas. Please, please reduce your CW power. If you are operating CW >> to overcome hearing deficiencies at your station,please consider >> making station improvements rather than taking more of the >> transponder's limited power for yourself. > > This is a great example of where a digitally processed (DSP/SDR) transponder would excel. > > Assuming that any one uplink signal didn't crush a sensitive receiver/ADC with good dynamic range, it could process all signals in the pass-band and AGC the problematic ones before sending the signal back to an output DAC/filter/PA. > > I never AO-40, so I haven't experienced LEILA in action, but the idea would be similar. "Quieting the alligators" > > --- Zach > N0ZGO > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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? 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Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From AJ9N at aol.com Sun Dec 11 06:19:06 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 01:19:06 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-11 05:00 UTC Message-ID: <485a15.37f80f70.457e49da@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-11 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY, direct via W2IR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact was successful for: Sat 2016-12-10 19:49:54 UTC 85 deg (***) Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29:47 UTC 38 deg Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Niccol? Pisano?, Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31:13 UTC 68 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 2016-12-11 05:00 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 1097. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1062. (***) 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 2016-12-11 05:00 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From mikesprenger at gmail.com Sun Dec 11 13:53:18 2016 From: mikesprenger at gmail.com (Mike Sprenger) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 08:53:18 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] A satellite transponder is a shared resource In-Reply-To: <1934835063.64082945.1481424515424.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> References: <2bd038ee-573e-bfb5-3f18-27fde851a9de@pobox.com> <227A1696-A4B9-42B7-A660-61E034FFFD73@gmail.com> <1934835063.64082945.1481424515424.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: You're spot on Bob, I intended to stir some good ham radio memories ! Thanks, Mike Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 10, 2016, at 9:48 PM, Bob- W7LRD wrote: > > good times indeed on AO-40 I had more fun than a human being is supposed to have (sobsob) > 73 Bob W7LRD > > From: "Mike Sprenger" > To: "Zach Metzinger" > Cc: "amsat-bb" > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 5:04:59 PM > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A satellite transponder is a shared resource > > On AO40 Leila would definitely tell you if you were too hot on the uplink. But, it wasn't unreasonable...good times. > > Oh....to think about squint angle (of the directional satellite antenna pointed at your location vs your receiving antenna. Good times they were > > Thanks, > Mike > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 10, 2016, at 2:10 PM, Zach Metzinger wrote: > > > >> On 12/10/16 12:47, Clayton Coleman wrote: > >> Often there are portable stations running 5 watts with their Arrow > >> antennas. Please, please reduce your CW power. If you are operating CW > >> to overcome hearing deficiencies at your station,please consider > >> making station improvements rather than taking more of the > >> transponder's limited power for yourself. > > > > This is a great example of where a digitally processed (DSP/SDR) transponder would excel. > > > > Assuming that any one uplink signal didn't crush a sensitive receiver/ADC with good dynamic range, it could process all signals in the pass-band and AGC the problematic ones before sending the signal back to an output DAC/filter/PA. > > > > I never AO-40, so I haven't experienced LEILA in action, but the idea would be similar. "Quieting the alligators" > > > > --- Zach > > N0ZGO > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From vimone at alice.it Sun Dec 11 13:58:43 2016 From: vimone at alice.it (Vincenzo Mone) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 14:58:43 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Trakbox Substitute Message-ID: Hi folks, is there anything that does what trakbox does that can substitute it? I mean something that tracks the satellite moving automatically the rotators and The radio frequencies? Thanks Enzo 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ******************************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** ******************************************* From mikesprenger at gmail.com Sun Dec 11 14:14:43 2016 From: mikesprenger at gmail.com (Mike Sprenger) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 09:14:43 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Trakbox Substitute In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <02E9422B-1416-41A7-BEA5-7ECDE064D886@gmail.com> Enzo I presented yesterday at Tampa Hamfest AMSAT forum K3NG's Anthony Good's arduino controller I've built 6 of these things, they work great: https://blog.radioartisan.com/yaesu-rotator-computer-serial-interface/ It's almost as much effort to get the 2 line display hooked up as it is to get the 2 sense lines from the controller and the 4 (up/dn/lt/rt) drive lines. I've never put buttons on one for up down left right because there's already buttons on the g5400 I have built them without display also, just have to use a terminal emulator to connect and query the measured position) Get the yaesu GS232 manual for the command listing. That's what it's emulating. Did I say it can be quite inexpensive to use an arduino? Lots of fun and satisfying to build too. Thanks, Mike W4UOO Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 11, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Vincenzo Mone wrote: > > Hi folks, > > is there anything that does what trakbox does that can substitute it? > > I mean something that tracks the satellite moving automatically the rotators > and > > The radio frequencies? > > Thanks > > Enzo > > > > 73 de Enzo IK8OZV > EasyLog 5 BetaTester > EasyLog PDA BetaTester > WinBollet BetaTester > D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania > Skype: ik8ozv8520 > > > > > ******************************************* > ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ****** > ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** > ******************************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From normanlizeth at gmail.com Sun Dec 11 17:30:10 2016 From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 12:30:10 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Trakbox Substitute In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Restuffed the LVB tracker with an Arduino Mega. Reused the buttons and 16x2 LCD. Cost around $35 retail. Sun track, moon track, gps, ancillary pins feature enabled. Drive a digital pin (preamp, relay, etc) from Satpc32's serial console. Simple to do. Used an IIC display for this one: https://flic.kr/p/HMCtvy Controller is box velcroed to leg of tripod. Pics/video: https://youtu.be/u9V7JaE_psE https://flic.kr/p/PqEyNE https://flic.kr/p/PNEfnF Instructables forthcoming. On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Vincenzo Mone wrote: > Hi folks, > > is there anything that does what trakbox does that can substitute it? > > I mean something that tracks the satellite moving automatically the rotators > and > > The radio frequencies? > > Thanks > > Enzo > > > > 73 de Enzo IK8OZV > EasyLog 5 BetaTester > EasyLog PDA BetaTester > WinBollet BetaTester > D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania > Skype: ik8ozv8520 > > > > > ******************************************* > ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ****** > ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** > ******************************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From les at highnoonfilm.com Mon Dec 12 06:25:54 2016 From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 00:25:54 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Newbie Question on Active Satellites Message-ID: Please pardon the newbie question, but I?m trying to get active on the birds again during the holidays after being off the air for well over a year. During that time, several new birds have been launched. It?s hard to keep up?and made more difficult because each satellite has multiple designations (names.) Depending on the application that you?re using, such as SatPC32, you may not find the satellite using the name listed on one of the sites designed to keep us all abreast of current activity. Adding to the confusion, many web sites list birds that are technically active (such as in beacon mode, or downloading telemetry) but not available for amateur use. Can someone provide a short list of the current active satellites for both FM and SSB/CW available for amateur use? I?d be most grateful. If the run of launches continues, we?ll need to update the ?Getting Started? booklet quarterly! :-) Good problem to have. Thanks in advance. Hope to work some of you during the next few days. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL EM63nf Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. From va6bmj at gmail.com Mon Dec 12 11:35:21 2016 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:35:21 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Newbie Question on Active Satellites In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 12/12/16, Les Rayburn wrote: > Please pardon the newbie question, but I?m trying to get active on the birds > again during the holidays after being off the air for well over a year. > During that time, several new birds have been launched. It?s hard to keep > up?and made more difficult because each satellite has multiple designations > (names.) > > Depending on the application that you?re using, such as SatPC32, you may not > find the satellite using the name listed on one of the sites designed to > keep us all abreast of current activity. Adding to the confusion, many web > sites list birds that are technically active (such as in beacon mode, or > downloading telemetry) but not available for amateur use. > > Can someone provide a short list of the current active satellites for both > FM and SSB/CW available for amateur use? I?d be most grateful. If the run of > launches continues, we?ll need to update the ?Getting Started? booklet > quarterly! :-) Good problem to have. > > Thanks in advance. Hope to work some of you during the next few days. These URLs might be a good place to start: http://www.amsat.org/status/ http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=177 http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=179 Then there are sites such as Celestrak which have information on various satellites. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From fwinder at fuse.net Mon Dec 12 12:18:29 2016 From: fwinder at fuse.net (Farrell Winder) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:18:29 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Mir SSTV 18th Anniversary Message-ID: <7311EF9E0C6F46699AD9C4D8B45F712B@FarrellPC> Today, December 12, 2016, marks the 18th anniversary of the activation of the MIR SSTV Amateur Radio developed System which was transported and put aboard the MIR Space Station. The MIR SSTV System sent pictures over a period of about 2 years and 4 months to the delight of Amateur Radio Operators and others worldwide. (Mir was deorbited in March, 2001) For those interested in this historical event and background, the publication Amateur Television Quarterly (ATVQ), Spring 2015 issue has an article, ?How Did the MIR SSTV System come into Existence?? Back issue copies of ATVQ containing this article are available via WA6SVT at aol.com. See also web address: www.ATVQuarterly.com. A small sampling of perhaps thousands of received pictures may be found in web sites: http://www.marexmg.org/marexmirweb/fileshtml/galleryimagepage1.htm http://www.qsl.net/dg7ro/afu/mirsstv.htm Background information and initial efforts on developing the MIR System and early efforts to provide SSTV for the ISS may be reviewed at: http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/sponsorspeople.htm The ISS is now transmitting a similar series of SSTV Transmissions to that of MIR: https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv 73, Farrell Winder, W8ZCF fwinder at fuse.net From af7w at cfl.rr.com Mon Dec 12 12:54:11 2016 From: af7w at cfl.rr.com (Terry) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:54:11 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Message-ID: <76e6b9a5-87ac-7c39-ec9d-dfa307aa3d7d@cfl.rr.com> I need some help with SatPC32. I have been using it for some time (over a year) with no problems but now it is looking for a serial port I don't have. I am using a Yaesu G-5500 rotor which should be on port 10 but it some how got changed to port 13. I tried to access the help for Yaesu rotors (? - hints - rotor - Yaesu g-232) but it won't open. How do I change it back? I'm having a CRS moment I guess. Terry - AF7W EL98ok --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From erich.eichmann at t-online.de Mon Dec 12 15:02:05 2016 From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:02:05 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 In-Reply-To: <76e6b9a5-87ac-7c39-ec9d-dfa307aa3d7d@cfl.rr.com> References: <76e6b9a5-87ac-7c39-ec9d-dfa307aa3d7d@cfl.rr.com> Message-ID: <584EBBED.7080309@t-online.de> Terry, click on the ServerSDX symbol in the taskbar to show the program normally. Then choose the proper COM port in the setup window of ServerSDX. I suppose you run your controller at a USB port (using a USB-to-Serial adapter or cable with built in adapter). The port number of the generated virtual COM port can change when you change the USB port. 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 12.12.2016 um 13:54 schrieb Terry: > I need some help with SatPC32. I have been using it for some time > (over a year) with no problems but now it is looking for a serial port > I don't have. I am using a Yaesu G-5500 rotor which should be on port > 10 but it some how got changed to port 13. I tried to access the help > for Yaesu rotors (? - hints - rotor - Yaesu g-232) but it won't > open. How do I change it back? I'm having a CRS moment I guess. > > Terry - AF7W > EL98ok > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Sent viaAM SAT-BB at 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 From pconver at gmail.com Mon Dec 12 15:27:32 2016 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:27:32 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Newbie Question on Active Satellites In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Les, Try http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm Allow view either FM sats, Linear Sats, showing frequencies and modes. 73, lu7abf, Pedro On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 8:35 AM, B J wrote: > On 12/12/16, Les Rayburn wrote: >> Please pardon the newbie question, but I?m trying to get active on the birds >> again during the holidays after being off the air for well over a year. >> During that time, several new birds have been launched. It?s hard to keep >> up?and made more difficult because each satellite has multiple designations >> (names.) >> >> Depending on the application that you?re using, such as SatPC32, you may not >> find the satellite using the name listed on one of the sites designed to >> keep us all abreast of current activity. Adding to the confusion, many web >> sites list birds that are technically active (such as in beacon mode, or >> downloading telemetry) but not available for amateur use. >> >> Can someone provide a short list of the current active satellites for both >> FM and SSB/CW available for amateur use? I?d be most grateful. If the run of >> launches continues, we?ll need to update the ?Getting Started? booklet >> quarterly! :-) Good problem to have. >> >> Thanks in advance. Hope to work some of you during the next few days. > > > > These URLs might be a good place to start: > > http://www.amsat.org/status/ > http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=177 > http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=179 > > Then there are sites such as Celestrak which have information on > various satellites. > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From gp_ab5r at outlook.com Mon Dec 12 23:56:56 2016 From: gp_ab5r at outlook.com (Gerald Payton) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:56:56 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Look OUT Cube Sats Message-ID: Look out Cube Sats, you may be whupped on: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/12/12/japan-to-smack-space-junk-with-2-3k-foot-whip.html [http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/science/2016/12/12/japan-to-smack-space-junk-with-23k-foot-whip/_jcr_content/par/featured_image/media-0.img.jpg/0/0/1481573053316.jpg?ve=1] Japan to smack space junk with 2.3K-foot whip www.foxnews.com Can a whip as long as six football fields destroy some of the 500,000 pieces of space junk spinning around Earth at 17,500 miles per hour? From m-arai at a.email.ne.jp Tue Dec 13 16:26:25 2016 From: m-arai at a.email.ne.jp (Masahiro Arai) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 01:26:25 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] OMOTENASHI UHF operation from the moon Message-ID: <3a634c95-67a2-3bc1-8bf1-1367c41199d5@a.email.ne.jp> OMOTENASHI(Outstanding Moon exploration Technologies demonstrated by Nano Semi-Hard Impactor) which is spacecraft by JAXA will UHF operation from the moon. OMOTENASHI is one of the CubeSats which will be carryied on NASA's new SLS(Space Launch System) EM-1(Exploration Mission 1). The launch is expected on 31th July 2018. OMOTENASHI, 6U CubeSat consists of Orbiting module and Surface probe. Orbiting module and Surface probe will separate on the moon orbit and Surface probe will land on the moon. Surface probe will observe radiation and soil environment of the moon surface. Orbiting module and Surface probe have UHF TX. Frequency has just coordinated as 437.310 and 437.410 MHz. They transmit CM/PSK/PM/PSK31 beacons with 1W. check the following web site for detail IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination STATUS REPORT http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=532 SLS EM-1 secondary payload OMOTENASHI http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/hashimoto-lab/OMOTENASHI/OMOTENASHItoutline.pdf Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Tue Dec 13 17:13:49 2016 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:13:49 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Scuola_Seco?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ndaria_di_Primo_Grado_=22Niccol=F2_Pisano=22=2C_Mar?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ina_di_Pisa=2C_Italy?= Message-ID: <68977F5EAC8A421BBE81D4124C9D9934@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Niccol? Pisano", Marina di Pisa, Italy on 15 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:31 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Niccol? Pisano" The Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado (Middle School) "Niccol? Pisano" in Marina di Pisa (Pisa, Italy) consists of 3 sections (named A, B, C). Each section consists of 3 classes (1st, 2nd, 3rd), corresponding to student ages of 11 to 14. Each class consists of about 20 students. The school is part of the Istituto Comprensivo "Niccol? Pisano", which also includes another middle school in San Piero a Grado (Pisa, Italy), four primary schools (for ages 6 to 10) and two childhood schools. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What inspired you to become an astronaut? 2. Which is your favorite food on board? 3. Do you see more darkness up there than on Earth? 4. How can astronauts have a shower on board? 5. What will happen to your body if you don't exercise? 6. Which planets do you see from over there? 7. Can you hear sounds and noises outside the space ship? 8. Do you know how many space ships or satellites are there orbiting? 9. How many astronauts are there on board and how long must you stay on the space ship? 10. What kind of machinery is on board? Which is the most important? Can you describe it to us? 11. What are your astronaut suits made of? Are they heavy? Does someone help you to put them on? 12. How much fuel does the space ship use? 13. Why did you decide to become an astronaut instead of, for example, an astronomer, an engineer or an astrophysicist? What are your skills? 14. We know you can see 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets per day. So, have you ever seen other celestial or terrestrial extraordinary events? 15. What are the main aims of your mission, what is your task? 16. Last year the ISS hosted the astronaut Scott Kelly. The press, on his return, insisted very much on the effects illustrated by Einstein as regards the paradox of the twins. Is it really possible to detect slight differences at a biological level? Which examples can be given to testify restricted or general relativity? 17. Why does the ISS have such a low orbit and it is not, for example, geostationary? Does it lose height? Should it be re-lifted? If so, how and to what extent? 18. In space, in conditions of microgravity, there is a loss of muscle and bone mass, because of body statism. Is the regeneration of tissue in space different in lack of gravity? Does microgravity influence also the behaviour of electronic devices? 19. Astronauts are exposed to solar wind because they are outside the shelter of the magnetic field. Which effects can be noticed in their bodies? 20. Would you be willing to leave on a mission to Mars, taking into account the dangers that you might face while eventually trying to come back to Earth? To what extent can your spirit of exploration go further? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From jj3grx at gmail.com Tue Dec 13 20:47:48 2016 From: jj3grx at gmail.com (Toshihiro Kameda) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 05:47:48 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] ITF-2 downlink data format Message-ID: ITF-2 downlink data format is announced. http://operationitf-2.blogspot.jp/p/blog-page_13.html Currently Japanese version only, English version will appear soon. Updated information will be announced here, amsat-bb. ITF-2 is a 1U cubesat designed and built by Univesity of Tsukuba, Japan, which just arrived at ISS and soon be released from ISS. Toshihiro KAMEDA, JJ3GRX (also W3GRX) Director of University of Tsukuba Satellite project From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Wed Dec 14 02:07:30 2016 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 02:07:30 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Palm Springs Hamfest, 4 February 2017 Message-ID: Hi! I don't normally write about an event I plan on attending where I represent AMSAT so far in advance, but I'm making an exception for this event. Even though it has been mentioned in recent AMSAT News Service bulletins, and listed on the AMSAT web site, there has been an attempt at misinformation on a web forum about this. To clear the air... AMSAT will be at the Palm Springs Hamfest in southern California on Saturday, 4 February 2017. Thanks to Rick Fearns and the Palm Springs Hamfest committee, AMSAT will have a booth at the hamfest. Along with a change in date (this had been held in mid-March for the past couple of years), the location has moved to the Palm Springs Air Museum along Gene Autry Trail, south of I-10 and near the Palm Springs Airport. More information about the hamfest is available at: http://palmspringshamfest.com/ I have been in contact with the hamfest committee, trying to get AMSAT listed on the hamfest's web site. Hopefully that will be rectified shortly. In any event, AMSAT will be present at this hamfest, which should draw hams from around southern California, as well as from Arizona and possibly southern Nevada. I will be there, and I am looking forward to making the trip out there. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Wed Dec 14 03:23:16 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:23:16 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Travel to EK37 and EK47. Message-ID: >From Thursday afternoon I am going to visit work clients, I will be very close to the Lacandona jungle in the state of Chiapas, I will have free afternoons all weekend, I will be able to work from EK37 and EK47, trust in finding the line, try Work on other grids, work on FM and SSB satellites, SO-50, AO-85, XW-2A, XW-2B, XW-2C, AO-73 and FO-29. Passes above 20 ? for my area, for now I can not give working hours on the satellites, if I have a signal in the mobile I will be on Twitter @xe3dx, as always give priority to the stations using the phonetic code. I hope to hear them in the bird. David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * From AJ9N at aol.com Wed Dec 14 09:16:22 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 04:16:22 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-14 09:00 UTC Message-ID: <86a91b.4b2331.458267e6@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-14 09:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia, direct via R9HP (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Novitskiy (***) Contact was successful 2016-12-07 11:40 UTC (***) Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29:47 UTC 38 deg (***) Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Niccol? Pisano?, Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31:13 UTC 68 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 2016-12-14 09:00 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 1099. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1064. (***) 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 2016-12-14 09:00 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From pedro at dutrasousa.name Wed Dec 14 13:20:46 2016 From: pedro at dutrasousa.name (pedro at dutrasousa.name) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:20:46 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] HM58 Christmas operation Message-ID: <20161214132046.Horde.QDCwT0GJdxHuZ0MO7SIfMDY@webmail.satavirtual.org> Hi all, This year my Christmas HM58 operation will take place from December 23rd to December 25th. Logs will be uploaded as CU2ZG, and the news is I'll be SSB equipped. Tentative (meaning I'll keep those in mind but not fully guaranteed) passes are below, however I might show up on other. If you'd like a sked on a specific pass please let me know. December 23rd 19:30 XW-2A 20:55 XW-2D/B/C 22:46 AO-85 23:56 SO-50 December 24th 00:17 FO-29 00:28 AO-85 10:03 AO-73 10:30 FO-29 11:39 EO-79 12:12 FO-29 14:50 AO-7 15:48 SO-50 16:41 AO-7 17:28 SO-50 18:08 XW-2F 18:38 AO-7 18:55 XW-2A December 25th 16:13 SO-50 17:34 AO-7 17:55 XW-2F 18:57 XW-2D/B/C 21:56 AO-85 23:07 SO-50 23:38 AO-85 73 CU2ZG Pedro -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From electricity440 at gmail.com Wed Dec 14 21:43:19 2016 From: electricity440 at gmail.com (Skyler F) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 14:43:19 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Geo Satellite 2017 Message-ID: I saw this video on the planned 5/10GHz planned launch with the geo payload through Virginia Tech. https://youtu.be/BE6ZZ3MQsNY I couldn't find much other details other than the video. Does anybody else here know the status on this satellite? I'm a student at New Mexico Tech, and would like to try to get something setup through our radio club as soon as this satellite is launched, so if this thing is for sure going to happen, I would like to start the search for equipment and have something going when this satellite is ready to be launched. 73, KD0WHB From k9jkm at comcast.net Wed Dec 14 22:14:23 2016 From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne K9JKM) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:14:23 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Geo Satellite 2017 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <02bcb1db-ebb6-75d1-29af-660477730f61@comcast.net> Hi Skyler, The space payload for AMSAT Phase 4 is being developed at Virginia Tech. Working in parallel, AMSAT volunteers are developing a ground station package. The team produces video update reports on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=amsat+phase+4 is a link that should be a good starting point. On 12/14/2016 3:43 PM, Skyler F wrote: > I saw this video on the planned 5/10GHz planned launch with the geo payload > through Virginia Tech. > > https://youtu.be/BE6ZZ3MQsNY > > I couldn't find much other details other than the video. Does anybody else > here know the status on this satellite? I'm a student at New Mexico Tech, > and would like to try to get something setup through our radio club as soon > as this satellite is launched, so if this thing is for sure going to > happen, I would like to start the search for equipment and have something > going when this satellite is ready to be launched. > > 73, KD0WHB > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm at amsat.org From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Thu Dec 15 04:47:37 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 22:47:37 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Works from EK37, EK47 Message-ID: Works from EK37, EK47. Try to activate other Grids, twitter notices @ xe3dx #AMSAT Time UTC 2016-12-15 17:03:30 FO-29 2016-12-15 21:56:00 SO-50 2016-12-16 00:09:51 XW-2B 2016-12-16 00:15:02 XW-2C 2016-12-16 12:00:09 XW-2C 2016-12-16 13:11:03 XW-2A 2016-12-16 16:08:34 FO-29 2016-12-16 22:21:43 SO-50 2016-12-16 23:57:25 XW-2B 2016-12-17 00:02:39 XW-2C 2016-12-17 01:02:30 XW-2A 2016-12-17 02:30:22 AO-73 2016-12-17 05:14:12 FO-29 2016-12-17 16:58:31 FO-29 2016-12-17 23:45:00 XW-2B 2016-12-17 23:50:16 XW-2C 2016-12-18 02:49:12 AO-73 2016-12-18 14:49:36 AO-73 2016-12-18 14:53:25 AO-85 David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * From ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp Thu Dec 15 09:52:35 2016 From: ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp (Mineo Wakita) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:52:35 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] STARS-C release schedule Message-ID: <4B55BDCC18B54491B700A059CED17C72@OwnerPC> Release: About 08:30-09:30 UTC, 19 Dec 2016 Downlink Beacon Mode Callsign STARS-C (Mother) 437.405 437.245 1200bps FM,CW JJ2YPL STARS-C (Daughter) 437.425 437.255 1200bps FM,CW JJ2YPM http://stars.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/english.html http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/htv6nano.htm http://iss.jaxa.jp/topics/2016/12/161214_stars-c.html JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita From dan at post.com Thu Dec 15 12:08:36 2016 From: dan at post.com (Daniel Cussen) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:08:36 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Scuola_Secondari?= =?utf-8?q?a_di_Primo_Grado_=22Niccol=C3=B2_Pisano=22=2C_Marina_di_?= =?utf-8?q?Pisa=2C_Italy?= In-Reply-To: <68977F5EAC8A421BBE81D4124C9D9934@DHJ> References: <68977F5EAC8A421BBE81D4124C9D9934@DHJ> Message-ID: I think there may be a live stream of this contact from the telebridge point of view only in 25 minutes on this website: (12:31 UTC) There is a television live streaming on the right of the webpage now http://www.ariotti.com/ On 13/12/2016, n4csitwo at bellsouth.net wrote: > An International Space Station school contact has been planned with > participants at Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Niccol? Pisano", Marina di > Pisa, Italy on 15 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately > 12:31 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 > minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 > minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and > IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. > Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The > contact is expected to be conducted in English. > > > > > > Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Niccol? Pisano" > > The Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado (Middle School) "Niccol? Pisano" in > Marina di Pisa (Pisa, Italy) consists of 3 sections (named A, B, C). Each > section consists of 3 classes (1st, 2nd, 3rd), corresponding to student ages > of 11 to 14. Each class consists of about 20 students. The school is part of > the Istituto Comprensivo "Niccol? Pisano", which also includes another > middle school in San Piero a Grado (Pisa, Italy), four primary schools (for > ages 6 to 10) and two childhood schools. > > > > > > Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: > > > > 1. What inspired you to become an astronaut? > > 2. Which is your favorite food on board? > > 3. Do you see more darkness up there than on Earth? > > 4. How can astronauts have a shower on board? > > 5. What will happen to your body if you don't exercise? > > 6. Which planets do you see from over there? > > 7. Can you hear sounds and noises outside the space ship? > > 8. Do you know how many space ships or satellites are there orbiting? > > 9. How many astronauts are there on board and how long must you stay on the > > > space ship? > > 10. What kind of machinery is on board? Which is the most important? Can > you > > describe it to us? > > 11. What are your astronaut suits made of? Are they heavy? Does someone > help > > you to put them on? > > 12. How much fuel does the space ship use? > > 13. Why did you decide to become an astronaut instead of, for example, an > > astronomer, an engineer or an astrophysicist? What are your skills? > > 14. We know you can see 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets per day. So, have you > > ever seen other celestial or terrestrial extraordinary events? > > 15. What are the main aims of your mission, what is your task? > > 16. Last year the ISS hosted the astronaut Scott Kelly. The press, on his > > return, insisted very much on the effects illustrated by Einstein as > > regards the paradox of the twins. Is it really possible to detect > slight > > differences at a biological level? Which examples can be given to > > testify restricted or general relativity? > > 17. Why does the ISS have such a low orbit and it is not, for example, > > geostationary? Does it lose height? Should it be re-lifted? If so, how > > > and to what extent? > > 18. In space, in conditions of microgravity, there is a loss of muscle and > > > bone mass, because of body statism. Is the regeneration of tissue in > > space different in lack of gravity? Does microgravity influence also > the > > behaviour of electronic devices? > > 19. Astronauts are exposed to solar wind because they are outside the > shelter of the magnetic field. Which effects can be noticed in their bodies? > > > 20. Would you be willing to leave on a mission to Mars, taking into account > the dangers that you might face while eventually trying to come back to > Earth? To what extent can your spirit of exploration go further? > > > > > > > > > > PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: > > > > Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the > International Space Station (ARISS). > > > > To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status > > > > > > > > Next planned event(s): > > > > TBD > > > > > > About ARISS: > > Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative > venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that > support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, > sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American > Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in > Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). > The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, > engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts > via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in > classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced > amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a > variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, > teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, > and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, > and www.arrl.org. > > > > Thank you & 73, > > David - AA4KN From johnbrier at gmail.com Fri Dec 16 03:19:02 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 22:19:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] New UHF ISS Digipeater! Message-ID: https://youtu.be/woSzJ-PtH2M I also made my first contact through it today: https://twitter.com/johnbrier/status/809581318023577600 While I was making the above video, I randomly picked up the digipeater in my apartment: https://twitter.com/johnbrier/status/809591216811737089 Please subscribe for more videos! https://www.youtube.com/SpaceComms1?sub_confirmation=1 Recently, the old VHF Ericsson handheld used for the digipeater on the ISS died and it was replaced with an equivalent UHF one. This is my first time digipeating through it. I also tried to make my first APRS satellite contact. I successfully sent a message to the digipeater for another ham, KM4SYN, but he didn't receive it from the ISS. He did however receive one of my beacon packets and you can see me on his map. The "Programming TH-D72 for ISS Digipeater" video will be uploaded next week. I made this recording on November 2nd, 2016, shortly after the UHF digipeater was activated. Thanks for watching! 73, John Brier KG4AKV The music at the end is Cybotron - Clear, a classic electro track. P.S. I thought I already sent this, but I can't see it in the archives. Apologies if it's a repeat. From AJ9N at aol.com Fri Dec 16 09:00:14 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 04:00:14 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-16 07:00 UTC Message-ID: <5178de.2c183baf.4585071e@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-16 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Gagarin From Space, The Communication College Of Vologda And Information Technologies, Vologda, Russia, direct via RK1QWX (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Ryzhikov (***) Contact was successful for 2016-12-13 14:20 UTC (***) Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Niccol? Pisano?, Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact was successful: Thu 2016-12-15 12:31:13 UTC 68 deg (***) Ecole Communale de Saint Sylvestre, Saint Sylvestre, France, direct via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-12-21 13:46:38 UTC 29 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 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 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 2016-12-16 07:00 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 1101. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1066. (***) 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 2016-12-16 07:00 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From vimone at alice.it Fri Dec 16 09:28:58 2016 From: vimone at alice.it (Vincenzo Mone) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:28:58 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satpc32 Message-ID: <50ACA23C-973C-4893-9ECD-7AB6C011C709@alice.it> Hello, I am looking how to substitute the trakbox because it won't work on the Kenwood TS-2000X Radio. Someone suggested me the SatPC32 software and before I buy it I am using it in unregistered mode to see how it works. As on the trakbox I have set about 20 satellites, I have noticed that in SatPC32 won't let me insert more then 8 satellites in the list. Is it possible to add more than 8 satellites? If yes where am I missing? Thanks Enzo IK8OZV. 73's de Enzo IK8OZV ************************************ ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ***** ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** ************************************ From LB2TG at hotmail.com Fri Dec 16 12:25:56 2016 From: LB2TG at hotmail.com (LB2TG Paul) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 12:25:56 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satpc32 In-Reply-To: <50ACA23C-973C-4893-9ECD-7AB6C011C709@alice.it> References: <50ACA23C-973C-4893-9ECD-7AB6C011C709@alice.it> Message-ID: HI. Right now I am at work, but I think I can put 12 sats in the list without any problem. 73, Paul ________________________________________ From: AMSAT-BB on behalf of Vincenzo Mone Sent: 16 December 2016 10:28 To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Satpc32 Hello, I am looking how to substitute the trakbox because it won't work on the Kenwood TS-2000X Radio. Someone suggested me the SatPC32 software and before I buy it I am using it in unregistered mode to see how it works. As on the trakbox I have set about 20 satellites, I have noticed that in SatPC32 won't let me insert more then 8 satellites in the list. Is it possible to add more than 8 satellites? If yes where am I missing? Thanks Enzo IK8OZV. 73's de Enzo IK8OZV ************************************ ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ***** ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** ************************************ _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From kb2m at comcast.net Fri Dec 16 12:39:20 2016 From: kb2m at comcast.net (Jeff) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:39:20 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satpc32 In-Reply-To: References: <50ACA23C-973C-4893-9ECD-7AB6C011C709@alice.it> Message-ID: 12 it is... 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: LB2TG Paul Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 7:25 AM To: Vincenzo Mone ; amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Satpc32 HI. Right now I am at work, but I think I can put 12 sats in the list without any problem. 73, Paul ________________________________________ From: AMSAT-BB on behalf of Vincenzo Mone Sent: 16 December 2016 10:28 To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Satpc32 Hello, I am looking how to substitute the trakbox because it won't work on the Kenwood TS-2000X Radio. Someone suggested me the SatPC32 software and before I buy it I am using it in unregistered mode to see how it works. As on the trakbox I have set about 20 satellites, I have noticed that in SatPC32 won't let me insert more then 8 satellites in the list. Is it possible to add more than 8 satellites? If yes where am I missing? Thanks Enzo IK8OZV. 73's de Enzo IK8OZV ************************************ ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ***** ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** ************************************ _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From aayushyadav825 at gmail.com Fri Dec 16 21:16:53 2016 From: aayushyadav825 at gmail.com (Aayush Yadav) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 02:46:53 +0530 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite In-Reply-To: References: <479663765.533929.1473274174846@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hello all, We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon of the satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the satellite in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. We would be glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the signal from Pratham. Downlink: Frequency: 437.455 MHz Modulation: FSK Beacon: Frequency: 145.98 MHz Modulation: CW OOK Morse code. Kind Regards, Team Pratham. From paulopv8dx at gmail.com Sat Dec 17 03:15:58 2016 From: paulopv8dx at gmail.com (Paulo PV8DX) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 23:15:58 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite In-Reply-To: References: <479663765.533929.1473274174846@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <7A543B6E5DA1487CA47E6598F40D5AD0@PAULOPV8DXPC> Hi Heard in the extreme north of Brazil. Repeats in Morse Code VU2BUG PRATHAM IIT BOMBAY STUDENT SATELLITE 17 DEC 2016 - 01:47 UTC link https://youtu.be/m_kLNHT4w6k 73 de Paulo PV8DX LABRE/ARRL AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member FJ92pt - VUCC SAT http://amsat-br.org/ www.qrz.com/db/pv8dx Contact ARISS 13/fev/2014 http://www.labre-rr.org/ariss.html Boa Vista-Roraima-Brasil pv8dx at arrl.net -----Mensagem Original----- From: Aayush Yadav Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 5:16 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org ; Rachana Agarwal ; Subramani BA ; Mani VU2 WMY ; Manvi Dhawan ; Ratnesh Mishra Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite Hello all, We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon of the satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the satellite in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. We would be glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the signal from Pratham. Downlink: Frequency: 437.455 MHz Modulation: FSK Beacon: Frequency: 145.98 MHz Modulation: CW OOK Morse code. Kind Regards, Team Pratham. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Sat Dec 17 03:47:43 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:47:43 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite In-Reply-To: <7A543B6E5DA1487CA47E6598F40D5AD0@PAULOPV8DXPC> References: <479663765.533929.1473274174846@mail.yahoo.com> <7A543B6E5DA1487CA47E6598F40D5AD0@PAULOPV8DXPC> Message-ID: <5854B55F.4040003@gmail.com> 03:33z 10-degree pass from CM98, heard the same here on 2m. Good to hear the Chirpy Sat again! Sorry, no FSK (presume 9600 bps?) capability. Greg KO6TH Paulo PV8DX wrote: > Hi > Heard in the extreme north of Brazil. > > Repeats in Morse Code > VU2BUG PRATHAM IIT BOMBAY STUDENT SATELLITE > > 17 DEC 2016 - 01:47 UTC > > link > https://youtu.be/m_kLNHT4w6k > > > 73 de Paulo PV8DX > LABRE/ARRL > AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member > FJ92pt - VUCC SAT > http://amsat-br.org/ > www.qrz.com/db/pv8dx > Contact ARISS 13/fev/2014 > http://www.labre-rr.org/ariss.html > Boa Vista-Roraima-Brasil > pv8dx at arrl.net > > > -----Mensagem Original----- From: Aayush Yadav > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 5:16 PM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org ; Rachana Agarwal ; Subramani BA ; Mani VU2 WMY > ; Manvi Dhawan ; Ratnesh Mishra > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite > > Hello all, > > We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon > of the > satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the > satellite > in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. We > would be > glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the signal from > Pratham. > > Downlink: > Frequency: 437.455 MHz > Modulation: FSK > > Beacon: > Frequency: 145.98 MHz > Modulation: CW > OOK Morse code. > > Kind Regards, > Team Pratham. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From wmy at isac.gov.in Sat Dec 17 06:19:00 2016 From: wmy at isac.gov.in (Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 11:49:00 +0530 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite In-Reply-To: References: <479663765.533929.1473274174846@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20161217062304.4B4C787B3@lansing182.amsat.org> Congratulations 'Team Pratham' on hearing back from Pratham. Let's hope the baby will be recovered soon and nourished healthier. Good wishes for a speedy and complete recovery !!! with regards from all of us here in ISRO Satellite Centre... ? Quoting Aayush Yadav : > Hello all, > ? > We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon > of the satellite yet again. We have started the preparation?to track the > satellite in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. > We would be glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the > signal from Pratham. > ? > Downlink: > Frequency: 437.455 MHz > Modulation: FSK > ? > Beacon: > Frequency: 145.98 MHz > Modulation: CW > OOK Morse code. > ? > Kind Regards, > Team Pratham. Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] Secretary & Station Director Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(Office)91-80-25082598/25082054/25082192 Mobile:? 91-9880 341 456 E-mail ID: wmy at isac.gov.in ? ? ? ? ? ?vu2wmy.mani at gmail.com ? ? ? ? ? ?isrohams at yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From jim at milnet.uk.net Sat Dec 17 07:59:14 2016 From: jim at milnet.uk.net (Jim Heck) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 07:59:14 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73/FUNcube Mode change Message-ID: <66E9684BE7DE4D918ACEFB28D0EC0638@jimPC2> Hi folks, I have just changed the sat into continuous transponder mode. Plan as normal to switch back to auto mode on Sunday pm (UTC). Apologies for the late switch this weekend. Please note that our plan for the Holidays is to switch to continuous transponder mode on Wed 22 Dec pm UTC, and revert back to auto transponder switching on Sunday 8 Jan 2017 ppm UTC. Have FUN with the transponder. 73s Jim G3WGM From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Sat Dec 17 10:01:24 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 04:01:24 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] In Route to EK57 EK58 Message-ID: Satellites to work from EK57 and EK58, (grids difficult to work, to be able to say that only activate 2 or 3 times in 30 years) the only means of contact is twitter @xe3dx when to have signal, to be in jungle zone, not to have telephony and Internet. We heard in the bird. UTC 2016-12-17 16:58:31 FO-29 2016-12-17 23:45:00 XW-2B 2016-12-17 23:50:16 XW-2C 2016-12-18 02:49:12 AO-73 2016-12-18 14:49:36 AO-73 2016-12-18 14:53:25 AO-85 2016-12-18 20:57:18 AO-07 2016-12-18 21:32:07 SO-50 2016-12-18 23:32:35 XW-2B 2016-12-18 23:37:54 XW-2C 2016-12-19 05:09:14 FO-29 2016-12-19 13:01:35 XW-2A 2016-12-19 15:08:26 AO-73 2016-12-19 16:53:31 FO-29 2016-12-20 00:53:02 XW-2A David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * Before printing, please think about your responsibility and commitment with the* ENVIRONMENT.* *Antes de Imprimir, *piensa en tu responsabilidad y compromiso con el *MEDIO AMBIENTE.