From ross.biggar at outlook.com  Mon Oct  1 03:04:31 2018
From: ross.biggar at outlook.com (Ross Biggar)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 03:04:31 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry Server
Message-ID: <BN6PR2201MB12986289455EAEBA4A6ABB9DF7EF0@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>

Has the telemetry server gone off line, I have over 200 frames queued, normally they are sent immediately, with nothing queued.??

Ross
ZL1WN





From wa4sca at gmail.com  Mon Oct  1 13:17:07 2018
From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 08:17:07 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry Server
In-Reply-To: <BN6PR2201MB12986289455EAEBA4A6ABB9DF7EF0@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
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Message-ID: <000001d45989$0e6552e0$2b2ff8a0$@gmail.com>

Ross,

Yes, the server was down for several hours.  Your data should have uploaded
when it came back up.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA


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From w5rkn at w5rkn.com  Mon Oct  1 16:57:22 2018
From: w5rkn at w5rkn.com (Ronald G. Parsons)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 11:57:22 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] VUCC Awards-Endorsements for September  2018
Message-ID: <1DEFA291F6654578860CB75795CAED7F@Ron8300PC>

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite
Awards issued by the ARRL for the period September 1, 2018
through October 1, 2018.
Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!

Activity was light this month. GO ROVERS!

CALL    01Sep  01Oct
        
N8RO    1060   1065
XE1AO    658    598
KE4AL    467    480
N3GS     226    277
G0ABI    206    250
W7JSD    215    239
K5IX     202    227
PS8ET    180    198
XE2RV    120    158
G0IIQ    New    112
LW2DAF   103    110
KM4LAO   New    100

If you find errors or omissions. please contact me 
off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com
and I'll revise the announcement.

This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf
listings for September 1, 2018 and October 1, 2018. 
It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible.  
Apologies if your call was not mentioned.  

Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are 
rarely on the birds.  They are doing most of the work!

From n8hm at arrl.net  Mon Oct  1 17:06:36 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:06:36 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
Message-ID: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>

Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
different satellites (listed below).

So who can boast the most satellites worked through?

73,

Paul, N8HM

AO-7
AO-27
AO-73
AO-85
AO-91
AO-92
BY70-1
CAS-4A
CAS-4B
EO-79
EO-88
FO-29
ISS Packet
ISS Repeater
LilacSat-2
LO-78
LO-90
NO-84
SO-50
UKube-1
VO-52
XW-2A
XW-2B
XW-2C
XW-2D
XW-2E
XW-2F

From k8bl at ameritech.net  Mon Oct  1 17:09:52 2018
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 17:09:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <190624086.2867707.1538413792830@mail.yahoo.com>

>From memory? ----->? ?15 on the list? ? ? - Bob? K8BL
(Many more going back to 1979? ?;-)? )

      From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net>
 To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> 
 Sent: Monday, October 1, 2018 1:07 PM
 Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
   
Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
different satellites (listed below).

So who can boast the most satellites worked through?

73,

Paul, N8HM

AO-7
AO-27
AO-73
AO-85
AO-91
AO-92
BY70-1
CAS-4A
CAS-4B
EO-79
EO-88
FO-29
ISS Packet
ISS Repeater
LilacSat-2
LO-78
LO-90
NO-84
SO-50
UKube-1
VO-52
XW-2A
XW-2B
XW-2C
XW-2D
XW-2E
XW-2F
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From af5cc2 at gmail.com  Mon Oct  1 17:12:14 2018
From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 12:12:14 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHC1P28KAWbcmzo1RjrKBMfOToUmN_g7v2YDPKs94NazeLTosg@mail.gmail.com>

You forgot some of the older ones.  In addition to many of the ones on your
list, I have made QSOs through:

UO14-my first satellite QSO ever!
RS12/13
RS15
FO20
AO51
SO41
SO67-What a downlink that had!
HO68

I miss VO52, that was a nice satellite even if it didn't have a lot of
activity on it.

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:06 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:

> Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
> most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
> different satellites (listed below).
>
> So who can boast the most satellites worked through?
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> AO-7
> AO-27
> AO-73
> AO-85
> AO-91
> AO-92
> BY70-1
> CAS-4A
> CAS-4B
> EO-79
> EO-88
> FO-29
> ISS Packet
> ISS Repeater
> LilacSat-2
> LO-78
> LO-90
> NO-84
> SO-50
> UKube-1
> VO-52
> XW-2A
> XW-2B
> XW-2C
> XW-2D
> XW-2E
> XW-2F
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From n8hm at arrl.net  Mon Oct  1 17:14:48 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:14:48 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CAHC1P28KAWbcmzo1RjrKBMfOToUmN_g7v2YDPKs94NazeLTosg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAHC1P28KAWbcmzo1RjrKBMfOToUmN_g7v2YDPKs94NazeLTosg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOoapi=y97LZSL8y4UgQ9t36CkLoig0DApzknj1X7OyvuA@mail.gmail.com>

That list was not supposed to be comprehensive. That's just my list of
satellites worked as an example.

73,

Paul, N8HM
On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 1:12 PM John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You forgot some of the older ones.  In addition to many of the ones on your list, I have made QSOs through:
>
> UO14-my first satellite QSO ever!
> RS12/13
> RS15
> FO20
> AO51
> SO41
> SO67-What a downlink that had!
> HO68
>
> I miss VO52, that was a nice satellite even if it didn't have a lot of activity on it.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:06 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>> Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
>> most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
>> different satellites (listed below).
>>
>> So who can boast the most satellites worked through?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Paul, N8HM
>>
>> AO-7
>> AO-27
>> AO-73
>> AO-85
>> AO-91
>> AO-92
>> BY70-1
>> CAS-4A
>> CAS-4B
>> EO-79
>> EO-88
>> FO-29
>> ISS Packet
>> ISS Repeater
>> LilacSat-2
>> LO-78
>> LO-90
>> NO-84
>> SO-50
>> UKube-1
>> VO-52
>> XW-2A
>> XW-2B
>> XW-2C
>> XW-2D
>> XW-2E
>> XW-2F
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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.
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>

From w7lrd at comcast.net  Mon Oct  1 17:17:18 2018
From: w7lrd at comcast.net (Bob- W7LRD)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 10:17:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <190624086.2867707.1538413792830@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<190624086.2867707.1538413792830@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <240249333.53791.1538414238734@connect.xfinity.com>

Would trade them all for a single AO-40 (sobsob).
73 Bob W7LRD

> On October 1, 2018 at 10:09 AM "R.T.Liddy" <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> From memory? ----->? ?15 on the list? ? ? - Bob? K8BL
> (Many more going back to 1979? ?;-)? )
> 
>       From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net>
>  To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> 
>  Sent: Monday, October 1, 2018 1:07 PM
>  Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
>    
> Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
> most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
> different satellites (listed below).
> 
> So who can boast the most satellites worked through?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Paul, N8HM
> 
> AO-7
> AO-27
> AO-73
> AO-85
> AO-91
> AO-92
> BY70-1
> CAS-4A
> CAS-4B
> EO-79
> EO-88
> FO-29
> ISS Packet
> ISS Repeater
> LilacSat-2
> LO-78
> LO-90
> NO-84
> SO-50
> UKube-1
> VO-52
> XW-2A
> XW-2B
> XW-2C
> XW-2D
> XW-2E
> XW-2F
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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> 
>    
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Mon Oct  1 17:28:21 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 17:28:21 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUcH+gZ80Yy-B-gQ-w8KXOK3rkMPQ+TZ1CsEgdZ=gpbtRA@mail.gmail.com>

Paul,

Here's my list...

AO-7         - SSB
AO-16        - FM/SSB
AO-27        - FM
AO-51        - FM and SSB/FM (also a couple of CW/FM QSOs)
AO-73        - SSB
AO-85        - FM
AO-91        - FM
AO-92        - FM
CAS-4A       - SSB
CAS-4B       - SSB
EO-88        - SSB
FalconSat-3  - Packet
FO-29        - SSB
HO-68        - FM and SSB
ISS          - Packet and FM repeater
LilacSat-2   - FM
LO-78        - FM
NO-44        - Packet
NO-84        - Packet
SO-35        - FM
SO-50        - FM
SO-67        - FM
Ukube-1      - SSB
UO-14        - FM
VO-52        - SSB
XW-2A        - SSB
XW-2B        - SSB
XW-2C        - SSB
XW-2D        - SSB
XW-2E        - SSB
XW-2F        - SSB

I have made some CW QSOs on a few of the satellites I listed
as "SSB" above, but haven't done much CW via satellite in
recent years.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK







On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 5:07 PM Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:

> Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
> most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
> different satellites (listed below).
>
> So who can boast the most satellites worked through?
>
> <snip>
>

From george.carrii15 at gmail.com  Mon Oct  1 18:16:30 2018
From: george.carrii15 at gmail.com (George Carr)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:16:30 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUcH+gZ80Yy-B-gQ-w8KXOK3rkMPQ+TZ1CsEgdZ=gpbtRA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUcH+gZ80Yy-B-gQ-w8KXOK3rkMPQ+TZ1CsEgdZ=gpbtRA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAOvopc-5WW8JAt_5pJQ6qigfKBUjH6ikjf3wH5usW8emrMTEYA@mail.gmail.com>

What about A0-10 and AO-13? I did!
73
George
WA5KBH

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:30 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:

> Paul,
>
> Here's my list...
>
> AO-7         - SSB
> AO-16        - FM/SSB
> AO-27        - FM
> AO-51        - FM and SSB/FM (also a couple of CW/FM QSOs)
> AO-73        - SSB
> AO-85        - FM
> AO-91        - FM
> AO-92        - FM
> CAS-4A       - SSB
> CAS-4B       - SSB
> EO-88        - SSB
> FalconSat-3  - Packet
> FO-29        - SSB
> HO-68        - FM and SSB
> ISS          - Packet and FM repeater
> LilacSat-2   - FM
> LO-78        - FM
> NO-44        - Packet
> NO-84        - Packet
> SO-35        - FM
> SO-50        - FM
> SO-67        - FM
> Ukube-1      - SSB
> UO-14        - FM
> VO-52        - SSB
> XW-2A        - SSB
> XW-2B        - SSB
> XW-2C        - SSB
> XW-2D        - SSB
> XW-2E        - SSB
> XW-2F        - SSB
>
> I have made some CW QSOs on a few of the satellites I listed
> as "SSB" above, but haven't done much CW via satellite in
> recent years.
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 5:07 PM Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> > Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
> > most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
> > different satellites (listed below).
> >
> > So who can boast the most satellites worked through?
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> _______________________________________________
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> expressed
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-- 
George Carr
Certified Chip Carving Instructor
Amateur Radio Station - WA5KBH

From dukenuke at pixi.com  Mon Oct  1 01:07:38 2018
From: dukenuke at pixi.com (Robert Smith)
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 15:07:38 -1000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu rotator/elevator
Message-ID: <BBCCA614-D1AE-4D65-93B1-4FC0FACD52E9@pixi.com>

Aloha

My yaesu rotator elevator has lost the elev. side. Azimuth works fine. When the up down switches on my G5400-B controller are triggered, the elev. piece makes noise (listen to attached sound byte). Even when I add some elbow grease to the boom (uhf/vhf yagis attached), it does not turn. Comments re: the fix or one (other than Yaesu- albeit they are competent) who might work on the unit at a reasonable rate. Mahalo. Respectfully- Robert NH7WN, Honolulu

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From zerosignal at icloud.com  Mon Oct  1 17:21:59 2018
From: zerosignal at icloud.com (Endaf Buckley)
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 17:21:59 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8629c594-66ae-471a-ba74-3fdcd9477ee3@me.com>

23 for me.

Endaf
N6UTC

AO-7
AO-27
AO-51
AO-73
AO-85
AO-91
AO-92
CAS-4A
CAS-4B
EO-88
FO-29
ISS Packet
LilacSat-2
NO-84
SO-50
SO-67
VO-52
XW-2A
XW-2B
XW-2C
XW-2D
XW-2F
FALCONSAT-3

On Oct 01, 2018, at 10:08 AM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:

Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
different satellites (listed below).

So who can boast the most satellites worked through?

73,

Paul, N8HM

AO-7
AO-27
AO-73
AO-85
AO-91
AO-92
BY70-1
CAS-4A
CAS-4B
EO-79
EO-88
FO-29
ISS Packet
ISS Repeater
LilacSat-2
LO-78
LO-90
NO-84
SO-50
UKube-1
VO-52
XW-2A
XW-2B
XW-2C
XW-2D
XW-2E
XW-2F
_______________________________________________
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From stephennipper at gmail.com  Mon Oct  1 19:00:53 2018
From: stephennipper at gmail.com (H. Stephen Nipper)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:00:53 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <8629c594-66ae-471a-ba74-3fdcd9477ee3@me.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<8629c594-66ae-471a-ba74-3fdcd9477ee3@me.com>
Message-ID: <CAPf7+3r42fQtu3CEqwmAMn1NPOWd=m256uSvfEQdvpVRt=PJfA@mail.gmail.com>

Don't forget MIR.  Worked it on packet years ago.

Stephen Nipper
N7DJX

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018, 12:34 PM Endaf Buckley via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> 23 for me.
>
> Endaf
> N6UTC
>
> AO-7
> AO-27
> AO-51
> AO-73
> AO-85
> AO-91
> AO-92
> CAS-4A
> CAS-4B
> EO-88
> FO-29
> ISS Packet
> LilacSat-2
> NO-84
> SO-50
> SO-67
> VO-52
> XW-2A
> XW-2B
> XW-2C
> XW-2D
> XW-2F
> FALCONSAT-3
>
> On Oct 01, 2018, at 10:08 AM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
> most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
> different satellites (listed below).
>
> So who can boast the most satellites worked through?
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> AO-7
> AO-27
> AO-73
> AO-85
> AO-91
> AO-92
> BY70-1
> CAS-4A
> CAS-4B
> EO-79
> EO-88
> FO-29
> ISS Packet
> ISS Repeater
> LilacSat-2
> LO-78
> LO-90
> NO-84
> SO-50
> UKube-1
> VO-52
> XW-2A
> XW-2B
> XW-2C
> XW-2D
> XW-2E
> XW-2F
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Mon Oct  1 19:13:25 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 19:13:25 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CAPf7+3r42fQtu3CEqwmAMn1NPOWd=m256uSvfEQdvpVRt=PJfA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<8629c594-66ae-471a-ba74-3fdcd9477ee3@me.com>
	<CAPf7+3r42fQtu3CEqwmAMn1NPOWd=m256uSvfEQdvpVRt=PJfA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUeS+ZWeH6SYzHGXyTtGS57xFuzckFncxd2D8zgj4-B3hQ@mail.gmail.com>

Steve,

I think you may be missing Paul's question. Paul wasn't asking
for us to make a list of all satellites. Paul was asking about
the satellites we have worked. For some, that list would include
Mir, AO-10, or AO-13. For others, the list would probably have
only the newer satellites, with possibly AO-7 from the 1970s
or FO-29 from the mid-1990s in the list.

I have worked you on SO-50 and the 3 Fox-1 (AO-85, AO-91, AO-92)
satellites, going back to 2016. You mentioned Mir. Have you
worked any other satellites, in addition to these 5?


73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK




On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 7:01 PM H. Stephen Nipper <stephennipper at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Don't forget MIR.  Worked it on packet years ago.
>
> Stephen Nipper
> N7DJX
>
> <snip>
>

From stephennipper at gmail.com  Mon Oct  1 21:05:21 2018
From: stephennipper at gmail.com (H. Stephen Nipper)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 15:05:21 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUeS+ZWeH6SYzHGXyTtGS57xFuzckFncxd2D8zgj4-B3hQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<8629c594-66ae-471a-ba74-3fdcd9477ee3@me.com>
	<CAPf7+3r42fQtu3CEqwmAMn1NPOWd=m256uSvfEQdvpVRt=PJfA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUeS+ZWeH6SYzHGXyTtGS57xFuzckFncxd2D8zgj4-B3hQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPf7+3qPb=EHPNTFxTZMLuwSL=ydkdvnL=enCD77i9mGftdUgg@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks! Patrick.  I have worked other satellites and hams other than you.
I only mentioned MIR as a reminder that would be one that you could add to
the list. MIR was the first space contact that I made, and at that time I
started gathering equipment and planning my station.  The station didn't
come on board until I had time after retirement to put it all together.
And many thanks to Gene W4IMT for pushing me to get my station up and
running.

Thanks Patrick for checking and asking me.

Stephen Nipper
N7DJX
Boise

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 1:13 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> I think you may be missing Paul's question. Paul wasn't asking
> for us to make a list of all satellites. Paul was asking about
> the satellites we have worked. For some, that list would include
> Mir, AO-10, or AO-13. For others, the list would probably have
> only the newer satellites, with possibly AO-7 from the 1970s
> or FO-29 from the mid-1990s in the list.
>
> I have worked you on SO-50 and the 3 Fox-1 (AO-85, AO-91, AO-92)
> satellites, going back to 2016. You mentioned Mir. Have you
> worked any other satellites, in addition to these 5?
>
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 7:01 PM H. Stephen Nipper <stephennipper at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Don't forget MIR.  Worked it on packet years ago.
>>
>> Stephen Nipper
>> N7DJX
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>

-- 
Stephen Nipper
Boise, Idaho
N7DJX

From py41 at att.net  Mon Oct  1 21:23:54 2018
From: py41 at att.net (Perry Yantis)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 21:23:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
References: <1121063245.2419819.1538429034655.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1121063245.2419819.1538429034655@mail.yahoo.com>

I have worked 47 SATSAO6 AO7 AO8 AO10 AO13 AO16 AO21 AO27 AO40?AO51 AO73 AO85 AO91 AO92?FO12 FO20 FO29?RS5 RS6 RS7 RS8 RS10 RS11?RS12?STS MIR ISS?BY70-1 CAS4A CAS4B?DO64?EO79 EO88?HO68?LILACSAT-2?SO41?SO50 SO67?UKUBE1 UO14?VO52?XW2A XW2B XW2C XW2D XW2E XW2F?
Perry WB8OTH
py41 at att.net
sent from my Apple Macbook Pro

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Oct  1 22:19:05 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 18:19:05 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <1121063245.2419819.1538429034655@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1121063245.2419819.1538429034655.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1121063245.2419819.1538429034655@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKNEnzfeEnJ4H7NC5VvTS=MiW=ZQ3xQpdKLLb-p_uR0V8Q@mail.gmail.com>

Better question is what sats haven't you worked!? Hah. Or how many have
workable sats have their been in total?

What STS contact[s] did you make? Mission[s]/astronaut[s]

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018, 17:28 Perry Yantis <py41 at att.net> wrote:

> I have worked 47 SATSAO6 AO7 AO8 AO10 AO13 AO16 AO21 AO27 AO40 AO51 AO73
> AO85 AO91 AO92 FO12 FO20 FO29 RS5 RS6 RS7 RS8 RS10 RS11 RS12 STS MIR
> ISS BY70-1 CAS4A CAS4B DO64 EO79 EO88 HO68 LILACSAT-2 SO41 SO50 SO67 UKUBE1
> UO14 VO52 XW2A XW2B XW2C XW2D XW2E XW2F
> Perry WB8OTH
> py41 at att.net
> sent from my Apple Macbook Pro
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From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Tue Oct  2 00:16:50 2018
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 00:16:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CAPf7+3qPb=EHPNTFxTZMLuwSL=ydkdvnL=enCD77i9mGftdUgg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<8629c594-66ae-471a-ba74-3fdcd9477ee3@me.com>
	<CAPf7+3r42fQtu3CEqwmAMn1NPOWd=m256uSvfEQdvpVRt=PJfA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUeS+ZWeH6SYzHGXyTtGS57xFuzckFncxd2D8zgj4-B3hQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAPf7+3qPb=EHPNTFxTZMLuwSL=ydkdvnL=enCD77i9mGftdUgg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2130173048.3121226.1538439410929@mail.yahoo.com>

 (taking Patrick's format) 
?
started with 
AO-27??????? - FM 
AO-51??????? - FM 
ISS??????????? - Packet and FM repeater 
?
struggled with 
AO-85??????? - FM 
SO-50??????? - FM 
?
having great time with 
AO-91??????? - FM 
AO-92??????? - FM (V/U only)? 
?
initial SSB learning with 
FO-29??????? - SSB 
VO-52??????? - SSB 
?
easy SSB sats 
XW-2A??????? - SSB 
XW-2B??????? - SSB 
XW-2C??????? - SSB 
XW-2D??????? - SSB 
XW-2F??????? - SSB 
?
very loud SSB ones 
CAS-4A????? - SSB 
CAS-4B????? - SSB 
 
?
73! 
Umesh 
K6VUG 
?

    On Monday, October 1, 2018, 2:06:05 PM PDT, H. Stephen Nipper <stephennipper at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Thanks! Patrick.? I have worked other satellites and hams other than you.
I only mentioned MIR as a reminder that would be one that you could add to
the list. MIR was the first space contact that I made, and at that time I
started gathering equipment and planning my station.? The station didn't
come on board until I had time after retirement to put it all together.
And many thanks to Gene W4IMT for pushing me to get my station up and
running.

Thanks Patrick for checking and asking me.

Stephen Nipper
N7DJX
Boise

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 1:13 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> I think you may be missing Paul's question. Paul wasn't asking
> for us to make a list of all satellites. Paul was asking about
> the satellites we have worked. For some, that list would include
> Mir, AO-10, or AO-13. For others, the list would probably have
> only the newer satellites, with possibly AO-7 from the 1970s
> or FO-29 from the mid-1990s in the list.
>
> I have worked you on SO-50 and the 3 Fox-1 (AO-85, AO-91, AO-92)
> satellites, going back to 2016. You mentioned Mir. Have you
> worked any other satellites, in addition to these 5?
>
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 7:01 PM H. Stephen Nipper <stephennipper at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Don't forget MIR.? Worked it on packet years ago.
>>
>> Stephen Nipper
>> N7DJX
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>

-- 
Stephen Nipper
Boise, Idaho
N7DJX
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From ki0g at yahoo.com  Tue Oct  2 00:29:51 2018
From: ki0g at yahoo.com (Bob Cutter)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 00:29:51 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91 footprint diameter
References: <1341026585.2511205.1538440191865.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1341026585.2511205.1538440191865@mail.yahoo.com>

I cannot seem to find actual figure, plenty of graphic depictions.?
72, Bob KI0G?


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

From kb2m at arrl.net  Tue Oct  2 00:38:07 2018
From: kb2m at arrl.net (jeff griffin)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 20:38:07 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <014601d459e8$30d09dd0$9271d970$@net>

I can add...
AO10
AO13
AO16
MIR voice
MIR packet
Mir repeater
ISS voice
Space Shuttle voice
UO22
RS birds..
Etc......

73 Jeff kb2m




-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul
Stoetzer
Sent: Monday, October 1, 2018 1:07 PM
To: AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?

Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the
most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27
different satellites (listed below).

So who can boast the most satellites worked through?

73,

Paul, N8HM

AO-7
AO-27
AO-73
AO-85
AO-91
AO-92
BY70-1
CAS-4A
CAS-4B
EO-79
EO-88
FO-29
ISS Packet
ISS Repeater
LilacSat-2
LO-78
LO-90
NO-84
SO-50
UKube-1
VO-52
XW-2A
XW-2B
XW-2C
XW-2D
XW-2E
XW-2F
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From n8hm at arrl.net  Tue Oct  2 00:42:22 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 20:42:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91 footprint diameter
In-Reply-To: <1341026585.2511205.1538440191865@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1341026585.2511205.1538440191865.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1341026585.2511205.1538440191865@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOpK6SfaboxOVNurfDA6EWD_dMJ0TStYjM7p-HR0z=V6YA@mail.gmail.com>

AO-91 is in an 816 km x 454 km orbit. Gpredict shows a footprint ranging
from 6,178 km at apogee to 4,804 km at perigee.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 20:30 Bob Cutter via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I cannot seem to find actual figure, plenty of graphic depictions.
> 72, Bob KI0G
>
>
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From aj9n at aol.com  Tue Oct  2 02:09:01 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 22:09:01 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-02 02:00
	UTC
Message-ID: <166328928de-1ec1-26c8@webjas-vaa181.srv.aolmail.net>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-02 02:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Pell Elementary School,?Newport, RI, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-02 17:45:06 UTC 85 deg

?

Watch for a live simulacast at: http://bit.ly/RIspacechat3 OR https://livestream.com/accounts/9685187/ISS2018 (***)

?

Amur University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Wed 2018-10-10 08:00 UTC

?

Kursk University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC

?

Allen Park Elementary School, Lee County School District, Ft. Myers, FL, direct via W?CTL

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-08 17:05:17 UTC 59 deg (***)

?

Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany, direct via DN1RMG and DN2RV

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 14:03:32 UTC 61 deg (***)

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

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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.

?

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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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 107


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The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-02 02:00 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 1260.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1206.
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:
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

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-09-28 02:00 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
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Exp. 55 on orbit

Drew Feustel

Oleg Artemyev

Ricky Arnold KE5DAU

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Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Tue Oct  2 02:18:41 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 22:18:41 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Pell Elementary School,
	Newport, RI
Message-ID: <BDC9872BB4534F6797B7AC41E2CF8B9B@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Pell Elementary School, Newport, RI on 02 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:45 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 ON4ISS. The contact should be audible over eastern portions of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

Watch for a live simulacast at: http://bit.ly/RIspacechat3 OR https://livestream.com/accounts/9685187/ISS2018 .

 

 

Pell Elementary School is Newport, Rhode Island's only grades K-4 school, with student population of 950.  The school's namesake, Claiborne de Borda Pell served six terms as a U.S. senator from 1961 to 1997.  Senator Pell championed the "Basic Educational Opportunity Grant," popularly   known as the "Pell Grant."  Millions of low-income students have attained post-secondary education through the benefit of this federal grant program.  Pell believed education should be the right of every citizen, to better their own life, and to strengthen our nation.

 

Pell Elementary has a diverse, multicultural population due in part to the nearby U.S. Naval War College which attracts many foreign naval officers and their families.  Our English language learner population is 12%, while 57% of our students are children of color, and 65% qualify for free (or reduced price) lunch.

 

Teachers at Pell School regularly incorporate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) exploration into their classroom. Students attend weekly STEM classes during which they tackle real-world challenges. They are introduced to the "Engineering Design Process," coding, and careers in STEM fields.  Kindergarten and first grade students explore computational thinking using a variety of on and off-line algorithmic tools.  Older students are introduced to coding using MIT Media Lab's Scratch and Code.org. 

 

Our faculty encourages students to take risks, solve problems, engage in experiential learning, and collaborate.  Pell students have engaged in space-related and radio activities ahead of this event which also coincides with "World Space Week, " a United Nations-sponsored annual initiative geared to strengthen the link between space and society.

 

The space chat will be the highlight of the week, with activities planned, in the following week, to celebrate this year's theme, "Space Unites the World."  With help from the Amateur Radio aboard the ISS (ARISS) volunteers around the world and our community partners, Pell students will witness "Rhode Island Space Chat #3."  Four hundred students and guests are expected inside the school gymnasium with many others watching via livestream. 

 

We are excited and honored to participate in this unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

 

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 

 

1. What time do you wake up and what is the first thing you do?

2. My dad likes to drink coffee; do you have good tasting coffee on the ISS?

3. Does someone make you shower every day?

4. How do you celebrate your birthdays?

5. Do you ever get presents delivered to you from Earth?

6. What kinds of games do you play with your crew?

7. Why aren't there more girl astronauts?

8. What timezone do you follow?

9. Do you wash your clothes in space?

10. Where does the ISS trash go?

11. How do you keep the ISS clean and healthy?

12. Do you have to wash down the outside of the ISS and its solar panels, like a car gets washed?

13. Do you have a secret room that gives you privacy?

14. Why are spacesuits always white?

15. How many astronauts can go on a spacewalk at once?

16. How do you prepare for a spacewalk?

17. We grow tomatoes at school. Do you grow plants using hydroponics?

18. I'm Russian; do you think there are other life forms in the cosmos?

19. How do you eat without choking when there's no gravity to hold down the food?

20. How would you feel if you didn't exercise and then returned to Earth?

21. Who inspired you to be an astronaut?

22. What did you study in college?

23. Do space plants grow much faster when using plant food?

24. How do you handle a serious medical emergency?

25. As principal, I am the director of learning at school.  Who is the leader on the ISS?

26. Are there any musical instruments on 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):

 

Amur University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Wed 2018-10-10 08:00 UTC

 

Kursk University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC

 

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html 

 

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


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From vk5dg at internode.on.net  Tue Oct  2 06:18:42 2018
From: vk5dg at internode.on.net (David Giles)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 15:48:42 +0930
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <2130173048.3121226.1538439410929@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<8629c594-66ae-471a-ba74-3fdcd9477ee3@me.com>
	<CAPf7+3r42fQtu3CEqwmAMn1NPOWd=m256uSvfEQdvpVRt=PJfA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUeS+ZWeH6SYzHGXyTtGS57xFuzckFncxd2D8zgj4-B3hQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAPf7+3qPb=EHPNTFxTZMLuwSL=ydkdvnL=enCD77i9mGftdUgg@mail.gmail.com>
	<2130173048.3121226.1538439410929@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <6834ea44-ebcd-ea47-9e60-d95a46cdec2a@internode.on.net>

Started in 1997 with:
RS-10??? V/H
AO-16??? packet and later voice
RS-12??? V/H

Got serious with AO-40 using mode U/S.

UO-14??? V/U FM
ISS U/V repeater mode
AO-7???? U/V and V/H SSB
FO-20??? U/V SSB
FO-29??? V/U SSB, didn't try the BBS
SO-50??? V/U FM
AO-51??? V/U, L/U, but mostly on V/S
VO-52??? U/V SSB
DO-64??? U/V SSB
SO-67??? V/U FM
HO-68??? V/U SSB

Currently
AO-73??? U/V SSB
AO-85??? U/V FM
AO-91??? U/V FM
AO-92??? U/V and L/V FM
XW-2A, B, C, and F? U/V? SSB
CAS-4A and B??? SSB

Listened to many more and sent in reports.? Occasionally got a QSL card 
back.

Missed out on AO-10, AO-13 and SO-35.? Too far from the equator for IO-86.

Total talked through is 24.? Most QSOs made have been through AO-40.? 
Most for a LEO is with AO-51.
AO-91 is the most popular at the moment.

73 de David VK5DG



On 2/10/18 9:46 am, k6vug at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>   (taking Patrick's format)
>   
> started with
> AO-27??????? - FM
> AO-51??????? - FM
> ISS??????????? - Packet and FM repeater
>   
> struggled with
> AO-85??????? - FM
> SO-50??????? - FM
>   
> having great time with
> AO-91??????? - FM
> AO-92??????? - FM (V/U only)
>   
> initial SSB learning with
> FO-29??????? - SSB
> VO-52??????? - SSB
>   
> easy SSB sats
> XW-2A??????? - SSB
> XW-2B??????? - SSB
> XW-2C??????? - SSB
> XW-2D??????? - SSB
> XW-2F??????? - SSB
>   
> very loud SSB ones
> CAS-4A????? - SSB
> CAS-4B????? - SSB
>   
>   
> 73!
> Umesh
> K6VUG
>   
>
>      On Monday, October 1, 2018, 2:06:05 PM PDT, H. Stephen Nipper <stephennipper at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>   Thanks! Patrick.? I have worked other satellites and hams other than you.
> I only mentioned MIR as a reminder that would be one that you could add to
> the list. MIR was the first space contact that I made, and at that time I
> started gathering equipment and planning my station.? The station didn't
> come on board until I had time after retirement to put it all together.
> And many thanks to Gene W4IMT for pushing me to get my station up and
> running.
>
> Thanks Patrick for checking and asking me.
>
> Stephen Nipper
> N7DJX
> Boise
>
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 1:13 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
> amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> I think you may be missing Paul's question. Paul wasn't asking
>> for us to make a list of all satellites. Paul was asking about
>> the satellites we have worked. For some, that list would include
>> Mir, AO-10, or AO-13. For others, the list would probably have
>> only the newer satellites, with possibly AO-7 from the 1970s
>> or FO-29 from the mid-1990s in the list.
>>
>> I have worked you on SO-50 and the 3 Fox-1 (AO-85, AO-91, AO-92)
>> satellites, going back to 2016. You mentioned Mir. Have you
>> worked any other satellites, in addition to these 5?
>>
>>
>> 73!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
>> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 7:01 PM H. Stephen Nipper <stephennipper at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Don't forget MIR.? Worked it on packet years ago.
>>>
>>> Stephen Nipper
>>> N7DJX
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>


From kk5do at amsat.org  Mon Oct  1 21:28:20 2018
From: kk5do at amsat.org (Bruce)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 16:28:20 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <CAOvopc-5WW8JAt_5pJQ6qigfKBUjH6ikjf3wH5usW8emrMTEYA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUcH+gZ80Yy-B-gQ-w8KXOK3rkMPQ+TZ1CsEgdZ=gpbtRA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOvopc-5WW8JAt_5pJQ6qigfKBUjH6ikjf3wH5usW8emrMTEYA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C2D4E94D-BBA9-467F-8748-E3A969975EF1@amsat.org>

I bet there were only 3 of us that made a contact through Mir when they had their 70cm radio on.  Andy, W5ACM, myself and a station in Colorado.  Was awesome with an HT and whip antenna. 

73...bruce

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 1, 2018, at 1:16 PM, George Carr <george.carrii15 at gmail.com> wrote:

What about A0-10 and AO-13? I did!
73
George
WA5KBH

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:30 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:

> Paul,
> 
> Here's my list...
> 
> AO-7         - SSB
> AO-16        - FM/SSB
> AO-27        - FM
> AO-51        - FM and SSB/FM (also a couple of CW/FM QSOs)
> AO-73        - SSB
> AO-85        - FM
> AO-91        - FM
> AO-92        - FM
> CAS-4A       - SSB
> CAS-4B       - SSB
> EO-88        - SSB
> FalconSat-3  - Packet
> FO-29        - SSB
> HO-68        - FM and SSB
> ISS          - Packet and FM repeater
> LilacSat-2   - FM
> LO-78        - FM
> NO-44        - Packet
> NO-84        - Packet
> SO-35        - FM
> SO-50        - FM
> SO-67        - FM
> Ukube-1      - SSB
> UO-14        - FM
> VO-52        - SSB
> XW-2A        - SSB
> XW-2B        - SSB
> XW-2C        - SSB


From hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com  Tue Oct  2 11:27:37 2018
From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 06:27:37 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
Message-ID: <CAM4UQf3-bZzG_Fmzneb_Gn2YiP_SertxBDcWYUZCfe_H8JLq=A@mail.gmail.com>

Several of us are having a heck of a time getting any telemetry from the
above birds. DUV just isn't producing anything.

We hear both well enough to make QSOs on the FM transponders, but we can't
seem to get any data thru the decoder.

Is it really that much more difficult to get the TLM via DUV  than to
listen to a voice on the 2m downlink?

Setup:
2m Eggbeater at 7', fed with 80' of 9913
AirSpy HF+ SDR
SDRC V3 Software
FMN 12 kHz (Highpass Filter not checked) and FMW both tried, neither
produce any decoded data.

I am getting telemetry just fine from AO-73, and am also getting perfect Wx
pix on 137.100 with SNR's of > 30 dB.

Am I doing something wrong, or is it just that hard to get FoxTelem to work
with DUV?

Thanks for any help. 73,
N0AN
Hasan

From n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net  Tue Oct  2 12:00:06 2018
From: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net (Mike Seguin)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 08:00:06 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <C2D4E94D-BBA9-467F-8748-E3A969975EF1@amsat.org>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUcH+gZ80Yy-B-gQ-w8KXOK3rkMPQ+TZ1CsEgdZ=gpbtRA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOvopc-5WW8JAt_5pJQ6qigfKBUjH6ikjf3wH5usW8emrMTEYA@mail.gmail.com>
	<C2D4E94D-BBA9-467F-8748-E3A969975EF1@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <31ca7489-ce50-22ba-2609-2cbced8118ac@burlingtontelecom.net>

Bruce,

SAFEX  --- RR0DL ? I don't remember exactly what the circumstance was, 
but I have an RR0DL/SAFEX QSL card (from the SAFEX team) hanging on the 
wall here.

Mike

On 10/1/2018 5:28 PM, Bruce wrote:
> I bet there were only 3 of us that made a contact through Mir when they had their 70cm radio on.  Andy, W5ACM, myself and a station in Colorado.  Was awesome with an HT and whip antenna.
> 
> 73...bruce
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 1, 2018, at 1:16 PM, George Carr <george.carrii15 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> What about A0-10 and AO-13? I did!
> 73
> George
> WA5KBH
> 
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:30 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
> amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:
> 
>> Paul,
>>
>> Here's my list...
>>
>> AO-7         - SSB
>> AO-16        - FM/SSB
>> AO-27        - FM
>> AO-51        - FM and SSB/FM (also a couple of CW/FM QSOs)
>> AO-73        - SSB
>> AO-85        - FM
>> AO-91        - FM
>> AO-92        - FM
>> CAS-4A       - SSB
>> CAS-4B       - SSB
>> EO-88        - SSB
>> FalconSat-3  - Packet
>> FO-29        - SSB
>> HO-68        - FM and SSB
>> ISS          - Packet and FM repeater
>> LilacSat-2   - FM
>> LO-78        - FM
>> NO-44        - Packet
>> NO-84        - Packet
>> SO-35        - FM
>> SO-50        - FM
>> SO-67        - FM
>> Ukube-1      - SSB
>> UO-14        - FM
>> VO-52        - SSB
>> XW-2A        - SSB
>> XW-2B        - SSB
>> XW-2C        - SSB
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
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73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"

From n8hm at arrl.net  Tue Oct  2 12:36:27 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 08:36:27 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
In-Reply-To: <CAM4UQf3-bZzG_Fmzneb_Gn2YiP_SertxBDcWYUZCfe_H8JLq=A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM4UQf3-bZzG_Fmzneb_Gn2YiP_SertxBDcWYUZCfe_H8JLq=A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOpt84U=c+4UwR9mLd-SopCMTSw=_WZTeNnOdSQ0ps3zQQ@mail.gmail.com>

How are you feeding the audio from SDR Console to FoxTelem? Are the
sample rates matched (ideally 48000)?

73,

Paul, N8HM
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 7:54 AM Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Several of us are having a heck of a time getting any telemetry from the
> above birds. DUV just isn't producing anything.
>
> We hear both well enough to make QSOs on the FM transponders, but we can't
> seem to get any data thru the decoder.
>
> Is it really that much more difficult to get the TLM via DUV  than to
> listen to a voice on the 2m downlink?
>
> Setup:
> 2m Eggbeater at 7', fed with 80' of 9913
> AirSpy HF+ SDR
> SDRC V3 Software
> FMN 12 kHz (Highpass Filter not checked) and FMW both tried, neither
> produce any decoded data.
>
> I am getting telemetry just fine from AO-73, and am also getting perfect Wx
> pix on 137.100 with SNR's of > 30 dB.
>
> Am I doing something wrong, or is it just that hard to get FoxTelem to work
> with DUV?
>
> Thanks for any help. 73,
> N0AN
> Hasan
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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From kb2m at arrl.net  Tue Oct  2 12:48:07 2018
From: kb2m at arrl.net (jeff griffin)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 08:48:07 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <31ca7489-ce50-22ba-2609-2cbced8118ac@burlingtontelecom.net>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>	<CAN6TEUcH+gZ80Yy-B-gQ-w8KXOK3rkMPQ+TZ1CsEgdZ=gpbtRA@mail.gmail.com>	<CAOvopc-5WW8JAt_5pJQ6qigfKBUjH6ikjf3wH5usW8emrMTEYA@mail.gmail.com>	<C2D4E94D-BBA9-467F-8748-E3A969975EF1@amsat.org>
	<31ca7489-ce50-22ba-2609-2cbced8118ac@burlingtontelecom.net>
Message-ID: <023001d45a4e$2b3ddb10$81b99130$@net>

I also worked the 70cm repeater on Mir....

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mike Seguin
Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:00 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?

Bruce,

SAFEX  --- RR0DL ? I don't remember exactly what the circumstance was, 
but I have an RR0DL/SAFEX QSL card (from the SAFEX team) hanging on the 
wall here.

Mike

On 10/1/2018 5:28 PM, Bruce wrote:
> I bet there were only 3 of us that made a contact through Mir when they
had their 70cm radio on.  Andy, W5ACM, myself and a station in Colorado.
Was awesome with an HT and whip antenna.
> 
> 73...bruce
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 1, 2018, at 1:16 PM, George Carr <george.carrii15 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> What about A0-10 and AO-13? I did!
> 73
> George
> WA5KBH
> 
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:30 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
> amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:
> 
>> Paul,
>>
>> Here's my list...
>>
>> AO-7         - SSB
>> AO-16        - FM/SSB
>> AO-27        - FM
>> AO-51        - FM and SSB/FM (also a couple of CW/FM QSOs)
>> AO-73        - SSB
>> AO-85        - FM
>> AO-91        - FM
>> AO-92        - FM
>> CAS-4A       - SSB
>> CAS-4B       - SSB
>> EO-88        - SSB
>> FalconSat-3  - Packet
>> FO-29        - SSB
>> HO-68        - FM and SSB
>> ISS          - Packet and FM repeater
>> LilacSat-2   - FM
>> LO-78        - FM
>> NO-44        - Packet
>> NO-84        - Packet
>> SO-35        - FM
>> SO-50        - FM
>> SO-67        - FM
>> Ukube-1      - SSB
>> UO-14        - FM
>> VO-52        - SSB
>> XW-2A        - SSB
>> XW-2B        - SSB
>> XW-2C        - SSB
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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-- 

73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"
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From k9jkm at comcast.net  Tue Oct  2 12:54:19 2018
From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne Maenpaa)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 07:54:19 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOpt84U=c+4UwR9mLd-SopCMTSw=_WZTeNnOdSQ0ps3zQQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM4UQf3-bZzG_Fmzneb_Gn2YiP_SertxBDcWYUZCfe_H8JLq=A@mail.gmail.com>
	<CABzOSOpt84U=c+4UwR9mLd-SopCMTSw=_WZTeNnOdSQ0ps3zQQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <001501d45a4f$0937e000$1ba7a000$@net>

> How are you feeding the audio from SDR Console to FoxTelem? Are the
> sample rates matched (ideally 48000)?

I'm using an SDRPlay RSP2 that feeds FoxTelem via VBCable. I found during
setting things up that VBCable/VoiceMeeter was configured to use the
right-channel. The 'Use Left Channel' box was checked on FoxTelem. I
unchecked the box and presumably matching right-channel to right-channel is
working ... receiving and decoding the DUV are working.

--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org




From n1uw at gokarns.com  Tue Oct  2 14:25:41 2018
From: n1uw at gokarns.com (Frank Karnauskas)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 09:25:41 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Feeding Two Arrow Antennas for X-Polarization
Message-ID: <003e01d45a5b$cd783d00$6868b700$@gokarns.com>

If anyone is using a pair of Arrow antennas for a cross-polarized
installation, I would appreciate hearing how you are feeding them.

I have one already and I am considering getting another to work up an el-az
setup for portable operation.

Thanks in advance.

73,
Frank N1UW
N1UW at GOKARNS daht com



From seb at wintek.com  Tue Oct  2 14:46:38 2018
From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen  E. Belter)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 14:46:38 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
In-Reply-To: <CAM4UQf3-bZzG_Fmzneb_Gn2YiP_SertxBDcWYUZCfe_H8JLq=A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM4UQf3-bZzG_Fmzneb_Gn2YiP_SertxBDcWYUZCfe_H8JLq=A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <340DA8E2-4AEC-44E2-9C42-A5B900DF2F5D@wintek.com>

Hasan,

The answer to your question about the difficulty is yes, and no.  

There are lots of things that can block the decoding of the DUV.  Get any *one* of them wrong, and it doesn't work.  Get them *all* right, it works great.

I am not an expert, but here are a few suggestions.

You need a solid, full-quieting signal to decode the packets.  Mark is right; this is much more difficult with an omnidirectional antenna like an eggbeater.  With 80-feet of coax, you probably need a low-noise preamp at the antenna (not in the shack).  When you make a voice QSO, is the signal really full-quieting?

The DUV information is very, very low frequency.  You need to be receiving everything from DC to 300 hertz, and passing it to FoxTelem.  Typical FM receivers (conventional analog and software defined) filter out the low frequencies so as to not include CTCSS tones which add an annoying rumble or hum to the audio.  So carefully check and adjust or remove any low-frequency filtering.  

Using a patch cord to connect the speaker output to a sound card input is unlikely to work.  You need to be using a virtual audio cable (software utility that simulates two sound cards connected by a patch cord).  Paul is correct, check the sample rates on the SDRC output, the input and output of your VAC, and the input to FoxTelem.  They should all be identical.

Check the levels to make sure nothing is clipping or overloaded:  Windows levels between the HF+ and SDRC, SDRC output, and VAC input and output.  I'm using a FUNcube Pro+ dongle and have the Windows level on the FCD set to 9 instead of the default 100.  The best level for your HF+ may be different.

I'm sorry you're having trouble.  Maybe these hints and the suggestions of others will help.

73, Steve N9IP
--
Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com



?On 10/2/18, 7:56 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Hasan al-Basri" <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com> wrote:

    Several of us are having a heck of a time getting any telemetry from the
    above birds. DUV just isn't producing anything.
    
    We hear both well enough to make QSOs on the FM transponders, but we can't
    seem to get any data thru the decoder.
    
    Is it really that much more difficult to get the TLM via DUV  than to
    listen to a voice on the 2m downlink?
    
    Setup:
    2m Eggbeater at 7', fed with 80' of 9913
    AirSpy HF+ SDR
    SDRC V3 Software
    FMN 12 kHz (Highpass Filter not checked) and FMW both tried, neither
    produce any decoded data.
    
    I am getting telemetry just fine from AO-73, and am also getting perfect Wx
    pix on 137.100 with SNR's of > 30 dB.
    
    Am I doing something wrong, or is it just that hard to get FoxTelem to work
    with DUV?
    
    Thanks for any help. 73,
    N0AN
    Hasan
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From burns at fisher.cc  Tue Oct  2 14:57:16 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 10:57:16 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
In-Reply-To: <340DA8E2-4AEC-44E2-9C42-A5B900DF2F5D@wintek.com>
References: <CAM4UQf3-bZzG_Fmzneb_Gn2YiP_SertxBDcWYUZCfe_H8JLq=A@mail.gmail.com>
	<340DA8E2-4AEC-44E2-9C42-A5B900DF2F5D@wintek.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxWTxsXUJhojz2fbi1Vk52Dq9hXN1ZSjK3vUeXmy4q+QLg@mail.gmail.com>

Let me add just a bit more.  I have a homebrew Lindenblad (circular
polarity, omni) with an AMSAT wide band preamp out at the antenna, going to
a FunCube Dongle that is decoded directly by FoxTelem.  I get hundreds of
packets per day with it.  I have also used an Arrow dual-band J-pole
mounted at 45 degrees and an AirSpy wide-band preamp with nearly as good
results.

My experience is that I CAN get decodes without having completely full
quieting, but it still has to be "pretty good".  I also completely agree
with Steve that the big trick is to be sure you have no high pass
filtering.  Best is to use a software defined radio (I've succeeded with
both HDSDR and SDR# ) with virtual audio cable if you don't have a FunCube
Dongle.

Good luck!  Let us know how you are doing.  Maybe a screen shot of FoxTelem
when there is a signal coming would be helpful (although I think pictures
don't go through on this mailing list).

73,

Burns WB1FJ
Fox Flight Software

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Stephen E. Belter <seb at wintek.com> wrote:

> Hasan,
>
> The answer to your question about the difficulty is yes, and no.
>
> There are lots of things that can block the decoding of the DUV.  Get any
> *one* of them wrong, and it doesn't work.  Get them *all* right, it works
> great.
>
> I am not an expert, but here are a few suggestions.
>
> You need a solid, full-quieting signal to decode the packets.  Mark is
> right; this is much more difficult with an omnidirectional antenna like an
> eggbeater.  With 80-feet of coax, you probably need a low-noise preamp at
> the antenna (not in the shack).  When you make a voice QSO, is the signal
> really full-quieting?
>
> The DUV information is very, very low frequency.  You need to be receiving
> everything from DC to 300 hertz, and passing it to FoxTelem.  Typical FM
> receivers (conventional analog and software defined) filter out the low
> frequencies so as to not include CTCSS tones which add an annoying rumble
> or hum to the audio.  So carefully check and adjust or remove any
> low-frequency filtering.
>
> Using a patch cord to connect the speaker output to a sound card input is
> unlikely to work.  You need to be using a virtual audio cable (software
> utility that simulates two sound cards connected by a patch cord).  Paul is
> correct, check the sample rates on the SDRC output, the input and output of
> your VAC, and the input to FoxTelem.  They should all be identical.
>
> Check the levels to make sure nothing is clipping or overloaded:  Windows
> levels between the HF+ and SDRC, SDRC output, and VAC input and output.
> I'm using a FUNcube Pro+ dongle and have the Windows level on the FCD set
> to 9 instead of the default 100.  The best level for your HF+ may be
> different.
>
> I'm sorry you're having trouble.  Maybe these hints and the suggestions of
> others will help.
>
> 73, Steve N9IP
> --
> Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>
>
>
> ?On 10/2/18, 7:56 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Hasan al-Basri" <
> amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Several of us are having a heck of a time getting any telemetry from
> the
>     above birds. DUV just isn't producing anything.
>
>     We hear both well enough to make QSOs on the FM transponders, but we
> can't
>     seem to get any data thru the decoder.
>
>     Is it really that much more difficult to get the TLM via DUV  than to
>     listen to a voice on the 2m downlink?
>
>     Setup:
>     2m Eggbeater at 7', fed with 80' of 9913
>     AirSpy HF+ SDR
>     SDRC V3 Software
>     FMN 12 kHz (Highpass Filter not checked) and FMW both tried, neither
>     produce any decoded data.
>
>     I am getting telemetry just fine from AO-73, and am also getting
> perfect Wx
>     pix on 137.100 with SNR's of > 30 dB.
>
>     Am I doing something wrong, or is it just that hard to get FoxTelem to
> work
>     with DUV?
>
>     Thanks for any help. 73,
>     N0AN
>     Hasan
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From jerry.tuyls at telenet.be  Tue Oct  2 17:26:08 2018
From: jerry.tuyls at telenet.be (jerry.tuyls at telenet.be)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 19:26:08 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Feeding Two Arrow Antennas for X-Polarization
In-Reply-To: <003e01d45a5b$cd783d00$6868b700$@gokarns.com>
References: <003e01d45a5b$cd783d00$6868b700$@gokarns.com>
Message-ID: <2103574486.79232346.1538501168178.JavaMail.zimbra@telenet.be>

Hoi Frank

look here:https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/xtra/WRAPSArticlewithStoreAd.pdf

best 73's

Jerry,ON4CJQ

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Frank Karnauskas" <n1uw at gokarns.com>
Aan: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Verzonden: Dinsdag 2 oktober 2018 16:25:41
Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] Feeding Two Arrow Antennas for X-Polarization

If anyone is using a pair of Arrow antennas for a cross-polarized
installation, I would appreciate hearing how you are feeding them.

I have one already and I am considering getting another to work up an el-az
setup for portable operation.

Thanks in advance.

73,
Frank N1UW
N1UW at GOKARNS daht com


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From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Tue Oct  2 18:12:42 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 11:12:42 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
In-Reply-To: <023001d45a4e$2b3ddb10$81b99130$@net>
References: <CABzOSOpp4b06d55xK=+rVbiqFQJJYm__ZEOejcEKrkZpWh_ACw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUcH+gZ80Yy-B-gQ-w8KXOK3rkMPQ+TZ1CsEgdZ=gpbtRA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOvopc-5WW8JAt_5pJQ6qigfKBUjH6ikjf3wH5usW8emrMTEYA@mail.gmail.com>
	<C2D4E94D-BBA9-467F-8748-E3A969975EF1@amsat.org>
	<31ca7489-ce50-22ba-2609-2cbced8118ac@burlingtontelecom.net>
	<023001d45a4e$2b3ddb10$81b99130$@net>
Message-ID: <c4d3c91d-d555-8e79-5262-52624ce41cab@gmail.com>

I have also worked the Mir 70cm repeater....

My list of satellites worked, in order of first contact: (Total about
30, depending on how you count some of them)

RS-10
AO-27
FO-20
RS-15
RS-12
AO-13
FO-29
MIR (2m, including one mobile while on the freeway)
Shuttle (Columbia STS-78) Packet
AO-10
MIR (UHF)
RS-13
SO-35
UO-14
AO-40
SO-41
AO-07
SaudiSat-1C
SO-50
AO-51
VO-52
ISS 2m
AO-16
HO-68
ARISSAT-1
AO-73
LituaniaSat-1
BY70-1
Nayif-1
AO-92

Greg  KO6TH



jeff griffin wrote:
> I also worked the 70cm repeater on Mir....
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mike Seguin
> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:00 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How many satellites have you worked?
>
> Bruce,
>
> SAFEX  --- RR0DL ? I don't remember exactly what the circumstance was, 
> but I have an RR0DL/SAFEX QSL card (from the SAFEX team) hanging on the 
> wall here.
>
> Mike
>
> On 10/1/2018 5:28 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> I bet there were only 3 of us that made a contact through Mir when they
> had their 70cm radio on.  Andy, W5ACM, myself and a station in Colorado.
> Was awesome with an HT and whip antenna.
>> 73...bruce
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 1, 2018, at 1:16 PM, George Carr <george.carrii15 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What about A0-10 and AO-13? I did!
>> 73
>> George
>> WA5KBH
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:30 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
>> amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Paul,
>>>
>>> Here's my list...
>>>
>>> AO-7         - SSB
>>> AO-16        - FM/SSB
>>> AO-27        - FM
>>> AO-51        - FM and SSB/FM (also a couple of CW/FM QSOs)
>>> AO-73        - SSB
>>> AO-85        - FM
>>> AO-91        - FM
>>> AO-92        - FM
>>> CAS-4A       - SSB
>>> CAS-4B       - SSB
>>> EO-88        - SSB
>>> FalconSat-3  - Packet
>>> FO-29        - SSB
>>> HO-68        - FM and SSB
>>> ISS          - Packet and FM repeater
>>> LilacSat-2   - FM
>>> LO-78        - FM
>>> NO-44        - Packet
>>> NO-84        - Packet
>>> SO-35        - FM
>>> SO-50        - FM
>>> SO-67        - FM
>>> Ukube-1      - SSB
>>> UO-14        - FM
>>> VO-52        - SSB
>>> XW-2A        - SSB
>>> XW-2B        - SSB
>>> XW-2C        - SSB
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From johnv at frontier.com  Tue Oct  2 19:02:22 2018
From: johnv at frontier.com (johnv at frontier.com)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 19:02:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Feeding Two Arrow Antennas for X-Polarization
In-Reply-To: <2103574486.79232346.1538501168178.JavaMail.zimbra@telenet.be>
References: <003e01d45a5b$cd783d00$6868b700$@gokarns.com>
	<2103574486.79232346.1538501168178.JavaMail.zimbra@telenet.be>
Message-ID: <271259139.3047113.1538506942249@mail.yahoo.com>

 I'm looking at this project and it appears to be still able to replicate except for the ""WRAPS Project Parts in the AMSAT Store".???? But it is no longer offered at the store.

Was the per-amp inefficient, unstable or just not work???? (not knocking anyone)??? If it's okay, I was hoping someone had one surplus to sell at a reasonable price plus shipping???? All the other parts are available, maybe at a higher cost but available.
Thanks and please send direct to my email and not on the BB.

N7AME
 

    On Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 10:31:49 AM PDT, <jerry.tuyls at telenet.be> wrote:  
 
 Hoi Frank

look here:https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/xtra/WRAPSArticlewithStoreAd.pdf

best 73's

Jerry,ON4CJQ

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Frank Karnauskas" <n1uw at gokarns.com>
Aan: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Verzonden: Dinsdag 2 oktober 2018 16:25:41
Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] Feeding Two Arrow Antennas for X-Polarization

If anyone is using a pair of Arrow antennas for a cross-polarized
installation, I would appreciate hearing how you are feeding them.

I have one already and I am considering getting another to work up an el-az
setup for portable operation.

Thanks in advance.

73,
Frank N1UW
N1UW at GOKARNS daht com


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From seb at wintek.com  Tue Oct  2 20:09:05 2018
From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen  E. Belter)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 20:09:05 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Feeding Two Arrow Antennas for X-Polarization
In-Reply-To: <271259139.3047113.1538506942249@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <003e01d45a5b$cd783d00$6868b700$@gokarns.com>
	<2103574486.79232346.1538501168178.JavaMail.zimbra@telenet.be>
	<271259139.3047113.1538506942249@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2AC1F01F-C0F2-4E33-97B5-FBB4447D52C0@wintek.com>

John,

I believe the preamp worked OK.  Since it was a wideband preamp (no significant filtering), it is best suited for receive-only applications like copying telemetry.  

If used in a full-duplex situation, additional filtering is required or large separation between the transmit and receive antennas.

73, Steve N9IP
--
Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com



?On 10/2/18, 3:04 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of johnv at frontier.com" <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of johnv at frontier.com> wrote:

     I'm looking at this project and it appears to be still able to replicate except for the ""WRAPS Project Parts in the AMSAT Store".     But it is no longer offered at the store.
    
    Was the per-amp inefficient, unstable or just not work?    (not knocking anyone)    If it's okay, I was hoping someone had one surplus to sell at a reasonable price plus shipping?    All the other parts are available, maybe at a higher cost but available.
    Thanks and please send direct to my email and not on the BB.
    
    N7AME
     
    
        On Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 10:31:49 AM PDT, <jerry.tuyls at telenet.be> wrote:  
     
     Hoi Frank
    
    look here:https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/xtra/WRAPSArticlewithStoreAd.pdf
    
    best 73's
    
    Jerry,ON4CJQ
    
    ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
    Van: "Frank Karnauskas" <n1uw at gokarns.com>
    Aan: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
    Verzonden: Dinsdag 2 oktober 2018 16:25:41
    Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] Feeding Two Arrow Antennas for X-Polarization
    
    If anyone is using a pair of Arrow antennas for a cross-polarized
    installation, I would appreciate hearing how you are feeding them.
    
    I have one already and I am considering getting another to work up an el-az
    setup for portable operation.
    
    Thanks in advance.
    
    73,
    Frank N1UW
    N1UW at GOKARNS daht com
    
    
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From burns at fisher.cc  Tue Oct  2 20:26:15 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 16:26:15 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxWTxsXUJhojz2fbi1Vk52Dq9hXN1ZSjK3vUeXmy4q+QLg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM4UQf3-bZzG_Fmzneb_Gn2YiP_SertxBDcWYUZCfe_H8JLq=A@mail.gmail.com>
	<340DA8E2-4AEC-44E2-9C42-A5B900DF2F5D@wintek.com>
	<CABX7KxWTxsXUJhojz2fbi1Vk52Dq9hXN1ZSjK3vUeXmy4q+QLg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxWFzEPmzuLNo2L3eJjDYoxkyb51Qa9+6CHkc93GeoEGpw@mail.gmail.com>

Hasan sent me a screen shot of his attempt to collect data from one of the
Fox satellites.  I also showed it to Chris, G0KLA, the author of FoxTelem.
We both agree that the problem is likely to be filtering.  SOMEWHERE in
there is a high pass filter that is not allowing enough of the low
frequencies through.  Another possibility is not FM demodulating a wide
enough bandwidth.  You could try wide FM rather than narrow, or if it is
adjustable, set it to 5KHz.

Chris also says that he expects to be able to decode if the signal is only
a few dB above the noise, so chances are good that a weak signal is not the
problem.

Good luck and 73,

Burns WB1FJ

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:57 AM, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> Let me add just a bit more.  I have a homebrew Lindenblad (circular
> polarity, omni) with an AMSAT wide band preamp out at the antenna, going to
> a FunCube Dongle that is decoded directly by FoxTelem.  I get hundreds of
> packets per day with it.  I have also used an Arrow dual-band J-pole
> mounted at 45 degrees and an AirSpy wide-band preamp with nearly as good
> results.
>
> My experience is that I CAN get decodes without having completely full
> quieting, but it still has to be "pretty good".  I also completely agree
> with Steve that the big trick is to be sure you have no high pass
> filtering.  Best is to use a software defined radio (I've succeeded with
> both HDSDR and SDR# ) with virtual audio cable if you don't have a FunCube
> Dongle.
>
> Good luck!  Let us know how you are doing.  Maybe a screen shot of
> FoxTelem when there is a signal coming would be helpful (although I think
> pictures don't go through on this mailing list).
>
> 73,
>
> Burns WB1FJ
> Fox Flight Software
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Stephen E. Belter <seb at wintek.com> wrote:
>
>> Hasan,
>>
>> The answer to your question about the difficulty is yes, and no.
>>
>> There are lots of things that can block the decoding of the DUV.  Get any
>> *one* of them wrong, and it doesn't work.  Get them *all* right, it works
>> great.
>>
>> I am not an expert, but here are a few suggestions.
>>
>> You need a solid, full-quieting signal to decode the packets.  Mark is
>> right; this is much more difficult with an omnidirectional antenna like an
>> eggbeater.  With 80-feet of coax, you probably need a low-noise preamp at
>> the antenna (not in the shack).  When you make a voice QSO, is the signal
>> really full-quieting?
>>
>> The DUV information is very, very low frequency.  You need to be
>> receiving everything from DC to 300 hertz, and passing it to FoxTelem.
>> Typical FM receivers (conventional analog and software defined) filter out
>> the low frequencies so as to not include CTCSS tones which add an annoying
>> rumble or hum to the audio.  So carefully check and adjust or remove any
>> low-frequency filtering.
>>
>> Using a patch cord to connect the speaker output to a sound card input is
>> unlikely to work.  You need to be using a virtual audio cable (software
>> utility that simulates two sound cards connected by a patch cord).  Paul is
>> correct, check the sample rates on the SDRC output, the input and output of
>> your VAC, and the input to FoxTelem.  They should all be identical.
>>
>> Check the levels to make sure nothing is clipping or overloaded:  Windows
>> levels between the HF+ and SDRC, SDRC output, and VAC input and output.
>> I'm using a FUNcube Pro+ dongle and have the Windows level on the FCD set
>> to 9 instead of the default 100.  The best level for your HF+ may be
>> different.
>>
>> I'm sorry you're having trouble.  Maybe these hints and the suggestions
>> of others will help.
>>
>> 73, Steve N9IP
>> --
>> Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ?On 10/2/18, 7:56 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Hasan al-Basri" <
>> amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     Several of us are having a heck of a time getting any telemetry from
>> the
>>     above birds. DUV just isn't producing anything.
>>
>>     We hear both well enough to make QSOs on the FM transponders, but we
>> can't
>>     seem to get any data thru the decoder.
>>
>>     Is it really that much more difficult to get the TLM via DUV  than to
>>     listen to a voice on the 2m downlink?
>>
>>     Setup:
>>     2m Eggbeater at 7', fed with 80' of 9913
>>     AirSpy HF+ SDR
>>     SDRC V3 Software
>>     FMN 12 kHz (Highpass Filter not checked) and FMW both tried, neither
>>     produce any decoded data.
>>
>>     I am getting telemetry just fine from AO-73, and am also getting
>> perfect Wx
>>     pix on 137.100 with SNR's of > 30 dB.
>>
>>     Am I doing something wrong, or is it just that hard to get FoxTelem
>> to work
>>     with DUV?
>>
>>     Thanks for any help. 73,
>>     N0AN
>>     Hasan
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>

From corvanheiningen at outlook.com  Tue Oct  2 09:24:18 2018
From: corvanheiningen at outlook.com (Cor van Heiningen)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 09:24:18 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] jota
Message-ID: <AM0P191MB0321E3381630C724E5EDB96BBAE80@AM0P191MB0321.EURP191.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

During the jamboree on 19 20 21 october 2018 pe1nil/j qrv on radio amateur satellites.


73

pe1nil

From kk5do at arrl.net  Wed Oct  3 00:37:22 2018
From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 19:37:22 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] VUCC card checking
Message-ID: <ab898dd3-242f-091b-d32a-34e978d036d3@arrl.net>

If you are going to the AMSAT Symposium in Huntsville, I will be 
available to check any cards you have towards VUCC, WAS or 5BWAS. Make 
sure you have your lists and cards sorted in the same order as the list. 
Have your application filled out. Any questions, feel free to contact me 
direct.

73...bruce

-- 

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From joevk5ei at gmail.com  Wed Oct  3 06:40:15 2018
From: joevk5ei at gmail.com (Joe Pereira)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 16:10:15 +0930
Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry Server
In-Reply-To: <000001d45989$0e6552e0$2b2ff8a0$@gmail.com>
References: <BN6PR2201MB12986289455EAEBA4A6ABB9DF7EF0@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
	<000001d45989$0e6552e0$2b2ff8a0$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEW3GkKVBjBvByyyW5x5qc8t2LVqqmh_s4YppkhtjTVNvLamKQ@mail.gmail.com>

An update on this subject.

I still have an issue with the Funcube-1 dashboard not uploading frames to
http://data.funcube.org.uk

The Nayif-1 dashboard is now using http://data.amsat-uk.org and is working
ok.

Do we still have an issue with the server or should I be investigating the
problem and my end ?

Joe
VK5EI / VK5KJP

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 10:47 PM Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ross,
>
> Yes, the server was down for several hours.  Your data should have uploaded
> when it came back up.
>
> 73,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
> <-----Original Message-----
> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ross
> <Biggar
> <Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 22:05 PM
> <To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry Server
> <
> <Has the telemetry server gone off line, I have over 200 frames queued,
> <normally they are sent immediately, with nothing queued.??
> <
> <Ross
> <ZL1WN
> <
> <
> <
> <
> <_______________________________________________
> <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.
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> <program!
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>
> _______________________________________________
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> expressed
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From john at amber.org.uk  Wed Oct  3 08:16:24 2018
From: john at amber.org.uk (John)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 09:16:24 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] jota
In-Reply-To: <AM0P191MB0321E3381630C724E5EDB96BBAE80@AM0P191MB0321.EURP191.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
References: <AM0P191MB0321E3381630C724E5EDB96BBAE80@AM0P191MB0321.EURP191.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
Message-ID: <06ef01d45af1$608a6dd0$219f4970$@amber.org.uk>

Cor,

That's great to hear! We'll be active at GB2GP (Gilwell Park, London), on
HF, VHF/UHF, Digi, Echolink, DV and Sats as well, so hopefully we'll get to
work you somewhere!

I'm also hoping to do some testing this weekend to make sure things are
ready to go, as it were.

73,
John (XLX)

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Cor van Heiningen
Sent: 02 October 2018 10:24
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] jota

During the jamboree on 19 20 21 october 2018 pe1nil/j qrv on radio amateur
satellites.


73

pe1nil
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From graham at shirville.com  Wed Oct  3 08:35:48 2018
From: graham at shirville.com (Graham Shirville)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 09:35:48 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry Server
In-Reply-To: <CAEW3GkKVBjBvByyyW5x5qc8t2LVqqmh_s4YppkhtjTVNvLamKQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BN6PR2201MB12986289455EAEBA4A6ABB9DF7EF0@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
	<000001d45989$0e6552e0$2b2ff8a0$@gmail.com>
	<CAEW3GkKVBjBvByyyW5x5qc8t2LVqqmh_s4YppkhtjTVNvLamKQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <bd25afec-82eb-c8aa-a71c-b827b46c788b@shirville.com>

Hi Joe,

In a word YES we do!

The FUNcube Warehousemeister is presently en-route home from a two week 
trip to Florida so hopefully he should be able to get things fixed 
within the enxt couple of days...our apologies for the outages and 
slowness..but sincere thanks for your continuing support for the 
missions..it is really valuable to us to enable us to obtain as much 
data as possible..

73

Graham

G3VZV


On 03/10/2018 07:40, Joe Pereira wrote:
> An update on this subject.
>
> I still have an issue with the Funcube-1 dashboard not uploading frames to
> http://data.funcube.org.uk
>
> The Nayif-1 dashboard is now using http://data.amsat-uk.org and is working
> ok.
>
> Do we still have an issue with the server or should I be investigating the
> problem and my end ?
>
> Joe
> VK5EI / VK5KJP
>
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 10:47 PM Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ross,
>>
>> Yes, the server was down for several hours.  Your data should have uploaded
>> when it came back up.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Alan
>> WA4SCA
>>
>>
>> <-----Original Message-----
>> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ross
>> <Biggar
>> <Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 22:05 PM
>> <To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry Server
>> <
>> <Has the telemetry server gone off line, I have over 200 frames queued,
>> <normally they are sent immediately, with nothing queued.??
>> <
>> <Ross
>> <ZL1WN
>> <
>> <
>> <
>> <
>> <_______________________________________________
>> <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!
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>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
>> expressed
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>> AMSAT-NA.
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From aj9n at aol.com  Wed Oct  3 18:28:04 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 14:28:04 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-03 18:00
	UTC
Message-ID: <1663b2fdad2-1ec4-d4b0@webjas-vad226.srv.aolmail.net>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-03 18:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Pell Elementary School,?Newport, RI, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU

Contact was successful: Tue 2018-10-02 17:45:06 UTC 85 deg (***)

?

Watch for a live simulacast at: http://bit.ly/RIspacechat3 OR https://livestream.com/accounts/9685187/ISS2018 (***)

?

Amur University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Wed 2018-10-10 08:00 UTC

?

Kursk University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC

?

Allen Park Elementary School, Lee County School District, Ft. Myers, FL, direct via W?CTL

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-08 17:05:17 UTC 59 deg

?

Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany, direct via DN1RMG and DN2RV

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 14:03:32 UTC 61 deg

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

******************************************************************************

ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.? ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send your reports to aj9n 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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 107


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-03 18:00 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 1261. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1207. (***)
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:
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 2018-10-03 18:00 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. 55 on orbit

Drew Feustel

Oleg Artemyev

Ricky Arnold KE5DAU

?

Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From kk5do at arrl.net  Wed Oct  3 21:22:50 2018
From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 16:22:50 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] The store has been restocked
Message-ID: <0278d614-6f93-2687-5bde-cda73ffc7681@arrl.net>

Martha has finished going up and down the isles and we have updated the 
quantities for the AMSAT 2018 Golf Shirt and the AMSAT 2018 Tee-Shirt. 
Some of the sizes are now in stock and some have been 
increased/decreased. If you were looking for one and we did not have 
your size, take another look.

73...bruce

-- 

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AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
   
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From py41 at att.net  Wed Oct  3 11:07:47 2018
From: py41 at att.net (Perry Yantis)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 11:07:47 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Mir Rpt
References: <484925672.3407027.1538564867424.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <484925672.3407027.1538564867424@mail.yahoo.com>

I searched my computer log and show that between 10/23/96 and 12/31/97 I worked 65 qso's through the uhf Mir Repeater.?
Perry WB8OTH

py41 at att.net
sent from my Apple Macbook Pro

From duntryin at hotmail.com  Wed Oct  3 19:02:25 2018
From: duntryin at hotmail.com (rick behma)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 19:02:25 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Test message Ve4amu
Message-ID: <BN6PR1801MB20333AF4D7AF1D3619F0CD22C8E90@BN6PR1801MB2033.namprd18.prod.outlook.com>


Ve4amu...
Sent from my iPhone

From avdeur at home.nl  Wed Oct  3 22:40:18 2018
From: avdeur at home.nl (Albert van Deursen)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 00:40:18 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
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Hi, I reacted two days ago on the SDR-radio.groups.io (forum users Console SDR software by Simon Brown) to a post from Hasan N0AN saying :
I have been following Simon's advice trying to decode Fox1A with a good pass this evening. Plse note that until let's say 8 months ago I was perfectly able to decode these DUV signals using the standard Fox Telem decoder ver 1.06r. Than for reasons unknown to me all of a sudden I no longer could decode any packets on any of these 3 birds. Tried several options like reinstalling old version and again new version, trying different option within the program but with zero result. Also note that I always use Console as my Rx. Anyway gave up as also heard stories that the signal conditions of these sats were decreasing. ( against this is that I see EU stations still uploading valid packets to the AMSAT server...) Still in my backhead there was always something like "isn't this just an audio issue ??   Anyway will try later this evening a pass from AO-92 ( 23:09 local time 44 degrees EL using SDR# and the HF+.. Also note that I used to use the WFM 15k option ( not NFM) as this was advised ( I vaguely remember) Not 100% sure though 73 .Will let you know the outcome of course. Also hope to learn the experience of other ham satellite decoders using V3. 73 Albert PD0OXW
=============
Well now this evening / tonight 22.00 UTC I bumped into a Fox1A pass at 40 degrees which was dead silent so only once (a very clear) "Veronica" kicked in there was DUV signal...Flabbergasted I noted that the "eye" was perfect and during two identifiers I could decode 4 packets ( confirmed on Amsat Server)...

I wonder why after months of inability to decode these signals all of a sudden the old status (correct decoding as since the start of the Telem software) seems to be back (without any change in de SDR Console software). Can it be the "the regular" HAM voice activity degrades the DUV download ?   Of course will try to check on all 3 85/91/92 tomorrow and revert. (plse note I use WIMO 2/70 X-CUADS antenna's  steered by  G-5500)
73
Albert PD0OXW

-----Original Message-----
From: Burns Fisher [mailto:burns at fisher.cc] 
Sent: 02 October 2018 22:26
To: Stephen E. Belter
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92

Hasan sent me a screen shot of his attempt to collect data from one of the
Fox satellites.  I also showed it to Chris, G0KLA, the author of FoxTelem.
We both agree that the problem is likely to be filtering.  SOMEWHERE in
there is a high pass filter that is not allowing enough of the low
frequencies through.  Another possibility is not FM demodulating a wide
enough bandwidth.  You could try wide FM rather than narrow, or if it is
adjustable, set it to 5KHz.

Chris also says that he expects to be able to decode if the signal is only
a few dB above the noise, so chances are good that a weak signal is not the
problem.

Good luck and 73,

Burns WB1FJ

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:57 AM, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> Let me add just a bit more.  I have a homebrew Lindenblad (circular
> polarity, omni) with an AMSAT wide band preamp out at the antenna, going to
> a FunCube Dongle that is decoded directly by FoxTelem.  I get hundreds of
> packets per day with it.  I have also used an Arrow dual-band J-pole
> mounted at 45 degrees and an AirSpy wide-band preamp with nearly as good
> results.
>
> My experience is that I CAN get decodes without having completely full
> quieting, but it still has to be "pretty good".  I also completely agree
> with Steve that the big trick is to be sure you have no high pass
> filtering.  Best is to use a software defined radio (I've succeeded with
> both HDSDR and SDR# ) with virtual audio cable if you don't have a FunCube
> Dongle.
>
> Good luck!  Let us know how you are doing.  Maybe a screen shot of
> FoxTelem when there is a signal coming would be helpful (although I think
> pictures don't go through on this mailing list).
>
> 73,
>
> Burns WB1FJ
> Fox Flight Software
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Stephen E. Belter <seb at wintek.com> wrote:
>
>> Hasan,
>>
>> The answer to your question about the difficulty is yes, and no.
>>
>> There are lots of things that can block the decoding of the DUV.  Get any
>> *one* of them wrong, and it doesn't work.  Get them *all* right, it works
>> great.
>>
>> I am not an expert, but here are a few suggestions.
>>
>> You need a solid, full-quieting signal to decode the packets.  Mark is
>> right; this is much more difficult with an omnidirectional antenna like an
>> eggbeater.  With 80-feet of coax, you probably need a low-noise preamp at
>> the antenna (not in the shack).  When you make a voice QSO, is the signal
>> really full-quieting?
>>
>> The DUV information is very, very low frequency.  You need to be
>> receiving everything from DC to 300 hertz, and passing it to FoxTelem.
>> Typical FM receivers (conventional analog and software defined) filter out
>> the low frequencies so as to not include CTCSS tones which add an annoying
>> rumble or hum to the audio.  So carefully check and adjust or remove any
>> low-frequency filtering.
>>
>> Using a patch cord to connect the speaker output to a sound card input is
>> unlikely to work.  You need to be using a virtual audio cable (software
>> utility that simulates two sound cards connected by a patch cord).  Paul is
>> correct, check the sample rates on the SDRC output, the input and output of
>> your VAC, and the input to FoxTelem.  They should all be identical.
>>
>> Check the levels to make sure nothing is clipping or overloaded:  Windows
>> levels between the HF+ and SDRC, SDRC output, and VAC input and output.
>> I'm using a FUNcube Pro+ dongle and have the Windows level on the FCD set
>> to 9 instead of the default 100.  The best level for your HF+ may be
>> different.
>>
>> I'm sorry you're having trouble.  Maybe these hints and the suggestions
>> of others will help.
>>
>> 73, Steve N9IP
>> --
>> Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ?On 10/2/18, 7:56 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Hasan al-Basri" <
>> amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     Several of us are having a heck of a time getting any telemetry from
>> the
>>     above birds. DUV just isn't producing anything.
>>
>>     We hear both well enough to make QSOs on the FM transponders, but we
>> can't
>>     seem to get any data thru the decoder.
>>
>>     Is it really that much more difficult to get the TLM via DUV  than to
>>     listen to a voice on the 2m downlink?
>>
>>     Setup:
>>     2m Eggbeater at 7', fed with 80' of 9913
>>     AirSpy HF+ SDR
>>     SDRC V3 Software
>>     FMN 12 kHz (Highpass Filter not checked) and FMW both tried, neither
>>     produce any decoded data.
>>
>>     I am getting telemetry just fine from AO-73, and am also getting
>> perfect Wx
>>     pix on 137.100 with SNR's of > 30 dB.
>>
>>     Am I doing something wrong, or is it just that hard to get FoxTelem
>> to work
>>     with DUV?
>>
>>     Thanks for any help. 73,
>>     N0AN
>>     Hasan
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From burns at fisher.cc  Wed Oct  3 22:44:48 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 18:44:48 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
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Hmm.  Interesting.  My experience has been that the voice over data has no
effect, and that, in fact, I'm more likely to miss packets in a "beacon"
(i.e. with Veronica) because of not locking onto the right frequency right
away.  Your mileage obviously varies!

I guess one thing to consider is that Veronica was high-pass filtered (to
make a clear space for the telemetry) manually before being loaded onto the
satellite, while repeater activity is obviously filtered in real time with
a different filter.  But that does not explain why it changed over time.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 6:40 PM, Albert van Deursen <avdeur at home.nl> wrote:

> Hi, I reacted two days ago on the SDR-radio.groups.io (forum users
> Console SDR software by Simon Brown) to a post from Hasan N0AN saying :
> I have been following Simon's advice trying to decode Fox1A with a good
> pass this evening. Plse note that until let's say 8 months ago I was
> perfectly able to decode these DUV signals using the standard Fox Telem
> decoder ver 1.06r. Than for reasons unknown to me all of a sudden I no
> longer could decode any packets on any of these 3 birds. Tried several
> options like reinstalling old version and again new version, trying
> different option within the program but with zero result. Also note that I
> always use Console as my Rx. Anyway gave up as also heard stories that the
> signal conditions of these sats were decreasing. ( against this is that I
> see EU stations still uploading valid packets to the AMSAT server...) Still
> in my backhead there was always something like "isn't this just an audio
> issue ??   Anyway will try later this evening a pass from AO-92 ( 23:09
> local time 44 degrees EL using SDR# and the HF+.. Also note that I used to
> use the WFM 15k option ( not NFM) as this was advised ( I vaguely remember)
> Not 100% sure though 73 .Will let you know the outcome of course. Also hope
> to learn the experience of other ham satellite decoders using V3. 73 Albert
> PD0OXW
> =============
> Well now this evening / tonight 22.00 UTC I bumped into a Fox1A pass at 40
> degrees which was dead silent so only once (a very clear) "Veronica" kicked
> in there was DUV signal...Flabbergasted I noted that the "eye" was perfect
> and during two identifiers I could decode 4 packets ( confirmed on Amsat
> Server)...
>
> I wonder why after months of inability to decode these signals all of a
> sudden the old status (correct decoding as since the start of the Telem
> software) seems to be back (without any change in de SDR Console software).
> Can it be the "the regular" HAM voice activity degrades the DUV download ?
>  Of course will try to check on all 3 85/91/92 tomorrow and revert. (plse
> note I use WIMO 2/70 X-CUADS antenna's  steered by  G-5500)
> 73
> Albert PD0OXW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burns Fisher [mailto:burns at fisher.cc]
> Sent: 02 October 2018 22:26
> To: Stephen E. Belter
> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
>
> Hasan sent me a screen shot of his attempt to collect data from one of the
> Fox satellites.  I also showed it to Chris, G0KLA, the author of FoxTelem.
> We both agree that the problem is likely to be filtering.  SOMEWHERE in
> there is a high pass filter that is not allowing enough of the low
> frequencies through.  Another possibility is not FM demodulating a wide
> enough bandwidth.  You could try wide FM rather than narrow, or if it is
> adjustable, set it to 5KHz.
>
> Chris also says that he expects to be able to decode if the signal is only
> a few dB above the noise, so chances are good that a weak signal is not the
> problem.
>
> Good luck and 73,
>
> Burns WB1FJ
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:57 AM, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
>
> > Let me add just a bit more.  I have a homebrew Lindenblad (circular
> > polarity, omni) with an AMSAT wide band preamp out at the antenna, going
> to
> > a FunCube Dongle that is decoded directly by FoxTelem.  I get hundreds of
> > packets per day with it.  I have also used an Arrow dual-band J-pole
> > mounted at 45 degrees and an AirSpy wide-band preamp with nearly as good
> > results.
> >
> > My experience is that I CAN get decodes without having completely full
> > quieting, but it still has to be "pretty good".  I also completely agree
> > with Steve that the big trick is to be sure you have no high pass
> > filtering.  Best is to use a software defined radio (I've succeeded with
> > both HDSDR and SDR# ) with virtual audio cable if you don't have a
> FunCube
> > Dongle.
> >
> > Good luck!  Let us know how you are doing.  Maybe a screen shot of
> > FoxTelem when there is a signal coming would be helpful (although I think
> > pictures don't go through on this mailing list).
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Burns WB1FJ
> > Fox Flight Software
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Stephen E. Belter <seb at wintek.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hasan,
> >>
> >> The answer to your question about the difficulty is yes, and no.
> >>
> >> There are lots of things that can block the decoding of the DUV.  Get
> any
> >> *one* of them wrong, and it doesn't work.  Get them *all* right, it
> works
> >> great.
> >>
> >> I am not an expert, but here are a few suggestions.
> >>
> >> You need a solid, full-quieting signal to decode the packets.  Mark is
> >> right; this is much more difficult with an omnidirectional antenna like
> an
> >> eggbeater.  With 80-feet of coax, you probably need a low-noise preamp
> at
> >> the antenna (not in the shack).  When you make a voice QSO, is the
> signal
> >> really full-quieting?
> >>
> >> The DUV information is very, very low frequency.  You need to be
> >> receiving everything from DC to 300 hertz, and passing it to FoxTelem.
> >> Typical FM receivers (conventional analog and software defined) filter
> out
> >> the low frequencies so as to not include CTCSS tones which add an
> annoying
> >> rumble or hum to the audio.  So carefully check and adjust or remove any
> >> low-frequency filtering.
> >>
> >> Using a patch cord to connect the speaker output to a sound card input
> is
> >> unlikely to work.  You need to be using a virtual audio cable (software
> >> utility that simulates two sound cards connected by a patch cord).
> Paul is
> >> correct, check the sample rates on the SDRC output, the input and
> output of
> >> your VAC, and the input to FoxTelem.  They should all be identical.
> >>
> >> Check the levels to make sure nothing is clipping or overloaded:
> Windows
> >> levels between the HF+ and SDRC, SDRC output, and VAC input and output.
> >> I'm using a FUNcube Pro+ dongle and have the Windows level on the FCD
> set
> >> to 9 instead of the default 100.  The best level for your HF+ may be
> >> different.
> >>
> >> I'm sorry you're having trouble.  Maybe these hints and the suggestions
> >> of others will help.
> >>
> >> 73, Steve N9IP
> >> --
> >> Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ?On 10/2/18, 7:56 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Hasan al-Basri" <
> >> amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>     Several of us are having a heck of a time getting any telemetry from
> >> the
> >>     above birds. DUV just isn't producing anything.
> >>
> >>     We hear both well enough to make QSOs on the FM transponders, but we
> >> can't
> >>     seem to get any data thru the decoder.
> >>
> >>     Is it really that much more difficult to get the TLM via DUV  than
> to
> >>     listen to a voice on the 2m downlink?
> >>
> >>     Setup:
> >>     2m Eggbeater at 7', fed with 80' of 9913
> >>     AirSpy HF+ SDR
> >>     SDRC V3 Software
> >>     FMN 12 kHz (Highpass Filter not checked) and FMW both tried, neither
> >>     produce any decoded data.
> >>
> >>     I am getting telemetry just fine from AO-73, and am also getting
> >> perfect Wx
> >>     pix on 137.100 with SNR's of > 30 dB.
> >>
> >>     Am I doing something wrong, or is it just that hard to get FoxTelem
> >> to work
> >>     with DUV?
> >>
> >>     Thanks for any help. 73,
> >>     N0AN
> >>     Hasan
> >>     _______________________________________________
> >>     Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
> available
> >>     to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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> >>     are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
> views
> >> of AMSAT-NA.
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> >>
> >>
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>
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From tjschuessler at verizon.net  Thu Oct  4 01:45:30 2018
From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (tjschuessler at verizon.net)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 20:45:30 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Life satelite status page.
Message-ID: <005401d45b83$ef76ca10$ce645e30$@verizon.net>

I think I asked this some time ago, and if I got an answer, I forgot.

So on the Satellite status page, http://www.amsat.org/status/  there are
listings for AO-98 and AO-99 which have both been there for a while, but are
yet to be launched and designated.  Latest Oscar number is 94 for the
Chinese lunar orbiting birds.  So why are these there and more oddly, why
are there always at least a few reports of "Heard" or "Telemetry" for these
non-existent satellites?  

Just curious.

Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
EM12ms




From kb1pvh at gmail.com  Thu Oct  4 01:54:29 2018
From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 21:54:29 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Life satelite status page.
In-Reply-To: <005401d45b83$ef76ca10$ce645e30$@verizon.net>
References: <005401d45b83$ef76ca10$ce645e30$@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <CAEMY9Fdm-woqc2UavYL_cQ8dx0U4+mLDpF=M-imNvMbAoP_=tg@mail.gmail.com>

>From the description on that page.

"If you want to practice reporting without affecting the real data, please
select the dummy-satellites AO-98 and AO-99."

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018, 9:46 PM <tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:

> I think I asked this some time ago, and if I got an answer, I forgot.
>
> So on the Satellite status page, http://www.amsat.org/status/  there are
> listings for AO-98 and AO-99 which have both been there for a while, but
> are
> yet to be launched and designated.  Latest Oscar number is 94 for the
> Chinese lunar orbiting birds.  So why are these there and more oddly, why
> are there always at least a few reports of "Heard" or "Telemetry" for these
> non-existent satellites?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
> EM12ms
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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From glasbrenner at mindspring.com  Thu Oct  4 01:54:48 2018
From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 21:54:48 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Life satelite status page.
In-Reply-To: <005401d45b83$ef76ca10$ce645e30$@verizon.net>
References: <005401d45b83$ef76ca10$ce645e30$@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <BF99959A-0D9B-4927-A71A-46F6FCE037F8@mindspring.com>

From the text at the top of the page:
?
If you want to practice reporting without affecting the real data, please select the dummy-satellites AO-98 and AO-99.?

73, Drew KO4MA

> On Oct 3, 2018, at 9:45 PM, <tjschuessler at verizon.net> <tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> I think I asked this some time ago, and if I got an answer, I forgot.
> 
> So on the Satellite status page, http://www.amsat.org/status/  there are
> listings for AO-98 and AO-99 which have both been there for a while, but are
> yet to be launched and designated.  Latest Oscar number is 94 for the
> Chinese lunar orbiting birds.  So why are these there and more oddly, why
> are there always at least a few reports of "Heard" or "Telemetry" for these
> non-existent satellites?  
> 
> Just curious.
> 
> Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
> EM12ms
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Thu Oct  4 01:56:56 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 21:56:56 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Life satelite status page.
In-Reply-To: <005401d45b83$ef76ca10$ce645e30$@verizon.net>
References: <005401d45b83$ef76ca10$ce645e30$@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKPxLJHUKhBKN3Gp5upzGrBz=HTqD0P6+MoRrsCQauGMQg@mail.gmail.com>

At the top of the page:

"If you want to practice reporting without affecting the real data,
please select the dummy-satellites AO-98 and AO-99."
On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:46 PM <tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I think I asked this some time ago, and if I got an answer, I forgot.
>
> So on the Satellite status page, http://www.amsat.org/status/  there are
> listings for AO-98 and AO-99 which have both been there for a while, but are
> yet to be launched and designated.  Latest Oscar number is 94 for the
> Chinese lunar orbiting birds.  So why are these there and more oddly, why
> are there always at least a few reports of "Heard" or "Telemetry" for these
> non-existent satellites?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
> EM12ms
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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From aj9n at aol.com  Thu Oct  4 02:02:10 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 22:02:10 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-04 02:00
	UTC
Message-ID: <1663ccf9a90-1ec1-42c8@webjas-vaa104.srv.aolmail.net>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-04 02:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Allen Park Elementary School, Lee County School District, Ft. Myers, FL, direct via W?CTL

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-08 17:05:17 UTC 59 deg

?

Amur University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Wed 2018-10-10 08:00 UTC

?

Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany, direct via DN1RMG and DN2RV

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 14:03:32 UTC 61 deg

?

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M (***)

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***)

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 18:39:09 UTC 24 deg (***)

?

Kursk University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

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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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 107


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-04 02:00 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 1261. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1207. 
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:
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 2018-10-03 18:00 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. 55 on orbit

Drew Feustel

Oleg Artemyev

Ricky Arnold KE5DAU

?

Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From kk4yel at gmail.com  Thu Oct  4 02:28:10 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 22:28:10 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Has anyone played with the TNC-Pi9K6 for decode of Fox
	birds
Message-ID: <DDEB5E6D-FE51-4F3D-A752-BC3ECE1BC6A1@gmail.com>

I'm interested in connecting a TNC-Pi9k6 https://tnc-x.com/TNCPi9k6.htm up to my IC-910 data port, and seeing if I can decode some FoxTelem data. 
Has anyone played with this, and if not, what TNCs are you using ? 
Thanks 
-Kevin (KK4YEL) 

-----

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Thu Oct  4 05:23:02 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 22:23:02 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Life satelite status page.
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKPxLJHUKhBKN3Gp5upzGrBz=HTqD0P6+MoRrsCQauGMQg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <005401d45b83$ef76ca10$ce645e30$@verizon.net>
	<CALn0fKPxLJHUKhBKN3Gp5upzGrBz=HTqD0P6+MoRrsCQauGMQg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <980d68d1-652a-371e-48c8-57ee79c9ba48@gmail.com>

So what happens when they are actually real?

Greg  KO6TH


John Brier wrote:
> At the top of the page:
>
> "If you want to practice reporting without affecting the real data,
> please select the dummy-satellites AO-98 and AO-99."
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:46 PM <tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:
>> I think I asked this some time ago, and if I got an answer, I forgot.
>>
>> So on the Satellite status page, http://www.amsat.org/status/  there are
>> listings for AO-98 and AO-99 which have both been there for a while, but are
>> yet to be launched and designated.  Latest Oscar number is 94 for the
>> Chinese lunar orbiting birds.  So why are these there and more oddly, why
>> are there always at least a few reports of "Heard" or "Telemetry" for these
>> non-existent satellites?
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
>> EM12ms
>>
>>
>>
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From royldean at gmail.com  Thu Oct  4 11:04:52 2018
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 07:04:52 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Life satelite status page.
Message-ID: <CADGPg2t7Os_ZF2wgtofpfw6nhyYWf2i633927Bz+_d7t8eb4YA@mail.gmail.com>

Somebody edits the webpage to say "AO-198 and AO-199"?


--Roy

K3RLD


So what happens when they are actually real?



> Greg KO6TH

From tjschuessler at verizon.net  Thu Oct  4 12:16:33 2018
From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (Tom Schuessler)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 07:16:33 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Life satelite status page.
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKPxLJHUKhBKN3Gp5upzGrBz=HTqD0P6+MoRrsCQauGMQg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <005401d45b83$ef76ca10$ce645e30$@verizon.net>
	<CALn0fKPxLJHUKhBKN3Gp5upzGrBz=HTqD0P6+MoRrsCQauGMQg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F5A9A3F9-801D-4909-BA2C-3DE1C13C17AD@verizon.net>

Well, that?s what I get for not reading instruction manuals either :)  and I agree that?s a very good concept. 

Good job to all. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 3, 2018, at 20:56, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> At the top of the page:
> 
> "If you want to practice reporting without affecting the real data,
> please select the dummy-satellites AO-98 and AO-99."
>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:46 PM <tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I think I asked this some time ago, and if I got an answer, I forgot.
>> 
>> So on the Satellite status page, http://www.amsat.org/status/  there are
>> listings for AO-98 and AO-99 which have both been there for a while, but are
>> yet to be launched and designated.  Latest Oscar number is 94 for the
>> Chinese lunar orbiting birds.  So why are these there and more oddly, why
>> are there always at least a few reports of "Heard" or "Telemetry" for these
>> non-existent satellites?
>> 
>> Just curious.
>> 
>> Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
>> EM12ms
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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.
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From duntryin at hotmail.com  Wed Oct  3 19:32:01 2018
From: duntryin at hotmail.com (rick behma)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 19:32:01 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellites worked. Ve4amu
Message-ID: <BN6PR1801MB20335846DF1024DF4BCB222CC8E90@BN6PR1801MB2033.namprd18.prod.outlook.com>

A07 Rs5 6 7 8 10/11 12/13 Ao27 Ao51 Ao73 Ao85  Ao91 Ao92  Cas4a. Cas4b Eo88 Fo12 Fo20 Fo29 So50 Vo52 Ho68 So41 So67 ISS voice packet repeater Rs0iss voice  Mir voice packet Xw2 A B C D E F Ao10 Ao13 By70-1 ukube-1  Eo79 Eo80 Ko23 Ko25 Moon Lo78 Ao16 So67 Ao40 Rs15  Sts voice 74 78 45 64 56 58. Uo14 . Ve4amu. It?s been a blast!.

Sent from my iPhone

From milen.bourilkov+amsatbb at gmail.com  Thu Oct  4 13:54:06 2018
From: milen.bourilkov+amsatbb at gmail.com (Milen KG2C)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 09:54:06 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Has anyone played with the TNC-Pi9K6 for decode of
	Fox birds
In-Reply-To: <DDEB5E6D-FE51-4F3D-A752-BC3ECE1BC6A1@gmail.com>
References: <DDEB5E6D-FE51-4F3D-A752-BC3ECE1BC6A1@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CA+oUq1jBK9mG2Terg17SWf_bzTriStQoUEipcv80kMLsrAzrag@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Kevin,

If you just want to decode 9600 baud you can use a software TNC like the
High Speed Sound Modem by UZ7HO. I have used that to decode Falconsat just
fine with the UISS software. I think Patrick has an article on that exact
setup.

For FoxTelem data I didn't need any sort of TNC, just the radio's audio
stream feeding directly into FoxTelem. I have a video with just that. You
can use the sound from it to test your own decode. Here's a link to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob0BkiZQgFw&t=235s

The TNC Pi9k6 would be useful for transmitting though. It is much cheaper
than any other 9600 TNC! I am curious myself if someone has tried to
transmit with it using 9600 baud to satellites like Falconsat-3.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 10:28 PM, Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm interested in connecting a TNC-Pi9k6 https://tnc-x.com/TNCPi9k6.htm
> up to my IC-910 data port, and seeing if I can decode some FoxTelem data.
> Has anyone played with this, and if not, what TNCs are you using ?
> Thanks
> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>
> -----
>
> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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From burns at fisher.cc  Thu Oct  4 15:41:49 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 11:41:49 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Has anyone played with the TNC-Pi9K6 for decode of
	Fox birds
In-Reply-To: <DDEB5E6D-FE51-4F3D-A752-BC3ECE1BC6A1@gmail.com>
References: <DDEB5E6D-FE51-4F3D-A752-BC3ECE1BC6A1@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxVjcmt+Hnog8U31U8B_efiYkp=UfxSWGg0fJ+cDTg6+RA@mail.gmail.com>

Kevin,

The data coming down from the current Fox sateliltes is not in AFSK/packet
form, which I think is what the TNC board you are looking at does.  It is
data-under-voice, something invented by AMSAT.  You can think of it as
either a 200bps square (ish) wave modulated in with the audio (i.e. you
filter out the audio above 300Hz or so and get a serial data stream) or
else you can also think of it as FSK (carrier frequency shift keying) mixed
in with the carrier frequency shift that the voice downlink causes.

So KG2C has the right idea:  Use FoxTelem to decode the audio.  I did not
see Milen's video, so I don't know how he gets the audio out.  The big
problem is that most transceiver audio output filters out audio below
200Hz.  This is sometimes true even of the data output from the transceiver
and they almost NEVER tell you the low frequency spec.  You have to get
around that.

Good luck and 73,
Burns WB1FJ
AMSAT Flight Software

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 10:28 PM, Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm interested in connecting a TNC-Pi9k6 https://tnc-x.com/TNCPi9k6.htm
> up to my IC-910 data port, and seeing if I can decode some FoxTelem data.
> Has anyone played with this, and if not, what TNCs are you using ?
> Thanks
> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>
> -----
>
> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
> _______________________________________________
> 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 n8hm at arrl.net  Thu Oct  4 17:34:20 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 13:34:20 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Symposium Bus Tour - 3 spots left
Message-ID: <CABzOSOp9Ye7uijb+_3vZJy1UW5_0G=MJ6NBCW0DKMJzA6G8u+w@mail.gmail.com>

There are only 3 spots left for the AMSAT Symposium tour of Marshall
Space Flight Center on Sunday, November 4th. Sign up as soon as
possible if you're interested in attending.

https://www.amsat.org/product/2018-symposium-marshall-space-flight-center-bus-tour/

And if you haven't registered for the Symposium or purchased your
banquet tickets yet, don't forget to do so:

https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

73,

Paul, N8HM

Note: if you have any trouble logging into the AMSAT store, please
email me. Your username is your callsign.

From w7lrd at comcast.net  Thu Oct  4 22:53:02 2018
From: w7lrd at comcast.net (Bob- W7LRD)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 15:53:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
Message-ID: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>

This day (10/4) in 1957 the first satellite was put in orbit by the Russians.  Many of us remember it!  The rest is history.

73 Bob W7LRD

From k8bl at ameritech.net  Thu Oct  4 23:18:56 2018
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 23:18:56 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
References: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
Message-ID: <1000722904.108266.1538695136566@mail.yahoo.com>

Bob,

I remember it. Was in Jr. HS and the Science Teacher
explained the whole concept of it to our class and I
was awed by how it could just stay up there and not
fall down.

Now, we just take satellites for granted. We think nothing
of picking up a handheld XCVR and talking to folks halfway
across the country through one of them hurtling through
the sky above.  WOW!!

73,    Bob  K8BL



________________________________
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd at comcast.net>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org> 
Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 6:59 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957



This day (10/4) in 1957 the first satellite was put in orbit by the Russians.  Many of us remember it!  The rest is history.


73 Bob W7LRD

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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Thu Oct  4 23:36:34 2018
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:36:34 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
References: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
Message-ID: <410b8bef-86bc-4f95-8456-91eb28652cc1@yahoo.com>

Yep. One of the reasons I became a ham then.

?___
Sent from my two way wrist watch
73 de W3AB/GEO?

On Oct 4, 2018, 16:00, at 16:00, Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd at comcast.net> wrote:
>This day (10/4) in 1957 the first satellite was put in orbit by the
>Russians.  Many of us remember it!  The rest is history.
>
>73 Bob W7LRD
>_______________________________________________
>Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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>are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
>of AMSAT-NA.
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>program!
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From cee at palomarlight.com  Fri Oct  5 01:00:51 2018
From: cee at palomarlight.com (CEE)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 18:00:51 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
References: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
Message-ID: <69a101c4-8a61-0e49-801c-bef43f8a653c@palomarlight.com>

My school classmate Mark, now WB6MMG, and I listened to Sputnik beep on 
a SW radio (can't remember what the radio model was).

As noted on Wiki: "News reports at the time pointed out that "anyone 
possessing a short wave receiver can hear the new Russian earth 
satellite as it hurtles over this area of the globe". Directions, 
provided by the American Radio Relay League 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Radio_Relay_League> were to 
"Tune in 20 megacycles <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz> sharply, by 
the time signals, given on that frequency."

Sputnik's orbits were often visible at night during it's short life span.

Chuck N7BFO



From kk5do at arrl.net  Fri Oct  5 01:14:01 2018
From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 20:14:01 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
Message-ID: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>

I have a recording of the original Sputnik as recorded by William 
Magnusson, VK3JT, in Melbourne, Australia on Oct 06, 1957 using an 
Eddystone Model 680X and a Dipole on 15m. The frequency was 20.001 Mc/s.

http://www.amsatnet.com/sputnik.mp3

73...bruce

-- 

Bruce Paige, KK5DO
                      
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
   
ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
           
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Fri Oct  5 01:37:05 2018
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:37:05 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
Message-ID: <3c6867d5-4bab-42e6-9f6e-ac8add97f3e7@yahoo.com>

Very cool Bruce. TNX

?___
Sent from my two way wrist watch
73 de W3AB/GEO?

On Oct 4, 2018, 18:15, at 18:15, Bruce <kk5do at arrl.net> wrote:
>I have a recording of the original Sputnik as recorded by William 
>Magnusson, VK3JT, in Melbourne, Australia on Oct 06, 1957 using an 
>Eddystone Model 680X and a Dipole on 15m. The frequency was 20.001
>Mc/s.
>
>http://www.amsatnet.com/sputnik.mp3
>
>73...bruce
>
>-- 
>
>Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>                      
>AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
>AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
>   
>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
>               
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Fri Oct  5 01:50:31 2018
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:50:31 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <3c6867d5-4bab-42e6-9f6e-ac8add97f3e7@yahoo.com>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
	<3c6867d5-4bab-42e6-9f6e-ac8add97f3e7@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <303acbed-adee-4c06-a7a6-39d8bd2368a1@yahoo.com>

I forgot to say I RCVD Sputnik on my? Heathkit RCVR but didn't have the equipment to record it. ?

I was only 11 YO.

?___
Sent from my two way wrist watch
73 de W3AB/GEO?

On Oct 4, 2018, 18:36, at 18:36, W3AB/GEO <w3ab at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Very cool Bruce. TNX
>
>?___
>Sent from my two way wrist watch
>73 de W3AB/GEO?
>
>On Oct 4, 2018, 18:15, at 18:15, Bruce <kk5do at arrl.net> wrote:
>>I have a recording of the original Sputnik as recorded by William 
>>Magnusson, VK3JT, in Melbourne, Australia on Oct 06, 1957 using an 
>>Eddystone Model 680X and a Dipole on 15m. The frequency was 20.001
>>Mc/s.
>>
>>http://www.amsatnet.com/sputnik.mp3
>>
>>73...bruce
>>
>>-- 
>>
>>Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>>                      
>>AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
>>AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
>>   
>>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
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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>>of AMSAT-NA.
>>Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>>program!
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Fri Oct  5 02:03:59 2018
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:03:59 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
Message-ID: <903dc83e-2af2-4ac9-ad14-09b91f568969@yahoo.com>

That interesting to hear the Doppler change.

Thanks again Bruce.

?___
Sent from my two way wrist watch
73 de W3AB/GEO?

On Oct 4, 2018, 18:15, at 18:15, Bruce <kk5do at arrl.net> wrote:
>I have a recording of the original Sputnik as recorded by William 
>Magnusson, VK3JT, in Melbourne, Australia on Oct 06, 1957 using an 
>Eddystone Model 680X and a Dipole on 15m. The frequency was 20.001
>Mc/s.
>
>http://www.amsatnet.com/sputnik.mp3
>
>73...bruce
>
>-- 
>
>Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>                      
>AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
>AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
>   
>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
>
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>
>_______________________________________________
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>to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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>are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
>of AMSAT-NA.
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>program!
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From jim at k6ccc.org  Fri Oct  5 02:22:10 2018
From: jim at k6ccc.org (Jim Walls)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 19:22:10 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
References: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
Message-ID: <1c3b274e-0b18-ffa0-94c3-a0f5a5002f6c@k6ccc.org>

On 10/4/2018 3:53 PM, Bob- W7LRD wrote:
> This day (10/4) in 1957 the first satellite was put in orbit by the Russians.  Many of us remember it!  The rest is history.

You guys are making me feel young.? That was about a year before I was 
conceived...

-- 
73
-------------------------------------
Jim Walls - K6CCC
jim at k6ccc.org
Ofc:  818-548-4804
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/
AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395


From n0jy at amsat.org  Fri Oct  5 03:41:09 2018
From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 22:41:09 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
References: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
Message-ID: <425831d6-2c30-5a7d-6591-04871b223c50@amsat.org>

I think that being born at the "dawn of the space age" (1956) has a lot
to do with why I am so unstable and keep messing with satellites!

Jerry Buxton, N?JY

On 10/4/2018 17:53, Bob- W7LRD wrote:
> This day (10/4) in 1957 the first satellite was put in orbit by the Russians.  Many of us remember it!  The rest is history.
>
> 73 Bob W7LRD
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From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Fri Oct  5 04:32:46 2018
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 04:32:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <1000722904.108266.1538695136566@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
	<1000722904.108266.1538695136566@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <872993757.201491.1538713966369@mail.yahoo.com>

 
Well said Bob K8BL.
While the why and how they stay up there IS amazing, I continue to be totally in awe by how we can communicate with/thru them from so far and with a hand-held/qrp, almost full quieting !! 
?
73! 
Umesh 
K6VUG 



    On Thursday, October 4, 2018, 4:21:17 PM PDT, R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:  
 
 Bob,

I remember it. Was in Jr. HS and the Science Teacher
explained the whole concept of it to our class and I
was awed by how it could just stay up there and not
fall down.

Now, we just take satellites for granted. We think nothing
of picking up a handheld XCVR and talking to folks halfway
across the country through one of them hurtling through
the sky above.? WOW!!

73,? ? Bob? K8BL



________________________________
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd at comcast.net>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org> 
Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 6:59 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957



This day (10/4) in 1957 the first satellite was put in orbit by the Russians.? Many of us remember it!? The rest is history.


73 Bob W7LRD

_______________________________________________


  

From wa7dxz at aol.com  Fri Oct  5 05:23:25 2018
From: wa7dxz at aol.com (wa7dxz)
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:23:25 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sputnik
Message-ID: <20181005052334.78E99216704@lansing182.amsat.org>


How long was Sputnik in orbit, and for how long was the signal on the air?Bobwa7dxz

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

From jeff30339 at gmail.com  Fri Oct  5 05:38:46 2018
From: jeff30339 at gmail.com (Jeff Johns)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 00:38:46 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Symposium Bus Tour - 3 spots left
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOp9Ye7uijb+_3vZJy1UW5_0G=MJ6NBCW0DKMJzA6G8u+w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOp9Ye7uijb+_3vZJy1UW5_0G=MJ6NBCW0DKMJzA6G8u+w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <D0244382-AF24-4B7F-AA07-9847710D092E@gmail.com>

Yay! I?m glad my two daughters and I will get to participate on it. As an Alabamian, i have done this tour before but this is the first time my daughters will get to experience it. The price of admission is well worth it. 

Jeff WE4B 

> On Oct 4, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> There are only 3 spots left for the AMSAT Symposium tour of Marshall
> Space Flight Center on Sunday, November 4th. Sign up as soon as
> possible if you're interested in attending.
> 
> https://www.amsat.org/product/2018-symposium-marshall-space-flight-center-bus-tour/
> 
> And if you haven't registered for the Symposium or purchased your
> banquet tickets yet, don't forget to do so:
> 
> https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/
> 
> 73,
> 
> Paul, N8HM
> 
> Note: if you have any trouble logging into the AMSAT store, please
> email me. Your username is your callsign.
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From kl7uw at acsalaska.net  Fri Oct  5 06:49:31 2018
From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R Cole)
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:49:31 -0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
Message-ID: <201810050649.w956nZdd009007@mail41c28.carrierzone.com>

I was in 7th grade and already interested in ham radio.  I built my 
first receiver the next summer and received my Novice license 
(KN8MWA) on Nov, 11, 1958.  That is 60-years ago!  My first reaction 
was anger that the Russians beat us.  So many Vanguard rocket 
failures did that.  It took an army rocket (Jupiter-C?) under 
the   guidance of German WWII rocket scientist to finally launch our 
first orbiting satellite.  Little did I know that I would be working 
for NASA 13 years later.

Of course the Russians also used WWII German rocket scientist.

73, Ed - KL7UW
   http://www.kl7uw.com
Dubus-NA Business mail:
   dubususa at gmail.com 


From jr3mhp at jarl.com  Fri Oct  5 02:34:20 2018
From: jr3mhp at jarl.com (JR3MHP)
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:34:20 +0900 (JST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
Message-ID: <20181005113420.8Fwag4nJJh8s88FwagOUSt@mailauth12.mozu.eo.k-opti.ad.jp>

Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!


What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum tubes??


Best 73,
Hiro (JR3MHP)

From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk  Fri Oct  5 10:47:20 2018
From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:47:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Live streaming of AMSAT-UK Colloquium talks + OSCAR News
References: <2047593643.6677382.1538736440825.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2047593643.6677382.1538736440825@mail.yahoo.com>

AMSAT-UK Colloquium takes place October 13-14, booking and schedule info via 
https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/

Thanks to the British Amateur Television Club the Colloquium talks will be streamed live 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/03/space-colloquium-streamed-live/

Naomi Kurahara JE6GXN at AMSAT-UK Colloquium 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/09/30/naomi-kurahara-je6gxn-at-amsat-uk-colloquium/

AMSAT-UK Construction Competition
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/09/29/amsat-uk-construction-competition/

Autumn issue of OSCAR News now available to members for download 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/03/autumn-2018-oscar-news/

Listen to Episode 135 of Ham Talk Live! - Portable Satellite Ops with Patrick, WD9EWK 
https://www.spreaker.com/user/hamtalklive/episode-135-portable-satellite-ops-with-
 
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From burns at fisher.cc  Fri Oct  5 12:45:08 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 08:45:08 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <20181005113420.8Fwag4nJJh8s88FwagOUSt@mailauth12.mozu.eo.k-opti.ad.jp>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
	<20181005113420.8Fwag4nJJh8s88FwagOUSt@mailauth12.mozu.eo.k-opti.ad.jp>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>

Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what the
active device was.  A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?  Must have been tubes, no?

An interesting thing I did not know:  It was filled with nitrogen and used
a fan to cool off the electronics!

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:

> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>
>
> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum tubes??
>
>
> Best 73,
> Hiro (JR3MHP)
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Fri Oct  5 13:00:06 2018
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 21:00:06 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
	<20181005113420.8Fwag4nJJh8s88FwagOUSt@mailauth12.mozu.eo.k-opti.ad.jp>
	<CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a3d256bc-417a-b52c-6480-564c2ce3b76d@msa.hinet.net>

A quick search yielded this....

ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf

Any Russian speakers here?


On 10/5/18 8:45 PM, Burns Fisher wrote:
> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what the
> active device was.  A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?  Must have been tubes, no?
>
> An interesting thing I did not know:  It was filled with nitrogen and used
> a fan to cool off the electronics!
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
>
>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>>
>>
>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum tubes??
>>
>>
>> Best 73,
>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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!
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> _______________________________________________
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From peter.guelzow at kourou.de  Fri Oct  5 13:15:10 2018
From: peter.guelzow at kourou.de (Peter Guelzow)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:15:10 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] new AMSAT-DL Online Forum
Message-ID: <383ab69f-2452-44ff-97a7-bb092c46cbe3@kourou.de>

Hello together,

I'm sure you've noticed already that our website??
https://amsat-dl.org?? has changed a lot.