* From godetj at wanadoo.fr Sat Dec 17 09:29:13 2016 From: godetj at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Pierre Godet) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 09:29:13 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite In-Reply-To: <5854B55F.4040003@gmail.com> References: <479663765.533929.1473274174846@mail.yahoo.com> <7A543B6E5DA1487CA47E6598F40D5AD0@PAULOPV8DXPC> <5854B55F.4040003@gmail.com> Message-ID: <34697225-aa44-ef42-da65-f9ae0adf5e69@wanadoo.fr> Hi my friends ! Heard VHF CW beacon in western Europe, around 09:00 UTC, orbit nr 1201, 15 deg. max pass above horizont. I fully agree with Greg/KO6TH: "Good to hear the Chirpy Sat again!". :-) Have a nice day, 73! Jean-Pierre/F5YG On 17/12/2016 03:47, Greg D wrote: > 03:33z 10-degree pass from CM98, heard the same here on 2m. Good to > hear the Chirpy Sat again! > > Sorry, no FSK (presume 9600 bps?) capability. > > Greg KO6TH > > > Paulo PV8DX wrote: >> Hi >> Heard in the extreme north of Brazil. >> >> Repeats in Morse Code >> VU2BUG PRATHAM IIT BOMBAY STUDENT SATELLITE >> >> 17 DEC 2016 - 01:47 UTC >> >> link >> https://youtu.be/m_kLNHT4w6k >> >> >> 73 de Paulo PV8DX >> LABRE/ARRL >> AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member >> FJ92pt - VUCC SAT >> http://amsat-br.org/ >> www.qrz.com/db/pv8dx >> Contact ARISS 13/fev/2014 >> http://www.labre-rr.org/ariss.html >> Boa Vista-Roraima-Brasil >> pv8dx at arrl.net >> >> >> -----Mensagem Original----- From: Aayush Yadav >> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 5:16 PM >> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org ; Rachana Agarwal ; Subramani BA ; Mani VU2 WMY >> ; Manvi Dhawan ; Ratnesh Mishra >> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite >> >> Hello all, >> >> We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon >> of the >> satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the >> satellite >> in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. We >> would be >> glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the signal from >> Pratham. >> >> Downlink: >> Frequency: 437.455 MHz >> Modulation: FSK >> >> Beacon: >> Frequency: 145.98 MHz >> Modulation: CW >> OOK Morse code. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Team Pratham. >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 > From py41 at att.net Sat Dec 17 12:14:02 2016 From: py41 at att.net (Perry Yantis) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 12:14:02 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] nothing hears References: <2005035088.6989833.1481976842202.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2005035088.6989833.1481976842202@mail.yahoo.com> I have seen post on the Amsat web page that others are hearing LO-87 and Liliacsat-2.I have listened many times recently and have never heard these birds.Has anyone else noticed this????Perry WB8OTH py41 at att.net sent from my Apple Macbook Pro From pe0sat at vgnet.nl Sat Dec 17 12:27:04 2016 From: pe0sat at vgnet.nl (PE0SAT | Amateur Radio) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 13:27:04 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite Beacon Active In-Reply-To: <34697225-aa44-ef42-da65-f9ae0adf5e69@wanadoo.fr> References: <479663765.533929.1473274174846@mail.yahoo.com> <7A543B6E5DA1487CA47E6598F40D5AD0@PAULOPV8DXPC> <5854B55F.4040003@gmail.com> <34697225-aa44-ef42-da65-f9ae0adf5e69@wanadoo.fr> Message-ID: <367951315b8e536c1915e8edee08dd9a@vgnet.nl> Good to hear that more station are receiving PRATHAM on VHF. My last pass of this morning 12:06 UTC was also successful, but again no signals on UHF. If you want to see how this satellite sounds, I have a SDRSharp Base band IQ on the following location. The SDR that I used for this recording is a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ at 192000 samples/second. https://janvgils.home.xs4all.nl/download/PRATHAM/ Sorry for the mess in the spectrum, but as you can see I have some terrible QRM on VHF. 73 Jan --- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ Online Telemetry Forwarder: http://tlm.pe0sat.nl/ irc://chat.freenode.net #Cubesat - Twitter @pe0sat On 17-12-2016 10:29, Jean-Pierre Godet wrote: > Hi my friends ! > > Heard VHF CW beacon in western Europe, around 09:00 UTC, orbit nr > 1201, 15 deg. max pass above horizont. I fully agree with Greg/KO6TH: > "Good to hear the Chirpy Sat again!". :-) > > Have a nice day, 73! > > Jean-Pierre/F5YG > > On 17/12/2016 03:47, Greg D wrote: > >> 03:33z 10-degree pass from CM98, heard the same here on 2m. Good to >> hear the Chirpy Sat again! >> >> Sorry, no FSK (presume 9600 bps?) capability. >> >> Greg KO6TH >> >> >> Paulo PV8DX wrote: >>> Hi >>> Heard in the extreme north of Brazil. >>> >>> Repeats in Morse Code >>> VU2BUG PRATHAM IIT BOMBAY STUDENT SATELLITE >>> >>> 17 DEC 2016 - 01:47 UTC >>> >>> link >>> https://youtu.be/m_kLNHT4w6k >>> >>> >>> 73 de Paulo PV8DX >>> LABRE/ARRL >>> AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member >>> FJ92pt - VUCC SAT >>> http://amsat-br.org/ >>> www.qrz.com/db/pv8dx >>> Contact ARISS 13/fev/2014 >>> http://www.labre-rr.org/ariss.html >>> Boa Vista-Roraima-Brasil >>> pv8dx at arrl.net >>> >>> >>> -----Mensagem Original----- From: Aayush Yadav >>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 5:16 PM >>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org ; Rachana Agarwal ; Subramani BA ; Mani VU2 >>> WMY >>> ; Manvi Dhawan ; Ratnesh Mishra >>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon >>> of the >>> satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the >>> satellite >>> in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. We >>> would be >>> glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the signal from >>> Pratham. >>> >>> Downlink: >>> Frequency: 437.455 MHz >>> Modulation: FSK >>> >>> Beacon: >>> Frequency: 145.98 MHz >>> Modulation: CW >>> OOK Morse code. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Team Pratham. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 From mjohns166 at yahoo.com Sat Dec 17 14:19:23 2016 From: mjohns166 at yahoo.com (Mark Johns) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 14:19:23 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Journal archives? References: <2071892969.7036199.1481984363464.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2071892969.7036199.1481984363464@mail.yahoo.com> Is the AMSAT Journal archived online somewhere? Even an index of articles? If so, can someone point me to it? I had to pitch all my past issues for a move, and I'm looking for an article from a couple years back on using the cheap, eBay, USB-SDR sticks. -- Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain From k8tl at earthlink.net Sat Dec 17 14:43:01 2016 From: k8tl at earthlink.net (Tom Lubbers K8TL) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 09:43:01 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [amsat-bb] PCSAT32 Number of sats Message-ID: <28630216.1284.1481985781851@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net> You can have up to 48 satellites at your finger tips. Go to SET UP then CONFIG. You can load 12 sats in each config. Ourself we have CONFIG 1 and 2 with the analog sats (chinese in 2) in three is the APRS and digital birds. Four is empty. 73 Tom and Rose K8TL and KB8OZV From skristof at etczone.com Sat Dec 17 16:07:56 2016 From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 11:07:56 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham CW beacon detected Message-ID: <68973a38a0f86a42ac25cb3d00481b5a@etczone.com> The CW beacon from the Pratham satellite was detected here in grid EM79 around 1533 UTC today. I have a turnstile antenna going into an RTL-SDR and I use SDR# software, so I'm no super station. But I did definitely pick up some CW on the SDR# trace at the correct time and frequency. Steve AI9IN From k.alexander at rogers.com Sat Dec 17 20:59:01 2016 From: k.alexander at rogers.com (Ken Alexander) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 15:59:01 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Need EN92? Message-ID: A few people still need EN92. I'll be down there tomorrow afternoon and will be available as follows (weather permitting as always): 18.12.2016 FO-29 16:04 18.12.2016 EO-79 16:54 18.12.2016 AO-07 17:16 18.12.2016 AO-07 19:03 18.12.2016 AO-07 20:56 18.12.2016 SO-50 21:35 18.12.2016 XW-2D 21:58 Follow @ve3hls on Twitter for updates. 73, Ken VE3HLS From gtw at w6fp.com Sat Dec 17 19:48:20 2016 From: gtw at w6fp.com (Glenn T Webb) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 11:48:20 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC 970H Message-ID: <3e2162e0-48e3-fb90-694c-c71736641577@w6fp.com> Hi AMSAT BB, I have some radios that have been sitting around for several years, and now am going to sell them. I started poking around ebay and other sites, and discovered a note about the IC 970 H on this AMSAT BB. I have one literally in perfect condition (has the 1.2 module), that I would like to sell. I thought maybe someone could give me a thought on the best way to go about this. I am a life member of AMSAT and ARRL, but have never been active on any of their sites. I also have an FT-ONE in perfect condition. Regards, Glenn Webb, W6FP From altencza at verizon.net Sat Dec 17 21:47:46 2016 From: altencza at verizon.net (altencza at verizon.net) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:47:46 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] transfering satellite gear Message-ID: <5579A79776984C65AD66B2DA02920A63@AlPC> Ham friends, If you would like some excellent Ham satellite gear, please call me. Al NX2Q (973) 772-1279 73 From erich.eichmann at t-online.de Sat Dec 17 22:20:27 2016 From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 23:20:27 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] PCSAT32 Number of sats In-Reply-To: <28630216.1284.1481985781851@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <28630216.1284.1481985781851@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: you can have up to 12 x 12 x 4 sats (4 configruations, up to 12 groups per configuration, up to 12 sats per group). 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 17.12.2016 um 15:43 schrieb Tom Lubbers K8TL: > You can have up to 48 satellites at your finger tips. Go to SET UP then CONFIG. You can load 12 sats in each config. Ourself we have CONFIG 1 and 2 with the analog sats (chinese in 2) in three is the APRS and digital birds. Four is empty. > 73 Tom and Rose K8TL and KB8OZV > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From cqkg8co at yahoo.com Sat Dec 17 23:02:49 2016 From: cqkg8co at yahoo.com (Brian Sarkisian, KG8CO) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 23:02:49 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Rotor Setup References: <2000131044.919858.1482015769576.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2000131044.919858.1482015769576@mail.yahoo.com> I am using Com 4 to talk with the FT-847 and I need to use Com 5 to talk with the Yaesu G-232B. How do I set up SatPC32 to use Com 5 ? Thank You Brian, KG8CO From ku4os at cfl.rr.com Sun Dec 18 01:51:52 2016 From: ku4os at cfl.rr.com (Lee McLamb) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 20:51:52 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-353 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: <691b84c6-c1d8-2be6-45c3-0cd20c02b26e@cfl.rr.com> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-353 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Gould Smith, WA4SXM appointed Director-Field Operations * AO-73/FUNcube Holiday Transponder Operation * HM85 Christmas Weekend Operation * 18 Years of SSTV and Human Spaceflight * WB8ELK Balloon Completes Second Lap Around the World * 18th Annual Long Island Section Convention SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-353.01 ANS-353 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 353.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE December 18, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-353.01 Gould Smith, WA4SXM appointed Director-Field Operations AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW has appointed G. Gould Smith, WA4SXM as Director-Field Operations. The public announcement was made during the Field Operations Forum held in conjunction with the 34th AMSAT Space Symposium held on board Carnival Liberty on 12 Nov 2016. Field Operations consists of AMSAT volunteers who serve as Area Coordinators in their local areas. As ?Ambassadors of AMSAT?, they give AMSAT presentations at local club meetings or at hamfests, manage an AMSAT table/booth at a hamfest, or support local satellite operations as ?elmers? to new satellite operators. Gould previously served as Director-Field Operations from 2004-2008 prior to becoming VP-User Services from 2008-2013. Gould is also the author of several books published by AMSAT starting in 1990 with ?Getting Started With Amateur Satellites? the current AMSAT publication that carries his name. Due to medical issues, Gould was forced to resign from the Board of Directors and as VP-User Services in 2014 to focus on his medical concerns. Two years later, Gould?s medical recovery is now such that he?s once again in position to support AMSAT. In conjunction with this transition, Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK now serves as ?Lead Area Coordinator?, essentially functioning as Gould?s Executive Officer. Together, Gould and Patrick will work to enhance the Field Organization. ?Having Gould back in an AMSAT leadership role is welcome news? notes AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW. ?Gould is passionate about amateur radio in space and wants to encourage amateurs to become involved with satellite operations. The Field Organization will benefit from Gould?s focus on providing support to our Area Coordinators and developing materials that will assist our volunteers to speak on AMSAT?s behalf at club presentations and hamfests.? Initially, Gould has been spending some time getting back up to speed on the current status of the Field Organization and establishing a line of communication with the Field Ops Team. Gould notes, ?As a long time AMSAT volunteer I am excited to be re-engaging with the organization since my health has improved significantly. The Field Operations position is one that I have experience with and am looking forward to leading with the help of Patrick, WD9EWK. I have looked at the current Area Coordinator list and their activities and know most of the members. One of the first things I will be doing is getting to know the newer coordinators and determining how best we can serve AMSAT, it's members and prospective members. Please let me know of any ideas or suggestions to improve he Field Operations team.? [ANS thanks AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AO-73/FUNcube Holiday Transponder Operation The AO-73/FUNcube plan for the Holidays is to switch to continuous transponder mode on Wed 22 Dec pm UTC, and revert back to auto transponder switching on Sunday 8 Jan 2017 ppm UTC. Have FUN with the transponder. [ANS thanks Jim, G3WGM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- HM85 Christmas Weekend Operation Pedro, CU2ZG, reports that Christmas HM58 operation will take place from December 23rd to December 25th. Pedro will be SSB equipped and plans to operate on the following satellites: AO-7, FO-29, SO-50, AO-73, EO-79, XW-2A/B/C/D/F, and AO-85. Logs will be uploaded as CU2ZG. [ANS thanks Pedro, CU2ZG, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Years of SSTV and Human Spaceflight December 12, 2016, marked the 18th anniversary of the activation of the MIR SSTV Amateur Radio developed System which was transported and put aboard the MIR Space Station. The MIR SSTV System sent pictures over a period of about 2 years and 4 months to the delight of Amateur Radio Operators and others worldwide. (Mir was deorbited in March, 2001) For those interested in this historical event and background, the publication Amateur Television Quarterly (ATVQ), Spring 2015 issue has an article, ?How Did the MIR SSTV System come into Existence?? Back issue copies of ATVQ containing this article are available via WA6SVT at aol.com. See also web address: www.ATVQuarterly.com. A small sampling of perhaps thousands of received pictures may be found in web sites: http://www.marexmg.org/marexmirweb/fileshtml/galleryimagepage1.htm http://www.qsl.net/dg7ro/afu/mirsstv.htm Background information and initial efforts on developing the MIR System and early efforts to provide SSTV for the ISS may be reviewed at: http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/sponsorspeople.htm The ISS is now transmitting a similar series of SSTV Transmissions to that of MIR: https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv [ANS thanks Farrell, W8ZCF, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- WB8ELK Balloon Completes Second Lap Around the World After flying for over 41,000 miles, the WB8ELK HF WSPR Skytracker balloon has completed its second lap after crossing over into Indiana on 12 Dec 2016. For those of you capable of listening to 20m WSPR mode, it transmits at the 4-minute and 6-minute marks every 10 minutes on 14.09560 MHz USB during daylight hours. [ANS thanks Bill WB8ELK and the BALLOON_SKED group on yahoogroups for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18th Annual Long Island Section Convention Ham Radio University (HRU) is scheduled for January 8th, 2017, there will be 30 forums with Tom Gallagher, CEO, of ARRL as the keynote speaker. Peter, W2JV, will be doing a forum at 10 AM on ?Getting Started with the Amateur Satellites?, AMSAT will have a table in the club room to answer your questions. There will be demonstrations on the air as time and weather permits, on both the FM and linear transponder satellites. Look for W2JV, or others on the air. [ANS thanks Peter, W2JV, for the above information /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional 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 stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org From wa2ndv at gmail.com Sun Dec 18 02:39:22 2016 From: wa2ndv at gmail.com (wa2ndv at gmail.com) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 21:39:22 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite Beacon Active In-Reply-To: <367951315b8e536c1915e8edee08dd9a@vgnet.nl> References: <479663765.533929.1473274174846@mail.yahoo.com> <7A543B6E5DA1487CA47E6598F40D5AD0@PAULOPV8DXPC> <5854B55F.4040003@gmail.com> <34697225-aa44-ef42-da65-f9ae0adf5e69@wanadoo.fr> <367951315b8e536c1915e8edee08dd9a@vgnet.nl> Message-ID: <5855f6da.c830c80a.62f89.f805@mx.google.com> Copied a very weak VHF beacon here on Long Island NY at 0231 GMT on 18 Dec Using 3 ele beam fixed at 30 Def EL. 73 Frank WA2NDV From: PE0SAT | Amateur Radio via AMSAT-BB Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2016 7:27 AM To: Jean-Pierre Godet Cc: Amsat BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite Beacon Active Good to hear that more station are receiving PRATHAM on VHF. My last pass of this morning 12:06 UTC was also successful, but again no signals on UHF. If you want to see how this satellite sounds, I have a SDRSharp Base band IQ on the following location. The SDR that I used for this recording is a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ at 192000 samples/second. https://janvgils.home.xs4all.nl/download/PRATHAM/ Sorry for the mess in the spectrum, but as you can see I have some terrible QRM on VHF. 73 Jan --- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ Online Telemetry Forwarder: http://tlm.pe0sat.nl/ irc://chat.freenode.net #Cubesat - Twitter @pe0sat On 17-12-2016 10:29, Jean-Pierre Godet wrote: > Hi my friends ! > > Heard VHF CW beacon in western Europe, around 09:00 UTC, orbit nr > 1201, 15 deg. max pass above horizont. I fully agree with Greg/KO6TH: > "Good to hear the Chirpy Sat again!". :-) > > Have a nice day, 73! > > Jean-Pierre/F5YG > > On 17/12/2016 03:47, Greg D wrote: > >> 03:33z 10-degree pass from CM98, heard the same here on 2m. Good to >> hear the Chirpy Sat again! >> >> Sorry, no FSK (presume 9600 bps?) capability. >> >> Greg KO6TH >> >> >> Paulo PV8DX wrote: >>> Hi >>> Heard in the extreme north of Brazil. >>> >>> Repeats in Morse Code >>> VU2BUG PRATHAM IIT BOMBAY STUDENT SATELLITE >>> >>> 17 DEC 2016 - 01:47 UTC >>> >>> link >>> https://youtu.be/m_kLNHT4w6k >>> >>> >>> 73 de Paulo PV8DX >>> LABRE/ARRL >>> AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member >>> FJ92pt - VUCC SAT >>> http://amsat-br.org/ >>> www.qrz.com/db/pv8dx >>> Contact ARISS 13/fev/2014 >>> http://www.labre-rr.org/ariss.html >>> Boa Vista-Roraima-Brasil >>> pv8dx at arrl.net >>> >>> >>> -----Mensagem Original----- From: Aayush Yadav >>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 5:16 PM >>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org ; Rachana Agarwal ; Subramani BA ; Mani VU2 >>> WMY >>> ; Manvi Dhawan ; Ratnesh Mishra >>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon >>> of the >>> satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the >>> satellite >>> in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. We >>> would be >>> glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the signal from >>> Pratham. >>> >>> Downlink: >>> Frequency: 437.455 MHz >>> Modulation: FSK >>> >>> Beacon: >>> Frequency: 145.98 MHz >>> Modulation: CW >>> OOK Morse code. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Team Pratham. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in Sun Dec 18 04:51:38 2016 From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 04:51:38 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite Beacon Active In-Reply-To: <5855f6da.c830c80a.62f89.f805@mx.google.com> References: <479663765.533929.1473274174846@mail.yahoo.com> <7A543B6E5DA1487CA47E6598F40D5AD0@PAULOPV8DXPC> <5854B55F.4040003@gmail.com> <34697225-aa44-ef42-da65-f9ae0adf5e69@wanadoo.fr> <367951315b8e536c1915e8edee08dd9a@vgnet.nl> <5855f6da.c830c80a.62f89.f805@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <1189558379.5113972.1482036698223@mail.yahoo.com> Weak CW heard during the pass on 18/12 at 01020 IST ove India.?73 Nitin [VU3TYG] From: "wa2ndv at gmail.com" To: PE0SAT | Amateur Radio via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, 18 December 2016 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite Beacon Active Copied a very weak VHF beacon here on Long Island NY at 0231 GMT? on 18 Dec Using 3 ele beam fixed at 30 Def EL. 73 Frank WA2NDV From: PE0SAT | Amateur Radio via AMSAT-BB Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2016 7:27 AM To: Jean-Pierre Godet Cc: Amsat BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite Beacon Active Good to hear that more station are receiving PRATHAM on VHF. My last pass of this morning 12:06 UTC was also successful, but again no signals on UHF. If you want to see how this satellite sounds, I have a SDRSharp Base band IQ on the following location. The SDR that I used for this recording is a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ at 192000 samples/second. https://janvgils.home.xs4all.nl/download/PRATHAM/ Sorry for the mess in the spectrum, but as you can see I have some terrible QRM on VHF. 73 Jan --- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ Online Telemetry Forwarder: http://tlm.pe0sat.nl/ irc://chat.freenode.net #Cubesat - Twitter @pe0sat On 17-12-2016 10:29, Jean-Pierre Godet wrote: > Hi my friends ! > >? Heard VHF CW beacon in western Europe, around 09:00 UTC, orbit nr > 1201, 15 deg. max pass above horizont. I fully agree with Greg/KO6TH: > "Good to hear the Chirpy Sat again!".? :-) > >? Have a nice day, 73! > >? Jean-Pierre/F5YG > > On 17/12/2016 03:47, Greg D wrote: > >> 03:33z 10-degree pass from CM98, heard the same here on 2m.? Good to >> hear the Chirpy Sat again! >> >> Sorry, no FSK (presume 9600 bps?) capability. >> >> Greg? KO6TH >> >> >> Paulo PV8DX wrote: >>> Hi >>> Heard in the extreme north of Brazil. >>> >>> Repeats in Morse Code >>> VU2BUG? PRATHAM IIT BOMBAY STUDENT SATELLITE >>> >>> 17 DEC? 2016? -? 01:47 UTC >>> >>> link >>> https://youtu.be/m_kLNHT4w6k >>> >>> >>> 73 de Paulo PV8DX >>> LABRE/ARRL >>> AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member >>> FJ92pt - VUCC SAT >>> http://amsat-br.org/ >>> www.qrz.com/db/pv8dx >>> Contact ARISS 13/fev/2014 >>> http://www.labre-rr.org/ariss.html >>> Boa Vista-Roraima-Brasil >>> pv8dx at arrl.net >>> >>> >>> -----Mensagem Original----- From: Aayush Yadav >>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 5:16 PM >>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org ; Rachana Agarwal ; Subramani BA ; Mani VU2 >>> WMY >>> ; Manvi Dhawan ; Ratnesh Mishra >>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon >>> of the >>> satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the >>> satellite >>> in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. We >>> would be >>> glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the signal from >>> Pratham. >>> >>> Downlink: >>> Frequency: 437.455 MHz >>> Modulation: FSK >>> >>> Beacon: >>> Frequency: 145.98 MHz >>> Modulation: CW >>> OOK Morse code. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Team Pratham. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 From quadpugh at bellsouth.net Sun Dec 18 08:58:09 2016 From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 02:58:09 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] help satpc32 Message-ID: <026301d2590c$db8ff510$92afdf30$@bellsouth.net> Hello AMSAT-ers When I load TLE of a sat that has deorbited I get a nasty division by 0 error. Is there a solution for this? nick From kb1pvh at gmail.com Sun Dec 18 09:22:13 2016 From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 04:22:13 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] help satpc32 In-Reply-To: <026301d2590c$db8ff510$92afdf30$@bellsouth.net> References: <026301d2590c$db8ff510$92afdf30$@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: Nick, Go into your keps file and manually remove the satellite. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Galaxy S7 On Dec 18, 2016 3:58 AM, "Nick Pugh" wrote: > Hello AMSAT-ers > > > > When I load TLE of a sat that has deorbited I get a nasty division by 0 > error. Is there a solution for this? > > > > > > nick > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From GW1FKY at aol.com Sun Dec 18 11:27:46 2016 From: GW1FKY at aol.com (GW1FKY at aol.com) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 06:27:46 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham Satellite Heard Message-ID: <69b18f.39169625.4587ccb2@aol.com> Further to the reports regarding "Pratham " being heard on145.980 Mhz. I am pleased to report and add my call- sign and country to the list of those that have once again heard the satellite beacon. Sunday 18th December 2016 pass beginning 1105 hrs - going North to south max elevation 39 degress. Same equipment "Elk " antenna with tracking software and my Kenwood TS-2000 - Same warbling signal and easy to copy as I heard in the very early stages after its launch - No confusion. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA From godetj at wanadoo.fr Sun Dec 18 11:39:38 2016 From: godetj at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Pierre Godet) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 11:39:38 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite Beacon Active In-Reply-To: <367951315b8e536c1915e8edee08dd9a@vgnet.nl> References: <7A543B6E5DA1487CA47E6598F40D5AD0@PAULOPV8DXPC> <5854B55F.4040003@gmail.com> <34697225-aa44-ef42-da65-f9ae0adf5e69@wanadoo.fr> <367951315b8e536c1915e8edee08dd9a@vgnet.nl> Message-ID: Jan, your reception is better than mine ! Thank you for the link to By the way looks like, comparing with september records, that the signal level is lower. No ? I agree, my equipment is not too good. A piece of the record of this morning pass is here : http://f5yg.pagesperso-orange.fr/incoming/PRATHAM_orb1216_18dec2016 With a vertical half-wave antenna (physically 1/2 wave, electrically 3/4 wave) over a large ground plane hidden in the attic, the AMSAT-UK FCD-Pro+, Gqrx as SDR prgm, GPredict for the Doppler tracking. Have a nice Sunday, 73 ! Jean-Pierre F5YG On 17/12/2016 12:27, PE0SAT | Amateur Radio wrote: > > > Good to hear that more station are receiving PRATHAM on VHF. > > My last pass of this morning 12:06 UTC was also successful, but again no > signals on UHF. > > If you want to see how this satellite sounds, I have a SDRSharp Base > band IQ on the following > location. The SDR that I used for this recording is a FUNcube Dongle > Pro+ at 192000 samples/second. > > https://janvgils.home.xs4all.nl/download/PRATHAM/ > > Sorry for the mess in the spectrum, but as you can see I have some > terrible QRM on VHF. > > 73 Jan > > --- > With regards PE0SAT > Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ > DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ > Online Telemetry Forwarder: http://tlm.pe0sat.nl/ > irc://chat.freenode.net #Cubesat - Twitter @pe0sat > > On 17-12-2016 10:29, Jean-Pierre Godet wrote: >> Hi my friends ! >> >> Heard VHF CW beacon in western Europe, around 09:00 UTC, orbit nr >> 1201, 15 deg. max pass above horizont. I fully agree with Greg/KO6TH: >> "Good to hear the Chirpy Sat again!". :-) >> >> Have a nice day, 73! >> >> Jean-Pierre/F5YG >> >> On 17/12/2016 03:47, Greg D wrote: >> >>> 03:33z 10-degree pass from CM98, heard the same here on 2m. Good to >>> hear the Chirpy Sat again! >>> >>> Sorry, no FSK (presume 9600 bps?) capability. >>> >>> Greg KO6TH >>> >>> >>> Paulo PV8DX wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> Heard in the extreme north of Brazil. >>>> >>>> Repeats in Morse Code >>>> VU2BUG PRATHAM IIT BOMBAY STUDENT SATELLITE >>>> >>>> 17 DEC 2016 - 01:47 UTC >>>> >>>> link >>>> https://youtu.be/m_kLNHT4w6k >>>> >>>> >>>> 73 de Paulo PV8DX >>>> LABRE/ARRL >>>> AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member >>>> FJ92pt - VUCC SAT >>>> http://amsat-br.org/ >>>> www.qrz.com/db/pv8dx >>>> Contact ARISS 13/fev/2014 >>>> http://www.labre-rr.org/ariss.html >>>> Boa Vista-Roraima-Brasil >>>> pv8dx at arrl.net >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Mensagem Original----- From: Aayush Yadav >>>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 5:16 PM >>>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org ; Rachana Agarwal ; Subramani BA ; Mani VU2 WMY >>>> ; Manvi Dhawan ; Ratnesh Mishra >>>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon >>>> of the >>>> satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the >>>> satellite >>>> in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. We >>>> would be >>>> glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the signal from >>>> Pratham. >>>> >>>> Downlink: >>>> Frequency: 437.455 MHz >>>> Modulation: FSK >>>> >>>> Beacon: >>>> Frequency: 145.98 MHz >>>> Modulation: CW >>>> OOK Morse code. >>>> >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> Team Pratham. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 > From pa3guo at upcmail.nl Sun Dec 18 13:20:53 2016 From: pa3guo at upcmail.nl (=?UTF-8?B?UEEzR1VP?=) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 16:20:53 +0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?ISS_packet_70cm_weak=3F?= Message-ID: <1482067253.783917132@f8.my.com> Anyone else finds the signals weak ? Uplink as well as downlink? Maybe worse in EU compared to other continents? PA3GUO Henk From pedro at dutrasousa.name Sun Dec 18 14:33:39 2016 From: pedro at dutrasousa.name (Pedro Sousa) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 13:33:39 -0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-353 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins In-Reply-To: <691b84c6-c1d8-2be6-45c3-0cd20c02b26e@cfl.rr.com> References: <691b84c6-c1d8-2be6-45c3-0cd20c02b26e@cfl.rr.com> Message-ID: <1e2a4cc8-c808-c56e-94fe-6b5cef24e8d3@dutrasousa.name> Hi, Just a correction: the Christmas Weekend Operation will be on HM58, and not HM85. 73s Pedro CU2ZG On 2016-12-18 00:51, Lee McLamb wrote: > AMSAT NEWS SERVICE > ANS-353 > > The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- > mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite > Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space > including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur > Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, > launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio > satellites. > > The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur > Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. > > Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: > ans-editor at amsat.org. > > In this edition: > > * Gould Smith, WA4SXM appointed Director-Field Operations > * AO-73/FUNcube Holiday Transponder Operation > * HM85 Christmas Weekend Operation > * 18 Years of SSTV and Human Spaceflight > * WB8ELK Balloon Completes Second Lap Around the World > * 18th Annual Long Island Section Convention > > > SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-353.01 > ANS-353 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins > > AMSAT News Service Bulletin 353.01 > From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. > DATE December 18, 2016 > To All RADIO AMATEURS > BID: $ANS-353.01 > > Gould Smith, WA4SXM appointed Director-Field Operations > > AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW has appointed G. Gould Smith, > WA4SXM as > Director-Field Operations. The public announcement was made during > the Field > Operations Forum held in conjunction with the 34th AMSAT Space > Symposium held on > board Carnival Liberty on 12 Nov 2016. > > Field Operations consists of AMSAT volunteers who serve as Area > Coordinators in > their local areas. As ?Ambassadors of AMSAT?, they give AMSAT > presentations at > local club meetings or at hamfests, manage an AMSAT table/booth at a > hamfest, or > support local satellite operations as ?elmers? to new satellite > operators. > > Gould previously served as Director-Field Operations from 2004-2008 > prior to > becoming VP-User Services from 2008-2013. Gould is also the author of > several > books published by AMSAT starting in 1990 with ?Getting Started With > Amateur > Satellites? the current AMSAT publication that carries his name. Due > to medical > issues, Gould was forced to resign from the Board of Directors and as > VP-User > Services in 2014 to focus on his medical concerns. Two years later, > Gould?s > medical recovery is now such that he?s once again in position to > support AMSAT. > > In conjunction with this transition, Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK now > serves as > ?Lead Area Coordinator?, essentially functioning as Gould?s Executive > Officer. > Together, Gould and Patrick will work to enhance the Field Organization. > > ?Having Gould back in an AMSAT leadership role is welcome news? notes > AMSAT > President Barry Baines, WD4ASW. ?Gould is passionate about amateur > radio in > space and wants to encourage amateurs to become involved with satellite > operations. The Field Organization will benefit from Gould?s focus on > providing > support to our Area Coordinators and developing materials that will > assist our > volunteers to speak on AMSAT?s behalf at club presentations and > hamfests.? > > Initially, Gould has been spending some time getting back up to speed > on the > current status of the Field Organization and establishing a line of > communication with the Field Ops Team. Gould notes, ?As a long time > AMSAT > volunteer I am excited to be re-engaging with the organization since > my health > has improved significantly. The Field Operations position is one that > I have > experience with and am looking forward to leading with the help of > Patrick, > WD9EWK. I have looked at the current Area Coordinator list and their > activities > and know most of the members. One of the first things I will be doing > is getting > to know the newer coordinators and determining how best we can serve > AMSAT, it's > members and prospective members. Please let me know of any ideas or > suggestions > to improve he Field Operations team.? > > [ANS thanks AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, for the above > information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > AO-73/FUNcube Holiday Transponder Operation > > The AO-73/FUNcube plan for the Holidays is to switch to continuous > transponder > mode on Wed 22 Dec pm UTC, and revert back to auto transponder > switching on > Sunday 8 Jan 2017 ppm UTC. > > Have FUN with the transponder. > > [ANS thanks Jim, G3WGM, for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > HM85 Christmas Weekend Operation > > Pedro, CU2ZG, reports that Christmas HM58 operation will take place from > December 23rd to December 25th. Pedro will be SSB equipped and plans to > operate on the following satellites: AO-7, FO-29, SO-50, AO-73, EO-79, > XW-2A/B/C/D/F, and AO-85. > > Logs will be uploaded as CU2ZG. > > [ANS thanks Pedro, CU2ZG, for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 18 Years of SSTV and Human Spaceflight > > December 12, 2016, marked the 18th anniversary of the activation of > the MIR SSTV > Amateur Radio developed System which was transported and put aboard > the MIR > Space Station. The MIR SSTV System sent pictures over a period of > about 2 > years and 4 months to the delight of Amateur Radio Operators and others > worldwide. (Mir was deorbited in March, 2001) For those interested in > this > historical event and background, the publication Amateur Television > Quarterly > (ATVQ), Spring 2015 issue has an article, ?How Did the MIR SSTV > System come > into Existence?? Back issue copies of ATVQ containing this article are > available via WA6SVT at aol.com. See also web address: > www.ATVQuarterly.com. > > A small sampling of perhaps thousands of received pictures may be > found in web > sites: > > http://www.marexmg.org/marexmirweb/fileshtml/galleryimagepage1.htm > > http://www.qsl.net/dg7ro/afu/mirsstv.htm > > Background information and initial efforts on developing the MIR > System and > early efforts to provide SSTV for the ISS may be reviewed at: > > http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/sponsorspeople.htm > > The ISS is now transmitting a similar series of SSTV Transmissions to > that of > MIR: > > https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv > > [ANS thanks Farrell, W8ZCF, for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > WB8ELK Balloon Completes Second Lap Around the World > > After flying for over 41,000 miles, the WB8ELK HF WSPR Skytracker > balloon has > completed its second lap after crossing over into Indiana on 12 Dec > 2016. For > those of you capable of listening to 20m WSPR mode, it transmits at > the 4-minute > and 6-minute marks every 10 minutes on 14.09560 MHz USB during > daylight hours. > > [ANS thanks Bill WB8ELK and the BALLOON_SKED group on yahoogroups for > the above > information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 18th Annual Long Island Section Convention > > Ham Radio University (HRU) is scheduled for January 8th, 2017, there > will be 30 > forums with Tom Gallagher, CEO, of ARRL as the keynote speaker. > > Peter, W2JV, will be doing a forum at 10 AM on ?Getting Started with > the Amateur > Satellites?, AMSAT will have a table in the club room to answer your > questions. > There will be demonstrations on the air as time and weather permits, > on both the > FM and linear transponder satellites. Look for W2JV, or others on the > air. > > [ANS thanks Peter, W2JV, for the above information > > /EX > > In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the > President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining > donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- > tional 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 stu- > dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. > Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership > information. > > 73, > This week's ANS Editor, > Lee McLamb, KU4OS > ku4os at amsat dot org > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > --- Este e-mail foi verificado em termos de v?rus pelo software antiv?rus Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From johnbrier at gmail.com Sun Dec 18 15:08:15 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 10:08:15 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Gonna be on 1606 UTC ISS digi pass trying to make a video of a 2-way contact. - KG4AKV Message-ID: FYI. From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Sun Dec 18 16:12:47 2016 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 11:12:47 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Copied PRATHAM here in michigan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Strong signal on 145.980 mhz it was sending cw at 36 wpm.kept repeating , PRATHAM student satellite VU2BUG BOMBAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. jeff broughton From scott23192 at gmail.com Sun Dec 18 17:05:14 2016 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:05:14 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet 70cm weak? In-Reply-To: <1482067253.783917132@f8.my.com> References: <1482067253.783917132@f8.my.com> Message-ID: While it's not a direct measurement (so many factors in play), there have certainly been fewer stations iGated to the ariss.net web page on the last several passes over the U.S. as well. -Scott, K4KDR twitter: @scott23192 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: PA3GUO Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2016 8:20 AM To: amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet 70cm weak? Anyone else finds the signals weak ? Uplink as well as downlink? Maybe worse in EU compared to other continents? PA3GUO Henk From cqkg8co at yahoo.com Sun Dec 18 17:12:21 2016 From: cqkg8co at yahoo.com (Brian Sarkisian, KG8CO) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 17:12:21 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 - Yaesu-232B follow up References: <1471759930.1135454.1482081141919.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1471759930.1135454.1482081141919@mail.yahoo.com> ?At this point, I now have the computer talking to the GS-232B and talking to the G-5500. I was having the issue with the Sat32PC version C. ? Version C was looking for Yaesu SDX program. As it turns out, it couldn't find the SDX program in Version C, however, I uninstalled version C and installedVersion B the SDX program appeared. ?(not sure why) So at this point .... things are communicating. So here is the next question. The elevation and azimuth readings on the computer and rotor control box do not match up. ?It seems the meters on the Yaesu control box move much faster than the readings on computer. I have adjusted the output adjustment pots on the rotor control box, and this is the best I can come up with for comparison purposes ...... When the rotor controls say the elevation is at 45 the computer says 22 When the rotor controls says the azimuth is at 180 the computer says 146 Are there any suggestions. Thank you Brian, KG8CO From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Sun Dec 18 17:28:11 2016 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 17:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite APRS balloon over NA + Galileo + Dec 19 ISS CubeSat References: <1084666295.8651021.1482082091391.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1084666295.8651021.1482082091391@mail.yahoo.com> UK student Around-the-World balloon with 434 MHz Contestia and 145.825 MHz APRS crosses Pacific and is now over North America https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ Real-Time track?https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=2&qm=All&f=UBSEDS21&q=UBSEDS21 ISS CubeSats with Amateur Radio payloads may be deployed from December 19 https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/02/school-tancredo-1-tubesat/ Galileo GNSS/satnav system now live. Read the Peter Blair G3LTF 2006 paper on the 1260-1300 MHz downlink http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/galileo.htm Satellite launches planned for end of December - BY70-1 FM transponder satellite from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) December 26 - CubeSats from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) December 31? Anyone know what the CubeSats are? The book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is available from the AMSAT-UK shop https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/27/getting-started-with-amateur-satellites-2016/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in Sun Dec 18 17:55:29 2016 From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 17:55:29 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet 70cm weak? In-Reply-To: <1482067253.783917132@f8.my.com> References: <1482067253.783917132@f8.my.com> Message-ID: <1137692639.5328171.1482083729782@mail.yahoo.com> Observe the same over India and south east Asia. Maybe some stations from south east Asia can share their observations.?73 Nitin [VU3TYG] From: PA3GUO To: amsat-bb Sent: Sunday, 18 December 2016 6:50 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet 70cm weak? Anyone else finds the signals weak ? Uplink as well as downlink? Maybe worse in EU compared to other continents? PA3GUO Henk _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From oh2fqv at gmail.com Sun Dec 18 18:03:17 2016 From: oh2fqv at gmail.com (Jari A) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:03:17 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet 70cm weak? In-Reply-To: <1137692639.5328171.1482083729782@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1482067253.783917132@f8.my.com> <1137692639.5328171.1482083729782@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: With several passes and attempt's to digipeat: ISS UHF is surprisingly weak and hard to reach. KP20MF. 35W and 10 el yagi Regards, :Jari / OH2FQV On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Observe the same over India and south east Asia. Maybe some stations from > south east Asia can share their observations. 73 > Nitin [VU3TYG] > > From: PA3GUO > To: amsat-bb > Sent: Sunday, 18 December 2016 6:50 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet 70cm weak? > > > Anyone else finds the signals weak ? > Uplink as well as downlink? > Maybe worse in EU compared to other continents? > PA3GUO > Henk > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sun Dec 18 18:06:37 2016 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 18:06:37 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS packet 70cm weak? In-Reply-To: <1482067253.783917132@f8.my.com> References: <1482067253.783917132@f8.my.com> Message-ID: Hi! If the two Ericsson HTs used on the ISS have the same power output, 70cm signals should be weaker than what we heard on 2m. There would be higher losses in the coax between the radio and antenna, along with a higher path loss, using 70cm. I also notice that how I align my antenna is more important when working the ISS on 437.550 MHz than when it was on 145.825 MHz. Uplink issues could be similar to what is happening on the ISS. Transmitter power, coax loss, path loss... they all play a part in this. With all of that said, I am able to deal with having to twist my Elk log periodic more, and also changing frequencies (memory channels in my HTs) to compensate for Doppler on 437.550 MHz. It takes a little more work, but for me it isn't much different than working ISS or the weaker NO-84 digipeater (when active) on 145.825 MHz. I think the shift to 70cm has been harder for the home stations that use vertical antennas, and the radios are not under computer control. Those stations are having a tougher time coping with the operations on 70cm. Based on some comments I have received directly and seen in a few online forums, those using 2m/70cm verticals with gain are really struggling. The radiation patterns of many of those antennas on 70cm just isn't good for working something up in the sky. Some of those antennas (for those in the Americas) are also tuned for 440-450 MHz, and perform poorly below that range. Not as many gateway stations are listening to 437.550 MHz, but there are a few using stations with computer control that are able to track the ISS as it goes across the sky. That has helped to populate the listing and map on ariss.net, but is not a perfect replacement for the many other stations that are on 145.825 MHz. Regardless of the number of gateways listening on 70cm, I'm still having fun trying different antennas and seeing more stations give ISS packet on 70cm a try. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 1:20 PM, PA3GUO wrote: > > Anyone else finds the signals weak ? > Uplink as well as downlink? > Maybe worse in EU compared to other continents? > PA3GUO > Henk > > From twdeckard at earthlink.net Sun Dec 18 18:48:52 2016 From: twdeckard at earthlink.net (Todd Deckard) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:48:52 -0600 (GMT-06:00) Subject: [amsat-bb] youtube video(s) of prototype satellite tracker Message-ID: <20992894.1367.1482086932322@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Greetings! Here are some youtube videos of a satellite tracking system built around an Arduino. It is still in its early stages. I am still lurking on the birds; very new to amateur radio and listening. Looking forward to making contacts as I get dialed in. Morse Code telemetry from ITUpSAT1: https://youtu.be/FjZ26e1FFKo Voice downlink from SO-50 https://youtu.be/6gNwKH6FKcM: Unsuccessful FO-29 pass (perhaps the snow on the plexiglass solarium enclosure or the -20F temperature was an issue). Faint unintelligible voice chatter https://youtu.be/sWNyVoTBM3c: Bad code on github (with thanks to James Miller G3RUH and VE9QRP). https://github.com/twdeckard/AE-35 73 KE0CMD Todd From johnbrier at gmail.com Sun Dec 18 18:53:20 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 13:53:20 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] youtube video(s) of prototype satellite tracker In-Reply-To: <20992894.1367.1482086932322@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <20992894.1367.1482086932322@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Just skimmed through your videos. Looks cool. The FO-29 pass, I could hear some voice, but it wasn't demodulated right. That might be because FO-29 is a linear satellite for SSB/CW, and that radio is FM only. I'm not sure though. Does it do SSB? 73, John Brier, KG4AKV On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Todd Deckard wrote: > Greetings! > > Here are some youtube videos of a satellite tracking system built around > an Arduino. It is still in its early stages. > > I am still lurking on the birds; very new to amateur radio and listening. > > Looking forward to making contacts as I get dialed in. > > Morse Code telemetry from ITUpSAT1: > > https://youtu.be/FjZ26e1FFKo > > Voice downlink from SO-50 > > https://youtu.be/6gNwKH6FKcM: > > Unsuccessful FO-29 pass (perhaps the snow on the plexiglass solarium > enclosure or the -20F temperature was an issue). > Faint unintelligible voice chatter > > https://youtu.be/sWNyVoTBM3c: > > Bad code on github (with thanks to James Miller G3RUH and VE9QRP). > > https://github.com/twdeckard/AE-35 > > 73 > KE0CMD > Todd > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From johnbrier at gmail.com Sun Dec 18 19:35:07 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 14:35:07 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] youtube video(s) of prototype satellite tracker In-Reply-To: <11738058.1466.1482087920671@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <11738058.1466.1482087920671@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Heh. It happens. We can just say you were in the weeds coding your Arudino and didn't have time for such trivial things as radio settings. ;-) 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Todd Deckard wrote: > There you go! I learned something already. A bit chagrined that by the > time this project is done they are going to take my Electrical Engineering > degree away. > > The little Baofeng is FM only. In fact I think I wasted no small amount > of time flogging a homebrew Yagi from the Kent Britain article because of > this critical misunderstanding. > > Most of the energy up till now has been on the tracker and software -- > but I am a bit embarrassed that your polite tip uncovered a technical gaff > in my first experiments. > > Doh! > ( and Thanks) > Todd > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Brier > Sent: Dec 18, 2016 12:53 PM > To: Todd Deckard > Cc: AMSAT BB > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] youtube video(s) of prototype satellite tracker > > Just skimmed through your videos. Looks cool. > > The FO-29 pass, I could hear some voice, but it wasn't demodulated right. > That might be because FO-29 is a linear satellite for SSB/CW, and that > radio is FM only. I'm not sure though. Does it do SSB? > > 73, John Brier, KG4AKV > > From k4amk at bollettino.us Mon Dec 19 02:38:53 2016 From: k4amk at bollettino.us (Jeff Bollettino K4AMK) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:38:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CAT Cable and Rotor Controller for FT-736R Message-ID: Hi all, I'm getting back into the hobby after a lengthy absence. I had to re-test for extra as my old license had lapsed and I've taken care of that and shortened my call by one letter by getting an available vanity call sign. So now I want to get my old Yaesu FT-736R operating the satellites and could use some help. First up is interfacing SATPC32 on a new windows 10 machine to the CAT interface. I've read through all the AMSAT-BB threads I could find on the topic, with one approach being to add an RS-232 interface to the PC and building a TTL to RS-232 cable with some electronics. If I can buy rather than build I'd prefer to do that for time reasons. I found a cable on the UK site radioarena.co.uk that is a "Yaesu USB Programming / CAT Cable for Radios with 6-pin DIN Connector" which sounds perfect but one learns to be suspicious when it seems too easy. Has anyone tried this USB to Yaesu CAT cable with an FT-736R, or otherwise knows why it would or would not work? Here's the link: https://radioarena.co.uk/programming-cables/yaesu/yaesu-usb-programming-/-cat-cable-for-radios-with-6-pin-din-connector.html Second, I'm planning to get an Arrow LEO antenna with a low noise figure preamp and try a fixed elevation with just an azimuth rotator, mounted in an attic. Could I get some suggestions on the rotor controllers that interface most easily/best with SATPC32? I know there's a list of all of them in the read me file but this program's been around for awhile and I'm looking for what is easily available and integrates without running into unnecessary snags. I haven't owned a rotator before, and so I'm not familiar with them. I think what I need with a small, attic antenna is probably at the small end of the rotor scale. I'll probably go through Norm's Rotor service, but it would be great to have some experienced recommendations on what to get. thanks for any guidance you can offer 73 Jeff From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Mon Dec 19 04:02:27 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:02:27 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] CAT Cable and Rotor Controller for FT-736R In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <58575BD3.8070806@gmail.com> Welcome back to the hobby! The main thing I would check is what USB->Serial chip the cable uses. There are a lot of cheap cables with counterfeit FTDI chips in them, and they're a nightmare to keep working. The one you referenced seems to have the Prolific chip, so I don't see any issues, but I have no experience with it personally. No recommendations on rotors, as I built my own interface with a Basic Stamp and some relays, but with an antenna as light as the Arrow, nearly anything would be able to handle it. Greg KO6TH Jeff Bollettino K4AMK wrote: > Hi all, I'm getting back into the hobby after a lengthy absence. I > had to re-test for extra as my old license had lapsed and I've taken > care of that and shortened my call by one letter by getting an > available vanity call sign. So now I want to get my old Yaesu FT-736R > operating the satellites and could use some help. First up is > interfacing SATPC32 on a new windows 10 machine to the CAT interface. > I've read through all the AMSAT-BB threads I could find on the topic, > with one approach being to add an RS-232 interface to the PC and > building a TTL to RS-232 cable with some electronics. If I can buy > rather than build I'd prefer to do that for time reasons. I found a > cable on the UK site radioarena.co.uk that is a "Yaesu USB Programming > / CAT Cable for Radios with 6-pin DIN Connector" which sounds perfect > but one learns to be suspicious when it seems too easy. Has anyone > tried this USB to Yaesu CAT cable with an FT-736R, or otherwise knows > why it would or would not work? Here's the link: > https://radioarena.co.uk/programming-cables/yaesu/yaesu-usb-programming-/-cat-cable-for-radios-with-6-pin-din-connector.html > > Second, I'm planning to get an Arrow LEO antenna with a low noise > figure preamp and try a fixed elevation with just an azimuth rotator, > mounted in an attic. Could I get some suggestions on the rotor > controllers that interface most easily/best with SATPC32? I know > there's a list of all of them in the read me file but this program's > been around for awhile and I'm looking for what is easily available > and integrates without running into unnecessary snags. I haven't > owned a rotator before, and so I'm not familiar with them. I think > what I need with a small, attic antenna is probably at the small end > of the rotor scale. I'll probably go through Norm's Rotor service, > but it would be great to have some experienced recommendations on what > to get. > > thanks for any guidance you can offer > > 73 > > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From wmy at isac.gov.in Mon Dec 19 04:30:20 2016 From: wmy at isac.gov.in (Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 10:00:20 +0530 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite Beacon Active In-Reply-To: <367951315b8e536c1915e8edee08dd9a@vgnet.nl> References: <479663765.533929.1473274174846@mail.yahoo.com> <7A543B6E5DA1487CA47E6598F40D5AD0@PAULOPV8DXPC> <5854B55F.4040003@gmail.com> <34697225-aa44-ef42-da65-f9ae0adf5e69@wanadoo.fr> <367951315b8e536c1915e8edee08dd9a@vgnet.nl> Message-ID: <20161219042825.D6F4B8F01@lansing182.amsat.org> Thanks Jan for the info !! 73 de Quoting PE0SAT | Amateur Radio via AMSAT-BB : > Good to hear that more station are receiving PRATHAM on VHF. > > My last pass of this morning 12:06 UTC was also successful, but again no > signals on UHF. > > If you want to see how this satellite sounds, I have a SDRSharp Base > band IQ on the following > location. The SDR that I used for this recording is a FUNcube Dongle > Pro+ at 192000 samples/second. > > https://janvgils.home.xs4all.nl/download/PRATHAM/ > > Sorry for the mess in the spectrum, but as you can see I have some > terrible QRM on VHF. > > 73 Jan > > --- > With regards PE0SAT > Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ > DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ > Online Telemetry Forwarder: http://tlm.pe0sat.nl/ > irc://chat.freenode.net #Cubesat - Twitter @pe0sat > > On 17-12-2016 10:29, Jean-Pierre Godet wrote: >> Hi my friends ! >> >> Heard VHF CW beacon in western Europe, around 09:00 UTC, orbit nr >> 1201, 15 deg. max pass above horizont. I fully agree with Greg/KO6TH: >> "Good to hear the Chirpy Sat again!".? :-) >> >> Have a nice day, 73! >> >> Jean-Pierre/F5YG >> >> On 17/12/2016 03:47, Greg D wrote: >> >>> 03:33z 10-degree pass from CM98, heard the same here on 2m.? Good to >>> hear the Chirpy Sat again! >>> >>> Sorry, no FSK (presume 9600 bps?) capability. >>> >>> Greg? KO6TH >>> >>> Paulo PV8DX wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> Heard in the extreme north of Brazil. >>>> >>>> Repeats in Morse Code >>>> VU2BUG? PRATHAM IIT BOMBAY STUDENT SATELLITE >>>> >>>> 17 DEC? 2016? -? 01:47 UTC >>>> >>>> link >>>> https://youtu.be/m_kLNHT4w6k >>>> >>>> 73 de Paulo PV8DX >>>> LABRE/ARRL >>>> AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member >>>> FJ92pt - VUCC SAT >>>> http://amsat-br.org/ >>>> www.qrz.com/db/pv8dx[1] >>>> Contact ARISS 13/fev/2014 >>>> http://www.labre-rr.org/ariss.html >>>> Boa Vista-Roraima-Brasil >>>> pv8dx at arrl.net >>>> >>>> -----Mensagem Original----- From: Aayush Yadav >>>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 5:16 PM >>>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org ; Rachana Agarwal ; Subramani BA ; Mani VU2 WMY >>>> ; Manvi Dhawan ; Ratnesh Mishra >>>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon >>>> of the >>>> satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the >>>> satellite >>>> in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again. We >>>> would be >>>> glad if you could help us in this and try receiving the signal from >>>> Pratham. >>>> >>>> Downlink: >>>> Frequency: 437.455 MHz >>>> Modulation: FSK >>>> >>>> Beacon: >>>> Frequency: 145.98 MHz >>>> Modulation: CW >>>> OOK Morse code. >>>> >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> Team Pratham. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at amsat.org. 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If anyone has one for sale please write to me directly.?73 Nitin [VU3TYG] From kq6ea at verizon.net Mon Dec 19 05:10:08 2016 From: kq6ea at verizon.net (Jim Jerzycke) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 05:10:08 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] CAT Cable and Rotor Controller for FT-736R In-Reply-To: <58575BD3.8070806@gmail.com> References: <58575BD3.8070806@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4571f2fd-cdd2-d252-3be2-f7104b628979@verizon.net> IIRC, it's the Prolific chipset that is commonly faked. The FTDI chips don't have that problem.....yet! 73, Jim KQ6EA On 12/19/2016 04:02 AM, Greg D wrote: > Welcome back to the hobby! > > The main thing I would check is what USB->Serial chip the cable uses. > There are a lot of cheap cables with counterfeit FTDI chips in them, and > they're a nightmare to keep working. The one you referenced seems to > have the Prolific chip, so I don't see any issues, but I have no > experience with it personally. > > No recommendations on rotors, as I built my own interface with a Basic > Stamp and some relays, but with an antenna as light as the Arrow, nearly > anything would be able to handle it. > > Greg KO6TH > > > Jeff Bollettino K4AMK wrote: >> Hi all, I'm getting back into the hobby after a lengthy absence. I >> had to re-test for extra as my old license had lapsed and I've taken >> care of that and shortened my call by one letter by getting an >> available vanity call sign. So now I want to get my old Yaesu FT-736R >> operating the satellites and could use some help. First up is >> interfacing SATPC32 on a new windows 10 machine to the CAT interface. >> I've read through all the AMSAT-BB threads I could find on the topic, >> with one approach being to add an RS-232 interface to the PC and >> building a TTL to RS-232 cable with some electronics. If I can buy >> rather than build I'd prefer to do that for time reasons. I found a >> cable on the UK site radioarena.co.uk that is a "Yaesu USB Programming >> / CAT Cable for Radios with 6-pin DIN Connector" which sounds perfect >> but one learns to be suspicious when it seems too easy. Has anyone >> tried this USB to Yaesu CAT cable with an FT-736R, or otherwise knows >> why it would or would not work? Here's the link: >> https://radioarena.co.uk/programming-cables/yaesu/yaesu-usb-programming-/-cat-cable-for-radios-with-6-pin-din-connector.html >> >> Second, I'm planning to get an Arrow LEO antenna with a low noise >> figure preamp and try a fixed elevation with just an azimuth rotator, >> mounted in an attic. Could I get some suggestions on the rotor >> controllers that interface most easily/best with SATPC32? I know >> there's a list of all of them in the read me file but this program's >> been around for awhile and I'm looking for what is easily available >> and integrates without running into unnecessary snags. I haven't >> owned a rotator before, and so I'm not familiar with them. I think >> what I need with a small, attic antenna is probably at the small end >> of the rotor scale. I'll probably go through Norm's Rotor service, >> but it would be great to have some experienced recommendations on what >> to get. >> >> thanks for any guidance you can offer >> >> 73 >> >> Jeff >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Mon Dec 19 05:46:21 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:46:21 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] CAT Cable and Rotor Controller for FT-736R In-Reply-To: <4571f2fd-cdd2-d252-3be2-f7104b628979@verizon.net> References: <58575BD3.8070806@gmail.com> <4571f2fd-cdd2-d252-3be2-f7104b628979@verizon.net> Message-ID: <5857742D.2080902@gmail.com> Hi Jim, are you sure? I did an internet search for "counterfeit usb serial", and the FTDI chip was the one at the top of the list. Oh, but digging further, I see references to both, actually. Bummer... So, Jeff, I guess the recommendation is to beware, and look for any signs that there might be a driver issue with the specific cable under consideration. Greg KO6TH Jim Jerzycke wrote: > IIRC, it's the Prolific chipset that is commonly faked. > > > The FTDI chips don't have that problem.....yet! > > > 73, Jim KQ6EA > > > On 12/19/2016 04:02 AM, Greg D wrote: >> Welcome back to the hobby! >> >> The main thing I would check is what USB->Serial chip the cable uses. >> There are a lot of cheap cables with counterfeit FTDI chips in them, and >> they're a nightmare to keep working. The one you referenced seems to >> have the Prolific chip, so I don't see any issues, but I have no >> experience with it personally. >> >> No recommendations on rotors, as I built my own interface with a Basic >> Stamp and some relays, but with an antenna as light as the Arrow, nearly >> anything would be able to handle it. >> >> Greg KO6TH >> >> >> Jeff Bollettino K4AMK wrote: >>> Hi all, I'm getting back into the hobby after a lengthy absence. I >>> had to re-test for extra as my old license had lapsed and I've taken >>> care of that and shortened my call by one letter by getting an >>> available vanity call sign. So now I want to get my old Yaesu FT-736R >>> operating the satellites and could use some help. First up is >>> interfacing SATPC32 on a new windows 10 machine to the CAT interface. >>> I've read through all the AMSAT-BB threads I could find on the topic, >>> with one approach being to add an RS-232 interface to the PC and >>> building a TTL to RS-232 cable with some electronics. If I can buy >>> rather than build I'd prefer to do that for time reasons. I found a >>> cable on the UK site radioarena.co.uk that is a "Yaesu USB Programming >>> / CAT Cable for Radios with 6-pin DIN Connector" which sounds perfect >>> but one learns to be suspicious when it seems too easy. Has anyone >>> tried this USB to Yaesu CAT cable with an FT-736R, or otherwise knows >>> why it would or would not work? Here's the link: >>> https://radioarena.co.uk/programming-cables/yaesu/yaesu-usb-programming-/-cat-cable-for-radios-with-6-pin-din-connector.html >>> >>> >>> Second, I'm planning to get an Arrow LEO antenna with a low noise >>> figure preamp and try a fixed elevation with just an azimuth rotator, >>> mounted in an attic. Could I get some suggestions on the rotor >>> controllers that interface most easily/best with SATPC32? I know >>> there's a list of all of them in the read me file but this program's >>> been around for awhile and I'm looking for what is easily available >>> and integrates without running into unnecessary snags. I haven't >>> owned a rotator before, and so I'm not familiar with them. I think >>> what I need with a small, attic antenna is probably at the small end >>> of the rotor scale. I'll probably go through Norm's Rotor service, >>> but it would be great to have some experienced recommendations on what >>> to get. >>> >>> thanks for any guidance you can offer >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> Jeff >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 From m-arai at a.email.ne.jp Mon Dec 19 15:22:50 2016 From: m-arai at a.email.ne.jp (Masahiro Arai) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:22:50 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] STARS-C deployed Message-ID: <888bcf9a-6209-0541-af64-db67ff71883d@a.email.ne.jp> STARS-C was deployed from ISS using JSSOD at 0830z 19th Dec. You can see the deployment on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOseY2mE5LY I hope you will like it though it is in Japanese. JAXA announced another 6 CubeSats transported to ISS by HTV-6 will deploy at Jan. Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Mon Dec 19 17:46:21 2016 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:46:21 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Ecole Communale de Saint Sylvestre, Saint Sylvestre, France Message-ID: <95628580E9E847B8A1892F0707B8AE9D@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ecole Communale de Saint Sylvestre, Saint Sylvestre, France on 21 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:46 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in French. SAINT-SYLVESTRE is a French town in the Haute-Vienne department, in the new Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes area. There are 914 inhabitants. It is 30 kilometers north of Limoges, in Ambazac mountains. The Nelson Mandela school currently hosts hundreds of students in 4 classes. It is the students of CM1-CM2 participating in the ARISS project. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Qu'est-ce que tu as ressenti au moment du d?collage? 2. Qu'est-ce qui t'a le plus impressionn? lors du voyage et en arrivant sur l'ISS? 3. Est-ce que ton s?jour se passe bien? 4. Est-ce que tu t'entends bien avec les autres astronautes? 5. Est-ce que ce que tu vis est ? la hauteur de tes esp?rances? 6. Peux-tu nous dire quel ?tait le programme de ta journ?e d'hier? 7. Alors, quelle est ton activit? pr?f?r?e dans l'ISS? 8. Depuis que tu es dans l'ISS, as-tu r?alis? une sortie extra-v?hiculaire? 9. Tu dors bien? 10. Qu'est-ce que vous allez manger pour No?l? 11. Peux-tu nous dire ce que tu vas offrir ? tes compagnons de voyage? 12. As tu pris ton saxophone? 13. Qu'est ce que cela fait de voir la Terre comme une bille? As tu l'impression de nous voir comme des fourmis? 14. Penses-tu que tu seras le m?me homme lorsque tu vas rentrer? 15. La Terre, tu la pr?f?res vue d'en bas ou vue d'en haut? 16. Je t'annonce que ta mission est prolong?e de 6 mois. Tu es d'accord? 17. Aimerais-tu vivre sur l'ISS toute ta vie avec ta famille? 18. Est-ce qu'on voit plus d'?toiles, quand on est dans l'ISS? 19. As-tu ressenti le mal de l'espace? 20. Et une question en anglais : Could you say hello to your colleagues for us? And we wish you a Merry Christmas. Translated: 1. What did you feel when you left earth? 2. What was the most impressive thing during the journey and when you arrived to the ISS? 3. Does your stay go well? 4. Do you get along well with the other astronauts? 5. What you're living now is up to your expectations? 6. Could you tell us what was your program yesterday? 7. What is your favorite activity in the ISS? 8. Since you arrived on board, did you realize an extra-vehicular activity? 9. Do you sleep well? 10. What will you eat for Christmas? 11. Could you tell us what you're going to give to your fellows, as a present for Christmas? 12. Is your sax on board? 13. How do you feel when you look at the Earth, as small as a marble? Does it give you the feeling that we are some kind of ants? 14. Do you think you'll be the same when you'll be back? 15. The Earth, do you prefer when you look at it from the ground or from above? 16. I announce you that your mission is extended of 6 months. Do you agree? 17. Would you like to stay in the ISS all you life, with your family? 18. Can we look at more stars when we're in the ISS? 19. Did you feel the space sickness? 20. And last question in English : Could you say hello to your colleagues for us? And we wish you a Merry Christmas. PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From fredcastello at gmail.com Mon Dec 19 21:08:02 2016 From: fredcastello at gmail.com (Fred Castello) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:08:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Low Noise RF Sensing Preamps Message-ID: Hi Folks, I am in need of two RF sensing preamps one for 2 meters and one for 70 cms. If you have either that you would be willing to sell/part with, please contact me through my email at : fredcastello at gmail.com. Thanks so much for your time! Best, Fred-KF4FC From kk5do at arrl.net Mon Dec 19 21:18:27 2016 From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:18:27 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Extra - Extra - Read all about it - LVB Tracker Message-ID: <183c3255-7e85-3eb2-c317-2218816f38e5@arrl.net> Extra - Extra - Read all about it I stocked the shelves at the AMSAT Online Store with LVB Tracker Complete. A limited number are available. Shipments will not go out until after Christmas due to long lines at the post office. There is no choice in the color of the LED, some are Blue and some are Amber. You get what is in the box when shipped. Do not forget, these make great stocking stuffers and under the tree gifts. Although you will have to box a card saying one is on the way after Christmas. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2018 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat From avdeur at home.nl Mon Dec 19 22:21:24 2016 From: avdeur at home.nl (Albert van Deursen) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 23:21:24 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <002901d25a46$3bf94c50$b3ebe4f0$@nl> Hi Jeff, Further to the discussion on the fake chips etc can only recommend to go for the real stuff. No cheap FTDI imitations nor Prolific ones as I was running constantly into a lot of (driver) problems. Long story but after some time of driver problems decided to throw all cheap(er) ones out and go for the 100% real. Since than zero problems. Have the FT-736,FT-817 and IC-910 all connected this way at the same time to HRD. All my problems were gone once I decided to only use the original FTDI sets as eg advertised e.g. on http://www.g4zlp.co.uk/unified/YaesuCAT.shtml. 73 Albert PD0OXW -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of amsat-bb-request at amsat.org Sent: 19 December 2016 18:46 To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 398 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb at 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 at amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-owner at amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." From kq6ea at verizon.net Mon Dec 19 22:40:24 2016 From: kq6ea at verizon.net (Jim Jerzycke) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:40:24 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller In-Reply-To: <002901d25a46$3bf94c50$b3ebe4f0$@nl> References: <002901d25a46$3bf94c50$b3ebe4f0$@nl> Message-ID: <6ec52ea4-7383-4bc0-de30-96ff555545eb@verizon.net> I still get mine on eBay, but look for vendors that state they have GENUINE Prolific or FDTI chips. 73, Jim KQ6EA On 12/19/2016 10:21 PM, Albert van Deursen wrote: > Hi Jeff, > Further to the discussion on the fake chips etc can only recommend to go for > the real stuff. No cheap FTDI imitations nor Prolific ones as I was running > constantly into a lot of (driver) problems. Long story but after some time > of driver problems decided to throw all cheap(er) ones out and go for the > 100% real. Since than zero problems. Have the FT-736,FT-817 and IC-910 all > connected this way at the same time to HRD. All my problems were gone once I > decided to only use the original FTDI sets as eg advertised e.g. on > http://www.g4zlp.co.uk/unified/YaesuCAT.shtml. > 73 > Albert > PD0OXW > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of > amsat-bb-request at amsat.org > Sent: 19 December 2016 18:46 > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 398 > > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb at 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 at amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner at amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From k7trkradio at charter.net Mon Dec 19 22:40:44 2016 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:40:44 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller In-Reply-To: <002901d25a46$3bf94c50$b3ebe4f0$@nl> References: <002901d25a46$3bf94c50$b3ebe4f0$@nl> Message-ID: <000301d25a48$ef935100$ceb9f300$@charter.net> FYI, The cables from RT Systems also work flawlessly. You can get cables with or without programming software http://www.rtsystemsinc.com/ 73, K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Albert van Deursen Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 2:21 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller Hi Jeff, Further to the discussion on the fake chips etc can only recommend to go for the real stuff. No cheap FTDI imitations nor Prolific ones as I was running constantly into a lot of (driver) problems. Long story but after some time of driver problems decided to throw all cheap(er) ones out and go for the 100% real. Since than zero problems. Have the FT-736,FT-817 and IC-910 all connected this way at the same time to HRD. All my problems were gone once I decided to only use the original FTDI sets as eg advertised e.g. on http://www.g4zlp.co.uk/unified/YaesuCAT.shtml. 73 Albert PD0OXW -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of amsat-bb-request at amsat.org Sent: 19 December 2016 18:46 To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 398 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb at 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 at amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-owner at amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From kk5do at arrl.net Mon Dec 19 23:01:43 2016 From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:01:43 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Donations to AMSAT... smile Message-ID: As you place orders for the holiday season, if you use Amazon.com, please remember that you can place your order at smile.amazon.com and a percentage of your order will be donated to AMSAT. I just placed another order on Amazon and used smile.amazon.com as I usually do. I had not noticed before, on the main smile.amazon.com webpage, under the search window is a "Supporting Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation" showing who my donations go to. Hover your mouse over the wording and a pop up will show you how much your orders have generated for AMSAT. If you click in the pop up window on "Your AmazonSmile impact", it will show you how much everyone's orders have contributed to AMSAT. My orders alone have given AMSAT $33.09 and all of the other people that have used smile.amazon.com have given $1,325.93 That is not bad for not doing anything except ordering what you normally would.This could really be used as a no load fund raiser. It costs AMSAT nothing to receive a donation and it costs the person ordering from Amazon nothing to choose AMSAT as their supporting charity. It is a win/win for everyone. remember.... smile.amazon.com to place your amazon orders. You can place everything in your cart at amazon.com, just remember to go to smile.amazon.com when you are ready to check out. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2018 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Mon Dec 19 23:43:20 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:43:20 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Statistics 6 Grid activated (weekend) Message-ID: Today I finish the work by different rare grids of the southeast of Mexico, some of difficult access and zones of jungle, thanks to the stations that were listening to my trip. 151 stations worked, in 6 activated Grids ( 4 Days ) EK37-EK47 = 42 stations (line) EK57 = 38 stations EK48 = 38 stations EK37 = 06 stations (Many work before online EK37-EK47) EK38 = 12 EK27 = 15 151 Workstations. * Contacts will be on LoTW tonight, please if you do not use LoTW do not send QSL card, first check on http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ or https://www.qrz.com/lookup/xe3dx if you are in the log. David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Tue Dec 20 01:19:58 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:19:58 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pile Up FO-29 on EK57 Message-ID: EK57 give a big Pile Up on FO-29, I could only work 19 stations, many others not listen. Thanks, I had a lot of fun. https://soundcloud.com/w5pfg/fo-29-2016-12-17-1600z-xe3dx-ek57 Thanks Clay W5PFG for Recording David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * From twdeckard at earthlink.net Tue Dec 20 02:13:40 2016 From: twdeckard at earthlink.net (Todd W. Deckard) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 20:13:40 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Yopp! First satellite QSO (almost!) Message-ID: Finally tried transmitting into a 43 degree pass for SO-50 and was heard by two stations (K8YSE/Y and W0DHB)! Unfortunately they never heard my response; but I be smothering myself transmitting from inside the snow covered sun room. Might also be poor microphone technique. https://youtu.be/O5nFwU_wl18 Still, enough progress to encourage ? Arizona/Colorado from Minnesota ? a thousand miles and 50F. 73 KE0CMD Todd From andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk Tue Dec 20 19:21:04 2016 From: andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk (andy thomas) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:21:04 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Yopp! First satellite QSO (almost!) References: <1747110306.975016.1482261664667.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1747110306.975016.1482261664667@mail.yahoo.com> You're doing well! SO-50 can be hard to get into, but you were heard. Well done! 73 de andy g0sfj From bruninga at usna.edu Tue Dec 20 19:29:01 2016 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:29:01 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the US : amateurradio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <14e98914ec2f6fb9f6d51ed53a559351@mail.gmail.com> Just heard it on my mobile, (Im in Annapolis MD) but the radio says the balloon is 115 mi NE (probably over NJ) No Course and Speed. The radio was on 145.825, the ISS frequency! At 1420 or so EST. Call is AD6AM-13 Bob On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:56 AM, W4TGA wrote: Forwarded the info to Ken in Annapolis. He should start hearing the beacon in the next 30 minutes. He will advise if he hears anything. bk On Dec 20, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Olive, George wrote: I miss read it. It is ad6am-13 George Olive ---------------------- Sent from my phone. I blame all misspellings, errors, and inappropriate replies on the phone. On Dec 20, 2016 10:13 AM, "Steve Garrison" wrote: Is adam6 a valid call sign? I guess you can beacon anything you want, but to be legal wouldn't it need to be a valid call sign? Steve G./N4TTY Sent from my iPhone On Dec 20, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Olive, George wrote: The call is adam6-13 I think George Olive ---------------------- Sent from my phone. I blame all misspellings, errors, and inappropriate replies on the phone. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Olive, George" Date: Dec 20, 2016 10:03 AM Subject: Re: 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the US : amateurradio To: "Barry Kanne" Cc: I think the call is adam6-13 George Olive ---------------------- Sent from my phone. I blame all misspellings, errors, and inappropriate replies on the phone. On Dec 20, 2016 10:01 AM, "Olive, George" wrote: There was a link in the first or second comment that went to aprs.fi and tracked it George Olive ---------------------- Sent from my phone. I blame all misspellings, errors, and inappropriate replies on the phone. On Dec 20, 2016 9:27 AM, "W4TGA" wrote: Would be helpful if we knew the callsign being beaconed so we could track it on APRS.FI . Any way to find out? bk On Dec 20, 2016, at 7:09 AM, Steve Garrison wrote: 434.610 using Contestia 16/1000 (I think). Keep us posted if you hear it!! Steve G./N4TTY Sent from my iPhone On Dec 19, 2016, at 10:25 PM, Olive, George wrote: It seems there is a high altitude British balloon over the use. It is currently around Nebraska coming east. The title in this link is also a link to a map. Also there is aprs info in the comments. I would guess maybe sometime tomorrow or the next day it might be in range of GA https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/5javjt/434_mhz_balloon_from_the_uk_over_the_plains/ From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Tue Dec 20 20:53:31 2016 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:53:31 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the US : amateurradio In-Reply-To: <14e98914ec2f6fb9f6d51ed53a559351@mail.gmail.com> References: <14e98914ec2f6fb9f6d51ed53a559351@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1645603066.1094804.1482267211699@mail.yahoo.com> Bob, the students included 145.825 in the hope of being digipeated via the ISS. Unfortunately that digipeater is no longer operating so they've been hoping one of the other APRS sats on 145.825 may pick it up. Info at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ 73 Trevor M5AKA From bruninga at usna.edu Tue Dec 20 22:21:52 2016 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:21:52 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the US : amateurradio In-Reply-To: <1645603066.1094804.1482267211699@mail.yahoo.com> References: <14e98914ec2f6fb9f6d51ed53a559351@mail.gmail.com> <1645603066.1094804.1482267211699@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: AMSATs in New England and Cape Cod! You?ll be the last to get hits from the balloon. It is now (1700 EST) out south of Nantucket and heading east. Got one hit from an IGate in Boston. Should have a few more hours range to good Oscar stations? Its on 145.825. Call is AD6AM-13 bob *From:* M5AKA [mailto:m5aka at yahoo.co.uk] *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2016 3:54 PM *To:* AMSAT-BB at amsat.org; bruninga at usna.edu *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the US : amateurradio Bob, the students included 145.825 in the hope of being digipeated via the ISS. Unfortunately that digipeater is no longer operating so they've been hoping one of the other APRS sats on 145.825 may pick it up. Info at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ 73 Trevor M5AKA From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Wed Dec 21 12:48:12 2016 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AO73 special YOTA Fitter message + UK Balloon UBSED21 References: <876184133.484743.1482324492350.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <876184133.484743.1482324492350@mail.yahoo.com> Look out for the special Fitter message today from the FUNcube-1 AO73 satellite to the 6th Staines Scouts, Cubs and Beavers who are hosting GB16YOTA for Youngsters On The Air Month. If you see it Tweet it back to the Chertsey Radio Club @chertseyRC Youngsters On The Air with Chertsey Radio Club https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk/photos/a.555434137832973.1073741826.208113275898396/1244757552233958/?type=3&theater Newspaper report on Pratham student satellite returning to life https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/20/pratham-returns-to-life/ Keep tracking the UK student Around-The-World balloon UBSEDS21 434MHz + APRS now approaching the final leg of it's journey https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From dan at post.com Wed Dec 21 13:08:10 2016 From: dan at post.com (Daniel Cussen) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 13:08:10 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Ecole Communale de Saint Sylvestre, Saint Sylvestre, France In-Reply-To: <95628580E9E847B8A1892F0707B8AE9D@DHJ> References: <95628580E9E847B8A1892F0707B8AE9D@DHJ> Message-ID: I live stream from the telebridge (not the school) has just started streaming here: http://www.ariotti.com/ On 19/12/2016, n4csitwo at bellsouth.net wrote: > An International Space Station school contact has been planned with > participants at Ecole Communale de Saint Sylvestre, Saint Sylvestre, France > > on 21 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:46 UTC. It is > recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this > time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. > The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact > should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are > invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to > be conducted in French. > > > > SAINT-SYLVESTRE is a French town in the Haute-Vienne department, in the new > Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes area. There are 914 inhabitants. It is > 30 kilometers north of Limoges, in Ambazac mountains. The Nelson Mandela > school currently hosts hundreds of students in 4 classes. It is the students > of CM1-CM2 participating in the ARISS project. > > > > > > > > Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: > > > > 1. Qu'est-ce que tu as ressenti au moment du d?collage? > > 2. Qu'est-ce qui t'a le plus impressionn? lors du voyage et en arrivant sur > > > l'ISS? > > 3. Est-ce que ton s?jour se passe bien? > > 4. Est-ce que tu t'entends bien avec les autres astronautes? > > 5. Est-ce que ce que tu vis est ? la hauteur de tes esp?rances? > > 6. Peux-tu nous dire quel ?tait le programme de ta journ?e d'hier? > > 7. Alors, quelle est ton activit? pr?f?r?e dans l'ISS? > > 8. Depuis que tu es dans l'ISS, as-tu r?alis? une sortie > extra-v?hiculaire? > > 9. Tu dors bien? > > 10. Qu'est-ce que vous allez manger pour No?l? > > 11. Peux-tu nous dire ce que tu vas offrir ? tes compagnons de voyage? > > 12. As tu pris ton saxophone? > > 13. Qu'est ce que cela fait de voir la Terre comme une bille? As tu > > l'impression de nous voir comme des fourmis? > > 14. Penses-tu que tu seras le m?me homme lorsque tu vas rentrer? > > 15. La Terre, tu la pr?f?res vue d'en bas ou vue d'en haut? > > 16. Je t'annonce que ta mission est prolong?e de 6 mois. Tu es d'accord? > > 17. Aimerais-tu vivre sur l'ISS toute ta vie avec ta famille? > > 18. Est-ce qu'on voit plus d'?toiles, quand on est dans l'ISS? > > 19. As-tu ressenti le mal de l'espace? > > 20. Et une question en anglais : Could you say hello to your colleagues for > > > us? And we wish you a Merry Christmas. > > > > > > Translated: > > > > 1. What did you feel when you left earth? > > 2. What was the most impressive thing during the journey and when you > arrived > > to the ISS? > > 3. Does your stay go well? > > 4. Do you get along well with the other astronauts? > > 5. What you're living now is up to your expectations? > > 6. Could you tell us what was your program yesterday? > > 7. What is your favorite activity in the ISS? > > 8. Since you arrived on board, did you realize an extra-vehicular activity? > > 9. Do you sleep well? > > 10. What will you eat for Christmas? > > 11. Could you tell us what you're going to give to your fellows, as a > present > > for Christmas? > > 12. Is your sax on board? > > 13. How do you feel when you look at the Earth, as small as a marble? Does > it > > give you the feeling that we are some kind of ants? > > 14. Do you think you'll be the same when you'll be back? > > 15. The Earth, do you prefer when you look at it from the ground or from > > above? > > 16. I announce you that your mission is extended of 6 months. Do you agree? > > 17. Would you like to stay in the ISS all you life, with your family? > > 18. Can we look at more stars when we're in the ISS? > > 19. Did you feel the space sickness? > > 20. And last question in English : Could you say hello to your colleagues > for > > us? And we wish you a Merry Christmas. > > > > > > > > > > PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: > > > > Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the > International Space Station (ARISS). > > > > To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status > > > > > > > > Next planned event(s): > > > > TBD > > > > > > About ARISS: > > Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative > venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that > support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, > sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American > Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in > Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). > The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, > engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts > via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in > classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced > amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a > variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, > teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, > and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, > and www.arrl.org. > > > > Thank you & 73, > > David - AA4KN > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From af7xi.usa at gmail.com Wed Dec 21 15:01:07 2016 From: af7xi.usa at gmail.com (AF7XI Doug) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 08:01:07 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 399 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Unsubscribe af7xi at arrl.net please. 73, AF7XI Doug > On Dec 21, 2016, at 5:51 AM, amsat-bb-request at amsat.org wrote: > > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb at 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 at amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner at amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Low Noise RF Sensing Preamps (Fred Castello) > 2. Extra - Extra - Read all about it - LVB Tracker (Bruce) > 3. Re: FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller (Albert van Deursen) > 4. Re: FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller (Jim Jerzycke) > 5. Re: FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller (Ted) > 6. Donations to AMSAT... smile (Bruce) > 7. Statistics 6 Grid activated (weekend) (David Maciel (XE3DX)) > 8. Pile Up FO-29 on EK57 (David Maciel (XE3DX)) > 9. Yopp! First satellite QSO (almost!) (Todd W. Deckard) > 10. Re: Yopp! First satellite QSO (almost!) (andy thomas) > 11. Re: 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the > US : amateurradio (Robert Bruninga) > 12. Re: 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the > US : amateurradio (M5AKA) > 13. Re: 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the > US : amateurradio (Robert Bruninga) > 14. AO73 special YOTA Fitter message + UK Balloon UBSED21 (M5AKA) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:08:02 -0500 > From: Fred Castello > To: AMSAT bbs > Subject: [amsat-bb] Low Noise RF Sensing Preamps > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Folks, > > I am in need of two RF sensing preamps one for 2 meters and one for 70 > cms. If you have either that you would be willing to sell/part with, > please contact me through my email at : fredcastello at gmail.com. > > Thanks so much for your time! > Best, > Fred-KF4FC > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:18:27 -0600 > From: Bruce > To: "amsat-bb at AMSAT.Org" > Subject: [amsat-bb] Extra - Extra - Read all about it - LVB Tracker > Message-ID: <183c3255-7e85-3eb2-c317-2218816f38e5 at arrl.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Extra - Extra - Read all about it > > I stocked the shelves at the AMSAT Online Store with LVB Tracker > Complete. A limited number are available. > > Shipments will not go out until after Christmas due to long lines at the > post office. There is no choice in the color of the LED, some are Blue > and some are Amber. You get what is in the box when shipped. > > Do not forget, these make great stocking stuffers and under the tree > gifts. Although you will have to box a card saying one is on the way > after Christmas. > > 73...bruce > > -- > > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > AMSAT Board Member 2016-2018 > > ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE > > Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* > Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com > Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes > > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News > http://www.arrl.org > > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 23:21:24 +0100 > From: "Albert van Deursen" > To: > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller > Message-ID: <002901d25a46$3bf94c50$b3ebe4f0$@nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Jeff, > Further to the discussion on the fake chips etc can only recommend to go for > the real stuff. No cheap FTDI imitations nor Prolific ones as I was running > constantly into a lot of (driver) problems. Long story but after some time > of driver problems decided to throw all cheap(er) ones out and go for the > 100% real. Since than zero problems. Have the FT-736,FT-817 and IC-910 all > connected this way at the same time to HRD. All my problems were gone once I > decided to only use the original FTDI sets as eg advertised e.g. on > http://www.g4zlp.co.uk/unified/YaesuCAT.shtml. > 73 > Albert > PD0OXW > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of > amsat-bb-request at amsat.org > Sent: 19 December 2016 18:46 > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 398 > > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb at 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 at amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner at amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:40:24 +0000 > From: Jim Jerzycke > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller > Message-ID: <6ec52ea4-7383-4bc0-de30-96ff555545eb at verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > I still get mine on eBay, but look for vendors that state they have > GENUINE Prolific or FDTI chips. > > > 73, Jim KQ6EA > > > > On 12/19/2016 10:21 PM, Albert van Deursen wrote: >> Hi Jeff, >> Further to the discussion on the fake chips etc can only recommend to go for >> the real stuff. No cheap FTDI imitations nor Prolific ones as I was running >> constantly into a lot of (driver) problems. Long story but after some time >> of driver problems decided to throw all cheap(er) ones out and go for the >> 100% real. Since than zero problems. Have the FT-736,FT-817 and IC-910 all >> connected this way at the same time to HRD. All my problems were gone once I >> decided to only use the original FTDI sets as eg advertised e.g. on >> http://www.g4zlp.co.uk/unified/YaesuCAT.shtml. >> 73 >> Albert >> PD0OXW >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of >> amsat-bb-request at amsat.org >> Sent: 19 December 2016 18:46 >> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org >> Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 398 >> >> Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to >> amsat-bb at 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 at amsat.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> amsat-bb-owner at amsat.