We have now gone one step further and have set up a new online forum at
? https://forum.amsat-dl.org/

Especially with the upcoming launch of P4-A /Es'hail-2 we want to offer
a forum for extensive discussions.

Essentially this is a forum, where everyone can report on experiences
and knowledge from operating satellites and thereby hep other newly
interested radio amateurs to become active and a member of our satellite
community.

Of course all topics around amateur radio satellites and OSCAR's should
be discussed there, appropriate categories and forums were created.? If
necessary this can be extended at any time and on request.

We would be pleased if the new forum is well received and you register
there with your callsign (if available) as your name.

Of course you can also look around as a "guest".

Experienced users can also check in the settings for new entries and
have them delivered by eMail if you wish so.

In this sense, have fun

Peter, DB2OS 1st Chairman
Chris, DL7AG, Webmaster



From takeyasu at terra.dti.ne.jp  Fri Oct  5 13:13:13 2018
From: takeyasu at terra.dti.ne.jp (Yoshiyuki Takeyasu)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:13:13 +0900
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <303acbed-adee-4c06-a7a6-39d8bd2368a1@yahoo.com>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
	<3c6867d5-4bab-42e6-9f6e-ac8add97f3e7@yahoo.com>
	<303acbed-adee-4c06-a7a6-39d8bd2368a1@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <c9dd5075-ae64-2086-aa37-7e2d20a021a2@terra.dti.ne.jp>

Hi,

I'm wondering how many radio amateurs could record the received signal 
at that time.
Bill VK3JT used BYER Model 66 tape-recorder for this historical sound.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/199804/msg00322.html

73 de Yoshi Takeyasu JA6XKQ

On 2018?10?05? 10:50, W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I forgot to say I RCVD Sputnik on my? Heathkit RCVR but didn't have the equipment to record it. ?
>
> I was only 11 YO.
>
> ?___
> Sent from my two way wrist watch
> 73 de W3AB/GEO?
>
> On Oct 4, 2018, 18:36, at 18:36, W3AB/GEO <w3ab at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Very cool Bruce. TNX
>>
>> ?___
>> Sent from my two way wrist watch
>> 73 de W3AB/GEO?
>>
>> On Oct 4, 2018, 18:15, at 18:15, Bruce <kk5do at arrl.net> wrote:
>>> I have a recording of the original Sputnik as recorded by William
>>> Magnusson, VK3JT, in Melbourne, Australia on Oct 06, 1957 using an
>>> Eddystone Model 680X and a Dipole on 15m. The frequency was 20.001
>>> Mc/s.
>>>
>>> http://www.amsatnet.com/sputnik.mp3
>>>
>>> 73...bruce
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>>>                       
>>> AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
>>> AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
>>>    
>>> 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
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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.
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From burns at fisher.cc  Fri Oct  5 13:39:54 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:39:54 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
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I don't speak or read Russian, but if this is about Sputnik-1, it is clear
that the Tx has 3 tubes, answering one question!

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
wrote:

> A quick search yielded this....
>
> ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf
>
> Any Russian speakers here?
>
>
>
> On 10/5/18 8:45 PM, Burns Fisher wrote:
>
>> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what
>> the
>> active device was.  A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?  Must have been tubes,
>> no?
>>
>> An interesting thing I did not know:  It was filled with nitrogen and used
>> a fan to cool off the electronics!
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
>>
>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>>>
>>>
>>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
>>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum tubes??
>>>
>>>
>>> Best 73,
>>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
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From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Fri Oct  5 13:50:17 2018
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:50:17 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <1c3b274e-0b18-ffa0-94c3-a0f5a5002f6c@k6ccc.org>
References: <492713075.141282.1538693582885@connect.xfinity.com>
	<1c3b274e-0b18-ffa0-94c3-a0f5a5002f6c@k6ccc.org>
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I'll help you out Jim, it would be 24 years before I was born. :)

--
73, Don KB2YSI

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 22:32 Jim Walls <jim at k6ccc.org> wrote:

> On 10/4/2018 3:53 PM, Bob- W7LRD wrote:
> > This day (10/4) in 1957 the first satellite was put in orbit by the
> Russians.  Many of us remember it!  The rest is history.
>
> You guys are making me feel young.  That was about a year before I was
> conceived...
>
> --
> 73
> -------------------------------------
> Jim Walls - K6CCC
> jim at k6ccc.org
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From nss at mwt.net  Fri Oct  5 14:02:06 2018
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:02:06 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
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	<20181005113420.8Fwag4nJJh8s88FwagOUSt@mailauth12.mozu.eo.k-opti.ad.jp>
	<CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>
	<a3d256bc-417a-b52c-6480-564c2ce3b76d@msa.hinet.net>
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real or not I found this with a google search
Joe WB9SBD

Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 10/5/2018 8:39 AM, Burns Fisher wrote:
> I don't speak or read Russian, but if this is about Sputnik-1, it is clear
> that the Tx has 3 tubes, answering one question!
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
> wrote:
>
>> A quick search yielded this....
>>
>> ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf
>>
>> Any Russian speakers here?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/5/18 8:45 PM, Burns Fisher wrote:
>>
>>> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what
>>> the
>>> active device was.  A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?  Must have been tubes,
>>> no?
>>>
>>> An interesting thing I did not know:  It was filled with nitrogen and used
>>> a fan to cool off the electronics!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>>>>
>>>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
>>>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum tubes??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best 73,
>>>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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>>>> expressed
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>>>> AMSAT-NA.
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From nm3a at mail.com  Fri Oct  5 14:40:26 2018
From: nm3a at mail.com (Mail)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:40:26 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
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	<CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>
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Google ?Sputnik 1 Hackaday? and you will find the Sputnik 1 radio. Yes it used tubes. PA3CNO did a great job of recreating this piece of history. 

Dan

Sent from here. NM3A

> On Oct 5, 2018, at 08:45, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> 
> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what the
> active device was.  A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?  Must have been tubes, no?
> 
> An interesting thing I did not know:  It was filled with nitrogen and used
> a fan to cool off the electronics!
> 
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
> 
>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>> 
>> 
>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum tubes??
>> 
>> 
>> Best 73,
>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
>> expressed
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From m0nux at julianhorn.co.uk  Fri Oct  5 14:32:49 2018
From: m0nux at julianhorn.co.uk (Julian Horn)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:32:49 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
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	<20181005113420.8Fwag4nJJh8s88FwagOUSt@mailauth12.mozu.eo.k-opti.ad.jp>
	<CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>
	<a3d256bc-417a-b52c-6480-564c2ce3b76d@msa.hinet.net>
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So, a quick and dirty translation of the PDF using Google Translate - sorry I dont have time to do the job properly at the minute!
73, Julian M0NUX

The transmitter of the first satellite, Boris STEPANOV (RU3AX), Moscow
      The launch by the Soviet Union of the first in the history of mankind, the artificial satellite of the Earth on October 4, 1957, was undoubtedly a world sensation. Newspapers and magazines, radio and television in all countries of the world reported this event as the main news of those days. After all, the apparatus created by man for the first time went beyond the Earth, opening a new era ?
outer space. Actually, no one did
secrets from the fact that soon it will happen. From July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958, the International Geophysical Year was to be held. The United States of America and the Soviet Union announced in advance that it would launch launches of artificial earth satellites. But at that time, for most people on our planet, it all sounded a bit abstract, and the media did not pay much attention to the upcoming launches.
Meanwhile, intensive training was under way in both countries. Many technical and organizational issues were tackled, among which not in the last place is reliable and, most importantly, even the non-expert understandable registration of the satellite's orbit. This was a significant factor in the competition between the two powers. Signal reception
The satellite ?from space? onboard the satellite transmitter ? what else could be more convincing for the general public around the world.
At the end of 1956, we made a decision to involve radio amateurs in observing the signals of the first satellite to register its entry into orbit and further flight. A subtle hint of this sounded already in the January 1957 issue of Radio magazine: "It would be good to mobilize radio amateurs to receive radio signals that will be sent by satellites ...". And starting from the June issue, we went to publications on possible orbits of satellites, on observing their signals (with a lot of necessary technical details), a description of practical designs for conducting and the technology of these observations. The July issue also published the official appeal of the USSR Academy of Sciences to radio amateurs. And then there was a pause - the expectation of the actual launch of the first satellite.
Naturally, professionals also monitored its launch into orbit, but radio amateurs were among those who were the first to report to Moscow about receiving satellite signals and, therefore, about its successful entry into near-earth orbit.
It goes without saying that radio amateurs were not only interested in
technical characteristics of transmitters installed on the first satellite, but also some details about what they are. However, then this information, like many other things related to space, was secret. Interest in the onboard equipment design of the first AES arose again when the 50th anniversary of its launch was approaching. Descriptions of amateur radio designs of transmitters on Soviet rod lamps even appeared on the Internet, but now it can be said with certainty that they had practically nothing in common with the transmitter of the first satellite: ...
The radio equipment of the first AES was developed at the enterprise, which today is called Russian Space Systems (formerly NII-885), one of the founders of the Russian rocket and space industry, created in 1946. The article ?The Main Designer? by G. Chliyants and the author of this publication, published in the February 2011 issue of the magazine ?Radio?, described the main designer of this research institute, Mikhail Sergeevich Ryazansky, under whose guidance many radio engineering systems for Mi-cal industry.
            Last year, the Russian Space Systems OJSC released a reprint of a report on the development of an onboard radio station of the first Soviet artificial satellite of the Earth, which is shown on the cover of this issue of the magazine. It contains materials on the design and ground testing of satellite radio equipment. The original report was compiled in 1958.
A noticeable part of it is devoted to the question of choosing the optimal frequencies for the onboard transmitters of the satellite and their power based on the data on the Earth's ionosphere at that time. It is interesting to note that in the form of a popular science article these materials were published in the magazine "Radio" back in the July 1957 issue!
Without going into details, we note that from the results of this analysis it followed - with the most adverse assumptions, the frequency of the transmitter on board should not be lower than 15 MHz. At that time, the long-range direction finding in the HF in the country worked at frequencies up to 20 MHz, so this was chosen for the main transmitter. A higher frequency would be better, but then the available means of direction finding up to 60 MHz did not provide the necessary accuracy, so a frequency of 40 MHz was chosen for the second transmitter.
Calculations showed that the transmitter signals with an output power of 1 W can be confidently received on Earth by receivers with a sensitivity of 5 ?V. The scheme of the main transmitter ka at a frequency of 20 MHz is shown in Fig. 1. It was assembled on three 2P19B rod radio tubes. The second transmitter at a frequency of 40 MHz differs only in the nominal frequency-determining elements and the matching circuit of the output stage with the antenna. The frequency of the master oscillator performed on the VL1 lamp according to the so-called ?Pierce circuit? (the ?anode? function is performed by the screen grid ), stabilized by a quartz resonator ZQ1. In both transmitters, the operating frequency of the quartz oscillator was several kilohertz above 20 MHz. The circuit in the anode circuit of the VL1 is tuned to 20 MHz (in the second transmitter, to 40 MHz). Capacitor C8 symmetrizes this circuit (compensates for the output capacitance of the lamp of the master oscillator), because the output stage of the transmitter is push-pull. It is assembled on lamps VL2 and VL3 and in general has no features. Note that the filament circuits of all three lamps are connected in series. Such a solution, if any lamp failed, would eliminate the energy consumption of this transmitter and extend the service life of the other. Resistors R4 and R5 are used to equalize the voltage of the filament on the lamps. There is no pinned data of induction coils and chokes in the report (this is a report, not a design documentation!). There is also no data on a trimmer and a dual variable capacitor, which is set up in the output stage. Constant capacitors, the ratings of which are not shown in Fig. 1, - tubular KPKS-1 through passage. The power supply of the onboard radio equipment of the first satellite was completely autonomous - from silver-zinc batteries. The filament battery consisted of five elements SCD-70 with a capacity of 140 Ah and provided a voltage of 7.5 V. The anode battery consisted of 86 cells SPD-18 with a capacity of 30 Ah and provided a voltage of 130 V to supply anode batteries. transmitter chains. It had taps for powering the screen (90 V) and pentode grids of the output stages (10 V), as well as the manipulator (20 V). The mass of these batteries was about 50 kg, i.e. it was a significant part of the mass of the entire satellite. The batteries were supposed to provide uninterrupted transmitters for 14 days. Power supplies are not connected to the transmitter housings, which excludes failure due to accidental short circuits. Since the battery voltage is higher than the voltage required to supply three lamps, there was a limiting resistor in its minus circuit (outside the transmitter body). Transmitters were manipulated by a device on polarized relays by alternately supplying 90 V to screen grids of output cascades. The four antenna beams, which are all visible in the photographs of the first satellite, are the two beams of the main transmitter and two second ones. Figure 2 shows a photograph of a container with transmitters and a manipulator (it occupies about a fourth of the container!), And in fig. 3 - the node of one of the transmitters, extracted from the container. The title page of the report, on which the names of the main performers of the project are given: M.I. Borisenko, K.I. Greengauz, V.I. Lappo, A.I. Zinkovsky and the approving signature of M. S. Ryazansky himself gave us one more surprise. In the 90s, he collaborated with us, constantly visited the editorial office and published several materials Abram Isakovich Zinkovsky. We knew him as a competent radio engineer and accurate author. We knew that before the war I was addicted to short waves and had the call sign U3DH, that before retirement I worked in a serious research institute and was somehow connected with space topics. And what was our surprise when we saw his name on the front page of the report . It turns out that he was not just ?somehow connected?, but was one of the main performers in creating onboard radio equipment of the first satellite ? he was responsible for debugging it, design tests and delivery to the customer. The lead developer of the radio station and the ground-based device the first satellite was the head of the laboratory, Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lappo. Theoretical and practical studies of the propagation of radio waves in the range in which the transmitter worked were conducted by the head of another laboratory, Konstantin I. Gringauz. And the project was headed by Mikhail Ivanovich Borisenko. 2 Fig. 3 RADIO No 4, 2013 "RADIO" - ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION

> On 5 Oct 2018, at 14:39, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> 
> I don't speak or read Russian, but if this is about Sputnik-1, it is clear
> that the Tx has 3 tubes, answering one question!
> 
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> A quick search yielded this....
>> 
>> ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf
>> 
>> Any Russian speakers here?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/5/18 8:45 PM, Burns Fisher wrote:
>> 
>>> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what
>>> the
>>> active device was.  A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?  Must have been tubes,
>>> no?
>>> 
>>> An interesting thing I did not know:  It was filled with nitrogen and used
>>> a fan to cool off the electronics!
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
>>>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum tubes??
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Best 73,
>>>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> 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
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From k8bl at ameritech.net  Fri Oct  5 14:46:23 2018
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 14:46:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <a3d256bc-417a-b52c-6480-564c2ce3b76d@msa.hinet.net>
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	<CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>
	<a3d256bc-417a-b52c-6480-564c2ce3b76d@msa.hinet.net>
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Hans,

I sent you the translated document, but the AMSAT-BB
may not forward it. Look for it direct to you, also.

I can send the translated version direct to anyone
who is interested.

73,  Bob  K8BL

________________________________

From: Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org 
Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 1957



A quick search yielded this....

ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf

Any Russian speakers here?


On 10/5/18 8:45 PM, Burns Fisher wrote:
> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what the
> active device was.  A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?  Must have been tubes, no?
>
> An interesting thing I did not know:  It was filled with nitrogen and used
> a fan to cool off the electronics!
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
>
>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>>
>>
>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum tubes??
>>
>>
>> Best 73,
>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
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From nss at mwt.net  Fri Oct  5 15:10:13 2018
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:10:13 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
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References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
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I forgot this list won't pass images, so here's the schematic,
https://www.radiomuseum.org/forumdata/users/15793/Sputnik1_xmtr.jpg

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
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http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 10/5/2018 9:02 AM, Joe wrote:
> real or not I found this with a google search
> Joe WB9SBD
>
> Sig
> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> Idle Tyme
> Idle-Tyme.com
> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> On 10/5/2018 8:39 AM, Burns Fisher wrote:
>> I don't speak or read Russian, but if this is about Sputnik-1, it is 
>> clear
>> that the Tx has 3 tubes, answering one question!
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A quick search yielded this....
>>>
>>> ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf
>>>
>>> Any Russian speakers here?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/5/18 8:45 PM, Burns Fisher wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say 
>>>> what
>>>> the
>>>> active device was.? A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?? Must have been 
>>>> tubes,
>>>> no?
>>>>
>>>> An interesting thing I did not know:? It was filled with nitrogen 
>>>> and used
>>>> a fan to cool off the electronics!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>>>>>
>>>>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I 
>>>>> wonder
>>>>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but.... vacuum 
>>>>> tubes??
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best 73,
>>>>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
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From royldean at gmail.com  Fri Oct  5 15:27:22 2018
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 11:27:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Server
Message-ID: <CADGPg2tbkv9cwZJWiJWePMn7D9fkooNVy=NxMpiGY-HPj=N51A@mail.gmail.com>

is the FoxTelem server down?   No updates since 9:12z this morning.

-Roy
K3RLD

From wa4sca at gmail.com  Fri Oct  5 15:33:30 2018
From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:33:30 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Server
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Looks like.  Not accepting uploads.  Appropriate people notified.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA


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From bruninga at usna.edu  Fri Oct  5 15:44:27 2018
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 11:44:27 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957 The keyer?
Message-ID: <c993a10b9081f30e9d5501d5311546a7@mail.gmail.com>

3 Tubes nice...
Has someone said how they keyed the CW?
Bob

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To: Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc>
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 1957

Google ?Sputnik 1 Hackaday? and you will find the Sputnik 1 radio. Yes it
used tubes. PA3CNO did a great job of recreating this piece of history.

Dan

Sent from here. NM3A

> On Oct 5, 2018, at 08:45, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
>
> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say
> what the active device was.  A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?  Must have been
> tubes, no?
>
> An interesting thing I did not know:  It was filled with nitrogen and
> used a fan to cool off the electronics!
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
>
>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>>
>>
>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I
>> wonder transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum
>> tubes??
>>
>>
>> Best 73,
>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
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From hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com  Fri Oct  5 16:11:09 2018
From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 11:11:09 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92/85 DUV Decode Sovled
Message-ID: <CAM4UQf2=WtK-TJ_YEd9whQ4NDpnmD-fkPVd06kw9iEanK0ELMQ@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks to all of you and the last magic bullet from Terry, ZL2BAC.

Setup:
2m EggBeater at 7', 80' 9913 coax
AirSpy HF+, SDR-Console V3.03
FoxTelem 1.06r patched
VBAudio from SDRC > Decoder

Checked L/R audio, not an issue for me, as I was getting audio in both
channels. I unchecked Left Audio, to be safe. (FoxTelem)

Symptom: Could not decode DUV telemetry, did not see Eye fully open, always
smeared, and no squared off peaks in the freq display of FoxTelem.

Solution
1. Not only is there a high pass filter in the Narrow FM setting of SDRC
V3, but *there is a second HiPass* in :

Receive > Options > Equalizer  ...in the bottom right hand corner, two
check boxes, Equalizer and 25 Hz filter. They were checked since install, I
had never looked at the Equalizer in all these months of use.

Summary Settings That Work:

SDRC: NFM, 12 kHz
Audio Output Slider 60%
CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
Narrow FM: Highpas OFF
Receive > Options > Equalizer OFF, HPF OFF

FoxTelem Settings: (Aside from my location/call/etc)

Input Screen:
DUV (not Auto)
Input: CABLE Output (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
View Filtered Audio
Raised Cosine
Cutoff Freq: 200 Hz
Filter Length: 512

Settings Screen:
All Defaults, except:

FoxTelem Calculates Position
Auto Start Decoder when above horizon

Decoder Options:
Upload to Server
Track Doppler (probably not needed as SDRC is doing this and I'm not using
FunCube)
Store Payloads
Fix Dropped Bits
use Long PRM

Debug Options:
Use Native File Chooser
=================================

My one remaining question:

At the finish of this 15 deg pass, I got 53 Frames, 57 Payloads, and
Queued: 53

When does the queued data get uploaded?  It's been half an hour and nothing
has happened and I'm not showing up as a ground station.

Signals were far from outstanding, so I wouldn't say it is hard to get TLM
copied. 15 deg EL on an Eggbeater only 7' off the ground is not a great
pass.   Lots of fades, lots of noise much of the time.

Thanks to all for help. Now I can make a habit og grabbing TLM.

73 N0AN

Hasan

From burns at fisher.cc  Fri Oct  5 16:52:47 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 12:52:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92/85 DUV Decode Sovled
In-Reply-To: <CAM4UQf2=WtK-TJ_YEd9whQ4NDpnmD-fkPVd06kw9iEanK0ELMQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM4UQf2=WtK-TJ_YEd9whQ4NDpnmD-fkPVd06kw9iEanK0ELMQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxUg=P4o_EPWf2ZDBff=_fTAbZX5ByeTtStMPbVrKB_TSg@mail.gmail.com>

Glad you got this going, Hasan!  53 packets on a 15 degree pass is really
good!

The server appears to be down now.  Typically queued telemetry is uploaded
nearly right away, although there is often 1 sitting in the queue until the
end of the pass.  When there server is back up, your queued packets will be
sent.

Thanks for collecting data!  What is your grid square?  Just curious...

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks to all of you and the last magic bullet from Terry, ZL2BAC.
>
> Setup:
> 2m EggBeater at 7', 80' 9913 coax
> AirSpy HF+, SDR-Console V3.03
> FoxTelem 1.06r patched
> VBAudio from SDRC > Decoder
>
> Checked L/R audio, not an issue for me, as I was getting audio in both
> channels. I unchecked Left Audio, to be safe. (FoxTelem)
>
> Symptom: Could not decode DUV telemetry, did not see Eye fully open, always
> smeared, and no squared off peaks in the freq display of FoxTelem.
>
> Solution
> 1. Not only is there a high pass filter in the Narrow FM setting of SDRC
> V3, but *there is a second HiPass* in :
>
> Receive > Options > Equalizer  ...in the bottom right hand corner, two
> check boxes, Equalizer and 25 Hz filter. They were checked since install, I
> had never looked at the Equalizer in all these months of use.
>
> Summary Settings That Work:
>
> SDRC: NFM, 12 kHz
> Audio Output Slider 60%
> CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
> Narrow FM: Highpas OFF
> Receive > Options > Equalizer OFF, HPF OFF
>
> FoxTelem Settings: (Aside from my location/call/etc)
>
> Input Screen:
> DUV (not Auto)
> Input: CABLE Output (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
> View Filtered Audio
> Raised Cosine
> Cutoff Freq: 200 Hz
> Filter Length: 512
>
> Settings Screen:
> All Defaults, except:
>
> FoxTelem Calculates Position
> Auto Start Decoder when above horizon
>
> Decoder Options:
> Upload to Server
> Track Doppler (probably not needed as SDRC is doing this and I'm not using
> FunCube)
> Store Payloads
> Fix Dropped Bits
> use Long PRM
>
> Debug Options:
> Use Native File Chooser
> =================================
>
> My one remaining question:
>
> At the finish of this 15 deg pass, I got 53 Frames, 57 Payloads, and
> Queued: 53
>
> When does the queued data get uploaded?  It's been half an hour and nothing
> has happened and I'm not showing up as a ground station.
>
> Signals were far from outstanding, so I wouldn't say it is hard to get TLM
> copied. 15 deg EL on an Eggbeater only 7' off the ground is not a great
> pass.   Lots of fades, lots of noise much of the time.
>
> Thanks to all for help. Now I can make a habit og grabbing TLM.
>
> 73 N0AN
>
> Hasan
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From graham at shirville.com  Fri Oct  5 17:57:23 2018
From: graham at shirville.com (Graham Shirville)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 18:57:23 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <A8B0C12D-9EE6-43F6-8C5F-444017845745@julianhorn.co.uk>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
	<20181005113420.8Fwag4nJJh8s88FwagOUSt@mailauth12.mozu.eo.k-opti.ad.jp>
	<CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>
	<a3d256bc-417a-b52c-6480-564c2ce3b76d@msa.hinet.net>
	<CABX7KxVS-uY8qv==345XvYhb-q+sEpJTJgxd0U_LXARabGPY+Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<A8B0C12D-9EE6-43F6-8C5F-444017845745@julianhorn.co.uk>
Message-ID: <1cf53ff2-22e9-95e7-b110-64f8cdb9293a@shirville.com>

Hi All,

Well I was only 9? at the time of the Sputnik launch but I managed to 
convince myself that I heard the signals on the family "radiogram" 
similar to this one 
https://www.vintage-radio.com/recent-repairs/hmv-1611.html No BFO so it 
was unlikely that I actually did but it was enough to light the spark 
for me... anyway if we are having a weekend of remininiscencesthen how 
about the first Boeing 747 was rolled out of the factory 50 years ago 
last week? https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/n7470/

That is scary!

73

Graham
G3VZV



On 05/10/2018 15:32, Julian Horn wrote:
> So, a quick and dirty translation of the PDF using Google Translate - sorry I dont have time to do the job properly at the minute!
> 73, Julian M0NUX
>
> The transmitter of the first satellite, Boris STEPANOV (RU3AX), Moscow
>        The launch by the Soviet Union of the first in the history of mankind, the artificial satellite of the Earth on October 4, 1957, was undoubtedly a world sensation. Newspapers and magazines, radio and television in all countries of the world reported this event as the main news of those days. After all, the apparatus created by man for the first time went beyond the Earth, opening a new era ?
> outer space. Actually, no one did
> secrets from the fact that soon it will happen. From July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958, the International Geophysical Year was to be held. The United States of America and the Soviet Union announced in advance that it would launch launches of artificial earth satellites. But at that time, for most people on our planet, it all sounded a bit abstract, and the media did not pay much attention to the upcoming launches.
> Meanwhile, intensive training was under way in both countries. Many technical and organizational issues were tackled, among which not in the last place is reliable and, most importantly, even the non-expert understandable registration of the satellite's orbit. This was a significant factor in the competition between the two powers. Signal reception
> The satellite ?from space? onboard the satellite transmitter ? what else could be more convincing for the general public around the world.
> At the end of 1956, we made a decision to involve radio amateurs in observing the signals of the first satellite to register its entry into orbit and further flight. A subtle hint of this sounded already in the January 1957 issue of Radio magazine: "It would be good to mobilize radio amateurs to receive radio signals that will be sent by satellites ...". And starting from the June issue, we went to publications on possible orbits of satellites, on observing their signals (with a lot of necessary technical details), a description of practical designs for conducting and the technology of these observations. The July issue also published the official appeal of the USSR Academy of Sciences to radio amateurs. And then there was a pause - the expectation of the actual launch of the first satellite.
> Naturally, professionals also monitored its launch into orbit, but radio amateurs were among those who were the first to report to Moscow about receiving satellite signals and, therefore, about its successful entry into near-earth orbit.
> It goes without saying that radio amateurs were not only interested in
> technical characteristics of transmitters installed on the first satellite, but also some details about what they are. However, then this information, like many other things related to space, was secret. Interest in the onboard equipment design of the first AES arose again when the 50th anniversary of its launch was approaching. Descriptions of amateur radio designs of transmitters on Soviet rod lamps even appeared on the Internet, but now it can be said with certainty that they had practically nothing in common with the transmitter of the first satellite: ...
> The radio equipment of the first AES was developed at the enterprise, which today is called Russian Space Systems (formerly NII-885), one of the founders of the Russian rocket and space industry, created in 1946. The article ?The Main Designer? by G. Chliyants and the author of this publication, published in the February 2011 issue of the magazine ?Radio?, described the main designer of this research institute, Mikhail Sergeevich Ryazansky, under whose guidance many radio engineering systems for Mi-cal industry.
>              Last year, the Russian Space Systems OJSC released a reprint of a report on the development of an onboard radio station of the first Soviet artificial satellite of the Earth, which is shown on the cover of this issue of the magazine. It contains materials on the design and ground testing of satellite radio equipment. The original report was compiled in 1958.
> A noticeable part of it is devoted to the question of choosing the optimal frequencies for the onboard transmitters of the satellite and their power based on the data on the Earth's ionosphere at that time. It is interesting to note that in the form of a popular science article these materials were published in the magazine "Radio" back in the July 1957 issue!
> Without going into details, we note that from the results of this analysis it followed - with the most adverse assumptions, the frequency of the transmitter on board should not be lower than 15 MHz. At that time, the long-range direction finding in the HF in the country worked at frequencies up to 20 MHz, so this was chosen for the main transmitter. A higher frequency would be better, but then the available means of direction finding up to 60 MHz did not provide the necessary accuracy, so a frequency of 40 MHz was chosen for the second transmitter.
> Calculations showed that the transmitter signals with an output power of 1 W can be confidently received on Earth by receivers with a sensitivity of 5 ?V. The scheme of the main transmitter ka at a frequency of 20 MHz is shown in Fig. 1. It was assembled on three 2P19B rod radio tubes. The second transmitter at a frequency of 40 MHz differs only in the nominal frequency-determining elements and the matching circuit of the output stage with the antenna. The frequency of the master oscillator performed on the VL1 lamp according to the so-called ?Pierce circuit? (the ?anode? function is performed by the screen grid ), stabilized by a quartz resonator ZQ1. In both transmitters, the operating frequency of the quartz oscillator was several kilohertz above 20 MHz. The circuit in the anode circuit of the VL1 is tuned to 20 MHz (in the second transmitter, to 40 MHz). Capacitor C8 symmetrizes this circuit (compensates for the output capacitance of the lamp of the master oscillator), because the output stage of the transmitter is push-pull. It is assembled on lamps VL2 and VL3 and in general has no features. Note that the filament circuits of all three lamps are connected in series. Such a solution, if any lamp failed, would eliminate the energy consumption of this transmitter and extend the service life of the other. Resistors R4 and R5 are used to equalize the voltage of the filament on the lamps. There is no pinned data of induction coils and chokes in the report (this is a report, not a design documentation!). There is also no data on a trimmer and a dual variable capacitor, which is set up in the output stage. Constant capacitors, the ratings of which are not shown in Fig. 1, - tubular KPKS-1 through passage. The power supply of the onboard radio equipment of the first satellite was completely autonomous - from silver-zinc batteries. The filament battery consisted of five elements SCD-70 with a capacity of 140 Ah and provided a voltage of 7.5 V. The anode battery consisted of 86 cells SPD-18 with a capacity of 30 Ah and provided a voltage of 130 V to supply anode batteries. transmitter chains. It had taps for powering the screen (90 V) and pentode grids of the output stages (10 V), as well as the manipulator (20 V). The mass of these batteries was about 50 kg, i.e. it was a significant part of the mass of the entire satellite. The batteries were supposed to provide uninterrupted transmitters for 14 days. Power supplies are not connected to the transmitter housings, which excludes failure due to accidental short circuits. Since the battery voltage is higher than the voltage required to supply three lamps, there was a limiting resistor in its minus circuit (outside the transmitter body). Transmitters were manipulated by a device on polarized relays by alternately supplying 90 V to screen grids of output cascades. The four antenna beams, which are all visible in the photographs of the first satellite, are the two beams of the main transmitter and two second ones. Figure 2 shows a photograph of a container with transmitters and a manipulator (it occupies about a fourth of the container!), And in fig. 3 - the node of one of the transmitters, extracted from the container. The title page of the report, on which the names of the main performers of the project are given: M.I. Borisenko, K.I. Greengauz, V.I. Lappo, A.I. Zinkovsky and the approving signature of M. S. Ryazansky himself gave us one more surprise. In the 90s, he collaborated with us, constantly visited the editorial office and published several materials Abram Isakovich Zinkovsky. We knew him as a competent radio engineer and accurate author. We knew that before the war I was addicted to short waves and had the call sign U3DH, that before retirement I worked in a serious research institute and was somehow connected with space topics. And what was our surprise when we saw his name on the front page of the report . It turns out that he was not just ?somehow connected?, but was one of the main performers in creating onboard radio equipment of the first satellite ? he was responsible for debugging it, design tests and delivery to the customer. The lead developer of the radio station and the ground-based device the first satellite was the head of the laboratory, Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lappo. Theoretical and practical studies of the propagation of radio waves in the range in which the transmitter worked were conducted by the head of another laboratory, Konstantin I. Gringauz. And the project was headed by Mikhail Ivanovich Borisenko. 2 Fig. 3 RADIO No 4, 2013 "RADIO" - ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION
>
>> On 5 Oct 2018, at 14:39, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
>>
>> I don't speak or read Russian, but if this is about Sputnik-1, it is clear
>> that the Tx has 3 tubes, answering one question!
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A quick search yielded this....
>>>
>>> ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf
>>>
>>> Any Russian speakers here?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/5/18 8:45 PM, Burns Fisher wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what
>>>> the
>>>> active device was.  A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?  Must have been tubes,
>>>> no?
>>>>
>>>> An interesting thing I did not know:  It was filled with nitrogen and used
>>>> a fan to cool off the electronics!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>>>>>
>>>>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
>>>>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....  vacuum tubes??
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best 73,
>>>>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
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From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Fri Oct  5 18:18:32 2018
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 18:18:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] new AMSAT-DL Online Forum
In-Reply-To: <383ab69f-2452-44ff-97a7-bb092c46cbe3@kourou.de>
References: <383ab69f-2452-44ff-97a7-bb092c46cbe3@kourou.de>
Message-ID: <2089199386.4211414.1538763512229@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Peter,
Nice to see the updated website it looks great,has good information and updates. I signed to the forum to get latest updates on Es'hail-2.?
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Friday, 5 October, 2018, 6:46:50 PM IST, Peter Guelzow <peter.guelzow at kourou.de> wrote:  
 
 Hello together,

I'm sure you've noticed already that our website??
https://amsat-dl.org?? has changed a lot.

We have now gone one step further and have set up a new online forum at
? https://forum.amsat-dl.org/

Especially with the upcoming launch of P4-A /Es'hail-2 we want to offer
a forum for extensive discussions.

Essentially this is a forum, where everyone can report on experiences
and knowledge from operating satellites and thereby hep other newly
interested radio amateurs to become active and a member of our satellite
community.

Of course all topics around amateur radio satellites and OSCAR's should
be discussed there, appropriate categories and forums were created.? If
necessary this can be extended at any time and on request.

We would be pleased if the new forum is well received and you register
there with your callsign (if available) as your name.

Of course you can also look around as a "guest".

Experienced users can also check in the settings for new entries and
have them delivered by eMail if you wish so.

In this sense, have fun

Peter, DB2OS 1st Chairman
Chris, DL7AG, Webmaster


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From peteragreen at me.com  Fri Oct  5 20:26:34 2018
From: peteragreen at me.com (Peter Green)
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 21:26:34 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92 Transatlantic
Message-ID: <8072D986-7177-4100-87CC-F9CFEFE55D6B@me.com>

Today via AO-91 I had the privilege of working KB2YSI, Don for his first transatlantic QSO and W2GIO. 

As Don said on twitter it sounded like simplex.

AO-91 and to a lesser degree AO-92 have some great later afternoon passes (UK time) for the USA and Canada (east coast) and most of the time there is no one on them.

Quite often there are Europeans calling for the ?DX?

So please be a ?DX? station for us, work FM transatlantic we would love to hear you.

Best 73

Pete G0ABI

From avdeur at home.nl  Fri Oct  5 22:21:56 2018
From: avdeur at home.nl (Albert van Deursen)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 00:21:56 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92/85 DUV Decode Sovled
In-Reply-To: <CAM4UQf2=WtK-TJ_YEd9whQ4NDpnmD-fkPVd06kw9iEanK0ELMQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM4UQf2=WtK-TJ_YEd9whQ4NDpnmD-fkPVd06kw9iEanK0ELMQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000c01d45cf9$d3eb6ae0$7bc240a0$@nl>

HI Hasan, thanks this info and the clear solution ( considering your packetstream !) to the issue as you earlier described.
I must admit that I unchecked these 2 equalizer option a few days ago but wasn't smart enough to consider this action after I suddenly started to rx frames. (Hadn't had time to check all birds since my mail  but with Fox1A coming up in 26 minutes at 73.9 degress I will do some "eating" and get the proof of this "pudding" HI
Thanks yr work on this subject. 73 Albert PD0OXW 

-----Original Message-----
From: Hasan al-Basri [mailto:hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com] 
Sent: 05 October 2018 18:11
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92/85 DUV Decode Sovled

Thanks to all of you and the last magic bullet from Terry, ZL2BAC.

Setup:
2m EggBeater at 7', 80' 9913 coax
AirSpy HF+, SDR-Console V3.03
FoxTelem 1.06r patched
VBAudio from SDRC > Decoder

Checked L/R audio, not an issue for me, as I was getting audio in both
channels. I unchecked Left Audio, to be safe. (FoxTelem)

Symptom: Could not decode DUV telemetry, did not see Eye fully open, always
smeared, and no squared off peaks in the freq display of FoxTelem.

Solution
1. Not only is there a high pass filter in the Narrow FM setting of SDRC
V3, but *there is a second HiPass* in :

Receive > Options > Equalizer  ...in the bottom right hand corner, two
check boxes, Equalizer and 25 Hz filter. They were checked since install, I
had never looked at the Equalizer in all these months of use.

Summary Settings That Work:

SDRC: NFM, 12 kHz
Audio Output Slider 60%
CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
Narrow FM: Highpas OFF
Receive > Options > Equalizer OFF, HPF OFF

FoxTelem Settings: (Aside from my location/call/etc)

Input Screen:
DUV (not Auto)
Input: CABLE Output (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
View Filtered Audio
Raised Cosine
Cutoff Freq: 200 Hz
Filter Length: 512

Settings Screen:
All Defaults, except:

FoxTelem Calculates Position
Auto Start Decoder when above horizon

Decoder Options:
Upload to Server
Track Doppler (probably not needed as SDRC is doing this and I'm not using
FunCube)
Store Payloads
Fix Dropped Bits
use Long PRM

Debug Options:
Use Native File Chooser
=================================

My one remaining question:

At the finish of this 15 deg pass, I got 53 Frames, 57 Payloads, and
Queued: 53

When does the queued data get uploaded?  It's been half an hour and nothing
has happened and I'm not showing up as a ground station.

Signals were far from outstanding, so I wouldn't say it is hard to get TLM
copied. 15 deg EL on an Eggbeater only 7' off the ground is not a great
pass.   Lots of fades, lots of noise much of the time.

Thanks to all for help. Now I can make a habit og grabbing TLM.

73 N0AN

Hasan



From ingejack at cox.net  Fri Oct  5 22:32:56 2018
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 18:32:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] CT Qso for WAS Satellite
Message-ID: <1997540423.22528.1538778776125@myemail.cox.net>

I would like to have a qso with someone from CT to confirm my last state for WAS Satellite. I am available most times either on the FM or Linear Sats. I would like to confirm a contact via LOTW. If any stations in CT are willing to set up a schedule I would really appreciate it. Please email me to set up a sked. Thanks in advance  Alex (JACK) KC7MG  My email is ingejack at cox.net

From marklhammond at gmail.com  Fri Oct  5 22:39:46 2018
From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond)
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 18:39:46 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92/85 DUV Decode Sovled
In-Reply-To: <CAM4UQf2=WtK-TJ_YEd9whQ4NDpnmD-fkPVd06kw9iEanK0ELMQ@mail.g
	mail.com>
References: <CAM4UQf2=WtK-TJ_YEd9whQ4NDpnmD-fkPVd06kw9iEanK0ELMQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <jyfm1y0084okgLP01yfmW9@gmail.com>

Great discovery, Hasan.  Nice work.  That is much better copy than I would expect from that antenna system.  

73,

Mark N8MH 

At 11:11 AM 10/5/2018 -0500, Hasan al-Basri wrote:
>Thanks to all of you and the last magic bullet from Terry, ZL2BAC.
>
>Setup:
>2m EggBeater at 7', 80' 9913 coax
>AirSpy HF+, SDR-Console V3.03
>FoxTelem 1.06r patched
>VBAudio from SDRC > Decoder
>
>Checked L/R audio, not an issue for me, as I was getting audio in both
>channels. I unchecked Left Audio, to be safe. (FoxTelem)
>
>Symptom: Could not decode DUV telemetry, did not see Eye fully open, always
>smeared, and no squared off peaks in the freq display of FoxTelem.
>
>Solution
>1. Not only is there a high pass filter in the Narrow FM setting of SDRC
>V3, but *there is a second HiPass* in :
>
>Receive > Options > Equalizer  ...in the bottom right hand corner, two
>check boxes, Equalizer and 25 Hz filter. They were checked since install, I
>had never looked at the Equalizer in all these months of use.
>
>Summary Settings That Work:
>
>SDRC: NFM, 12 kHz
>Audio Output Slider 60%
>CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
>Narrow FM: Highpas OFF
>Receive > Options > Equalizer OFF, HPF OFF
>
>FoxTelem Settings: (Aside from my location/call/etc)
>
>Input Screen:
>DUV (not Auto)
>Input: CABLE Output (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
>View Filtered Audio
>Raised Cosine
>Cutoff Freq: 200 Hz
>Filter Length: 512
>
>Settings Screen:
>All Defaults, except:
>
>FoxTelem Calculates Position
>Auto Start Decoder when above horizon
>
>Decoder Options:
>Upload to Server
>Track Doppler (probably not needed as SDRC is doing this and I'm not using
>FunCube)
>Store Payloads
>Fix Dropped Bits
>use Long PRM
>
>Debug Options:
>Use Native File Chooser
>=================================
>
>My one remaining question:
>
>At the finish of this 15 deg pass, I got 53 Frames, 57 Payloads, and
>Queued: 53
>
>When does the queued data get uploaded?  It's been half an hour and nothing
>has happened and I'm not showing up as a ground station.
>
>Signals were far from outstanding, so I wouldn't say it is hard to get TLM
>copied. 15 deg EL on an Eggbeater only 7' off the ground is not a great
>pass.   Lots of fades, lots of noise much of the time.
>
>Thanks to all for help. Now I can make a habit og grabbing TLM.
>
>73 N0AN
>
>Hasan
>_______________________________________________
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>to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
>are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
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From burns at fisher.cc  Fri Oct  5 23:20:16 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:20:16 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92 Transatlantic
In-Reply-To: <8072D986-7177-4100-87CC-F9CFEFE55D6B@me.com>
References: <8072D986-7177-4100-87CC-F9CFEFE55D6B@me.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxVfTpXaNOCrpVaagC=3mc3MHSfSzHv5j=BS-0q6DS46Vw@mail.gmail.com>

Very nice!  I have had a QSO from N. Ireland and the Azores and was very
excited.  Never yet have a UK contact!

Burns, WB1FJ FN42 (north eastern US)

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 4:26 PM, Peter Green via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org
> wrote:

> Today via AO-91 I had the privilege of working KB2YSI, Don for his first
> transatlantic QSO and W2GIO.
>
> As Don said on twitter it sounded like simplex.
>
> AO-91 and to a lesser degree AO-92 have some great later afternoon passes
> (UK time) for the USA and Canada (east coast) and most of the time there is
> no one on them.
>
> Quite often there are Europeans calling for the ?DX?
>
> So please be a ?DX? station for us, work FM transatlantic we would love to
> hear you.
>
> Best 73
>
> Pete G0ABI
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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> AMSAT-NA.
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From burns at fisher.cc  Fri Oct  5 23:29:43 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:29:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92 Transatlantic
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxVfTpXaNOCrpVaagC=3mc3MHSfSzHv5j=BS-0q6DS46Vw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8072D986-7177-4100-87CC-F9CFEFE55D6B@me.com>
	<CABX7KxVfTpXaNOCrpVaagC=3mc3MHSfSzHv5j=BS-0q6DS46Vw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxUWQ-gdN7HAREMLqxPKoGYQy2EynE8=GCMSr_9ys5Ldxw@mail.gmail.com>

>
> Never yet have a UK contact!


My total apologies and attempting to step out of any possible political
situation:  I mean, of course, that I have not talked to England, Scotland,
or Wales.  Nor the Republic of Ireland, but that's a different story...

73s,

Burns WB1FJ

From va6bmj at gmail.com  Fri Oct  5 23:31:51 2018
From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 23:31:51 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <1cf53ff2-22e9-95e7-b110-64f8cdb9293a@shirville.com>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
	<20181005113420.8Fwag4nJJh8s88FwagOUSt@mailauth12.mozu.eo.k-opti.ad.jp>
	<CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>
	<a3d256bc-417a-b52c-6480-564c2ce3b76d@msa.hinet.net>
	<CABX7KxVS-uY8qv==345XvYhb-q+sEpJTJgxd0U_LXARabGPY+Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<A8B0C12D-9EE6-43F6-8C5F-444017845745@julianhorn.co.uk>
	<1cf53ff2-22e9-95e7-b110-64f8cdb9293a@shirville.com>
Message-ID: <CAP7QzkPhiQpFpAJoHiaa9c3xrDgmvb5OZEiAFPHb8VqaHhVQeQ@mail.gmail.com>

<snip>

anyway if we are having a weekend of remininiscencesthen how
> about the first Boeing 747 was rolled out of the factory 50 years ago
> last week? https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/n7470/

<snip>

Don't forget as well that this coming Thursday is the 50th anniversary
of the launch of Apollo 7 with Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter
Cunningham:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo7.html

Over two months later, Apollo 8 orbited the moon.

73s

Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

From w3ab at yahoo.com  Sat Oct  6 00:21:08 2018
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 00:21:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
In-Reply-To: <A8B0C12D-9EE6-43F6-8C5F-444017845745@julianhorn.co.uk>
References: <1cf6c1dc-f16b-292f-6b6f-094b140298e0@arrl.net>
	<20181005113420.8Fwag4nJJh8s88FwagOUSt@mailauth12.mozu.eo.k-opti.ad.jp>
	<CABX7KxX1rUfJWBm2_o9FUDhKXDOp_aFEK2=bqT1HZfUvD4hR9w@mail.gmail.com>
	<a3d256bc-417a-b52c-6480-564c2ce3b76d@msa.hinet.net>
	<CABX7KxVS-uY8qv==345XvYhb-q+sEpJTJgxd0U_LXARabGPY+Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<A8B0C12D-9EE6-43F6-8C5F-444017845745@julianhorn.co.uk>
Message-ID: <2102541210.35893.1538785268249@mail.yahoo.com>

If anyone is a tube fanatic as I am there is a good write up of the Russian battery tubes used in Sputnik. They were developed for high acceleration and vibration conditions as well as operating very well at HF freqs.
https://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/summary_russian_rod_pentodes.html


https://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/russian_subminiature_tubes.html?thread_id=200277
?---? 
 Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
 GEO ??? 

 http://www.w3ab.org

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

      From: Julian Horn <m0nux at julianhorn.co.uk>
 To: Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> 
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
 Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 7:49 AM
 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 1957
   
So, a quick and dirty translation of the PDF using Google Translate - sorry I dont have time to do the job properly at the minute!
73, Julian M0NUX

The transmitter of the first satellite, Boris STEPANOV (RU3AX), Moscow
? ? ? The launch by the Soviet Union of the first in the history of mankind, the artificial satellite of the Earth on October 4, 1957, was undoubtedly a world sensation. Newspapers and magazines, radio and television in all countries of the world reported this event as the main news of those days. After all, the apparatus created by man for the first time went beyond the Earth, opening a new era ?
outer space. Actually, no one did
secrets from the fact that soon it will happen. From July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958, the International Geophysical Year was to be held. The United States of America and the Soviet Union announced in advance that it would launch launches of artificial earth satellites. But at that time, for most people on our planet, it all sounded a bit abstract, and the media did not pay much attention to the upcoming launches.
Meanwhile, intensive training was under way in both countries. Many technical and organizational issues were tackled, among which not in the last place is reliable and, most importantly, even the non-expert understandable registration of the satellite's orbit. This was a significant factor in the competition between the two powers. Signal reception
The satellite ?from space? onboard the satellite transmitter ? what else could be more convincing for the general public around the world.
At the end of 1956, we made a decision to involve radio amateurs in observing the signals of the first satellite to register its entry into orbit and further flight. A subtle hint of this sounded already in the January 1957 issue of Radio magazine: "It would be good to mobilize radio amateurs to receive radio signals that will be sent by satellites ...". And starting from the June issue, we went to publications on possible orbits of satellites, on observing their signals (with a lot of necessary technical details), a description of practical designs for conducting and the technology of these observations. The July issue also published the official appeal of the USSR Academy of Sciences to radio amateurs. And then there was a pause - the expectation of the actual launch of the first satellite.
Naturally, professionals also monitored its launch into orbit, but radio amateurs were among those who were the first to report to Moscow about receiving satellite signals and, therefore, about its successful entry into near-earth orbit.
It goes without saying that radio amateurs were not only interested in
technical characteristics of transmitters installed on the first satellite, but also some details about what they are. However, then this information, like many other things related to space, was secret. Interest in the onboard equipment design of the first AES arose again when the 50th anniversary of its launch was approaching. Descriptions of amateur radio designs of transmitters on Soviet rod lamps even appeared on the Internet, but now it can be said with certainty that they had practically nothing in common with the transmitter of the first satellite: ...
The radio equipment of the first AES was developed at the enterprise, which today is called Russian Space Systems (formerly NII-885), one of the founders of the Russian rocket and space industry, created in 1946. The article ?The Main Designer? by G. Chliyants and the author of this publication, published in the February 2011 issue of the magazine ?Radio?, described the main designer of this research institute, Mikhail Sergeevich Ryazansky, under whose guidance many radio engineering systems for Mi-cal industry.
? ? ? ? ? ? Last year, the Russian Space Systems OJSC released a reprint of a report on the development of an onboard radio station of the first Soviet artificial satellite of the Earth, which is shown on the cover of this issue of the magazine. It contains materials on the design and ground testing of satellite radio equipment. The original report was compiled in 1958.
A noticeable part of it is devoted to the question of choosing the optimal frequencies for the onboard transmitters of the satellite and their power based on the data on the Earth's ionosphere at that time. It is interesting to note that in the form of a popular science article these materials were published in the magazine "Radio" back in the July 1957 issue!
Without going into details, we note that from the results of this analysis it followed - with the most adverse assumptions, the frequency of the transmitter on board should not be lower than 15 MHz. At that time, the long-range direction finding in the HF in the country worked at frequencies up to 20 MHz, so this was chosen for the main transmitter. A higher frequency would be better, but then the available means of direction finding up to 60 MHz did not provide the necessary accuracy, so a frequency of 40 MHz was chosen for the second transmitter.
Calculations showed that the transmitter signals with an output power of 1 W can be confidently received on Earth by receivers with a sensitivity of 5 ?V. The scheme of the main transmitter ka at a frequency of 20 MHz is shown in Fig. 1. It was assembled on three 2P19B rod radio tubes. The second transmitter at a frequency of 40 MHz differs only in the nominal frequency-determining elements and the matching circuit of the output stage with the antenna. The frequency of the master oscillator performed on the VL1 lamp according to the so-called ?Pierce circuit? (the ?anode? function is performed by the screen grid ), stabilized by a quartz resonator ZQ1. In both transmitters, the operating frequency of the quartz oscillator was several kilohertz above 20 MHz. The circuit in the anode circuit of the VL1 is tuned to 20 MHz (in the second transmitter, to 40 MHz). Capacitor C8 symmetrizes this circuit (compensates for the output capacitance of the lamp of the master oscillator), because the output stage of the transmitter is push-pull. It is assembled on lamps VL2 and VL3 and in general has no features. Note that the filament circuits of all three lamps are connected in series. Such a solution, if any lamp failed, would eliminate the energy consumption of this transmitter and extend the service life of the other. Resistors R4 and R5 are used to equalize the voltage of the filament on the lamps. There is no pinned data of induction coils and chokes in the report (this is a report, not a design documentation!). There is also no data on a trimmer and a dual variable capacitor, which is set up in the output stage. Constant capacitors, the ratings of which are not shown in Fig. 1, - tubular KPKS-1 through passage. The power supply of the onboard radio equipment of the first satellite was completely autonomous - from silver-zinc batteries. The filament battery consisted of five elements SCD-70 with a capacity of 140 Ah and provided a voltage of 7.5 V. The anode battery consisted of 86 cells SPD-18 with a capacity of 30 Ah and provided a voltage of 130 V to supply anode batteries. transmitter chains. It had taps for powering the screen (90 V) and pentode grids of the output stages (10 V), as well as the manipulator (20 V). The mass of these batteries was about 50 kg, i.e. it was a significant part of the mass of the entire satellite. The batteries were supposed to provide uninterrupted transmitters for 14 days. Power supplies are not connected to the transmitter housings, which excludes failure due to accidental short circuits. Since the battery voltage is higher than the voltage required to supply three lamps, there was a limiting resistor in its minus circuit (outside the transmitter body). Transmitters were manipulated by a device on polarized relays by alternately supplying 90 V to screen grids of output cascades. The four antenna beams, which are all visible in the photographs of the first satellite, are the two beams of the main transmitter and two second ones. Figure 2 shows a photograph of a container with transmitters and a manipulator (it occupies about a fourth of the container!), And in fig. 3 - the node of one of the transmitters, extracted from the container. The title page of the report, on which the names of the main performers of the project are given: M.I. Borisenko, K.I. Greengauz, V.I. Lappo, A.I. Zinkovsky and the approving signature of M. S. Ryazansky himself gave us one more surprise. In the 90s, he collaborated with us, constantly visited the editorial office and published several materials Abram Isakovich Zinkovsky. We knew him as a competent radio engineer and accurate author. We knew that before the war I was addicted to short waves and had the call sign U3DH, that before retirement I worked in a serious research institute and was somehow connected with space topics. And what was our surprise when we saw his name on the front page of the report . It turns out that he was not just ?somehow connected?, but was one of the main performers in creating onboard radio equipment of the first satellite ? he was responsible for debugging it, design tests and delivery to the customer. The lead developer of the radio station and the ground-based device the first satellite was the head of the laboratory, Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lappo. Theoretical and practical studies of the propagation of radio waves in the range in which the transmitter worked were conducted by the head of another laboratory, Konstantin I. Gringauz. And the project was headed by Mikhail Ivanovich Borisenko. 2 Fig. 3 RADIO No 4, 2013 "RADIO" - ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION

> On 5 Oct 2018, at 14:39, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> 
> I don't speak or read Russian, but if this is about Sputnik-1, it is clear
> that the Tx has 3 tubes, answering one question!
> 
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> A quick search yielded this....
>> 
>> ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf
>> 
>> Any Russian speakers here?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/5/18 8:45 PM, Burns Fisher wrote:
>> 
>>> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what
>>> the
>>> active device was.? A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?? Must have been tubes,
>>> no?
>>> 
>>> An interesting thing I did not know:? It was filled with nitrogen and used
>>> a fan to cool off the electronics!
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
>>>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....? vacuum tubes??
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Best 73,
>>>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
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From Saguaroastro at cox.net  Sat Oct  6 00:21:24 2018
From: Saguaroastro at cox.net (Richard Tejera)
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:21:24 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sputnik
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According to Wikipedia:

Last contact26 October 1957[4]Decay date4 January 1958

Rick Tejera K7TEJ
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.SaguaroAstro.org
Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club
www.w7tbc.org

On October 4, 2018, at 22:23, wa7dxz via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:


How long was Sputnik in orbit, and for how long was the signal on the air?Bobwa7dxz

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From e.krome at comcast.net  Sat Oct  6 01:09:10 2018
From: e.krome at comcast.net (Ed K9EK)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 21:09:10 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Was: 1957; now Voyager
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That rod pentode thing is simply amazing! What great info! Thanks so much.
But that brings up another, related question: Anyone know what kind of transmitter was used in the Voyager spacecraft? And still working, 40+ years later.

Thanks!
Ed K9EK


> On October 5, 2018 at 8:21 PM GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> If anyone is a tube fanatic as I am there is a good write up of the Russian battery tubes used in Sputnik. They were developed for high acceleration and vibration conditions as well as operating very well at HF freqs.
> https://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/summary_russian_rod_pentodes.html
> 
> 
> https://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/russian_subminiature_tubes.html?thread_id=200277
> ?---? 
>  Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
>  GEO ??? 
> 
>  http://www.w3ab.org
> 
> Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
> 
>       From: Julian Horn <m0nux at julianhorn.co.uk>
>  To: Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> 
> Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>  Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 7:49 AM
>  Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 1957
>    
> So, a quick and dirty translation of the PDF using Google Translate - sorry I dont have time to do the job properly at the minute!
> 73, Julian M0NUX
> 
> The transmitter of the first satellite, Boris STEPANOV (RU3AX), Moscow
> ? ? ? The launch by the Soviet Union of the first in the history of mankind, the artificial satellite of the Earth on October 4, 1957, was undoubtedly a world sensation. Newspapers and magazines, radio and television in all countries of the world reported this event as the main news of those days. After all, the apparatus created by man for the first time went beyond the Earth, opening a new era ?
> outer space. Actually, no one did
> secrets from the fact that soon it will happen. From July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958, the International Geophysical Year was to be held. The United States of America and the Soviet Union announced in advance that it would launch launches of artificial earth satellites. But at that time, for most people on our planet, it all sounded a bit abstract, and the media did not pay much attention to the upcoming launches.
> Meanwhile, intensive training was under way in both countries. Many technical and organizational issues were tackled, among which not in the last place is reliable and, most importantly, even the non-expert understandable registration of the satellite's orbit. This was a significant factor in the competition between the two powers. Signal reception
> The satellite ?from space? onboard the satellite transmitter ? what else could be more convincing for the general public around the world.
> At the end of 1956, we made a decision to involve radio amateurs in observing the signals of the first satellite to register its entry into orbit and further flight. A subtle hint of this sounded already in the January 1957 issue of Radio magazine: "It would be good to mobilize radio amateurs to receive radio signals that will be sent by satellites ...". And starting from the June issue, we went to publications on possible orbits of satellites, on observing their signals (with a lot of necessary technical details), a description of practical designs for conducting and the technology of these observations. The July issue also published the official appeal of the USSR Academy of Sciences to radio amateurs. And then there was a pause - the expectation of the actual launch of the first satellite.
> Naturally, professionals also monitored its launch into orbit, but radio amateurs were among those who were the first to report to Moscow about receiving satellite signals and, therefore, about its successful entry into near-earth orbit.
> It goes without saying that radio amateurs were not only interested in
> technical characteristics of transmitters installed on the first satellite, but also some details about what they are. However, then this information, like many other things related to space, was secret. Interest in the onboard equipment design of the first AES arose again when the 50th anniversary of its launch was approaching. Descriptions of amateur radio designs of transmitters on Soviet rod lamps even appeared on the Internet, but now it can be said with certainty that they had practically nothing in common with the transmitter of the first satellite: ...
> The radio equipment of the first AES was developed at the enterprise, which today is called Russian Space Systems (formerly NII-885), one of the founders of the Russian rocket and space industry, created in 1946. The article ?The Main Designer? by G. Chliyants and the author of this publication, published in the February 2011 issue of the magazine ?Radio?, described the main designer of this research institute, Mikhail Sergeevich Ryazansky, under whose guidance many radio engineering systems for Mi-cal industry.
> ? ? ? ? ? ? Last year, the Russian Space Systems OJSC released a reprint of a report on the development of an onboard radio station of the first Soviet artificial satellite of the Earth, which is shown on the cover of this issue of the magazine. It contains materials on the design and ground testing of satellite radio equipment. The original report was compiled in 1958.
> A noticeable part of it is devoted to the question of choosing the optimal frequencies for the onboard transmitters of the satellite and their power based on the data on the Earth's ionosphere at that time. It is interesting to note that in the form of a popular science article these materials were published in the magazine "Radio" back in the July 1957 issue!
> Without going into details, we note that from the results of this analysis it followed - with the most adverse assumptions, the frequency of the transmitter on board should not be lower than 15 MHz. At that time, the long-range direction finding in the HF in the country worked at frequencies up to 20 MHz, so this was chosen for the main transmitter. A higher frequency would be better, but then the available means of direction finding up to 60 MHz did not provide the necessary accuracy, so a frequency of 40 MHz was chosen for the second transmitter.
> Calculations showed that the transmitter signals with an output power of 1 W can be confidently received on Earth by receivers with a sensitivity of 5 ?V. The scheme of the main transmitter ka at a frequency of 20 MHz is shown in Fig. 1. It was assembled on three 2P19B rod radio tubes. The second transmitter at a frequency of 40 MHz differs only in the nominal frequency-determining elements and the matching circuit of the output stage with the antenna. The frequency of the master oscillator performed on the VL1 lamp according to the so-called ?Pierce circuit? (the ?anode? function is performed by the screen grid ), stabilized by a quartz resonator ZQ1. In both transmitters, the operating frequency of the quartz oscillator was several kilohertz above 20 MHz. The circuit in the anode circuit of the VL1 is tuned to 20 MHz (in the second transmitter, to 40 MHz). Capacitor C8 symmetrizes this circuit (compensates for the output capacitance of the lamp of the master oscillator), because the output stage of the transmitter is push-pull. It is assembled on lamps VL2 and VL3 and in general has no features. Note that the filament circuits of all three lamps are connected in series. Such a solution, if any lamp failed, would eliminate the energy consumption of this transmitter and extend the service life of the other. Resistors R4 and R5 are used to equalize the voltage of the filament on the lamps. There is no pinned data of induction coils and chokes in the report (this is a report, not a design documentation!). There is also no data on a trimmer and a dual variable capacitor, which is set up in the output stage. Constant capacitors, the ratings of which are not shown in Fig. 1, - tubular KPKS-1 through passage. The power supply of the onboard radio equipment of the first satellite was completely autonomous - from silver-zinc batteries. The filament battery consisted of five elements SCD-70 with a capacity of 140 Ah and provided a voltage of 7.5 V. The anode battery consisted of 86 cells SPD-18 with a capacity of 30 Ah and provided a voltage of 130 V to supply anode batteries. transmitter chains. It had taps for powering the screen (90 V) and pentode grids of the output stages (10 V), as well as the manipulator (20 V). The mass of these batteries was about 50 kg, i.e. it was a significant part of the mass of the entire satellite. The batteries were supposed to provide uninterrupted transmitters for 14 days. Power supplies are not connected to the transmitter housings, which excludes failure due to accidental short circuits. Since the battery voltage is higher than the voltage required to supply three lamps, there was a limiting resistor in its minus circuit (outside the transmitter body). Transmitters were manipulated by a device on polarized relays by alternately supplying 90 V to screen grids of output cascades. The four antenna beams, which are all visible in the photographs of the first satellite, are the two beams of the main transmitter and two second ones. Figure 2 shows a photograph of a container with transmitters and a manipulator (it occupies about a fourth of the container!), And in fig. 3 - the node of one of the transmitters, extracted from the container. The title page of the report, on which the names of the main performers of the project are given: M.I. Borisenko, K.I. Greengauz, V.I. Lappo, A.I. Zinkovsky and the approving signature of M. S. Ryazansky himself gave us one more surprise. In the 90s, he collaborated with us, constantly visited the editorial office and published several materials Abram Isakovich Zinkovsky. We knew him as a competent radio engineer and accurate author. We knew that before the war I was addicted to short waves and had the call sign U3DH, that before retirement I worked in a serious research institute and was somehow connected with space topics. And what was our surprise when we saw his name on the front page of the report . It turns out that he was not just ?somehow connected?, but was one of the main performers in creating onboard radio equipment of the first satellite ? he was responsible for debugging it, design tests and delivery to the customer. The lead developer of the radio station and the ground-based device the first satellite was the head of the laboratory, Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lappo. Theoretical and practical studies of the propagation of radio waves in the range in which the transmitter worked were conducted by the head of another laboratory, Konstantin I. Gringauz. And the project was headed by Mikhail Ivanovich Borisenko. 2 Fig. 3 RADIO No 4, 2013 "RADIO" - ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION
> 
> > On 5 Oct 2018, at 14:39, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> > 
> > I don't speak or read Russian, but if this is about Sputnik-1, it is clear
> > that the Tx has 3 tubes, answering one question!
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> A quick search yielded this....
> >> 
> >> ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf
> >> 
> >> Any Russian speakers here?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 10/5/18 8:45 PM, Burns Fisher wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Lots of interesting stuff in the wikipedia article:
> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1#Design but it does not say what
> >>> the
> >>> active device was.? A 1 watt transmitter in 1957?? Must have been tubes,
> >>> no?
> >>> 
> >>> An interesting thing I did not know:? It was filled with nitrogen and used
> >>> a fan to cool off the electronics!
> >>> 
> >>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM, JR3MHP <jr3mhp at jarl.com> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Awesome!! Thank you, Bruce!!
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> What kind of devices did they use for transmitting this signal? I wonder
> >>>> transistors were good enough for this frequency, but....? vacuum tubes??
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Best 73,
> >>>> Hiro (JR3MHP)
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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From kx9x at yahoo.com  Sat Oct  6 02:33:25 2018
From: kx9x at yahoo.com (Sean Kutzko)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:33:25 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] CT Qso for WAS Satellite
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Got ya covered, Alex. I?ll send you an email to work out a sked.

73 from FN31.

Sean KX9X 

Sent from the iPhone of Sean, KX9X

> On Oct 5, 2018, at 6:32 PM, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> I would like to have a qso with someone from CT to confirm my last state for WAS Satellite. I am available most times either on the FM or Linear Sats. I would like to confirm a contact via LOTW. If any stations in CT are willing to set up a schedule I would really appreciate it. Please email me to set up a sked. Thanks in advance  Alex (JACK) KC7MG  My email is ingejack at cox.net
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From jeff30339 at gmail.com  Sat Oct  6 02:36:13 2018
From: jeff30339 at gmail.com (Jeff Johns)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 21:36:13 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] CT Qso for WAS Satellite
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KX9X FTW! For the record, Sean was also kind enough to also give me CT. 

Jeff WE4B 

> On Oct 5, 2018, at 9:33 PM, Sean Kutzko via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Got ya covered, Alex. I?ll send you an email to work out a sked.
> 
> 73 from FN31.
> 
> Sean KX9X 
> 
> Sent from the iPhone of Sean, KX9X
> 
>> On Oct 5, 2018, at 6:32 PM, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I would like to have a qso with someone from CT to confirm my last state for WAS Satellite. I am available most times either on the FM or Linear Sats. I would like to confirm a contact via LOTW. If any stations in CT are willing to set up a schedule I would really appreciate it. Please email me to set up a sked. Thanks in advance  Alex (JACK) KC7MG  My email is ingejack at cox.net
>> _______________________________________________
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From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Sat Oct  6 02:45:56 2018
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:45:56 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92 Transatlantic
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxUWQ-gdN7HAREMLqxPKoGYQy2EynE8=GCMSr_9ys5Ldxw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8072D986-7177-4100-87CC-F9CFEFE55D6B@me.com>
	<CABX7KxVfTpXaNOCrpVaagC=3mc3MHSfSzHv5j=BS-0q6DS46Vw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxUWQ-gdN7HAREMLqxPKoGYQy2EynE8=GCMSr_9ys5Ldxw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8NqVgF+8uAhvT9nEDQNX=1iRKwe9z=BC6aqh2O-KGugxQ@mail.gmail.com>

Peter thank you for being on the other side!  Planning on the AO-91 @1525
tomorrow, I am planning on being in FN23 for it, much better horizon.

Burns, it can be tricky to remember who/what belongs to which of the terms
we think all mean the same thing, but they do not. A map like this is
helpful: https://brilliantmaps.com/eng-gb-uk/  At least I find it helpful.

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 7:30 PM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> >
> > Never yet have a UK contact!
>
>
> My total apologies and attempting to step out of any possible political
> situation:  I mean, of course, that I have not talked to England, Scotland,
> or Wales.  Nor the Republic of Ireland, but that's a different story...
>
> 73s,
>
> Burns WB1FJ
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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-- 
73,
Don KB2YSI
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From tjschuessler at verizon.net  Sat Oct  6 03:14:35 2018
From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (tjschuessler at verizon.net)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:14:35 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sputnik
Message-ID: <00d701d45d22$b5bbec10$2133c430$@verizon.net>

The site where, at least a part of the satellite came down to earth after
reentry is in the middle of a street in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  There is a
marker on the sidewalk and a circle in the middle of the street where a
piece of it came down.  They even have a festival every September.  I was
back in Wisconsin in August and saw it mentioned on roadsideamerica.com so
had to stop by.

Tom, N5HYP

-----Original Message-----
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:21:24 -0700
From: Richard Tejera <Saguaroastro at cox.net>
To: wa7dxz <wa7dxz at aol.com>, 'AMSAT' <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sputnik
Message-ID: <ealmft2oe4cmvj1uy2kuposh.1538785284342 at email.android.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

According to Wikipedia:

Last contact26 October 1957[4]Decay date4 January 1958

Rick Tejera K7TEJ
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.SaguaroAstro.org
Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club
www.w7tbc.org

On October 4, 2018, at 22:23, wa7dxz via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:


How long was Sputnik in orbit, and for how long was the signal on the
air?Bobwa7dxz


------------------------------


From peteragreen at me.com  Sat Oct  6 07:50:10 2018
From: peteragreen at me.com (Peter Green)
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2018 08:50:10 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91/92 Transatlantic
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxUWQ-gdN7HAREMLqxPKoGYQy2EynE8=GCMSr_9ys5Ldxw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8072D986-7177-4100-87CC-F9CFEFE55D6B@me.com>
	<CABX7KxVfTpXaNOCrpVaagC=3mc3MHSfSzHv5j=BS-0q6DS46Vw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxUWQ-gdN7HAREMLqxPKoGYQy2EynE8=GCMSr_9ys5Ldxw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <450AD5A7-392A-4A7C-B025-8AAE2B92DCF1@me.com>

Burns


It would be a real pleasure to work you and thank you your invaluable help with FoxTelem

Best 73

Pete G0ABI IO80


Sent from my iPad

On 6 Oct 2018, at 00:29, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

>> Never yet have a UK contact!
> 
> My total apologies and attempting to step out of any possible political situation:  I mean, of course, that I have not talked to England, Scotland, or Wales.  Nor the Republic of Ireland, but that's a different story...
> 
> 73s,
> 
> Burns WB1FJ
> 
> 

From gw1fky at aol.com  Sat Oct  6 08:26:15 2018
From: gw1fky at aol.com (gw1fky at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 08:26:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sputnik
References: <54694839.5291105.1538814375011.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <54694839.5291105.1538814375011@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi all,With the many posts regarding "Sputnik" and how it inspired so many into space,astronomy and our hobby.These days so many schools are participating with link ups with the ISS and of course education and science etc.? ?(STEM).It reminded me of how the launch of "Sputnik" here in the UK became a leading light for schools thanks to efforts and work by the lateGeoff? Perry ( MBE ) and Derek Slater.They were? teachers at "Kettering Grammar School "? in the era of the Sputniks and inspired and involved pupils in the tracking of satelliteswhen very little information was available.Thanks top the work of Geoff and Derek they went on to become players in the work and made headline news.You might like to do a web search about "Kettering Grammar School " and its achievements, it may also inspire the schools involvedin "STEM " and the role of amateur radio today.RegardsKen EatonGW1FKY?

From ingejack at cox.net  Sat Oct  6 13:29:36 2018
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 09:29:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] CT Qso for WAS Satellite
In-Reply-To: <k2ZT1y00n0mGNGa012ZXdE>
References: <1997540423.22528.1538778776125@myemail.cox.net>
	<k2ZT1y00n0mGNGa012ZXdE>
Message-ID: <1458303064.792380.1538832576089@myemail.cox.net>

Sean Looks like AO92 at 1817 utc or AO91 at 1837 utc might work if it's ok with you ?? Thanks 73 Alex (JACK) KC7MG

> On October 5, 2018 at 10:33 PM Sean Kutzko <kx9x at yahoo.com mailto:kx9x at yahoo.com > wrote:
> 
> 
>     Got ya covered, Alex. I?ll send you an email to work out a sked.
> 
>     73 from FN31.
> 
>     Sean KX9X
> 
>     Sent from the iPhone of Sean, KX9X
> 
>         > > On Oct 5, 2018, at 6:32 PM, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > 
> >         I would like to have a qso with someone from CT to confirm my last state for WAS Satellite. I am available most times either on the FM or Linear Sats. I would like to confirm a contact via LOTW. If any stations in CT are willing to set up a schedule I would really appreciate it. Please email me to set up a sked. Thanks in advance Alex (JACK) KC7MG My email is ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net
> >         _______________________________________________
> >         Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org mailto: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  Sat Oct  6 13:32:25 2018
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 09:32:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] CT Qso for WAS Satellite
In-Reply-To: <k2ZT1y00n0mGNGa012ZXdE>
References: <1997540423.22528.1538778776125@myemail.cox.net>
	<k2ZT1y00n0mGNGa012ZXdE>
Message-ID: <2078422675.792415.1538832745939@myemail.cox.net>

Loks like AO92 at 1623 utc or AO91 at 1836 if it's ok with you, ? Might be too little notice ??

> On October 5, 2018 at 10:33 PM Sean Kutzko <kx9x at yahoo.com mailto:kx9x at yahoo.com > wrote:
> 
> 
>     Got ya covered, Alex. I?ll send you an email to work out a sked.
> 
>     73 from FN31.
> 
>     Sean KX9X
> 
>     Sent from the iPhone of Sean, KX9X
> 
>         > > On Oct 5, 2018, at 6:32 PM, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > 
> >         I would like to have a qso with someone from CT to confirm my last state for WAS Satellite. I am available most times either on the FM or Linear Sats. I would like to confirm a contact via LOTW. If any stations in CT are willing to set up a schedule I would really appreciate it. Please email me to set up a sked. Thanks in advance Alex (JACK) KC7MG My email is ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net
> >         _______________________________________________
> >         Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org mailto: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  Sat Oct  6 13:39:22 2018
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 09:39:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] CT Qso for WAS Satellite
In-Reply-To: <1458303064.792380.1538832576089@myemail.cox.net>
References: <1997540423.22528.1538778776125@myemail.cox.net>
	<k2ZT1y00n0mGNGa012ZXdE>
	<1458303064.792380.1538832576089@myemail.cox.net>
Message-ID: <508911569.792617.1538833162775@myemail.cox.net>

AO92 at 1817 utc or AO91 at 1837 utc both on 10/6/2018 if it fits your sked ?? Thanks again Please disregard my first email . passes too far west for you.


> On October 6, 2018 at 9:29 AM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>     Sean Looks like AO92 at 1817 utc or AO91 at 1837 utc might work if it's ok with you ?? Thanks 73 Alex (JACK) KC7MG
> 
>         > > On October 5, 2018 at 10:33 PM Sean Kutzko < kx9x at yahoo.com mailto:kx9x at yahoo.com > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >         Got ya covered, Alex. I?ll send you an email to work out a sked.
> > 
> >         73 from FN31.
> > 
> >         Sean KX9X
> > 
> >         Sent from the iPhone of Sean, KX9X
> > 
> >             > > > On Oct 5, 2018, at 6:32 PM, alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > > 
> > >             I would like to have a qso with someone from CT to confirm my last state for WAS Satellite. I am available most times either on the FM or Linear Sats. I would like to confirm a contact via LOTW. If any stations in CT are willing to set up a schedule I would really appreciate it. Please email me to set up a sked. Thanks in advance Alex (JACK) KC7MG My email is ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net
> > >             _______________________________________________
> > >             Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org mailto: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 tjschuessler at verizon.net  Sat Oct  6 14:48:56 2018
From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (Tom Schuessler)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 09:48:56 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sputnik
In-Reply-To: <2038014103.189222.1538836342207@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <00d701d45d22$b5bbec10$2133c430$@verizon.net>
	<2038014103.189222.1538836342207@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <369CEA34-F52C-45FB-A450-BFF9EC2A736B@verizon.net>

We got a picture of me out in the middle of the street by the spot. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 6, 2018, at 09:32, R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
> 
> COOL!  Thanks for sharing!!   -  Bob  K8BL
> 
> 
> From: "tjschuessler at verizon.net" <tjschuessler at verizon.net>
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org 
> Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 11:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sputnik
> 
> The site where, at least a part of the satellite came down to earth after
> reentry is in the middle of a street in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  There is a
> marker on the sidewalk and a circle in the middle of the street where a
> piece of it came down.  They even have a festival every September.  I was
> back in Wisconsin in August and saw it mentioned on roadsideamerica.com so
> had to stop by.
> 
> Tom, N5HYP
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:21:24 -0700
> From: Richard Tejera <Saguaroastro at cox.net>
> To: wa7dxz <wa7dxz at aol.com>, 'AMSAT' <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sputnik
> Message-ID: <ealmft2oe4cmvj1uy2kuposh.1538785284342 at email.android.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> 
> According to Wikipedia:
> 
> Last contact26 October 1957[4]Decay date4 January 1958
> 
> Rick Tejera K7TEJ
> Saguaro Astronomy Club
> www.SaguaroAstro.org
> Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club
> www.w7tbc.org
> 
> On October 4, 2018, at 22:23, wa7dxz via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> How long was Sputnik in orbit, and for how long was the signal on the
> air?Bobwa7dxz
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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From wmc_jx at 163.com  Sat Oct  6 16:24:26 2018
From: wmc_jx at 163.com (=?GBK?B?zqTD97So?=)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 00:24:26 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan (Good luck for some new pictures from
	the moon!)
Message-ID: <252c0104.85c8.1664a31c11a.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>

Hi OMs,


The following tests of DSLWP-B UHF are planned:


7 Oct 2018 05:20:00 to 7 Oct 2018 07:20:00
7 Oct 2018 10:00:00 to 7 Oct 2018 12:00:00
8 Oct 2018 08:21:00 to 8 Oct 2018 10:21:00
8 Oct 2018 13:00:00 to 8 Oct 2018 15:00:00
9 Oct 2018 05:25:00 to 9 Oct 2018 07:25:00
10 Oct 2018 02:18:00 to 10 Oct 2018 04:18:00
10 Oct 2018 14:00:00 to 10 Oct 2018 16:00:00


All time in UTC. JT4G on 435.4. Will try some imaging and downloading these days on 436.4. 



Online JT4G telemetry forwarder: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g_forwarder.html
JT4G telemetry display: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g.html   
GMSK telemetry: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/telemetry-b.html 
SSDV image: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/pics-b.html   


VY TNX & 73!


Wei BG2BHC



--

WEI Mingchuan


Research Center of Satellite Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
mobile: +86-189-4501-5242
e-mail: wmc_jx at 163.com; bg2bhc at gmail.com




 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

From scott23192 at gmail.com  Sat Oct  6 22:09:28 2018
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 18:09:28 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live astronaut QSO
Message-ID: <CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg@mail.gmail.com>

Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today, so I
thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.

During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet digipeater
on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
that frequency.

For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks and
none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!

FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
https://issfanclub.com/frequencies

... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:

https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3

It was a real thrill and like so much of this hobby, a learning opportunity.

73

-Scott,  K4KDR

From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Sat Oct  6 23:04:32 2018
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 19:04:32 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live astronaut
	QSO
In-Reply-To: <CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8OYT1ngT0WkjL_FK6Qyr-7+3F6CdWHth7gykwH0BMFytA@mail.gmail.com>

Wow, thank you for the heads up!

--
73, Don KB2YSI

On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 18:10 Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today, so I
> thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.
>
> During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet digipeater
> on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
> that frequency.
>
> For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
> was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
> to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks and
> none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!
>
> FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
> https://issfanclub.com/frequencies
>
> ... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:
>
> https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3
>
> It was a real thrill and like so much of this hobby, a learning
> opportunity.
>
> 73
>
> -Scott,  K4KDR
> _______________________________________________
> 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  Sat Oct  6 23:09:32 2018
From: ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp (Mineo Wakita)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 08:09:32 +0900
Subject: [amsat-bb] Doppler.sqf for SatPC32
Message-ID: <09871AE4B0894D0CB59E844F46592B55@je9pel>

I converted all active satellites from "satslist.csv" file I wrote to
"Doppler.sqf" file used for satellite tracking with SatPC32 software.
Please let me know if there are description contents to fix.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/Doppler.sqf
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm

JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita



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From alan.b.johnston at gmail.com  Sat Oct  6 23:25:34 2018
From: alan.b.johnston at gmail.com (Alan Johnston)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 19:25:34 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live astronaut
	QSO
In-Reply-To: <mailman.10480.1538867087.5850.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
References: <mailman.10480.1538867087.5850.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <CAKhHsXER=gZejn1J-caLAb82KpiM0FUjHJqd0T5hJZdusDOCrg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Scott,

That's great! I checked SatNOGs and found an observation at 18:58 by ground
station 44 - W4USH with a recording of some of the astronaut QSOs:

     https://network.satnogs.org/observations/275513/

Click on the Audio tab to listen.

73,
Alan
KU2Y


On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 7:09 PM <amsat-bb-request at amsat.org> wrote:

> From: Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com>
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live
>         astronaut QSO
> Message-ID:
>         <
> CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today, so I
> thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.
>
> During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet digipeater
> on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
> that frequency.
>
> For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
> was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
> to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks and
> none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!
>
> FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
> https://issfanclub.com/frequencies
>
> ... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:
>
> https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3
>
> It was a real thrill and like so much of this hobby, a learning
> opportunity.
>
> 73
>
> -Scott,  K4KDR
>
>
>
>

From w7lrd at comcast.net  Sat Oct  6 23:31:26 2018
From: w7lrd at comcast.net (Bob- W7LRD)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 16:31:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live astronaut
 QSO
In-Reply-To: <CAAJiE8OYT1ngT0WkjL_FK6Qyr-7+3F6CdWHth7gykwH0BMFytA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAAJiE8OYT1ngT0WkjL_FK6Qyr-7+3F6CdWHth7gykwH0BMFytA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1500146092.40838.1538868687458@connect.xfinity.com>

It would be cool if some of them wanted to get WAS, VUCC, DXCC,  or just plain play radio!
73 Bob W7LRD

> On October 6, 2018 at 4:04 PM Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Wow, thank you for the heads up!
> 
> --
> 73, Don KB2YSI
> 
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 18:10 Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today, so I
> > thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.
> >
> > During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet digipeater
> > on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
> > that frequency.
> >
> > For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
> > was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
> > to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks and
> > none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!
> >
> > FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
> > https://issfanclub.com/frequencies
> >
> > ... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:
> >
> > https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3
> >
> > It was a real thrill and like so much of this hobby, a learning
> > opportunity.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > -Scott,  K4KDR
> > _______________________________________________
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> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> > expressed
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> > AMSAT-NA.
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From mccardelm at gmail.com  Sat Oct  6 23:59:12 2018
From: mccardelm at gmail.com (E.Mike McCardel)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 19:59:12 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-280 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <CAM5+souJN4OZixFrdXnZNmU-FT8mH=SNn91Bek1y_JTZ_3bqow@mail.gmail.com>

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-280

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.


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  AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign
  to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades
  on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to
  continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.

        For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit

    https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
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In this edition:

* WD9EWK on Ham Talk Live
* Digital Downloads of Past AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Now Available
* AMSAT-DL Rolls Out New On-line Satellite Operating Forum
* Deadline Reminders for 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium
* Register for the Symposium in the AMSAT Store
* Live streaming of AMSAT-UK Colloquium talks
* International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students
* APRS balloon heading for British Isles and Europe
* ExseedSat FM Voice Transponder and APRS Digipeater from India
* AMSAT 2018 Golf Shirts and Tee-Shirts Restocked
* EMike McCardel, AA8EM Appointed as ANS Senior Editor
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Shorts From All Over


SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-280.01
ANS-280 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 280.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
October 7, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-280.01



WD9EWK on Ham Talk Live

Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK answered questions about operating
satellite on the road during Episode 135 of the Ham Talk Live pod
cast hosted by Neil Rapp. Patrick has logged thousands of miles on
his portable gear, he gave operating tips and some interesting
stories from his adventures. Access the pod cast at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS280-WD9EWK


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Digital Downloads of Past AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Now Available

AMSAT is pleased to announce that AMSAT Symposium Proceedings from
1986-2012 and 2016-2017 are now available as digital downloads from
the AMSAT Store. Bundles from earlier years are priced at $5 each
(1986-1989, 1990-1995, 1996-2000, and 2000-2005). 2006-2012 is priced
at $10. The 2016 and 2017 editions are priced at $10 each.

https://tinyurl.com/ANS280-Proceedings

Each year's edition is a separate PDF file. After checkout, purchasers
will receive an email containing download links for each year they
have purchased. The PDF files are DRM-free, but will be watermarked at
the bottom of each page with the notation that the book has been
purchased from AMSAT and the purchaser's name.

The 2013, 2014, and 2015 editions will be added as soon as possible.
2018 will be available after this year's Symposium has concluded.

[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]


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AMSAT-DL Rolls Out New On-line Satellite Operating Forum

AMSAT-DL's website https://amsat-dl.org has been undergoing a lot of
changes.

They have now gone one step further and have set up a new online
forum at https://forum.amsat-dl.org/

With the upcoming launch of P4-A /Es'hail-2 they they are offering a
forum for extensive discussions.

Essentially this is a forum where everyone can report on
experiences and knowledge from operating satellites and thereby help
other newly interested radio amateurs to become an active member of
our satellite community.

All topics pertaining amateur radio satellites and OSCAR's may be
discussed there, appropriate categories and forums have been created.
If necessary this can be extended at any time and on request.

AMSAT-DL hopes the new forum is well received. You may register
there with your callsign (if available) as your name. Of course you
can also look around as a "guest".

Experienced users can also check in the settings for new entries and
have them delivered by eMail if you wish so.

[ANS thanks Peter, DB2OS, and Chris, DL7AG, for the above information]


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Deadline Reminders for 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium

See detailed information below

Hotel Reservation Deadline is October 10.
http://tinyurl.com/Marriott-2018-Symposium-Hotel

Symposium Papers Deadline is October 15.
Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at
n8fgv at amsat dot org.

Symposium Early Registration Rate Has Expired.
Symposium Registration is now $65 thru October 26, 2018.
Symposium Registration at the door is $70.

To register for Symposium visit:
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

Symposium saturday night banquet reservations are due by October 20.
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

SOLD OUT - Sunday's Marshall Space Flight Center Bus Tour.

+++++++

Reminder - Registration Deadlines for 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium

Make Your Hotel Reservations by October 10!

Hotel accommodations will be next door at the Marriott at the Space
& Rocket Center, 5 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama USA. Hotel
reservations for the Symposium may be made by individual attendees
directly with Marriott reservations at:
 + 1-(800) 228-9290 or
 + (256) 830-2222 or
 + On-line at http://tinyurl.com/Marriott-2018-Symposium-Hotel.

Please mention the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
reference number M-BIHHXTA for the group rate of $104 per night.
 + The AMSAT group rate is available 10/31/18 to 11/04/18.
 + Book by 10/10/18.
 + Marriott perks include free parking for attendees and
   complimentary Wi-Fi.

+++++++

Symposium Registration Rates

Registration for the Symposium can be ordered on-line at:
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/.
 + $60 Early Registration is now closed.
 + $65 Registration is October 01, 2018 - October 26, 2018.
 + $70 Registration at the Door

+++++++

AMSAT Annual Saturday Night Banquet Reservations Are Due October 20!

 + Dinner reservations are $50 per person and should be made by
   October 20th to ensure accommodation.
 + Register online at:
   https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/.

+++++++

Reminder - October 15 Deadline for Space Symposium Papers

AMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA
Annual Meeting and Space Symposium. The symposium will be held at
the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of
November 2-4. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and
poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the
amateur satellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title
of their presentation as soon as possible. The final copy must be
submitted by October 15th for inclusion in the printed proceedings.
Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at
n8fgv at amsat dot org.

[ANS thanks AMSAT 2018 Symposium Committee and Dan F8FGV for the
 above information]


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Register for the Symposium in the AMSAT Store

The AMSAT 2018 Symposium store items have been updated. Keep in
mind that registration went up on Monday, October 1.

We now have the ability for Students to register at 50% off.

You can now pre-order printed copies of the AMSAT Symposium
Proceedings(those attending get digital copies only)

The Sunday tour has been sold out.

Visit the AMSAT Online store and access the Symposium items at:
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO for the above information]


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Live streaming of AMSAT-UK Colloquium talks

Thanks to volunteers from the British Amateur Television Club
(BATC) presentations at the AMSAT-UK International Space
Colloquium (part of the RSGB Convention) will be streamed
live to a global audience.

The AMSAT-UK Colloquium is taking place in Lecture Room 5 at
the RSGB Convention in Kents Hill Park Conference Centre,
Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ on the weekend of
October 13-14.

The webstream of the Colloquium talks will be available
at https://batc.org.uk/live/  (the other talks at the RSGB
Convention are not being streamed)

The Live Stream will begin on Saturday morning, October 13
at 9:30am BST (0830 GMT) with the presentation 'ARISS and
STEM outreach' by Ciaran Morgan M0XTD in which he will describe
the role of amateur radio on the International Space Station
and its use in the STEM outreach to young people around the
world.

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  EDITOR'S NOTE:  The schedule shows AMSAT-NA President Joe Spier
  K6WAO will be speaking, Saturday October 13 10:45-11:30 BST(UTC+1)
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The AMSAT-UK Colloquium is talking place in Lecture Room 5
download the programme schedule from
http://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/rsgb-convention-
programme/

Tickets to the event are available at the door or you can book
in advance at
http://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/

Recordings of all talks will be posted on the AMSAT-UK YouTube
Channel after the event
https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK

British Amateur Television Club
http://www.batc.org.uk/

[Thanks to AMSAT-UK and Southgate ARC]


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International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS News Release No. 18-10
Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students
ARISS-US program's education proposal window is open
Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

September 26, 2018:  The Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning October 1,
2018, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth
organizations (working individually or together) to host radio
contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International
Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 31, 2019.

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with
learning opportunities about space technologies, communications,
and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space.
ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities
of interest to educators during NASA's A Year of Education on
Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher
aboard the ISS.  The ARISS program connects students to astronauts
on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur
Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other
Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies.
The program's goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and
careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
and in Amateur Radio.

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS
program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One
educator wrote, "Many of the middle school students who took part
in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses
in high school as a result of that contact."  Educators are set-
ting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of
students' interest.

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers
of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed,
exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite com-
munications, wireless technology, science research conducted on
the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn
to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask
their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organi-
zations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment
for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal dead-
line is November 30, 2018. For proposal guidelines and forms and
more details, go to:
http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will
be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern
Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-273-ARISSWebinar

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 Satel-
lite 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 public forms. Before and during
these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities
learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more
information, see www.ariss.org.

Also join us on Facebook:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)

Follow us on Twitter:  ARISS_status

Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn at amsat.org

[ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN for the above information]


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APRS balloon heading for British Isles and Europe

On Sunday morning, September 30, Bruce VE5BNC launched his first
amateur radio floater balloon, VA5BNC-15, from Saskatoon 52.1N,
106.6W, altitude is about 6,700m

Writing on the UKHAS Google Group he says:

It survived the first night and has made it all the way from
Saskatoon to somewhere off the east coast of Newfoundland. If I'm
very lucky, it will make it across the pond in the next 48 hours
[late Wednesday or Thursday].

It should switch to 144.800 MHz FM in the mid-Atlantic, but if there
are any European stations that can listen on 144.390 MHz FM, that
would be appreciated.

During the day, it beacons once per minute at 13 seconds after the
minute and at night, it's on a roughly 15 minute cycle.

See the real-time track of VA5BNC-15 at
https://aprs.fi/.

UKHAS Google Group
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/ukhas

Some useful high altitude balloon links
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/balloons/

[ANS thanks Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information]


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ExseedSat FM Voice Transponder and APRS Digipeater from India

A Hyderabad-based Exseed Space Private Limited has constructed 10 cm
cube-sized communication satellite, which will be launched into space
by the United States-based SpaceX in November. Gurudatta Panda, VU3GDP
a member of the eight person development team was interviewed by
India's The Hindu newspaper:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-273-ExseedSat

ExseedSat is a 1U cubesat that will provide a multifunction UHF/VHF
NBFM amateur communication satellite. It will have various
configurable modes, including:

+ UHF to VHF, single channel, narrow band FM transponder
+ Power output selectable between 1 watt and 0.5 watt
+ Digipeat feature with APRS on UHF uplink and VHF downlink
+ Melody mode to play a simple melody of a few notes on special
  occasions or events to increase student interest/outreach
+ Expected life of two years, depending upon how long the battery
  lasts and when the satellite de-orbits naturally

Uplink:   435.340 MHz FM voice with 67 Hz CTCSS tone and APRS
digipeater
Downlink: 145.900 MHZ FM voice, APRS digipeater, telemetry

See also the on-line article from AMSAT-UK at:
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/09/24/exseedsat-amateur-radio-fm-
transponder-satel
lite/

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]


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AMSAT 2018 Golf Shirts and Tee-Shirts Restocked

Bruce Paige, KK5DO, has announced that the AMSAT office has updated
the quantities for the AMSAT 2018 Golf Shirt and the AMSAT 2018 Tee-
Shirt.

Some of the sizes are now in stock and some have been increased/
decreased. If you have been looking for one and we did not
have your size, please take another look.

[ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information.]


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EMike McCardel, AA8EM Appointed as ANS Senior Editor

AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO has announced the appointment of E.
Michael "EMike" McCardel, AA8EM, former KC8YLD, as Senior Editor for
the AMSAT News Service. EMike will performed the scheduling of the
rotating editors, proof check the weekly ANS Bulletins, and be
responsible for insuring the issue of any AMSAT Special Bulletins.
EMike has been an ANS Rotating Editor since November of 2012.

EMike has announced the appointment of Dr. Mark Johns, K0JM and
AMSAT Executive Vice President, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM as ANS Rotating
Editors. ANS would also like to thank Chris Bradley, AA0CB who is
taking a break from ANS due to new job duties.

(ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information)


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Upcoming Satellite Operations

North to Alaska (CO28) ? October 5-9, 2018
Tucker, W4FS, will be in Juneau, AK, October 5-9th, using the call
sign W4FS/KL7.  Weather permitting, he may slip up to Whitehorse to
use his new Canadian call VE9FS.  Watch his Twitter account for
specific plans. https://twitter.com/Whiskey4FoSho

Kure Beach, NC (FM13) ? October 13-19, 2018
(Originally 9/22-28.  Rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence)

Wayne, NM3B, will be operating holiday style from Kure Beach, NC,
October 13-19.  Send QSL for confirmation.

Viva Las Vegas (DM26) and Bryce Canyon Nat?l Park ? October 14-19
and 19-22, 2018
RJ, WY7AA and Paula will be in Las Vegas DM26, October 14th ? 19th,
with possible trips to DM25 and DM27 if time allows.  Next, they will
be in Bryce Canyon October 19th ? 22nd, with a possible side trip to
DM47/48 gridline.   In addition, they will be passing through the
corner of DM39 on the way there and back.  Hopefully, there will be a
good satellite pass at those times.  Keep an eye on RJ?s Twitter feed
(@WY7AA) and QRZ page for updates.

Eureka, Nanuvut (ER60, EQ79) ? October 17 ? November 10, 2018
Eureka ARC, VY0ERC, will be operational from October 17 until
November 10, 2018.  Activity via FM satellites from ER60, EQ79 and
close grids is also scheduled.  Watch for specific pass announcements
on their Twitter feed https://twitter.com/vy0erc

Huntsville to Switzerland, via Long Island (EM64, EM65, EM66, FN30,
JN36, JN47) ? November 1 ? December 7, 2018
Brennan, N4QX, fall ASMAT roving plans:

*   EM64, EM65, and EM66 November 1-3
*   FN30 November 16-17
*   JN36 as HB9/N4QX & from 4U1ITU November 28 ? December 7 as work
    permits
*   JN47 as HB9/N4QX & HB0/N4QX December 1-2

For now, FM only. Watch Twitter for pass announcements.
https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice.  QSLs *exclusively* via Logbook of
the World.

Bermuda (DXCC NA-005) ? November 12-14, 2018
Tom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-005
vacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few
transponder birds).  Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from
the beach.  Tom is looking for a 2m ssb tropo path to some US super
station(s).  If interested, contact him directly.


Key West, FL (EL94) ? November 27 ? December 1, 2018
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from
November 27th to December 1 , 2018. While there, he will work as many
FM passes as he can (holiday style).  Keep an eye on his Twitter feed
for pass announcements, https://twitter.com/twjones85

Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) yahoo.com
Updated October 3, 2018

See for more recent updates
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/

[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]


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ARISS News

Completed ARISS contacts Since September 12, 2018

+ 2018-09-17 11:45 UTC between Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS
  callsign NA1SS and Otori Elementary School, Sakai City, Japan, was
  direct via 8N3OH. ARISS Mentor was Satoshi 7M3TJZ.

+ 2018-09-21 10:15 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using ISS
  callsign NA1SS and Bisch?fliche Schule / Technisches Institut,
  St.Vith, Belgium Contact was telebridge via W6SRJ. ARISS Mentors
  were Stefan ON6TI and Gaston ON4WF.

+ 2018-09-21 10:15 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using ISS
  callsign NA1SS and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 N?rnberg,
  Nuremberg, Germany Contact was telebridge via  W6SRJ. ARISS Mentor
  was Stefan ON6TI.

+ 2018-09-26 08:47 UTC between Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS
  callsign NA1SS and Obie Elementary School, Kurashiki, Japan Contact
  was direct via 8N4KLO. ARISS Mentor was Satoshi 7M3TJZ.

+ 2018-09-27 17:52 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using
  ISS callsign NA1SS and Indian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs,
  FL,USA Contact was telebridge via VK4KHZ. ARISS Mentor was Dave
  AA4KN.

+ 2018-10-02 17:45 UTC between Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS
  callsign OR4ISS and Pell Elementary School, Newport, RI, USA Contact
  was telebridge via ON4ISS. ARISS Mentors were John K4SQC, lead and
  Bob WB4SON, assistant

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule

Allen Park Elementary School, Lee County School District,
Ft. Myers, FL, direct via  W?CTL
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT
Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-08 17:05:17 UTC 59 deg

Amur University, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev
Contact is a go for Wed 2018-10-10 08:00 UTC

Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule &
Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany, direct via DN1RMG and DN2RV
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO
Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 14:03:32 UTC 61 deg

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS)
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT
Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 18:39:09 UTC

Kursk University, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev
Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC

[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above
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Shorts From All Over

+ Washington, DC Screening: Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to
  Tomorrow

  Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow

  Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018
  Time: 7:00 pm
  Location: William G. McGowan Theater, Washington, DC

  As NASA celebrates its 60th anniversary, this new documentary from
  Discovery presents a moving portrait of the agency's many
  accomplishments in space: taking us to the Moon, to the surface of
  Mars, to the outer edge of our solar system, and beyond. Above and
  Beyond also sheds light on the vital role NASA has played in
  measuring the health of our planet. Directed, produced, and narrated
  by Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning Rory Kennedy (Last Days
  of Vietnam). Dr. Paul A. Newman, Chief Scientist for Earth Sciences
  at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, will introduce the screening.

  Register for tickets on-line at:
  https://www.archivesfoundation.org/event/above-and-beyond/

  [ANS thanks Eric W3DQ for the above information]

+ Here's a great discussion of Keppler's Equation with equally cool
  graphics:

  https://www.universalworkshop.com/2018/10/03/keplers-equation/

  [ANS thanks Keith WD9GET for the above information]

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/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

From tjschuessler at verizon.net  Sun Oct  7 00:50:58 2018
From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (tjschuessler at verizon.net)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 19:50:58 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb]  145.800 - missed a golden chance for live
Message-ID: <007801d45dd7$d06a82a0$713f87e0$@verizon.net>

Technically over region 2, Americas, and region 3, Asia, we are supposed to
use 144.49 up for general voice QSOs with ISS and 145.800 is the downlink
frequency.  They work split.  There is a different uplink frequency for the
Region 1 space, 145.200.  This is printed on the handy dandy AMSAT frequency
chart.  Unless they have gone to a non-programmed (VFO) mode of their radio
and just winged it, but I doubt that.  Thus they would never hear someone
calling on 145.800.

Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
EM12ms

Message: 12
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 18:09:28 -0400
From: Scott <mailto:scott23192 at gmail.com>
To: mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live
	astronaut QSO
Message-ID:
	
<mailto:CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today, so I
thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.

During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet digipeater
on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
that frequency.

For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks and
none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!

FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
https://issfanclub.com/frequencies

... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:

https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3

It was a real thrill and like so much of this hobby, a learning opportunity.

73

-Scott,  K4KDR





From anderson58625 at gmail.com  Sat Oct  6 23:25:23 2018
From: anderson58625 at gmail.com (anderson58625)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 18:25:23 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live astronaut
	QSO
Message-ID: <006001d45dcb$dbe291b0$93a7b510$@gmail.com>

Thanks very much, Scott, for taking the time to post your report!

Mark W9AT

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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 18:09:28 -0400
From: Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com>
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live
	astronaut QSO
Message-ID:
	<CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today, so I
thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.

During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet digipeater
on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
that frequency.

For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks and
none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!

FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
https://issfanclub.com/frequencies

... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:

https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3

It was a real thrill and like so much of this hobby, a learning opportunity.

73

-Scott,  K4KDR



From kk5do at amsat.org  Sun Oct  7 01:33:03 2018
From: kk5do at amsat.org (Bruce)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 20:33:03 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live
In-Reply-To: <007801d45dd7$d06a82a0$713f87e0$@verizon.net>
References: <007801d45dd7$d06a82a0$713f87e0$@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <9542D699-7B56-486C-8FE4-1B4BDA3F791A@amsat.org>

keep in mind even though we should use the uplink for our region, sometimes they forget to change the radio from another region.  if you are not heard on your region, flip to another region.  that is how i missed a contact on the last shuttle mission.  i was on our freq and they were listening on the asia freq.  i could not figure how i was not heard.  asked one of my friends that i heard them respond to and never thought to try the other uplink. sniff sniff.  

73...bruce

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 6, 2018, at 7:50 PM, <tjschuessler at verizon.net> <tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:

Technically over region 2, Americas, and region 3, Asia, we are supposed to
use 144.49 up for general voice QSOs with ISS and 145.800 is the downlink
frequency.  They work split.  There is a different uplink frequency for the
Region 1 space, 145.200.  This is printed on the handy dandy AMSAT frequency
chart.  Unless they have gone to a non-programmed (VFO) mode of their radio
and just winged it, but I doubt that.  Thus they would never hear someone
calling on 145.800.

Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
EM12ms

Message: 12
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 18:09:28 -0400
From: Scott <mailto:scott23192 at gmail.com>
To: mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live
   astronaut QSO
Message-ID:
   
<mailto:CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today, so I
thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.

During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet digipeater
on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
that frequency.

For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks and
none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!

FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
https://issfanclub.com/frequencies

... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:

https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3


From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Sun Oct  7 01:49:59 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 21:49:59 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Allen Park Elementary School,
	Lee County School District, Ft. Myers, FL
Message-ID: <8CC4F75ADF26471E8C0A9F10B657EC18@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Allen Park Elementary School, Lee County School District, Ft. Myers, FL on 08 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:05 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W0CTL. The contact should be audible over the state of Florida 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.

 

 

Allen Park Elementary is located in the city of Fort Myers on the southwest coast of Florida. Allen Park, which opened its doors in 1958, is part of the Lee County School District which serves over 93,000 students in K-12 education. The ninth largest district in Florida and the 33rd largest in the nation, Lee County has seen unprecedented growth in the past several years. Allen Park is home to 997 of Lee County's students. Although eighty percent of our students are considered economically disadvantaged, we are not a Title I school and therefore precluded from additional funding for technology and professional development. We serve a diverse student population with 46% White, 24% Black, 22% Hispanic, 6% Asian and 2% Mixed Race.

 

When approached by CenturyLink and the Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club to partner with them in this venture, the entire team felt that it was essential to include as much of the community as possible in this historic event. Therefore, a district-wide application process was utilized to select 21 students (16 finalists and 5 alternates) to participate in the ARISS contact. In addition, local businesses and organizations have rallied around this project in support of our students.

 

With the help and assistance from Brian Darley KM4YHZ, a Network Technician for CenturyLink who also serves as the National Coordinator for the W0CTL CenturyLink Amateur Radio Club, this project has been brought to fruition.  As Program Chair for the W4LX Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club, along with the combined efforts of the members of the W4LX Club and CenturyLink, Mr. Darley reached out to the Lee County School Board to find a deserving school. In their search, they were introduced to Allen Park and a very talented teacher who herself has an interest in space.

 

Mrs. Courtney Black is the only Space Foundation Teacher Liaison in Southwest Florida and has attended many trainings at Space Center Houston. She was also a presenter at the first annual SPACE Conference at Kennedy Space Center. She is a fifth-grade teacher at Allen Park and it has been her dream to communicate with an astronaut via ham radio. Both Mr. Darley and Mrs. Black have been actively promoting STEM initiatives both in and outside of the classroom. 

 

For the past year, students in Kindergarten through 5th grade have been participating in unique learning activities related to space and space exploration. From utilizing Mission X's Train Like an Astronaut program, to participating in Field Day utilizing ham radios and even growing tomatoes that once flew on the International Space Station, students across the district have been gearing up for this very exciting event. Additionally, students involved in the STEM Club at Allen Park traveled to Kennedy Space Center for an overnight field trip where they slept under the Saturn V rocket. The field trip just happened to coincide with the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. For our students, the past year has been quite literally, "out of this world."

 

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. What kinds of experiments do you do on the ISS?

2. How do you relax on the ISS?

3. What are some of the most common errors when working outside or inside the 

   ISS?

4. Did you enter the military and how many years of flying did you complete 

   before being chosen to go to space?

5. How often do you get to talk to your families?

6. Who or what inspired you to be an astronaut and have a STEM based career?

7. What qualities or characteristics do you believe are necessary to pursue a 

   career involving space exploration?

8. To become an astronaut, what subjects do you have to focus on the most and 

   how long is the training?

9. What accomplishments do you think are possible 30 years from now?

10. How do you keep up with physical activity aboard the ISS?

11. What career path would you recommend for someone wanting to follow in 

    your footsteps?

12. How do you think the private space industry will affect government 

    agencies, such as NASA, as well as the field itself?

13. How do astronauts experiencing long periods of time in space protect 

    themselves from the dangerous electromagnetic waves that come from the 

    sun?

14. What is it like to dock onto the ISS?

15. How has your perspective of the Earth changed since being in space?

16. How would you go about harvesting crops on another planet and what are 

    the necessities needed to complete this task?

17. Does food taste different in space?

18. What is the temperature in the space station and can you change it?

19. How many people can be in the ISS at one time?

20. What are the different jobs at a space station?

21. How would you describe what it feels like to be floating in space?

 

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.  Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule &

     Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany, direct via DN1RMG

     and DN2RV

     The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

     The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

     Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 14:03 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

 

 


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From dave at g4dpz.me.uk  Sun Oct  7 08:06:52 2018
From: dave at g4dpz.me.uk (David Johnson)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 09:06:52 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] Nayif Data Warehouse Problems
Message-ID: <F06EFFF1-96A8-4BA0-842F-7C869DF25238@g4dpz.me.uk>

Hi

We are still experiencing intermittent problems with the network that supports the server at the data centre.

If you are using the Nayif-1 dashboard to collect data (not FUNcube dashboard) please change the URL in the dashboard setup to use http://data.amsat-uk.org and let me know if it does not fix the problem.

I will continue to work on the problem with the mechanism that uses the FUNcube dashboard to collect Nayif data.

73

Dave (back from W4)

Sent from my iPhone

From dave at g4dpz.me.uk  Sun Oct  7 12:44:51 2018
From: dave at g4dpz.me.uk (David Johnson)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 13:44:51 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2018 Special Event Station
Message-ID: <48EFFE8D-EF01-4CAF-B51C-2FB6C405507E@g4dpz.me.uk>

Hi

We are pleased to announce that there will be a demonstration ground station, using the equipment provided to schools for ARISS contacts in the UK.

The callsign will be GB0AUK and will be operational, as time permits (we want to see lectures too) during the weekend 12-14 October.

We will also be streaming a ?Beginners Session? on Sunday morning at 9:30 BST.

73
Dave, G4DPZ
On behalf of the AMSAT-UK Committee

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Sun Oct  7 02:23:43 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 22:23:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium,
	Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten,
	Weingarten, Germany
Message-ID: <6942E8E199F8481BA66CD7B0C23F6151@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany on 10 Oct. The event isscheduled to begin at approximately 14:03 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between DP0ISS and DM1RMG and DN2RV.  DN2RV will be the station to initially make contact with the ISS and DN1RMG will conclude the contact with the ISS.The contact should be audible over Germany 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.

 

 

EU#450 Heilbronn

Das Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium (RMG) ist eines von f?nf allgemeinbildenden Gymnasien in Heilbronn. Unsere Schule wird von ca. 700 Sch?lern besucht, welche von ungef?hr 70 Lehrern unterrichtet werden. Unsere Schule wurde nach den Heilbronner Arzt und Physiker 


Robert Mayer benannt, der f?r die Ver?ffentlichung einer fr?hen Version der 1. Regel der Thermodynamik bekannt ist.

Der naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht hat insbesondere in den Jahrgangsstufen 11 und 12 einen hohen Stellenwert. Viele unserer Sch?ler nehmen zus?tzlich an naturwissenschaftlichen Wettbewerben teil und absolvieren ihre Abschlusspr?fungen in diesem Bereich. 

Aber auch Informatik und Astronomie sind Teil unseres Curriculums; insbesondere das Thema ISS wird regelm??ig im Fach Naturwissenschaft und Technik (NWT), welches als Hauptfach belegt werden kann, behandelt.

Unsere Sch?ler k?nnen aus einer Reihe von zus?tzlichen, au?erunterrichtlichen Aktivit?ten, wie z.B. Jugend-forscht (ein naturwissenschaftlicher Wettbewerb f?r Jugendliche in Deutschland) oder "Mach MINT" (vergleichbar mit STEM) w?hlen. Sch?ler der Mittelstufe haben zus?tzlich die M?glichkeit an einer Junior-Ingenieur-Akademie in Kooperation mit lokalen Unternehmen 

teilzunehmen, wodurch sie ein ganzes Schuljahr lang wertvolle Einblicke im Bereich Ingenieurswissenschaften erhalten.

Als Erg?nzung zum naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht werden die vielseitigen Angebote der Experimenta, einer naturwissenschaftlich orientierten Lern- und Erlebniswelt in Heilbronn, genutzt. Im Ausstellungsbereich besteht die M?glichkeit auf spielerische Weise verschiedenste Aspekte und Bereiche der Naturwissenschaften zu begreifen. In gut ausgestatteten Laborr?umen k?nnen den Unterricht erg?nzende Experimente in den Bereichen Mikrobiologie, Chemie oder Physik durchgef?hrt werden.

Das Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium besitzt au?erdem eine gut ausgestattete Sternwarte, welche in enger Kooperation durch den Verein Robert-Mayer-Volks- und Schulsternwarte Heilbronn e.V. geleitet wird. Aufgrund der oben genannten Angebote wurde unserer Schule das MINT-EC-Zertifikat verliehen. MINT-EC ist ein nationales Exzellenz-Netzwerk f?r naturwissenschaftlich ausgerichtete Schulen.

Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt an unserer Schule stellt die F?rderung hochbegabter Sch?ler dar. Seit dem Schuljahr 2005/2006 sind wir offiziell als Schule f?r hochbegabte Sch?ler in Baden-W?rttemberg anerkannt. Die Sch?ler in den sogenannten Hochbegabten-Klassen 

werden durch zus?tzliche Projekte gef?rdert und absolvieren das Curriculum in k?rzerer Zeit.

Neben der F?rderung in besonderen Klassen bietet unsere Schule auch ein seit langer Zeit etabliertes und erfolgreiches Programm f?r besonders begabte Sch?ler an, den sogenannten "Robert-Mayer-Talente-Pool". Innerhalb diese Programm k?nnen ausgew?hlte Sch?ler aus individuellen Angeboten in den Bereichen Naturwissenschaften und Sprachen w?hlen. Sie haben die M?glichkeit ein Fr?hstudium zu absolvieren, k?nnen an diversen Wettbewerben oder Ein-Tages-Exkursionen teilnehmen oder verschiedene Sprachzertifikate zu erwerben. Dieses Programm stellt sicher, dass wir Sch?ler aus allen sozialen Schichten erreichen.

An unserer Schule wird ebenfalls Wert auf die modernen Fremdsprachen gelegt. Unsere Sch?ler werden in Englisch, Franz?sisch und Italienisch unterrichtet; f?r Chinesisch gibt es ein gesondertes au?erunterrichtliches Angebot. F?r jede Fremdsprache besteht die M?glichkeit an einer Austauschma?nahme teilzunehmen oder ein Sprachzertifikat zu erwerben.