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >> "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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: 5 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:40:44 -0800 > From: "Ted" > To: "'Albert van Deursen'" , > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller > Message-ID: <000301d25a48$ef935100$ceb9f300$@charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > FYI, > > The cables from RT Systems also work flawlessly. You can get cables with or > without programming software > > http://www.rtsystemsinc.com/ > > 73, K7TRK > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Albert van > Deursen > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 2:21 PM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FT-736 CAT Cable & Rotor controller > > Hi Jeff, > Further to the discussion on the fake chips etc can only recommend to go for > the real stuff. No cheap FTDI imitations nor Prolific ones as I was running > constantly into a lot of (driver) problems. Long story but after some time > of driver problems decided to throw all cheap(er) ones out and go for the > 100% real. Since than zero problems. Have the FT-736,FT-817 and IC-910 all > connected this way at the same time to HRD. All my problems were gone once I > decided to only use the original FTDI sets as eg advertised e.g. on > http://www.g4zlp.co.uk/unified/YaesuCAT.shtml. > 73 > Albert > PD0OXW > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of > amsat-bb-request at amsat.org > Sent: 19 December 2016 18:46 > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 398 > > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb at 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 at amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner at amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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: 6 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:01:43 -0600 > From: Bruce > To: "amsat-bb at AMSAT.Org" > Subject: [amsat-bb] Donations to AMSAT... smile > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > As you place orders for the holiday season, if you use Amazon.com, > please remember that you can place your order at smile.amazon.com and a > percentage of your order will be donated to AMSAT. > > I just placed another order on Amazon and used smile.amazon.com as I > usually do. I had not noticed before, on the main smile.amazon.com > webpage, under the search window is a "Supporting Radio Amateur > Satellite Corporation" showing who my donations go to. Hover your mouse > over the wording and a pop up will show you how much your orders have > generated for AMSAT. If you click in the pop up window on "Your > AmazonSmile impact", it will show you how much everyone's orders have > contributed to AMSAT. > > My orders alone have given AMSAT $33.09 and all of the other people that > have used smile.amazon.com have given $1,325.93 > > That is not bad for not doing anything except ordering what you normally > would.This could really be used as a no load fund raiser. It costs AMSAT > nothing to receive a donation and it costs the person ordering from > Amazon nothing to choose AMSAT as their supporting charity. It is a > win/win for everyone. > > remember.... smile.amazon.com to place your amazon orders. You can place > everything in your cart at amazon.com, just remember to go to > smile.amazon.com when you are ready to check out. > > 73...bruce > > -- > > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > AMSAT Board Member 2016-2018 > > ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE > > Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* > Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com > Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes > > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News > http://www.arrl.org > > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:43:20 -0600 > From: "David Maciel (XE3DX)" > To: Grupo Amsat BB > Subject: [amsat-bb] Statistics 6 Grid activated (weekend) > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Today I finish the work by different rare grids of the southeast of Mexico, > some of difficult access and zones of jungle, thanks to the stations that > were listening to my trip. > > 151 stations worked, in 6 activated Grids ( 4 Days ) > EK37-EK47 = 42 stations (line) > EK57 = 38 stations > EK48 = 38 stations > EK37 = 06 stations (Many work before online EK37-EK47) > EK38 = 12 > EK27 = 15 > > 151 Workstations. > > * Contacts will be on LoTW tonight, please if you do not use LoTW do not > send QSL card, first check on http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ or > https://www.qrz.com/lookup/xe3dx if you are in the log. > > > > > > David Maciel XE3DX > > *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * > > *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:19:58 -0600 > From: "David Maciel (XE3DX)" > To: Grupo Amsat BB > Subject: [amsat-bb] Pile Up FO-29 on EK57 > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > EK57 give a big Pile Up on FO-29, I could only work 19 stations, many > others not listen. > > Thanks, I had a lot of fun. > > > https://soundcloud.com/w5pfg/fo-29-2016-12-17-1600z-xe3dx-ek57 > > > > Thanks Clay W5PFG for Recording > > > > > > David Maciel XE3DX > > *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * > > *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 20:13:40 -0600 > From: "Todd W. Deckard" > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Yopp! First satellite QSO (almost!) > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Finally tried transmitting into a 43 degree pass for SO-50 and was heard by two stations (K8YSE/Y and W0DHB)! > > Unfortunately they never heard my response; but I be smothering myself transmitting from inside the snow covered sun room. Might also be poor microphone technique. > > https://youtu.be/O5nFwU_wl18 > > Still, enough progress to encourage ? Arizona/Colorado from Minnesota ? a thousand miles and 50F. > > 73 > KE0CMD > Todd > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:21:04 +0000 (UTC) > From: andy thomas > To: Amsat Bulitin Board > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yopp! First satellite QSO (almost!) > Message-ID: <1747110306.975016.1482261664667 at mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > You're doing well! SO-50 can be hard to get into, but you were heard. Well done! > 73 de andy g0sfj > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:29:01 -0500 > From: Robert Bruninga > To: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains > states of the US : amateurradio > Message-ID: <14e98914ec2f6fb9f6d51ed53a559351 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Just heard it on my mobile, (Im in Annapolis MD) but the radio says the > balloon is 115 mi NE (probably over NJ) No Course and Speed. > > > > The radio was on 145.825, the ISS frequency! At 1420 or so EST. > > > > Call is AD6AM-13 > > Bob > > > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:56 AM, W4TGA wrote: > > Forwarded the info to Ken in Annapolis. He should start hearing the beacon > in the next 30 minutes. He will advise if he hears anything. > > > > bk > > > > > > On Dec 20, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Olive, George > wrote: > > > > I miss read it. It is ad6am-13 > > George Olive > > ---------------------- > Sent from my phone. I blame all misspellings, errors, and inappropriate > replies on the phone. > > > > On Dec 20, 2016 10:13 AM, "Steve Garrison" wrote: > > Is adam6 a valid call sign? I guess you can beacon anything you want, but > to be legal wouldn't it need to be a valid call sign? > > Steve G./N4TTY > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 20, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Olive, George > wrote: > > The call is adam6-13 I think > > George Olive > > ---------------------- > Sent from my phone. I blame all misspellings, errors, and inappropriate > replies on the phone. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Olive, George" > Date: Dec 20, 2016 10:03 AM > Subject: Re: 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the US : > amateurradio > To: "Barry Kanne" > Cc: > > I think the call is adam6-13 > > George Olive > > ---------------------- > Sent from my phone. I blame all misspellings, errors, and inappropriate > replies on the phone. > > > > On Dec 20, 2016 10:01 AM, "Olive, George" wrote: > > There was a link in the first or second comment that went to aprs.fi and > tracked it > > George Olive > > ---------------------- > Sent from my phone. I blame all misspellings, errors, and inappropriate > replies on the phone. > > > > On Dec 20, 2016 9:27 AM, "W4TGA" wrote: > > Would be helpful if we knew the callsign being beaconed so we could track > it on APRS.FI . Any way to find out? > > > > bk > > > > > > > > On Dec 20, 2016, at 7:09 AM, Steve Garrison wrote: > > > > 434.610 using Contestia 16/1000 (I think). > > > > Keep us posted if you hear it!! > > Steve G./N4TTY > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 19, 2016, at 10:25 PM, Olive, George > wrote: > > It seems there is a high altitude British balloon over the use. It is > currently around Nebraska coming east. > > > > The title in this link is also a link to a map. Also there is aprs info in > the comments. > > > > I would guess maybe sometime tomorrow or the next day it might be in range > of GA > > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/5javjt/434_mhz_balloon_from_the_uk_over_the_plains/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:53:31 +0000 (UTC) > From: M5AKA > To: "AMSAT-BB at amsat.org" , "bruninga at usna.edu" > > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains > states of the US : amateurradio > Message-ID: <1645603066.1094804.1482267211699 at mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Bob, the students included 145.825 in the hope of being digipeated via the ISS. Unfortunately that digipeater is no longer operating so they've been hoping one of the other APRS sats on 145.825 may pick it up. > Info at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ > > > 73 Trevor M5AKA > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:21:52 -0500 > From: Robert Bruninga > To: M5AKA , AMSAT-BB at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains > states of the US : amateurradio > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > AMSATs in New England and Cape Cod! > > > > You?ll be the last to get hits from the balloon. It is now (1700 EST) out > south of Nantucket and heading east. Got one hit from an IGate in Boston. > Should have a few more hours range to good Oscar stations? > > > > Its on 145.825. Call is AD6AM-13 > > bob > > *From:* M5AKA [mailto:m5aka at yahoo.co.uk] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2016 3:54 PM > *To:* AMSAT-BB at amsat.org; bruninga at usna.edu > *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains > states of the US : amateurradio > > > > Bob, the students included 145.825 in the hope of being digipeated via the > ISS. Unfortunately that digipeater is no longer operating so they've been > hoping one of the other APRS sats on 145.825 may pick it up. > > > > Info at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ > > > > > > 73 Trevor M5AKA > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:48:12 +0000 (UTC) > From: M5AKA > To: AMSAT BB > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO73 special YOTA Fitter message + UK Balloon > UBSED21 > Message-ID: <876184133.484743.1482324492350 at mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Look out for the special Fitter message today from the FUNcube-1 AO73 satellite to the 6th Staines Scouts, Cubs and Beavers who are hosting GB16YOTA for Youngsters On The Air Month. > > If you see it Tweet it back to the Chertsey Radio Club @chertseyRC > > Youngsters On The Air with Chertsey Radio Club > https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk/photos/a.555434137832973.1073741826.208113275898396/1244757552233958/?type=3&theater > > Newspaper report on Pratham student satellite returning to life > https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/20/pratham-returns-to-life/ > > Keep tracking the UK student Around-The-World balloon UBSEDS21 434MHz + APRS now approaching the final leg of it's journey > https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ > > > 73 Trevor M5AKA > ---- > AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ > Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK > Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK > YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK > ---- > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat-bb at 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? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > ------------------------------ > > End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 399 > ***************************************** From g0mrf at aol.com Wed Dec 21 17:43:45 2016 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:43:45 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the US : amateurradio Message-ID: <159227b54a9-5bb6-15f90@webprd-a17.mail.aol.com> That's an interesting situation: If the balloon is on 145.825 and Aeronautical mobile is not permitted on the UK licence...... Who holds the transmitting licence for this? David G0MRF AMSATs in New England and Cape Cod! You?ll be the last to get hits from the balloon. It is now (1700 EST) out south of Nantucket and heading east. Got one hit from an IGate in Boston. Should have a few more hours range to good Oscar stations? Its on 145.825. Call is AD6AM-13 bob *From:* M5AKA [mailto:m5aka at yahoo.co.uk] *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2016 3:54 PM *To:* AMSAT-BB at amsat.org; bruninga at usna.edu *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] 434 MHz balloon from the UK over the plains states of the US : amateurradio Bob, the students included 145.825 in the hope of being digipeated via the ISS. Unfortunately that digipeater is no longer operating so they've been hoping one of the other APRS sats on 145.825 may pick it up. Info at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ From jim at milnet.uk.net Wed Dec 21 18:40:36 2016 From: jim at milnet.uk.net (Jim Heck) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:40:36 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73/FUNcube Mode change Message-ID: <25D44DF97C5B4AA3B5E71518715BF5DD@jimPC2> Hi folks, I have just changed the sat into continuous transponder mode. Plan is to switch back to auto mode on Sunday 8 Jan 2017 pm UTC. This will give a long opportunity for transponder operations over the Holidays Pls see below for FUNcube transponder info Have FUN with the transponder. All the best for the holiday season, and for 2017 73s Jim G3WGM and the FUNcube team. AO-73 FUNcube-1 The transponder is normally operational only when the satellite is in eclipse, ie the solar panels are NOT being illuminated. During weekends (from pm Fridays UTC to PM Sundays UTC) the transponder is operational 24/7. When the transponder is switched off, the telemetry beacon is on full power, when the transponder is on the beacon it is on low power. During holidays, eg Christmas, New Year, Easter, etc, the transponder maybe activated for extended periods. Watch AMSAT-BB for announcements which are usually made on Friday evenings (UTC) The nominal transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink: 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB Telemetry Tx: 145.935 MHz BPSK (The passband may be up to 15kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low temperatures give higher freqs!) FUNcube-2 aka FUNcube on UKube The FUNcube-2 sub-system continues to operate autonomously and, almost continuously, in amateur mode. The transponder is operational and the telemetry downlink is functioning with about 70mW output. The FUNcube-1 Dashboard does not correctly display the telemetry but it does correctly decode the data and uploads it to the FUNcube Data Warehouse from where it can be examined. Most of the real time data channels are operational and these include battery voltages, temperatures and ADCS data coming via the main On Board Computer (OBC). The transponder is interrupted for a few seconds every 2 minutes when the other transmitter sends its CW beacon and, occasionally, for a few seconds when the main OBC reboots (approx seven times each orbit). The nominal transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.080 - 435.060 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink: 145.930 - 145.950 MHz USB Telemetry Tx: 145.915 MHz BPSK (The passband may be up to 10kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low temperatures give higher freqs!) EO79 FUNcube-3 Due to power budget constraints the transponder cannot be operational 24/7 and an orbit specific schedule has been developed. The transponder will commence operation 27 minutes after the spacecraft enters sunlight and will stay on for a period of 25 minutes. This schedule may be modified in future months as a result of experience. The nominal transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.077-435.047 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink: 145.935-145.965 MHz USB All FUNcube transponders are sponsored by AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL. We are very grateful for the assistance given by Innovative Solution In Space Bv, The Netherlands. From vimone at alice.it Wed Dec 21 21:37:39 2016 From: vimone at alice.it (Vincenzo Mone) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:37:39 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Help Message-ID: Hi Folks, Anyone can give me an hand to understand this program before I go to buy it?, I cannot understand how to have all the satellites under my eyes. what have I done is: Went in Satellites/ Sat-Groups And have created 5 Groups: STANDARD IK8OZV IK8OZV_1 IK8OZV_2 IK8OZV_3 In each group I have put 12 satellites but I have noticed that if I have set Standard as group, if there will be a satellite rising in others group it will not advise till I switch the group that has the satellite raising. Where am I missing? Thanks 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ******************************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** ******************************************* From twdeckard at earthlink.net Thu Dec 22 00:48:47 2016 From: twdeckard at earthlink.net (Todd Deckard) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:48:47 -0600 (GMT-06:00) Subject: [amsat-bb] perhaps meteor scatter would be more deterministic ... Message-ID: <25405776.15672.1482367727273@mswamui-valley.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Sorry for the SO-50 QRM this afternoon on the high mid-west pass. I failed to adjust for the Doppler on the RX. KE0CMD Todd From pconver at gmail.com Thu Dec 22 02:17:20 2016 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 23:17:20 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Pratham copied in Buenos Aires Message-ID: Nice CW copy of Pratham, orb.1268 Dec-22 01:19 UTC 145.976 KHz. VU2BUG PRATHAM IIT BOMBAY STUDENT SATELLITE Audio at http://amsat.org.ar/prath1612220119.wav decoded with CWGET Conditions Ft-736 + 5 elem. horiz. yagi pointing to sat, no pre. 73, lu7abf, Pedro From wa4sca at gmail.com Thu Dec 22 13:03:04 2016 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 07:03:04 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Full Duplex with Fldigi? Message-ID: <000201d25c53$bc1e29a0$345a7ce0$@GMAIL.COM> Morning, Both DM780 and MixW support full duplex, and I have both, but I am looking for a freeware program to recommend to people who ask. I have been looking at the Fldigi software, and am wondering if anyone has experience using it full duplex? Being a very capable, free suite of programs, there is a large user base. I did RTFM, or more accurately did a lot of searching for terms, but didn't find anything. A query to the support group only came back with the recommendation that "I think you can run two versions simultaneously, and that might help." 73s, Alan WA4SCA From aa5uk at yahoo.com Thu Dec 22 13:13:54 2016 From: aa5uk at yahoo.com (Adrian Engele) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Full Duplex with Fldigi? In-Reply-To: <000201d25c53$bc1e29a0$345a7ce0$@GMAIL.COM> References: <000201d25c53$bc1e29a0$345a7ce0$@GMAIL.COM> Message-ID: <2146257814.480891.1482412434428@mail.yahoo.com> Alan, I have never tried it but having followed the FLIDIGI group for years I know it can be done. A Google search on " running multiple copies of fldigi" brings up many links and PDF's on how to easily set up multiple copies of FLDIGI applicable for AMSAT purpose. I have been meaning to try it myself but have not formally tried it. Good luck and Happy Holidays. 73, Adrian AA5UK From: Alan To: 'AMSAT' Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 7:03 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Full Duplex with Fldigi? Morning, Both DM780 and MixW support full duplex, and I have both, but I am looking for a freeware program to recommend to people who ask. I have been looking at the Fldigi software, and am wondering if anyone has experience using it full duplex? Being a very capable, free suite of programs, there is a large user base. I did RTFM, or more accurately did a lot of searching for terms, but didn't find anything. A query to the support group only came back with the recommendation that "I think you can run two versions simultaneously, and that might help." 73s, Alan WA4SCA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From skipteller at gmail.com Thu Dec 22 14:54:09 2016 From: skipteller at gmail.com (Skip Teller) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:54:09 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker USB serial port driver for Windows 7 x64 Success References: 4BC927B0.9080204@comcast.net Message-ID: <585BE911.4060300@gmail.com> Hi Bill, I found this mention from you on the amsat bulletin board: " "I Then installed the drivers in cdm20600dlp.zip. These are not certified drivers. I ignored the warning. They work fine with SarPC32 so far." I am trying to make the LVBtracker work on W7, but the cdm20600dlp.zip comes up as a dead link. Do you still have a copy of that zip file you could send to me? -- Skip KH6TY From AJ9N at aol.com Thu Dec 22 15:53:59 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:53:59 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-22 15:30 UTC Message-ID: <104cc37.410d89da.458d5117@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-22 15:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ecole Communale de Saint Sylvestre, Saint Sylvestre, France, direct via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Wed 2016-12-21 13:46:38 UTC 29 deg (***) Primary School Georges Wallers, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France, Direct via F4KJV The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-31 11:31:12 UTC 44 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 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 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 2016-12-22 15:30 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 1102. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1067. (***) 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 2016-12-22 15:30 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From n8hm at amsat.org Thu Dec 22 23:58:36 2016 From: n8hm at amsat.org (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 23:58:36 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] EN74/75 line on December 23rd Message-ID: Good evening, I will work the following passes from the EN74/75 line near Gaylord, MI tomorrow December 23rd. FO-29 - 1643 UTC SO-50 - 2019 UTC SO-50 - 2159 UTC Other passes will be from EN74 only. Look for a few passes from EN84/85 at some point over the next week as well. 73, Paul, N8HM From k.alexander at rogers.com Fri Dec 23 04:15:16 2016 From: k.alexander at rogers.com (Ken Alexander) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 23:15:16 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Winter Wonderland Grid Expedition Schedule Message-ID: <29e8c415-3f70-67d4-5f5e-3372d0e39f22@rogers.com> The Winter Wonderland Grid Expedition (FN16, FN17, FN26 & FN27) will run from December 26th to December 29th. A few notes: The majority of the passes are higher than 20 degrees at my location. Generally, I have found that lower passes get lost in the trees and rocks and have not yielded good results. However, if you need one of these grids and the passes I have posted don?t work for you then let me know and we will try to work something out. I will do some nighttime passes from FN15 on the evening of the 26th and the evening of the 29th. I have a lot of driving to do on those days and will be tired. Therefore, if activity drops off after the first few passes then I will call it an early night and let everyone know via Twitter. You can find me on the following frequencies on the linear satellites, plus or minus QRM: FO-29, TX on 145.920 AO-07, RX on 145.960 XW-2A, RX on 145.680 XW-2B, RX on 145.745 XW-2C, RX on 145.810 XW-2D, RX on 145.875 XW-2F, RX on 145.995 AO-73, RX on 145.965 UKube-1, RX on 145.945 EO-79, RX on 145.955 Transmit/receive accordingly to meet me on these frequencies. Finally, once you work me, please stand aside on subsequent passes so that others can work a new grid. These passes are only a few minutes long and it's not fair to others if I have to spend precious time on QSOs with people I already worked. I don't mind if you want an insurance QSO, and if you want to work me on every satellite pass from a given grid that's fine too...but be mindful that you may be making it difficult for someone to work me for the first time. Please be considerate and wait until things die down before calling for that additional contact. December 26th evening in FN15 26.12.2016 XW-2C 22:01 26.12.2016 XW-2F 22:29 26.12.2016 XW-2D 23:27 27.12.2016 XW-2A 00:03 27.12.2016 AO-73 00:53 27.12.2016 AO-85 01:41 December 27th in FN16/FN17 27.12.2016 AO-73 14:14 27.12.2016 FO-29 14:50 27.12.2016 EO-79 15:32 27.12.2016 FO-29 16:36 27.12.2016 EO-79 17:10 27.12.2016 AO-07 17:38 27.12.2016 SO-50 18:44 27.12.2016 AO-07 19:28 27.12.2016 SO-50 20:23 27.12.2016 AO-07 21:24 27.12.2016 XW-2D 21:41 27.12.2016 XW-2B 21:44 27.12.2016 XW-2C 21:49 27.12.2016 SO-50 22:06 27.12.2016 XW-2F 22:17 December 28th in FN26/FN27 28.12.2016 AO-73 14:33 28.12.2016 FO-29 15:40 28.12.2016 EO-79 15:44 28.12.2016 AO-07 16:41 28.12.2016 EO-79 17:23 28.12.2016 AO-07 18:29 28.12.2016 SO-50 19:08 28.12.2016 AO-07 20:22 28.12.2016 SO-50 20:50 December 28th Evening in FN15 29.12.2016 AO-85 00:51 29.12.2016 AO-73 01:30 29.12.2016 SO-50 01:57 29.12.2016 AO-85 02:32 29.12.2016 SO-50 03:37 As always, follow @ve3hls on Twitter for updates, reports and general silliness. Happy Holidays and hope to work you next week! 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Fri Dec 23 17:37:32 2016 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:37:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 + UBSEDS21 + AO73 + JY1Sat in OSCAR News References: <1012128147.1808229.1482514652639.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1012128147.1808229.1482514652639@mail.yahoo.com> The new Jordanian CubeSat JY1Sat with FUNcube linear transponder and camera to transmit images features in the latest edition of OSCAR News now available for AMSAT-UK members to download https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/23/winter-oscar-news-2016/ The FUNcube team have announced that the AO-73 satellite will be in continuous transponder mode until 2017 GMT on January 8 https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/funcube-1/ BY70-1 a 2U CubeSat with 145.935 to 436.200 MHz FM transponder launches December 26, 2016?http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=531 The UK Bristol student Around-The-World solar powered balloon UBSEDS21 with 434 MHz and APRS has completed its first circumnavigation of the globe and is currently over Spain https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ Merry Christmas Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From dmarthouse at gmail.com Fri Dec 23 18:01:34 2016 From: dmarthouse at gmail.com (Dave Marthouse) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:01:34 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages Message-ID: I have seen posts from time to time on the BB about balloons with amateur radio payloads on them. I've got a question regarding the missions that carry payloads around the world. What stops the balloons from going up until they explode do to the high altitude. How are the packages kept from doing this to achieve such long distance flights? -- Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmarthouse at gmail.com From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Dec 23 18:26:09 2016 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:26:09 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] EN74/75 line on December 23rd In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 17 QSOs made on the 1643 UTC pass of FO-29 from the EN74/75 line have been uploaded to LoTW. I'll be heading back for SO-50 at 2019 UTC. I'll head back to the line early next week for a few more passes, including at least one AO-7 pass with good coverage of Europe. I'll also do a few passes from the EN84/85 line as well. 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > Good evening, > > I will work the following passes from the EN74/75 line near Gaylord, MI > tomorrow December 23rd. > > FO-29 - 1643 UTC > SO-50 - 2019 UTC > SO-50 - 2159 UTC > > Other passes will be from EN74 only. Look for a few passes from EN84/85 at > some point over the next week as well. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM From k8bl at ameritech.net Fri Dec 23 18:41:50 2016 From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] EN74/75 line on December 23rd In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1566802995.1013672.1482518510772@mail.yahoo.com> Paul, Thanks for the new ones! ?I've operated from there severaltimes but never had the Grids myself. ?HIHI We could hear your cold breath across the mic. Thanks foractivating! 73/MX&HNY, ? ? ?Bob ?K8BL From: Paul Stoetzer To: "amsat-bb at amsat.org" Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] EN74/75 line on December 23rd 17 QSOs made on the 1643 UTC pass of FO-29 from the EN74/75 line have been uploaded to LoTW. I'll be heading back for SO-50 at 2019 UTC. I'll head back to the line early next week for a few more passes, including at least one AO-7 pass with good coverage of Europe. I'll also do a few passes from the EN84/85 line as well. 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > Good evening, > > I will work the following passes from the EN74/75 line near Gaylord, MI > tomorrow December 23rd. > > FO-29 - 1643 UTC > SO-50 - 2019 UTC > SO-50 - 2159 UTC > > Other passes will be from EN74 only. Look for a few passes from EN84/85 at > some point over the next week as well. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From Saguaroastro at cox.net Fri Dec 23 20:07:31 2016 From: Saguaroastro at cox.net (Richard Tejera) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:07:31 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages Message-ID: Dave, Knowing the weight of the payload, they will fill it with enough gas to become neutrally buoyant at the target altitude. If altitude is the goal, enough gas will be filled to take it to an altitude that will exceed the Burt diameter. Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On December 23, 2016, at 11:01, Dave Marthouse wrote: I have seen posts from time to time on the BB about balloons with amateur radio payloads on them. I've got a question regarding the missions that carry payloads around the world. What stops the balloons from going up until they explode do to the high altitude. How are the packages kept from doing this to achieve such long distance flights? -- Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmarthouse at gmail.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From tnetcenter at gmail.com Fri Dec 23 20:09:27 2016 From: tnetcenter at gmail.com (Jeff Moore) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:09:27 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Dave, The short high altitude flights we have normally seen use a latex weather balloon for flight. You put enough gas in it to get it off the ground. It will rise in altitude until the balloon has expanded enough to burst and then the balloon comes down usually on a parachute. The around the world balloon flights use a different type of balloon called a zero pressure envelope. The material is usually mylar and the envelope is much bigger. This design allows the gas to expand to fill the envelope as the balloon rises in altitude while never bursting like a weather balloon would. This allows the balloon to stay at whatever altitude it stabilizes at and just float along with the winds traveling long distances at various speeds following the global wind patterns. Very cool! The same type of zero pressure envelope has been used to lift science payloads as well as humans to very high altitudes for extended rides. You can come down at will just by releasing the gas, you won't go back up though so you have to pick a good location to bring them down to. Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Dave Marthouse wrote: > I have seen posts from time to time on the BB about balloons with amateur > radio payloads on them. > > > I've got a question regarding the missions that carry payloads around the > world. What stops the balloons from going up until they explode do to the > high altitude. How are the packages kept from doing this to achieve such > long distance flights? > > > > > > > -- > > Dave Marthouse N2AAM > dmarthouse at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From n8deu at outlook.com Fri Dec 23 21:05:47 2016 From: n8deu at outlook.com (Tim N8DEU) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:05:47 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] STARS-C reports requested Message-ID: A group here in Huntsville is attempting to help the STARS-C team collect signal reports and data from the STARS-C satellite recently launch from the ISS. The team will filter the data and forward it to the STARS-C team at Shizuoka University in Japan. A NASA colleague received an email from Professor Yoshiki Yamagiwa, an engineering professor at Shizuoka University in Japan, requesting help listening for signals from a pair of CubeSats recently released from ISS. University orbiter set to lift space elevator technology?The Asahi Shimbun provides overview information about the STARS-C (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite-Cube). The basic configuration is two 1U satellites, a mother and a daughter, connected by a tether. Our understanding is that the STARS-C team is trying to receive the CW beacons as part of the first step of their operations, but their signals they're getting are too weak for data analysis, especially from the daughter satellite. They're reaching out to ham operators and ground stations at universities, and would appreciate reports on CW data received. Orbit and frequency info for the satellites: 19 Dec 2016 18:19:55 J-SSOD#5 Satellite Name: STARS-C Time: (UTCG) 19 Dec 2016 08:50:19.273 Semi-major Axis (km) 6785.004 Eccentricity 0.0009020 Inclination (deg) 51.6492 RAAN (deg) 214.6791 Arg of Perigee (deg) 33.9061 Mean Anomaly (deg) 293.7118 (*1) True of Date Coordinate System, Osculating Orbit # Mother satellite: CW 437.245MHz, FM downlinks 437.405MHz # Daughter satellite: CW 437.255MHz, FM downlinks 437.425MHz Details of the telemetry format are at http://www.ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp/~vk127139/download/Telemetry%20Format.pdf The STARS-C team will appreciate any info that reaches your ears, automated receivers, or whatever! For additional information here is a link from the AMSAT UK group: https://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/08/jaxa-iss-ham-radio-cubesats/ Please email all reports with date and time directly to scotty.collect at gmail.com Thank You, Tim ? N8DEU Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From pconver at gmail.com Sat Dec 24 01:36:22 2016 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 22:36:22 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] STARC CW Possible Capture Message-ID: On Orbit 28, Dec-23 at 22:27 UTC over Buenos Aires Think STARC-Mother CW had been received, partial decode: 2F28 Recorded audio at http://amsat.org.ar/starc3.wav Frequency was about 1.5 Khz higher than calculated. Using http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm selecting STARC 73, lu7abf, Pedro From ic7461 at yahoo.com Sat Dec 24 02:51:09 2016 From: ic7461 at yahoo.com (Todd) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 02:51:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Using 1.2Ghz References: <1360490541.1288805.1482547869872.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1360490541.1288805.1482547869872@mail.yahoo.com> Thinking about adding the 1.2Ghz module for my 9100. Prices have dropped a little and units will start become harder to find once production ends. Anybody using this band? I read it's used as a uplink frequency for some satellites. Any input appreciated.ToddAL7PX From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Sat Dec 24 04:59:33 2016 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:59:33 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] South Florida QRM to FO-29 satellite Message-ID: <062201d25da2$84e98fb0$8ebcaf10$@com> Is there anyone down that way that could listen on a 2m frequency for a errant IRLP type node causing QRM to FO-29? We have several recordings, including CW IDs, but the owner of the call is not cooperating so far. Here is a recording from tonight: https://www.dropbox.com/s/shuci1f9qb7p56m/24dec16%200355%20FO29%20Winsystem% 20QRM.mp3?dl=0 The ID is very plain at about 10:50. About the time the signal became unreadable, FO-29 was far enough south that only Florida was left from the US in the footprint. The uplink/node frequency is about 145.990 or .995. The audio is very interesting. Also looking for any OOs that would like to help. 73, Drew KO4MA From n0jy at amsat.org Sat Dec 24 05:58:36 2016 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:58:36 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Using 1.2Ghz In-Reply-To: <1360490541.1288805.1482547869872@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1360490541.1288805.1482547869872.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1360490541.1288805.1482547869872@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hi Todd, Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D will both have an L band (1.2 GHz) FM uplink in addition to their UHF FM uplink. The operating mode will be selected by the AMSAT Operations so each will default to U/v mode but can be commanded to L/v for a 24 hour period. I'm sure others here will fill you in on any other birds using 1.2 GHz. Jerry Buxton, N?JY On 12/23/2016 20:51, Todd via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Thinking about adding the 1.2Ghz module for my 9100. Prices have dropped a little and units will start become harder to find once production ends. Anybody using this band? I read it's used as a uplink frequency for some satellites. Any input appreciated.ToddAL7PX > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > > From ve3nxk at gmail.com Sat Dec 24 12:56:35 2016 From: ve3nxk at gmail.com (Bill Booth) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 07:56:35 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Using 1.2Ghz In-Reply-To: <1360490541.1288805.1482547869872@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1360490541.1288805.1482547869872.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1360490541.1288805.1482547869872@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <585E7083.3090902@gmail.com> On 2016-12-23 9:51 PM, Todd via AMSAT-BB wrote: > units will start become harder to find once production ends Do you know something maybe the rest of us do not? Is the 9100 and the accessories for it about to be end of line? Maybe that explains why my order for a 9100 here in Canada is still out of stock after 4 months. -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N FN05ns Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference. From Mvivona at yahoo.com Sat Dec 24 13:18:16 2016 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 08:18:16 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC910H High Stability Crystal Message-ID: If any of you in the U.S. are looking for a high stability crystal for your iCom 910H, I just put one up for bid on eBay. I was having issues where my frequencies would drift slightly after saving them and inadvertently ordered 2 of the CR-293 modules. It definitely did the job, it's rock solid now, but need to sell the second one. Michael KC4ZVA From skristof at etczone.com Sat Dec 24 14:07:16 2016 From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 09:07:16 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 + UBSEDS21 + AO73 + JY1Sat in OSCAR News In-Reply-To: <1012128147.1808229.1482514652639@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1012128147.1808229.1482514652639.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1012128147.1808229.1482514652639@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <00020f91c8534a1f14270ae6a8131018@etczone.com> If you follow the link for the BY70-1 satellite, the page you land on states that the uplink frequency has been changed to 145.920 MHz. Can anyone on the list confirm one or the other uplink frequencies? Steve AI9IN On 2016-12-23 12:37, M5AKA via AMSAT-BB wrote: > The new Jordanian CubeSat JY1Sat with FUNcube linear transponder and camera to transmit images features in the latest edition of OSCAR News now available for AMSAT-UK members to download > https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/23/winter-oscar-news-2016/ > > The FUNcube team have announced that the AO-73 satellite will be in continuous transponder mode until 2017 GMT on January 8 > https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/funcube-1/ > > BY70-1 a 2U CubeSat with 145.935 to 436.200 MHz FM transponder launches December 26, 2016 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=531 > > The UK Bristol student Around-The-World solar powered balloon UBSEDS21 with 434 MHz and APRS has completed its first circumnavigation of the globe and is currently over Spain > https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ > > Merry Christmas > Trevor M5AKA > ---- > AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ > Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK > Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK > YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK > ---- > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From kb2m at arrl.net Sat Dec 24 15:30:53 2016 From: kb2m at arrl.net (Jeff Griffin) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:30:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] bad G-5500 rotor Message-ID: <023401d25dfa$b758e830$260ab890$@net> I'm back up here in the frozen north for the holidays and today had some time to work on my G-5500's azimuth problem. I took my 5500 control box up here with me from my station in Florida to help test. Now I've got it down to the Azimuth rotor itself. I used to have a repair guide for this rotor, but I haven't worked on one in many years and 2 moves ago and can't find it anywhere including online. Does anyone have a copy they could email me? I have the cable disconnected from the rotor control box. I'm interested in taking some meter readings to try to determine what parts if any to order from Yaesu. Thanks in advance. Everyone have a very Merry Christmas, happy holiday, and a HNY. 73 Jeff kb2m From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Sat Dec 24 15:33:25 2016 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:33:25 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 + UBSEDS21 + AO73 + JY1Sat in OSCAR News In-Reply-To: <00020f91c8534a1f14270ae6a8131018@etczone.com> References: <1012128147.1808229.1482514652639.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1012128147.1808229.1482514652639@mail.yahoo.com> <00020f91c8534a1f14270ae6a8131018@etczone.com> Message-ID: <296236379.2361875.1482593605858@mail.yahoo.com> I understand it is as the page says 145.920 MHz uplink and 436.200 MHz downlink. It seems the planned launch has been delayed due to weather. GNU Radio decoder for camera images from BY70-1 satellite http://destevez.net/2016/12/looking-at-by70-1-image-downlink/ 73 Trevor M5AKA On Saturday, 24 December 2016, 14:07, "skristof at etczone.com" wrote: If you follow the link for the BY70-1 satellite, the page you land on states that the uplink frequency has been changed to 145.920 MHz. Can anyone on the list confirm one or the other uplink frequencies?Steve AI9IN??On 2016-12-23 12:37, M5AKA via AMSAT-BB wrote: The new Jordanian CubeSat JY1Sat with FUNcube linear transponder and camera to transmit images features in the latest edition of OSCAR News now available for AMSAT-UK members to download https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/23/winter-oscar-news-2016/ The FUNcube team have announced that the AO-73 satellite will be in continuous transponder mode until 2017 GMT on January 8 https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/funcube-1/ BY70-1 a 2U CubeSat with 145.935 to 436.200 MHz FM transponder launches December 26, 2016?http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=531 The UK Bristol student Around-The-World solar powered balloon UBSEDS21 with 434 MHz and APRS has completed its first circumnavigation of the globe and is currently over Spain https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ Merry Christmas Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From normanlizeth at gmail.com Sat Dec 24 15:54:55 2016 From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:54:55 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] bad G-5500 rotor In-Reply-To: <023401d25dfa$b758e830$260ab890$@net> References: <023401d25dfa$b758e830$260ab890$@net> Message-ID: What's not working? The gross troubleshooting is pretty simple. Fixing? Not so easy. On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Jeff Griffin wrote: > I'm back up here in the frozen north for the holidays and today had some > time to work on my G-5500's azimuth problem. I took my 5500 control box up > here with me from my station in Florida to help test. Now I've got it down > to the Azimuth rotor itself. I used to have a repair guide for this rotor, > but I haven't worked on one in many years and 2 moves ago and can't find it > anywhere including online. Does anyone have a copy they could email me? I > have the cable disconnected from the rotor control box. I'm interested in > taking some meter readings to try to determine what parts if any to order > from Yaesu. Thanks in advance. > > > > Everyone have a very Merry Christmas, happy holiday, and a HNY. > > > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From my.callsign at verizon.net Sat Dec 24 16:33:25 2016 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 08:33:25 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] bad G-5500 rotor In-Reply-To: <023401d25dfa$b758e830$260ab890$@net> References: <023401d25dfa$b758e830$260ab890$@net> Message-ID: <7dbde85e-97d3-0e25-044c-fb9cc0ce90e4@verizon.net> Jeff, The big question is, What is it doing or not doing ? I had a similar problems with both the elevation and azimuth sections of one of my G5500's. The problems occurred about 3 years apart. The symptom was I could hear the motor but the rotor did not turn. The cause was the setscrew that holds the "Bow Tie" cam to the motor shaft in the brake came loose. If this describes your problem, I suggest you check the set screw. If not, keep it in mind for the future. BOB KO6TZ I'm back up here in the frozen north for the holidays and today had some time to work on my G-5500's azimuth problem. I took my 5500 control box up here with me from my station in Florida to help test. Now I've got it down to the Azimuth rotor itself. I used to have a repair guide for this rotor, but I haven't worked on one in many years and 2 moves ago and can't find it anywhere including online. Does anyone have a copy they could email me? I have the cable disconnected from the rotor control box. I'm interested in taking some meter readings to try to determine what parts if any to order from Yaesu. Thanks in advance. Everyone have a very Merry Christmas, happy holiday, and a HNY. 73 Jeff kb2m From my.callsign at verizon.net Sat Dec 24 17:43:02 2016 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 09:43:02 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] bad G-5500 rotor In-Reply-To: <023401d25dfa$b758e830$260ab890$@net> References: <023401d25dfa$b758e830$260ab890$@net> Message-ID: <93057734-d987-28d1-1852-61a78941059f@verizon.net> Jeff, I failed to paste in the readings on the last post. G-5500 rotor E-4 DOWN #16 WHITE E-5 UP #16 BLACK E-6 COM #18 BLUE E4 to e5 = 7.2 ohm E4 to E6 = 3.9 ohm E5 to E6 = 4.8 ohm A4 to A5 = 9.7 ohm A4 TO A6 = 5.5 ohm A5 to A6 = 5.5ohm A-4 LEFT #16 WHITE A-5 RIGHT #16 BLACK A-6 COM #18 BLUE BOB KO6TZ I'm back up here in the frozen north for the holidays and today had some time to work on my G-5500's azimuth problem. I took my 5500 control box up here with me from my station in Florida to help test. Now I've got it down to the Azimuth rotor itself. I used to have a repair guide for this rotor, but I haven't worked on one in many years and 2 moves ago and can't find it anywhere including online. Does anyone have a copy they could email me? I have the cable disconnected from the rotor control box. I'm interested in taking some meter readings to try to determine what parts if any to order from Yaesu. Thanks in advance. Everyone have a very Merry Christmas, happy holiday, and a HNY. 73 Jeff kb2m From kb2m at arrl.net Sat Dec 24 18:04:59 2016 From: kb2m at arrl.net (Jeff Griffin) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:04:59 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] bad G-5500 rotor In-Reply-To: <93057734-d987-28d1-1852-61a78941059f@verizon.net> References: <023401d25dfa$b758e830$260ab890$@net> <93057734-d987-28d1-1852-61a78941059f@verizon.net> Message-ID: <02d101d25e10$3e16b950$ba442bf0$@net> Thanks for all the info. I think I narrowed it down to a bad cable(or connector at the rotor) between the control box and the rotor. From the info gathered the rotor itself appears to not be the problem. I will get out there tomorrow and do a quick cable check, and will know for sure. 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of KO6TZ Bob Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2016 12:43 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] bad G-5500 rotor Jeff, I failed to paste in the readings on the last post. G-5500 rotor E-4 DOWN #16 WHITE E-5 UP #16 BLACK E-6 COM #18 BLUE E4 to e5 = 7.2 ohm E4 to E6 = 3.9 ohm E5 to E6 = 4.8 ohm A4 to A5 = 9.7 ohm A4 TO A6 = 5.5 ohm A5 to A6 = 5.5ohm A-4 LEFT #16 WHITE A-5 RIGHT #16 BLACK A-6 COM #18 BLUE BOB KO6TZ I'm back up here in the frozen north for the holidays and today had some time to work on my G-5500's azimuth problem. I took my 5500 control box up here with me from my station in Florida to help test. Now I've got it down to the Azimuth rotor itself. I used to have a repair guide for this rotor, but I haven't worked on one in many years and 2 moves ago and can't find it anywhere including online. Does anyone have a copy they could email me? I have the cable disconnected from the rotor control box. I'm interested in taking some meter readings to try to determine what parts if any to order from Yaesu. Thanks in advance. Everyone have a very Merry Christmas, happy holiday, and a HNY. 73 Jeff kb2m _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From vimone at alice.it Sat Dec 24 21:46:22 2016 From: vimone at alice.it (Vincenzo Mone) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 22:46:22 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] WispDDE Client Message-ID: Hi folks, i am trying the WispDDE client to set the radio frequencies for a Kenwood TS-2000, but i am emcountering problems 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ******************************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** ******************************************* From plate_amps at yahoo.com Sat Dec 24 22:16:42 2016 From: plate_amps at yahoo.com (Kim Hansen) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 22:16:42 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite logging software References: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727@mail.yahoo.com> Hi, all Getting into sats and I've been poking around for software (windows). Seems like most are using SATPC32, is that the go-to tracking program? Any others that I should also consider? How about logging software, any favorites for sats? I've been using DXLab, (great for DX, not so much for sats.) Used to use LOGic, may try to configure it for satellite logging. In any event, want to use whatever I end up with just for sats and dump their logs into DXLab (hold complete station logs). Also, how about grid square chasing? I see paper (printed) grid maps for US, abut anything for windows?? Found "WorkedGrids_v7, but seems to be for terrestrial, not sats. Would like something that could show current worked/confirmed grids other than on paper. Again. any ideas? Thanks -- Lee From plate_amps at yahoo.com Sat Dec 24 22:52:44 2016 From: plate_amps at yahoo.com (Kim Hansen) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 22:52:44 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite software References: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757@mail.yahoo.com> Hi, all Getting into sats and I've been poking around for software (windows). Seems like most are using SATPC32, is that the go-to tracking program? Any others that I should also consider? How about logging software, any favorites for sats? I've been using DXLab, (great for DX, not so much for sats.) Used to use LOGic, may try to configure it for satellite logging. In any event, want to use whatever I end up with just for sats and dump their logs into DXLab (hold complete station logs). Also, how about grid square chasing? I see paper (printed) grid maps for US, abut anything for windows?? Found "WorkedGrids_v7, but seems to be for terrestrial, not sats. Would like something that could show current worked/confirmed grids other than on paper. Again. any ideas? Thanks -- Lee From va6bmj at gmail.com Sat Dec 24 23:56:23 2016 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 23:56:23 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite software In-Reply-To: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757@mail.yahoo.com> References: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <902473564.1559614.1482619964757@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On 12/24/16, Kim Hansen via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Hi, all > Getting into sats and I've been poking around for software (windows). Seems > like most are using SATPC32, is that the go-to tracking program? Any others > that I should also consider? Gpredict has a Windows version. > How about logging software, any favorites for sats? I've been using DXLab, > (great for DX, not so much for sats.) Used to use LOGic, may try to > configure it for satellite logging. In any event, want to use whatever I end > up with just for sats and dump their logs into DXLab (hold complete station > logs). > Also, how about grid square chasing? I see paper (printed) grid maps for US, > abut anything for windows? Found "WorkedGrids_v7, but seems to be for > terrestrial, not sats. Would like something that could show current > worked/confirmed grids other than on paper. Again. any ideas? I created a database for my contacts. I make audio recordings of the passes that I'm on and play them back later in order to enter the details, including grid squares. I use that same database for preparing my LOTW files. Using a database makes it easy for me to check for a given station or grid square that I might have worked before as I can search for specific terms, such as callsigns. If you have a database program, this might be worth considering as you can set it up the way you want it and you don't have to buy another software package. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From seb at wintek.com Sun Dec 25 00:34:43 2016 From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen E. Belter) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 00:34:43 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite logging software In-Reply-To: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727@mail.yahoo.com> References: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <361282442.1553475.1482617802727@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Lee, Recommended satellite tracking programs for ? Windows: SatPC32 MacOS: MacDoppler Linux: Gpredict Recommended logging programs for satellite contacts ? Windows: N3FJP?s ACLog, and DXLab Recommended program for creating grid maps of worked/confirmed grids ? Windows: GcmWin Download link and recommended setup for GcmWin can be found at http://www.papays.com/sat/gridmaps/gridmaps.html Welcome to the satellites! 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com On 12/24/16, 4:16 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Kim Hansen via AMSAT-BB" wrote: >Hi, all >Getting into sats and I've been poking around for software (windows). >Seems like most are using SATPC32, is that the go-to tracking program? >Any others that I should also consider? >How about logging software, any favorites for sats? I've been using >DXLab, (great for DX, not so much for sats.) Used to use LOGic, may try >to configure it for satellite logging. In any event, want to use whatever >I end up with just for sats and dump their logs into DXLab (hold complete >station logs). >Also, how about grid square chasing? I see paper (printed) grid maps for >US, abut anything for windows? Found "WorkedGrids_v7, but seems to be >for terrestrial, not sats. Would like something that could show current >worked/confirmed grids other than on paper. Again. any ideas? >Thanks -- Lee >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From johnbrier at gmail.com Sun Dec 25 00:40:16 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 19:40:16 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite software In-Reply-To: References: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <902473564.1559614.1482619964757@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: What database do you use? I think of SQL servers/databases when you say "database," but they require software interfaces, so I'm wondering, if you mean an SQL server/DB, what interface do you use? 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Dec 24, 2016 18:56, "B J" wrote: On 12/24/16, Kim Hansen via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Hi, all > Getting into sats and I've been poking around for software (windows). Seems > like most are using SATPC32, is that the go-to tracking program? Any others > that I should also consider? Gpredict has a Windows version. > How about logging software, any favorites for sats? I've been using DXLab, > (great for DX, not so much for sats.) Used to use LOGic, may try to > configure it for satellite logging. In any event, want to use whatever I end > up with just for sats and dump their logs into DXLab (hold complete station > logs). > Also, how about grid square chasing? I see paper (printed) grid maps for US, > abut anything for windows? Found "WorkedGrids_v7, but seems to be for > terrestrial, not sats. Would like something that could show current > worked/confirmed grids other than on paper. Again. any ideas? I created a database for my contacts. I make audio recordings of the passes that I'm on and play them back later in order to enter the details, including grid squares. I use that same database for preparing my LOTW files. Using a database makes it easy for me to check for a given station or grid square that I might have worked before as I can search for specific terms, such as callsigns. If you have a database program, this might be worth considering as you can set it up the way you want it and you don't have to buy another software package. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From k6fw1 at verizon.net Sun Dec 25 00:44:51 2016 From: k6fw1 at verizon.net (Frank Westphal) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 16:44:51 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite logging software In-Reply-To: References: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <361282442.1553475.1482617802727@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1a308f7c-acd6-dd26-f586-ff9dfcec1c96@verizon.net> Lee, I use Logic 9 for all my logging including the satellites. Frank K6FW On 12/24/16 4:34 PM, Stephen E. Belter wrote: > Lee, > > Recommended satellite tracking programs for ? > Windows: SatPC32 > MacOS: MacDoppler > Linux: Gpredict > > Recommended logging programs for satellite contacts ? > Windows: N3FJP?s ACLog, and DXLab > > Recommended program for creating grid maps of worked/confirmed grids ? > Windows: GcmWin > > Download link and recommended setup for GcmWin can be found at > http://www.papays.com/sat/gridmaps/gridmaps.html > > Welcome to the satellites! > > 73, Steve N9IP > -- > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com > > > > > > > On 12/24/16, 4:16 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Kim Hansen via AMSAT-BB" > wrote: > >> Hi, all >> Getting into sats and I've been poking around for software (windows). >> Seems like most are using SATPC32, is that the go-to tracking program? >> Any others that I should also consider? >> How about logging software, any favorites for sats? I've been using >> DXLab, (great for DX, not so much for sats.) Used to use LOGic, may try >> to configure it for satellite logging. In any event, want to use whatever >> I end up with just for sats and dump their logs into DXLab (hold complete >> station logs). >> Also, how about grid square chasing? I see paper (printed) grid maps for >> US, abut anything for windows? Found "WorkedGrids_v7, but seems to be >> for terrestrial, not sats. Would like something that could show current >> worked/confirmed grids other than on paper. Again. any ideas? >> Thanks -- Lee >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From johnbrier at gmail.com Sun Dec 25 00:46:50 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 19:46:50 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite software In-Reply-To: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757@mail.yahoo.com> References: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <902473564.1559614.1482619964757@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: To get started quickly try Orbitron for tracking. Some believe SatPC32 is harder to setup than Orbitron, which is no longer updated, but more simple. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Dec 24, 2016 18:20, "Kim Hansen via AMSAT-BB" wrote: > Hi, all > Getting into sats and I've been poking around for software (windows). > Seems like most are using SATPC32, is that the go-to tracking program? Any > others that I should also consider? > How about logging software, any favorites for sats? I've been using DXLab, > (great for DX, not so much for sats.) Used to use LOGic, may try to > configure it for satellite logging. In any event, want to use whatever I > end up with just for sats and dump their logs into DXLab (hold complete > station logs). > Also, how about grid square chasing? I see paper (printed) grid maps for > US, abut anything for windows? Found "WorkedGrids_v7, but seems to be for > terrestrial, not sats. Would like something that could show current > worked/confirmed grids other than on paper. Again. any ideas? > Thanks -- Lee > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From maccody at att.net Sun Dec 25 00:47:39 2016 From: maccody at att.net (Mac A. Cody) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 18:47:39 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite logging software In-Reply-To: References: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <361282442.1553475.1482617802727@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: GcmWin also runs on Linux 73, Mac / AE5PH On 12/24/2016 06:34 PM, Stephen E. Belter wrote: > Lee, > > Recommended satellite tracking programs for ? > Windows: SatPC32 > MacOS: MacDoppler > Linux: Gpredict > > Recommended logging programs for satellite contacts ? > Windows: N3FJP?s ACLog, and DXLab > > Recommended program for creating grid maps of worked/confirmed grids ? > Windows: GcmWin > > Download link and recommended setup for GcmWin can be found at > http://www.papays.com/sat/gridmaps/gridmaps.html > > Welcome to the satellites! > > 73, Steve N9IP > -- > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com > > > > > > > On 12/24/16, 4:16 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Kim Hansen via AMSAT-BB" > wrote: > >> Hi, all >> Getting into sats and I've been poking around for software (windows). >> Seems like most are using SATPC32, is that the go-to tracking program? >> Any others that I should also consider? >> How about logging software, any favorites for sats? I've been using >> DXLab, (great for DX, not so much for sats.) Used to use LOGic, may try >> to configure it for satellite logging. In any event, want to use whatever >> I end up with just for sats and dump their logs into DXLab (hold complete >> station logs). >> Also, how about grid square chasing? I see paper (printed) grid maps for >> US, abut anything for windows? Found "WorkedGrids_v7, but seems to be >> for terrestrial, not sats. Would like something that could show current >> worked/confirmed grids other than on paper. Again. any ideas? >> Thanks -- Lee >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From va6bmj at gmail.com Sun Dec 25 01:48:27 2016 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 01:48:27 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite software In-Reply-To: References: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <902473564.1559614.1482619964757@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On 12/25/16, John Brier wrote: > What database do you use? I think of SQL servers/databases when you say > "database," but they require software interfaces, so I'm wondering, if you > mean an SQL server/DB, what interface do you use? I'm using Filemaker right now on my iMac. It's easy to set up and run. I've also got machines that run FreeBSD and they can use LibreOffice, which I haven't installed yet. LO has a database component as well. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From va6bmj at gmail.com Sun Dec 25 01:52:52 2016 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 01:52:52 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite logging software In-Reply-To: References: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <361282442.1553475.1482617802727@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On 12/25/16, Stephen E. Belter wrote: > Lee, > > Recommended satellite tracking programs for ? > Windows: SatPC32 > MacOS: MacDoppler > Linux: Gpredict Gpredict is also available in Mac and Windows versions. I've only used the one for Linux and it requires Hamlib to be installed as well in order to control the radio. Several Linux distributions have both in their repositories. > > Recommended logging programs for satellite contacts ? > Windows: N3FJP?s ACLog, and DXLab > > Recommended program for creating grid maps of worked/confirmed grids ? > Windows: GcmWin > > Download link and recommended setup for GcmWin can be found at > http://www.papays.com/sat/gridmaps/gridmaps.html > > Welcome to the satellites! > > 73, Steve N9IP > -- > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com From johnbrier at gmail.com Sun Dec 25 02:08:11 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 21:08:11 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite software In-Reply-To: References: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <902473564.1559614.1482619964757@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Ah gotcha. I have heard good things about Filemaker. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Dec 24, 2016 8:48 PM, "B J" wrote: > On 12/25/16, John Brier wrote: > > What database do you use? I think of SQL servers/databases when you say > > "database," but they require software interfaces, so I'm wondering, if > you > > mean an SQL server/DB, what interface do you use? > > > > I'm using Filemaker right now on my iMac. It's easy to set up and run. > > I've also got machines that run FreeBSD and they can use LibreOffice, > which I haven't installed yet. LO has a database component as well. > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > From wao at vfr.net Sun Dec 25 02:21:20 2016 From: wao at vfr.net (Joseph Spier) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 18:21:20 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-360 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-360 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D launch now likely 2Q 2017 * AMSAT CW Activity Day * STARS-C reports requested * Extra - Extra - Read all about it - LVB Tracker * BY70-1 2U CubeSat Scheduled for Launch 01/08/201 * Pratham student satellite returns to life * FUNcube Transponders Info * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-360.01 ANS-360 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 360.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE December 25, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-360.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D launch now likely 2Q 2017 AMSAT Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton said that because of the delays SpaceX has experienced following their September 1 anomaly, it is likely that the launch of the Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D CubeSats will be no earlier than the second quarter of 2017. The two Fox-1 CubeSats will be carried to orbit in the Spaceflight Sherpa platform on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg AFB. The last period set for our launch would have closed November 30 of this year but was delayed due to the anomaly. The new launch period is not yet set but SpaceX expects to return to flight with their Iridium-1 launch in early January, 2017. Based on that expectation, we are looking forward to a 2Q 2017 launch of Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D. [ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, N?JY, AMSAT Vice President for Engineering for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT CW Activity Day January 1, 2017 (UTC) will be AMSAT's first annual CW Activity Day! As with the old Straight Key Night, this is a fun event, not a contest. It will run for 24 hours on January 1, 2017 (UTC). All forms of CW are welcome, -- straight keys, bugs, keyers, even keyboards and decoders. Since it is not a contest, there is no required exchange. A QSO is a QSO. Working the same station on more than one satellite is permitted. Instead of submitting Best Fist nominations, all participants are asked to post their results, including "Soapbox" comments, to AMSAT- BB. Please include the satellites you used, and the number of CW QSOs you had on each. While it is not necessary to post your full log, you may do so if you wish. [ANS thanks Ray W2RS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- STARS-C reports requested A group here in Huntsville is attempting to help the STARS-C team collect signal reports and data from the STARS-C satellite recently launch from the ISS. The team will filter the data and forward it to the STARS-C team at Shizuoka University in Japan. A NASA colleague received an email from Professor Yoshiki Yamagiwa, an engineering professor at Shizuoka University in Japan, requesting help listening for signals from a pair of CubeSats recently released from ISS. University orbiter set to lift space elevator technology The Asahi Shimbun http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201607060005.html provides overview information about the STARS-C (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite-Cube). The basic configuration is two 1U satellites, a mother and a daughter, connected by a tether. Our understanding is that the STARS-C team is trying to receive the CW beacons as part of the first step of their operations, but their signals they're getting are too weak for data analysis, especially from the daughter satellite. They're reaching out to ham operators and ground stations at universities, and would appreciate reports on CW data received. Orbit and frequency info for the satellites: 19 Dec 2016 18:19:55 J-SSOD#5 Satellite Name: STARS-C Time: (UTCG) 19 Dec 2016 08:50:19.273 Semi-major Axis (km) 6785.004 Eccentricity 0.0009020 Inclination (deg) 51.6492 RAAN (deg) 214.6791 Arg of Perigee (deg) 33.9061 Mean Anomaly (deg) 293.7118 (*1) True of Date Coordinate System, Osculating Orbit # Mother satellite: CW 437.245MHz, FM downlinks 437.405MHz # Daughter satellite: CW 437.255MHz, FM downlinks 437.425MHz Details of the telemetry format are at http://www.ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp/~vk127139/download/Telemetry%20Format.pdf http://www.ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp/%7Evk127139/download/Telemetry%20Format.pdf The STARS-C team will appreciate any info that reaches your ears, automated receivers, or whatever! For additional information here is a link from the AMSAT UK group: https://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/08/jaxa-iss-ham-radio-cubesats/ Please email all reports with date and time directly to scotty.collect at gmail.com You can see the deployment on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOseY2mE5LY I hope you will like it though it is in Japanese. JAXA announced another 6 CubeSats transported to ISS by HTV-6 will deploy in January 2017. [ANS thanks Tim, N8DEU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra - Extra - Read all about it The AMSAT On-Line Store has been stocked with LVB Tracker Complete. A limited number are available. Shipments will not go out until after Christmas due to long lines at the post office and the labor contract of the elves at the AMSAT Office. There is no choice in the color of the LED, some are Blue and some are Amber. You get what is in the box when shipped. Do not forget, these make great after Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year, birthday, or just because, presents for that special ham (or yourself - we know that's what you really wanted). [ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- BY70-1 2U CubeSat Scheduled for Launch 12/26/2016 BY70-1 is a 2U CubeSat project led by China Center for Aerospace Science and Technology International Communications for school education and amateur radio. The amateur radio station onboard will provide telecommand, telemetry and FM repeater functions. The spacecraft will be 3 axis stabilized and have deployable solar panels. Proposing a V/U transponder and requesting a 436.2MHz downlink and a 145.920 MHz uplink, this satellite has been IARU coordinated. It was planned to launch from Jiuquan on Dec 26th 2016 into a 530km circular SSO. The launch has now been rumored to be delayed due to weather. More info at http://english.spacechina.com/n16421/index.html [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pratham student satellite returns to life The Mumbai Mirror reports on the return to life of the Pratham satellite launched on September 26, 2016. Pratham carries an amateur radio payload and was built by students at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B). The newspaper says: After one month of radio silence, the ground station at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, received a signal from Pratham satellite on the morning of December 17, suggesting that it was still alive and kicking. Pratham is the first satellite to be sent into space by an IIT. The satellite had received signals in the first few weeks after its launch on September 26, this year, but had gone quiet in November, due to technical difficulties, causing team members to worry if it was still operational. ?The fact that we received a signal on Saturday suggests that the satellite has now stabilized and is back to collecting data,? said Ratnesh Mishra, project manager of Pratham. While Mishra says that the incoming signal means that the satellite is functional, data transfer is yet to take place. Read the full article at http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/IIT-Bs-satellite-gets-a-signal -from-space/articleshow/56075162.cms Pratham info https://amsat-uk.org/2016/09/07/pratham-student-satellite/ https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/20/pratham-returns-to-life/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNcube Transponders Info AO-73 has just changed into continuous transponder mode. Plan is to switch back to auto mode on Sunday 8 Jan 2017 pm UTC. This will give a long opportunity for transponder operations over the Holidays. Pls see below for FUNcube transponder info Have FUN with the transponder. All the best for the holiday season, and for 2017 AO-73 FUNcube-1 The transponder is normally operational only when the satellite is in eclipse, ie the solar panels are NOT being illuminated. During weekends (from pm Fridays UTC to PM Sundays UTC) the transponder is operational 24/7. When the transponder is switched off, the telemetry beacon is on full power, when the transponder is on the beacon it is on low power. During holidays, eg Christmas, New Year, Easter, etc, the transponder maybe activated for extended periods. Watch AMSAT-BB for announcements which are usually made on Friday evenings (UTC) The nominal transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink: 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB Telemetry Tx: 145.935 MHz BPSK (The passband may be up to 15kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low temperatures give higher freqs!) FUNcube-2 aka FUNcube on UKube The FUNcube-2 sub-system continues to operate autonomously and, almost continuously, in amateur mode. The transponder is operational and the telemetry downlink is functioning with about 70mW output. The FUNcube-1 Dashboard does not correctly display the telemetry but it does correctly decode the data and uploads it to the FUNcube Data Warehouse from where it can be examined. Most of the real time data channels are operational and these include battery voltages, temperatures and ADCS data coming via the main On Board Computer (OBC). The transponder is interrupted for a few seconds every 2 minutes when the other transmitter sends its CW beacon and, occasionally, for a few seconds when the main OBC reboots (approx seven times each orbit). The nominal transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.080 - 435.060 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink: 145.930 - 145.950 MHz USB Telemetry Tx: 145.915 MHz BPSK (The passband may be up to 10kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low temperatures give higher freqs!) EO79 FUNcube-3 Due to power budget constraints the transponder cannot be operational 24/7 and an orbit specific schedule has been developed. The transponder will commence operation 27 minutes after the spacecraft enters sunlight and will stay on for a period of 25 minutes. This schedule may be modified in future months as a result of experience. The nominal transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.077-435.047 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink: 145.935-145.965 MHz USB All FUNcube transponders are sponsored by AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL. We are very grateful for the assistance given by Innovative Solution In Space Bv, The Netherlands. [ANS thanks Jim, G3WGM and the FUNcube team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Sunday, 8 January 2017 ? Ham Radio University in Bethpage, NY *Saturday, 14 January 2017 ? Thunderbird Hamfest 2017 in Phoenix AZ *Thursday, 26 January 2017 ? presentation for Arizona Repeater Association in Tempe AZ *Saturday, 4 February 2017 ? Palm Springs Hamfest in Palm Springs CA *Friday-Sunday, 10-12 February 2017 Orlando HamCation in Orlando, FL *Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2017 ? Yuma Hamfest in Yuma AZ *Friday-Sunday, March 31, April 1 & 2, 2017, NVCON in Las Vegas, NV [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Successful Contacts * Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR The ISS callsign was scheduled to be FX?ISS The scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29:47 UTC * A direct contact with students at The Communication College Of Vologda and Information Technologies, in Vologda, Russia, was successful Tue 2016-12-13. * Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Niccol? Pisano?, Marina di Pisa, Italy, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign was scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut was Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact was successful: Sat 2016-12-17 12:23:31 UTC * Ecole Communale de Saint Sylvestre, Saint Sylvestre, France, direct via IK1SLD The ISS callsign was scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Wed 2016-12-21 13:46:38 UTC 29 deg Very good contact between the school Nelson Mandela / St Sylvestre and Thomas Pesquet this afternoon. All 20 questions answered plus 2 spare minutes for congratulations and applause. Very clear audio all the way long Thanks to Claudio / IK1SLD who made a great job. Reported more than 300 people present in the gymnasium, with: 1 regional TV (France 3) 1 regional radio (France Bleu) 3 local Radios (Alouette FM, Beaub FM, Flash FM) 2 newspapers (Le Populaire du Centre, l'Echo du Centre) Live audio streaming on Beaub FM web site Upcoming Contacts * Primary School Georges Wallers, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France, Direct via F4KJV The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-31 11:31:12 UTC 44 deg Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over Best Wishes for the Holidays and the New Year All the editors at the AMSAT News Service wish to extend to you and yours the best wishes this holiday season and great success in the New Year. May your launches be high, your birds sing true, and have life beyond their years. [ANS thanks Joe, Lee, and EMike for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional 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 stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org From va6bmj at gmail.com Sun Dec 25 03:15:22 2016 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 03:15:22 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite software In-Reply-To: References: <902473564.1559614.1482619964757.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <902473564.1559614.1482619964757@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On 12/25/16, John Brier wrote: > Ah gotcha. I have heard good things about Filemaker. I have a preference for it myself. Unfortunately, it's not available for Linux or FreeBSD. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From jerry.tuyls at telenet.be Sun Dec 25 10:44:28 2016 From: jerry.tuyls at telenet.be (jerry.tuyls at telenet.be) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 11:44:28 +0100 (CET) Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite logging software In-Reply-To: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727@mail.yahoo.com> References: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <361282442.1553475.1482617802727@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1831422016.65909214.1482662668732.JavaMail.zimbra@telenet.be> Lee Look for VQlog too. I use it for logging all contacts, and is great for sat-qso's. It uses the uplink frequency as reference for a sat qso, and not the downlink freq! Best 73's Jerry ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: "amsat-bb" Aan: "amsat-bb" Verzonden: Zaterdag 24 december 2016 23:16:42 Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] Satellite logging software Hi, all Getting into sats and I've been poking around for software (windows). Seems like most are using SATPC32, is that the go-to tracking program? Any others that I should also consider? How about logging software, any favorites for sats? I've been using DXLab, (great for DX, not so much for sats.) Used to use LOGic, may try to configure it for satellite logging. In any event, want to use whatever I end up with just for sats and dump their logs into DXLab (hold complete station logs). Also, how about grid square chasing? I see paper (printed) grid maps for US, abut anything for windows?? Found "WorkedGrids_v7, but seems to be for terrestrial, not sats. Would like something that could show current worked/confirmed grids other than on paper. Again. any ideas? Thanks -- Lee _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From vimone at alice.it Sun Dec 25 11:14:10 2016 From: vimone at alice.it (Vincenzo Mone) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 12:14:10 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] WispDDE client Problem Message-ID: Hi folks, I am trying the WispDDE client to set the radio frequencies for a Kenwood TS-2000. I've noticed that when I have a NOAA and METEOR satellite, the frequency is not configured properly, but it affirms me on the radio with a frequency of only three digits or it does not set the frequencies. Any help how to do it or can suggest me other clients that I can interface with Orbitron or Pass setting correctly all the satellites? Thanks and Merry Christmas to all 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ******************************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** ******************************************* From pconver at gmail.com Sun Dec 25 15:54:44 2016 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 12:54:44 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] WispDDE client Problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Vincenzo, On WispDDE you can set/change band limits within Radio Settings / Radio Index / Auto Selection Configuration There you can set Freq.ranges in MHz or 'ALL' Select 'ALL', so you can set through wispDDE any frequency including Weather Sats. If your TS-2000 or whatever rig you use accepts 137 MHz then you can set frequency for Weather Sats through http://amsat.org.ar/pass.exe or any other program you use. 73, lu7abf, Pedro On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Vincenzo Mone wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am trying the WispDDE client to set the radio frequencies for a Kenwood > TS-2000. > > I've noticed that when I have a NOAA and METEOR satellite, the frequency is > not configured properly, > > but it affirms me on the radio with a frequency of only three digits or it > does not set the frequencies. > > Any help how to do it or can suggest me other clients that I can interface > with Orbitron or Pass setting correctly all the satellites? > > Thanks and Merry Christmas to all > > > > > > 73 de Enzo IK8OZV > EasyLog 5 BetaTester > EasyLog PDA BetaTester > WinBollet BetaTester > D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania > Skype: ik8ozv8520 > > > > > ******************************************* > ****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ****** > ***** SMS +39 328 7244294 ***** > ******************************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From dibor at iname.com Sun Dec 25 16:05:07 2016 From: dibor at iname.com (Dimitry Borzenko) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 18:05:07 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite logging software In-Reply-To: References: <361282442.1553475.1482617802727.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <361282442.1553475.1482617802727@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <002201d25ec8$aa94e300$ffbea900$@iname.com> VQLog3.1 by EA6VQ excellent log for Sats and others VHF-SHF QSOs! Merry Xmas. -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of B J Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2016 3:53 AM To: Stephen E. Belter Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Satellite logging software On 12/25/16, Stephen E. Belter wrote: > Lee, > > Recommended satellite tracking programs for > Windows: SatPC32 > MacOS: MacDoppler > Linux: Gpredict Gpredict is also available in Mac and Windows versions. I've only used the one for Linux and it requires Hamlib to be installed as well in order to control the radio. Several Linux distributions have both in their repositories. > > Recommended logging programs for satellite contacts > Windows: N3FJP s ACLog, and DXLab > > Recommended program for creating grid maps of worked/confirmed grids > Windows: GcmWin > > Download link and recommended setup for GcmWin can be found at > http://www.papays.com/sat/gridmaps/gridmaps.html > > Welcome to the satellites! > > 73, Steve N9IP > -- > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From gp_ab5r at outlook.com Sun Dec 25 16:32:11 2016 From: gp_ab5r at outlook.com (Gerald Payton) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 16:32:11 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS Packeting Message-ID: MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL. I think that I may have asked this before, but I have slept since. SORRY I DO NOT want to use UISS software as it is primarily for sound modem installation. Previously, I received good replies, but most suggested the UISS software and AGWE usage. I have a TNC and want to use it. My question is for those Ops that are using "other" terminal programs. What terminal software is operational with Windows 10? Most that I find online are older programs, even in DOS. My computer does not like that. I guess that my solution is to find a compatible terminal software, configure it properly for use through the ISS and go from there. ANY suggestions will be appreciated. 73, Jerry AB5R From cchunter3 at mindspring.com Sun Dec 25 16:52:06 2016 From: cchunter3 at mindspring.com (christy hunter) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 08:52:06 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS Packeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4b0e61a2-6aea-b595-f104-56b91fcb44f2@mindspring.com> Jerry you may want to try a simple terminal program such as the one that came with Outpost - ipserial, I use the one from the SantaClara ECS group. or the one that came with RMS EXPRESS, for winlink. they work on my W7, Pro, 64bit. this is all manual setup, and crude compared to the UISS software modem, but it works. good luck 73 Christy KB6LTY From aa5uk at yahoo.com Sun Dec 25 19:09:03 2016 From: aa5uk at yahoo.com (Adrian Engele) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 19:09:03 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS Packeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1356862248.215725.1482692943228@mail.yahoo.com> Gerald, Merry Christmas! The UZ7HO sound card modem is much better with weak signals than a TNC or AGWE (now outdated). ?Not sure what terminal program would be a good alternative to UISS (This is what I use) which is the gold standard for working the ISS.? 73, Adrian AA5UK Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Gerald Payton wrote: MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL. I think that I may have asked this before, but I have slept since.? SORRY I DO NOT want to use UISS software as it is primarily for sound modem installation.? Previously, I received good replies, but most suggested the UISS software and AGWE usage.? I have a TNC and want to use it.? My question is for those Ops that are using "other" terminal programs.? What terminal software is operational with Windows 10? Most that I find online are older programs, even in DOS.? My computer does not like that. I guess that my solution is to find a compatible terminal software, configure it properly for use through the ISS and go from there. ANY suggestions will be appreciated. 73, Jerry AB5R _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From hdskullfire2 at gmail.com Mon Dec 26 14:50:03 2016 From: hdskullfire2 at gmail.com (hdskullfire2 .) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 09:50:03 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Unsuccessful attempts to make APRS contacts through ISS or NO-84 Message-ID: I've been trying and trying to make APRS contacts through ISS (UHF) and NO-84 (VHF) for some time now and have been unsuccessful in all attempts even in cases where the bird was plenty high or right over my head. Here's my working conditions.. Icom IC-9100 using a microKeyer II (MKII) as the interface. SatPC32ISS, UISS (Pro Version), UZ7HO Soundmodem. The antenna array is a m2 Leo-Pack and the rotator is a Yaesu G5500 being controlled with a Green Heron AZ-EL unit. All software is the latest. Doppler shifting is working fine as SatPC32ISS, IC-9100, and GH controller are talking to each other without issues. I've listened to the outgoing sound of the packet and did not hear anything unusual. In almost every case I've tried the lowest power and increased power at varying levels without luck. I've monitored the outgoing audio and adjusted the TX on the MKII to varying levels to make sure the audio of the packet was not over cooked. >From what I can tell everything is working well together and I can see incoming packets from other stations decoding on UISS and Soundmodem. However when I TX... No hits whatsoever. When I tested the system on the local APRS frequency it works fine and other stations are digipeating my packet signal. I'm coming to the conclusion that this must be a problem with my settings in either Soundmodem or perhaps UISS. The packets going up never get repeated. On both birds I use CQ & Ariss (Tried others too) during the outgoing TX attempts but nothing. I would really like if someone who uses a similar setup and has things working to contact me. I'm at wits end and now curtailing any further attempts until I get some information on what may be going on.. Steve Nordahl, NS3L Nazareth, Pa. NS3L(at)Yahoo(dot)com From albert.kerschensteiner at hotmail.com Mon Dec 26 14:56:37 2016 From: albert.kerschensteiner at hotmail.com (Albert Kerschensteiner) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 14:56:37 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Amateursatelliten im Nasa2line-format Message-ID: Danke Albert DF8MV Von meinem Windows Phone gesendet From kb2m at arrl.net Mon Dec 26 16:06:25 2016 From: kb2m at arrl.net (Jeff Griffin) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 11:06:25 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] bad G-5500 rotor In-Reply-To: <02d101d25e10$3e16b950$ba442bf0$@net> References: <023401d25dfa$b758e830$260ab890$@net> <93057734-d987-28d1-1852-61a78941059f@verizon.net> <02d101d25e10$3e16b950$ba442bf0$@net> Message-ID: <00e001d25f92$02beac40$083c04c0$@net> Problem fixed. First thing I checked in October before I headed south for the winter was the rotor cable, and connection. All looked good. After checking the cable with input from other setups, it became apparent that I had a bad connection between the rotor and the control box. With that info in hand I climbed up to the rotor and swapped the az/el cables. Azimuth was then working ok, indicating a 100% probability of a az cable issue. I then inspected the cable more thoroughly and found , behind some bushes where I had about 30 foot of it coiled up it had been cut in two places with maybe a weed whacker. I think the gardeners helper cut it and then stashed it behind the bushes to hide the fact. Anyway all is once again well in kb2m/2 satellite land. All I need now is a 70cm pre amp for up here.... All have a Happy New Year 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Griffin Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2016 1:05 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] bad G-5500 rotor Thanks for all the info. I think I narrowed it down to a bad cable(or connector at the rotor) between the control box and the rotor. From the info gathered the rotor itself appears to not be the problem. I will get out there tomorrow and do a quick cable check, and will know for sure. 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of KO6TZ Bob Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2016 12:43 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] bad G-5500 rotor Jeff, I failed to paste in the readings on the last post. G-5500 rotor E-4 DOWN #16 WHITE E-5 UP #16 BLACK E-6 COM #18 BLUE E4 to e5 = 7.2 ohm E4 to E6 = 3.9 ohm E5 to E6 = 4.8 ohm A4 to A5 = 9.7 ohm A4 TO A6 = 5.5 ohm A5 to A6 = 5.5ohm A-4 LEFT #16 WHITE A-5 RIGHT #16 BLACK A-6 COM #18 BLUE BOB KO6TZ I'm back up here in the frozen north for the holidays and today had some time to work on my G-5500's azimuth problem. I took my 5500 control box up here with me from my station in Florida to help test. Now I've got it down to the Azimuth rotor itself. I used to have a repair guide for this rotor, but I haven't worked on one in many years and 2 moves ago and can't find it anywhere including online. Does anyone have a copy they could email me? I have the cable disconnected from the rotor control box. I'm interested in taking some meter readings to try to determine what parts if any to order from Yaesu. Thanks in advance. Everyone have a very Merry Christmas, happy holiday, and a HNY. 73 Jeff kb2m _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From my.callsign at verizon.net Mon Dec 26 17:08:31 2016 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 09:08:31 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Unsuccessful attempts to make APRS contacts through ISS or NO-84 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2f92d02a-b787-7e74-882c-99ef91cf49d5@verizon.net> Steve, This very topic was part of the discussion this morning over the satellite XW-2A. There are several items involved. First - Although NO-84 PKT is currently APRSON, most of the time it is APOFF. If it is apoff, you will not get a reply. Second - It is my belief the timing of the APRS Digi on the ISS is set too short. This would be the Response Time and TXDelay settings. Many of us report hearing what is probably the digi of our packet, but it does not display on our terminal. The packet is probably being "clipped" at the beginning preventing decode. The absence of a RED packet prompts a resend. There is no way of knowing if you doubled with another station or just did not decode your packet, so you just resend increasing the traffic on the Simplex frequency. Third - Since a simplex frequency is being used, there are times when there is a lot of doubling on both the uplink and downlink directions. Solution - For NO-84, give it a try again today and check the status on the web site. http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi For ISS, try turning off the CAT (C-) just before sending near TCA, to see if that works. BOB KO6TZ I've been trying and trying to make APRS contacts through ISS (UHF) and NO-84 (VHF) for some time now and have been unsuccessful in all attempts even in cases where the bird was plenty high or right over my head. Here's my working conditions.. Icom IC-9100 using a microKeyer II (MKII) as the interface. SatPC32ISS, UISS (Pro Version), UZ7HO Soundmodem. The antenna array is a m2 Leo-Pack and the rotator is a Yaesu G5500 being controlled with a Green Heron AZ-EL unit. All software is the latest. Doppler shifting is working fine as SatPC32ISS, IC-9100, and GH controller are talking to each other without issues. I've listened to the outgoing sound of the packet and did not hear anything unusual. In almost every case I've tried the lowest power and increased power at varying levels without luck. I've monitored the outgoing audio and adjusted the TX on the MKII to varying levels to make sure the audio of the packet was not over cooked. >From what I can tell everything is working well together and I can see incoming packets from other stations decoding on UISS and Soundmodem. However when I TX... No hits whatsoever. When I tested the system on the local APRS frequency it works fine and other stations are digipeating my packet signal. I'm coming to the conclusion that this must be a problem with my settings in either Soundmodem or perhaps UISS. The packets going up never get repeated. On both birds I use CQ & Ariss (Tried others too) during the outgoing TX attempts but nothing. I would really like if someone who uses a similar setup and has things working to contact me. I'm at wits end and now curtailing any further attempts until I get some information on what may be going on.. Steve Nordahl, NS3L Nazareth, Pa. NS3L(at)Yahoo(dot)com From scott23192 at gmail.com Mon Dec 26 17:24:53 2016 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 12:24:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Another Balloon - what frequency? Message-ID: <2D217FFD304B4E3F82B756183A034FC8@CSI9020> Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. I see that there is another balloon headed my way: https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=37.13154,281.71854&f=KD4KOY-11 ... and on the side legend it indicates "Received 1h 56m ago via: APRS, W4DEX". I have searched but cannot find what frequency this thing might be on. Since APRS is indicated, that would be 144.39 in this part of the world but it could also be using something like 145.825 and be picked up by iGates configured to receive the previously-used ISS packet traffic on VHF. I'm usually fairly decent at finding things on Google, but no luck so far with this. Would anyone more familiar with balloon tracking possibly point me in the right direction? Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA twitter: scott23192 From w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com Mon Dec 26 17:36:11 2016 From: w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com (Paul Andrews) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 12:36:11 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Another Balloon - what frequency? In-Reply-To: <2D217FFD304B4E3F82B756183A034FC8@CSI9020> References: <2D217FFD304B4E3F82B756183A034FC8@CSI9020> Message-ID: Scott, I have 2 x XP28 yagis and I will look for this balloon radio as it moves northeast towards FN20. I should be able to hear it. I'll look for APRS W4DEX. I am receive only for APRS. HNY - 73 - Paul - W2HRO On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Scott wrote: > Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. > > I see that there is another balloon headed my way: > > https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=37.13154,281.71854&f=KD4KOY-11 > > ... and on the side legend it indicates "Received 1h 56m ago via: APRS, W4DEX". > > I have searched but cannot find what frequency this thing might be on. Since APRS is indicated, that would be 144.39 in this part of the world but it could also be using something like 145.825 and be picked up by iGates configured to receive the previously-used ISS packet traffic on VHF. > > I'm usually fairly decent at finding things on Google, but no luck so far with this. Would anyone more familiar with balloon tracking possibly point me in the right direction? > > Thanks! > > -Scott, K4KDR > Montpelier, VA USA > twitter: scott23192 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From pedro at dutrasousa.name Mon Dec 26 18:15:50 2016 From: pedro at dutrasousa.name (Pedro Sousa) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 17:15:50 -0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] HM58 Christmas Op + Considerations Message-ID: <10af2bf3-b17b-494f-65bd-04478abc5db5@dutrasousa.name> Hi All, First of all, thank you all for the QSOs on my trip to HM58. Being a rare grid these days, I've done my best to keep up to you all. My initial setup was a FT-857 and a portable home made V/U yagi. Eventually my brother, CU7BC, lend me his TS2000 so I got upgraded to full-duplex. It helped a lot, but not being computer assisted I was still floating around the passband. The problems I face with my home made yagi were far from over, but still we made it. I've uploaded all QSOs as CU2ZG to LoTW and eQSL. The accurate grid was HM58qm, and if you want a more accurate location, please look into QRZ.com for CU7BC, my brother. All QSOs were established from his lawn. Those wishing for a paper QSL please let me know. I've logged the stations (below), so if I missed any please let me know - I took all callsigns and times from my external recordings. EB1AO, CT3FM, G7SVF, F0DIH, CU3EQ, KB1RVT, KO4MA, HI8KW, WB8RJY, N1AIA, N8IUP, K8YSE, F4DXV, DG1EA, F4EJW, KK4FEM, YV4DJY, K4FEG, N8HM. I couldn't pass this opportunity without adding a remark about over-power. Being in the middle of nowhere I get to operate satellites when no one else is on them, while those footprints are entirely over the ocean. Having the full available power to myself is a great opportunity to check theories, antennas and setups. Also great to check on satellite's health, and all those other things only possible where urban noise is virtually zero. I remember that at the AMSAT Symposium Clayton, W5PFG, was shouting a quiz at us, and one of the questions was about APRS satellites. He said that NO-44 digipeater was not entirely healthy, to which I objected saying that if you find yourself alone on the footprint you'd find that this particular satellite is still alive. Having this said, there was no way I couldn't notice that there are some stations, many (according to my standards), operating way too much power on linear satellites. When the satellite's footprint is over water I'm expecting no one but me or a couple of station where island are seen. Being on an announced grid expedition, 10kHz from the center frequency, I'd expect that people would come on looking for me, or at least show up in an orderly fashion. I was totally wrong. Once the footprint hits the USA I get flooded by people calling CQ, almost randomly - "is this frequency in use" still applies for satellites? - More than half of them are using so much power that now I can barely hear myself on the downlink. It reminded me of CQ contests where you must squeeze yourself into a "safe" spot in the spectrum. My best solution was to move away to some 20kHz from the center leaving my skeds alone and looking around for me. Some never made it. Those following me on Twitter found an angry twit of mine saying that "this is not HF". This past year using an omni antenna at my home station had me find some passes where my downlink was nowhere to be found. I'm tempted, now, to say that the problem was desense caused by over-power from other stations. Please don't take this as a problem existing only in North America. I got the same thing on European passes. I'm sure it happens all over the World. The passband is a limited resource. The satellite is not infinite. Power is not infinite. Use it wisely. Thank you All for this Christmas op. It was great talking to friends again. 