Im Bereich der au?erunterrichtlichen Angebote spielt auch die Berufsorientierung eine sehr gro?e Rolle. Ab Klasse 9 m?ssen alle Sch?ler verbindlich verschiedene Bausteine absolvieren, z.B. an Informationsveranstaltungen oder Berufspraktika teilnehmen. 

Dadurch erhalten die Sch?ler die M?glichkeit sehr fr?h in Kontakt mit Universit?ten, Hochschulen oder regionalen Unternehmen zu treten.

 

 

Translation

 

The Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium (RMG) is one of 5 generally educating High schools in Heilbronn. Our school has approximately 700 students that are taught by about 70 teachers. Our school has been named after Robert Mayer, the famous Heilbronn physician and physicist who is best known for enunciating one of the first versions of the first law of thermodynamics.Natural sciences have a high priority, so as in the lessons of our students in year 11 and 12. Many students are taking part in mathematical-natural science competitions and writing their final exams in this area. 

Informatics and Astronomy are also part of our courses. Astronomy, especially the ISS, is a regularly theme in our major subject science and technology.Our students are able to choose from a diverse offer of additional activities for example the "Jugend-forscht" - program (a German youth science competition) or "Mach MINT" (comparable to STEM).Students in the middle level have the chance to be part of a junior-engineer-academy in cooperation with local business enterprises. Thereby they have useful insights in engineering for a whole year. In addition to natural science lessons our students often visit the Experimenta, a science center in Heilbronn, which offers playful insight into different aspects of natural science via exhibitions or lab courses. In these lab courses students are offered to experiment in microbiology, chemistry or physics in a well-developed surrounding. 

The Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium has a well-developed observatory. We are cooperating closely with the managing Robert-Mayer-Volks- und Schulsternwarte Heilbronn e.V.Therefore our school has been awarded as MINT-EC-School. MINT-EC is the national excellence-network for science oriented schools. 

Another main focus of our school is the promotion of highly skilled students. Since 2005/2006 we are officially a school for highly skilled students in Baden-Wurttemberg. The students in these specific classes are promoted by additional projects and are allowed to study at a higher speed. Besides the promotion in special classes our school has a proven and tested program for talented students, the so-called 'Robert-Mayer-Talente-Pool'. There we are preparing an individual offer in the field of natural sciences and languages for selected students. They are able to be part of junior-studies, competitions, several day excursions and language certificates. This program makes sure, that we can reach students out of all social classes. 

In our school we also have a focus on modern foreign languages. Our students are taught in English, French and Italian and in Chinese in special offers. Every subject is connected with a student-exchange program and the acquirement of language certificates. 

Vocational guidance is another main aspect in our extra-curricular offers. >From year 9 onward all students have to complete different elements of vocational guidance, e.g. through taking part in information events or practical training days. Thereby students have the chance to get into contact with colleges or universities, as well as with regional businesses.

 

 

Realschule und Gymnasium Weingarten

Unsere beiden Schulen sind im n?rdlichen Schussental im S?den Deutschlands. Weingarten liegt in der N?he des Bodensees und der Alpen. 

Im Schussental haben sich mittelst?ndische  Unternehmen entwickelt, die heute den globalen Markt beliefern. Ebenso ist es der Standort einer P?dagogischen Hochschule. Die Kombination von attraktiven Arbeitspl?tzen in einer Urlaubsregion, l?sst die Einwohnerzahlen im Schussental und der Umgebung stetig steigen. 

Zur Zeit besuchen 654 Sch?lerInnen unsere Realschule, die von 54 Lehrern unterrichtet werden. Und jeder einzelne freut sich jetzt schon auf den ARISS Kontakt im Oktober.Das Leitbild unserer Schule ist:

Gemeinsam leben - miteinander - stark in die Zukunft Deshalb setzen wir unseren Schwerpunkt auf bilinguales Lehren und Lernen. In bilingualen Klassen werden die F?cher Geographie, 

Geschichte, Politik, Wirtschaft und Sport auf Englisch unterrichtet. Zus?tzlich gibt es bilinguale Module in den Naturwissenschaften 

und in Musik. Dar?ber hinaus kooperieren wir mit der ?rtlichen P?dagogischen Hochschule: Studenten aller Fachrichtungen machen bei uns praktische Unterrichtserfahrung w?hrend ihres Studiums.

Aber auch auf die Erziehung zu Toleranz und Respekt wird gro?en Wert gelegt. So besucht jeder Sch?ler der 8. Klassen eine soziale Einrichtung f?r mehrere Stunden, um sich seiner Mitverantwortung gegen?ber anderen Menschen klar zu werden.

Au?erdem k?nnen unsere Sch?ler in den verschiedensten AGs ihre k?nstlerischen Talente wecken: sowohl unser Schulorchester als auch unsere Theater AG sind beide sehr bekannt f?r ihre hervorragenden Darbietungen.

Das Gymnasium Weingarten befindet sich bei der Realschule Weingarten. Etwa 600 Sch?lerinnen und Sch?ler besuchen das Gymnasium. 

Neben Sprachen und Sport sind die Naturwissenschaften unser Schwerpunkt. Vor allem im Fach "Naturwissenschaft und Technik" legen wir sehr viel Wert auf technische Inhalte und praktisches Arbeiten. Unsere "Robotics AG" geh?rt zu unseren wichtigsten Arbeitsgemeinschaften. Sie war schon bei mehreren Weltmeisterschaften, z. B. in Brasilien und in Japan sehr erfolgreich. 

In unserer "Astronomie-AG" besch?ftigen sich viele Oberstufensch?ler mit dem Thema "Weltall und Raumfahrt". Sie erkl?ren unserer ganzen Schule m?glichst alles rund um das Thema ISS. Als Gymnasium mit einem naturwissenschaftllich-technischen Schwerpunkt bekommen wir viele spannende Einblicke in das Thema Raumfahrt und Funktechnik freuen wir uns sehr auf den spannende ARISS-Kontakt zur ISS im Oktober 2018. 

Im Projektteam der RS Weingarten sind vor allem Sch?lerInnen der Klassen 8 und 9. Sie interessieren sich allgemein f?r Technik und Wissenschaften, aber auch f?r das allt?gliche Leben auf der ISS. Ein Highlight f?r die Vorbereitung des Kontaktes wird der gemeinsame (Sch?lerInnen der RS und des Gymnasiums) Besuch des GSOC (German Space Operations Center) in Oberpfaffenhofen sein. 

Anschlie?end werden wir noch in das Deutsche Museum in M?nchen gehen und dort die Ausstellung zur Raumfahrt betrachten.

 

 

Translation: 

 

The school is located in the Schussental, a fertile valley in the south of Germany. We are close to the Lake Constance and the Alps. 

There are also a few globally connected industries and an educational university nearby. Our region is not only an attractive place for holidays but more and more a growing site for working and living in an expanding urban area.

Currently there are 654 students and 54 teachers at our school. And every one of them is already looking forward to the ARISS contact in October.

Our school?s motto is:

Cooperative learning and teaching, being together in a learning community that makes us fit for the future!

So, our focus is set on language in our English-German bilingual educational program for our bilingual classes. In those classes pupils are taught in English in the following subjects: Geography, History, Politics, Economy and Sports. In addition to these core lessons, some teachers add bilingual educational modules in Science and Music. Due to our motto, we are cooperating with the local university of education: students from the university are engaged in our teacher?s team and practice teaching at our school.

Complementary to science and language education, RS Weingarten also focuses on social education: In 8th grade, students participate in a mandatory practical training at a social organization (kindergarten, hospital, retirement or nursing home) to help develop social responsibility.

Furthermore, pupils can choose from a diverse choice of project courses (AGs): Our students may join the school band or the drama club, which are both well-known for their excellent performances.

In our project team are mostly students from classes 8 and 9. They are interested in technology and physics, but also in daily life on the ISS. A huge highlight will be our excursion to Oberpfaffenhofen where we are invited to the GSOC (German Space Operations Center). After that we are going to have a tour through the "Deutsches Museum" in Munich to see and experience its science department.

Weingarten?s Grammar School is located right next door to the Realschule. It has got about 600 pupils, whose educational focus is on science but also on languages and PE. That is a reason why the Gymnasium applied for the ISS project. The "Robotics AG" has been very successful so far. Members of that school club did take part in international competitions in Brazil and Japan. There is an "Astronomy club" as well, where pupils study topics about the universe and space travel. Those pupils have become the experts on the ISS project and are looking forward to having contact with the space station.

A huge highlight will be our joint excursion to Oberpfaffenhofen where pupils of both schools are invited to the GSOC (German Space Operations Center). After that we are going to have a tour through the "Deutsches Museum" in Munich to see and experience its science department.

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. Sie befinden sich in Schwerelosigkeit in einem gro?en Raum und haben keinen Kontakt zu einer Wand.  Wie bewegen Sie sich fort? Hilft Pusten?

2. Die Zeit im All vergeht langsamer als auf der Erde. F?hlen Sie sich j?nger?

3. Woher kommt das Wasser/der Sauerstoff auf der ISS?

4. D?rfen wir mit CIMON sprechen?

5. Wie verh?lt sich kohles?urehaltiges Wasser im Weltraum? Sprudelt es dort auch?

6. Wie haben Sie das Leck auf der Raumstation bemerkt, wie haben Sie darauf reagiert und wie haben Sie es abgedichtet?

7. Wie gef?hrlich ist der Weltraumschrott/die Strahlenbelastung und gibt es Gegenma?nahmen?

8. Wie definieren Sie einen Tag auf der ISS?

9. Wie lange dauert es um auf drohende Kollisionen zu reagieren?

10. Wohin zeigt eine Kompassnadel auf der ISS?

11. Kann man von der ISS aus den Bodensee oder sogar Weingarten sehen?

12. W?re es technisch m?glich in einem Raumschiff/einer Raumstation k?nstliche Schwerkraft zu erzeugen?

13. K?nnen Sie Auswirkungen der Umweltverschmutzung, z.B. den 'M?llkontinent' im Pazifik, aus dem All sehen?

14. Wie finden Sie 'Cimon' das fliegende Gehirn? Ist er eine gro?e Hilfe?

15. Wie funktioniert der Antrieb der ISS?

16. Kann man auf der ISS ?berhaupt krank werden?

17. Denken Sie die immensen Kosten f?r die Raumfahrt lohnen sich f?r die Menschheit?

18. Bekommen Sie als Geologe neue Erkenntnisse ?ber die Erde aus dem All?

19. Wie sehen Sie die Zukunft der Raumfahrt, was werden die n?chsten gro?en Schritte sein?

20. Was glauben Sie, ist das wichtigste, was wir aus der Mission Horizons lernen?

21. Kann man Naturkatastrophen von der ISS aus sehen?

22. Ab welcher H?he sp?rt man die Schwerkraft nicht mehr?

23. Was gef?llt Ihnen pers?nlich besser, Schwerelosigkeit oder Schwerkraft?

24. Gibt es Tiere auf der ISS?

25. Haben Sie schon einmal etwas im Weltall verloren?

26. Gab es auf der ISS schon einen Unfall?

27. Gibt es bestimmte Nahrungsmittel, die man auf der ISS nicht essen darf?

 

1. You are in weightlessness, in a big room and you can't reach for any wall. How do you move?  Does giving a big blow help?

2. Time in space passes slower than on earth. Do you feel younger?

3. Where does the water on the ISS come from?

4. Are we allowed to talk with CIMON?

5. In what way does sparkling water react to weightlessness? Does it bubble like on earth?

6. How did you realize the leak on the ISS, how did you react to it and how did you close it?

7. How dangerous is space debris and are there any countermeasures?

8. What is the definition of a day on the ISS?

9. How long does it take to react on to threatening impacts?

10. In what direction does a compass needle point on the ISS?

11. Is it possible to see the Lake of Constance or even the town of Weingarten from the ISS?

12. Is there the possibility to create artificial gravity aboard a spacecraft or space station?

13. Do you recognize the effects of pollution, for example the rubbish-continent in the Pacific Ocean, from space?

14. Do you like 'Cimon' the flying brain? Is he a great help to you?

15. How does the drive for the ISS work?

16. Can you become ill on the ISS or is everything quite sterile?

17. Do you think, the huge financial expenses for space travel are worthwhile for humanity?

18. As a geologist, do you get new scientific findings about the Earth from space?

19. According to your opinion, what will be next steps in the future of space travelling?

20. What do you think is the most important result of the mission "Horizons"?

21. Are you able to see natural disasters from the ISS?

22. How far do you have to be away from Earth so that there is no gravity?

23. What do you prefer, gravity or weightlessness?

24. Are there any kinds of animals aboard the ISS?

25. Have you ever lost anything in space?

26. Has there ever been an accident on the ISS?

27. Is there any kind of food you shouldn?t eat on the ISS?

 

 

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      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.

 

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From ingejack at cox.net  Sun Oct  7 17:20:25 2018
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 13:20:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Signalink usb and UISS for 9600 baud packet
Message-ID: <1322975580.831138.1538932825354@myemail.cox.net>

I am running an Icom IC821H transceiver and the Signalink usb along with UISS software running the UX7HO High speed packet modem. However I can't seem to get this system to decode 9600 baud packet on falconsat-3 or  Elfin A or B satellites. Is anyone using this combination to decode or send packets through the Falconsat-3 digipeater on 9600 baud ??  I have tried varied jumper wire settings on the Signalink and can send and decode 1200 baud packet with no problem. When trying 9600 baud the radio is set for 9600 baud using SET Mode but it still will not decode 9600 baud packets.. Anybody out there have an answer ?? Thanks  JACK  KC7MG

From scott23192 at gmail.com  Sun Oct  7 17:40:58 2018
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 13:40:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Signalink usb and UISS for 9600 baud packet
In-Reply-To: <1322975580.831138.1538932825354@myemail.cox.net>
References: <1322975580.831138.1538932825354@myemail.cox.net>
Message-ID: <CAJCSnOYkzZeuP2dU8-CwGgCXME4L_4Zuo761xfuyynCEcEZR4Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Jack!

9600 baud packet requires something in the area of 15k of audio bandwidth
to work properly.  While I've heard from some folks that they've been able
to operate 9600 with a Signalink, here is the spec. from Signalink's
website:

------
Audio Freq Response: Approx. 300Hz - 3.3Khz @ 600 ohms
------

... so, as you can see it's perfectly suited for thinks like 1200 baud
packet or anything else that uses the traditional voice range up to 3k
(audio), but it's just not the "right tool" for 9600.

The other factor is the radio - for anyone else reading this, please be
sure to use a radio with a 9600-capable DATA port.  For the same reason
that the Signalink's audio bandwidth hampers operation at 9600 baud, on the
radio end of the connection you need a DATA port that works above the 3k
audio range.

Your computer's sound card might be fine but if you'd like to have a
dedicated sound device for interface to your radio's DATA port, I've had
great luck with this item:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Y5D776

73!

-Scott,  K4KDR

==============================================

On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 1:21 PM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:

> I am running an Icom IC821H transceiver and the Signalink usb along with
> UISS software running the UX7HO High speed packet modem. However I can't
> seem to get this system to decode 9600 baud packet on falconsat-3 or  Elfin
> A or B satellites. Is anyone using this combination to decode or send
> packets through the Falconsat-3 digipeater on 9600 baud ??  I have tried
> varied jumper wire settings on the Signalink and can send and decode 1200
> baud packet with no problem. When trying 9600 baud the radio is set for
> 9600 baud using SET Mode but it still will not decode 9600 baud packets..
> Anybody out there have an answer ?? Thanks  JACK  KC7MG
>

From burns at fisher.cc  Sun Oct  7 18:46:48 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 14:46:48 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] TS-2000 menu 28
Message-ID: <CABX7KxWNLj9Cmt5YLe28j=OqXAiHBKY5oTrYEqM2-S6CCVv+5g@mail.gmail.com>

WAY back in 2004, WA6ILT posted the following:

 I replaced the Icom with a TS-2000 and got an SSB Electronics DCW-15B

> sequencer/bias tee to control and power it.  What is *not* clear from
> the TS-2000 manual (Page 96) is that you need to set a "linear amplifier
> delay" for each band via the proper sub-menu item under menu number 28.
> The default is "off" and I  thought I had to worry about a delay *only*
> if I was running a linear.  Wrong!  Without a delay set the rig won't
> sink the controller on transmit.  Bye-bye preamp.
>
> I also have an SSB preamp on 70cm but that one does RF sensing so it
> didn't burn up, thank goodness.
>
> Dave Reinhart
> wa6ilt at amsat.org
>

I don't have exactly this setup, but I wanted to confirm something that is
never said in any of the docs I have ever seen:

Suppose you set on of the Menu 28 submenus, which are called Linear
Amplifier Delay, to 25ms.  Exactly what is delayed?  Are we saying that the
connector on the back is activated immediately on PTT (to turn on the
Linear or off the Preamp via the Ext. Cont. connector) but that the
internal transmitter is not turned on for 25ms?  That makes sense--it
almost HAS to work that way, but no one ever actually SAYS that which makes
more worry that I don't understand it.  I'd almost rather have the
 activated immediately, but require some further input (say the PTT line on
the ACC jack) to actually start the transmitter.  I.e. have more control :-)

Thanks and 73,

Burns WB1FJ

From aa5uk at yahoo.com  Sun Oct  7 19:51:27 2018
From: aa5uk at yahoo.com (Adrian Engele)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 19:51:27 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Signalink usb and UISS for 9600 baud packet
In-Reply-To: <1322975580.831138.1538932825354@myemail.cox.net>
References: <1322975580.831138.1538932825354@myemail.cox.net>
Message-ID: <483926802.2116574.1538941887539@mail.yahoo.com>

 Alex,
You need unfiltered audio out from your radio. Singalink won't work.? 

I am not? familiar with the IC821H but you need to tap the 9600 baud output and feed it directly into your computer's sound card. Best to use the UZ7HO free software modem.? 
Take a look around the internet there are many write-ups on how to do this.
73, Adrian AA5UK

    On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 12:21:29 PM CDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:  
 
 I am running an Icom IC821H transceiver and the Signalink usb along with UISS software running the UX7HO High speed packet modem. However I can't seem to get this system to decode 9600 baud packet on falconsat-3 or? Elfin A or B satellites. Is anyone using this combination to decode or send packets through the Falconsat-3 digipeater on 9600 baud ??? I have tried varied jumper wire settings on the Signalink and can send and decode 1200 baud packet with no problem. When trying 9600 baud the radio is set for 9600 baud using SET Mode but it still will not decode 9600 baud packets.. Anybody out there have an answer ?? Thanks? JACK? KC7MG
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From ingejack at cox.net  Sun Oct  7 20:09:05 2018
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 16:09:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Signalink usb and UISS for 9600 baud packet
In-Reply-To: <483926802.2116574.1538941887539@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1322975580.831138.1538932825354@myemail.cox.net>
	<483926802.2116574.1538941887539@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1636476290.870290.1538942945018@myemail.cox.net>

Adrian: The IC821H has unfiltered audio out of the data port which I did feed to the Signalink and used the high speed UZ7HO modem. Still didn't work !! Maybe that is the answer... feed the audio direct to the computer and bypass the signalink ?? I will try that, Thanks a lot 73 JACK KC7MG


> On October 7, 2018 at 3:51 PM Adrian Engele <aa5uk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>     Alex,
> 
>     You need unfiltered audio out from your radio. Singalink won't work. 
> 
>     I am not  familiar with the IC821H but you need to tap the 9600 baud output and feed it directly into your computer's sound card. Best to use the UZ7HO free software modem. 
>     Take a look around the internet there are many write-ups on how to do this.
> 
>     73, Adrian AA5UK
> 
>     On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 12:21:29 PM CDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>     I am running an Icom IC821H transceiver and the Signalink usb along with UISS software running the UX7HO High speed packet modem. However I can't seem to get this system to decode 9600 baud packet on falconsat-3 or  Elfin A or B satellites. Is anyone using this combination to decode or send packets through the Falconsat-3 digipeater on 9600 baud ??  I have tried varied jumper wire settings on the Signalink and can send and decode 1200 baud packet with no problem. When trying 9600 baud the radio is set for 9600 baud using SET Mode but it still will not decode 9600 baud packets.. Anybody out there have an answer ?? Thanks  JACK  KC7MG
>     _______________________________________________
>     Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. mailto: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!
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From py4zbz at yahoo.com  Sun Oct  7 21:14:10 2018
From: py4zbz at yahoo.com (Roland Zurmely)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 21:14:10 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP JT4G messgaes
References: <1950043312.5829078.1538946850480.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1950043312.5829078.1538946850480@mail.yahoo.com>

Received from DSLWP-B = LO-94 in lunar orbit:
DSLWP-B? ?07-10-2018? ?RX by PY4ZBZ? 435,4 MHz
1111 -17 -0.8? 655 $* BJ1SNJ86A0PAA? ? ? ? ? f1121 -17? 1.2 1023 $* BJ1SNJ86B0PAK? ? ? ? ? f1131 -17? 0.8 1045 $* BJ1SNJ86A0QA0? ? ? ? ? f1141 -17? 0.7? 968 $* BJ1SNJ86B0QAA? ? ? ? ? f1151 -17? 1.3? 813 $* BJ1SNJ86C0QAJ? ? ? ? ? f

73 de Roland

From ross.biggar at outlook.com  Sun Oct  7 21:29:58 2018
From: ross.biggar at outlook.com (Ross Biggar)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 21:29:58 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 silent
Message-ID: <BN6PR2201MB1298DFB5A2058E92A17EA047F7E50@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>

Hi all,
Is it my receiver or has the uplink on AO-92 gone silent or not receiving any uplink.
I wan't able to access on the previous pass, and no access on this pass  (at 10.24 NZtime).
AO-85 is ok I could access that with a 4 degree pass ok  30 minutes ago.

Comments please.
Regards
Ross
ZL1WN

From n8hm at arrl.net  Sun Oct  7 22:09:13 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 18:09:13 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 silent
In-Reply-To: <BN6PR2201MB1298DFB5A2058E92A17EA047F7E50@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
References: <BN6PR2201MB1298DFB5A2058E92A17EA047F7E50@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOqJs+Jn0xBoKdz6NKRQWcyWTrkGQseVKOuh=n7b3heW9w@mail.gmail.com>

Ross,

The L-band uplink is currently active until 0145 UTC on 8-Oct. When the
L-band uplink is active, the UHF uplink is not.

You can check if the L-band uplink is active by looking for the L band
uplink value to be "TRUE" or "FALSE" in FoxTelem or on the website at
http://www.amsat.org/tlm/health.php?id=4&port=

Mode changes are announced on AMSAT's Twitter (@AMSAT) at
https://twitter.com/amsat

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 6:04 PM Ross Biggar <ross.biggar at outlook.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> Is it my receiver or has the uplink on AO-92 gone silent or not receiving
> any uplink.
> I wan't able to access on the previous pass, and no access on this pass
> (at 10.24 NZtime).
> AO-85 is ok I could access that with a 4 degree pass ok  30 minutes ago.
>
> Comments please.
> Regards
> Ross
> ZL1WN
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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From marklhammond at gmail.com  Sun Oct  7 22:12:55 2018
From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond)
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2018 18:12:55 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 silent
In-Reply-To: <BN6PR2201MB1298DFB5A2058E92A17EA047F7E50@BN6PR2201MB1298.n
	amprd22.prod.outlook.com>
References: <BN6PR2201MB1298DFB5A2058E92A17EA047F7E50@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <kmCv1y00B4okgLP01mCvpj@gmail.com>

Hi Ross,

It's listening on L-band, per the schedule.  Are you transmitting on L-band or the normal 70cm uplink?

https://www.amsat.org/satellite-schedules/

73,

Mark N8MH 

At 09:29 PM 10/7/2018 +0000, Ross Biggar wrote:
>Hi all,
>Is it my receiver or has the uplink on AO-92 gone silent or not receiving any uplink.
>I wan't able to access on the previous pass, and no access on this pass  (at 10.24 NZtime).
>AO-85 is ok I could access that with a 4 degree pass ok  30 minutes ago.
>
>Comments please.
>Regards
>Ross
>ZL1WN
>_______________________________________________
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>to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
>are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
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From ross.biggar at outlook.com  Sun Oct  7 22:31:18 2018
From: ross.biggar at outlook.com (Ross Biggar)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 22:31:18 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 silent
In-Reply-To: <kmCv1y00B4okgLP01mCvpj@gmail.com>
References: <BN6PR2201MB1298DFB5A2058E92A17EA047F7E50@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>,
	<kmCv1y00B4okgLP01mCvpj@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BN6PR2201MB1298B91E248A28A5714D6803F7E50@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>

Thanks to all, now I know, so in the meantime, I will continue to concentrate on the other 2 birds until 92 comes back on..
So next is some gear for the 23cm uplink.

Regards
Ross
ZL1WN
________________________________
From: Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 11:12 AM
To: Ross Biggar; amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92 silent

Hi Ross,

It's listening on L-band, per the schedule.  Are you transmitting on L-band or the normal 70cm uplink?

https://www.amsat.org/satellite-schedules/

73,

Mark N8MH

At 09:29 PM 10/7/2018 +0000, Ross Biggar wrote:
Hi all,
Is it my receiver or has the uplink on AO-92 gone silent or not receiving any uplink.
I wan't able to access on the previous pass, and no access on this pass  (at 10.24 NZtime).
AO-85 is ok I could access that with a 4 degree pass ok  30 minutes ago.

Comments please.
Regards
Ross
ZL1WN
_______________________________________________
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.
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From glasbrenner at mindspring.com  Sun Oct  7 22:31:49 2018
From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 18:31:49 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 silent
In-Reply-To: <BN6PR2201MB1298DFB5A2058E92A17EA047F7E50@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
References: <BN6PR2201MB1298DFB5A2058E92A17EA047F7E50@BN6PR2201MB1298.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <80E907A0-E669-494F-AAE3-11B87B024726@mindspring.com>

Like most Sundays UTC it is in L/v mode, with an uplink at 1267.358 or so.

73, Drew KO4MA 

> On Oct 7, 2018, at 5:29 PM, Ross Biggar <ross.biggar at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Is it my receiver or has the uplink on AO-92 gone silent or not receiving any uplink.
> I wan't able to access on the previous pass, and no access on this pass  (at 10.24 NZtime).
> AO-85 is ok I could access that with a 4 degree pass ok  30 minutes ago.
> 
> Comments please.
> Regards
> Ross
> ZL1WN
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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From kj9idave at charter.net  Sun Oct  7 22:37:36 2018
From: kj9idave at charter.net (David J. Schmocker)
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2018 17:37:36 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] L-band question
Message-ID: <D7DFF448.942A%kj9idave@charter.net>

Everyone:
A genuine newby to satellites, I plan to get QRV with U/V bands as soon as
I can (likely few months yet) due to difficulty procuring the orbital ring
rotors required to clear the trees at my QTH.

My goal is to work as many DXCCs over time as possible (and probably WAS
too).   Given this goal, is L-band helpful (will there be even 1 or more
new DXCC QRV on L-band that is easier or not workable on U/V) vs.
conventional U/V bands or should I stick with U/V given my
interests/goals? 

Thank you 73,

Dave KJ9I


On 10/7/18, 5:31 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Andrew Glasbrenner"
<amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote:

>Like most Sundays UTC it is in L/v mode, with an uplink at 1267.358 or so.
>
>73, Drew KO4MA 
>
>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 5:29 PM, Ross Biggar <ross.biggar at outlook.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> Is it my receiver or has the uplink on AO-92 gone silent or not
>>receiving any uplink.
>> I wan't able to access on the previous pass, and no access on this pass
>> (at 10.24 NZtime).
>> AO-85 is ok I could access that with a 4 degree pass ok  30 minutes ago.
>> 
>> Comments please.
>> Regards
>> Ross
>> ZL1WN
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From py5lf at falautomation.com.br  Sun Oct  7 23:57:22 2018
From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 20:57:22 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO7 Telemetry
Message-ID: <CAAy53m6nGBXr+Cn_0221dFSMK4NLr+pYqw6UP0_S-JJWk1BKeg@mail.gmail.com>

AO7 telemetry on 145.970,00 CW heard today here . I already heard before on
435.106,00.

https://youtu.be/ftEnHssKVXw

73

From kk4yel at gmail.com  Mon Oct  8 01:17:02 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 21:17:02 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 silent (Ross Biggar)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.10539.1538949871.5850.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
References: <mailman.10539.1538949871.5850.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <12958EDB-213E-48C9-9A95-9F7768377FC3@gmail.com>

Ross,
If the satellite is in 1.2GHz uplink, are you trying to transmit up on UHF?
Please note: AO-92 placed into L/v mode at 0145Z and will remain in this mode for 24 hours.

-Kevin (KK4YEL) 

-----

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
from W4)
> 

From graham at shirville.com  Mon Oct  8 12:43:24 2018
From: graham at shirville.com (Graham Shirville)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 13:43:24 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube operations
Message-ID: <9a193467-ed2d-405e-2563-ead47e36da70@shirville.com>

Hi All,

FUNcube-1

    As you will know, AO73/FUNcube-1 has been in full sunlight for over
    one month and has been transmitting continuously high power
    telemetry for most of that time. This has now been changed to full
    time amateur mode so the transponder is once again available. With
    the more stable on board temperatures being experienced, this means
    that the transponder frequencies are also now more stable. We expect
    to leave it in this mode for some weeks so that the team can
    determine whether or not the currents flowing from the solar panels
    are having any noticeable effect on the spin period.

FUNcube-2

    The FUNcube-2 transponder on UKube-1 continues to be in full time
    transponder mode. There are occasional breaks in service for a few
    seconds when the OBC reboots and the other onboard transmitter sends
    its CW beacon.

FUNcube -3 on Nayif-1

    EO88/Nayif-1 continues to perform nominally with high power
    telemetry when in sunlight and amateur mode when in eclipse.

With their slightly different orbital characteristics it is useful that 
AO73 is now the early bird, EO88 comes over in the mid morning and UKube 
provides coverage in the afternoon.

We have been suffering from some network issues in relation to uploading 
the telemetry from the Dashboards to the Data Warehouse over the past 
couple of weeks. Apologies for this, but hopefully everything is now 
stable again. ie fingers are still crossed. Thank you for all the 
telemetry that you upload.

Like many other teams, we are presently waiting for the next Space-X 
launch from Vandenberg which is expected to be carrying a number of new 
amateur payloads, These will provide additional transponder and STEM 
capabilities for the amateur satellite service. Exciting times ahead.

73
Graham
G3VZV




From w5rkn at w5rkn.com  Mon Oct  8 14:42:09 2018
From: w5rkn at w5rkn.com (Ronald G. Parsons)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 09:42:09 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antennas for AO-92 23cm
Message-ID: <DD49AFD402724A5ABD443B4773578B91@Ron8300PC>

What antennas are being used for AO-92 23cm? Is polarization changing a problem. How much uplink power is required?

Ron W5RKN

From kj9idave at charter.net  Mon Oct  8 14:55:17 2018
From: kj9idave at charter.net (David J. Schmocker)
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:55:17 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antennas for AO-92 23cm
In-Reply-To: <DD49AFD402724A5ABD443B4773578B91@Ron8300PC>
References: <DD49AFD402724A5ABD443B4773578B91@Ron8300PC>
Message-ID: <D7E0D79C.9450%kj9idave@charter.net>

Hi Ron:
These antenna options are both fixed RHCP:
 
Directive Systems Helix (single in Radome)  14.5dBic (approx. 12.3dB)
https://directivesystems.com/1200-mhz/23-cm-1250-1300-mhz/dseh23-12/
Wimo Antennan & Electronik GmBH  23-4 Helix  P/N 18027  16dB
https://www.wimo.com/helix-antennas_e.html

I have read that L-band AO-92 required loss budget (from this reflector
input) is 100w Effective Radiated Power (ERP) departing your transmit
system. 
I believe there was a post on this email reflector from University of Iowa
(or similar) hams who operated band L.

My experience level:  I have not operated band L (just read about current
happenings). 

Dave KJ9I


 

On 10/8/18, 9:42 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Ronald G. Parsons"
<amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of w5rkn at w5rkn.com> wrote:

>What antennas are being used for AO-92 23cm? Is polarization changing a
>problem. How much uplink power is required?
>
>Ron W5RKN
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Mon Oct  8 16:32:27 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:32:27 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite operation from the Queen Mary - 15 December
	2018
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUdX5DCStYFGnqpaFLYWA+VndmwaHwmRX1iicFK-LsBx7w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I will be part of a day of satellite operating from a deck on the RMS
Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern California, on Saturday 15
December 2018. Operations will be portable, almost like a Field Day, and
should include FM, SSB, and possibly packet. All operations from the
Queen Mary will be as W6RO, the call sign for the wireless room on the
ship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach. Depending
on staffing in the W6RO wireless room, there may also be HF activity
during the satellite operation.

Amateur radio has a long history on the Queen Mary, including a special-
event station GB5QM that operated as the ship made its final voyage from
England to Long Beach in 1967, and in almost 4 decades with the W6RO
operations from Long Beach. More about the history of amateur radio on
the Queen Mary is available at:

https://queenmary.com/history/amateur-radio/
http://aralb.org/club-station-w6ro/

I had the pleasure of working AO-7 from W6RO in March 2016. An article
covering this quick operation appeared in the AMSAT Journal, and is
available from the "Articles" folder in my Dropbox space:

http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/

as well as an AMSAT-BB posting after that activation:

http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2016-March/057636.html

QSLing for the W6RO satellite activation will be handled per the procedure
on W6RO's QRZ page:

http://www.qrz.com/db/W6RO

with one exception: no QSO numbers will be given during the satellite
operation. Satellite QSOs from W6RO will be done in the normal manner, with
an exchange of call signs and grid locators. W6RO is located in grid DM03.
W6RO does not use Logbook of the World, so all QSL requests will need to be
mailed directly to the W6RO address in QRZ.

Thanks to Endaf Buckley N6UTC, the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach
and the ARALB's W6RO Wireless Room Manager (David Akins N6HHR), and the
Queen Mary management for their work in arranging this event. I look
forward to another opportunity to work satellites from the Queen Mary.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Mon Oct  8 16:55:02 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:55:02 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antennas for AO-92 23cm
In-Reply-To: <DD49AFD402724A5ABD443B4773578B91@Ron8300PC>
References: <DD49AFD402724A5ABD443B4773578B91@Ron8300PC>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUfPMEc7kiu54zrn4FtEUDxvw+C0rhhfoLfjkVM0=AxL7A@mail.gmail.com>

Ron,

There has been a wide variety of antennas used for AO-92's 1.2 GHz uplink.
Some are using a 16-element Comet CYA-1216E sold in various ham stores:

http://www.cometantenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CYA-1216E-inst-sheet.pdf

Others have gone with Yagis from China via eBay. The 10-element Yagi has
been popular:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2GHz-12DBi-GSM-Yagi-Directional-Antenna-1200MHz-N-Female-Connector-22cm-cable-/161112874419

There is also a smaller 5-element Yagi available on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2GHz-Stainless-Steel-5-Elements-CCTV-Wireless-transmitter-Yagi-Antenna-SMA-M/321386720435
?

Some are using other larger Yagis, and K5ND has used a 23cm helix:

https://www.k5nd.net/2018/04/satellite-qso-l-band-ao-92/

If you want to build a Yagi, there are WA5VJB designs for smaller (4 to
10 elements):

http://www.n5dux.com/ham/files/pdf/D-STAR%20Antennas.pdf

Or for something larger:

http://wa5vjb.com/references/LBand-Yagis-for-AMSAT.pdf

Most of the time on the L/V passes, I'm using a 5-element Comet CY-1205
Yagi sitting on top of my Alinco DJ-G7T. Between the 1W from the HT and
this Yagi, which was sold in the late 1980s and into the 1990s, I have
done OK with AO-92 L/V. I have also used the 10-element Yagi from eBay
with my DJ-G7T.

As for power, for those using HTs like the DJ-G7T or an older HT like
the Icom IC-T81A, the power level is 1W. With a mobile radio or the
larger satellite-ready transceivers, 10W. There may be some who have
more than 10W going out to the antennas on 1.2 GHz.

A good discussion about working AO-92's L/V mode has been taking place on
a thread in QRZ's satellite forum. Once you get through the first part of
the thread, you can see this discussion, along with pictures.

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wheres-ao-92.614536/

73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK



On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 2:42 PM Ronald G. Parsons <w5rkn at w5rkn.com> wrote:

> What antennas are being used for AO-92 23cm? Is polarization changing a
> problem. How much uplink power is required?
>
> Ron W5RKN
>
>

From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Mon Oct  8 17:17:46 2018
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:17:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Signalink usb and UISS for 9600 baud packet
In-Reply-To: <CAJCSnOYkzZeuP2dU8-CwGgCXME4L_4Zuo761xfuyynCEcEZR4Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1322975580.831138.1538932825354@myemail.cox.net>
	<CAJCSnOYkzZeuP2dU8-CwGgCXME4L_4Zuo761xfuyynCEcEZR4Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <233834700.5425820.1539019066123@mail.yahoo.com>

I used to have a Icom 821H wired with signalink USB to the data port on the radio (radio set at 9.6K baud)? and worked fine for Winlink .
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Sunday, 7 October, 2018, 11:12:57 PM IST, Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Hey Jack!

9600 baud packet requires something in the area of 15k of audio bandwidth
to work properly.? While I've heard from some folks that they've been able
to operate 9600 with a Signalink, here is the spec. from Signalink's
website:

------
Audio Freq Response: Approx. 300Hz - 3.3Khz @ 600 ohms
------

... so, as you can see it's perfectly suited for thinks like 1200 baud
packet or anything else that uses the traditional voice range up to 3k
(audio), but it's just not the "right tool" for 9600.

The other factor is the radio - for anyone else reading this, please be
sure to use a radio with a 9600-capable DATA port.? For the same reason
that the Signalink's audio bandwidth hampers operation at 9600 baud, on the
radio end of the connection you need a DATA port that works above the 3k
audio range.

Your computer's sound card might be fine but if you'd like to have a
dedicated sound device for interface to your radio's DATA port, I've had
great luck with this item:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Y5D776

73!

-Scott,? K4KDR

==============================================

On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 1:21 PM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:

> I am running an Icom IC821H transceiver and the Signalink usb along with
> UISS software running the UX7HO High speed packet modem. However I can't
> seem to get this system to decode 9600 baud packet on falconsat-3 or? Elfin
> A or B satellites. Is anyone using this combination to decode or send
> packets through the Falconsat-3 digipeater on 9600 baud ??? I have tried
> varied jumper wire settings on the Signalink and can send and decode 1200
> baud packet with no problem. When trying 9600 baud the radio is set for
> 9600 baud using SET Mode but it still will not decode 9600 baud packets..
> Anybody out there have an answer ?? Thanks? JACK? KC7MG
>
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From ai6do at yahoo.com  Mon Oct  8 17:42:58 2018
From: ai6do at yahoo.com (Ryan Noguchi)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:42:58 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] L-band question
In-Reply-To: <D7DFF448.942A%kj9idave@charter.net>
References: <D7DFF448.942A%kj9idave@charter.net>
Message-ID: <2071385373.6363403.1539020578346@mail.yahoo.com>

 You aren't going to find any stations on L/V that aren't more active on U/V. So you aren't going to work anyone new on L/V. The population of L/V users seems to be a small fraction (less than 5%, possibly much less) of the total population of U/V users.?And I don't think anyone finds L/V mode easier to work than U/V mode.?

The only advantage to L/V is that you will have access to AO-92 (and some future satellites like Fox-1C) during those 24-hour intervals once a week (Saturday evening to Sunday evening) when L/V mode is active. I initially got into L/V mode solely for this reason, although it did turn into a good opportunity for me to do some experimentation with antennas and operating ergonomics.?

73, Ryan AI6DO

    On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 3:44:02 PM PDT, David J. Schmocker <kj9idave at charter.net> wrote:  
 
 Everyone:
A genuine newby to satellites, I plan to get QRV with U/V bands as soon as
I can (likely few months yet) due to difficulty procuring the orbital ring
rotors required to clear the trees at my QTH.

My goal is to work as many DXCCs over time as possible (and probably WAS
too).? Given this goal, is L-band helpful (will there be even 1 or more
new DXCC QRV on L-band that is easier or not workable on U/V) vs.
conventional U/V bands or should I stick with U/V given my
interests/goals? 

Thank you 73,

Dave KJ9I

  

From jean.marc.momple at gmail.com  Mon Oct  8 18:37:18 2018
From: jean.marc.momple at gmail.com (Jean Marc Momple)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 22:37:18 +0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube operations
In-Reply-To: <9a193467-ed2d-405e-2563-ead47e36da70@shirville.com>
References: <9a193467-ed2d-405e-2563-ead47e36da70@shirville.com>
Message-ID: <A8772CC0-63CB-4466-8861-02BAEB5BD823@gmail.com>

Graham,

Thanks for keeping us posted. Really appreciated.

Will continue to upload the Rx data to the data warehouse when possible (same as for other many birds).

As always, the birds signals quite strong and reliable TLM received this side.

73


Jean Marc (3B8DU)


> On Oct 8, 2018, at 4:43 PM, Graham Shirville <graham at shirville.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> FUNcube-1
> 
>   As you will know, AO73/FUNcube-1 has been in full sunlight for over
>   one month and has been transmitting continuously high power
>   telemetry for most of that time. This has now been changed to full
>   time amateur mode so the transponder is once again available. With
>   the more stable on board temperatures being experienced, this means
>   that the transponder frequencies are also now more stable. We expect
>   to leave it in this mode for some weeks so that the team can
>   determine whether or not the currents flowing from the solar panels
>   are having any noticeable effect on the spin period.
> 
> FUNcube-2
> 
>   The FUNcube-2 transponder on UKube-1 continues to be in full time
>   transponder mode. There are occasional breaks in service for a few
>   seconds when the OBC reboots and the other onboard transmitter sends
>   its CW beacon.
> 
> FUNcube -3 on Nayif-1
> 
>   EO88/Nayif-1 continues to perform nominally with high power
>   telemetry when in sunlight and amateur mode when in eclipse.
> 
> With their slightly different orbital characteristics it is useful that AO73 is now the early bird, EO88 comes over in the mid morning and UKube provides coverage in the afternoon.
> 
> We have been suffering from some network issues in relation to uploading the telemetry from the Dashboards to the Data Warehouse over the past couple of weeks. Apologies for this, but hopefully everything is now stable again. ie fingers are still crossed. Thank you for all the telemetry that you upload.
> 
> Like many other teams, we are presently waiting for the next Space-X launch from Vandenberg which is expected to be carrying a number of new amateur payloads, These will provide additional transponder and STEM capabilities for the amateur satellite service. Exciting times ahead.
> 
> 73
> Graham
> G3VZV
> 
> 
> 
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From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Mon Oct  8 20:24:08 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 13:24:08 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live astronaut
 QSO
In-Reply-To: <CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <879f88a7-d161-20f6-be4b-a98c849960fa@gmail.com>

Does anyone know if the radio configuration of voice and packet are
still mutually exclusive?  I.e., if you are hearing packet on 145.825,
you will know not to bother listening for voice on 145.800?

Greg  KO6TH


Scott wrote:
> Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today, so I
> thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.
>
> During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet digipeater
> on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
> that frequency.
>
> For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
> was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
> to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks and
> none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!
>
> FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
> https://issfanclub.com/frequencies
>
> ... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:
>
> https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3
>
> It was a real thrill and like so much of this hobby, a learning opportunity.
>
> 73
>
> -Scott,  K4KDR
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From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk  Mon Oct  8 21:05:55 2018
From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 21:05:55 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Cassini-Huygens talk + Special Event Station GB0AUK
References: <1387844337.8978851.1539032755217.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1387844337.8978851.1539032755217@mail.yahoo.com>

AMSAT-UK Colloquium, Milton Keynes - Cassini-Huygens: Odyssey to Saturn and Titan by Professor David Southwood, Sunday, Oct 14 - web streamed 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/06/cassini-huygens-odyssey-to-saturn-and-titan-sunday-oct-14/

Special Event Station GB0AUK 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/07/special-event-station-gb0auk/

AMSAT-UK Construction Competition
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/09/29/amsat-uk-construction-competition/

FUNcube operations 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/08/funcube-operations/

 Trevor M5AKA----
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From aj9n at aol.com  Mon Oct  8 21:07:43 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:07:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-08 22:00
	UTC
Message-ID: <1665581ca99-1ec3-890e@webjas-vaa205.srv.aolmail.net>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-08 22:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Allen Park Elementary School, Lee County School District, Ft. Myers, FL, direct via W?CTL

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact was successful: Mon 2018-10-08 17:05:17 UTC 59 deg (***)

?

Exp. 55 back on earth (***)

Congrats to all for a job well done! (***)

Drew Feustel

Oleg Artemyev

Ricky Arnold KE5DAU

?

?

Amur University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Wed 2018-10-10 08:00 UTC

?

Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany, direct via DN1RMG and DN2RV

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 14:03:32 UTC 61 deg

?

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 18:39:09 UTC 24 deg

?

Kursk University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

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The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

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International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

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September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

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Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

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Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

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ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

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The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

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Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

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Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

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ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

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Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

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For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

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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.

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Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.

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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.

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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.

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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.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
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http://www.ariss-eu.org/? ?

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If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 
schools:? 


Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 107


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The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-08 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 1262. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1208. (***)
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.

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The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. 

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QSL?information may be found at:?? 
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?

ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-10-08 22:00 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
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Exp. 55 back on earth (***)

Congrats to all for a job well done! (***)

Drew Feustel

Oleg Artemyev

Ricky Arnold KE5DAU

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Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From burns at fisher.cc  Mon Oct  8 21:57:48 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:57:48 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube operations
In-Reply-To: <9a193467-ed2d-405e-2563-ead47e36da70@shirville.com>
References: <9a193467-ed2d-405e-2563-ead47e36da70@shirville.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxWD+EVPnVaXkzHvcpMj_F=b43mYmtv-W8L5TqQvSPHnCw@mail.gmail.com>

Graham,

Hope you don't mind that I copied your post to my club's website.  We have
a (growing) number of satellite operators, and I passed the news to them
about AO-73 going off amateur mode a few weeks ago.  We will be having a
special event station at a hamfest this weekend, and it's great to know
there are a few additional satellites available!

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Graham Shirville <graham at shirville.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> FUNcube-1
>
>    As you will know, AO73/FUNcube-1 has been in full sunlight for over
>    one month and has been transmitting continuously high power
>    telemetry for most of that time. This has now been changed to full
>    time amateur mode so the transponder is once again available. With
>    the more stable on board temperatures being experienced, this means
>    that the transponder frequencies are also now more stable. We expect
>    to leave it in this mode for some weeks so that the team can
>    determine whether or not the currents flowing from the solar panels
>    are having any noticeable effect on the spin period.
>
> FUNcube-2
>
>    The FUNcube-2 transponder on UKube-1 continues to be in full time
>    transponder mode. There are occasional breaks in service for a few
>    seconds when the OBC reboots and the other onboard transmitter sends
>    its CW beacon.
>
> FUNcube -3 on Nayif-1
>
>    EO88/Nayif-1 continues to perform nominally with high power
>    telemetry when in sunlight and amateur mode when in eclipse.
>
> With their slightly different orbital characteristics it is useful that
> AO73 is now the early bird, EO88 comes over in the mid morning and UKube
> provides coverage in the afternoon.
>
> We have been suffering from some network issues in relation to uploading
> the telemetry from the Dashboards to the Data Warehouse over the past
> couple of weeks. Apologies for this, but hopefully everything is now stable
> again. ie fingers are still crossed. Thank you for all the telemetry that
> you upload.
>
> Like many other teams, we are presently waiting for the next Space-X
> launch from Vandenberg which is expected to be carrying a number of new
> amateur payloads, These will provide additional transponder and STEM
> capabilities for the amateur satellite service. Exciting times ahead.
>
> 73
> Graham
> G3VZV
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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From vk5dg at internode.on.net  Mon Oct  8 23:36:11 2018
From: vk5dg at internode.on.net (David Giles)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 10:06:11 +1030
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antennas for AO-92 23cm
In-Reply-To: <DD49AFD402724A5ABD443B4773578B91@Ron8300PC>
References: <DD49AFD402724A5ABD443B4773578B91@Ron8300PC>
Message-ID: <f36bcf2b-611f-98dd-a3d9-271d136b52e5@internode.on.net>

Hi Ron,

I'm using a Comet 18 el yagi.? Signals do fade and circular polarisation 
would be an advantage.
As for power you don't need much.? I use 5W without any problems.

David VK5DG


On 9/10/18 1:12 am, Ronald G. Parsons wrote:
> What antennas are being used for AO-92 23cm? Is polarization changing a problem. How much uplink power is required?
>
> Ron W5RKN
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Oct  8 23:48:26 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 19:48:26 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live astronaut
	QSO
In-Reply-To: <879f88a7-d161-20f6-be4b-a98c849960fa@gmail.com>
References: <CAJCSnOZxUEQ5aCpiY9qfMtjQFzAADhgfPcK-ZLiD6YOwbVtbTg@mail.gmail.com>
	<879f88a7-d161-20f6-be4b-a98c849960fa@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKNYXWC_ieXM1eLi89na17SsE_6zRt2v9HysPcknRcuV8A@mail.gmail.com>

If they are using the D710 in the sevice module for voice the packet on the
Ericsson in the Columbus module can work simultaneously.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018, 16:25 Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know if the radio configuration of voice and packet are
> still mutually exclusive?  I.e., if you are hearing packet on 145.825,
> you will know not to bother listening for voice on 145.800?
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
> Scott wrote:
> > Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today,
> so I
> > thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.
> >
> > During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet
> digipeater
> > on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
> > that frequency.
> >
> > For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
> > was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
> > to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks
> and
> > none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!
> >
> > FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
> > https://issfanclub.com/frequencies
> >
> > ... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:
> >
> > https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3
> >
> > It was a real thrill and like so much of this hobby, a learning
> opportunity.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > -Scott,  K4KDR
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions expressed
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> AMSAT-NA.
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>
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> expressed
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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Tue Oct  9 03:21:33 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 23:21:33 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Ashford School, Ashford, CT
Message-ID: <F1014E1FCEFC4D40873D115FEECBA025@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ashford School, Ashford, CT on 10 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:39 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KZ1M. The contact should be audible over the state of Connecticut 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.

 

 

Students at Ashford School are busy learning about Space in preparation for their ARISS contact. The sixth graders made model rockets while learning about force, the elementary students are coding robots on a Giant Mars Map (thanks to the Share Space Foundation), middle school students are creating robotic arms that can take simulated rock samples, and all the students will get to build an FM radio with snap circuits to learn more about how radios work.

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. Do you wear sunscreen on the International Space Station?

2. Do butterflies just float on the International Space Station or do they use their wings to fly?

4. What is strangest thing you have ever seen in Space?

5. How do you protect yourself from meteors on the International Space Station?

6. What food is the most fun or the messiest to eat in Space?

7. What inspired you to become an astronaut and who do you look up to?

8. What is the hardest thing about having zero gravity?

9. If someone becomes sick, then what do you do?

10. Have you ever been in an emergency situation on the ISS and what was the solution to that problem? 

11. What powers rockets?

12. Do you think humans will go to Mars?

13. How long before we go to Mars?

14. What kinds of technology do you use on the Space Station?

15. What does it feel like emotionally to be in Space, and to see the world from such a unique perspective?

16. How many flips have you done in a row?

17. Can you get dizzy in Space?

 

 

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.  Kursk University, direct via TBD

     The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

     The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

     Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 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

 

 


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From jim at coloradosatellite.com  Tue Oct  9 13:44:50 2018
From: jim at coloradosatellite.com (Jim White)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 07:44:50 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antennas for AO-92 23cm
In-Reply-To: <D7E0D79C.9450%kj9idave@charter.net>
References: <DD49AFD402724A5ABD443B4773578B91@Ron8300PC>
	<D7E0D79C.9450%kj9idave@charter.net>
Message-ID: <0e457190-bdb5-b3e4-f2e4-f017862b16c6@coloradosatellite.com>

Olde Antenna Lab makes a "wheel" style omni for this uplink.? I have one 
mounted and fed with 7/8" hardline but have not had a chance to wire in 
my 80W amp to give it a try.? I don't think Dave, W6OAL, has put it on 
his web site yet so you will have to give him a phone call.

www.hamtv.com/wheel.html

Jim, WD0E


On 10/8/2018 8:55 AM, David J. Schmocker wrote:
> Hi Ron:
> These antenna options are both fixed RHCP:
>   
> Directive Systems Helix (single in Radome)  14.5dBic (approx. 12.3dB)
> https://directivesystems.com/1200-mhz/23-cm-1250-1300-mhz/dseh23-12/
> Wimo Antennan & Electronik GmBH  23-4 Helix  P/N 18027  16dB
> https://www.wimo.com/helix-antennas_e.html
>
> I have read that L-band AO-92 required loss budget (from this reflector
> input) is 100w Effective Radiated Power (ERP) departing your transmit
> system.
> I believe there was a post on this email reflector from University of Iowa
> (or similar) hams who operated band L.
>
> My experience level:  I have not operated band L (just read about current
> happenings).
>
> Dave KJ9I
>
>
>   
>
> On 10/8/18, 9:42 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Ronald G. Parsons"
> <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of w5rkn at w5rkn.com> wrote:
>
>> What antennas are being used for AO-92 23cm? Is polarization changing a
>> problem. How much uplink power is required?
>>
>> Ron W5RKN
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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!
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From wa2ndv at gmail.com  Tue Oct  9 16:02:14 2018
From: wa2ndv at gmail.com (Frank G)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:02:14 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Zhou Enlai
Message-ID: <5bbcd106.1c69fb81.8b5c0.d121@mx.google.com>


Has anyone copied this sat on East Coast USA passes ?

Not a lot of information around as to its status.

Thanks

73
Frank
WA2NDV


From glasbrenner at mindspring.com  Tue Oct  9 16:56:06 2018
From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:56:06 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 Ops this week
Message-ID: <006c01d45ff0$f8d73470$ea859d50$@mindspring.com>

Good Afternoon all, 

 

This week we will be doing some a few things with AO-92 out of the ordinary.

 

First, we will again attempt to image a hurricane (Michael this time) with
the Virginia Tech camera onboard AO-92. This will take place Wednesday and
Thursday mornings on the passes over the Gulf of Mexico. When you hear me
announce the mode change or the command signals on the repeater, please
stand by. All stations are encouraged to set up FoxTelem to copy the high
speed data during these passes. 

 

Second, at the request of the folks at Microwave Update, we will switch to
L/v Thursday night for 24 hours. It is my understanding there will be some
testing of new antennas for the L band uplink at their antenna range onsite.
I don't anticipate to run L/v on Sunday as normal.

 

All this is assuming Hurricane Michael stays on track and doesn't swerve
east and rearrange or force me to lower my antennas.

 

73, Drew KO4MA


From graham at shirville.com  Tue Oct  9 19:21:31 2018
From: graham at shirville.com (Graham Shirville)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 20:21:31 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube operations
In-Reply-To: <A8772CC0-63CB-4466-8861-02BAEB5BD823@gmail.com>
References: <9a193467-ed2d-405e-2563-ead47e36da70@shirville.com>
	<A8772CC0-63CB-4466-8861-02BAEB5BD823@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3125e02c-e3b4-fbf8-3d51-1affe6475aff@shirville.com>

Hi Jean Marc,

Many thanks for your email, kind comments and continuing support - your 
telemetry uploads are really valauble.

73

Graham


On 08/10/2018 19:37, Jean Marc Momple wrote:
> Graham,
>
> Thanks for keeping us posted. Really appreciated.
>
> Will continue to upload the Rx data to the data warehouse when possible (same as for other many birds).
>
> As always, the birds signals quite strong and reliable TLM received this side.
>
> 73
>
>
> Jean Marc (3B8DU)
>
>
>> On Oct 8, 2018, at 4:43 PM, Graham Shirville <graham at shirville.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> FUNcube-1
>>
>>    As you will know, AO73/FUNcube-1 has been in full sunlight for over
>>    one month and has been transmitting continuously high power
>>    telemetry for most of that time. This has now been changed to full
>>    time amateur mode so the transponder is once again available. With
>>    the more stable on board temperatures being experienced, this means
>>    that the transponder frequencies are also now more stable. We expect
>>    to leave it in this mode for some weeks so that the team can
>>    determine whether or not the currents flowing from the solar panels
>>    are having any noticeable effect on the spin period.
>>
>> FUNcube-2
>>
>>    The FUNcube-2 transponder on UKube-1 continues to be in full time
>>    transponder mode. There are occasional breaks in service for a few
>>    seconds when the OBC reboots and the other onboard transmitter sends
>>    its CW beacon.
>>
>> FUNcube -3 on Nayif-1
>>
>>    EO88/Nayif-1 continues to perform nominally with high power
>>    telemetry when in sunlight and amateur mode when in eclipse.
>>
>> With their slightly different orbital characteristics it is useful that AO73 is now the early bird, EO88 comes over in the mid morning and UKube provides coverage in the afternoon.
>>
>> We have been suffering from some network issues in relation to uploading the telemetry from the Dashboards to the Data Warehouse over the past couple of weeks. Apologies for this, but hopefully everything is now stable again. ie fingers are still crossed. Thank you for all the telemetry that you upload.
>>
>> Like many other teams, we are presently waiting for the next Space-X launch from Vandenberg which is expected to be carrying a number of new amateur payloads, These will provide additional transponder and STEM capabilities for the amateur satellite service. Exciting times ahead.
>>
>> 73
>> Graham
>> G3VZV
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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.
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From pconver at gmail.com  Tue Oct  9 21:23:01 2018
From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 18:23:01 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] CAS-5A/6A
Message-ID: <CANTZqK=8_DKjhd5H1BVCv_vBEASf+6GXF2AMMifBo5uPfLakrw@mail.gmail.com>

It seems new HF Chinese satellites are in orbit, wonder if active.

http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=cas5a,cas5b,cas6a

73, LU7ABF, Pedro

From pavelmc at gmail.com  Tue Oct  9 21:57:26 2018
From: pavelmc at gmail.com (Pavel Milanes Costa)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 17:57:26 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] CAS-5A/6A
In-Reply-To: <CANTZqK=8_DKjhd5H1BVCv_vBEASf+6GXF2AMMifBo5uPfLakrw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CANTZqK=8_DKjhd5H1BVCv_vBEASf+6GXF2AMMifBo5uPfLakrw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <17c3a2c8-f253-3629-2550-d7f2e580cd17@gmail.com>

http://www.arrl.org/news/camsat-offers-more-details-on-new-satellites-one-carrying-hf-transponders

Any info of activations is appreciated.

73 CO7WT.


El 09/10/18 a las 17:23, Pedro Converso escribi?:
> It seems new HF Chinese satellites are in orbit, wonder if active.
>
> http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=cas5a,cas5b,cas6a
>
> 73, LU7ABF, Pedro
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From aj9n at aol.com  Tue Oct  9 22:59:07 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 18:59:07 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-09 23:00
	UTC
Message-ID: <1665b0e2c7c-1ec3-6ea6@webjas-vaa207.srv.aolmail.net>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-09 23:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

About Gagarin from Space. Conducting a session of radio amateur communication with students and postgraduate students of G. Blagoveshchensk, Amur University, direct via R??J, (***)

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Wed 2018-10-10 07:58 UTC (***)

?

Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany, direct via DN1RMG and DN2RV

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 14:03:32 UTC 61 deg

?

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Cancelled due to conflict in COL module (***)

?

Kursk University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC

?

Ganerben-Gymnasium Kuenzelsau + Georg-Wagner-Schule, Kuenzelsau, Germany, direct via DN6SP

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-16 10:28:26 UTC 63 deg (***)

?

Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout, Belgium, direct via ON4NOK/P

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-16 12:04:13 UTC 88 deg (***)

?

Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-10-18 16:25:57 UTC 29 deg (***)

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

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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.

?

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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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 107


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-09 23:00 UTC.? (***)

Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and 
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and 
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt

Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1262.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1208.
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:
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 2018-10-08 22:00 UTC.


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From adrian at liggins.ca  Tue Oct  9 23:58:45 2018
From: adrian at liggins.ca (adrian at liggins.ca)
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:58:45 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sat ops from Svalbard
Message-ID: <0c677ce7f7132c410341595d1bc6dd66@liggins.ca>

Hi folks,

Halvard, LA7XK will be on Svalbard Island with a contest station, but 
will also be working the sats using the call JW7XK and also possibly 
(JW9DL), as follows:

"We will arrive in Longyearbyen early afternoon local
time Wednesday 10 We hope to be QRV on
FO-29 from orbit 9358 on Wednesday or maybe on the next orbit.
We hope to be on the sat both on SSB and CW for as many orbits as
possible until Saturday noon local time (around 10:00 UTC) The contest
starts at 1200UTC on Saturday and ends at 1200 UTC on Sunday.
We will have time fore some orbits on Sunday afternoon local time.
Monday we are packing up to fly home."

Halvard will have email access in Svalbard: hal-erik at online.no


Adrian VA3NNA

From penguin359 at gmail.com  Tue Oct  9 05:57:16 2018
From: penguin359 at gmail.com (Loren M. Lang)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 22:57:16 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Delayed Telemetry Decoding
Message-ID: <CACymvmcsYSKiDOS+=FJiYnT+SzGPNGRE3vpefThThNi11OufRw@mail.gmail.com>

Normally, I decode telemetry live from the satellite and upload it
immediately. I have an RTL-SDR attached to my Android phone and use
SDRTouch to demodulate the FM signal feeding the headphone out to my laptop
running FoxTelem to decode the frames and upload it through my home's Wi-Fi.

However, with the weather turning and the difficultly of getting everything
set up, I was wondering if there are any issues with recording the audio or
IQ signal on my phone during the pass and feeding it into FoxTelem from my
phone later. Does it use my computer's local time or expected to be the
live stream, or does it just rely on the time stamp in the decoded packets
for ordering the telemetry data whenever it's received?

And on that, if I can decode later, is there a time limit I should follow
for decoding older data? If I captured a satellite pass in the morning
before leaving for work, but didn't feed it into FoxTelem for decode until
the evening when I get back home?

And lastly, I know it's a different group operating it, but I'm curious if
it's a similar policy for AO-73, the first FUNcube sat for decoding packets
delayed from their capture time.

Thanks for the info!
73s,
Loren
AG7NC

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Wed Oct 10 02:20:02 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (David Jordan)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 02:20:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tomorrow's ARISS contact with Ashford School cancelled
Message-ID: <B1A70F5DE4D03D76.0d9d6861-591f-4657-9a90-436cced360c3@mail.outlook.com>

PLEASE MAKE NOTE!


The Wednesday Oct. 10 ARISS contact with Ashford School in Ashford, CT has been cancelled for tomorrow. Attempts are underway to reschedule as soon as possible.


Dave, AA4KN 


ARISS PR




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From dave at g4dpz.me.uk  Wed Oct 10 04:59:36 2018
From: dave at g4dpz.me.uk (David Johnson)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 05:59:36 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] Delayed Telemetry Decoding
In-Reply-To: <CACymvmcsYSKiDOS+=FJiYnT+SzGPNGRE3vpefThThNi11OufRw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CACymvmcsYSKiDOS+=FJiYnT+SzGPNGRE3vpefThThNi11OufRw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <782D3083-89F5-461A-B8B6-CC2E2698F2F1@g4dpz.me.uk>

Hi

FUNcube packets are accepted up to two days after they were received by the dashboard.

We use the sequence number and frame type to determine the ?satellite time? since the epoch.

We can use these packets to back fill any missing ones and ?score? them for the user.

73

Dave, G4DPZ

Sent from my iPhone

> On 9 Oct 2018, at 06:57, Loren M. Lang <penguin359 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Normally, I decode telemetry live from the satellite and upload it
> immediately. I have an RTL-SDR attached to my Android phone and use
> SDRTouch to demodulate the FM signal feeding the headphone out to my laptop
> running FoxTelem to decode the frames and upload it through my home's Wi-Fi.
> 
> However, with the weather turning and the difficultly of getting everything
> set up, I was wondering if there are any issues with recording the audio or
> IQ signal on my phone during the pass and feeding it into FoxTelem from my
> phone later. Does it use my computer's local time or expected to be the
> live stream, or does it just rely on the time stamp in the decoded packets
> for ordering the telemetry data whenever it's received?
> 
> And on that, if I can decode later, is there a time limit I should follow
> for decoding older data? If I captured a satellite pass in the morning
> before leaving for work, but didn't feed it into FoxTelem for decode until
> the evening when I get back home?
> 
> And lastly, I know it's a different group operating it, but I'm curious if
> it's a similar policy for AO-73, the first FUNcube sat for decoding packets
> delayed from their capture time.
> 
> Thanks for the info!
> 73s,
> Loren
> AG7NC
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From hamsat at xs4all.nl  Wed Oct 10 08:51:00 2018
From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:51:00 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] CAS-5A/6A
In-Reply-To: <17c3a2c8-f253-3629-2550-d7f2e580cd17@gmail.com>
References: <CANTZqK=8_DKjhd5H1BVCv_vBEASf+6GXF2AMMifBo5uPfLakrw@mail.gmail.com>
	<17c3a2c8-f253-3629-2550-d7f2e580cd17@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <0de5ff61-29d7-5cd8-6eef-e88500e43f26@xs4all.nl>


CAS 5A, CAS 5B and CAS 6 have NOT been launched yet. They are planned
to be launched soon but maybe not before December.

Yesterday two Yaogan 32-01 Chinese spy satellites were launched from
Jiuquan launch center at 02:43 UTC with a Long March 2 rocket into a
690 x 704 km orbit, 98.28 degrees inclination. Their object numbers are
43642 and 43643. The YZ 1S upper stage of the launch rocket is 43644.

The confusion about a possible launch of CAS 5A and 5B is probably caused
by the fact that they are planned to be launched from the same launch
center and into a similar orbit. Note that CAS 6 will not be launched on the
same launch vehicle as CAS 5A and 5B, and it will be from a different
launch site and into a different orbit.

73,
Nico PA0DLO

On 09-10-18 23:57, Pavel Milanes Costa wrote:
> http://www.arrl.org/news/camsat-offers-more-details-on-new-satellites-one-carrying-hf-transponders 
>
>
> Any info of activations is appreciated.
>
> 73 CO7WT.
>
>
> El 09/10/18 a las 17:23, Pedro Converso escribi?:
>> It seems new HF Chinese satellites are in orbit, wonder if active.
>>
>> http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=cas5a,cas5b,cas6a
>>
>> 73, LU7ABF, Pedro
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From n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net  Wed Oct 10 09:28:51 2018
From: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net (Mike Seguin)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 05:28:51 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 Ops this week
In-Reply-To: <006c01d45ff0$f8d73470$ea859d50$@mindspring.com>
References: <006c01d45ff0$f8d73470$ea859d50$@mindspring.com>
Message-ID: <4bf37223-af3d-997a-12e5-c89e7230d142@burlingtontelecom.net>

If the switch to L Band on AO-92 is successful, please listen Friday 
morning for N1JEZ/8 from EM79 at Microwave Update. The first at ~ 10:37 
local is only 10 degrees. I expect there could be blockage from 
surrounding buildings. The second at ~ 12:10 local is 39 degrees and 
should be good.

We will be testing a prototype L Band antenna from WA5VJB. It should be 
fun! Tnx to Drew and AMSAT for making the switch.

Mike

On 10/9/2018 12:56 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
> Good Afternoon all,
> This week we will be doing some a few things with AO-92 out of the ordinary.

> Second, at the request of the folks at Microwave Update, we will switch to
> L/v Thursday night for 24 hours. It is my understanding there will be some
> testing of new antennas for the L band uplink at their antenna range onsite.
> I don't anticipate to run L/v on Sunday as normal.

-- 

73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"

From kb2mjeff at att.net  Wed Oct 10 11:27:54 2018
From: kb2mjeff at att.net (kb2mjeff at att.net)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 07:27:54 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 Ops this week
In-Reply-To: <4bf37223-af3d-997a-12e5-c89e7230d142@burlingtontelecom.net>
References: <006c01d45ff0$f8d73470$ea859d50$@mindspring.com>
	<4bf37223-af3d-997a-12e5-c89e7230d142@burlingtontelecom.net>
Message-ID: <3AC58E152EEA42108744D29B1F1377D1@kb2m4PC>

Hopefully I will be back  on  L/V Thursday also, still unpacking from my 
yearly trip south....

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Seguin
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:28 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92 Ops this week

If the switch to L Band on AO-92 is successful, please listen Friday
morning for N1JEZ/8 from EM79 at Microwave Update. The first at ~ 10:37
local is only 10 degrees. I expect there could be blockage from
surrounding buildings. The second at ~ 12:10 local is 39 degrees and
should be good.

We will be testing a prototype L Band antenna from WA5VJB. It should be
fun! Tnx to Drew and AMSAT for making the switch.

Mike

On 10/9/2018 12:56 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
> Good Afternoon all,
> This week we will be doing some a few things with AO-92 out of the 
> ordinary.

> Second, at the request of the folks at Microwave Update, we will switch to
> L/v Thursday night for 24 hours. It is my understanding there will be some
> testing of new antennas for the L band uplink at their antenna range 
> onsite.
> I don't anticipate to run L/v on Sunday as normal.

-- 

73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"
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From g0kla at arrl.net  Wed Oct 10 12:17:53 2018
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:17:53 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 Ops this week
In-Reply-To: <006c01d45ff0$f8d73470$ea859d50$@mindspring.com>
References: <006c01d45ff0$f8d73470$ea859d50$@mindspring.com>
Message-ID: <CAJOf0+vbCii03n7eO8mWGBWSoK-qP8MXqXVCpTAaThkrCBz4Mw@mail.gmail.com>

Don't be discouraged by the last set of hurricane pictures.  We were
unlucky and the spacecraft was unstable.  See my analysis here:
http://www.g0kla.com/workbench/2018-10-07.php

Right now the spacecraft is stable and we *should* get a better set of
pictures.  So if you can copy high speed telemetry, please point your
antennae at AO-92 and try to decode an image line or two.  Any single line
is helpful as we stitch the whole photo back together on the server.

73
Chris
g0kla / ac2cz

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 12:56 PM Andrew Glasbrenner <
glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Good Afternoon all,
>
>
>
> This week we will be doing some a few things with AO-92 out of the
> ordinary.
>
>
>
> First, we will again attempt to image a hurricane (Michael this time) with
> the Virginia Tech camera onboard AO-92. This will take place Wednesday and
> Thursday mornings on the passes over the Gulf of Mexico. When you hear me
> announce the mode change or the command signals on the repeater, please
> stand by. All stations are encouraged to set up FoxTelem to copy the high
> speed data during these passes.
>
>
>
> Second, at the request of the folks at Microwave Update, we will switch to
> L/v Thursday night for 24 hours. It is my understanding there will be some
> testing of new antennas for the L band uplink at their antenna range
> onsite.
> I don't anticipate to run L/v on Sunday as normal.
>
>
>
> All this is assuming Hurricane Michael stays on track and doesn't swerve
> east and rearrange or force me to lower my antennas.
>
>
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
> _______________________________________________
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> expressed
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From e.krome at comcast.net  Wed Oct 10 12:56:58 2018
From: e.krome at comcast.net (Ed Krome)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:56:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 6-arm Lindenblad?
Message-ID: <0E1D33D0-9FBC-4309-87C6-8CF264384ED2@comcast.net>

The normal Lindenblad omnidirectional circularly polarized antenna has 4 canted dipoles in a circle. If made from 300 ohm twin lead, it has a feed impedance of 75 ohms. Has anybody built/modeled or seen one made with 6 dipoles? 6 would give a 50 ohm feed and maybe more gain. Ideas?

Ed Krome K9EK

Sent from my iPhone

From g0kla at arrl.net  Wed Oct 10 13:40:09 2018
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:40:09 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Delayed Telemetry Decoding
In-Reply-To: <782D3083-89F5-461A-B8B6-CC2E2698F2F1@g4dpz.me.uk>
References: <CACymvmcsYSKiDOS+=FJiYnT+SzGPNGRE3vpefThThNi11OufRw@mail.gmail.com>
	<782D3083-89F5-461A-B8B6-CC2E2698F2F1@g4dpz.me.uk>
Message-ID: <CAJOf0+v4T31AgaHgPd660haB5Vab+MFNNAqSN3nY5_5Z+VpXzQ@mail.gmail.com>

You can play back a Fox telemetry recording into FoxTelem at any time.  The
timestamps are written by the spacecraft into the header of the telemetry
frame. We slot the data into the data set filling any holes.

We do also store the time stamp from your computer when it was decoded and
another when it was received at the server.  We use those timestamps to
synchronize the clock on the spacecraft back to UTC, by working out what
time the on board computer last reset. But that algorithm uses data from a
small number of ground stations.  We make sure their clock is accurate and
they decoded the data real time.

73
Chris

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 1:00 AM David Johnson <dave at g4dpz.me.uk> wrote:

> Hi
>
> FUNcube packets are accepted up to two days after they were received by
> the dashboard.
>
> We use the sequence number and frame type to determine the ?satellite
> time? since the epoch.
>
> We can use these packets to back fill any missing ones and ?score? them
> for the user.
>
> 73
>
> Dave, G4DPZ
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 9 Oct 2018, at 06:57, Loren M. Lang <penguin359 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Normally, I decode telemetry live from the satellite and upload it
> > immediately. I have an RTL-SDR attached to my Android phone and use
> > SDRTouch to demodulate the FM signal feeding the headphone out to my
> laptop
> > running FoxTelem to decode the frames and upload it through my home's
> Wi-Fi.
> >
> > However, with the weather turning and the difficultly of getting
> everything
> > set up, I was wondering if there are any issues with recording the audio
> or
> > IQ signal on my phone during the pass and feeding it into FoxTelem from
> my
> > phone later. Does it use my computer's local time or expected to be the
> > live stream, or does it just rely on the time stamp in the decoded
> packets
> > for ordering the telemetry data whenever it's received?
> >
> > And on that, if I can decode later, is there a time limit I should follow
> > for decoding older data? If I captured a satellite pass in the morning
> > before leaving for work, but didn't feed it into FoxTelem for decode
> until
> > the evening when I get back home?
> >
> > And lastly, I know it's a different group operating it, but I'm curious
> if
> > it's a similar policy for AO-73, the first FUNcube sat for decoding
> packets
> > delayed from their capture time.
> >
> > Thanks for the info!
> > 73s,
> > Loren
> > AG7NC
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From kk4yel at gmail.com  Wed Oct 10 14:15:39 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:15:39 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
Message-ID: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>

I?m pulling out what little hair I have left. I have borrowed a friend?s IC-910, and want to feed the output of the radio to both a signalink USB and also to the direct Line-in of the laptop to receive the 9600 bps signal off of the 9600 pin 4 of the Data mini DIN. So here is what I did:

First, I took a cable that was straight through all 6 pins and added a RJ-45 connector on the end, in such a way that pin 1 of the mini DIN was pin 1 of the RJ45 connector, pin 2 was pin 2, ... pin 6 to pin 6, etc... 

I created a patch panel with two patches, one that is straight through, and one that crosses pins 4 and 5. More about that in a bit.

The signalink was wired in such a way that it is expecting the input on pin 5, and ground on pin 2. So in this case when I connect up the cable to the signalink with a straight through cat 5e cable, it gets the audio out of the rig at 1200 bps (pin 5).

When I want to use the 9600 bps out, I unplug the cable from the patch panel and connect it up to the other patch, where it takes pin 4 (9600 bps) and throws it on pin 5 of the patch panel output. I then have a cable that takes pin 5 and brings it to the tip of a TS 3.5mm mono cable. Pin 2 (GND) goes to the sleeve. I then plug this into the mic input of an older Apple MacBook Pro.

I remembered to set the IC-910 to 9600 mode. I start FoxTelem and set the input to the Mac?s wired mic input, but I never decode anything.

One thing that is odd to me is that when I toggle the 9600 mode on the IC-910, I do not see / hear a difference. I would imagine it should toggle some signal on and off the pin 4. 

Any ideas would be highly appreciated. I have also just tried a simple cable with pin 4 to the tip and pin 2 to the sleeve, and have seen similar results.

I appreciate any ideas, criticism, etc...

-Kevin (KK4YEL) 



-----

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Wed Oct 10 14:25:39 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:25:39 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
In-Reply-To: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
References: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKOOrw=Ffxcv46LwveN0jDp4Hd9c5kRL4dx6-YvgufE5Yw@mail.gmail.com>

Try a different computer or a different/better sound card.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 10:17 Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I?m pulling out what little hair I have left. I have borrowed a friend?s
> IC-910, and want to feed the output of the radio to both a signalink USB
> and also to the direct Line-in of the laptop to receive the 9600 bps signal
> off of the 9600 pin 4 of the Data mini DIN. So here is what I did:
>
> First, I took a cable that was straight through all 6 pins and added a
> RJ-45 connector on the end, in such a way that pin 1 of the mini DIN was
> pin 1 of the RJ45 connector, pin 2 was pin 2, ... pin 6 to pin 6, etc...
>
> I created a patch panel with two patches, one that is straight through,
> and one that crosses pins 4 and 5. More about that in a bit.
>
> The signalink was wired in such a way that it is expecting the input on
> pin 5, and ground on pin 2. So in this case when I connect up the cable to
> the signalink with a straight through cat 5e cable, it gets the audio out
> of the rig at 1200 bps (pin 5).
>
> When I want to use the 9600 bps out, I unplug the cable from the patch
> panel and connect it up to the other patch, where it takes pin 4 (9600 bps)
> and throws it on pin 5 of the patch panel output. I then have a cable that
> takes pin 5 and brings it to the tip of a TS 3.5mm mono cable. Pin 2 (GND)
> goes to the sleeve. I then plug this into the mic input of an older Apple
> MacBook Pro.
>
> I remembered to set the IC-910 to 9600 mode. I start FoxTelem and set the
> input to the Mac?s wired mic input, but I never decode anything.
>
> One thing that is odd to me is that when I toggle the 9600 mode on the
> IC-910, I do not see / hear a difference. I would imagine it should toggle
> some signal on and off the pin 4.
>
> Any ideas would be highly appreciated. I have also just tried a simple
> cable with pin 4 to the tip and pin 2 to the sleeve, and have seen similar
> results.
>
> I appreciate any ideas, criticism, etc...
>
> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>
>
>
> -----
>
> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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From kb1pvh at gmail.com  Wed Oct 10 14:37:40 2018
From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:37:40 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
In-Reply-To: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
References: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>

Kevin,

 Have you played with the input levels on the sound card?

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 10:17 AM Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I?m pulling out what little hair I have left. I have borrowed a friend?s
> IC-910, and want to feed the output of the radio to both a signalink USB
> and also to the direct Line-in of the laptop to receive the 9600 bps signal
> off of the 9600 pin 4 of the Data mini DIN. So here is what I did:
>
> First, I took a cable that was straight through all 6 pins and added a
> RJ-45 connector on the end, in such a way that pin 1 of the mini DIN was
> pin 1 of the RJ45 connector, pin 2 was pin 2, ... pin 6 to pin 6, etc...
>
> I created a patch panel with two patches, one that is straight through,
> and one that crosses pins 4 and 5. More about that in a bit.
>
> The signalink was wired in such a way that it is expecting the input on
> pin 5, and ground on pin 2. So in this case when I connect up the cable to
> the signalink with a straight through cat 5e cable, it gets the audio out
> of the rig at 1200 bps (pin 5).
>
> When I want to use the 9600 bps out, I unplug the cable from the patch
> panel and connect it up to the other patch, where it takes pin 4 (9600 bps)
> and throws it on pin 5 of the patch panel output. I then have a cable that
> takes pin 5 and brings it to the tip of a TS 3.5mm mono cable. Pin 2 (GND)
> goes to the sleeve. I then plug this into the mic input of an older Apple
> MacBook Pro.
>
> I remembered to set the IC-910 to 9600 mode. I start FoxTelem and set the
> input to the Mac?s wired mic input, but I never decode anything.
>
> One thing that is odd to me is that when I toggle the 9600 mode on the
> IC-910, I do not see / hear a difference. I would imagine it should toggle
> some signal on and off the pin 4.
>
> Any ideas would be highly appreciated. I have also just tried a simple
> cable with pin 4 to the tip and pin 2 to the sleeve, and have seen similar
> results.
>
> I appreciate any ideas, criticism, etc...
>
> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>
>
>
> -----
>
> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
> _______________________________________________
> 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
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From g0kla at arrl.net  Wed Oct 10 14:44:20 2018
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:44:20 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
In-Reply-To: <CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
	<CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJOf0+snQHfQ5ZECBHQJHARQqUm4jqG4fQdWQ+KGCwn_oUuvBg@mail.gmail.com>

If you listen to a local repeater does the audio flow through fine to
FoxTelem?  Can you hear it?

Show us a screen shot of the display when it is trying to decode. If the
bits do not look like a square wave then the signal is being filtered
somewhere in the chain.

Chris

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:38 AM Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
>  Have you played with the input levels on the sound card?
>
> Dave-KB1PVH
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy S9
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 10:17 AM Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I?m pulling out what little hair I have left. I have borrowed a friend?s
> > IC-910, and want to feed the output of the radio to both a signalink USB
> > and also to the direct Line-in of the laptop to receive the 9600 bps
> signal
> > off of the 9600 pin 4 of the Data mini DIN. So here is what I did:
> >
> > First, I took a cable that was straight through all 6 pins and added a
> > RJ-45 connector on the end, in such a way that pin 1 of the mini DIN was
> > pin 1 of the RJ45 connector, pin 2 was pin 2, ... pin 6 to pin 6, etc...
> >
> > I created a patch panel with two patches, one that is straight through,
> > and one that crosses pins 4 and 5. More about that in a bit.
> >
> > The signalink was wired in such a way that it is expecting the input on
> > pin 5, and ground on pin 2. So in this case when I connect up the cable
> to
> > the signalink with a straight through cat 5e cable, it gets the audio out
> > of the rig at 1200 bps (pin 5).
> >
> > When I want to use the 9600 bps out, I unplug the cable from the patch
> > panel and connect it up to the other patch, where it takes pin 4 (9600
> bps)
> > and throws it on pin 5 of the patch panel output. I then have a cable
> that
> > takes pin 5 and brings it to the tip of a TS 3.5mm mono cable. Pin 2
> (GND)
> > goes to the sleeve. I then plug this into the mic input of an older Apple
> > MacBook Pro.
> >
> > I remembered to set the IC-910 to 9600 mode. I start FoxTelem and set the
> > input to the Mac?s wired mic input, but I never decode anything.
> >
> > One thing that is odd to me is that when I toggle the 9600 mode on the
> > IC-910, I do not see / hear a difference. I would imagine it should
> toggle
> > some signal on and off the pin 4.
> >
> > Any ideas would be highly appreciated. I have also just tried a simple
> > cable with pin 4 to the tip and pin 2 to the sleeve, and have seen
> similar
> > results.
> >
> > I appreciate any ideas, criticism, etc...
> >
> > -Kevin (KK4YEL)
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> >
> > The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
> > doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
> >
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
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From kk4yel at gmail.com  Wed Oct 10 14:46:13 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:46:13 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
In-Reply-To: <CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
	<CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C24B3B40-F374-42CC-A7D6-C918B9D0F607@gmail.com>

Yes, the levels are maxed out. I also hooked up an oscilloscope to verify the signals presence on the line.
-Kevin (KK4YEL) 

-----

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

> On Oct 10, 2018, at 10:37, Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Kevin,
> 
>  Have you played with the input levels on the sound card? 
> 
> Dave-KB1PVH
> 
> 
> Sent from my Galaxy S9
> 
>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 10:17 AM Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I?m pulling out what little hair I have left. I have borrowed a friend?s IC-910, and want to feed the output of the radio to both a signalink USB and also to the direct Line-in of the laptop to receive the 9600 bps signal off of the 9600 pin 4 of the Data mini DIN. So here is what I did:
>> 
>> First, I took a cable that was straight through all 6 pins and added a RJ-45 connector on the end, in such a way that pin 1 of the mini DIN was pin 1 of the RJ45 connector, pin 2 was pin 2, ... pin 6 to pin 6, etc... 
>> 
>> I created a patch panel with two patches, one that is straight through, and one that crosses pins 4 and 5. More about that in a bit.
>> 
>> The signalink was wired in such a way that it is expecting the input on pin 5, and ground on pin 2. So in this case when I connect up the cable to the signalink with a straight through cat 5e cable, it gets the audio out of the rig at 1200 bps (pin 5).
>> 
>> When I want to use the 9600 bps out, I unplug the cable from the patch panel and connect it up to the other patch, where it takes pin 4 (9600 bps) and throws it on pin 5 of the patch panel output. I then have a cable that takes pin 5 and brings it to the tip of a TS 3.5mm mono cable. Pin 2 (GND) goes to the sleeve. I then plug this into the mic input of an older Apple MacBook Pro.
>> 
>> I remembered to set the IC-910 to 9600 mode. I start FoxTelem and set the input to the Mac?s wired mic input, but I never decode anything.
>> 
>> One thing that is odd to me is that when I toggle the 9600 mode on the IC-910, I do not see / hear a difference. I would imagine it should toggle some signal on and off the pin 4. 
>> 
>> Any ideas would be highly appreciated. I have also just tried a simple cable with pin 4 to the tip and pin 2 to the sleeve, and have seen similar results.
>> 
>> I appreciate any ideas, criticism, etc...
>> 
>> -Kevin (KK4YEL) 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----
>> 
>> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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 kk4yel at gmail.com  Wed Oct 10 15:00:38 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:00:38 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
In-Reply-To: <CY1PR04MB228146819AF9FA7541F12F96BCE00@CY1PR04MB2281.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>
References: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
	<CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>
	<C24B3B40-F374-42CC-A7D6-C918B9D0F607@gmail.com>
	<CY1PR04MB228146819AF9FA7541F12F96BCE00@CY1PR04MB2281.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <711E692E-E729-4EE6-B020-3AF70DEAA854@gmail.com>

OK, I will try all of the suggestions when I am back at the house with a nice pass. Thank you all

-Kevin (KK4YEL) 

-----

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

> On Oct 10, 2018, at 10:52, KERRY LA*DUKE <kladuke1144 at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Try setting levels much lower.  Start at 0 and bring up until oval apears.
> 
> wc7v

From K6FW1 at verizon.net  Wed Oct 10 15:06:26 2018
From: K6FW1 at verizon.net (Frank)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:06:26 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
In-Reply-To: <C24B3B40-F374-42CC-A7D6-C918B9D0F607@gmail.com>
References: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
	<CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>
	<C24B3B40-F374-42CC-A7D6-C918B9D0F607@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9F32E2EE-2AF8-49B0-BD15-2B2FB8978298@verizon.net>

I  have a IC-9100.  In addition to setting the menu item to 9600 baud, the radio has to be in FM digital.  To put the IC-9100 into FM digital the FM mode button is de[pressed until the ?D? icon shows on the display.  This disables the filtering to allow the DUV audio from the satellite to pass onto the sound card.  I don?t have an IC-910 so don?t know if this applies to that radio.  

I am using the IC-9100 into a computer sound card and Foxtelem and decoding the data and uploading to the server.

Frank
K6FW


> On Oct 10, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, the levels are maxed out. I also hooked up an oscilloscope to verify the signals presence on the line.
> -Kevin (KK4YEL) 
> 
> -----
> 
> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
> 
>> On Oct 10, 2018, at 10:37, Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Kevin,
>> 
>> Have you played with the input levels on the sound card? 
>> 
>> Dave-KB1PVH
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my Galaxy S9
>> 
>>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 10:17 AM Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I?m pulling out what little hair I have left. I have borrowed a friend?s IC-910, and want to feed the output of the radio to both a signalink USB and also to the direct Line-in of the laptop to receive the 9600 bps signal off of the 9600 pin 4 of the Data mini DIN. So here is what I did:
>>> 
>>> First, I took a cable that was straight through all 6 pins and added a RJ-45 connector on the end, in such a way that pin 1 of the mini DIN was pin 1 of the RJ45 connector, pin 2 was pin 2, ... pin 6 to pin 6, etc... 
>>> 
>>> I created a patch panel with two patches, one that is straight through, and one that crosses pins 4 and 5. More about that in a bit.
>>> 
>>> The signalink was wired in such a way that it is expecting the input on pin 5, and ground on pin 2. So in this case when I connect up the cable to the signalink with a straight through cat 5e cable, it gets the audio out of the rig at 1200 bps (pin 5).
>>> 
>>> When I want to use the 9600 bps out, I unplug the cable from the patch panel and connect it up to the other patch, where it takes pin 4 (9600 bps) and throws it on pin 5 of the patch panel output. I then have a cable that takes pin 5 and brings it to the tip of a TS 3.5mm mono cable. Pin 2 (GND) goes to the sleeve. I then plug this into the mic input of an older Apple MacBook Pro.
>>> 
>>> I remembered to set the IC-910 to 9600 mode. I start FoxTelem and set the input to the Mac?s wired mic input, but I never decode anything.
>>> 
>>> One thing that is odd to me is that when I toggle the 9600 mode on the IC-910, I do not see / hear a difference. I would imagine it should toggle some signal on and off the pin 4. 
>>> 
>>> Any ideas would be highly appreciated. I have also just tried a simple cable with pin 4 to the tip and pin 2 to the sleeve, and have seen similar results.
>>> 
>>> I appreciate any ideas, criticism, etc...
>>> 
>>> -Kevin (KK4YEL) 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----
>>> 
>>> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
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From kk4yel at gmail.com  Wed Oct 10 15:42:01 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:42:01 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
In-Reply-To: <9F32E2EE-2AF8-49B0-BD15-2B2FB8978298@verizon.net>
References: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
	<CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>
	<C24B3B40-F374-42CC-A7D6-C918B9D0F607@gmail.com>
	<9F32E2EE-2AF8-49B0-BD15-2B2FB8978298@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <EA83ADB6-FDE0-4D48-95DA-D6222AA260DF@gmail.com>

Frank, I have read through the manual and it doesn?t appear the IC-910 has a button to long press to put it in digital mode. Also, I learned that the 9600 mode is only a toggle for the TX. On RX, it doesn?t change the signal getting on pin 4 or not. The audio is always on pin 4.
-Kevin 


-----

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

> On Oct 10, 2018, at 11:06, Frank <K6FW1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> I  have a IC-9100.  In addition to setting the menu item to 9600 baud, the radio has to be in FM digital.  To put the IC-9100 into FM digital the FM mode button is de[pressed until the ?D? icon shows on the display.  This disables the filtering to allow the DUV audio from the satellite to pass onto the sound card.  I don?t have an IC-910 so don?t know if this applies to that radio.  
> 
> I am using the IC-9100 into a computer sound card and Foxtelem and decoding the data and uploading to the server.
> 
> Frank
> K6FW
> 
> 
> 

From g0kla at arrl.net  Wed Oct 10 16:54:31 2018
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:54:31 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
In-Reply-To: <EA83ADB6-FDE0-4D48-95DA-D6222AA260DF@gmail.com>
References: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
	<CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>
	<C24B3B40-F374-42CC-A7D6-C918B9D0F607@gmail.com>
	<9F32E2EE-2AF8-49B0-BD15-2B2FB8978298@verizon.net>
	<EA83ADB6-FDE0-4D48-95DA-D6222AA260DF@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJOf0+uTBOCB3yPaCWw7EVUQmFr50uYdQruxuOtqEuvqDrh08Q@mail.gmail.com>

Kevin,

To preserve your sanity you can measure the frequency response of the radio
and see what it is doing to the audio path.  Feed the audio into the sound
card and run a sound card spectrum analysis program.  There are many, such
as Sectragram.  There are several listed here:
http://www.radio.imradioha.org/pc_based_test_gear.htm

To do this just tune to a part of the band with pure noise (which is most
of the band).  The response you get then just shows what the filter is
letting through.

There is an example spectrum in the FoxTelem manual on page 13.  This is
marginal. Ideally it extends closer to zero Hz.
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/foxtelem_manual.pdf

73
Chris

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:42 AM Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Frank, I have read through the manual and it doesn?t appear the IC-910 has
> a button to long press to put it in digital mode. Also, I learned that the
> 9600 mode is only a toggle for the TX. On RX, it doesn?t change the signal
> getting on pin 4 or not. The audio is always on pin 4.
> -Kevin
>
>
> -----
>
> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
>
> > On Oct 10, 2018, at 11:06, Frank <K6FW1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > I  have a IC-9100.  In addition to setting the menu item to 9600 baud,
> the radio has to be in FM digital.  To put the IC-9100 into FM digital the
> FM mode button is de[pressed until the ?D? icon shows on the display.  This
> disables the filtering to allow the DUV audio from the satellite to pass
> onto the sound card.  I don?t have an IC-910 so don?t know if this applies
> to that radio.
> >
> > I am using the IC-9100 into a computer sound card and Foxtelem and
> decoding the data and uploading to the server.
> >
> > Frank
> > K6FW
> >
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>


-- 
Chris E. Thompson
chrisethompson at gmail.com
g0kla at arrl.net

From kk4yel at gmail.com  Wed Oct 10 17:17:24 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:17:24 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9.6k woes and FoxTelem
In-Reply-To: <CAJOf0+uTBOCB3yPaCWw7EVUQmFr50uYdQruxuOtqEuvqDrh08Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9CE4E9F0-023D-4A86-9580-B30A577D6B33@gmail.com>
	<CAEMY9FcoJbbMHi5+V7vVXLfxSUi5LPgc_boZ8bbtO1jWkZKdkA@mail.gmail.com>
	<C24B3B40-F374-42CC-A7D6-C918B9D0F607@gmail.com>
	<9F32E2EE-2AF8-49B0-BD15-2B2FB8978298@verizon.net>
	<EA83ADB6-FDE0-4D48-95DA-D6222AA260DF@gmail.com>
	<CAJOf0+uTBOCB3yPaCWw7EVUQmFr50uYdQruxuOtqEuvqDrh08Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALPwu-ybPMhxCFVaj3ZY1=HafEdW8Zh1F-4-NTjst6Q1dYHpyg@mail.gmail.com>

Apparently, things are working just fine. Not sure what changed, other than
being patient. Maybe I just can't decode DUV on AO-85 which is what I doing
all of my tests on. I left it running with all of the birds today. Swung
home for lunch, and got a great surprise - managed to help with the AO-92
photo...
Thanks to everyone who gave me encouragement and suggestions.
-Kevin

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:54 PM Chris Thompson <g0kla at arrl.net> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> To preserve your sanity you can measure the frequency response of the
> radio and see what it is doing to the audio path.  Feed the audio into the
> sound card and run a sound card spectrum analysis program.  There are many,
> such as Sectragram.  There are several listed here:
> http://www.radio.imradioha.org/pc_based_test_gear.htm
>
> To do this just tune to a part of the band with pure noise (which is most
> of the band).  The response you get then just shows what the filter is
> letting through.
>
> There is an example spectrum in the FoxTelem manual on page 13.  This is
> marginal. Ideally it extends closer to zero Hz.
> http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/foxtelem_manual.pdf
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:42 AM Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Frank, I have read through the manual and it doesn?t appear the IC-910
>> has a button to long press to put it in digital mode. Also, I learned that
>> the 9600 mode is only a toggle for the TX. On RX, it doesn?t change the
>> signal getting on pin 4 or not. The audio is always on pin 4.
>> -Kevin
>>
>>
>> -----
>>
>> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
>> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
>>
>> > On Oct 10, 2018, at 11:06, Frank <K6FW1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > I  have a IC-9100.  In addition to setting the menu item to 9600 baud,
>> the radio has to be in FM digital.  To put the IC-9100 into FM digital the
>> FM mode button is de[pressed until the ?D? icon shows on the display.  This
>> disables the filtering to allow the DUV audio from the satellite to pass
>> onto the sound card.  I don?t have an IC-910 so don?t know if this applies
>> to that radio.
>> >
>> > I am using the IC-9100 into a computer sound card and Foxtelem and
>> decoding the data and uploading to the server.
>> >
>> > Frank
>> > K6FW
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>>
>
>
> --
> Chris E. Thompson
> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> g0kla at arrl.net
>

From hamsat at xs4all.nl  Wed Oct 10 18:40:42 2018
From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:40:42 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] STARS-Me Mother identified
Message-ID: <983d29ba-3284-e589-54c1-45b4c37a9abd@xs4all.nl>

All,

Detailed doppler measurements show that STARS-Me Mother is
object 43640 (1998-067PQ).
STARS-Me Daughter has not yet separated from STARS-Me Mother
and is not yet transmitting.

Unfortunately RSP 00 is not transmitting any downlink signals.

73,
Nico PA0DLO



From ingejack at cox.net  Wed Oct 10 23:28:22 2018
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:28:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-50
Message-ID: <29481222.976757.1539214102605@myemail.cox.net>

This last pass of SO-50 , The transponder turned on and I gave my call sign. Thereafter the transponder was intermittent . I heard partial callsigns but for the most part all that was present was the normal noise level. I tried several times to get into the transponder with negative results. I tried several times to turn the transponder on with the pl tone but no luck. This happened during the complete pass of which I had a maximum elevation of 42degrees. Did anyone else experience the same condition ?? Thanks  JACK  KC7MG

From aj9n at aol.com  Wed Oct 10 23:47:33 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:47:33 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-10 23:00
	UTC
Message-ID: <1666060df95-1ec6-2b99@webjas-vab183.srv.aolmail.net>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-10 23:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

About Gagarin from Space. Conducting a session of radio amateur communication with students and postgraduate students of G. Blagoveshchensk, Amur University, direct via R??J

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact was successful for Wed 2018-10-10 07:58 UTC (***)

?

Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany, direct via DN1RMG and DN2RV

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact failed: Wed 2018-10-10 14:03:32 UTC 61 deg (***)

ARISS is attempting to determine what happened and will try to reschedule. (***)

?

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Cancelled due to conflict in COL module (***)

?

Kursk University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC

?

Ganerben-Gymnasium Kuenzelsau + Georg-Wagner-Schule, Kuenzelsau, Germany, direct via DN6SP

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-16 10:28:26 UTC 63 deg

?

Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout, Belgium, direct via ON4NOK/P

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-16 12:04:13 UTC 88 deg

?

Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-10-18 16:25:57 UTC 29 deg

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

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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.

?

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?

All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.

?

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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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108 (***)


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-10 23:00 UTC.? (***)

Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and 
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and 
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt

Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1263. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1209. (***)
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:
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 2018-10-10 23:00 UTC. (***)


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From royldean at gmail.com  Thu Oct 11 00:09:39 2018
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:09:39 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-50
Message-ID: <CADGPg2sNNEgiG-Re_KKy+rxxNYQqM42H237fJnGc2nozHh-HZg@mail.gmail.com>

I caught an exchange between K3RRR and N2F at about 20:50 on my satnogs
station:
https://network.satnogs.org/observations/280230/

Not sure if there was a pass after that, though.   If there was, it was too
low for my stations.

-Roy
K3RLD

This last pass of SO-50 , The transponder turned on and I gave my call
> sign. Thereafter the transponder was intermittent . I heard partial
> callsigns but for the most part all that was present was the normal noise
> level. I tried several times to get into the transponder with negative
> results. I tried several times to turn the transponder on with the pl tone
> but no luck. This happened during the complete pass of which I had a
> maximum elevation of 42degrees. Did anyone else experience the same
> condition ?? Thanks JACK KC7MG

From ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp  Thu Oct 11 09:58:33 2018
From: ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp (Mineo Wakita)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 18:58:33 +0900
Subject: [amsat-bb] CAS-5A/5B
Message-ID: <370A378B36CC4C8FA02F1E12416B9615@je9pel>

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/cas5ab_6.htm

JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita



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From wa4sca at gmail.com  Thu Oct 11 12:02:16 2018
From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:02:16 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure.  Crew safe!
Message-ID: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/11/656473889/rocket-launch-failure-forces-astron
aut-and-cosmonaut-to-make-ballistic-landing	

https://www.space.com/42097-soyuz-rocket-launch-failure-expedition-57-crew.h
tml

https://spacenews.com/breaking-soyuz-launch-to-iss-aborted-after-booster-fai
lure/


73,

Alan
WA4SCA


-----------------------------------

The prospect of domination of the
nation's scholars by Federal employment,
project allocations, and the power of money
is ever present - and is gravely to be
regarded.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower


From mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu  Thu Oct 11 15:20:19 2018
From: mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:20:19 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHKCqnAUpw-ZvHPfCPwZ1eptd3zP_Q6OtfLoNzp7_6xSvkX0Tw@mail.gmail.com>

Does anyone know why there were only two aboard this Soyuz instead of the
usual crew of three?
--
Mark D. Johns
K?JM / M?GZO / ex-9H3DJ / ex-K?MDJ
Brooklyn Park, MN USA   EN35hd
-----------------------------------------------
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
   you would stay out and your dog would go in."
    ---Mark Twain


On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 7:02 AM Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> https://www.npr.org/2018/10/11/656473889/rocket-launch-failure-forces-astron
> aut-and-cosmonaut-to-make-ballistic-landing
> <https://www.npr.org/2018/10/11/656473889/rocket-launch-failure-forces-astronaut-and-cosmonaut-to-make-ballistic-landing>
>
>
>
> https://www.space.com/42097-soyuz-rocket-launch-failure-expedition-57-crew.h
> tml
> <https://www.space.com/42097-soyuz-rocket-launch-failure-expedition-57-crew.html>
>
>
> https://spacenews.com/breaking-soyuz-launch-to-iss-aborted-after-booster-fai
> lure/
> <https://spacenews.com/breaking-soyuz-launch-to-iss-aborted-after-booster-failure/>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> The prospect of domination of the
> nation's scholars by Federal employment,
> project allocations, and the power of money
> is ever present - and is gravely to be
> regarded.
>
> President Dwight D. Eisenhower
>
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Thu Oct 11 15:43:47 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:43:47 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <CAHKCqnAUpw-ZvHPfCPwZ1eptd3zP_Q6OtfLoNzp7_6xSvkX0Tw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
	<CAHKCqnAUpw-ZvHPfCPwZ1eptd3zP_Q6OtfLoNzp7_6xSvkX0Tw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUeL2Kbsrjr9D6++RfKywDMbVCazavShKVKo1ReFHVe_Vw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Mark!

The empty seat was going to be occupied for the return to
Earth by an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates. Before
the events of this morning, the UAE astronaut and two other
crewmembers were planned to be launched on Soyuz MS-12 next
April. The UAE astronaut would come back to Earth on the
Soyuz MS-10 that was launched this morning. Now that this
morning's launch was unsuccessful, those plans are almost
certainly going to be changed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-12

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK



On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 3:26 PM Mark D. Johns <mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu>
wrote:

> Does anyone know why there were only two aboard this Soyuz instead of the
> usual crew of three?
> --
> Mark D. Johns
> K?JM / M?GZO / ex-9H3DJ / ex-K?MDJ
> Brooklyn Park, MN USA   EN35hd
>
>

From joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com  Thu Oct 11 15:48:45 2018
From: joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com (JoAnne K9JKM)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:48:45 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUeL2Kbsrjr9D6++RfKywDMbVCazavShKVKo1ReFHVe_Vw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
	<CAHKCqnAUpw-ZvHPfCPwZ1eptd3zP_Q6OtfLoNzp7_6xSvkX0Tw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUeL2Kbsrjr9D6++RfKywDMbVCazavShKVKo1ReFHVe_Vw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5bbf70dc.1c69fb81.52205.de22@mx.google.com>

NASA Press Conference 12 Noon EDT on Thursday (today) on NASA TV.

www.nasa.gov/ntv

--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org



From aj9n at aol.com  Thu Oct 11 22:42:56 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 18:42:56 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-11 23:00
	UTC
Message-ID: <166654c13a3-1ec0-557e@webjas-vae114.srv.aolmail.net>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-11 23:00 UTC



As you might be aware of by now, the crew Exp. 57, consisting of Aleksey Ovchinin and Nick Hague KG5TMV, had to abort their launch and made an emergency landing.? The crew is safe, which is the main concern.? What this means for future scheduling is uncertain at the moment.? (***)



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Kursk University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC

?

Ganerben-Gymnasium Kuenzelsau + Georg-Wagner-Schule, Kuenzelsau, Germany, direct via DN6SP

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-16 10:28:26 UTC 63 deg

?

Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout, Belgium, direct via ON4NOK/P

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-16 12:04:13 UTC 88 deg

?

Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-10-18 16:25:57 UTC 29 deg

?

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

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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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-11 23:00 UTC.? (***)

Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and 
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and 
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt

Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1263.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1209.
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:
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 2018-10-10 23:00 UTC.


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From burns at fisher.cc  Fri Oct 12 01:08:01 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 21:08:01 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxVcHBmAOipMuePSPgK-nZ0GFmDYTrxmcFFD41gv2WW3qQ@mail.gmail.com>

Did you see the video from the cockpit and the long-range camera?  It was
pretty clear something happened as the boosters fell off.  WAY too much
stuff falling to be just the boosters.  And the picture in the cockpit
shows the cosmonauts vibrating around like crazy.  The NASA commentator did
not say anything, and then the animation kept showing the velocity going up
and up while you heard on the air-to-ground link "we are weightless now".

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 8:02 AM, Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:

> https://www.npr.org/2018/10/11/656473889/rocket-launch-
> failure-forces-astron
> aut-and-cosmonaut-to-make-ballistic-landing
>
> https://www.space.com/42097-soyuz-rocket-launch-failure-
> expedition-57-crew.h
> tml
>
> https://spacenews.com/breaking-soyuz-launch-to-iss-
> aborted-after-booster-fai
> lure/
>
>
> 73,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> The prospect of domination of the
> nation's scholars by Federal employment,
> project allocations, and the power of money
> is ever present - and is gravely to be
> regarded.
>
> President Dwight D. Eisenhower
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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  Fri Oct 12 01:45:43 2018
From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 01:45:43 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxVcHBmAOipMuePSPgK-nZ0GFmDYTrxmcFFD41gv2WW3qQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxVcHBmAOipMuePSPgK-nZ0GFmDYTrxmcFFD41gv2WW3qQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAP7QzkPTRib34tJf+-J0JVetkMjJLEp9B0tYBuk_ktkGMX=SSA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/12/18, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> Did you see the video from the cockpit and the long-range camera?  It was
> pretty clear something happened as the boosters fell off.  WAY too much
> stuff falling to be just the boosters.  And the picture in the cockpit
> shows the cosmonauts vibrating around like crazy.  The NASA commentator did
> not say anything, and then the animation kept showing the velocity going up
> and up while you heard on the air-to-ground link "we are weightless now".

<snip>

I noticed that as well.  I would have expected that, normally, the
boosters would have been jettisoned symmetrically and fall away in a
star pattern.

73s

Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

From wa4sca at gmail.com  Fri Oct 12 01:54:32 2018
From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:54:32 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <CAP7QzkPTRib34tJf+-J0JVetkMjJLEp9B0tYBuk_ktkGMX=SSA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxVcHBmAOipMuePSPgK-nZ0GFmDYTrxmcFFD41gv2WW3qQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAP7QzkPTRib34tJf+-J0JVetkMjJLEp9B0tYBuk_ktkGMX=SSA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000d01d461ce$860838b0$9218aa10$@gmail.com>

Extra points if you can identify the source and purpose of the CW which you can hear in the background.  Mostly the letters A,N and at least one S.  Or more likely the Cyrillic equivalent.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA


<-----Original Message-----
<From: B J [mailto:va6bmj at gmail.com]
<Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:46 PM
<To: Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc>
<Cc: Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE at mailaps.org>; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
<Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
<
<On 10/12/18, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
<> Did you see the video from the cockpit and the long-range camera?  It was
<> pretty clear something happened as the boosters fell off.  WAY too much
<> stuff falling to be just the boosters.  And the picture in the cockpit
<> shows the cosmonauts vibrating around like crazy.  The NASA commentator
<did
<> not say anything, and then the animation kept showing the velocity going up
<> and up while you heard on the air-to-ground link "we are weightless now".
<
<<snip>
<
<I noticed that as well.  I would have expected that, normally, the
<boosters would have been jettisoned symmetrically and fall away in a
<star pattern.
<
<73s
<
<Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL


From ray.hoad at mypbmail.com  Fri Oct 12 02:24:29 2018
From: ray.hoad at mypbmail.com (Ray Hoad)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 21:24:29 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <000d01d461ce$860838b0$9218aa10$@gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>	<CABX7KxVcHBmAOipMuePSPgK-nZ0GFmDYTrxmcFFD41gv2WW3qQ@mail.gmail.com>	<CAP7QzkPTRib34tJf+-J0JVetkMjJLEp9B0tYBuk_ktkGMX=SSA@mail.gmail.com>
	<000d01d461ce$860838b0$9218aa10$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000001d461d2$b590d020$20b27060$@mypbmail.com>

Is that health status of crew members?

Raymond Hoad
WA5QGD

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Alan
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:55
To: 'B J' <va6bmj at gmail.com>; 'Burns Fisher' <burns at fisher.cc>
Cc: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb at amsat.org>; 'Alan Biddle' <APBIDDLE at mailaps.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!

Extra points if you can identify the source and purpose of the CW which you
can hear in the background.  Mostly the letters A,N and at least one S.  Or
more likely the Cyrillic equivalent.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA


<-----Original Message-----
<From: B J [mailto:va6bmj at gmail.com]
<Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:46 PM
<To: Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc>
<Cc: Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE at mailaps.org>; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
<Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
<
<On 10/12/18, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
<> Did you see the video from the cockpit and the long-range camera?  It was
<> pretty clear something happened as the boosters fell off.  WAY too much
<> stuff falling to be just the boosters.  And the picture in the cockpit
<> shows the cosmonauts vibrating around like crazy.  The NASA commentator
<did
<> not say anything, and then the animation kept showing the velocity going
up
<> and up while you heard on the air-to-ground link "we are weightless now".
<
<<snip>
<
<I noticed that as well.  I would have expected that, normally, the
<boosters would have been jettisoned symmetrically and fall away in a
<star pattern.
<
<73s
<
<Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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From burns at fisher.cc  Fri Oct 12 02:34:57 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:34:57 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <000001d461d2$b590d020$20b27060$@mypbmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxVcHBmAOipMuePSPgK-nZ0GFmDYTrxmcFFD41gv2WW3qQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAP7QzkPTRib34tJf+-J0JVetkMjJLEp9B0tYBuk_ktkGMX=SSA@mail.gmail.com>
	<000d01d461ce$860838b0$9218aa10$@gmail.com>
	<000001d461d2$b590d020$20b27060$@mypbmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxWM5fbiVr58c3ut_y5jm5tCCDmLgcZPzpxEQA266Vks4w@mail.gmail.com>

You mean like A-live and N-otAlive?  I did not notice the S, but maybe that
is S-uper?

But seriously, how does Morse Code (or maybe it is not "morse") in Cyrillic
or Katakana or Hebrew or ...?


On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:24 PM, Ray Hoad <ray.hoad at mypbmail.com> wrote:

> Is that health status of crew members?
>
> Raymond Hoad
> WA5QGD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Alan
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:55
> To: 'B J' <va6bmj at gmail.com>; 'Burns Fisher' <burns at fisher.cc>
> Cc: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb at amsat.org>; 'Alan Biddle' <APBIDDLE at mailaps.org>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
>
> Extra points if you can identify the source and purpose of the CW which you
> can hear in the background.  Mostly the letters A,N and at least one S.  Or
> more likely the Cyrillic equivalent.
>
> 73,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
> <-----Original Message-----
> <From: B J [mailto:va6bmj at gmail.com]
> <Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:46 PM
> <To: Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc>
> <Cc: Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE at mailaps.org>; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
> <
> <On 10/12/18, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> <> Did you see the video from the cockpit and the long-range camera?  It
> was
> <> pretty clear something happened as the boosters fell off.  WAY too much
> <> stuff falling to be just the boosters.  And the picture in the cockpit
> <> shows the cosmonauts vibrating around like crazy.  The NASA commentator
> <did
> <> not say anything, and then the animation kept showing the velocity going
> up
> <> and up while you heard on the air-to-ground link "we are weightless
> now".
> <
> <<snip>
> <
> <I noticed that as well.  I would have expected that, normally, the
> <boosters would have been jettisoned symmetrically and fall away in a
> <star pattern.
> <
> <73s
> <
> <Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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From wmc_jx at 163.com  Fri Oct 12 02:37:49 2018
From: wmc_jx at 163.com (=?GBK?B?zqTD97So?=)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:37:49 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan and Pictures from Lunar Orbit
Message-ID: <38887a12.5c0d.16666231dae.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>

Hi OMs,


The following tests of DSLWP-B UHF are planned:


12 Oct 2018 17:52 to 12 Oct 2018 19:52
13 Oct 2018 15:03 to 13 Oct 2018 17:03

14 Oct 2018 07:00 to 14 Oct 2018 09:00

14 Oct 2018 12:16 to 14 Oct 2018 14:16


All time in UTC. GMSK telemetry and JT4G beacon on 435.4. GMSK telemetry/image and JT4G repeater on 436.4.