73 de CU2ZG Pedro HM77fr (HM58qm on this op) --- Este e-mail foi verificado em termos de v?rus pelo software antiv?rus Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From tomk9166 at gmail.com Mon Dec 26 18:21:36 2016 From: tomk9166 at gmail.com (Tom Karickhoff) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 13:21:36 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Another Balloon - what frequency? In-Reply-To: References: <2D217FFD304B4E3F82B756183A034FC8@CSI9020> Message-ID: 2016-12-26 12:08:29 CST: *W4DEX * >APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,SEVENTH:>261807zDX: KP2L-5 33.24.71N 81.38.26W 145.9 miles 210 <0xf8> 12:57 The packets I am seeing on APRS.fi look like W4DEX is using UIview32 to send the packets directly to the APRS-IS network via an internet connection. Possibly via a cell phone data connection. It does not appear to be transmitting via amateur radio. On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Paul Andrews wrote: > Scott, > > I have 2 x XP28 yagis and I will look for this balloon radio as it > moves northeast towards FN20. > > I should be able to hear it. I'll look for APRS W4DEX. I am > receive only for APRS. > > HNY - 73 - Paul - W2HRO > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Scott wrote: > > Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. > > > > I see that there is another balloon headed my way: > > > > https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc= > 37.13154,281.71854&f=KD4KOY-11 > > > > ... and on the side legend it indicates "Received 1h 56m ago via: APRS, > W4DEX". > > > > I have searched but cannot find what frequency this thing might be on. > Since APRS is indicated, that would be 144.39 in this part of the world but > it could also be using something like 145.825 and be picked up by iGates > configured to receive the previously-used ISS packet traffic on VHF. > > > > I'm usually fairly decent at finding things on Google, but no luck so > far with this. Would anyone more familiar with balloon tracking possibly > point me in the right direction? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Scott, K4KDR > > Montpelier, VA USA > > twitter: scott23192 > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From scott23192 at gmail.com Mon Dec 26 18:37:53 2016 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 13:37:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Another Balloon - what frequency? In-Reply-To: References: <2D217FFD304B4E3F82B756183A034FC8@CSI9020> Message-ID: <4CA0E1B05E8D41589CA220C55EFACB45@CSI9020> >>It does not appear to be transmitting via amateur radio ... I have a lot to learn on this subject! If I?m understanding correctly, while it?s true that the station who uploaded KD4KOY-11?s info to the APRS network was indeed TCPIP-only, I was under the impression that he received the packet FROM the balloon via radio. For example, the most recent contact is pasted below. Am I correct to assume that KD4KOY-11 transmitted via radio and was digipeated by W4YSB and iGated to the greater APRS network by WD4LSS (who used an internet connection to do so)? ========================================================= KD4KOY-11>CQ via W4YSB*,WIDE2-2,qAR,WD4LSS (good) WD4LSS>APU25N via TCPIP*,qAC,T2TEXAS ========================================================= Understanding all this is of particular interest to me because this is exactly how I iGate packets digipeated via the ISS... I receive via RF (an SDR on a Rasp-Pi) and use an internet connection to forward what I receive to APRS after it?s decoded by the direwolf application. Thanks all. -Scott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tom Karickhoff Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 1:21 PM To: Paul Andrews Cc: Scott ; amsat-bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Another Balloon - what frequency? 2016-12-26 12:08:29 CST: W4DEX>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,SEVENTH:>261807zDX: KP2L-5 33.24.71N 81.38.26W 145.9 miles 210<0xf8> 12:57 The packets I am seeing on APRS.fi look like W4DEX is using UIview32 to send the packets directly to the APRS-IS network via an internet connection. Possibly via a cell phone data connection. It does not appear to be transmitting via amateur radio. On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Paul Andrews wrote: Scott, I have 2 x XP28 yagis and I will look for this balloon radio as it moves northeast towards FN20. I should be able to hear it. I'll look for APRS W4DEX. I am receive only for APRS. HNY - 73 - Paul - W2HRO On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Scott wrote: > Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. > > I see that there is another balloon headed my way: > > https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=37.13154,281.71854&f=KD4KOY-11 > > ... and on the side legend it indicates "Received 1h 56m ago via: APRS, W4DEX". > > I have searched but cannot find what frequency this thing might be on. Since APRS is indicated, that would be 144.39 in this part of the world but it could also be using something like 145.825 and be picked up by iGates configured to receive the previously-used ISS packet traffic on VHF. > > I'm usually fairly decent at finding things on Google, but no luck so far with this. Would anyone more familiar with balloon tracking possibly point me in the right direction? > > Thanks! > > -Scott, K4KDR > Montpelier, VA USA > twitter: scott23192 From tomk9166 at gmail.com Mon Dec 26 19:25:04 2016 From: tomk9166 at gmail.com (Tom Karickhoff) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 14:25:04 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Another Balloon - what frequency? In-Reply-To: <4CA0E1B05E8D41589CA220C55EFACB45@CSI9020> References: <2D217FFD304B4E3F82B756183A034FC8@CSI9020> <4CA0E1B05E8D41589CA220C55EFACB45@CSI9020> Message-ID: Somehow grabbed the wrong callsign. KD4KOY-11 looks like it is on 144.39. My apologies. On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Scott wrote: > >>It does not appear to be transmitting via amateur radio > > ... I have a lot to learn on this subject! If I?m understanding > correctly, while it?s true that the station who uploaded KD4KOY-11?s info > to the APRS network was indeed TCPIP-only, I was under the impression that > he received the packet FROM the balloon via radio. > > For example, the most recent contact is pasted below. Am I correct to > assume that KD4KOY-11 transmitted via radio and was digipeated by W4YSB and > iGated to the greater APRS network by WD4LSS (who used an internet > connection to do so)? > > ========================================================= > > KD4KOY-11>CQ via W4YSB*,WIDE2-2,qAR,WD4LSS (good) > > > WD4LSS>APU25N via TCPIP*,qAC,T2TEXAS > > ========================================================= > > Understanding all this is of particular interest to me because this is > exactly how I iGate packets digipeated via the ISS... I receive via RF (an > SDR on a Rasp-Pi) and use an internet connection to forward what I receive > to APRS after it?s decoded by the direwolf application. > > Thanks all. > > -Scott > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------- > > > > From: Tom Karickhoff > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 1:21 PM > To: Paul Andrews > Cc: Scott ; amsat-bb > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Another Balloon - what frequency? > > 2016-12-26 12:08:29 CST: W4DEX>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,SEVENTH:>261807zDX: > KP2L-5 33.24.71N 81.38.26W 145.9 miles 210<0xf8> 12:57 > > > The packets I am seeing on APRS.fi look like W4DEX is using UIview32 to > send the packets directly to the APRS-IS network via an internet > connection. Possibly via a cell phone data connection. It does not appear > to be transmitting via amateur radio. > > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Paul Andrews > wrote: > > Scott, > > I have 2 x XP28 yagis and I will look for this balloon radio as it > moves northeast towards FN20. > > I should be able to hear it. I'll look for APRS W4DEX. I am > receive only for APRS. > > HNY - 73 - Paul - W2HRO > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Scott wrote: > > Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. > > > > I see that there is another balloon headed my way: > > > > https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc= > 37.13154,281.71854&f=KD4KOY-11 > > > > ... and on the side legend it indicates "Received 1h 56m ago via: > APRS, W4DEX". > > > > I have searched but cannot find what frequency this thing might be > on. Since APRS is indicated, that would be 144.39 in this part of the > world but it could also be using something like 145.825 and be picked up by > iGates configured to receive the previously-used ISS packet traffic on VHF. > > > > I'm usually fairly decent at finding things on Google, but no luck so > far with this. Would anyone more familiar with balloon tracking possibly > point me in the right direction? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Scott, K4KDR > > Montpelier, VA USA > > twitter: scott23192 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From morgan_st at bellsouth.net Mon Dec 26 22:44:04 2016 From: morgan_st at bellsouth.net (Stewart Todd Morgan) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 17:44:04 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS "Shadow-beacon" Experiment Concludes In-Reply-To: <57befed1abbf49adb97aa9deff70c997@EXCH-CAS.NII.net> References: <57befed1abbf49adb97aa9deff70c997@EXCH-CAS.NII.net> Message-ID: I only just discovered an email in my spam folder from the principal investigator of the Roscosmos International Space Station "Shadow-beacon" Experiment indicating that the experiment series has concluded. Valentin Strashinskiy has requested that experiment participants provide corrected names and addresses for certificates of participation from Roscosmos. See the email below, and check your spam folder if you didn't receive the email. Hopefully, we will see more such opportunities for amateur radio operators in the future. Todd AL0I -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: completion of the space experiment Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 14:07:47 +0000 From: ??????????? ???????? ??????????? To: ja8tch at phoenix-c.or.jp Dear friends! I hereby inform you that the space experiment "Shadow-beacon" on the ISS is declared completed after expiration of the planned timing of its implementation. There were conducted six series of experiment sessions, the total number of participants was about one hundred of the 31 countrieswith the largest representation from Russia - 21, Ukraine ? 13, US - 12, Japan - 7, France - 5 and the UK - 4, the total number of submissions ? more than 200. The results are reflected in the abstract and in the presentation of the report released in 2014, see the links in chapter ?Experiment results? at our site http://knts.tsniimash.ru/shadow/en/Default.aspx. The full text of the alert is placed in section "News", where also presented is the full list of participants, reporting on their observations in any sessions of the experiment. As stated on our website,you will receive honorary certificate of participation approved by Roscosmos.I ask you to provide your name as you would like to see in the certificate and the mailing address as it needs to be placed on the envelope. Also make please a brace for my address vastra at mail.ru . Note that your personal data is only accessible by the site administrator. I sincerely thank you for your interest in our project and personal part in it. Would hope that your interest in space exploration will attract you to participate in any future projects similar to the "hot" experiment "Shadow" with plasma injection, if there is the necessary technical capabilities and will take appropriate administrative decisions. Valentin Strashinskiy Principal Investigator for the SE "Shadow-beacon", Roscosmos-TsNIIMash. From electricity440 at gmail.com Tue Dec 27 04:20:30 2016 From: electricity440 at gmail.com (Skyler F) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:20:30 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] High Altitude Balloon micro battery reccomendation Message-ID: I am going to send up a few micro beacons (milliwatt HF CW transmitters) probably using Walmart balloons and thin wire as the active antenna/payload string. The CW beacon RF module is a really simple oscillator that drifts a certain amount with temperature - that way I can tell how cold it is based on the received frequency from on the ground. An ATtiny or something similar will probably be used to keep the beacon legal and send out CW every 10 mins to break the carrier. So the whole RF module and beacon is extremely light, basic transistor/crystal oscillator + ID chip so I don't have to worry about recovery. The only consideration is the battery. I will probably have something operational between 3 and 7 volts, so I am thinking about just stringing a few watch batteries together. Is there a certain recommendation for low temperature operation miniature batteries? I need to make this payload as light as possible. The goal is the cheapest Amateur Radio balloon project where recovery is not a worry. Signal strength reports across the country as well as wind predictions can get a good idea of where the balloon travelled. I can then match this data up with the daily National Weather Service launch data to determine how high my balloon went based on temperature. 73 Skyler KD0WHB From Walterh at k5wh.net Tue Dec 27 08:34:39 2016 From: Walterh at k5wh.net (Walter Holmes) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 02:34:39 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 and SatPC32 Message-ID: <000601d2601c$1736bde0$45a439a0$@k5wh.net> I must be going blind somewhere. :) I have searched up and down through the Keps and can't seem to find AO-85 or Fox1 in there anywhere. And because of that, I can't find that in SatPC32 of course. Is there some other name that it shows up as in the keps file that I have missed somewhere? Many thanks, Walter/K5WH From Saguaroastro at cox.net Tue Dec 27 11:40:59 2016 From: Saguaroastro at cox.net (Richard Tejera) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 04:40:59 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 and SatPC32 Message-ID: <3k6ssnshpgqqg65esu9igshs.1482838859472@email.android.com> What file are you using? It shows up in the NASABARE.TXT file. Due to it having been launch as a secondary payload with a classified primary payload, it won't show in most element sets. Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On December 27, 2016, at 01:34, Walter Holmes wrote: I must be going blind somewhere. :) I have searched up and down through the Keps and can't seem to find AO-85 or Fox1 in there anywhere. And because of that, I can't find that in SatPC32 of course. Is there some other name that it shows up as in the keps file that I have missed somewhere? Many thanks, Walter/K5WH _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From Walterh at k5wh.net Tue Dec 27 16:08:01 2016 From: Walterh at k5wh.net (Walter Holmes) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:08:01 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 and SatPC32 In-Reply-To: <3k6ssnshpgqqg65esu9igshs.1482838859472@email.android.com> References: <3k6ssnshpgqqg65esu9igshs.1482838859472@email.android.com> Message-ID: <001f01d2605b$6815b830$38412890$@k5wh.net> Thanks for the reply Richard, I have updated the doppler.sqf file, which is correct. So maybe that's what I'm missing, that it's tied to another object, and it's just not broken out yet in the NASA tls file yet. Walter/K5WH -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tejera [mailto:Saguaroastro at cox.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 5:41 AM To: walterh at k5wh.net; AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 and SatPC32 What file are you using? It shows up in the NASABARE.TXT file. Due to it having been launch as a secondary payload with a classified primary payload, it won't show in most element sets. Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On December 27, 2016, at 01:34, Walter Holmes wrote: I must be going blind somewhere. :) I have searched up and down through the Keps and can't seem to find AO-85 or Fox1 in there anywhere. And because of that, I can't find that in SatPC32 of course. Is there some other name that it shows up as in the keps file that I have missed somewhere? Many thanks, Walter/K5WH _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From k7trkradio at charter.net Tue Dec 27 22:49:07 2016 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:49:07 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] High Altitude Balloon micro battery recommendation Message-ID: <001b01d26093$6e7eabe0$4b7c03a0$@charter.net> Skyler, you may want to look at various li-po batteries at your local hobby store. You may find more capacity at the same or close to same weight as watch batteries 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Skyler F Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 8:21 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] High Altitude Balloon micro battery reccomendation I am going to send up a few micro beacons (milliwatt HF CW transmitters) probably using Walmart balloons and thin wire as the active antenna/payload string. The CW beacon RF module is a really simple oscillator that drifts a certain amount with temperature - that way I can tell how cold it is based on the received frequency from on the ground. An ATtiny or something similar will probably be used to keep the beacon legal and send out CW every 10 mins to break the carrier. So the whole RF module and beacon is extremely light, basic transistor/crystal oscillator + ID chip so I don't have to worry about recovery. The only consideration is the battery. I will probably have something operational between 3 and 7 volts, so I am thinking about just stringing a few watch batteries together. Is there a certain recommendation for low temperature operation miniature batteries? I need to make this payload as light as possible. The goal is the cheapest Amateur Radio balloon project where recovery is not a worry. Signal strength reports across the country as well as wind predictions can get a good idea of where the balloon travelled. I can then match this data up with the daily National Weather Service launch data to determine how high my balloon went based on temperature. 73 Skyler KD0WHB _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From k7trkradio at charter.net Tue Dec 27 22:55:10 2016 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:55:10 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 and SatPC32 In-Reply-To: <001f01d2605b$6815b830$38412890$@k5wh.net> References: <3k6ssnshpgqqg65esu9igshs.1482838859472@email.android.com> <001f01d2605b$6815b830$38412890$@k5wh.net> Message-ID: <001c01d26094$48c67e40$da537ac0$@charter.net> Object 40967 -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Walter Holmes Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 8:08 AM To: 'Richard Tejera'; AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 and SatPC32 Thanks for the reply Richard, I have updated the doppler.sqf file, which is correct. So maybe that's what I'm missing, that it's tied to another object, and it's just not broken out yet in the NASA tls file yet. Walter/K5WH -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tejera [mailto:Saguaroastro at cox.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 5:41 AM To: walterh at k5wh.net; AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 and SatPC32 What file are you using? It shows up in the NASABARE.TXT file. Due to it having been launch as a secondary payload with a classified primary payload, it won't show in most element sets. Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On December 27, 2016, at 01:34, Walter Holmes wrote: I must be going blind somewhere. :) I have searched up and down through the Keps and can't seem to find AO-85 or Fox1 in there anywhere. And because of that, I can't find that in SatPC32 of course. Is there some other name that it shows up as in the keps file that I have missed somewhere? Many thanks, Walter/K5WH _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From AJ9N at aol.com Tue Dec 27 21:15:54 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 16:15:54 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-27 21:00 UTC Message-ID: <1290f64.22f32763.4594340a@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-27 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Primary School Georges Wallers, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France, Direct via F4KJV The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-31 11:31:12 UTC 44 deg Coll?ge Mathilde Marthe Faucher, Allassac, France, direct via F1IMF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 11:16:26 UTC 30 deg (***) Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, AL, direct via K4JMC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 17:29:40 UTC 80 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 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 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 2016-12-27 21:00 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 1102. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1067. 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 2016-12-22 15:30 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From AJ9N at aol.com Tue Dec 27 21:55:38 2016 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 16:55:38 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-27 22:00 UTC Message-ID: <129bd5b.2147ef9d.45943d5a@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-12-27 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Primary School Georges Wallers, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France, Direct via F4KJV The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-31 11:31:12 UTC 44 deg Coll?ge Mathilde Marthe Faucher, Allassac, France, direct via F1IMF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 11:16:26 UTC 30 deg (***) Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, AL, direct via K4JMC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 17:29:40 UTC 80 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at 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 at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 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 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 2016-12-27 22:00 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 1102. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1067. 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 2016-12-22 15:30 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From normanlizeth at gmail.com Tue Dec 27 23:01:29 2016 From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 18:01:29 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] High Altitude Balloon micro battery recommendation In-Reply-To: <001b01d26093$6e7eabe0$4b7c03a0$@charter.net> References: <001b01d26093$6e7eabe0$4b7c03a0$@charter.net> Message-ID: CR123. Almost everything else will freeze. I used a home made pack to power the TT4/Garmin lvc18 for my flight. Worked around 8 hours. Long enough to make it to 78k and into the trees. Recovered a week later when it fell down. Norm n3ykf On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Ted wrote: > Skyler, you may want to look at various li-po batteries at your local hobby > store. You may find more capacity at the same or close to same weight as > watch batteries > > 73, Ted > K7TRK > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Skyler F > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 8:21 PM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] High Altitude Balloon micro battery reccomendation > > I am going to send up a few micro beacons (milliwatt HF CW transmitters) > probably using Walmart balloons and thin wire as the active antenna/payload > string. > > The CW beacon RF module is a really simple oscillator that drifts a certain > amount with temperature - that way I can tell how cold it is based on the > received frequency from on the ground. An ATtiny or something similar will > probably be used to keep the beacon legal and send out CW every 10 mins to > break the carrier. > > So the whole RF module and beacon is extremely light, basic > transistor/crystal oscillator + ID chip so I don't have to worry about > recovery. The only consideration is the battery. I will probably have > something operational between 3 and 7 volts, so I am thinking about just > stringing a few watch batteries together. Is there a certain recommendation > for low temperature operation miniature batteries? I need to make this > payload as light as possible. > > The goal is the cheapest Amateur Radio balloon project where recovery is not > a worry. Signal strength reports across the country as well as wind > predictions can get a good idea of where the balloon travelled. I can then > match this data up with the daily National Weather Service launch data to > determine how high my balloon went based on temperature. > > > 73 > Skyler KD0WHB > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From hamsat at xs4all.nl Wed Dec 28 11:15:49 2016 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:15:49 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 launched into too low orbit Message-ID: All, Today, 2016-12-28, BY70-1 was launched at 04:23 UTC from Taiyuan launch center with a Long March 2D launch vehicle, together with two GaoJing (SuperView) remote sensing satellites. But unfortunately none of the satellites entered the planned circular orbit at 520 km altitude. All four objects from this launch (41907-41910) are in an low elliptical orbit with a perigee of only around 213 km and an apogee of 524 km. Therefore these objects will decay and burn up in the atmosphere soon. 73, Nico PA0DLO From hamsat at xs4all.nl Wed Dec 28 11:28:00 2016 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:28:00 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 launched into too low orbit In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3cc574fd-b4c0-076d-f630-8201aaabf8d8@xs4all.nl> Correction on the launch time of BY70-1: it was 03:23 UTC. On 28-12-16 12:15, Nico Janssen wrote: > All, > > Today, 2016-12-28, BY70-1 was launched at 04:23 UTC from Taiyuan > launch center with a Long March 2D launch vehicle, together with two > GaoJing (SuperView) remote sensing satellites. But unfortunately none > of the satellites entered the planned circular orbit at 520 km altitude. > All four objects from this launch (41907-41910) are in an low elliptical > orbit with a perigee of only around 213 km and an apogee of 524 km. > Therefore these objects will decay and burn up in the atmosphere soon. > > 73, > Nico PA0DLO > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From pconver at gmail.com Wed Dec 28 15:03:25 2016 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:03:25 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 launched into too low orbit In-Reply-To: <3cc574fd-b4c0-076d-f630-8201aaabf8d8@xs4all.nl> References: <3cc574fd-b4c0-076d-f630-8201aaabf8d8@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: Sad BY70-1 didn't reach planned orbit. Whoever try to receive or operate BY70-1 on its first and last orbits (if satellite is activated) can try on http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm selecting BY701. There you find operating frequencies, aim position and Dopplers, 73, lu7abf, Pedro On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Nico Janssen wrote: > > Correction on the launch time of BY70-1: it was 03:23 UTC. > > > On 28-12-16 12:15, Nico Janssen wrote: >> >> All, >> >> Today, 2016-12-28, BY70-1 was launched at 04:23 UTC from Taiyuan >> launch center with a Long March 2D launch vehicle, together with two >> GaoJing (SuperView) remote sensing satellites. But unfortunately none >> of the satellites entered the planned circular orbit at 520 km altitude. >> All four objects from this launch (41907-41910) are in an low elliptical >> orbit with a perigee of only around 213 km and an apogee of 524 km. >> Therefore these objects will decay and burn up in the atmosphere soon. >> >> 73, >> Nico PA0DLO >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp Wed Dec 28 15:20:37 2016 From: ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp (Mineo Wakita) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:20:37 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 launched into too low orbit Message-ID: <31DF287634DB41B8B3D65E1E53CD7439@OwnerPC> 2016-083A 1 41907U 16083A 16363.24809891 -.00000705 22256-5 00000+0 0 9993 2 41907 97.5819 74.7012 0229687 7.1141 353.3224 15.66601177 03 13:43-13:48 UTC, 28 Dec 2016, Ele 5 SW-W-WN, 436.200MHz USB I confirmed the signal from BY70-1 with a pass of the elevation angle 5 degrees. On this pass it was sending a signal every 5 seconds. I received it with 436.200 MHz USB, but it might be FM. The visible circle of the satellite is very small. Therefore this satellite will decay and burn up in the atmosphere soon. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/61228by7.jpg http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/by70ca45.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita From n8hm at arrl.net Wed Dec 28 16:19:17 2016 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:19:17 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] EN84/85 line today Message-ID: Good morning, I will work the following two passes from the EN84/85 line this afternoon. AO-7 - 2019 UTC SO-50 - 2045 UTC Look for me around 145.940 MHz on AO-7. 73, Paul, N8HM From n8hm at arrl.net Wed Dec 28 18:09:16 2016 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 13:09:16 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 FM Transponder Active Over North America Message-ID: The FM transponder was active on BY70-1 for the passes over North America this morning. K4KDR reported hearing my call on the pass around 1540 UTC, but I did not hear myself. On the 1709 UTC pass, I worked AC0RA and heard AA5PK. The signal is strong, but the uplink seems to require precise Doppler tuning. I was only able to get in cleanly when tuning for Doppler, starting at around 145.917 MHz near AOS and tuning up to 145.923 MHz near LOS. An FM only radio with only 5 kHz steps may not work well for accessing this transponder. There was also a clear SDR delay on the downlink signal which makes things interesting and it seems to require a bit of power to break the squelch. I was using about 30 watts on this pass. Equipment used was 2 FT-817s, a High Sierra Microwave preamp, a Microset VUR-30 amplifier, and an Alaskan Arrow antenna with the top section removed (8 elements on 70 cm and 3 elements on 2 m) Unfortunately, the satellite's life is destined to be quite short due to the incorrect orbital insertion with a very low perigee. The 2016-083A keps from CelesTrak's TLE-NEW.txt file seemed pretty accurate. I have posted a recording of the pass. Skip ahead to about 2:35 of this recording: https://soundcloud.com/paul-stoetzer/by70-1-1706z-28-dec-2016 73, Paul, N8HM From oh2fqv at gmail.com Wed Dec 28 18:43:12 2016 From: oh2fqv at gmail.com (Jari A) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:43:12 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY 70-1 operable Message-ID: Hi everyone, I have seen some messages about this satellite, but I havent seen mention of 67Hz subtone. I had signal at 18:30UTC over russia, as I switch on CTCSS. Unfortunately none was with me on the pass. But in case I'm not the only one who miss subtone, now its mentioned. Audio was good, but has delay like Paul, N8HM mention at hes message. Regards, :Jari / OH2FQV From my.callsign at verizon.net Wed Dec 28 19:03:33 2016 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:03:33 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 FM Transponder Active Over North America In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <734af7d1-75a8-a775-271a-b5267a46d7f4@verizon.net> On the 18:45utc pass, I heard KO6TH very loud and clear on 436.200, but was unable to find the uplink frequency. KO6TZ Bob From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Wed Dec 28 19:03:46 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:03:46 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY 70-1 operable In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <58640C92.2090703@gmail.com> Hi all, I just had a nice 60 degree pass over CM98, and using the tracking info from http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm# I was able to throw my call sign through the satellite, but only once. There is about a half-second delay on the Receive side, but it's not at all a problem. The success was just a bit after TCA. I did have the 67 hz tone enabled throughout the pass, manual tuning of Tx and Rx, per the info from the website (thanks Pedro!). Very clear audio on the downlink, nice and strong. But I couldn't do it again. Just the one transmit / receive event. No other traffic heard, though there might have been some weak stuff earlier in the pass while I was tuning around. Next pass is very low to the north west, but may give it a try. Greg KO6TH Jari A wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have seen some messages about this satellite, but I havent seen mention > of 67Hz subtone. > > I had signal at 18:30UTC over russia, as I switch on CTCSS. Unfortunately > none was with me on the pass. > > But in case I'm not the only one who miss subtone, now its mentioned. > > Audio was good, but has delay like Paul, N8HM mention at hes message. > > Regards, > > :Jari / OH2FQV > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From my.callsign at verizon.net Wed Dec 28 19:07:31 2016 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:07:31 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY 70-1 operable In-Reply-To: <58640C92.2090703@gmail.com> References: <58640C92.2090703@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3135e253-74bb-f75e-7beb-1e9c429c4daf@verizon.net> Greg, I heard you more than once. I didn't think to use a PL tone. Bob KO6TZ Hi all, I just had a nice 60 degree pass over CM98, and using the tracking info from http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm# I was able to throw my call sign through the satellite, but only once. There is about a half-second delay on the Receive side, but it's not at all a problem. The success was just a bit after TCA. I did have the 67 hz tone enabled throughout the pass, manual tuning of Tx and Rx, per the info from the website (thanks Pedro!). Very clear audio on the downlink, nice and strong. But I couldn't do it again. Just the one transmit / receive event. No other traffic heard, though there might have been some weak stuff earlier in the pass while I was tuning around. Next pass is very low to the north west, but may give it a try. Greg KO6TH From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Wed Dec 28 19:20:36 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:20:36 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY 70-1 operable In-Reply-To: <3135e253-74bb-f75e-7beb-1e9c429c4daf@verizon.net> References: <58640C92.2090703@gmail.com> <3135e253-74bb-f75e-7beb-1e9c429c4daf@verizon.net> Message-ID: <58641084.2020302@gmail.com> The PL tone use was per Jari OH2FQV. Interesting that you heard me more than once; I only heard my downlink the one time (announced call, and then grid square after a slight surprise-induced pause). What are the base (non-doppler adjusted) frequencies? Greg KO6TH KO6TZ Bob wrote: > Greg, > > I heard you more than once. I didn't think to use a PL tone. > > Bob > KO6TZ > > > > Hi all, > > I just had a nice 60 degree pass over CM98, and using the tracking info > from http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm# I was able to throw my call sign > through the satellite, but only once. There is about a half-second > delay on the Receive side, but it's not at all a problem. > > The success was just a bit after TCA. I did have the 67 hz tone enabled > throughout the pass, manual tuning of Tx and Rx, per the info from the > website (thanks Pedro!). Very clear audio on the downlink, nice and > strong. But I couldn't do it again. Just the one transmit / receive > event. No other traffic heard, though there might have been some weak > stuff earlier in the pass while I was tuning around. > > Next pass is very low to the north west, but may give it a try. > > Greg KO6TH > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Wed Dec 28 19:28:27 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:28:27 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY 70-1 operable In-Reply-To: <58641084.2020302@gmail.com> References: <58640C92.2090703@gmail.com> <3135e253-74bb-f75e-7beb-1e9c429c4daf@verizon.net> <58641084.2020302@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5864125B.7010300@gmail.com> Ok, found the frequencies: 436.200 up, 145.920 down, per Wakita-san's website (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/by70ca45.htm). Have Gpredict programmed and ready to go. Will try for a fully-automated pass. Fingers crossed. Greg KO6TH Greg D wrote: > The PL tone use was per Jari OH2FQV. Interesting that you heard me more > than once; I only heard my downlink the one time (announced call, and > then grid square after a slight surprise-induced pause). > > What are the base (non-doppler adjusted) frequencies? > > Greg KO6TH > > > KO6TZ Bob wrote: >> Greg, >> >> I heard you more than once. I didn't think to use a PL tone. >> >> Bob >> KO6TZ >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> I just had a nice 60 degree pass over CM98, and using the tracking info >> from http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm# I was able to throw my call sign >> through the satellite, but only once. There is about a half-second >> delay on the Receive side, but it's not at all a problem. >> >> The success was just a bit after TCA. I did have the 67 hz tone enabled >> throughout the pass, manual tuning of Tx and Rx, per the info from the >> website (thanks Pedro!). Very clear audio on the downlink, nice and >> strong. But I couldn't do it again. Just the one transmit / receive >> event. No other traffic heard, though there might have been some weak >> stuff earlier in the pass while I was tuning around. >> >> Next pass is very low to the north west, but may give it a try. >> >> Greg KO6TH >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From oh2fqv at gmail.com Wed Dec 28 19:29:44 2016 From: oh2fqv at gmail.com (Jari A) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:29:44 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY 70-1 operable In-Reply-To: <58641084.2020302@gmail.com> References: <58640C92.2090703@gmail.com> <3135e253-74bb-f75e-7beb-1e9c429c4daf@verizon.net> <58641084.2020302@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi all, I set Orbitron 145.920 and 436.200. When I had LOS, frequencies were: 145.917 and 436.209. Orbitron show: 145.9169 and 436.2093 Rgds, :Jari / OH2FQV On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Greg D wrote: > The PL tone use was per Jari OH2FQV. Interesting that you heard me more > than once; I only heard my downlink the one time (announced call, and > then grid square after a slight surprise-induced pause). > > What are the base (non-doppler adjusted) frequencies? > > Greg KO6TH > > > KO6TZ Bob wrote: > > Greg, > > > > I heard you more than once. I didn't think to use a PL tone. > > > > Bob > > KO6TZ > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I just had a nice 60 degree pass over CM98, and using the tracking info > > from http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm# I was able to throw my call sign > > through the satellite, but only once. There is about a half-second > > delay on the Receive side, but it's not at all a problem. > > > > The success was just a bit after TCA. I did have the 67 hz tone enabled > > throughout the pass, manual tuning of Tx and Rx, per the info from the > > website (thanks Pedro!). Very clear audio on the downlink, nice and > > strong. But I couldn't do it again. Just the one transmit / receive > > event. No other traffic heard, though there might have been some weak > > stuff earlier in the pass while I was tuning around. > > > > Next pass is very low to the north west, but may give it a try. > > > > Greg KO6TH > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Wed Dec 28 20:29:49 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:29:49 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY 70-1 operable In-Reply-To: <5864125B.7010300@gmail.com> References: <58640C92.2090703@gmail.com> <3135e253-74bb-f75e-7beb-1e9c429c4daf@verizon.net> <58641084.2020302@gmail.com> <5864125B.7010300@gmail.com> Message-ID: <586420BD.7080707@gmail.com> Weak pass, as expected. But I did hear myself towards the very end of the pass. Downlink seemed to be about 2 khz low, but hard to know for sure. I tried moving the transmit side a bit, but no real conclusion there on what works best. Maybe a khz or so low there too. Next pass is late tonight, if I remember. Greg KO6TH Greg D wrote: > Ok, found the frequencies: 436.200 up, 145.920 down, per Wakita-san's > website (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/by70ca45.htm). > > Have Gpredict programmed and ready to go. Will try for a > fully-automated pass. Fingers crossed. > > Greg KO6TH > > > Greg D wrote: >> The PL tone use was per Jari OH2FQV. Interesting that you heard me more >> than once; I only heard my downlink the one time (announced call, and >> then grid square after a slight surprise-induced pause). >> >> What are the base (non-doppler adjusted) frequencies? >> >> Greg KO6TH >> >> >> KO6TZ Bob wrote: >>> Greg, >>> >>> I heard you more than once. I didn't think to use a PL tone. >>> >>> Bob >>> KO6TZ >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I just had a nice 60 degree pass over CM98, and using the tracking info >>> from http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm# I was able to throw my call sign >>> through the satellite, but only once. There is about a half-second >>> delay on the Receive side, but it's not at all a problem. >>> >>> The success was just a bit after TCA. I did have the 67 hz tone enabled >>> throughout the pass, manual tuning of Tx and Rx, per the info from the >>> website (thanks Pedro!). Very clear audio on the downlink, nice and >>> strong. But I couldn't do it again. Just the one transmit / receive >>> event. No other traffic heard, though there might have been some weak >>> stuff earlier in the pass while I was tuning around. >>> >>> Next pass is very low to the north west, but may give it a try. >>> >>> Greg KO6TH >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Thu Dec 29 04:45:23 2016 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:45:23 -0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 over GG54 Message-ID: Very nice pass of BY70 over here . https://youtu.be/3nM_2KtMQnE The audio is very nice , with a little delay . 73 From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Thu Dec 29 06:58:50 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 22:58:50 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY 70-1 operable In-Reply-To: <586420BD.7080707@gmail.com> References: <58640C92.2090703@gmail.com> <3135e253-74bb-f75e-7beb-1e9c429c4daf@verizon.net> <58641084.2020302@gmail.com> <5864125B.7010300@gmail.com> <586420BD.7080707@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5864B42A.5090903@gmail.com> The 06:34 UTC pass was much better. Heard myself with full quieting through the second half of the pass, down to about 2 degrees. Oddly, not able to get in during the first half... No idea why. Base frequencies used (plus Doppler) and Keps for 2016-083A as picked up from Celestrak this morning. Didn't hear anybody else. One other thing I've noticed is a very strong signal that swept upwards through the downlink passband during the pass. Heard it last time too. It didn't seem to have a specific carrier (sounded like a full quieting signal on both SSB and FM mode). Didn't seem digital (no buzzing, not GMSK), but was definitely wide banded. Never heard anything like it before. What else was launched with this bird that might also be using the 2m ham band for a downlink? Greg KO6TH Greg D wrote: > Weak pass, as expected. But I did hear myself towards the very end of > the pass. Downlink seemed to be about 2 khz low, but hard to know for > sure. I tried moving the transmit side a bit, but no real conclusion > there on what works best. Maybe a khz or so low there too. > > Next pass is late tonight, if I remember. > > Greg KO6TH > > > Greg D wrote: >> Ok, found the frequencies: 436.200 up, 145.920 down, per Wakita-san's >> website (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/by70ca45.htm). >> >> Have Gpredict programmed and ready to go. Will try for a >> fully-automated pass. Fingers crossed. >> >> Greg KO6TH >> >> >> Greg D wrote: >>> The PL tone use was per Jari OH2FQV. Interesting that you heard me more >>> than once; I only heard my downlink the one time (announced call, and >>> then grid square after a slight surprise-induced pause). >>> >>> What are the base (non-doppler adjusted) frequencies? >>> >>> Greg KO6TH >>> >>> >>> KO6TZ Bob wrote: >>>> Greg, >>>> >>>> I heard you more than once. I didn't think to use a PL tone. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> KO6TZ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I just had a nice 60 degree pass over CM98, and using the tracking info >>>> from http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm# I was able to throw my call sign >>>> through the satellite, but only once. There is about a half-second >>>> delay on the Receive side, but it's not at all a problem. >>>> >>>> The success was just a bit after TCA. I did have the 67 hz tone enabled >>>> throughout the pass, manual tuning of Tx and Rx, per the info from the >>>> website (thanks Pedro!). Very clear audio on the downlink, nice and >>>> strong. But I couldn't do it again. Just the one transmit / receive >>>> event. No other traffic heard, though there might have been some weak >>>> stuff earlier in the pass while I was tuning around. >>>> >>>> Next pass is very low to the north west, but may give it a try. >>>> >>>> Greg KO6TH >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From hamsat at xs4all.nl Thu Dec 29 13:00:00 2016 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:00:00 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 identified Message-ID: All, Detailed doppler measurements show that BY70-1 is object 41909, 2016-083C. The latest TLEs show that its perigee is now 216 km and its apogee 520 km. 73, Nico PA0DLO From w5acm at swbell.net Thu Dec 29 05:11:12 2016 From: w5acm at swbell.net (Andy) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 23:11:12 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Excellent BY70-1 Pass Just Now Message-ID: <004801d26191$f9e03ba0$eda0b2e0$@swbell.net> Nice signals and good QSOs with NP4JV and AC0RA via BY70-1. Using Keps for 2016-083A. Uplink on 145.920 with 67 Hz tone. Downlink on 436.200. C U on BY70-1 soon! Andy W5ACM From pconver at gmail.com Thu Dec 29 15:36:34 2016 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:36:34 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 identified In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks! Nico, PA0DLO, for identifying BY70-1 TLEs. Accordingly http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm & http://amsat.org.ar/pass,exe had been updated to use 2016-03C Obj.41909 for tracking. Congratulations to all that succeded using this amazing and short living bird and to Wei MingChuan BG2BHC and team to provide this excellebt facility for ham radio satellite fan amateurs, 73, lu7abf, Pedro On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Nico Janssen wrote: > All, > > Detailed doppler measurements show that BY70-1 is object 41909, > 2016-083C. > > The latest TLEs show that its perigee is now 216 km and its > apogee 520 km. > > 73, > Nico PA0DLO > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From chad.kg0mw at gmail.com Thu Dec 29 16:10:01 2016 From: chad.kg0mw at gmail.com (Chad Phillips) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:10:01 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... Message-ID: I first got on the sats back on AO-13. Seem to me back then when we operated linear satellites (FO-29, RS?s etc) we found ourselves on the receive passband and as the doppler changed we adjusted our transmit freq to make sure we stayed on the receive frequency. Of course things have changed since then and many use some sort of satellite tracking software to control the doppler adjustments on the radio. But when you are operating portable what is the proper procedure on the linear sats? Thanks, Chad kg0mw/en13 From n8hm at arrl.net Thu Dec 29 16:37:56 2016 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 16:37:56 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Always tune the highest of the tune frequencies. On Mode B, tune your transmitter and maintain a constant downlink and on Mode J, tune your receiver and maintain a constant uplink. This keeps you from drifting too far and possibly into QSOs of people using computer control. Much to my dismay, some literature, including the most recent edition of the ARRL Operating Manual still include the outdated suggestion to always tune your transmitter. 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:10 Chad Phillips wrote: > I first got on the sats back on AO-13. Seem to me back then when we > operated linear satellites (FO-29, RS?s etc) we found ourselves on the > receive passband and as the doppler changed we adjusted our transmit freq > to make sure we stayed on the receive frequency. > > > > Of course things have changed since then and many use some sort of > satellite tracking software to control the doppler adjustments on the > radio. But when you are operating portable what is the proper procedure on > the linear sats? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chad > > kg0mw/en13 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > > From chad.kg0mw at gmail.com Thu Dec 29 16:59:20 2016 From: chad.kg0mw at gmail.com (Chad Phillips) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:59:20 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CAF3E2F-5D80-4880-BEF9-FE1E27A5F691@gmail.com> Thanks guys. That is why I am asking. After this past weekend of operating and a few conversations I noticed something wasn't right. Makes total sense to adjust the higher frequency. Keep learning every day and every pass! Chad Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > Always tune the highest of the tune frequencies. > > On Mode B, tune your transmitter and maintain a constant downlink and on Mode J, tune your receiver and maintain a constant uplink. > > This keeps you from drifting too far and possibly into QSOs of people using computer control. > > Much to my dismay, some literature, including the most recent edition of the ARRL Operating Manual still include the outdated suggestion to always tune your transmitter. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:10 Chad Phillips wrote: >> I first got on the sats back on AO-13. Seem to me back then when we operated linear satellites (FO-29, RS?s etc) we found ourselves on the receive passband and as the doppler changed we adjusted our transmit freq to make sure we stayed on the receive frequency. >> >> >> >> Of course things have changed since then and many use some sort of satellite tracking software to control the doppler adjustments on the radio. But when you are operating portable what is the proper procedure on the linear sats? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Chad >> >> kg0mw/en13 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 >> From my.callsign at verizon.net Thu Dec 29 18:25:19 2016 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:25:19 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 Message-ID: Worked BY70-1 on the 1745utc pass over USA. The published frequencies are correct, and there is a 67.0Hz PL tone.. Very nice satellite, Thank you to the Chinese team. ????????????? KO6TZ Bob From matthew at mrstevens.net Thu Dec 29 18:35:34 2016 From: matthew at mrstevens.net (Matthew Stevens) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:35:34 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 with an HT Message-ID: <06CA25D8-57BA-402D-80B6-51ED0B2F66A0@mrstevens.net> I worked N8HM, AC0RA, AA5PK, and XE2AT on a 75? pass earlier this morning, using 5w from a D72A HT and an Arrow antenna. Because of the 5khz tuning steps on the HT, it was a little tough getting in except for a short window +/- about 1 minute before and after TCA due to uplink Doppler shift. I could key the transponder earlier/later in the pass, but my audio was pretty poor except during that brief window around TCA. On the same pass I heard KI4RO work several stations, and also last evening W4FS, both who were using HTs and handheld antennas. So, it's definitely possible with low power from an HT. I'll be experimenting some more on upcoming passes to see just what is possible with basic equipment. 73, - Matthew KK4FEM Sent from my iPhone From devin at thecabal.org Thu Dec 29 18:07:05 2016 From: devin at thecabal.org (Devin L. Ganger) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 18:07:05 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... In-Reply-To: <8CAF3E2F-5D80-4880-BEF9-FE1E27A5F691@gmail.com> References: , <8CAF3E2F-5D80-4880-BEF9-FE1E27A5F691@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hope nobody minds a newby breaking in. What is the theory behind changing the higher frequency, or is it just an operating convention? Also, what is a good beginning HT to use to work the sats? I have a little Baofeng UV5R variant. My family got me the Elk dual-band log periodic antenna so that is good, but am I screwed with the radio? Devin Ganger (WA7DLG) Sent from my Windows 10 phone From: Chad Phillips Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 8:59 AM To: Paul Stoetzer Cc: Amsat BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... Thanks guys. That is why I am asking. After this past weekend of operating and a few conversations I noticed something wasn't right. Makes total sense to adjust the higher frequency. Keep learning every day and every pass! Chad Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > Always tune the highest of the tune frequencies. > > On Mode B, tune your transmitter and maintain a constant downlink and on Mode J, tune your receiver and maintain a constant uplink. > > This keeps you from drifting too far and possibly into QSOs of people using computer control. > > Much to my dismay, some literature, including the most recent edition of the ARRL Operating Manual still include the outdated suggestion to always tune your transmitter. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:10 Chad Phillips wrote: >> I first got on the sats back on AO-13. Seem to me back then when we operated linear satellites (FO-29, RS?s etc) we found ourselves on the receive passband and as the doppler changed we adjusted our transmit freq to make sure we stayed on the receive frequency. >> >> >> >> Of course things have changed since then and many use some sort of satellite tracking software to control the doppler adjustments on the radio. But when you are operating portable what is the proper procedure on the linear sats? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Chad >> >> kg0mw/en13 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From ray.hoad at mypbmail.com Thu Dec 29 19:17:20 2016 From: ray.hoad at mypbmail.com (Ray Hoad) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:17:20 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: Mode B operating question... References: , <8CAF3E2F-5D80-4880-BEF9-FE1E27A5F691@gmail.com> Message-ID: <002e01d26208$2fcd9bb0$8f68d310$@mypbmail.com> Opps. I should have sent this via AMSAT-BB. Raymond Hoad WA5QGD -----Original Message----- From: Ray Hoad [mailto:ray.hoad at mypbmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 13:15 To: 'Devin L. Ganger' Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... If you move the higher frequency you will remove more of the Doppler shift. Doppler shift is proportional to frequency, so the higher frequency is responsible for more of the Doppler shift. A good place to start is on the AMSAT website. Go to www.amsat.org and click on "Satellite Info" > "Station and Operating Hints". Go to the bottom of the page and read "The One True Rule for Doppler Tuning" by Paul Williamson, KB5MU. Paragraph 10 contains the answer to your question. Then read "Bringing the One True Rule of Doppler Tuning into the 21st Century by Alan Biddle, WA4SCA. These are two very good articles on a complex subject. Ray Hoad WA5QGD Orbital Elements Manager -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Devin L. Ganger Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 12:07 To: Chad Phillips ; Paul Stoetzer Cc: Amsat BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... Hope nobody minds a newby breaking in. What is the theory behind changing the higher frequency, or is it just an operating convention? Also, what is a good beginning HT to use to work the sats? I have a little Baofeng UV5R variant. My family got me the Elk dual-band log periodic antenna so that is good, but am I screwed with the radio? Devin Ganger (WA7DLG) Sent from my Windows 10 phone From: Chad Phillips Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 8:59 AM To: Paul Stoetzer Cc: Amsat BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... Thanks guys. That is why I am asking. After this past weekend of operating and a few conversations I noticed something wasn't right. Makes total sense to adjust the higher frequency. Keep learning every day and every pass! Chad Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > Always tune the highest of the tune frequencies. > > On Mode B, tune your transmitter and maintain a constant downlink and on Mode J, tune your receiver and maintain a constant uplink. > > This keeps you from drifting too far and possibly into QSOs of people using computer control. > > Much to my dismay, some literature, including the most recent edition of the ARRL Operating Manual still include the outdated suggestion to always tune your transmitter. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:10 Chad Phillips wrote: >> I first got on the sats back on AO-13. Seem to me back then when we operated linear satellites (FO-29, RS's etc) we found ourselves on the receive passband and as the doppler changed we adjusted our transmit freq to make sure we stayed on the receive frequency. >> >> >> >> Of course things have changed since then and many use some sort of satellite tracking software to control the doppler adjustments on the radio. But when you are operating portable what is the proper procedure on the linear sats? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Chad >> >> kg0mw/en13 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 From johnbrier at gmail.com Thu Dec 29 19:51:29 2016 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:51:29 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] I made CONTACT! Through the UHF ISS digipeater with my Kenwood TH-D72 Message-ID: https://youtu.be/nhv7oz_El80 BTW, I just hit 1,000 subscribers and am very grateful for all the subs from this list/AMSAT. If you aren't already subscribed please subscribe for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/SpaceComms1?sub_confirmation=1 Here are all the stations I heard on the pass from this video (time stamps GMT -5) -------------- N4ZQ 12/18/2016 11:08:08 System time KG4AKV-5 12/18/2016 11:08:13 W8LR 12/18/2016 11:09:02 KC4LE 12/18/2016 11:09:17 W0NBC 12/18/2016 11:11:07 RS0ISS 12/18/2016 11:11:38 W4TBD-6 12/18/2016 11:12:14 KA8YES-6 12/18/2016 11:12:52 Total Stations = 8 This was my second contact through the ISS digipeater. I actually contacted the same station I contacted in this video, W8LR, three days before, but I wasn't recording any video. For this video I recorded the audio from my Kenwood TH-D72a and later played it back to Soundmodem+UISS. Soundmodem decodes many more packets than my radio does. I made a screen capture of UISS and its map so you can see the complete details of every received packet. Another thing this video shows is how hard it can be to track a near overhead pass (close to 90 degrees elevation). When I was beginning in satellites I only tried to work overhead passes because I knew the signal would be strongest when the satellite was closest to me. While that is true, the closer the satellite is to you the faster its relative speed is. When it passes overhead it switches from coming towards you to going away from you very fast, and drops 10s of degrees in seconds. That makes the satellite very easy to lose track of. In this video I got distracted while changing settings on my radio and lost the ISS after it went overhead. It didn't help that I was using a tripod for the first time. I prefer to hold the antenna in my hand precisecly because I find it's easier to track, as I can make quick adjustments and listen for the signal going up and down. To control the radio for packet, it helps to have two hands. See my previous UHF ISS digi video to see how hard it is to change settings with one hand. Here is the very appropriate QSL card I got from W8LR for my first ISS digi contact: http://imgur.com/vUfwkiE http://imgur.com/DIq7fD4 Thanks for watching, 73, John Brier KG4AKV The music at the end is "Jubilee - Opa--locka" From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Thu Dec 29 21:09:51 2016 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 16:09:51 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Primary School Georges Wallers, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France Message-ID: <05EA2488E6F4432E8B62AE17EC4558EA@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Primary School Georges Wallers, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France on 31 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:31 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between FX0ISS and F4KJV. The contact should be audible over France and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in French. Saint-Amand-les-eaux is a city of approximately 16 000 inhabitants located in the north of France near Valenciennes. It is a spa town. The students participating in this project come from two different schools: the 5th Grade class (CM2) at the Georges Wallers school and another 13 young people with disabilities from the Institut Medico-Educatif (IME) L?once Mal?cot (aged 12 to 18 years). The IME is a specialized institution that welcomes more than 100 young people, almost two thirds of whom have access to appropriate schooling. The main interests of the ARISS project for these young people are to be open to the outside world, to invest in a project, to develop self-esteem and to take an interest in scientific culture. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Comment avez-vous d?cid? de devenir astronaute? 2. Quels sont les qualit?s qui ont ?t? d?terminantes pour ?tre s?lectionn? pour cette mission? 3. Comment vous ?tes-vous pr?par? pour la mission Proxima? Quels entra?nements? 4. Qu'avez-vous ressenti au moment du d?collage? 5. Quelles sont vos principales missions sur ISS? 6. Comment se d?roule une journ?e type (entre pilotage, recherche, maintenance.)? 7. Quels sont les dangers lors des sorties dans l'espace et comment assurez- vous la s?curit?? 8. Quels sont les loisirs ou les sports que l'on peut pratiquer ? bord d'ISS? 9. Quels effets personnels vous ?tait-il indispensable d'emmener avec vous? 10. Quels sont les aspects de la vie terrestre qui vous manquent le plus? 11. En tant qu'astronaute, qu'est-ce qui vous passionne le plus: am?liorer la vie sur Terre, ?tudier les r?actions de l'?tre humain dans l'espace, piloter un vaisseau spatial, ou d?couvrir une vie extra- terrestre? 12. Combien ?tes-vous ? bord d'ISS et n'est-il pas difficile de s'entendre? 13. Y a-t-il des moments o? vous pouvez ?tre seul? 14. Avez-vous f?t? No?l avec vos coll?gues? 15. Y a-t-il des choses qui vous ont surprises depuis votre d?part, malgr? votre pr?paration extr?mement pouss?e? 16. Pouvez-vous ? certains moments marcher normalement comme sur Terre? Comment garder les muscles en bon ?tat? 17. Combien de temps vous a-t-il fallu pour vous habituer ? l'apesanteur? 18. Vous avez plus de 50 exp?riences ? mener, o? en ?tes-vous? Y a t il des domaines m?dicaux? 19. Vous ?tes en train de r?aliser un r?ve, en avez-vous d'autres? Quels sont vos prochains objectifs? 20. Comment appr?hendez-vous le retour ? la vie terrestre? Translated: 1. How did you decide to become an astronaut? 2. What were the key qualities that made you selected for this mission? 3. How did you prepare yourself for the Proxima mission? What types of training? 4. What did you feel during the launch? 5. What are your main tasks on the ISS? 6. Could you describe us a typical day (between Pilot training, research, maintenance.)? 7. What type of hazards you could encounter during EVAs, and how do you apply prevention measures? 8. What type of leisure, or sport could you practice on board? 9. What personal belongings were critical to bring with you? 10. What do you miss the most from earth? 11. As an Astronaut, what is the most attractive for you: Improving life on earth, study the body adaptation for long spaceflights, pilot a spaceship, or discover alien life? 12. How many of you are onboard, isn't it difficult to live together? 13. Could you find time to get alone? 14. Did you celebrate Christmas with your colleagues?? 15. Despite your heavy preparation, did you face any completely new situation to handle? 16. Do you have situations were you could walk normally as on earth? How to keep muscles healthy? 17. How long did you need to get familiar with the zero gravity? 18. You have more than 50 experiments to run, Are you confident to do all of them? Are there any medical experiments? 19. You are achieving a dream, Do you have other dreams? What's next? 20.: Do you fear your return to normal life on earth? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Coll?ge Mathilde Marthe Faucher, Allassac, France, direct via F1IMF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 11:16:26 UTC 2. Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, AL, direct via K4JMC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 17:29:40 UTC About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Thu Dec 29 21:19:47 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:19:47 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB DB9 Serial to USB Tracker .. Message-ID: Can anyone know how to convert my LVB Tracker from DB9 Serial to USB ..? I do not want to use adapters .. David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * Before printing, please think about your responsibility and commitment with the* ENVIRONMENT.* *Antes de Imprimir, *piensa en tu responsabilidad y compromiso con el *MEDIO AMBIENTE.* From bill.g.dillon at gmail.com Thu Dec 29 22:04:30 2016 From: bill.g.dillon at gmail.com (Bill Dillon) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 16:04:30 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... In-Reply-To: References: <8CAF3E2F-5D80-4880-BEF9-FE1E27A5F691@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Devin L. Ganger wrote: > > > Also, what is a good beginning HT to use to work the sats? I have a little > Baofeng UV5R variant. My family got me the Elk dual-band log periodic > antenna so that is good, but am I screwed with the radio? > Try listening to a pass first. If you can hear 'em, you can probably work 'em. I used a Yaesu VX-6R for my first year of operating SO-50. My Baofeng BF-F8 is deaf on receiving the FM sats, but it can be used to transmit, if I use the VX-6R to receive. Your mileage may vary. 73 de Bill, KG5FQX > > > Devin Ganger (WA7DLG) > > > > Sent from my Windows 10 phone > > > > From: Chad Phillips > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 8:59 AM > To: Paul Stoetzer > Cc: Amsat BB > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... > > > > Thanks guys. That is why I am asking. After this past weekend of operating > and a few conversations I noticed something wasn't right. Makes total sense > to adjust the higher frequency. > > Keep learning every day and every pass! > > Chad > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 29, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > > > Always tune the highest of the tune frequencies. > > > > On Mode B, tune your transmitter and maintain a constant downlink and on > Mode J, tune your receiver and maintain a constant uplink. > > > > This keeps you from drifting too far and possibly into QSOs of people > using computer control. > > > > Much to my dismay, some literature, including the most recent edition of > the ARRL Operating Manual still include the outdated suggestion to always > tune your transmitter. > > > > 73, > > > > Paul, N8HM > > > >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:10 Chad Phillips > wrote: > >> I first got on the sats back on AO-13. Seem to me back then when we > operated linear satellites (FO-29, RS?s etc) we found ourselves on the > receive passband and as the doppler changed we adjusted our transmit freq > to make sure we stayed on the receive frequency. > >> > >> > >> > >> Of course things have changed since then and many use some sort of > satellite tracking software to control the doppler adjustments on the > radio. But when you are operating portable what is the proper procedure on > the linear sats? > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> > >> > >> Chad > >> > >> kg0mw/en13 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 > From pa3guo at upcmail.nl Thu Dec 29 22:31:37 2016 From: pa3guo at upcmail.nl (PA3GUO) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 23:31:37 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 - what a great satellite ! Message-ID: <000601d26223$517c6550$f4752ff0$@upcmail.nl> Wow ! Awesome FM satellite !! Would have been THE replacement for AO51. Really great signal, extremely sensitive. Many EU stations QRV this evening. Worked 2E0SQL, PE0SAT, EA1JM .... and did hear DK3WN ! TS2000, 2x6 elements for uplink, 67 Hz tone TS2000, 16 elements for downlink Henk, PA3GUO The Netherlands From chad.kg0mw at gmail.com Thu Dec 29 23:01:55 2016 From: chad.kg0mw at gmail.com (Chad Phillips) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:01:55 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... In-Reply-To: References: <8CAF3E2F-5D80-4880-BEF9-FE1E27A5F691@gmail.com> Message-ID: <69F8D87B-0813-4562-9D94-51D66A82FF82@gmail.com> Devin, I use the Baofeng UV5R and a Wouxon for the FM sats. Both radios work excellent and are so portable along with my arrow antenna. For receive and having to adjust the receive frequency, I prefer the Wouxon only because it has a knob on top of the radio to tune the freq. I use the Baofeng to transmit and the Wouxon to receive. I prefer full duplex. Good luck, chad kg0mw > On Dec 29, 2016, at 4:04 PM, Bill Dillon wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Devin L. Ganger > > wrote: > >> >> >> Also, what is a good beginning HT to use to work the sats? I have a little >> Baofeng UV5R variant. My family got me the Elk dual-band log periodic >> antenna so that is good, but am I screwed with the radio? >> > > Try listening to a pass first. If you can hear 'em, you can probably work > 'em. I used a Yaesu VX-6R for my first year of operating SO-50. My > Baofeng BF-F8 is deaf on receiving the FM sats, but it can be used to > transmit, if I use the VX-6R to receive. Your mileage may vary. > > 73 de Bill, KG5FQX > > >> >> >> Devin Ganger (WA7DLG) >> >> >> >> Sent from my Windows 10 phone >> >> >> >> From: Chad Phillips> >> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 8:59 AM >> To: Paul Stoetzer> >> Cc: Amsat BB> >> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mode B operating question... >> >> >> >> Thanks guys. That is why I am asking. After this past weekend of operating >> and a few conversations I noticed something wasn't right. Makes total sense >> to adjust the higher frequency. >> >> Keep learning every day and every pass! >> >> Chad >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Dec 29, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >>> >>> Always tune the highest of the tune frequencies. >>> >>> On Mode B, tune your transmitter and maintain a constant downlink and on >> Mode J, tune your receiver and maintain a constant uplink. >>> >>> This keeps you from drifting too far and possibly into QSOs of people >> using computer control. >>> >>> Much to my dismay, some literature, including the most recent edition of >> the ARRL Operating Manual still include the outdated suggestion to always >> tune your transmitter. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Paul, N8HM >>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:10 Chad Phillips >> wrote: >>>> I first got on the sats back on AO-13. Seem to me back then when we >> operated linear satellites (FO-29, RS?s etc) we found ourselves on the >> receive passband and as the doppler changed we adjusted our transmit freq >> to make sure we stayed on the receive frequency. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Of course things have changed since then and many use some sort of >> satellite tracking software to control the doppler adjustments on the >> radio. But when you are operating portable what is the proper procedure on >> the linear sats? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Chad >>>> >>>> kg0mw/en13 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Thu Dec 29 23:42:39 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:42:39 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB DB9 Serial to USB Tracker .. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <58659F6F.6030402@gmail.com> Since the Tracker is internally serial, there is no avoiding a USB-Serial adapter. Either you can use one externally, or try to build it inside, but that circuit will be there either way. Just make sure you get one with an authentic USB chip in it, not one of the counterfeit ones. You'll be forever fighting driver issues otherwise. Greg KO6TH David Maciel (XE3DX) wrote: > Can anyone know how to convert my LVB Tracker from DB9 Serial to USB ..? I > do not want to use adapters .. > > > > > > David Maciel XE3DX > > *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * > > *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * > > > > > > Before printing, please think about your responsibility and commitment with > the* ENVIRONMENT.* > > *Antes de Imprimir, *piensa en tu responsabilidad y compromiso con el > *MEDIO AMBIENTE.* > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From skristof at etczone.com Fri Dec 30 01:42:07 2016 From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:42:07 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Message-ID: Is anyone else having problems getting telemetry out of AO-85? I just had an 83 degree pass and got zero data packets decoded. I saw the satellite signal on the "waterfall" and it was pretty weak. This summer I would get 30 to 40 decoded data packets out of a high pass like that. Is it me or the satellite? Steve AI9IN From wa4sca at gmail.com Fri Dec 30 07:49:31 2016 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 01:49:31 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB DB9 Serial to USB Tracker .. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000001d26271$41ca9e30$c55fda90$@GMAIL.COM> David, On the LVB PC board, beside the serial port, is a socket which will take a USB chip complete with connector. You remove the serial port chip, and install the USB chip. As for the USB chip, the old part number was DLP-USB232M, which has been replaced by the 626-DLP-USB232M-G. Mouser has them at $25. AMSAT used to sell them, but there were some reports that the computer would lose connection with the LVB, and so the use of an external adapter is recommended. That is usually the cheapest way to go. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- * < <*david.xe3dx at gmail.com * < < < < < Greetings, I'm looking at setting up my hand-held radios to attempt to work BY70-1. Given that my radios have a minimum step size of 2.5 KHz, I'm trying to set them up to account for the frequency sensitivity of BY70-1. I am going to use the channel set listed as follows: CH RX TX TX Tone BY70-1 436.2100 145.9175 67 Hz BY70-2 436.2075 145.9175 67 Hz BY70-3 436.2050 145.9175 67 Hz BY70-4 436.2025 145.9200 67 Hz BY70-5 436.2000 145.9200 67 Hz BY70-6 436.1975 145.9200 67 Hz BY70-7 436.1950 145.9225 67 Hz BY70-8 436.1925 145.9225 67 Hz BY70-9 436.1900 145.9225 67 Hz Does anyone see anything errant is this plan, such as a shift in the base TX or RX frequencies? If so, please let me know. Otherwise, I hope that this channel set may be useful to others. 73, Mac / AE5PH From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Fri Dec 30 12:42:33 2016 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:42:33 -0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 Message-ID: Hi We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are wrong . I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? 73 From hamsat at xs4all.nl Fri Dec 30 13:14:41 2016 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 14:14:41 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after the launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the most recent TLE set that is available. By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. 73, Nico PA0DLO On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: > Hi > We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are > wrong . > I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? > 73 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From matthew at mrstevens.net Fri Dec 30 13:30:31 2016 From: matthew at mrstevens.net (Matthew Stevens) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 08:30:31 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 keps Message-ID: In case anyone hadn't noticed yet, as of this morning the updated keps for BY70-1 are now included in the AMSAT TLE files. BY70-1 1 41909U 16083C 16365.16421467 -.00000714 22552-5 00000+0 0 9996 2 41909 97.5944 76.7683 0224722 359.4963 1.4979 15.67163154 300 - Matthew ? KK4FEM? From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Fri Dec 30 13:42:52 2016 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:42:52 -0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Nico Thank you for the explanation. I got the fresh Tles from Celestrack today, but looks not correct. Regards 2016-12-30 11:14 GMT-02:00 Nico Janssen : > > If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find > that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that > the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after the > launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been > established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the > most recent TLE set that is available. > > By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own > propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. > As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. > > 73, > Nico PA0DLO > > > On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: > >> Hi >> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are >> wrong . >> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >> 73 >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 >> > > From bruninga at usna.edu Fri Dec 30 16:08:20 2016 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:08:20 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Unsuccessful attempts to make APRS contacts through ISS or NO-84 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9e66624a8c6ef5b6535127047a16b532@mail.gmail.com> > On both birds I use CQ & Ariss during the outgoing TX attempts but nothing. What do you mean "use"? CQ never is a digipeater path, SO me thinks you are using them in the TOCALL and not in the VIA path? Bob -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of hdskullfire2 . Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 9:50 AM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Unsuccessful attempts to make APRS contacts through ISS or NO-84 I've been trying and trying to make APRS contacts through ISS (UHF) and NO-84 (VHF) for some time now and have been unsuccessful in all attempts even in cases where the bird was plenty high or right over my head. Here's my working conditions.. Icom IC-9100 using a microKeyer II (MKII) as the interface. SatPC32ISS, UISS (Pro Version), UZ7HO Soundmodem. The antenna array is a m2 Leo-Pack and the rotator is a Yaesu G5500 being controlled with a Green Heron AZ-EL unit. All software is the latest. Doppler shifting is working fine as SatPC32ISS, IC-9100, and GH controller are talking to each other without issues. I've listened to the outgoing sound of the packet and did not hear anything unusual. In almost every case I've tried the lowest power and increased power at varying levels without luck. I've monitored the outgoing audio and adjusted the TX on the MKII to varying levels to make sure the audio of the packet was not over cooked. >From what I can tell everything is working well together and I can see incoming packets from other stations decoding on UISS and Soundmodem. However when I TX... No hits whatsoever. When I tested the system on the local APRS frequency it works fine and other stations are digipeating my packet signal. I'm coming to the conclusion that this must be a problem with my settings in either Soundmodem or perhaps UISS. The packets going up never get repeated. On both birds I use CQ & Ariss (Tried others too) during the outgoing TX attempts but nothing. I would really like if someone who uses a similar setup and has things working to contact me. I'm at wits end and now curtailing any further attempts until I get some information on what may be going on.. Steve Nordahl, NS3L Nazareth, Pa. NS3L(at)Yahoo(dot)com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From bruninga at usna.edu Fri Dec 30 17:19:53 2016 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:19:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0d7f2be72489c8f3d5b26068f0737cd1@mail.gmail.com> We tried zero pressure balloons (Mylar party balloons) but the max possible height was just 23,000 feet or so due to the weight of the balloon itself. It's a direct calculation. So we paralleled balloons, but still, no matter how many balloons you add, the math still comes out to asymptotically approach the same max altitude due to the mass of the balloon material itself and its volume. We did learn one other thing. With 5 under filled Mylar balloons to reach a cruise altitude around 23,000 feet (from memory?) we sent the cut-down command and nothing happened. (launching from Maryland is a guaranteed ocean landing unless you can come down in 65 miles or so)... On recovery, we found one balloon had burst, and so it hung DOWN from the other 4 and got all wrapped around the payload. So when we sent the cut-down command, it worked, but the entangled lines kept everything together. But now with only 4 of the 5 balloons providing lift, it came down at a very slow rate... about the same as the ascent rate... which means we chased it TWICE as far as intended. Oh the fun of discovery! The event is shown on our web page (Spycam mission starts about 30% down the page) http://aprs.org/balloons.html Bob, Wb4APR -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Richard Tejera Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 3:08 PM To: Dave Marthouse; 'AMSAT' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages Dave, Knowing the weight of the payload, they will fill it with enough gas to become neutrally buoyant at the target altitude. If altitude is the goal, enough gas will be filled to take it to an altitude that will exceed the Burt diameter. Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On December 23, 2016, at 11:01, Dave Marthouse wrote: I have seen posts from time to time on the BB about balloons with amateur radio payloads on them. I've got a question regarding the missions that carry payloads around the world. What stops the balloons from going up until they explode do to the high altitude. How are the packages kept from doing this to achieve such long distance flights? -- Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmarthouse at gmail.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Fri Dec 30 18:43:16 2016 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:43:16 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> 18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until just before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using 2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last "long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? Greg KO6TH Nico Janssen wrote: > > If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find > that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that > the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after > the > launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been > established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the > most recent TLE set that is available. > > By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own > propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. > As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. > > 73, > Nico PA0DLO > > > On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: >> Hi >> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are >> wrong . >> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >> 73 >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From gabrielzeifman at gmail.com Fri Dec 30 18:06:08 2016 From: gabrielzeifman at gmail.com (Gabriel Zeifman) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:06:08 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Weekend Rover Trip Message-ID: Hello fellow people of the birds, I will once again be venturing into the unknown to activate rare grids. The primary goals of this trip will be EN02 and EN04. Appearances by NJ7H/VE3 and VE4 are possible. States that I will likely visit include KS, NE, SD, NE, MN, IA, MO, and Canadian provinces MB and ON. QRV all sats (linear/FM/packet) and available for requests. Will be on APRS as NJ7H-9 and iridium tracking at share.delorme.com/gz. If I'm in a grid/state you need, shoot me a message. Updates will be posted on twitter NJ7H_Radio. Due to the unpredictable nature of roving, no pass schedule will be made ahead of time. I try to give warning when I am "pass assured". EO30/40 are possible as the very extent of possibilities on the very ambitious side of this trip, as is EN29 from the US side in the US exclave of the Northwest Angle. Hope to see you all on the birds! 73, Gabe NJ7H NJ7H at AMSAT.org From mjohns166 at yahoo.com Fri Dec 30 19:20:24 2016 From: mjohns166 at yahoo.com (Mark Johns) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> References: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> Message-ID: <770901661.4023448.1483125624343@mail.yahoo.com> When I put keps for BY70-1 into SatPC32 (either yesterday's keps or today's), it pops up a box that says, "E/A - Fehler 105." SatPC32 freezes up. Does anyone know what this error code means? Anyone else getting it? -- Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg D To: AMSAT-BB Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until just before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using 2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last "long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? Greg KO6TH Nico Janssen wrote: > > If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find > that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that > the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after > the > launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been > established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the > most recent TLE set that is available. > > By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own > propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. > As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. > > 73, > Nico PA0DLO > > > On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: >> Hi >> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are >> wrong . >> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >> 73 >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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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 From hamsat at xs4all.nl Fri Dec 30 19:45:21 2016 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 20:45:21 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> References: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> Message-ID: <7553536a-f066-e05c-11d8-631f1e9877aa@xs4all.nl> As long as we don't have stable TLEs it is not possible to perform an analysis to determine the expected lifetime. But my initial guestimate would be somewhere between 2 and 6 months. 73, Nico On 30-12-16 19:43, Greg D wrote: > 18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of > full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the > second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until just > before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the > Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using > 2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with > polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are > linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. > > One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last > "long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? > > Greg KO6TH > > > Nico Janssen wrote: >> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find >> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that >> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after >> the >> launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been >> established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the >> most recent TLE set that is available. >> >> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own >> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. >> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. >> >> 73, >> Nico PA0DLO >> >> >> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: >>> Hi >>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are >>> wrong . >>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >>> 73 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 From pconver at gmail.com Fri Dec 30 19:45:48 2016 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:45:48 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 Keps Test Message-ID: Given comments that BY70-1 Object 41909 is later than expected, Object 41910 shows 4 minutes earlier. This Object 41910 is available for tracking as BY702 as additional alternative. You can use this at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm clicking on BY702. Comments, checks, welcome 73, lu7abf, Pedro From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Dec 30 19:49:16 2016 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:49:16 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: <7553536a-f066-e05c-11d8-631f1e9877aa@xs4all.nl> References: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> <7553536a-f066-e05c-11d8-631f1e9877aa@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: I put the parameters from yesterday's TLEs into NASA's DAS software. The mass is listed at 2 kg, so the unknown variable is the cross sectional surface area. It's a 2U cubesat with deployed solar panels. With one estimate, I got 6 days, which is obviously wrong. With another estimate, I got 96 days. 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 14:45 Nico Janssen wrote: > > > As long as we don't have stable TLEs it is not possible to perform > > an analysis to determine the expected lifetime. But my initial > > guestimate would be somewhere between 2 and 6 months. > > > > 73, Nico > > > > On 30-12-16 19:43, Greg D wrote: > > > 18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of > > > full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the > > > second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until just > > > before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the > > > Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using > > > 2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with > > > polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are > > > linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. > > > > > > One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last > > > "long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? > > > > > > Greg KO6TH > > > > > > > > > Nico Janssen wrote: > > >> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find > > >> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that > > >> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after > > >> the > > >> launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been > > >> established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the > > >> most recent TLE set that is available. > > >> > > >> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own > > >> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. > > >> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. > > >> > > >> 73, > > >> Nico PA0DLO > > >> > > >> > > >> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: > > >>> Hi > > >>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are > > >>> wrong . > > >>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? > > >>> 73 > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 > > From nss at mwt.net Fri Dec 30 20:00:46 2016 From: nss at mwt.net (Joe) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 14:00:46 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> References: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> Message-ID: And when we know this, re-entry window, wouldn't it be neat if someone could catch it on video coming back in? Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 12/30/2016 12:43 PM, Greg D wrote: > 18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of > full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the > second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until just > before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the > Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using > 2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with > polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are > linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. > > One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last > "long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? > > Greg KO6TH > > > Nico Janssen wrote: >> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find >> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that >> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after >> the >> launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been >> established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the >> most recent TLE set that is available. >> >> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own >> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. >> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. >> >> 73, >> Nico PA0DLO >> >> >> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: >>> Hi >>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are >>> wrong . >>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >>> 73 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 > > > From maccody at att.net Fri Dec 30 20:27:43 2016 From: maccody at att.net (Mac A. Cody) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 14:27:43 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Channel settings to work BY70-1 In-Reply-To: <89a35d81-1085-8e67-2a0a-bf5ba59c863e@att.net> References: <89a35d81-1085-8e67-2a0a-bf5ba59c863e@att.net> Message-ID: For those interested, I used the channel settings below for the 1642 UTC pass of BY70-1. I was able to complete two QSO and I could hear a number of other stations. It was a busy pass! 73, Mac / AE5PH On 12/29/2016 11:10 PM, Mac A. Cody wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm looking at setting up my hand-held radios to attempt to > work BY70-1. Given that my radios have a minimum step size > of 2.5 KHz, I'm trying to set them up to account for the > frequency sensitivity of BY70-1. I am going to use the > channel set listed as follows: > > CH RX TX TX Tone > BY70-1 436.2100 145.9175 67 Hz > BY70-2 436.2075 145.9175 67 Hz > BY70-3 436.2050 145.9175 67 Hz > BY70-4 436.2025 145.9200 67 Hz > BY70-5 436.2000 145.9200 67 Hz > BY70-6 436.1975 145.9200 67 Hz > BY70-7 436.1950 145.9225 67 Hz > BY70-8 436.1925 145.9225 67 Hz > BY70-9 436.1900 145.9225 67 Hz > > Does anyone see anything errant is this plan, such as a shift > in the base TX or RX frequencies? If so, please let me know. > Otherwise, I hope that this channel set may be useful to > others. > > 73, > > Mac / AE5PH > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From tnetcenter at gmail.com Fri Dec 30 20:50:33 2016 From: tnetcenter at gmail.com (Jeff Moore) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:50:33 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages In-Reply-To: <0d7f2be72489c8f3d5b26068f0737cd1@mail.gmail.com> References: <0d7f2be72489c8f3d5b26068f0737cd1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Interesting concept (mylar party balloons), but no, that is not what they are doing. They're using a custom made mylar envelope that I suspect is using very very thin mylar, this is a rather large envelope that you put enough gas into to get it off the ground with a specific amount of lift. The ones that have been flying are stabilized at around 50 to 60,000 ft. and will hang at that altitude as long as the gas is contained within the envelope eventually slowly lowering in altitude until they can't sustain flight any longer. AS the balloon rises, the gas expands and fills up more of the envelope, the envelope should never actually get round like a traditional balloon unless the volume of gas at altitude approaches the actual volume of the envelope. At no time should you be able to get a pressure reading from the balloon - hence why it is called a zero pressure envelope. Definitely not a party balloon. Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY Near Space SIG - High Desert Amateur Radio Group Bend, Oregon On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > We tried zero pressure balloons (Mylar party balloons) but the max > possible height was just 23,000 feet or so due to the weight of the > balloon itself. It's a direct calculation. So we paralleled balloons, > but still, no matter how many balloons you add, the math still comes out > to asymptotically approach the same max altitude due to the mass of the > balloon material itself and its volume. > > We did learn one other thing. With 5 under filled Mylar balloons to reach > a cruise altitude around 23,000 feet (from memory?) we sent the cut-down > command and nothing happened. (launching from Maryland is a guaranteed > ocean landing unless you can come down in 65 miles or so)... > > On recovery, we found one balloon had burst, and so it hung DOWN from the > other 4 and got all wrapped around the payload. So when we sent the > cut-down command, it worked, but the entangled lines kept everything > together. > > But now with only 4 of the 5 balloons providing lift, it came down at a > very slow rate... about the same as the ascent rate... which means we > chased it TWICE as far as intended. > > Oh the fun of discovery! > The event is shown on our web page (Spycam mission starts about 30% down > the page) http://aprs.org/balloons.html > > Bob, Wb4APR > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Richard > Tejera > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 3:08 PM > To: Dave Marthouse; 'AMSAT' > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages > > Dave, > > Knowing the weight of the payload, they will fill it with enough gas to > become neutrally buoyant at the target altitude. > > If altitude is the goal, enough gas will be filled to take it to an > altitude that will exceed the Burt diameter. > > Rick Tejera K7TEJ > Saguaro Astronomy Club > www.SaguaroAstro.org > Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club > www.w7tbc.org > > On December 23, 2016, at 11:01, Dave Marthouse > wrote: > > I have seen posts from time to time on the BB about balloons with amateur > radio payloads on them. > > > I've got a question regarding the missions that carry payloads around > the world. What stops the balloons from going up until they explode do > to the high altitude. How are the packages kept from doing this to > achieve such long distance flights? > > > > > > > -- > > Dave Marthouse N2AAM > dmarthouse at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 > From seb at wintek.com Fri Dec 30 21:00:49 2016 From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen E. Belter) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 21:00:49 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: <770901661.4023448.1483125624343@mail.yahoo.com> References: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> <770901661.4023448.1483125624343@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Mark, I also get the ?E/A-Fehler 105.? error message when I add BY70-1 to a satellite group in SatPC32. Other people don?t have the problem. The error message (in German) means I/O Error 105 in the Delphi programming environment, which I believe is an error writing to a file. What I can?t yet answer is how to fix the problem. We may have a file permissions problem. Anybody have a solution or know where to look? 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com On 12/30/16, 1:20 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB" wrote: >When I put keps for BY70-1 into SatPC32 (either yesterday's keps or >today's), it pops up a box that says, "E/A - Fehler 105." SatPC32 freezes >up. > >Does anyone know what this error code means? Anyone else getting it? > >-- > >Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 >----------------------------------------------- >"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, > you would stay out and your dog would go in." > ---Mark Twain > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Greg D >To: AMSAT-BB >Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 12:43 PM >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 > >18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of >full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the >second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until just >before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the >Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using >2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with >polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are >linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. > >One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last >"long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? > >Greg KO6TH > > >Nico Janssen wrote: >> >> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find >> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that >> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after >> the >> launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been >> established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the >> most recent TLE set that is available. >> >> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own >> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. >> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. >> >> 73, >> Nico PA0DLO >> >> >> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: >>> Hi >>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are >>> wrong . >>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >>> 73 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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? 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Fri Dec 30 21:25:44 2016 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:25:44 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 SATPC32 DOPPLER SQ FILE Message-ID: What is everyone using for the doppler Sq file for satpc32 for the BY70-1 SAT ? THANKS jeff WB8RJY jeff broughton From pa3guo at upcmail.nl Fri Dec 30 21:41:05 2016 From: pa3guo at upcmail.nl (PA3GUO) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 22:41:05 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] ] BY70-1 SATPC32 DOPPLER SQ FILE Message-ID: <000c01d262e5$6c808300$45818900$@upcmail.nl> BY70-1,436200,145920,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM Henk What is everyone using for the doppler Sq file for satpc32 for the BY70-1 SAT ? THANKS jeff WB8RJY jeff broughton ________________________________________ From nss at mwt.net Fri Dec 30 22:21:32 2016 From: nss at mwt.net (Joe) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:21:32 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages In-Reply-To: References: <0d7f2be72489c8f3d5b26068f0737cd1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Jeff and the others. Both are close but also not totally correct either. Bob has the correct theory about size and max altitude. And Jeff is also correct about the home made custom envelope. BUT...... These are NOT zero pressure balloons. They are acting as super pressure balloons. They are sealed tight, And Must be perfectly tight as they say "Bubble" tight. Any leak at all, and the flight will not even last 24 hours. As Jeff said "they put enough gas into to get it off the ground with a specific amount of lift. " Very true and that is the key to these flights, they are talking lifts level in the amount of grams, not even a single ounce. In like the big latex flights that we all have done. My group has done 60+ of them some fill lifts is the mounts of pounds even more than the payload weighs. And of course all those flight last 90 to 120 minutes mostly. Now again as Jeff Said, "they put enough gas into to get it off the ground with a specific amount of lift. " The amount of lifts are minimal. and as any balloon flight that happens once you have positive lift you WILL have positive lift until something happens. PERIOD! In ANY balloon the gas expands to equalize the pressures inside vs outside the balloon. Just like ANY and EVERY balloon does. But once the balloon is as big as it can get the inside volume can not get any greater, One of Three things happens. 1- The internal pressure just like a party balloon or the 30 foot diameter latex balloon, if you put too much inside more volume that the balloon can hold, the envelope ruptures and it's done. 2- The Zero pressure balloon behaves in the exact same way expands as gasses expand. BUT, once it is full and can not expand any more, instead of rupturing, built into the balloon is a special valve that lets some of the gas out, so the internal pressure can not build up high enough to cause the balloon to rupture. Eventually enough gas is released and the balloon does not go any higher and it floats somewhat like these long duration flights have been. BUT not the same. because these zero pressure balloons. Once the sun goes down they loose that energy, gasses shrink and the balloon comes down. The ONLY was a zero pressure balloon can stay aloft is to drop about 10% of it's weight every sundown. 3- Now this is how these flights are happening, they are operating in the world of "Super Pressure Balloons" Just on a tiny tiny scale. Now how this system works. In reality the numbers used are incredibly small and stretched out to several decimal places. But for explanation purposes here I will use large and rounded off whole numbers just to make it clearer and less number cumbersome. At sea level or close to it, just enough lifting gas is injected into the Balloon. Just enough to give the few grams of lift. But for easier to understand Say In this case say Free lift will be 8 ounces. So in other words when the lifting balloon is filled to the correct amount and everything is attached in the flight train, there is an excess of 8 ounces of lift. ( like I said these numbers are extremely larger than the real ones. Say the volume of the balloon when full is 160 cubic feet. We calculate that if we put in 16 cubic feet on the ground, once it reaches 60,000 feet it has expanded and filled the balloon fully. Remember these numbers are all wrong and are not even close. It is just to explain how the system works. Now is when the magic starts. As with any normal balloon as it rises the atmospheric pressure and density drops. And any regular balloon also expands to equal out the pressure and also overall density. But this is where this system is different and is cool. Say at 60,000 feet, the density of air is 0.1 ounce per cubic foot. So, In this balloon, it is contains a volume of 160 cubic feet that weighs 16 ounces. I know it is less because it is a lifting gas, but the theory is all the same. And since it has a volume of 160 cubic feet, it is also displacing 160 cubic feet of air outside the balloon that also weighs 16 ounces.. 0.1 ounce per cubic foot. OK, we still have positive lift of 8 ounces and the flight train continues to rise. It is rising into less dense air of course. So now say it is at 70,000 feet. Pressure has dropped, and the air surrounding the balloon is less dense. BUT, the balloon envelope could not stretch any more and did not allow the 160 cubic feet of "GAS" inside the balloon to equalize the pressure and expand. The 160 cubic feet of gas inside the balloon, is still having the properties of the gas had at 60,000 feet. I.E.: It still weighs 16 ounces. But the air at 70,000 feet outside the pumpkin has expanded and became less dense. It is now having a density of 0.05 oz per cubic foot. So The balloon is still displacing 160 cubic feet of the atmosphere. But this atmosphere at 70,000 feet weighs less than it did at 60,000 feet. 0.05 oz per cubic foot. So 0.05 X 160 cubic feet = 8 ounces. And now because of this, the whole flight train stops rising because the train has magically become 8 ounces heavier than it was at 60,000 feet! The gas in the balloon still weighs 16 ounces, but the air it is displacing only weighs 8 ounces, so the balloon is 8 ounces heavier now. How cool is that?! And that is it! That's how it works. Pretty cool huh? And thats how these balloons are staying up there for these incredible times. Joe WB9SB Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 12/30/2016 2:50 PM, Jeff Moore wrote: > Interesting concept (mylar party balloons), but no, that is not what they > are doing. They're using a custom made mylar envelope that I suspect is > using very very thin mylar, this is a rather large envelope that you put > enough gas into to get it off the ground with a specific amount of lift. > The ones that have been flying are stabilized at around 50 to 60,000 ft. > and will hang at that altitude as long as the gas is contained within the > envelope eventually slowly lowering in altitude until they can't sustain > flight any longer. > > AS the balloon rises, the gas expands and fills up more of the envelope, > the envelope should never actually get round like a traditional balloon > unless the volume of gas at altitude approaches the actual volume of the > envelope. At no time should you be able to get a pressure reading from > the balloon - hence why it is called a zero pressure envelope. Definitely > not a party balloon. > > Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY > Near Space SIG - High Desert Amateur Radio Group > Bend, Oregon > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > >> We tried zero pressure balloons (Mylar party balloons) but the max >> possible height was just 23,000 feet or so due to the weight of the >> balloon itself. It's a direct calculation. So we paralleled balloons, >> but still, no matter how many balloons you add, the math still comes out >> to asymptotically approach the same max altitude due to the mass of the >> balloon material itself and its volume. >> >> We did learn one other thing. With 5 under filled Mylar balloons to reach >> a cruise altitude around 23,000 feet (from memory?) we sent the cut-down >> command and nothing happened. (launching from Maryland is a guaranteed >> ocean landing unless you can come down in 65 miles or so)... >> >> On recovery, we found one balloon had burst, and so it hung DOWN from the >> other 4 and got all wrapped around the payload. So when we sent the >> cut-down command, it worked, but the entangled lines kept everything >> together. >> >> But now with only 4 of the 5 balloons providing lift, it came down at a >> very slow rate... about the same as the ascent rate... which means we >> chased it TWICE as far as intended. >> >> Oh the fun of discovery! >> The event is shown on our web page (Spycam mission starts about 30% down >> the page) http://aprs.org/balloons.html >> >> Bob, Wb4APR >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Richard >> Tejera >> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 3:08 PM >> To: Dave Marthouse; 'AMSAT' >> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages >> >> Dave, >> >> Knowing the weight of the payload, they will fill it with enough gas to >> become neutrally buoyant at the target altitude. >> >> If altitude is the goal, enough gas will be filled to take it to an >> altitude that will exceed the Burt diameter. >> >> Rick Tejera K7TEJ >> Saguaro Astronomy Club >> www.SaguaroAstro.org >> Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club >> www.w7tbc.org >> >> On December 23, 2016, at 11:01, Dave Marthouse >> wrote: >> >> I have seen posts from time to time on the BB about balloons with amateur >> radio payloads on them. >> >> >> I've got a question regarding the missions that carry payloads around >> the world. What stops the balloons from going up until they explode do >> to the high altitude. How are the packages kept from doing this to >> achieve such long distance flights? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dave Marthouse N2AAM >> dmarthouse at gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 > > > From bill.g.dillon at gmail.com Fri Dec 30 22:50:31 2016 From: bill.g.dillon at gmail.com (Bill Dillon) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:50:31 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages In-Reply-To: References: <0d7f2be72489c8f3d5b26068f0737cd1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Excellent description of the physics, Joe. I think the really incredible thing is how impermeable these balloon skins must be to circle the earth multiple times and remain aloft for weeks or even months! 73 de Bill, KG5FQX On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Joe wrote: > Jeff and the others. > Both are close but also not totally correct either. > > Bob has the correct theory about size and max altitude. > > And Jeff is also correct about the home made custom envelope. > > BUT...... > > These are NOT zero pressure balloons. > > They are acting as super pressure balloons. > > They are sealed tight, And Must be perfectly tight as they say "Bubble" > tight. > Any leak at all, and the flight will not even last 24 hours. > > As Jeff said "they put enough gas into to get it off the ground with a > specific amount of lift. " > > Very true and that is the key to these flights, they are talking lifts > level in the amount of grams, not even a single ounce. In like the big > latex flights that we all have done. My group has done 60+ of them some > fill lifts is the mounts of pounds even more than the payload weighs. And > of course all those flight last 90 to 120 minutes mostly. > > Now again as Jeff Said, "they put enough gas into to get it off the ground > with a specific amount of lift. " > > The amount of lifts are minimal. and as any balloon flight that happens > once you have positive lift you WILL have positive lift until something > happens. PERIOD! > > In ANY balloon the gas expands to equalize the pressures inside vs outside > the balloon. Just like ANY and EVERY balloon does. > > But once the balloon is as big as it can get the inside volume can not get > any greater, One of Three things happens. > > 1- The internal pressure just like a party balloon or the 30 foot diameter > latex balloon, if you put too much inside more volume that the balloon can > hold, the envelope ruptures and it's done. > > 2- The Zero pressure balloon behaves in the exact same way expands as > gasses expand. BUT, once it is full and can not expand any more, instead of > rupturing, built into the balloon is a special valve that lets some of the > gas out, so the internal pressure can not build up high enough to cause the > balloon to rupture. Eventually enough gas is released and the balloon does > not go any higher and it floats somewhat like these long duration flights > have been. BUT not the same. because these zero pressure balloons. Once the > sun goes down they loose that energy, gasses shrink and the balloon comes > down. The ONLY was a zero pressure balloon can stay aloft is to drop about > 10% of it's weight every sundown. > > 3- Now this is how these flights are happening, they are operating in the > world of "Super Pressure Balloons" Just on a tiny tiny scale. > > Now how this system works. > > In reality the numbers used are incredibly small and stretched out to > several decimal places. But for explanation purposes here I will use large > and rounded off whole numbers just to make it clearer and less number > cumbersome. > > At sea level or close to it, just enough lifting gas is injected into > the Balloon. Just enough to give the few grams of lift. > > But for easier to understand Say In this case say Free lift will be 8 > ounces. > > So in other words when the lifting balloon is filled to the correct > amount and everything is attached in the flight train, there is an excess > of 8 ounces of lift. ( like I said these numbers are extremely larger than > the real ones. > > Say the volume of the balloon when full is 160 cubic feet. We > calculate that if we put in 16 cubic feet on the ground, once it reaches > 60,000 feet it has expanded and filled the balloon fully. Remember these > numbers are all wrong and are not even close. It is just to explain how the > system works. > > Now is when the magic starts. As with any normal balloon as it rises > the atmospheric pressure and density drops. And any regular balloon also > expands to equal out the pressure and also overall density. But this is > where this system is different and is cool. > > Say at 60,000 feet, the density of air is 0.1 ounce per cubic foot. > So, In this balloon, it is contains a volume of 160 cubic feet that weighs > 16 ounces. I know it is less because it is a lifting gas, but the theory is > all the same. > > > And since it has a volume of 160 cubic feet, it is also displacing 160 > cubic feet of air outside the balloon that also weighs 16 ounces.. 0.1 > ounce per cubic foot. > > OK, we still have positive lift of 8 ounces and the flight train > continues to rise. It is rising into less dense air of course. > > So now say it is at 70,000 feet. > > Pressure has dropped, and the air surrounding the balloon is less dense. > > BUT, the balloon envelope could not stretch any more and did not allow the > 160 cubic feet of "GAS" inside the balloon to equalize the pressure and > expand. > > The 160 cubic feet of gas inside the balloon, is still having the > properties of the gas had at 60,000 feet. I.E.: It still weighs 16 ounces. > > But the air at 70,000 feet outside the pumpkin has expanded and > became less dense. > > It is now having a density of 0.05 oz per cubic foot. > > So The balloon is still displacing 160 cubic feet of the atmosphere. > > But this atmosphere at 70,000 feet weighs less than it did at 60,000 > feet. 0.05 oz per cubic foot. So 0.05 X 160 cubic feet = 8 ounces. And now > because of this, the whole flight train stops rising because the train has > magically become 8 ounces heavier than it was at 60,000 feet! > > The gas in the balloon still weighs 16 ounces, but the air it is > displacing only weighs 8 ounces, so the balloon is 8 ounces heavier now. > How cool is that?! And that is it! That's how it works. Pretty cool huh? > > And thats how these balloons are staying up there for these incredible > times. > > Joe WB9SB > > > > > > > > > > Sig > The Original Rolling Ball Clock > Idle Tyme > Idle-Tyme.com > http://www.idle-tyme.com > > On 12/30/2016 2:50 PM, Jeff Moore wrote: > >> Interesting concept (mylar party balloons), but no, that is not what they >> are doing. They're using a custom made mylar envelope that I suspect is >> using very very thin mylar, this is a rather large envelope that you put >> enough gas into to get it off the ground with a specific amount of lift. >> The ones that have been flying are stabilized at around 50 to 60,000 ft. >> and will hang at that altitude as long as the gas is contained within the >> envelope eventually slowly lowering in altitude until they can't sustain >> flight any longer. >> >> AS the balloon rises, the gas expands and fills up more of the envelope, >> the envelope should never actually get round like a traditional balloon >> unless the volume of gas at altitude approaches the actual volume of the >> envelope. At no time should you be able to get a pressure reading from >> the balloon - hence why it is called a zero pressure envelope. >> Definitely >> not a party balloon. >> >> Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY >> Near Space SIG - High Desert Amateur Radio Group >> Bend, Oregon >> >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Robert Bruninga >> wrote: >> >> We tried zero pressure balloons (Mylar party balloons) but the max >>> possible height was just 23,000 feet or so due to the weight of the >>> balloon itself. It's a direct calculation. So we paralleled balloons, >>> but still, no matter how many balloons you add, the math still comes out >>> to asymptotically approach the same max altitude due to the mass of the >>> balloon material itself and its volume. >>> >>> We did learn one other thing. With 5 under filled Mylar balloons to >>> reach >>> a cruise altitude around 23,000 feet (from memory?) we sent the cut-down >>> command and nothing happened. (launching from Maryland is a guaranteed >>> ocean landing unless you can come down in 65 miles or so)... >>> >>> On recovery, we found one balloon had burst, and so it hung DOWN from the >>> other 4 and got all wrapped around the payload. So when we sent the >>> cut-down command, it worked, but the entangled lines kept everything >>> together. >>> >>> But now with only 4 of the 5 balloons providing lift, it came down at a >>> very slow rate... about the same as the ascent rate... which means we >>> chased it TWICE as far as intended. >>> >>> Oh the fun of discovery! >>> The event is shown on our web page (Spycam mission starts about 30% down >>> the page) http://aprs.org/balloons.html >>> >>> Bob, Wb4APR >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Richard >>> Tejera >>> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 3:08 PM >>> To: Dave Marthouse; 'AMSAT' >>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Questions On Balloons With Amateur Packages >>> >>> Dave, >>> >>> Knowing the weight of the payload, they will fill it with enough gas to >>> become neutrally buoyant at the target altitude. >>> >>> If altitude is the goal, enough gas will be filled to take it to an >>> altitude that will exceed the Burt diameter. >>> >>> Rick Tejera K7TEJ >>> Saguaro Astronomy Club >>> www.SaguaroAstro.org >>> Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club >>> www.w7tbc.org >>> >>> On December 23, 2016, at 11:01, Dave Marthouse >>> wrote: >>> >>> I have seen posts from time to time on the BB about balloons with amateur >>> radio payloads on them. >>> >>> >>> I've got a question regarding the missions that carry payloads around >>> the world. What stops the balloons from going up until they explode do >>> to the high altitude. How are the packages kept from doing this to >>> achieve such long distance flights? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Dave Marthouse N2AAM >>> dmarthouse at gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at amsat.org. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From jeff_griffin at comcast.net Fri Dec 30 23:21:06 2016 From: jeff_griffin at comcast.net (Jeff Griffin) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:21:06 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: References: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> <770901661.4023448.1483125624343@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <02d101d262f3$6614f470$323edd50$@net> I was hoping someone with a better memory, or Erich would chime in on this but here goes. I would first add this line to the Doppler.SQF file... BY70-1,436200,145920,FM,FM,Nor,0,0,Voice V/U Then add this line to the subTone.SQF file... BY70-1,67.0,$3F,1 (for an Icom, I'm not sure of other rigs) RTFM Then I download the keps from nasa.all (I was fudging them in for a day) and you should be good to go when you add BY70-1 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Stephen E. Belter Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 4:01 PM To: Mark Johns; AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 Mark, I also get the ?E/A-Fehler 105.? error message when I add BY70-1 to a satellite group in SatPC32. Other people don?t have the problem. The error message (in German) means I/O Error 105 in the Delphi programming environment, which I believe is an error writing to a file. What I can?t yet answer is how to fix the problem. We may have a file permissions problem. Anybody have a solution or know where to look? 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com On 12/30/16, 1:20 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB" wrote: >When I put keps for BY70-1 into SatPC32 (either yesterday's keps or >today's), it pops up a box that says, "E/A - Fehler 105." SatPC32 >freezes up. > >Does anyone know what this error code means? Anyone else getting it? > >-- > >Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 >----------------------------------------------- >"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, > you would stay out and your dog would go in." > ---Mark Twain > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Greg D >To: AMSAT-BB >Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 12:43 PM >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 > >18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of >full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the >second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until >just before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the >Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using >2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with >polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are >linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. > >One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last >"long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? > >Greg KO6TH > > >Nico Janssen wrote: >> >> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find >> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that >> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days >> after the launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet >> been established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use >> the most recent TLE set that is available. >> >> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own >> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. >> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. >> >> 73, >> Nico PA0DLO >> >> >> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: >>> Hi >>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 >>> are wrong . >>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >>> 73 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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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 at 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 at 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 From kb2m at arrl.net Fri Dec 30 23:24:27 2016 From: kb2m at arrl.net (Jeff Griffin) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:24:27 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: BY70-1 Message-ID: <02e101d262f3$ddcb5130$9961f390$@net> I was hoping someone with a better memory, or Erich would chime in on this but here goes. I would first add this line to the Doppler.SQF file... BY70-1,436200,145920,FM,FM,Nor,0,0,Voice V/U Then add this line to the subTone.SQF file... BY70-1,67.0,$3F,1 (for an Icom, I'm not sure of other rigs, but you can watch your rigs display to see if the tone is toggled on/off) RTFM Then I download the keps from nasa.all (I was fudging them in for a day) and you should be good to go when you add BY70-1 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Stephen E. Belter Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 4:01 PM To: Mark Johns; AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 Mark, I also get the ?E/A-Fehler 105.? error message when I add BY70-1 to a satellite group in SatPC32. Other people don?t have the problem. The error message (in German) means I/O Error 105 in the Delphi programming environment, which I believe is an error writing to a file. What I can?t yet answer is how to fix the problem. We may have a file permissions problem. Anybody have a solution or know where to look? 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com On 12/30/16, 1:20 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB" wrote: >When I put keps for BY70-1 into SatPC32 (either yesterday's keps or >today's), it pops up a box that says, "E/A - Fehler 105." SatPC32 >freezes up. > >Does anyone know what this error code means? Anyone else getting it? > >-- > >Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 >----------------------------------------------- >"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, > you would stay out and your dog would go in." > ---Mark Twain > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Greg D >To: AMSAT-BB >Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 12:43 PM >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 > >18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of >full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the >second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until >just before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the >Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using >2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with >polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are >linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. > >One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last >"long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? > >Greg KO6TH > > >Nico Janssen wrote: >> >> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find >> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that >> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days >> after the launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet >> been established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use >> the most recent TLE set that is available. >> >> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own >> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. >> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. >> >> 73, >> Nico PA0DLO >> >> >> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: >>> Hi >>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 >>> are wrong . >>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >>> 73 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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? 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Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From onmontauk at gmail.com Sat Dec 31 00:11:06 2016 From: onmontauk at gmail.com (Steve A) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:11:06 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] M2LEO Message-ID: Santa brought me a M2LEO-PACK. Yah. I will order a az/el rotor soon. And a controller. But what do you guys who have one use as a base? Steve W2AKK From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sat Dec 31 01:25:15 2016 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 01:25:15 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] One more NPOTA activation, tomorrow... Message-ID: Hi! Weather permitting, I am planning to operate from the Tonto National Monument - east of Phoenix, NPOTA site MN70 - during the day tomorrow. This site is not in a rare grid, but the same grid I live in (DM43). Even though it is in DM43, it will take almost 2 hours to drive out there. I'll work various FM, SSB, and packet satellites throughout the day, hoping to start around 1600 UTC. I have not been out there in a couple of years, but I remember that mobile phone coverage is spotty out there. I hope to be able to use my @WD9EWK Twitter feed to send out updates from the monument, which will show up in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK APRS should cover me at the monument and along the highway that goes past the monument. I'll use WD9EWK-9 as my APRS call sign for the drive to and from the monument, and for any ISS and NO-84 passes I work from there. WD9EWK-9 should be visible at (among other sites): http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 The NPOTA activation will end no later than 2359 UTC, and probably some time before that. Between the drive back to the Phoenix area and wanting to record the WWV broadcast of the leap second at 23:59:60 UTC, I won't try to work every possible pass up to the end of the year on the UTC clock. All QSOs made from Tonto National Monument will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after I return home, except for the QSOs made via BY70-1. BY70-1 QSOs will go into Logbook of the World once ARRL adds that satellite to the system. If you would like to receive a QSL card for any QSOs made with WD9EWK, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. No need to send me your card or an SASE to get my card. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From mjohns166 at yahoo.com Sat Dec 31 02:02:36 2016 From: mjohns166 at yahoo.com (Mark Johns) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 02:02:36 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: BY70-1 In-Reply-To: <02e101d262f3$ddcb5130$9961f390$@net> References: <02e101d262f3$ddcb5130$9961f390$@net> Message-ID: <1947577315.4224127.1483149756516@mail.yahoo.com> Thanks, Jeff. Been there, done that, still get the error. My Doppler.SQF and SubTone.SQF files look exactly as you suggest. My keps are fresh this morning, but same happened with yesterday's keps, as well. -- Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Griffin To: 'AMSAT-BB' Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 5:24 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: BY70-1 I was hoping someone with a better memory, or Erich would chime in on this but here goes. I would first add this line to the Doppler.SQF file... BY70-1,436200,145920,FM,FM,Nor,0,0,Voice V/U Then add this line to the subTone.SQF file... BY70-1,67.0,$3F,1 (for an Icom, I'm not sure of other rigs, but you can watch your rigs display to see if the tone is toggled on/off) RTFM Then I download the keps from nasa.all (I was fudging them in for a day) and you should be good to go when you add BY70-1 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Stephen E. Belter Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 4:01 PM To: Mark Johns; AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 Mark, I also get the ?E/A-Fehler 105.? error message when I add BY70-1 to a satellite group in SatPC32. Other people don?t have the problem. The error message (in German) means I/O Error 105 in the Delphi programming environment, which I believe is an error writing to a file. What I can?t yet answer is how to fix the problem. We may have a file permissions problem. Anybody have a solution or know where to look? 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com On 12/30/16, 1:20 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB" wrote: >When I put keps for BY70-1 into SatPC32 (either yesterday's keps or >today's), it pops up a box that says, "E/A - Fehler 105." SatPC32 >freezes up. > >Does anyone know what this error code means? Anyone else getting it? > >-- > >Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 >----------------------------------------------- >"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, > you would stay out and your dog would go in." > ---Mark Twain > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Greg D >To: AMSAT-BB >Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 12:43 PM >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 > >18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of >full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the >second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until >just before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the >Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using >2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with >polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are >linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. > >One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last >"long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? > >Greg KO6TH > > >Nico Janssen wrote: >> >> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find >> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that >> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days >> after the launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet >> been established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use >> the most recent TLE set that is available. >> >> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own >> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. >> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. >> >> 73, >> Nico PA0DLO >> >> >> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: >>> Hi >>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 >>> are wrong . >>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >>> 73 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 From mjohns166 at yahoo.com Sat Dec 31 02:03:39 2016 From: mjohns166 at yahoo.com (Mark Johns) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 02:03:39 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 In-Reply-To: References: <5866AAC4.2040306@gmail.com> <770901661.4023448.1483125624343@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <75649805.4247236.1483149819375@mail.yahoo.com> Thanks, Steve. Good to know it's not just me. Let me know if you figure it out. I will do likewise. -- Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen E. Belter To: Mark Johns ; AMSAT-BB Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 Mark, I also get the ?E/A-Fehler 105.? error message when I add BY70-1 to a satellite group in SatPC32. Other people don?t have the problem. The error message (in German) means I/O Error 105 in the Delphi programming environment, which I believe is an error writing to a file. What I can?t yet answer is how to fix the problem. We may have a file permissions problem. Anybody have a solution or know where to look? 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com On 12/30/16, 1:20 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB" wrote: >When I put keps for BY70-1 into SatPC32 (either yesterday's keps or >today's), it pops up a box that says, "E/A - Fehler 105." SatPC32 freezes >up. > >Does anyone know what this error code means? Anyone else getting it? > >-- > >Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 >----------------------------------------------- >"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, > you would stay out and your dog would go in." > ---Mark Twain > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Greg D >To: AMSAT-BB >Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 12:43 PM >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 > >18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of >full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the >second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until just >before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the >Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using >2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with >polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are >linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty. > >One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last >"long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months? > >Greg KO6TH > > >Nico Janssen wrote: >> >> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find >> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that >> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after >> the >> launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been >> established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the >> most recent TLE set that is available. >> >> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own >> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay. >> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit. >> >> 73, >> Nico PA0DLO >> >> >> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote: >>> Hi >>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are >>> wrong . >>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? >>> 73 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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? 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From kq6ea at verizon.net Sat Dec 31 04:20:12 2016 From: kq6ea at verizon.net (Jim Jerzycke) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 04:20:12 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] M2LEO In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <600f9302-5c80-fa0a-edda-45f1b06b1556@verizon.net> I have an old Yaesu G-5400 that I use with either a Fox Delta ST3 or an LVB Tracker. I control the rotors and radio with SatPC32. 73, Jim KQ6EA On 12/31/2016 12:11 AM, Steve A wrote: > Santa brought me a M2LEO-PACK. Yah. > I will order a az/el rotor soon. And a controller. > But what do you guys who have one use as a base? > > Steve W2AKK > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 > From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Sat Dec 31 20:23:08 2016 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 15:23:08 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] FT 817 WINDCAMP BATTERY In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: received my new 3000 mah windcamp li ion battery for my FT 817.It arrived with NO instructions.Online instructions say to turn off new little switch on nEw cover plate while charging.It also says LED on wall wart is BI COLOR.Red while charging,green when done.Mine is always green .Anyone else experience this !thanks ! Jeff WB8RJY jeff broughton From GW1FKY at aol.com Sat Dec 31 20:32:09 2016 From: GW1FKY at aol.com (GW1FKY at aol.com) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 15:32:09 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73 status report Message-ID: <1d69614.71de0088.45996fc9@aol.com> Just dropping a quick line to report that nothing has been heard ( Transponder or Dashboard ) from AO-73 during the evening passes over here in Europe. I just monitored the latest pass 2000 2015 hrs today Saturday 31st December and could hear nothing. I have posted to the satellite status web pages and other stations had also made reports for this pass and the previous one. I worked AO-73 this morning and it was active but observed very deep fading which I put down to the spin rate. Looking at the graph published the spin rate was now projected to be in the same ball part as when the satellite was launched and activated. Regards Ken GW1FKY From wouterweg at gmail.com Sat Dec 31 21:04:13 2016 From: wouterweg at gmail.com (Wouter Weggelaar) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 22:04:13 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73 status report In-Reply-To: <1d69614.71de0088.45996fc9@aol.com> References: <1d69614.71de0088.45996fc9@aol.com> Message-ID: Thank you for your report Ken! I will be investigating during the next pass over Europe and possibly rectifying the situation. Fingers crossed! Wouter PA3WEG On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 9:32 PM, GW1FKY--- via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Just dropping a quick line to report that nothing has been heard ( > Transponder or Dashboard ) from AO-73 > during the evening passes over here in Europe. > I just monitored the latest pass 2000 2015 hrs today Saturday 31st > December and could hear nothing. > I have posted to the satellite status web pages and other stations had also > made reports for this pass and the previous one. > I worked AO-73 this morning and it was active but observed very deep fading > which I put down to the spin rate. Looking at the graph published the > spin rate was now projected to be in the same ball part as when the > satellite was launched and activated. > Regards > Ken > GW1FKY > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From dave at g4dpz.me.uk Sat Dec 31 21:42:59 2016 From: dave at g4dpz.me.uk (David Johnson) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 21:42:59 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73 status report In-Reply-To: References: <1d69614.71de0088.45996fc9@aol.com> Message-ID: Can see data entering the warehouse again. Happy New Year!!! 73 Dave, G4DPZ On 31 Dec 2016 9:04 p.m., "Wouter Weggelaar" wrote: > Thank you for your report Ken! > > I will be investigating during the next pass over Europe and possibly > rectifying the situation. > Fingers crossed! > > Wouter PA3WEG > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 9:32 PM, GW1FKY--- via AMSAT-BB > wrote: > > > > Just dropping a quick line to report that nothing has been heard ( > > Transponder or Dashboard ) from AO-73 > > during the evening passes over here in Europe. > > I just monitored the latest pass 2000 2015 hrs today Saturday 31st > > December and could hear nothing. > > I have posted to the satellite status web pages and other stations had > also > > made reports for this pass and the previous one. > > I worked AO-73 this morning and it was active but observed very deep > fading > > which I put down to the spin rate. Looking at the graph published the > > spin rate was now projected to be in the same ball part as when the > > satellite was launched and activated. > > Regards > > Ken > > GW1FKY > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 > From wouterweg at gmail.com Sat Dec 31 21:50:59 2016 From: wouterweg at gmail.com (Wouter Weggelaar) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 22:50:59 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73 status report In-Reply-To: References: <1d69614.71de0088.45996fc9@aol.com> Message-ID: Hi all, FUNcube-1 / AO-73 has been restored. Nothing serious, all telemetry looks healthy. Enjoy the transponder and Happy New Year! Thank you Ken GW1FKY for the report Wouter PA3WEG FUNcube operations team On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 10:42 PM, David Johnson wrote: > Can see data entering the warehouse again. > > Happy New Year!!! > > 73 > > Dave, G4DPZ > > On 31 Dec 2016 9:04 p.m., "Wouter Weggelaar" wrote: >> >> Thank you for your report Ken! >> >> I will be investigating during the next pass over Europe and possibly >> rectifying the situation. >> Fingers crossed! >> >> Wouter PA3WEG >> >> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 9:32 PM, GW1FKY--- via AMSAT-BB >> wrote: >> > >> > Just dropping a quick line to report that nothing has been heard ( >> > Transponder or Dashboard ) from AO-73 >> > during the evening passes over here in Europe. >> > I just monitored the latest pass 2000 2015 hrs today Saturday 31st >> > December and could hear nothing. >> > I have posted to the satellite status web pages and other stations had >> > also >> > made reports for this pass and the previous one. >> > I worked AO-73 this morning and it was active but observed very deep >> > fading >> > which I put down to the spin rate. Looking at the graph published >> > the >> > spin rate was now projected to be in the same ball part as when the >> > satellite was launched and activated. >> > Regards >> > Ken >> > GW1FKY >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From normanlizeth at gmail.com Sat Dec 31 22:33:30 2016 From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:33:30 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] FT 817 WINDCAMP BATTERY In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Stupid question: Have you discharged it? Thought a new battery charger was bad one time. Wasn't charging. Battery was charged. No charge needed. On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 3:23 PM, jeffory broughton wrote: > received my new 3000 mah windcamp li ion battery for my FT 817.It arrived > with NO instructions.Online instructions say to turn off new little switch > on nEw cover plate while charging.It also says LED on wall wart is BI > COLOR.Red while charging,green when done.Mine is always green .Anyone else > experience this !thanks ! Jeff WB8RJY > > jeff broughton > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 From chad.kg0mw at gmail.com Sat Dec 31 22:57:59 2016 From: chad.kg0mw at gmail.com (Chad Phillips) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:57:59 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] FT 817 WINDCAMP BATTERY In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <636AF57E-F484-4F02-B441-C2D1CC8156C5@gmail.com> My battery came fully charged. Yes turn the switch off while charging. Protects the radio. Also shut the switch off when not using the radio. Saves battery drain Chad Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Norm n3ykf wrote: > > Stupid question: Have you discharged it? > > Thought a new battery charger was bad one time. Wasn't charging. > Battery was charged. No charge needed. > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 3:23 PM, jeffory broughton > wrote: >> received my new 3000 mah windcamp li ion battery for my FT 817.It arrived >> with NO instructions.Online instructions say to turn off new little switch >> on nEw cover plate while charging.It also says LED on wall wart is BI >> COLOR.Red while charging,green when done.Mine is always green .Anyone else >> experience this !thanks ! Jeff WB8RJY >> >> jeff broughton >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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 at 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 From david.xe3dx at gmail.com Sat Dec 31 23:53:55 2016 From: david.xe3dx at gmail.com (David Maciel (XE3DX)) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:53:55 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Vacation from DK97. Message-ID: Hello Guys I am on vacation in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo.Mexico, about DK97, I will be very few passes here, I think I will work little, I will handle SKED whenever possible, I will try to activate other grids in the area. A hug to everyone and Happy New Year ... only contact via twitter @xe3dx David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ * *david.xe3dx at gmail.com * Before printing, please think about your responsibility and commitment with the* ENVIRONMENT.* *Antes de Imprimir, *piensa en tu responsabilidad y compromiso con el *MEDIO AMBIENTE.*