SSDV album: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/pics-b.html   

Online JT4G telemetry forwarder: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g_forwarder.html
JT4G telemetry display: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g.html   
GMSK telemetry: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/telemetry-b.html 



VY TNX & 73!


Wei BG2BHC



--

WEI Mingchuan


Research Center of Satellite Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
mobile: +86-189-4501-5242
e-mail: wmc_jx at 163.com; bg2bhc at gmail.com




 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

From n8hm at arrl.net  Fri Oct 12 02:41:14 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:41:14 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <000d01d461ce$860838b0$9218aa10$@gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxVcHBmAOipMuePSPgK-nZ0GFmDYTrxmcFFD41gv2WW3qQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAP7QzkPTRib34tJf+-J0JVetkMjJLEp9B0tYBuk_ktkGMX=SSA@mail.gmail.com>
	<000d01d461ce$860838b0$9218aa10$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOrtxcjLSoLoAGoxwsJV0feMG0Tn0wmju8m+weC_Tjmzew@mail.gmail.com>

Descent module recovery beacon.

http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Soyuz1Land/SoyRadio.htm

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 21:54 Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:

> Extra points if you can identify the source and purpose of the CW which
> you can hear in the background.  Mostly the letters A,N and at least one
> S.  Or more likely the Cyrillic equivalent.
>
> 73,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
> <-----Original Message-----
> <From: B J [mailto:va6bmj at gmail.com]
> <Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:46 PM
> <To: Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc>
> <Cc: Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE at mailaps.org>; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
> <
> <On 10/12/18, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> <> Did you see the video from the cockpit and the long-range camera?  It
> was
> <> pretty clear something happened as the boosters fell off.  WAY too much
> <> stuff falling to be just the boosters.  And the picture in the cockpit
> <> shows the cosmonauts vibrating around like crazy.  The NASA commentator
> <did
> <> not say anything, and then the animation kept showing the velocity
> going up
> <> and up while you heard on the air-to-ground link "we are weightless
> now".
> <
> <<snip>
> <
> <I noticed that as well.  I would have expected that, normally, the
> <boosters would have been jettisoned symmetrically and fall away in a
> <star pattern.
> <
> <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
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> AMSAT-NA.
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From k2gog at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 12 03:07:46 2018
From: k2gog at yahoo.com (Steve Bossert)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 03:07:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DV QRM on SO-50
References: <1327202981.8668867.1539313666138.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1327202981.8668867.1539313666138@mail.yahoo.com>

I had plans Wednesday to record the planned ISS contact with a school in CT and work a pass of SO-50.
The ISS contact got cancelled at the last minute (14 hours to be specific), but I did log some DV QRM on the down-link of SO-50 and a partial contact with K8TL.
If anyone would be interested in collaborating on a way to document DV interference in the satellite sub-bands, please drop me a message off list or share some thoughts on this on the BB if warranted.
Here is a picture friendly article about this recent (mis)adventure:??http://notebook.hvdn.org/2018/10/sdr-lets-walk-to-space-station.html??
Thanks,?
Steve?
Steve Bossert?K2GOG at yahoo.com?914-573-1799

From diehl.mike.a at gmail.com  Fri Oct 12 03:09:42 2018
From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:09:42 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <000d01d461ce$860838b0$9218aa10$@gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxVcHBmAOipMuePSPgK-nZ0GFmDYTrxmcFFD41gv2WW3qQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAP7QzkPTRib34tJf+-J0JVetkMjJLEp9B0tYBuk_ktkGMX=SSA@mail.gmail.com>
	<000d01d461ce$860838b0$9218aa10$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D8ABA05-50E0-478E-AEB3-E808995BAEEB@gmail.com>

Here you go. http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Soyuz1Land/SoyRadio.htm

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

> On Oct 11, 2018, at 21:54, Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Extra points if you can identify the source and purpose of the CW which you can hear in the background.  Mostly the letters A,N and at least one S.  Or more likely the Cyrillic equivalent.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Alan
> WA4SCA
> 
> 
> <-----Original Message-----
> <From: B J [mailto:va6bmj at gmail.com]
> <Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:46 PM
> <To: Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc>
> <Cc: Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE at mailaps.org>; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
> <
> <On 10/12/18, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> <> Did you see the video from the cockpit and the long-range camera?  It was
> <> pretty clear something happened as the boosters fell off.  WAY too much
> <> stuff falling to be just the boosters.  And the picture in the cockpit
> <> shows the cosmonauts vibrating around like crazy.  The NASA commentator
> <did
> <> not say anything, and then the animation kept showing the velocity going up
> <> and up while you heard on the air-to-ground link "we are weightless now".
> <
> <<snip>
> <
> <I noticed that as well.  I would have expected that, normally, the
> <boosters would have been jettisoned symmetrically and fall away in a
> <star pattern.
> <
> <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 wa4sca at gmail.com  Fri Oct 12 11:15:55 2018
From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 06:15:55 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
In-Reply-To: <4D8ABA05-50E0-478E-AEB3-E808995BAEEB@gmail.com>
References: <000001d4615a$418eb750$c4ac25f0$@gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxVcHBmAOipMuePSPgK-nZ0GFmDYTrxmcFFD41gv2WW3qQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAP7QzkPTRib34tJf+-J0JVetkMjJLEp9B0tYBuk_ktkGMX=SSA@mail.gmail.com>
	<000d01d461ce$860838b0$9218aa10$@gmail.com>
	<4D8ABA05-50E0-478E-AEB3-E808995BAEEB@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000d01d4621c$f270c4b0$d7524e10$@gmail.com>

That is probably it.  It does appear on the Russian Mission Control channel long before (as in minutes) there is any indication of a problem.  As with any significant incident, the final picture will turn out to be more complicated, and this may well be a clue.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA


<-----Original Message-----
<From: Mike Diehl [mailto:diehl.mike.a at gmail.com]
<Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 22:10 PM
<To: APBIDDLE at MAILAPS.ORG
<Cc: B J <va6bmj at gmail.com>; Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc>; AMSAT BB
<<amsat-bb at amsat.org>
<Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
<
<Here you go.
<http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Soyuz1Land/SoyRadio.htm
<
<
<73,
<Mike Diehl
<W8LID/VE6LID
<
<On Oct 11, 2018, at 21:54, Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com
<<mailto:wa4sca at gmail.com> > wrote:
<
<
<
<	Extra points if you can identify the source and purpose of the CW
<which you can hear in the background.  Mostly the letters A,N and at least one
<S.  Or more likely the Cyrillic equivalent.
<
<	73,
<
<	Alan
<	WA4SCA
<
<
<	<-----Original Message-----
<	<From: B J [mailto:va6bmj at gmail.com]
<	<Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:46 PM
<	<To: Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc <mailto:burns at fisher.cc> >
<	<Cc: Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE at mailaps.org
<<mailto:APBIDDLE at mailaps.org> >; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org
<<mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org> >
<	<Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe!
<	<
<	<On 10/12/18, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc
<<mailto:burns at fisher.cc> > wrote:
<	<> Did you see the video from the cockpit and the long-range camera?
<It was
<	<> pretty clear something happened as the boosters fell off.  WAY too
<much
<	<> stuff falling to be just the boosters.  And the picture in the cockpit
<	<> shows the cosmonauts vibrating around like crazy.  The NASA
<commentator
<	<did
<	<> not say anything, and then the animation kept showing the velocity
<going up
<	<> and up while you heard on the air-to-ground link "we are
<weightless now".
<	<
<	<<snip>
<	<
<	<I noticed that as well.  I would have expected that, normally, the
<	<boosters would have been jettisoned symmetrically and fall away in
<a
<	<star pattern.
<	<
<	<73s
<	<
<	<Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
<
<	_______________________________________________
<	Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org <mailto: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!
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<bb
<



From gary_mayfield at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 11 00:39:24 2018
From: gary_mayfield at hotmail.com (Gary)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:39:24 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu Cable Pin Out
Message-ID: <CY4PR22MB1656F7AED33463AFBBA09A6F8AE10@CY4PR22MB1656.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>

Howdy Amsaters,

I sold a car and got the radio out, but left the cabling in as it was really in there....

                I need to re-create the cable connecting the control head to the main body of a Yaesu FT-8900r. It looks like an RJ12 connector on each end.

                What I don't know is do any of the conductors cross in the cable???

Thanks and 73,
Joe kk0sd

From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Fri Oct 12 13:09:53 2018
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:09:53 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Thrust bearing question
Message-ID: <dd9c3330-3af7-c4ba-024c-bed430a9282c@msa.hinet.net>

Happy happy, I finally got enough money to order a roof tower for my 
future satellite antenna farm. First time ever that I can have a 
rotatable setup and I'm tickled pink. It's a 3.3 meter tower that came 
with a 3 meter steel pole and this will all be mounted on top of our 
sheet metal roof. Friends over in Holland donated a KR-400 rotator and 
Yaesu GS-050 thrust bearing and I have a question about that last one.

The tower's dimensions look like this (there are some photos and a pdf 
<http://bx2abt.com/main/data/_uploaded/file/BV6HJ-OMseriesTower.pdf> on 
bx2abt.com):

|
| ? ? 1.5 meter steel pole sticking out for 6/2/70cm yagis
|
|
--?? (1) top of tower with plateau for bearing
|*
|*
|*
|*
---? (2) plateau for second bearing
|**
|**
|**
---- (3) plateau for rotator
****
****
****

Distance 1-2 is 110 cm
Distance 2-3 is 50 cm

The bearing plateaus have pre-drilled holes that accommodate the Yaesu 
GS-065 thrust bearing. The GS-050 thrust bearing I have is smaller and 
doesn't fit, but can be made fit without much hassle.

My questions - with keeping in mind that where I live we often have very 
strong storm-like winds (over 100 km/hr) and more than one typhoon every 
year (up to and sometimes over 180 km/hr):

1 - will just a top bearing and a rotator be enough, or do I need indeed 
two thrust bearings?
2 - if one will do, will the GS-050 be suitable?

I understand that thrust bearings are mainly used to reduce the weight 
of the pole on the rotator, but I am more concerned about strong winds 
warping the pole and putting sideways stress on the rotator. With the 
foul weather here everything has to be as strong as possible, but on the 
other hand, money has to be spend where it is needed, not where it's wasted.

Hope you can give some advice to this tower newbie. Cheers,

Hans
BX2ABT


From johnbrier at gmail.com  Fri Oct 12 13:15:45 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:15:45 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [video] AO-92 L-band demo by N8HM at Hamvention
Message-ID: <CALn0fKP+-z9RQsB84R7e52C3geXwgXqd0pw43OQYo8DGtq++Xg@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks to Paul for getting me off my butt to finally edit this video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSeR9I9O5Gs

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, working AMSAT-OSCAR 92 (Fox-1D) in L/v mode
(1267.359 MHz uplink  /145.880 MHz downlink) using AMSAT's club
callsign, W3ZM/8, at the 2018 Dayton Hamvention.

Stations contacted:

02:30 WB8RJY
02:50 WB8OTH
03:26 NS3L
04:09 WA4SCA
04:33 KB2M
04:50 KE8FZT
06:47 W9EXP

There are cameos in the background of the video by fellow AMSATers Marty
N9EAT, Ruth KM4LAO, and others!

Equipment used was an Alinco DJ-G7T 144/430/1200 MHz handheld transceiver
for the uplink and a Kenwood TH-D74 handheld transceiver to receive the
downlink. The antenna is a Comet CYA-1216E yagi with holes drilled in the
boom to accommodate the three 2 meter Arrow Antenna elements.

The antenna rotator system behind Paul/in front of the tent is a commercial
system by Portable Rotation:
http://www.portablerotation.com/product/azel-portable-rotor-system/

He was not using it for this demo but it was tracking AO-92 during that
time.

Aside from this L-band demo, Paul used that for all the other AMSAT
satellite demos during Hamvention 2018. He had two Yaesu FT-817 radios on
the table and a computer controlling the rotators/antenna. The antenna
attached to it is the Alaskan Arrow II.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

From sv1ljj at raag.org  Fri Oct 12 17:05:07 2018
From: sv1ljj at raag.org (Apostolos Kefalas)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:05:07 +0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu Cable Pin Out
In-Reply-To: <CY4PR22MB1656F7AED33463AFBBA09A6F8AE10@CY4PR22MB1656.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
References: <CY4PR22MB1656F7AED33463AFBBA09A6F8AE10@CY4PR22MB1656.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <1539363907.1942.4.camel@raag.org>

On Thu, 2018-10-11 at 00:39 +0000, Gary wrote:
> Howdy Amsaters,
> 
> I sold a car and got the radio out, but left the cabling in as it was
> really in there....
> 
> ????????????????I need to re-create the cable connecting the control
> head to the main body of a Yaesu FT-8900r. It looks like an RJ12
> connector on each end.
> 
> ????????????????What I don't know is do any of the conductors cross
> in the cable???

Yes they do! But you only need to crimp the RJs' opposite one another.

Check this photo:

https://images.shopwired.co.uk/images/user/fileUp/radioworld2/T9101534_
CTCable_s.JPG

Apostolos, SV1LJJ

> 
> Thanks and 73,
> Joe kk0sd
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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??
??


??????? ????????? -? SV1LJJ?

???: +30 6979 976 039
Echolink id: 309275
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PGP: 0xA3C19DA0







From n0jy at amsat.org  Fri Oct 12 19:02:33 2018
From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:02:33 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu Cable Pin Out
In-Reply-To: <CY4PR22MB1656F7AED33463AFBBA09A6F8AE10@CY4PR22MB1656.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
References: <CY4PR22MB1656F7AED33463AFBBA09A6F8AE10@CY4PR22MB1656.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <e45676b8-2669-02d9-b86f-e5f05f66290a@amsat.org>

I've had several Yaesu mobiles, and while I don't know the 8900
specifically it seems logical that a straight patch cable (6P6C wires to
same pins on each end) is what you need.? I lost the short cable for my
FT-857 and made a new one, I have used both the stock cables in mobile
installations and built longer cables for the same for my various Yeasu
detachable head radios, they were all the same.

Jerry Buxton, N?JY

On 10/10/2018 19:39, Gary wrote:
> Howdy Amsaters,
>
> I sold a car and got the radio out, but left the cabling in as it was really in there....
>
>                 I need to re-create the cable connecting the control head to the main body of a Yaesu FT-8900r. It looks like an RJ12 connector on each end.
>
>                 What I don't know is do any of the conductors cross in the cable???
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Joe kk0sd
> _______________________________________________
> 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 n0jy at amsat.org  Fri Oct 12 19:05:16 2018
From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:05:16 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu Cable Pin Out
In-Reply-To: <1539363907.1942.4.camel@raag.org>
References: <CY4PR22MB1656F7AED33463AFBBA09A6F8AE10@CY4PR22MB1656.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
	<1539363907.1942.4.camel@raag.org>
Message-ID: <f066218b-14ad-9fea-f971-944476791845@amsat.org>

Yeah, like the one in that picture.? None of the wires are crossed, they
don't change pins.? Pin 1 to pin 1 and so forth.

Jerry Buxton, N?JY

On 10/12/2018 12:05, Apostolos Kefalas wrote:
> https://images.shopwired.co.uk/images/user/fileUp/radioworld2/T9101534_
> CTCable_s.JPG


From martha at amsat.org  Fri Oct 12 20:09:17 2018
From: martha at amsat.org (Martha)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:09:17 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Office Closed
Message-ID: <CAPk0USzSBN9ScdPs1artZ2DS8no=1gi5Gvzt=cSjEtCE-95-tA@mail.gmail.com>

The Office will be closed on Monday October 15th.

-- 
73- Martha

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Sat Oct 13 16:44:32 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 12:44:32 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Ganerben-Gymnasium
	Kuenzelsau + Georg-Wagner-Schule, Kuenzelsau, Germany
Message-ID: <1A5CEF1299C0401D9E66BD41E6ECB066@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ganerben-Gymnasium Kuenzelsau + Georg-Wagner-Schule, Kuenzelsau, Germany on 16 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:28 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between DP0ISS and DN6SP. The contact should be audible over Germany and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in German.

 

 

Das Ganerben-Gymnasium hat 600 Sch?ler und ca. 55 Lehrer. Im deutschen dreistufigen Schulsystem ist ein Gymnasium akademisch orientiert und bereitet auf die Hochschulbildung vor.

Das Ganerben-Gymnasium konzentriert sich insbesondere auf Fremdsprachen (Englisch, Latein oder Franz?sisch) und Naturwissenschaft und Technik. In Klassenstufe 8. w?hlen unsere Sch?ler zwischen Spanisch als dritter Fremdsprache oder angewandten Naturwissenschaften. 

Wir sind stolz auf unsere vielf?ltigen Aktivit?ten in MINT und unsere enge Zusammenarbeit mit Unternehmen der Region und der Hochschule Heilbronn / Reinhold-W?rth Hochschule. 

Die Georg-Wagner-Schule besteht aus drei Schularten (Grundschule, Werkrealschule und Realschule) mit rund 900 Sch?lern von der Primarstufe bis zur Sekundarstufe (1.-10. Klasse).

Das Hauptziel der Georg-Wagner-Schule ist die Vorbereitung der Sch?ler auf die berufliche Ausbildung.

 

 

Translated: 

 

Ganerben-Gymnasium has 600 pupils and around 55 teachers. In the German three-tier secondary school 

system, a Gymnasium is academically oriented and prepares pupils for university/college education. 

Ganerben-Gymnasium especially focusses on foreign languages (English, Latin or French) and STEM. For 

year 8, our pupils choose between Spanish as a third foreign language or Applied Sciences. We are proud of 

our wide range of activities in STEM and our close cooperation with local companies and Heilbronn 

University/Reinhold-W?rth Hochschule. The event is planned to be organized in cooperation with the 

Georg-Wagner-Schule. The Georg-Wagner-Schule consists of three types of school (Grundschule, 

Werkrealschule und Realschule) with around 900 pupils from Primarstufe to Sekundarstufe (1-10 Klassen). 

The main target of the Georg-Wagner-Schule is preparation of the pupils for being successful in profession.

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. Sie k?nnen die Auswirkungen des Jahrhundertsommers sehen. Was muss aus 

   Ihrer Sicht gegen den Klimawandel getan werden? 

2. Gibt es neue oder ?berraschende Forschungsergebnisse aus den Experimenten, 

   welche Sie bei Ihrem Aufenthalt auf der ISS durchf?hren?

3. Warum ist es in Zeiten globaler Herausforderungen wie Armut und 

   Naturkatastrophen so wichtig, so viel Geld f?r Raumfahrt auszugeben?

4. Was hat Sie als Astronaut am meisten beeindruckt?

5. Werden Pflanzen auf der ISS angebaut? K?nnen Pflanzen auf der ISS wachsen?

6. Im November werden Sie den Photobioreaktor testen. Wird in der Zukunft 

   Leben im All m?glich sein, wenn Kohlendioxid erfolgreich in Sauerstoff 

   umgewandelt wird? 

7. Ist Krafttraining in der Schwerelosigkeit genauso anstrengend wie auf der 

   Erde?

8. Wie schnell kann man die ISS verlassen, wenn es etwas schiefl?uft oder 

   Schwierigkeiten auftreten?

9. Ist es jemals vorgekommen, dass ein Astronaut auf der ISS ernsthaft krank 

   oder verletzt wurde und wie wurde damit umgegangen?

10. Welches sind Ihre deine drei wichtigsten Erfolgsregeln?

11. Man befindet sich mit wenigen Menschen auf engem Raum. Gibt es auch 

    einmal Streit und wie gehen Sie damit um?

12. Welcher Ort oder Raum auf der ISS wird am meisten genutzt und warum?

13. Sehen Sie die Verschmutzung (M?ll) im All und auf der Erde? 

14. Haben Sie Probleme beim Schlafen im Weltall bzw. in der Schwerelosigkeit?

15. Wie oft wechseln Astronauten ihre Kleidung und wie wird sie gewaschen?

16. Was vermissen Sie im Weltraum am meisten?

17. Wie war das Gef?hl, als Sie zum ersten Mal zu einem Weltraumspaziergang die ISS verlassen haben?

18. Wie bereiten Sie sich auf der Erde auf Toiletteng?nge in der 

    Schwerelosigkeit vor?

19. Nutzen Sie Dronen f?r den Au?eneinsatz auf der ISS?

20. Wie f?hlt es sich an, wenn man die Schwerelosigkeit wieder verl?sst und 

    man zur?ck auf die Erde kommt?

21. Auf der ISS geht am Tag 16 Mal die Sonne auf. Wie gew?hnt man sich an den 

    Tages- und Schlafrhythmus auf der ISS? Wie gestaltet sich die 

    Umgew?hnungsphase nach der R?ckkehr auf die Erde?

22. Welche Ratschl?ge k?nnen Sie von Ihrem t?glichen Leben auf der ISS f?r 

    ein verantwortungsvolles Verhalten auf der Erde geben?

23. W?rden Sie an einer dritten Weltraummission teilnehmen? Besteht die 

    Chance, dass Sie nochmals ins Weltall fliegen?

24. Wer entscheidet ?ber die Durchf?hrung von Experimenten auf der ISS und 

    gibt es besondere Zulassungskriterien?

25. Haben Sie einen pers?nlichen Lieblingsplaneten? Wenn ja, welchen?

26. Gab es Momente w?hrend ihrer Zeit im Weltraum, in welchen Sie Angst 

    empfunden haben?

 

 

Translated: 

 

1. You can see the effects of the exceptional summer this year. What would 

   you recommend to work against climate change?

2. Have there been any surprising or astonishing results from your 

   experiments, which you did on the ISS?

3. With global challenges like poverty and natural disasters, why is it 

   important to spend so much money on space travel?

4. What is your most important insight as an astronaut?

5. Are there plants grown under zero-gravity-conditions on the ISS?

6. In November you are going to experiment the photo bioreactor. Is life in 

   orbit possible in the future, if carbon dioxide could be successfully 

   converted into oxygen?

7. Is fitness training in weightlessness as strenuous as on earth?

8. How fast can you leave the ISS, when something goes wrong?

9. Has an astronaut ever become seriously ill or injured while you have been 

   on the Space Station and how was it dealt with?

10. Can you name your top three rules for being successful?

11. There is only little space on the ISS and you live there in close contact    

    with other people. Has there ever been a quarrel and how did you handle 

    it?

12. What is the most used room or area on the space station and why?

13. Can you recognize environmental pollution from space - and in the orbit?

14. Do you have any problems while sleeping under zero-gravity-conditions?

15. How often do Astronauts change their clothing and how do you do the 

    washing?

16. What do you miss most in space?

17. What did you feel, when you made your first spacewalk?

18. Since the toilet is made for zero gravity, how do you train to use it on 

    earth?

19. Do you use drones in space outside of the ISS?

20. How does it feel, to leave the zero-gravity when you are back on earth?

21. How do you adjust to a sleep cycle on the ISS (the sun sets 16 times)? 

    How do you re-adjust to a sleep cycle when you return to earth?

22. From your daily life on the ISS, what advice could you give us about 

    responsible ways of behaviour on earth?

23. Would you join a third mission to space? Is there a chance for you, to 

    have another flight to space?

24. Who decides about the approval of an experiment on the ISS and what are 

    the main criteria in the selection process?

25. Do you have a favourite planet?

26. Have you ever been frightened during your stay in space?

 

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. Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout, Belgium, direct via ON4NOK/P

       The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

       The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

       Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-16 12:04 UTC

 

  2.  Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD

       The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

       The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

       Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-10-18 16:25 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

 

 


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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Sat Oct 13 16:53:34 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 12:53:34 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout,
	Belgium
Message-ID: <B1275A60408546DC9C0524B9BB922162@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout, Belgium on 16 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:04 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and ON4NOK. The contact should be audible over Belgium and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in German/English.

 

 

Saint-Josephcollege is a school situated in Turnhout, in the north of Belgium, in the middle of a green park with a lot of sporting facilities.  It consists of 4 schools:  kindergarten, 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school. The contact will be made with students of the secondary school and one pupil of the primary school. It's a general secondary school with around 750 students (age 12-18), 45% are girls, 55% are boys. Almost 200 of these students live here during the week in the boarding school, which is also part of Saint-Josephcollege. We have different directions at our school (ancient languages, modern languages, mathematics, science, economy, human sciences). Our school prepares students for higher education, but beside the lessons, as we are a Jesuit school, we think it's very important to cultivate every student as a single person, letting them taste of all kind of new opportunities, like this contact with ISS.

 

 

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. Is space beautiful or is it just empty and black?

2. Can you describe weightlessness?

3. I am worried about climate change. Can you see the impact of this when you 

   look down on earth?

4. Was it your dream to go to space?

5. If you could travel to Mars, would you do so, even if you knew you 

   couldn't come back?

6. Can you make music in space, because sound can only travel in air and 

   there is no air in space?

7. There is no running water in space. How do you supply enough water?

8. How many degrees Celcius is it in the space station and how many degrees 

   is it outside?

9. Which experiments do you do on ISS? Which circumstances are not possible 

   down on earth?

10. Which experiment did you like the most?

11. If you do so, how do you make oxygen in space and how do you filter CO2

12. How did you become an astronaut, or how would one, to your knowledge, go 

    about becoming an astronaut?

13. What is your favourite food in space?

14. What do you do in your spare time? Can you follow news and social media?

15. Do you have trouble adjusting back to earth's gravity after 6 months in 

    space?

16. What is, after months of isolation, your relation to time? How do you 
    maintain your biological clock?

17. What happens when an astronaut gets really ill in space?

18. Do women and men have the same physical challenges adapting to life in 

    microgravity?

19. Why is it so important to spend so much money on space travel, when we 

    have so many problems like famine here on earth?

20. Wieviel Kilogramm Muskeln werden Sie ungef"hr nach Ihren Aufenthalt auf 

    der ISS verloren haben? How many kilograms of muscles will you have lost 

    after your stay in the ISS?

21. Was ist das sch"nste der Erde dass Sie aus dem Weltraum schon gesehen 

    haben? What is the nicest part of earth you have seen in space?

 

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.  Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD

      The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

      The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

      Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-10-18 16:25 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

 

 


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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Sat Oct 13 17:03:35 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 13:03:35 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Valley High School,
	Albuquerque, NM
Message-ID: <1AA28E82A2F04547A6E4D2ECC6BEB494@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM on 18 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:25 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and NM5HD. The contact should be audible over the state of New Mexico 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.

 

 

Our upcoming ISS contact consists of several Albuquerque Public Schools, elementary, middle and high schools.  Students from Chaparral ES, Mission Ave. ES, Garfield MS, and Valley High School will be asking questions of NASA Astronaut Serena M. Au??n-Chancellor. These students are part of a multi-year Federal Grant, "Engineering The Future" K-12 STEM Pathway and our high school students from Valley HS have already had experience tracking satellites and have learned about some of the essential systems to build  a cubeSAT. Cadet Jared Manalo , KG5TWD, from Valley HS is in training to make the call.  Questions have been submitted from all schools and students and teachers alike are getting very excited about the contact.  Our contact will be streamed to all APS schools and lessons have been sent around the district in preparation.  Exciting times for Albuquerque Public Schools.  Looking forward to visiting with you soon.

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. Why did NASA originally build the Space Station, and has the mission changed over the years? 

2. What is the hardest job you have done in space? 

3. When you were little, did you dream of being an astronaut? 

4. What kinds of hazards are astronauts exposed to on the job? 

5. Do you get sick in space, and what are the procedures for an astronaut with a serious illness? 

6. How well do you sleep in zero gravity, and how long do you sleep compared to your regular sleep cycle? 

7. How has the ISS research prepared humans to be able to live on planets in outer space? 

8. What kind of systems, testing or research is being done on the ISS to support the Deep Space Gateway project? 

9. If Americans had all the materials to land on the moon in the 60's (1969) why can't we land on the moon now that we have more and better technology? 

10. If a woman becomes pregnant in space, has your research shown that a fetus can develop normally? 

11. What kind of physical  and mental testing do you get to be ready to go into space? 

12. What kind of medical testing does an astronaut have to go through to be ready for duty? 

13. When in space can you see the earth spinning or rotating? 

14. How many years of hard work is required to become an astronaut, and what is the best degree to get as an astronaut? 

15. What is the ISS crews response if the Space Station is hit with space debris or a meteorite?

 

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

 

 


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From aa5pk at suddenlink.net  Sat Oct 13 17:39:59 2018
From: aa5pk at suddenlink.net (Glenn Miller - AA5PK)
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 12:39:59 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] South Texas grid expedition
Message-ID: <ADF2509D16A34694883D685AF9E1D475@AA5PKPC>

Barring unforeseen circumstances, I plan to travel to south Texas 11-15 November.

I expect to activate grids EL06, 07, 08, 15, 16, 17 and 18.

I'll be on both FM and linear satellites and will post which on Twitter @AA5PK.  I'll also be position beaconing on APRS 
AA5PK-9.

QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW upon my return home.

Hard copy QSLs available by email request.  No SASE needed.

Glenn
AA5PK 


From k9jkm at comcast.net  Sun Oct 14 00:18:43 2018
From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne K9JKM)
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 19:18:43 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-287 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <798fcd41-736f-b5e4-2ed5-3aa71af19d2e@comcast.net>

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-287

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.

You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans

In this edition:

* Applied Citizen Science on AMSAT AO-92
* Heading for Huntsville - 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium Latest News
* AMSAT 2018 Space Symposium Schedule of Events
* October 23 Webinar for ARISS School Contact Proposal Teams
* AO-7 to Enter Full Illumination Period October 18
* Video - AO-92 L-band Demo by N8HM at Hamvention
* International Space Station Crew Member Fires Up NA1SS to Seek
 ? Random Contacts
* Digital Downloads of Past AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Now Available
* FUNcube Operational Status Update
* Satellite DX Opportunities
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* HamSCI Expanding to the Southern Hemisphere
* NASA and ESA 2018 Student STEM First Lego League Competition
* Satellite Shorts From All Over


SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-287.01
ANS-287 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 287.01
 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE October 14, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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|? The September/October edition of Apogee View, a comprehensive? |
|?? update on AMSAT's activities by AMSAT President Joe Spier,??? |
|????? K6WAO, has been posted to the AMSAT website at:??????????? |
| https://www.amsat.org/apogeeview/?????????????????? |
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Applied Citizen Science on AMSAT AO-92

AMSAT Vice-President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA,
commanded the Virginia Tech camera onboard AO-92 to try to image
Hurricane Michael on passes over southern United States and the
Gulf of Mexico on October 10-11. Images that were captured can
be viewed on-line at: http://www.amsat.org/tlm/

The images are transmitted via 9K6 high-speed telemetry on AO-92's
145.880 MHz downlink. FoxTelem software, available at the URL above,
is used to capture and decode the data. Note that partial reception
and an upload to the FoxTelem servers will still help the mission.
Any single line is helpful as we stitch the whole photo back together
on the server.

Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ, author of the FoxTelem software, noted
differences in the quality of the images received at different times.
Read his analysis on his blog, posted at:
http://www.g0kla.com/workbench/2018-10-07.php
This provides valuable insight regarding the orientation of the
satellite and changes in the X, Y, and Z-axis rotation. These plots
were created from AO-92 telemetry uploaded by FoxTelem users world
wide.

[ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner,
 ?KO4MA, and FoxTelem author Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ for the
 ?above information]

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Heading for Huntsville - 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium Latest News

+ The Symposium Room rate at the Huntsville Marriott at the
 ? Space & Rocket Center expires on October 17.

 ? Hotel accommodations will be at the Marriott at the Space
 ? & Rocket Center, 5 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama
 ? USA. Hotel reservations for the Symposium may be made by
 ? individual attendees directly with Marriott reservations at:
 ?? + 1-(800) 228-9290 or
 ?? + (256) 830-2222 or
 ?? + On-line at http://tinyurl.com/Marriott-2018-Symposium-Hotel

 ? Please mention the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
 ? reference number M-BIHHXTA for the group rate of $104 per night.
 ?? + The AMSAT group rate is available 10/31/18 to 11/04/18.
 ?? + Book by 10/17/18.
 ?? + Marriott perks include free parking for attendees and
 ???? complimentary Wi-Fi.

+ The Symposium Papers Deadline is October 15 ... so you really
 ? need to get with the program this weekend if you plan on a
 ? paper and presentation. Papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at
 ? n8fgv at amsat dot org.

+ The Symposium Early Registration Rate Has Expired.
 ? Symposium Registration is now $65 thru October 26, 2018.
 ? Symposium Registration at the door is $70.
 ? To register for Symposium visit:
 ? https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

+ Symposium Saturday night banquet reservations are due by
 ? October 20. Dinner reservations are $50 per person.
 ? https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

+ SOLD OUT - Sunday's Marshall Space Flight Center Bus Tour.

[ANS thanks AMSAT 2018 Symposium Committee and Dan N8FGV for the
 ?above information]

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AMSAT 2018 Space Symposium Schedule of Events

The 2018 AMSAT Symposium Committee has announced version 1.1 of the
schedule of events for the 2018 AMSAT-NA 36th Annual Space Symposium
and General Meeting, November 1-4, 2018 at the U.S. Space and Rocket
Center, Huntsville, Alabama

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - Board of Directors Meeting
Huntsville Marriott at the Space and Rocket Center
+ 8 am - noon AMSAT Board Meeting, Columbia Room
+ Noon - 1 pm AMSAT Board Lunch Break, Columbia Room
+ 1 pm - 6 pm AMSAT Board Meeting, Columbia Room
+ 6 pm - 7:30 pm AMSAT Board Dinner Break, Columbia Room
+ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm AMSAT Board Meeting, Columbia Room
+ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Registration, (TBD)

Friday, November 2, 2018 - U.S. Space & Rocket Center

+ 8 am - noon AMSAT Board Meeting, Marriott Columbia Room
 ?(Closed Session)
+ U.S. Space & Rocket Center Educator Training Facility
+ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration, Foyer
+ 9:00 am - noon Self-guided tours of Huntsville and US Space and
 ? Rocket Center
+ 1:00 pm - 1:15pm AMSAT Symposium Kickoff, President's Welcome,
 ? Educator Training Facility
+ 1:15 pm - 5:00 pm Paper Sessions, Presentation Schedule TBD
+ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Informal Dinner on your own
+ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AMSAT Reception, Educator Training Facility
 ? Cash Bar Available

Saturday November 3, 2018 - U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Educator Training Facility
+ 8:00 am - 11:45 am Registration, Foyer
+ 8:00 am - 8:15 am AMSAT Symposium Welcome
+ 8:15 am - noon Paper Sessions Presentation Schedule TBD
+ Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own
+ 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm Paper Sessions, Presentation Schedule TBD
+ 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm AMSAT Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony
+ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Attitude Adjustment, Cash Bar, Saturn V Hall
+ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Cash Bar, Saturn V Hall
+ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Banquet, Saturn V Hall
 ? Keynote Speaker - TBD
 ? Prize Drawing

Sunday November 4, 2018
+ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm U.S. Space and Rocket Center
 ? Marshall Space Flight Center Tour

Bruce Paige, KK5DO will be available to check QSL cards towards VUCC,
WAS or 5BWAS. Make sure you have your lists and cards sorted in the
same order as the list. Have your application filled out.

[ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information]

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|?? AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign? |
|? to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades?? |
|? on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to?????? |
|? continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.???? |
|?? We have reached a great milestone with $10,000 raised???????? |
|? or about 7% towards our goal. This would not have been???????? |
|?????? possible without your outstanding generosity!!??????????? |
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|??????? For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:????????? |
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October 23 Webinar for ARISS School Contact Proposal Teams

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program
is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018, from US schools, mus-
eums, science centers and community youth organizations (working indi-
vidually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew mem-
ber aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and
December 31, 2019.

The proposal deadline is November 30, 2018. For proposal guidelines
and forms and more details, go to:
http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

The final Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered
will be offered October 23, 2018, at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance regist-
ration is necessary. To sign up, go to
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-273-ARISSWebinar

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

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AO-7 to Enter Full Illumination Period October 18

On or about October 18th, AO-7 will enter a period of full illumi-
nation that will last until approximately November 19th. During this
time, the satellite's onboard timer should switch it between Mode A
(145 MHz uplink / 29 MHz downlink) and Mode B (432 MHz uplink / 145
MHz downlink) every 24 hours.

To check or report the satellite's current mode, please see the
AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page at:
https://www.amsat.org/status/

Reporting observations during the first few days of the full
illumination period will be helpful for determining the approximate
time of the daily mode change.

Historical information on AO-7's systems, including the functioning
of the 24 hour timer, and operational plans can be found in the
AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Technical Operations Plan And Experimenter's Guide,
available at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-287-AO7-Guide-PDF

Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting):
Uplink:? 145.850 ? 145.950 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink? 29.400 ?? 29.500 MHz SSB/CW

Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon:
Downlink 29.5020 MHz CW

Mode U/V (B) Linear Transponder (Inverting):
Uplink:? 432.125 ? 432.175 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 145.975 ? 145.925 MHz SSB/CW

Mode U/V (B) TLM Beacon:
Downlink 145.975 MHz CW

Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink 435.100 MHz CW

Additional frequency details are also posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ao-7/

[ANS thanks AMSAT Operations for the above information]

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Video - AO-92 L-band Demo by N8HM at Hamvention

John Brier, KG4AKV, has produced a video showing Paul Stoetzer, N8HM,
working AMSAT-OSCAR 92 (Fox-1D) in L/v mode (1267.359 MHz uplink,
145.880 MHz downlink) using AMSAT's club callsign, W3ZM/8, at the
2018 Dayton Hamvention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSeR9I9O5Gs

Stations contacted:

02:30 WB8RJY
02:50 WB8OTH
03:26 NS3L
04:09 WA4SCA
04:33 KB2M
04:50 KE8FZT
06:47 W9EXP

There are cameos in the background of the video by fellow AMSATers
Marty, N9EAT, Ruth, KM4LAO, and others!

Equipment used was an Alinco DJ-G7T 144/430/1200 MHz handheld trans-
ceiver for the uplink and a Kenwood TH-D74 handheld transceiver to
receive the downlink. The antenna is a Comet CYA-1216E yagi with
holes drilled in the boom to accommodate the three 2 meter Arrow
Antenna elements.

The antenna rotator system behind Paul/in front of the tent is a
commercial system by Portable Rotation:
http://www.portablerotation.com/product/azel-portable-rotor-system/

He was not using it for this demo but it was tracking AO-92 during
that time.

Aside from this L-band demo, Paul used that for all the other AMSAT
satellite demos during Hamvention 2018. He had two Yaesu FT-817
radios on the table and a computer controlling the rotators/antenna.
The antenna attached to it is the Alaskan Arrow II.

[ANS thanks John Brier, KG4AKV, for the above information]

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International Space Station Crew Member Fires Up NA1SS to Seek Random
Contacts

Originally posted at http://tinyurl.com/ANS-287-ARRL-NA1SS-Contact
ARRL - 10/09/2018

?Hello, America. This is the International Space Station. Who?s out
there??

And with that ?CQ? of sorts on 145.800 MHz, NASA astronaut Serena
Au??n-Chancellor, M.D., KG5TMT, spent some time at the helm of NA1SS
on October 6 making casual, random contacts ? something that?s fairly
rare these days. The ISS was on a pass that took the spacecraft up
along the east coast of the US at the time. In response to a ques-
tion, Au??n-Chancellor, who has been on station since June, told
one caller that she?s been floating the entire time she?s been in
space.

?We float every day. Float to work, float back to sleep. It is
awesome,? she said.

Scott Chapman, K4KDR, of Montpelier, Virginia, edited a clip of
downlink chatter by the 42-year-old flight surgeon and flight
engineer:
https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr/files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3

?During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet
digipeater on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there
is any activity on that frequency,? Chapman said in a post to
AMSAT-BB. ?For the first time in my personal experience, today
one of the astronauts was randomly calling to see if anybody was
listening. Of course I tried to reply on 145.800 simplex, but
there are a number of possible uplinks, and none of them were
programmed into my radio. They are now! It was a real thrill and,
like so much of this hobby, a learning opportunity.?

Au??n-Chancellor is aboard the ISS as part of the Expedition 56/57
crew. She?ll return to Earth in December.

The Amateur Radio FM voice frequencies for stations in ITU Regions
2 and 3 are 145.800 MHz down and 144.490 MHz up. For stations in
Region 1, the uplink frequency is 145.200 MHz.

[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]

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Digital Downloads of Past AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Now Available

AMSAT is pleased to announce that AMSAT Symposium Proceedings from
1986-2012 and 2016-2017 are now available as digital downloads from
the AMSAT Store. Bundles from earlier years are priced at $5 each
(1986-1989, 1990-1995, 1996-2000, and 2000-2005). 2006-2012 is priced
at $10. The 2016 and 2017 editions are priced at $10 each.

https://tinyurl.com/ANS280-Proceedings

Each year's edition is a separate PDF file. After checkout, purchasers
will receive an email containing download links for each year they
have purchased. The PDF files are DRM-free, but will be watermarked at
the bottom of each page with the notation that the book has been
purchased from AMSAT and the purchaser's name.

The 2013, 2014, and 2015 editions will be added as soon as possible.
2018 will be available after this year's Symposium has concluded.

[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]

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FUNcube Operational Status Update

Graham Shirville, G3VZV has posted the current status of the AMSAT-UK
FUNcube series of satellites.

FUNcube-1 (AO-73)
-----------------
As you will know, AO73/FUNcube-1 has been in full sunlight for over
one month and has been transmitting continuously high power telemetry
for most of that time. This has now been changed to full time amateur
mode so the transponder is once again available. With the more stable
on board temperatures being experienced, this means that the transpon-
der frequencies are also now more stable. We expect to leave it in this
mode for some weeks so that the team can determine whether or not the
currents flowing from the solar panels are having any noticeable effect
on the spin period.

Uplink:?? 435.150 - 435.130 MHz CW, LSB
Downlink: 145.950 - 145.970 MHz CW, USB
Beacon:?? 145.935 MHz 1k2 BPSK

FUNcube-2 (UKube-1)
-------------------
The FUNcube-2 transponder on UKube-1 continues to be in full time
transponder mode. There are occasional breaks in service for a few
seconds when the OBC reboots and the other onboard transmitter sends
its CW beacon.

Uplink:?? 435.080 - 435.060 MHz CW, LSB
Downlink: 145.930 - 145.950 MHz CW, USB
Beacon:?? 145.915 MHz 1k2 BPSK

FUNcube-3 (EO-88 Nayif-1)
-------------------------
EO88/Nayif-1 continues to perform nominally with high power telemetry
when in sunlight and amateur mode when in eclipse.

Uplink:?? 435.045 - 435.015 MHz CW, LSB
Downlink: 145.960 - 145.990 MHz CW, USB
Beacon:?? 145.940 MHz 1l2 BPSK

With their slightly different orbital characteristics it is useful that
AO73 is now the early bird, EO88 comes over in the mid morning and UKube
provides coverage in the afternoon.

We have been suffering from some network issues in relation to upload-
ing the telemetry from the Dashboards to the Data Warehouse over the
past couple of weeks. Apologies for this, but hopefully everything is
now stable again. ie fingers are still crossed. Thank you for all the
telemetry that you upload.

Like many other teams, we are presently waiting for the next Space-X
launch from Vandenberg which is expected to be carrying a number of new
amateur payloads, These will provide additional transponder and STEM
capabilities for the amateur satellite service. Exciting times ahead.

[ANS thanks Graham Shirville, G3VZV and AMSAT-UK for the above information]

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Satellite DX Opportunities

View the latest announcements posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/

Members of the Radio Club de Panama and the GREMPA (an emergency group)
will activate the scout station 3E1JT from Panama between now and October
31. They will also participate during the Jamboree On The Air [JOTA] Oct-
ober 19-21. Activity will be on all bands using SSB including CW and the
Satellites. QSL via HP1ALX.

VY0ERC will once again be active from the Eureka Weather station and the
Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the most northerly located amateur
radio club in the world] from Eureka, Nunavut, between October 17 and
November 10. A list of the operating team was not provided. The suggested
bands are 40 and 20 meters, as well as FM satellites (from ER60, EQ79)
using SSB, the Digital modes and very slow CW. Activity will be limited
to his spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct.

[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1384 for the above information]

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

View the latest satellite operating announcements posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/

+ Kure Beach, NC (FM13) ? October 13-19, 2018 (Originally 9/22-28.
 ? Rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence). Wayne, NM3B, will be oper-
 ? ating holiday style from Kure Beach, NC, October 13-19. Send QSL
 ? for confirmation.

+ Viva Las Vegas (DM26) and Bryce Canyon Nat?l Park ? October 14-19
 ? and October 19-22, 2018. RJ, WY7AA and Paula will be in Las Vegas
 ? DM26, October 14?19, with possible trips to DM25 and DM27 if time
 ? allows. Next, they will be in Bryce Canyon October 19?22, with a
 ? possible side trip to DM47/48 gridline. In addition, they will be
 ? passing through the corner of DM39 on the way there and back. Hope-
 ? fully, there will be a good satellite pass at those times. Keep an
 ? eye on RJ?s Twitter feed (@WY7AA) and QRZ page for updates.

+ Huntsville to Switzerland, via Long Island (EM64, EM65, EM66, FN30,
 ? JN36, JN47) ? November 1 ? December 7, 2018 Brennan, N4QX, fall
 ? AMSAT roving plans:
 ? *?? EM64, EM65, and EM66 November 1-3
 ? *?? FN30 November 16-17
 ? *?? JN36 as HB9/N4QX & from 4U1ITU November 28?December 7 as
 ????? work permits
 ? *?? JN47 as HB9/N4QX & HB0/N4QX December 1-2
 ? For now, FM only. Watch Twitter for pass announcements.
 ? https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice.? QSLs *exclusively* via Logbook
 ? of the World.

+ Bermuda (DXCC NA-005) ? November 12-14, 2018
 ? Tom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-005
 ? vacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few
 ? transponder birds). Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from
 ? the beach. Tom is looking for a 2m ssb tropo path to some US super
 ? station(s). If interested, contact him directly.

+ Key West, FL (EL94) ? November 27 ? December 1, 2018
 ? Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from Novem-
 ? ber 27 to December 1, 2018. While there, he will work as many FM
 ? passes as he can (holiday style). Keep an eye on his Twitter feed
 ? for pass announcements, https://twitter.com/twjones85

+ Barring unforeseen circumstances, Glenn, AA5PK plans to travel to
 ? south Texas 11-15 November to activate grids EL06, 07, 08, 15, 16,
 ? 17 and 18. He will be on both FM and linear satellites and will
 ? post which on Twitter @AA5PK and also beacon his position on APRS
 ? as AA5PK-9. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW upon his return home.
 ? Hard copy QSLs available by email request. No SASE needed.
 ? (Glenn, AA5PK via amsat-bb)

Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK will be part of a day of satellite oper-
ating from a deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in
southern California, on Saturday 15 December 2018.

Operations will be portable, almost like a Field Day, and should
include FM, SSB, and possibly packet. All operations from the Queen
Mary will be as W6RO, the call sign for the wireless room on the
ship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach.

Depending on staffing in the W6RO wireless room, there may also
be HF activity during the satellite operation.

Satellite QSOs from W6RO will be done in the normal manner, with
an exchange of call signs and grid locators. W6RO is located in
grid DM03.

[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL and Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK
 ?for the above information]

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HamSCI Expanding to the Southern Hemisphere

The South African Radio League (SARL) and AMSAT-SA are taking the
ham radio/citizen scientist concept to the Southern Hemisphere.

The new organization will be known as Amateur Radio Science Citizen
Investigation, or HamSCI SA, and will be based on the successful
HamSCI now operating in the US and the UK.

The HamSCI concept was developed by American scientist-radio amateurs
who study the upper atmosphere and space physics. According to a recent
EE publishers article by Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, HamSCI SA
will be a platform for publicizing and promoting projects that advance
scientific research and understanding through Amateur Radio activities,
encourage the development of new technologies to support such research,
and providing educational opportunities for the amateur community and
the general public, with a focus on youth.

[ANS thanks AMSAT SA and the Vk1wia-news Text Edition October 5]

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NASA and ESA 2018 Student STEM First Lego League Competition

FIRST LEGO League competition, a global STEM program with an annual
theme that inspires and challenges young engineers and scientists.
STEM activities are grouped by grades: K-4, 4-8, 7-12, 9-12.
See: https://www.firstinspires.org/

In Europe, ESA has teamed up with LEGO Education to provide inspira-
tion, examples and expertise to the teams of children aged 6 to 16 who
are competing for a place in the World Finals in Houston and Detroit,
USA. ESA teachers and students can access their information at:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-287-ESA-FirstLegoLeague

In the USA, NASA supports unique STEM learning opportunities for students
and teachers to contribute to our work as we continue our legacy through
an unprecedented array of missions - from building the capability to send
humans back to the Moon and beyond, developing cutting-edge technologies,
and studying the Earth's systems. STEM engagement entails all of NASA's
efforts to attract, engage and educate students and support educators and
institutions. Access the NASA pages at:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-287-NASA-FirstLegoLeague

[ANS thanks First Inspires, NASA, and ESA for the above STEM information]

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Satellite Shorts From All Over

+ Dr. T.S. Kelso? says that his Celestrak website has been updated to
 ? include a TLE list of all active satellites. The Keplerian elements
 ? will update automatically with other TLEs, with link on Current Data
 ? page which will let you access all active satellites with a single
 ? download:? https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/
 ? Users who find objects in the Active Satellites list that you know
 ? aren?t active or ones that you know should be, please let Dr. Kelso
 ? know at ts.kelso at celestrak.com. For a definition of ?active,? see
 ? https://celestrak.com/satcat/status.php (@TSKelso via Twitter)

+ Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN, control operator of PSAT NO-84, reports that
 ? he was able to reenable the 145.825 MHz APRS digipeater on October 9.
 ? He reported that the battery voltage remained stable. See:
 ? http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=90254

+ DK3WN's Satellite Blog also publishes an active satellite list
 ? with links to Mike's decoder software at:
 ? http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?page_id=29535

+ A satellite activation from Svalbard Island may be workable early
 ? this week. Halvard, LA7XK is on Svalbard Island with a contest
 ? station, but will also be working the satellites using the call
 ? JW7XK and possibly JW9DL. He had been active around October 10
 ? and planned to resume satellite activity on Sunday-Monday October
 ? 14-15 after concluding his contest operation. He will return home
 ? on Monday. Halvard will have email access in Svalbard:
 ? hal-erik at online.no? (via VA3NNA)

+ Mission 64 of the Sally Ride EarthKAM @ Space Camp is open for
 ? registration. EarthKAM's 64th week-long mission, and the final
 ? opportunity to participate in 2018, is quickly approaching!
 ? Mission 64 runs October 23 through October 26. Mission sign up
 ? is available and code words and orbits will be published by 5 PM
 ? EST Thursday, October 18. Educators can sign up and get their
 ? class involved up to the day of the orbit. Requested images should
 ? be available within 24 hours of the orbit. If you are looking for
 ? a project to do with the images, look at our activities page for
 ? some great ideas that incorporate the images. This will be your
 ? last opportunity to take part in an active payload on the Inter-
 ? national Space Station until Spring of 2019.

+ Detailed Doppler measurements show that STARS-Me Mother is
 ? object 43640 (1998-067PQ). STARS-Me Daughter has not yet separated
 ? from STARS-Me Mother and is not yet transmitting. Unfortunately
 ? RSP 00 is not transmitting any downlink signals on 145.890 MHz
 ? (FM voice digitalker, CW, 1k2 AFSK). (Nico, PA0DLO)

+ Tanusha-3 - NORAD CAT ID 43597 has been added to the AMSAT Keplerian
 ? elements distribution: https://www.amsat.org/tle/current/nasa.all
 ? N8HM reports that Tanusha-3 has been active when in sunlight. Paul
 ? heard it loud and clear on a 10.1 degree pass from north of Washing-
 ? ton DC on 10-6-2018. Tanusha-3 transmits on 437.050 MHz FM with greet-
 ? ings from students in several languages, including Russian, English,
 ? Spanish and Chinese.

+ Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has made available a table of all amateur
 ? radio satellites in Word and Spreadsheet formats:
 ? http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm
 ? (via JE9PEL)

+ AMSAT-UK is pleased to announce that there will be a demonstration
 ? ground station at the Space Colloquium October 12-14. They will be
 ? using the equipment provided to schools for ARISS contacts in the UK.
 ? The callsign will be GB0AUK and will be operational, as time permits.
 ? AMSAT-UK will be streaming a ?Beginners Session? on Sunday morning
 ? at 9:30 BST. The webstream of the Colloquium talks will be available
 ? at https://batc.org.uk/live/ (Dave, G4DPZ)

+ Pete, G0ABI reported a transatlantic contact with Don, KB2YSI, and
 ? Francis, W2GIO on October 5 via AO-91. Don said on twitter it sounded
 ? like simplex. AO-91 and to a lesser degree AO-92 have some great
 ? later afternoon passes (UK time) for the USA and Canada (east coast)
 ? and most of the time there is no one on them. Quite often there are
 ? Europeans calling for the ?DX?. So please be a ?DX? station for us,
 ? work FM transatlantic we would love to hear you. (Pete, G0ABI)

[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]

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/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 and Remember to behave and to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org



From wmc_jx at 163.com  Sun Oct 14 08:58:05 2018
From: wmc_jx at 163.com (=?GBK?B?zqTD97So?=)
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:58:05 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan
Message-ID: <1c74305e.7277.16671cbfcd5.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>

Hi OMs,


The following tests of DSLWP-B UHF are planned:


15 Oct 2018 08:50 to 15 Oct 2018 10:50
16 Oct 2018 16:00 to 16 Oct 2018 18:00
17 Oct 2018 16:00 to 17 Oct 2018 18:00
18 Oct 2018 16:30 to 18 Oct 2018 18:30
19 Oct 2018 16:50 to 19 Oct 2018 18:50
20 Oct 2018 17:10 to 20 Oct 2018 19:10
21 Oct 2018 13:30 to 21 Oct 2018 15:30


All time in UTC. GMSK telemetry and JT4G beacon on 435.4. GMSK telemetry/image and JT4G repeater on 436.4.


SSDV album: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/pics-b.html   

Online JT4G telemetry forwarder: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g_forwarder.html
JT4G telemetry display: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g.html   
GMSK telemetry: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/telemetry-b.html 



VY TNX & 73!


Wei BG2BHC



--

WEI Mingchuan


Research Center of Satellite Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
mobile: +86-189-4501-5242
e-mail: wmc_jx at 163.com; bg2bhc at gmail.com




 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

From zerosignal at icloud.com  Sun Oct 14 06:13:03 2018
From: zerosignal at icloud.com (Endaf Buckley)
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 06:13:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 2018-10-14 05:34 UTC
Message-ID: <10425cd5-1a36-4693-989d-c4d6c9361672@me.com>

The pass was literally wiped out by what I think was an "intentional" mic key which included feedback, my suspicion someone was physically holding the microphone. I did manage to pull out N6RSX & KB6LTY. A link to my recording is below.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1efUhOTs_1xq2jl9eeude6uBK0_OVAuby

Endaf
N6UTC / MW1BQO



From n8hm at arrl.net  Sun Oct 14 22:49:04 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:49:04 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] W3ZM from the ARISS-USA Education Summit
Message-ID: <CABzOSOp7NjQy6FYmXLtKJzdm7yHFquYFwqf-JwzPm=8rMZVfAA@mail.gmail.com>

Good evening,

I will be demonstrating satellite operation at the ARISS-USA Education
Summit in College Park, MD tomorrow afternoon on the CAS-4B pass at
20:14 UTC. I will be using the AMSAT club callsign, W3ZM. If you're
around and in the footprint, please give us a call!

I may also pop up on a pass or two other than that, but that will be
the primary demo pass for the group.

73,

Paul, N8HM

From n8hm at arrl.net  Sun Oct 14 22:49:43 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:49:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] W3ZM from the ARISS-USA Education Summit
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOp7NjQy6FYmXLtKJzdm7yHFquYFwqf-JwzPm=8rMZVfAA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOp7NjQy6FYmXLtKJzdm7yHFquYFwqf-JwzPm=8rMZVfAA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOoDi8YHi8aP7RXCEU_fX1uXkQ+aZwRJidisgyAFi2tPPQ@mail.gmail.com>

To clarify, that's 20:14 UTC on Monday, October 15th.

73,

Paul. N8HM
On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 6:49 PM Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> Good evening,
>
> I will be demonstrating satellite operation at the ARISS-USA Education
> Summit in College Park, MD tomorrow afternoon on the CAS-4B pass at
> 20:14 UTC. I will be using the AMSAT club callsign, W3ZM. If you're
> around and in the footprint, please give us a call!
>
> I may also pop up on a pass or two other than that, but that will be
> the primary demo pass for the group.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM

From normanlizeth at gmail.com  Mon Oct 15 02:12:11 2018
From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf)
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 22:12:11 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] CP antenna build: unexpected discovery
Message-ID: <CAJUhCTP2cqEO4dPf4oZ_5DEJV5QDSjby75ai15+eFsJU3eq7TQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all!

Built a 2x10 CP UHF antenna. Started with an Arrow 437X14. Two 7
element antennas on the same boom.

Added three sets of elements. Have been using this as a linear antenna
in my satellite rig. It's been performing reliably for three years,
including all DX trips

This is one of those projects that took a lot of learning, mostly how
to use the analyzer and become good at SMA connectors.

Pic of the antenna here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/44365875084/in/dateposted/

The next three photos are of the scans made at the end of the project,
verifying CP, +/- 90 degrees. Note that the offset from the adapters
has to be figured in. 18.3 degrees.

Using three 9V rechargables in series to make the +V to drive the
relays. RG-142b/u and SMA male connectors both from ebay.

Got out to play with it a few days ago. The CP rig doesn't appear to
add much to the received signal where there is no obstruction. It does
make a noticeable difference toward the horizon where trees come into
play.

While measuring parts, I found that the little 26VDC SMA relays
measured out NC and NO to 231 and 231.8 deg respectively. The actual
path: 4.5cm. HUH?

Managed to damage one of the relays. Bypassed the center pin crushing
the female contact in the relay. So I took it apart. Nothing inside to
justify an unusual measurement.

Pics here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/44604433654/in/dateposted/

The SMA jumper that was made using 90's and adapters to connect NC->NC
measured out to 281.3 degrees. Path measurement: 9.5cm. Another
surprise.

Doing the math, the relays appear to have a velocity factor of .1(back
of the envelope math). Is this for real? A surprise considering that
I've never seen anything with that low of a parameter.

Catch you on the birds

Norm n3ykf

From 9w2qc at 9w2qc.net  Mon Oct 15 02:38:02 2018
From: 9w2qc at 9w2qc.net (Sion Chow Q. C. (9M2CQC))
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:38:02 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] M2 70cm Cross Yagis on LHCP
Message-ID: <D4FC7EBC-E69F-48AD-A201-2405504EAFE3@9w2qc.net>

Dear All,

We are trying to setup determine how to setup the M2 436CP42UG & 436CP30 antennas for fixed LHCP polarity.  However the manual only provides instructions for RHCP.

Tried to Google this up but failed to find any information too.  Any pointers or advice will be greatly appreciate.

Thank you.

73, Sion, 9M2CQC 



From pavelmc at gmail.com  Thu Oct 11 15:17:01 2018
From: pavelmc at gmail.com (Pavel Milanes Costa)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:17:01 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] CAS-5A/6A
In-Reply-To: <0de5ff61-29d7-5cd8-6eef-e88500e43f26@xs4all.nl>
References: <CANTZqK=8_DKjhd5H1BVCv_vBEASf+6GXF2AMMifBo5uPfLakrw@mail.gmail.com>
	<17c3a2c8-f253-3629-2550-d7f2e580cd17@gmail.com>
	<0de5ff61-29d7-5cd8-6eef-e88500e43f26@xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <fb313bbb-1f85-e447-0109-b4ad1c1e2434@gmail.com>

Thanks Nico for the accurate info.


El 10/10/18 a las 04:51, Nico Janssen escribi?:
>
> CAS 5A, CAS 5B and CAS 6 have NOT been launched yet. They are planned
> to be launched soon but maybe not before December.
>
> Yesterday two Yaogan 32-01 Chinese spy satellites were launched from
> Jiuquan launch center at 02:43 UTC with a Long March 2 rocket into a
> 690 x 704 km orbit, 98.28 degrees inclination. Their object numbers are
> 43642 and 43643. The YZ 1S upper stage of the launch rocket is 43644.
>
> The confusion about a possible launch of CAS 5A and 5B is probably caused
> by the fact that they are planned to be launched from the same launch
> center and into a similar orbit. Note that CAS 6 will not be launched 
> on the
> same launch vehicle as CAS 5A and 5B, and it will be from a different
> launch site and into a different orbit.
>
> 73,
> Nico PA0DLO
>
> On 09-10-18 23:57, Pavel Milanes Costa wrote:
>> http://www.arrl.org/news/camsat-offers-more-details-on-new-satellites-one-carrying-hf-transponders 
>>
>>
>> Any info of activations is appreciated.
>>
>> 73 CO7WT.
>>
>>
>> El 09/10/18 a las 17:23, Pedro Converso escribi?:
>>> It seems new HF Chinese satellites are in orbit, wonder if active.
>>>
>>> http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=cas5a,cas5b,cas6a
>>>
>>> 73, LU7ABF, Pedro
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From burns at fisher.cc  Mon Oct 15 12:43:56 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 08:43:56 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] M2 70cm Cross Yagis on LHCP
In-Reply-To: <D4FC7EBC-E69F-48AD-A201-2405504EAFE3@9w2qc.net>
References: <D4FC7EBC-E69F-48AD-A201-2405504EAFE3@9w2qc.net>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxURhWMZJxnxBZWHn541LWLiCNtqXxgoqyDRzcZpJ20YPw@mail.gmail.com>

A friend of mine discovered that M2 actually has polarity reversers for
their CP 2m and 70cm antennas.  They are several hundred USD, but you might
look at the manual to get a hint at how they do it.  I'm guessing it might
be reversing which elements have the delay line, in fact it's probably a
different delay line since the horizontal and vertical elements are a bit
offset from each other.  Hope this helps.

http://www.m2inc.com/FGPS70CM



On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Sion Chow Q. C. (9M2CQC) <9w2qc at 9w2qc.net>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We are trying to setup determine how to setup the M2 436CP42UG & 436CP30
> antennas for fixed LHCP polarity.  However the manual only provides
> instructions for RHCP.
>
> Tried to Google this up but failed to find any information too.  Any
> pointers or advice will be greatly appreciate.
>
> Thank you.
>
> 73, Sion, 9M2CQC
>
>
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From stephennipper at gmail.com  Mon Oct 15 15:09:17 2018
From: stephennipper at gmail.com (H. Stephen Nipper)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:09:17 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] M2 70cm Cross Yagis on LHCP
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxURhWMZJxnxBZWHn541LWLiCNtqXxgoqyDRzcZpJ20YPw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <D4FC7EBC-E69F-48AD-A201-2405504EAFE3@9w2qc.net>
	<CABX7KxURhWMZJxnxBZWHn541LWLiCNtqXxgoqyDRzcZpJ20YPw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPf7+3oF835S2QvZTbW+uu4YKAg3if1PQg59zrNA3FVj6BSA7Q@mail.gmail.com>

EMAIL M2, I have found that they are happy to answer questions.

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 6:45 AM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> A friend of mine discovered that M2 actually has polarity reversers for
> their CP 2m and 70cm antennas.  They are several hundred USD, but you might
> look at the manual to get a hint at how they do it.  I'm guessing it might
> be reversing which elements have the delay line, in fact it's probably a
> different delay line since the horizontal and vertical elements are a bit
> offset from each other.  Hope this helps.
>
> http://www.m2inc.com/FGPS70CM
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Sion Chow Q. C. (9M2CQC) <
> 9w2qc at 9w2qc.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > We are trying to setup determine how to setup the M2 436CP42UG & 436CP30
> > antennas for fixed LHCP polarity.  However the manual only provides
> > instructions for RHCP.
> >
> > Tried to Google this up but failed to find any information too.  Any
> > pointers or advice will be greatly appreciate.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > 73, Sion, 9M2CQC
> >
> >
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From jerry.tuyls at telenet.be  Mon Oct 15 17:00:38 2018
From: jerry.tuyls at telenet.be (jerry.tuyls at telenet.be)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:00:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] M2 70cm Cross Yagis on LHCP
In-Reply-To: <D4FC7EBC-E69F-48AD-A201-2405504EAFE3@9w2qc.net>
References: <D4FC7EBC-E69F-48AD-A201-2405504EAFE3@9w2qc.net>
Message-ID: <928570658.159641738.1539622838369.JavaMail.zimbra@telenet.be>

Hello Sion

it is easier then you think, i made it also with a relay as M? does, i use a Tohtsu 120 coax relay on 1 off the 2 directors. Just switching the CENTER conductor at 1 director changes the polarisation;
without a relay, just turn 1 dipole opposite so the center conductor is on the other side of the boom,this gives the other polarisation;
you can buy a switch from M?, but very pricy for +-1m alu element, 1 relay in a alu box 
i made myself that switches, and works FB; i also made a 4pol switch for 2m and 70cm with 4 cx-120 types per box, but on 70cm i gonna change them into 4 SMA relays i found on a hamfest, they have less loss.

best 73's

Jerry

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Sion" <9w2qc at 9w2qc.net>
Aan: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Verzonden: Maandag 15 oktober 2018 04:38:02
Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] M2 70cm Cross Yagis on LHCP

Dear All,

We are trying to setup determine how to setup the M2 436CP42UG & 436CP30 antennas for fixed LHCP polarity.  However the manual only provides instructions for RHCP.

Tried to Google this up but failed to find any information too.  Any pointers or advice will be greatly appreciate.

Thank you.

73, Sion, 9M2CQC 


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From vimone at alice.it  Mon Oct 15 20:37:05 2018
From: vimone at alice.it (Vincenzo Mone)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:37:05 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat images
Message-ID: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAALgqrd2N1rRAiaQvRd7pgRDCgAAAEAAAAL4cuMf0Gt9At6/G78ceGEQBAAAAAA==@alice.it>

Hello,

would like to know what t i need and the procedure to receive

the images of the Lilacsat birds.

Anybody can help me please?

 

 

73 de Enzo IK8OZV
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EasyLog PDA BetaTester
WinBollet BetaTester
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From vimone at alice.it  Mon Oct 15 20:38:46 2018
From: vimone at alice.it (vimone at alice.it)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:38:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat images
Message-ID: <25754619.84571539635926586.JavaMail.root@feu23-alice>

Hello,
would like to know what t i need and the procedure to receive
the images of the Lilacsat birds.
Anybody can help me please?


73 de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
EasyLog PDA BetaTester
WinBollet BetaTester
D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
Skype: ik8ozv8520




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From vimone at alice.it  Mon Oct 15 20:45:39 2018
From: vimone at alice.it (vimone at alice.it)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:45:39 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity?
Message-ID: <23333383.84581539636339059.JavaMail.root@feu23-alice>

Hello,
please anybody can suggest me an
array antenna for 1200MhZ for satellites and EME Activity?
Thanks


73 de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
EasyLog PDA BetaTester
WinBollet BetaTester
D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
Skype: ik8ozv8520




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From daniel at destevez.net  Mon Oct 15 21:14:59 2018
From: daniel at destevez.net (=?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_Est=c3=a9vez?=)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:14:59 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat images
In-Reply-To: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAALgqrd2N1rRAiaQvRd7pgRDCgAAAEAAAAL4cuMf0Gt9At6/G78ceGEQBAAAAAA==@alice.it>
References: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAALgqrd2N1rRAiaQvRd7pgRDCgAAAEAAAAL4cuMf0Gt9At6/G78ceGEQBAAAAAA==@alice.it>
Message-ID: <1b678773-30f9-aeec-3927-6dfd75744a03@destevez.net>

El 15/10/18 a las 22:37, Vincenzo Mone escribi?:
> Hello,
> 
> would like to know what t i need and the procedure to receive
> 
> the images of the Lilacsat birds.
> 
> Anybody can help me please?

Hi Enzo,

Of both LilacSat's, only LilacSat-1 has a camera that can be commanded
remotely by Amateurs.

You can use gr-satellites or gr-lilacsat to decode the downlink and
receive the images. See these posts:

https://destevez.net/2018/09/playing-with-lilacsat-1/
https://destevez.net/2017/01/open-telecommand-for-by70-1/

(Note that the camera system of LilacSat-1 is the same as the one in the
now deorbited BY70-1, so everything in the second post applies to
LilacSat-1 as well).

73,

Dani.

From johnv at frontier.com  Tue Oct 16 04:58:46 2018
From: johnv at frontier.com (johnv at frontier.com)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 04:58:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO91 at 2020 10/15
References: <82484731.11192276.1539665926828.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <82484731.11192276.1539665926828@mail.yahoo.com>

The afternoon around 2030 utc in the west coast I worked a gentleman, I thought was VE6DTX and he gave me a grid at DO81 but there is nothing on QRZ.com.??? My callbook with N3FJP gave me FN04.????? Though both are new for me, I'd like any confirmation that I worked and copied his call correctly
Thank you
John N7AMECN87/88 (today)

From jean.marc.momple at gmail.com  Tue Oct 16 12:46:47 2018
From: jean.marc.momple at gmail.com (Jean Marc Momple)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:46:47 +0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] M2 70cm Cross Yagis on LHCP
In-Reply-To: <928570658.159641738.1539622838369.JavaMail.zimbra@telenet.be>
References: <D4FC7EBC-E69F-48AD-A201-2405504EAFE3@9w2qc.net>
	<928570658.159641738.1539622838369.JavaMail.zimbra@telenet.be>
Message-ID: <3E5D296E-909F-4790-9720-BA2B3C9759FC@gmail.com>

Jerry,

Definitely they switch one of the driver element per the WEB site explanation as you explained.

However, I am curious to know how you do so with one Tohtsu 120 coax relay which is a one pole 2 way switch as both the outer screen and the inner connector of the coax has to be switched.

Could you please share, if possible post a sketch on the WEB?


73


Jean Marc (3B8DU) 



> On Oct 15, 2018, at 9:00 PM, jerry.tuyls at telenet.be wrote:
> 
> Hello Sion
> 
> it is easier then you think, i made it also with a relay as M? does, i use a Tohtsu 120 coax relay on 1 off the 2 directors. Just switching the CENTER conductor at 1 director changes the polarisation;
> without a relay, just turn 1 dipole opposite so the center conductor is on the other side of the boom,this gives the other polarisation;
> you can buy a switch from M?, but very pricy for +-1m alu element, 1 relay in a alu box 
> i made myself that switches, and works FB; i also made a 4pol switch for 2m and 70cm with 4 cx-120 types per box, but on 70cm i gonna change them into 4 SMA relays i found on a hamfest, they have less loss.
> 
> best 73's
> 
> Jerry
> 
> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: "Sion" <9w2qc at 9w2qc.net>
> Aan: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Verzonden: Maandag 15 oktober 2018 04:38:02
> Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] M2 70cm Cross Yagis on LHCP
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> We are trying to setup determine how to setup the M2 436CP42UG & 436CP30 antennas for fixed LHCP polarity.  However the manual only provides instructions for RHCP.
> 
> Tried to Google this up but failed to find any information too.  Any pointers or advice will be greatly appreciate.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 73, Sion, 9M2CQC 
> 
> 
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From kd7yz at ARRL.NET  Tue Oct 16 09:23:35 2018
From: kd7yz at ARRL.NET (Bob KD7YZ)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:23:35 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and Green Heron rotor controller
Message-ID: <4b245b4e-9e7f-a055-5dba-aa19adc3cd72@denstarfarm.us>

Hi All

I seem unable to make the GH-Tracker software of the Green Heron rotor
controller get mated up with my SatPC32 in DDE mode for Rotor.

The actual rotator is Alpha-Spid

Anyone offer any guidance?


-- 
73,
Bob KD7YZ


From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us  Tue Oct 16 02:34:50 2018
From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:34:50 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and Green Heron rotor controller
Message-ID: <0c3cd092-93a6-abdc-91cb-f1bc8c469e46@denstarfarm.us>

Hi All

I seem unable to make the GH-Tracker software of the Green Heron rotor
controller get mated up with my SatPC32 in DDE mode for Rotor.

The actual rotator is Alpha-Spid

Anyone offer any guidance?


-- 
73,
Bob KD7YZ


From p.leicht at inntalmail.de  Tue Oct 16 05:35:44 2018
From: p.leicht at inntalmail.de (=?utf-8?Q?Patrick_Leicht?=)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:35:44 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity?
Message-ID: <kcis.433A0C0A22194DECAEE3ECE76DE713E6@ucs-1956.inntalmail.intranet>

Hello Enzo,



I'll try this week a homemade 24 element yagi (DL6WU design). I think this antenna is only for sats an for EME to small with my 10W from the TS-2000X.





73 de Patrick? (DL3MLP)




-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: vimone at alice.it?<vimone at alice.it>
Gesendet: Montag 15 Oktober 2018 22:49
An: amsat-bb at Amsat.org
Betreff: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity?


Hello,
please anybody can suggest me an
array antenna for 1200MhZ for satellites and EME Activity?
Thanks


73 de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
EasyLog PDA BetaTester
WinBollet BetaTester
D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
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From g4saq at amsat.org  Tue Oct 16 20:34:14 2018
From: g4saq at amsat.org (g4saq at amsat.org)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:34:14 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and IC-9100 - CTCSS problem
Message-ID: <002101d4658f$9afbf800$d0f3e800$@amsat.org>

I wonder if anyone can help with this please?  

 

I am using SatPC32 v12.8d on a Windows 10 computer with my Icom IC-9100
connected via USB.  The Doppler tracking works fine, so the basic CI-V link
is obviously ok.

 

My problem is that the radio does not set the desired CTCSS  tone, as
specified in the file SubTone.SQF     A letter 'T' appears on the radio when
I select T1 or T2 in SatPC32. It disappears again when I select T0.
However, the tone is not set correctly.

 

As an example with SO50.  The SubTone.SQF file contains two entries, one for
a 67.0hz tone (T1) and the other for a 74.4Hz tone (T2).  The radio will
respond to T1 and set 67.0Hz but will not change tone when I select T2.

 

With single tone satellites, the tone will not change from what was set
before SatPC32 was started  (i.e. if I had been accessing a terrestrial
repeater earlier)

 

I have not changed the SubTone.SQF parameters since installing SatPC32
v12.8d

 

Many thanks.


From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Tue Oct 16 21:06:36 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:06:36 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity?
In-Reply-To: <kcis.433A0C0A22194DECAEE3ECE76DE713E6@ucs-1956.inntalmail.intranet>
References: <kcis.433A0C0A22194DECAEE3ECE76DE713E6@ucs-1956.inntalmail.intranet>
Message-ID: <2b8ac2a9-2eb9-9e9e-6194-07f016b76493@gmail.com>

For satellite use (not as likely for EME), I've had good results with a
simple helix antenna.  They are easy to build, and pretty tolerant of
slight inaccuracies in manufacture (much more so than a Yagi).  There
are a lot of designs and calculators for designs on the Web, but I can't
seem to find the one I used for mine.  Ed KL7UW, and Clare VE3NPC, were
great mentors in the process.  If I recall, the key dimensions are
making one turn of the helix one wavelength long, and the pitch between
turns spaced to get a 12.5 degree angle.

Of considerable help in construction, anything that's inside the helix
is pretty much irrelevant to its performance, so long as it doesn't
touch the helix windings.  I used a metal rod, then some zip ties to
support the winding every so often, one thick tie around the rod
extending out, then a small tie to attach the winding to the first tie. 
Some use plastic pegs into a wooden dowel.  Be creative and make
something up.

The reflector and feed point is a flat sheet of metal with an N
connector attached.  Angle the first 1/4 turn at a shallow angle for
impedance matching, and you're done.

Good luck!

Greg  KO6TH


Patrick Leicht wrote:
> Hello Enzo,
>
> I'll try this week a homemade 24 element yagi (DL6WU design). I think this antenna is only for sats an for EME to small with my 10W from the TS-2000X.
>
> 73 de Patrick  (DL3MLP)
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: vimone at alice.it <vimone at alice.it>
> Gesendet: Montag 15 Oktober 2018 22:49
> An: amsat-bb at Amsat.org
> Betreff: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity?
>
>
> Hello,
> please anybody can suggest me an
> array antenna for 1200MhZ for satellites and EME Activity?
> Thanks
>
>
> 73 de Enzo IK8OZV
> EasyLog 5 BetaTester
> EasyLog PDA BetaTester
> WinBollet BetaTester
> D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
> Skype: ik8ozv8520
>
>
>
>
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From scott23192 at gmail.com  Tue Oct 16 22:31:07 2018
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 18:31:07 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity?
In-Reply-To: <2b8ac2a9-2eb9-9e9e-6194-07f016b76493@gmail.com>
References: <kcis.433A0C0A22194DECAEE3ECE76DE713E6@ucs-1956.inntalmail.intranet>
	<2b8ac2a9-2eb9-9e9e-6194-07f016b76493@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJCSnObBAip6fVCr-AERLB6LOVCGY9aiMSo8Of9kRBZz-y1FSQ@mail.gmail.com>

Helicals are fun to build, both as RHCP directional antennas or LHCP for
use as a dish feed.

Here is the online calculator that I've always used:

http://jcoppens.com/ant/helix/calc.en.php

... and PVC pipe is very handy to build with since it can be cut, joined, &
drilled so easily.

-Scott,  K4KDR


=========================

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 5:08 PM Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> For satellite use (not as likely for EME), I've had good results with a
> simple helix antenna.  They are easy to build, and pretty tolerant of
> slight inaccuracies in manufacture (much more so than a Yagi).  There
> are a lot of designs and calculators for designs on the Web, but I can't
> seem to find the one I used for mine.  Ed KL7UW, and Clare VE3NPC, were
> great mentors in the process.  If I recall, the key dimensions are
> making one turn of the helix one wavelength long, and the pitch between
> turns spaced to get a 12.5 degree angle.
>
> Of considerable help in construction, anything that's inside the helix
> is pretty much irrelevant to its performance, so long as it doesn't
> touch the helix windings.  I used a metal rod, then some zip ties to
> support the winding every so often, one thick tie around the rod
> extending out, then a small tie to attach the winding to the first tie.
> Some use plastic pegs into a wooden dowel.  Be creative and make
> something up.
>
> The reflector and feed point is a flat sheet of metal with an N
> connector attached.  Angle the first 1/4 turn at a shallow angle for
> impedance matching, and you're done.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
> Patrick Leicht wrote:
> > Hello Enzo,
> >
> > I'll try this week a homemade 24 element yagi (DL6WU design). I think
> this antenna is only for sats an for EME to small with my 10W from the
> TS-2000X.
> >
> > 73 de Patrick  (DL3MLP)
> >
> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: vimone at alice.it <vimone at alice.it>
> > Gesendet: Montag 15 Oktober 2018 22:49
> > An: amsat-bb at Amsat.org
> > Betreff: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity?
> >
> > Hello,
> > please anybody can suggest me an
> > array antenna for 1200MhZ for satellites and EME Activity?
> > Thanks
> >
> > 73 de Enzo IK8OZV
> > EasyLog 5 BetaTester
> > EasyLog PDA BetaTester
> > WinBollet BetaTester
> > D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
> > Skype: ik8ozv8520
> >
> >       *********************************
> >       ******   GSM  +39 328 7110193  ******
> >       *****     SMS  +39 328 7110193    *****
> >       *********************************
>

From tjschuessler at verizon.net  Wed Oct 17 01:38:31 2018
From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (tjschuessler at verizon.net)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:38:31 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 for Jamboree on the air.
Message-ID: <00ac01d465ba$1d2121a0$576364e0$@verizon.net>

Hi Fox control team.

I know that the convention these days is to shift Fox 1D/AO-92 to L band
uplink in the early hours of UTC Sundays and then go back early UTC Monday.

This weekend, October 19-21,  is Jamboree on the Air, a marvelous
opportunity to showcase Amateur Radio in space to young scouts and adult
scouters.  JOTA is from Friday evening local time through Sunday local time.
Since a lot of us who may be running Amateur satellite stations for JOTA, do
not have L band uplink capabilities.  I am requesting on these behalf other
JOTA stations, that the control team consider forgoing the weekly switch to
L band to allow more people access to AO-92 passes on Saturday evening and
Sunday morning.

Thanks for your consideration

73

Tom, N5HYP


From aj9n at aol.com  Wed Oct 17 05:56:12 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 05:56:12 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-17 05:00
	UTC
References: <2027710134.11263052.1539755772266.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2027710134.11263052.1539755772266@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-17 05:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Kursk University, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev

Contact was successful: Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC (***)

?

Ganerben-Gymnasium Kuenzelsau + Georg-Wagner-Schule, Kuenzelsau, Germany, direct via DN6SP

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact was successful: Tue 2018-10-16 10:28:26 UTC 63 deg (***)

?

Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout, Belgium, direct via ON4NOK/P

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact was successful: Tue 2018-10-16 12:04:13 UTC 88 deg (***)

?

Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-10-18 16:25:57 UTC 29 deg

?

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-22 13:05:49 UTC 49 deg (***)

?

Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz ? Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany, direct via DN3HB and DN5ABG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-23 09:14:26 UTC 63 deg (***)

?

Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Ro?lau, Germany, direct via DL?TSD and DK?LG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 08:22:55 UTC 78 deg (***)

?

Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48:48 UTC 52 deg (***)

?

?

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

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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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-17 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 1266. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1212. (***)
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:
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 2018-10-10 23:00 UTC.


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From glasbrenner at mindspring.com  Wed Oct 17 12:18:51 2018
From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:18:51 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 for Jamboree on the air.
In-Reply-To: <00ac01d465ba$1d2121a0$576364e0$@verizon.net>
References: <00ac01d465ba$1d2121a0$576364e0$@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <00d401d46613$90ed9c90$b2c8d5b0$@mindspring.com>

Tom, 
In a private email response sent to you just prior to your email to the -bb,
I inquired whether you had SSB capabilities. I know many other JOTA stations
do get on the transponder satellites as well, and I think we can agree this
would be a better presentation of our part of the hobby. I'm not inclined to
alter the schedule when there are so many other satellites available, both
FM and SSB/CW, but only one L-band uplink available one day a week. Of
course AO-92 will still be available in U/v for the first half of JOTA.

73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of
tjschuessler at verizon.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 9:39 PM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 for Jamboree on the air.

Hi Fox control team.

I know that the convention these days is to shift Fox 1D/AO-92 to L band
uplink in the early hours of UTC Sundays and then go back early UTC Monday.

This weekend, October 19-21,  is Jamboree on the Air, a marvelous
opportunity to showcase Amateur Radio in space to young scouts and adult
scouters.  JOTA is from Friday evening local time through Sunday local time.
Since a lot of us who may be running Amateur satellite stations for JOTA, do
not have L band uplink capabilities.  I am requesting on these behalf other
JOTA stations, that the control team consider forgoing the weekly switch to
L band to allow more people access to AO-92 passes on Saturday evening and
Sunday morning.

Thanks for your consideration

73

Tom, N5HYP

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From bruninga at usna.edu  Wed Oct 17 15:47:02 2018
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:47:02 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
In-Reply-To: <1349015644.71312.YahooMailClassic@web132205.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
References: <1349015644.71312.YahooMailClassic@web132205.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <5325d7e8ede81405c7c464ef7df2bbc8@mail.gmail.com>

I see that EQUISAT was deployed.  And that initial signals were heard back
in July.
I cannot find anything posted since then.

Did anyone see its flashing LED's?

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of
Trevor .
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 10:34 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat

Students at the Ivy League Brown University are developing an amateur
radio satellite EQUiSat that will carry a Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem
to act as an Optical Beacon that should be visible to the unaided eye of
observers on Earth.

See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10635

73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAK-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/
----


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From joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com  Wed Oct 17 16:06:43 2018
From: joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com (JoAnne K9JKM)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:06:43 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
In-Reply-To: <5325d7e8ede81405c7c464ef7df2bbc8@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1349015644.71312.YahooMailClassic@web132205.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
	<5325d7e8ede81405c7c464ef7df2bbc8@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5bc75e11.1c69fb81.2fc6e.2394@mx.google.com>

Hi Bob,

There was a discussion about EquiSat on the QRZ.com satellite forum earlier
this summer.

Here is the link to the thread ... I bet the URL will be clobbered so I made
a short link for you too:

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/equisat-the-cubesat-you-can-see.616
368/#post-4743656

http://tinyurl.com/Forum-Equisat

--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Bruninga
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 10:47 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
> 
> I see that EQUISAT was deployed.  And that initial signals were heard back
> in July.
> I cannot find anything posted since then.
> 
> Did anyone see its flashing LED's?
> 
> Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of
> Trevor .
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 10:34 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
> 
> Students at the Ivy League Brown University are developing an amateur
> radio satellite EQUiSat that will carry a Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem
> to act as an Optical Beacon that should be visible to the unaided eye of
> observers on Earth.
> 
> See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10635
> 
> 73 Trevor M5AKA
> AMSAK-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/
> ----
> 
> 
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> expressed
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From pe0sat at vgnet.nl  Wed Oct 17 17:07:01 2018
From: pe0sat at vgnet.nl (PE0SAT | Amateur Radio)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:07:01 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
In-Reply-To: <5325d7e8ede81405c7c464ef7df2bbc8@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1349015644.71312.YahooMailClassic@web132205.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
	<5325d7e8ede81405c7c464ef7df2bbc8@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6df1a1ad839bf51192c8e0b11502931b@vgnet.nl>


On 17-10-2018 17:47, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> I see that EQUISAT was deployed.  And that initial signals were heard 
> back
> in July.
> I cannot find anything posted since then.
> 
> Did anyone see its flashing LED's?
> 
> Bob


Visit the following site

https://brownspace.org/equisat/

73 Jan PE0SAT

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With regards PE0SAT
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From bruninga at usna.edu  Wed Oct 17 17:41:27 2018
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:41:27 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
In-Reply-To: <6df1a1ad839bf51192c8e0b11502931b@vgnet.nl>
References: <1349015644.71312.YahooMailClassic@web132205.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
	<5325d7e8ede81405c7c464ef7df2bbc8@mail.gmail.com>
	<6df1a1ad839bf51192c8e0b11502931b@vgnet.nl>
Message-ID: <a81a65c5799ed2ddb95395d271946d33@mail.gmail.com>

There is nothing on that page that I can find that says anything about
operations or that answers the questions:

Is it transmitting a signal that can be heard since July?, and have they
turned on the LED's?, and has anyone seen them?

-----Original Message-----
From: PE0SAT | Amateur Radio <pe0sat at vgnet.nl>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat

>Visit the following site:  https://brownspace.org/equisat/
>73 Jan PE0SAT

On 17-10-2018 17:47, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>> I see that EQUISAT was deployed.  And that initial signals were heard
>> back in July.
>> I cannot find anything posted since then.
> >
>> Did anyone see its flashing LED's?
>>
>> Bob

From alan.b.johnston at gmail.com  Wed Oct 17 17:53:20 2018
From: alan.b.johnston at gmail.com (Alan Johnston)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:53:20 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
In-Reply-To: <a81a65c5799ed2ddb95395d271946d33@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1349015644.71312.YahooMailClassic@web132205.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
	<5325d7e8ede81405c7c464ef7df2bbc8@mail.gmail.com>
	<6df1a1ad839bf51192c8e0b11502931b@vgnet.nl>
	<a81a65c5799ed2ddb95395d271946d33@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <638672A6-DB83-4F1F-B0DA-462461C7CF0F@gmail.com>

Hi Bob,

On SatNOGs you can see plenty of good telemetry observations recently:
    https://network.satnogs.org/observations/?future=0&bad=0&unvetted=0&failed=0&norad=43552&observer=&station=&start-time=&end-time=

On the EQUiSat web page, it shows most recent telemetry from today:

     http://equisat.brownspace.org/data

The LEDs have flashed according to past telemetry but I don?t know who has seen them yet. 

73,
Alan
KU2Y

> On Oct 17, 2018, at 13:41, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
> 
> There is nothing on that page that I can find that says anything about
> operations or that answers the questions:
> 
> Is it transmitting a signal that can be heard since July?, and have they
> turned on the LED's?, and has anyone seen them?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PE0SAT | Amateur Radio <pe0sat at vgnet.nl>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
> 
>> Visit the following site:  https://brownspace.org/equisat/
>> 73 Jan PE0SAT
> 
> On 17-10-2018 17:47, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>>> I see that EQUISAT was deployed.  And that initial signals were heard
>>> back in July.
>>> I cannot find anything posted since then.
>>> 
>>> Did anyone see its flashing LED's?
>>> 
>>> Bob
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From andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk  Wed Oct 17 17:57:32 2018
From: andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk (andy thomas)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:57:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Microstrip 437 MHz antenna
References: <780790625.17644386.1539799052404.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <780790625.17644386.1539799052404@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi folks,
We are looking for for an antenna for 70 cm with no moving parts on a cubesat face. So I'm thinking of a microstrip patch antenna. 
Online calculations? requires  blocks greater than 10 * 10cm,? so I am thinking of a short microstrip stub to match to? a 10 x 7.5 cm patch on FR4 pcb double-sided with a groundplane underneath. 

Any thoughts and advice gratefully received! Callsign <at> amsat Dot org

73 de andy G0SFJ

From n4hf.philip at gmail.com  Thu Oct 18 02:45:05 2018
From: n4hf.philip at gmail.com (Philip Jenkins)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:45:05 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Status of AMSAT Ambassadors program?
Message-ID: <CAGdEbNaQtoW8fviuojU+QtE1228fvnCO0Rtcz12qWkWwg6tWww@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

I see info about the Ambassador's Program on the AMSAT website, but I've
been unable to find a listing of just *who* is an ambassador on the
site...am I missing something?

Is the program still open to potential "hambassadors"?

Thanks

Philip N4HF

From tasmac at w5pfg.us  Thu Oct 18 06:04:23 2018
From: tasmac at w5pfg.us (Clayton W5PFG)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:04:23 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Status of AMSAT Ambassadors program?
Message-ID: <20181018060427.260652168D2@lansing182.amsat.org>

Hi Philip,
For privacy reasons there is no public listing because we have not offered any choice to opt in or out of a listing. However, if someone approaches AMSAT with a specific request we will seek to find an Ambassador who can help them.?
The program is still in relative infancy after a brief reboot from the previous Area Coordinator program.?
73?Clayton?W5PFG?

From w5rkn at w5rkn.com  Thu Oct 18 17:00:37 2018
From: w5rkn at w5rkn.com (Ronald G. Parsons)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:00:37 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity?
Message-ID: <AFC92A57E4824977BAB65C8BDF149E37@Ron8300PC>

I just put together an M2 23cm antenna 23CM22EZA, 1250-1300 MHZ, 18 dBi 
gain. It is a new design with the elements in two metal stampings, 
eliminating all those locking washers on each element. It is rear mountable, 
either H or V polarization. Very simple to assemble.

Ron W5RKN



From zmetzing at pobox.com  Thu Oct 18 17:36:33 2018
From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:36:33 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan and Pictures from Lunar Orbit
In-Reply-To: <38887a12.5c0d.16666231dae.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>
References: <38887a12.5c0d.16666231dae.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>
Message-ID: <1db37af0-acd6-2584-be8f-a77e2077bea5@pobox.com>


Great article, found on another list, about the images captured:

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/imaging-the-earth-from-lunar-orbit.html

--- Zach
N0ZGO

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Thu Oct 18 19:11:23 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:11:23 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ "CopaFest 2018" near Maricopa AZ (27 October
	2018)
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUe8zKCYRPhWkOR_MTX67zKk-9qExJezphDFHRjZTUC+0w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I will have an AMSAT booth at the Maricopa Amateur Radio Association's
"CopaFest 2018" hamfest on Saturday, 27 October 2018, on the Ak-Chin Indian
Community reservation south of Maricopa, Arizona. The hamfest will be held
at the UltraStar MultiTainment Center at Ak-Chin Circle, next to the
Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino along Arizona route 347 on the reservation. This
will be a half-day event, running from 7am to 1pm (1400-2000 UTC). More
information about the hamfest is available at:

https://www.copafest.org/

Along with the AMSAT booth, look for demonstrations of satellite operating
from the hamfest. I will probably use my own WD9EWK call sign for the
demonstrations. If you hear WD9EWK on a pass, please feel free to call and
be part of the demonstrations. The hamfest is in grid DM33xa, in Arizona's
Pinal County.

I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post updates from the hamfest,
along with pictures. If you don't use Twitter, you can see these updates
in a web browser at:

http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

Any QSOs made with WD9EWK during the hamfest will be uploaded to Logbook
of the World after the hamfest. If you would like to receive a QSL card for
a QSO during a demonstration, please e-mail me after the hamfest with the
QSO details. If you are in my log, I'll be happy to mail a card your way.


73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

From aj9n at aol.com  Thu Oct 18 21:44:23 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:44:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-18 19:00
	UTC
References: <720926839.12387915.1539899063037.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <720926839.12387915.1539899063037@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-18 19:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact was successful: Thu 2018-10-18 16:25:57 UTC 29 deg (***)

?

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-22 13:05:49 UTC 49 deg

?

Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz ? Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany, direct via DN3HB and DN5ABG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-23 09:14:26 UTC 63 deg

?

Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Ro?lau, Germany, direct via DL?TSD and DK?LG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 08:22:55 UTC 78 deg

?

Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48:48 UTC 52 deg

?

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

******************************************************************************

ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.? ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send your reports to aj9n 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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-18 19:00 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 1267. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1213. (***)
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:
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 2018-10-18 19:00 UTC. (***)


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk  Fri Oct 19 12:43:21 2018
From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA)
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:43:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] JOTA-JOTI FUNcube Challenge + Colloquium Videos
References: <1898409546.19438822.1539953001188.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1898409546.19438822.1539953001188@mail.yahoo.com>

During JOTA-JOTI a special, coded, message will be transmitted from the FUNcube-1 (AO73) satellite. The message is coded using the Enigma cipher machine. The deciphering key and Enigma settings can be obtained by answering a set of questions 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/19/the-jota-joti-funcube-challenge/
Video of talk at AMSAT-UK Colloquium / RSGB Convention Milton Keynes
ARISS Report by Ciaran Morgan M0XTD and Eleanor Griffin M6NWZ given Saturday, Oct 13, 2018 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgwnmx-gxOE


 Trevor M5AKA----
AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/
Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK
Facebook?https://facebook.com/AmsatUK
YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK
----


From yono_adisoemarta at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 19 12:43:59 2018
From: yono_adisoemarta at yahoo.com (Suryono Adisoemarta)
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:43:59 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] IO-86 on JOTA
Message-ID: <B34BFD56-BA7D-4CB8-98C2-AA721203BA2A@yahoo.com>


Dear all,

IO-86 Satellite will be activated for JOTA this weekend.

In alignment with the objective of this satellite in emergency communication support in remote area, all JOTA stations are encouraged to be portable ops .

No mobile nor base station during JOTA on IO-86 please. Your cooperation is very much appreciated .

73 de Yono - YD0NXX 
AMSAT-ID

Sent from my mobile device

From atdengiz at gmail.com  Thu Oct 18 20:27:50 2018
From: atdengiz at gmail.com (A.Tahir DENGIZ)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:27:50 +0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need for spare parts for my rotator 's azimuth motor of
	YAESU 5500
Message-ID: <CAA0v4jYameLsGb9u37kwc3gb=gpiRLbpz9-0qHgkt3gToHurWQ@mail.gmail.com>

A.Tahir DENGIZ <atdengiz at gmail.com>
[image: Attachments]11:03 AM (12 hours ago)
to pa1ivo
Dear Friends, My G5500 azimuth rotor's needed repair ? checked it its start
capacitor is blown up I found it from local store and replaced it the motor
U 129-13 ?S Working now

also I need to change this motors plastic pinion gear but
I could not find the spare parts source for it
I searched the service manual and in service manual Page 13 Rotator Section
from picture it is part 21    in the next page from the table ; THis part's
description is : *pinion gear and   WXSTD P/N :is 8000379* I want to pay
and order this part if I know the source .
Please help me if you have an extra one or you know the source who sells
this part. I need the adress.

The picture of the part is enclosed below

Thanks in advance for your kind help

A.Tahir DENGIZ (TA2T)
e-mail : atdengiz at gmail.com
mobile : +905322224343
Adress: Karsiyaka mmah. 446. street No: 1-56 K?revleri sitesi 56
Golbasi ANKARA - TURKEY

From paulopv8dx at gmail.com  Fri Oct 19 13:03:53 2018
From: paulopv8dx at gmail.com (Paulo PV8DX)
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:03:53 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] JOTA-JOTI FUNcube Challenge + Colloquium Videos
In-Reply-To: <1898409546.19438822.1539953001188@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1898409546.19438822.1539953001188.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1898409546.19438822.1539953001188@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAPp65AeU7Wdk3RPebZv8vrf_E_tRTr_ybSSYwAM+5OswmJbhXQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Trevor

We will be with various Scout groups.
And we will try here from the north of Brazil - AO73

We also appreciate the important support from LAPAN.
We'll have more Sunday to use - Here Brazil in JOTA 2018
Thank accord

73  de Paulo PV8DX

Em sex, 19 de out de 2018 ?s 09:44, M5AKA via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
escreveu:

> During JOTA-JOTI a special, coded, message will be transmitted from the
> FUNcube-1 (AO73) satellite. The message is coded using the Enigma cipher
> machine. The deciphering key and Enigma settings can be obtained by
> answering a set of questions
> https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/19/the-jota-joti-funcube-challenge/
> Video of talk at AMSAT-UK Colloquium / RSGB Convention Milton Keynes
> ARISS Report by Ciaran Morgan M0XTD and Eleanor Griffin M6NWZ given
> Saturday, Oct 13, 2018
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgwnmx-gxOE
>
>
>  Trevor M5AKA----
> AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/
> Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK
> Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK
> YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK
> ----
>
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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> AMSAT-NA.
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>


-- 
*73 Paulo PV8DX*
LABRE/ARRL member
AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member
ITU 12 - GRID FJ92pt
VUCC SAT
www.labre-rr.org
pv8dx at labre-rr.org
pv8dx at arrl.net

From w9gb at icloud.com  Fri Oct 19 14:20:26 2018
From: w9gb at icloud.com (Gregory Beat)
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:20:26 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need spare parts for Yaesu G-5500 azimuth motor
Message-ID: <710FF8DA-F2B3-41F2-AF0D-43B3F38715E4@icloud.com>

The Yaesu antenna rotator product line was purchased from KenPro Electric (Japan) in 1990s.  Until the 2011 T?hoku earthquake and tsunami, these antenna rotators were manufactured in Japan.  There were shortages (see KB5WIA below), as Yaesu had to replace some OEM suppliers, and prices rose afterward.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T?hoku_earthquake_and_tsunami

While you could order replacement parts from Yaesu HQ (Japan), 
http://www.yaesu.com/jp/amateur_index/index.html
there are regional Yaesu centers that can order these parts for you 
IF the regional center does not have ?in stock?.

In Europe, Yaesu has a regional center in the United Kingdom (UK).
http://www.yaesu.co.uk/contact_us.php
Yaesu (UK) Ltd
Unit 12
Sun Valley Business Park
Winnall Close
Winchester
SO23 0LB
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1962 866667
For Service enquiries please email : service at yaesu.co.uk
This email page is for Yaesu Amateur and Airband products only.
?
You can use Alibaba or Google, 
BUT you MUST know the specifications of the Pinion Gear.
?
KHK Gears
https://khkgears.net/new/plastic_gears.html
Kohara Gear Industry Co.,Ltd. (Japan)
13-17 Nakacho Kawaguchi-shi Saitama-ken, 332-0022, Japan
TEL : +81 48 254 1744   FAX : +81 48 254 1765
How to Select KHK Gears
https://khkgears.net/new/how_to_select_gears.html
==
Rebuilding / Rewinding the Yaesu G-5500 azimuth motor (March 2012)
by KB5WIA
http://kb5wia.blogspot.com/2012/03/yaesu-g5500-rotator-motor-repair.html

Yaesu G-5500 Elevation rotator repair/restoration
by Ivo Klinkert, PA1IVO
https://ivok.home.xs4all.nl/pa1ivo/G-5500.html
==

73, greg
w9gb
==
>>Original Message
I need a replacement plastic pinion gear used in the motor.  I could not find a spare parts source for this gear.
The Yaesu G-5500 Service Manual on Page 13, Rotator Section picture indicates this heat is part 21, *pinion gear and WXSTD P/N :is 8000379*
-
I want to pay and order this part, if I know the source.
IF you have an extra one or you know a parts source for this part,
I need their contact address, e-mail, and telephone order.

A.Tahir DENGIZ (TA2T)
e-mail : atdengiz at gmail.com
Golbasi ANKARA - TURKEY
==

From kj9idave at charter.net  Fri Oct 19 15:36:27 2018
From: kj9idave at charter.net (David J. Schmocker)
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:36:27 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need spare parts for Yaesu G-5500 azimuth motor
In-Reply-To: <710FF8DA-F2B3-41F2-AF0D-43B3F38715E4@icloud.com>
References: <710FF8DA-F2B3-41F2-AF0D-43B3F38715E4@icloud.com>
Message-ID: <D7EF639D.97A2%kj9idave@charter.net>

Dear A.Tahir: 

Through a telephone call, I also learned this:

The USA Yaesu office has changed the old P/N 8000379 to new P/N S800947
(same part, new number) and
The USA Yaesu office has this part in stock (cost several US Dollars plus
shipping).   Perhaps the U.K. Office may also (have the part in stock)?

I hope this helps! 
Very 73,

Dave KJ9I


On 10/19/18, 9:20 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Gregory Beat via AMSAT-BB"
<amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

>The Yaesu antenna rotator product line was purchased from KenPro Electric
>(Japan) in 1990s.  Until the 2011 T?hoku earthquake and tsunami, these
>antenna rotators were manufactured in Japan.  There were shortages (see
>KB5WIA below), as Yaesu had to replace some OEM suppliers, and prices
>rose afterward.
>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T?hoku_earthquake_and_tsunami
>
>While you could order replacement parts from Yaesu HQ (Japan),
>http://www.yaesu.com/jp/amateur_index/index.html
>there are regional Yaesu centers that can order these parts for you
>IF the regional center does not have "in stock".
>
>In Europe, Yaesu has a regional center in the United Kingdom (UK).
>http://www.yaesu.co.uk/contact_us.php
>Yaesu (UK) Ltd
>Unit 12
>Sun Valley Business Park
>Winnall Close
>Winchester
>SO23 0LB
>United Kingdom
>+44 (0)1962 866667
>For Service enquiries please email : service at yaesu.co.uk
>This email page is for Yaesu Amateur and Airband products only.
>--
>You can use Alibaba or Google,
>BUT you MUST know the specifications of the Pinion Gear.
>--
>KHK Gears
>https://khkgears.net/new/plastic_gears.html
>Kohara Gear Industry Co.,Ltd. (Japan)
>13-17 Nakacho Kawaguchi-shi Saitama-ken, 332-0022, Japan
>TEL : +81 48 254 1744   FAX : +81 48 254 1765
>How to Select KHK Gears
>https://khkgears.net/new/how_to_select_gears.html
>==
>Rebuilding / Rewinding the Yaesu G-5500 azimuth motor (March 2012)
>by KB5WIA
>http://kb5wia.blogspot.com/2012/03/yaesu-g5500-rotator-motor-repair.html
>
>Yaesu G-5500 Elevation rotator repair/restoration
>by Ivo Klinkert, PA1IVO
>https://ivok.home.xs4all.nl/pa1ivo/G-5500.html
>==
>
>73, greg
>w9gb
>==
>>>Original Message
>I need a replacement plastic pinion gear used in the motor.  I could not
>find a spare parts source for this gear.
>The Yaesu G-5500 Service Manual on Page 13, Rotator Section picture
>indicates this heat is part 21, *pinion gear and WXSTD P/N :is 8000379*
>-
>I want to pay and order this part, if I know the source.
>IF you have an extra one or you know a parts source for this part,
>I need their contact address, e-mail, and telephone order.
>
>A.Tahir DENGIZ (TA2T)
>e-mail : atdengiz at gmail.com
>Golbasi ANKARA - TURKEY
>==
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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Fri Oct 19 23:58:30 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (David Jordan)
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 23:58:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release No. 18-12
Message-ID: <B1A70F5DE4D03D76.e889149e-7b68-43c1-9329-6f0fc0f936e4@mail.outlook.com>

ARISS News Release?? No. 18-12 


Dave Jordan, AA4KN 


ARISS PR 


aa4kn at amsat.org 


ARISS SSTV Joins with NASA On The Air for a Special Event 


Oct. 19, 2018: 


Amateur Radio OnThe International Space Station (ARISS) is planning a very special Slow Scan TV event currently scheduled to start October 27 about 10 am UTC. Helping to support the event will be NASA?s Space, Communication and Navigation (SCaN) Dept.? 


The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program manages NASA?s three most important communications networks. The Space Network (SN), Near Earth Network (NEN), and the Deep Space Network (DSN. 


Just as in past ARISS SSTV commemorations, 12 images will be downlinked, but this time with 6 featuring the SCaN educational activities while the other 6 images will commemorate? major NASA anniversaries, ie when NASA was established, astronauts first landing on the moon, etc. 


In addition to the fun of receiving these images, participants can qualify for a special endorsement for the NASA On The Air (NOTA) celebration event. To learn more about NOTA, visit? ( https://nasaontheair.wordpresscom). 


Once received, Images can be posted and viewed athttp://www. spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php .The transmissions are expected to be broadcast at the usual frequency of 145.800 MHz using the PD-120 SSTV mode. 




Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to change at any time. 




More information will follow soon, so please continue to check for news and the most current information on the? AMSAT.org and? ARISS.org websites, theAMSAT-BB at amsat.org, the ARISS facebook at Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) and ARISS twitter @ARISS_status. 


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 theInternational 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 public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see? www.ariss.org. 


Also join us on Facebook:? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) 


Follow us on Twitter:? ARISS_status 


Media Contact: 


Dave Jordan, AA4KN 


ARISS PR 




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From kk4yel at gmail.com  Sat Oct 20 04:06:17 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:06:17 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release No. 18-12
In-Reply-To: <B1A70F5DE4D03D76.e889149e-7b68-43c1-9329-6f0fc0f936e4@mail.outlook.com>
References: <B1A70F5DE4D03D76.e889149e-7b68-43c1-9329-6f0fc0f936e4@mail.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <B70DC999-B81A-44D0-BC23-1373DDB39226@gmail.com>

The link for NASA on the Air is missing the last period before the com.
The correct URL is 

https://nasaontheair.wordpress.com/



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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

> On Oct 19, 2018, at 19:58, David Jordan <n4csitwo at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> ARISS News Release   No. 18-12 
> 
> 
> Dave Jordan, AA4KN 
> 
> 
> ARISS PR 
> 
> 
> aa4kn at amsat.org 
> 
> 
> ARISS SSTV Joins with NASA On The Air for a Special Event 
> 
> 
> Oct. 19, 2018: 
> 
> 
> Amateur Radio OnThe International Space Station (ARISS) is planning a very special Slow Scan TV event currently scheduled to start October 27 about 10 am UTC. Helping to support the event will be NASA?s Space, Communication and Navigation (SCaN) Dept.  
> 
> 
> The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program manages NASA?s three most important communications networks. The Space Network (SN), Near Earth Network (NEN), and the Deep Space Network (DSN. 
> 
> 
> Just as in past ARISS SSTV commemorations, 12 images will be downlinked, but this time with 6 featuring the SCaN educational activities while the other 6 images will commemorate  major NASA anniversaries, ie when NASA was established, astronauts first landing on the moon, etc. 
> 
> 
> In addition to the fun of receiving these images, participants can qualify for a special endorsement for the NASA On The Air (NOTA) celebration event. To learn more about NOTA, visit  ( https://nasaontheair.wordpresscom). 
> 
> 
> Once received, Images can be posted and viewed athttp://www. spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php .The transmissions are expected to be broadcast at the usual frequency of 145.800 MHz using the PD-120 SSTV mode. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to change at any time. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> More information will follow soon, so please continue to check for news and the most current information on the  AMSAT.org and  ARISS.org websites, theAMSAT-BB at amsat.org, the ARISS facebook at Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) and ARISS twitter @ARISS_status. 
> 
> 
> 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 theInternational 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 public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see  www.ariss.org. 
> 
> 
> Also join us on Facebook:  Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) 
> 
> 
> Follow us on Twitter:  ARISS_status 
> 
> 
> Media Contact: 
> 
> 
> Dave Jordan, AA4KN 
> 
> 
> ARISS PR 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Get Outlook for Android
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sat Oct 20 15:38:14 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:38:14 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91 demo today 1714 UTC - 2018-10-20 from SparkCON
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMkC=s3jr2isthaE9g+utZOZWv=eKH5KBKr_pF==y6TEQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I will be doing a demo from downtown Raleigh, NC (FM05) today for SparkCON,
an annual "creativity festival." SparkCON has lots of sub groups for
various creativity pursuits like poetrySPARK and fashionSPARK. I will be
doing the demo for geekSPARK.

https://sparkcon.com

https://sparkcon.com/geekspark/

I decided to do this demo last minute so it is not on the schedule.

This AO-91 pass is a good pass because it goes N-S and is high elevation
(68 degrees) and I will be on Fayettville street which is also N-S and is
the main downtown road which is surrounded by tall buildings.

I have not tested the area for QRM though, so that may be an issue.

Anyway, if you hear me, give me a call!

73, John Brier KG4AKV

P.S. Serena Aunon-Chancellor is on the mic from NA1SS today and making
random contacts according to reports on Twitter from Patrick WD9EWK and
others. Good luck to all who call her!

From burns at fisher.cc  Sat Oct 20 18:12:46 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:12:46 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many things can go wrong at once?
Message-ID: <CABX7KxVckHcwWkxXMg=C=Gsd79sR4csTHz18m89osi38-uH2gQ@mail.gmail.com>

A couple days ago work G0ABI via AO-91 based on a sched we had made.
Suddenly the elevation in my rotor did not work!  So I moved it by hand,
called and called...I did not hear myself.  Later Peter sent me a
recording--he had heard me just fine so my Rx was screwed up

Today, I found the rotor problem (a cable).  I had hoped it would be the
same problem with the Rx (like a hungry mouse) but no, apparently not.  So
I tried 91 again today.  Wait, why is the downlink band so quiet?  First,
something had happened to my database in MacDoppler and it was all hosed.
It had the AO-91 as a V/u satellite and the wrong freq anyway.  Fixed that
in time.  Still very quiet on the band.  Took my HT to probe around a bit.
Some strong carrier on 145.965.  I went outside and suddenly heard a
voice.  Aha!  Someone using the satellite band! Oh, wait, that is AO-91
booming in on my HT with rubber ducky at about 5 degrees above the
horizon!  That was actually pretty cool!  (I was probably hearing contacts
with SparkFest!)

Still trying to find the source of the 145.965 (besides AO-91 of course).
It is clearly inside my house--I even know which breaker.  But so far not
the obvious things (power supply, network switch, computer, UPS, etc).
I'll keep looking.

But it just goes to show that when a bunch of things happen at once, it is
not ALWAYS due to the same root cause.

73,

Burns WB1FJ

From kb2mjeff at att.net  Sat Oct 20 19:37:00 2018
From: kb2mjeff at att.net (kb2mjeff at att.net)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 15:37:00 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue
Message-ID: <1EAB8AF9FA6943B5A75F2997031ABB51@kb2m4PC>

I?m back at my winter home in Florida and decided today, to work on my AlfaSpid rotor control box issue. I replaced two relays to fix the Elevation issue but in testing it before I replaced the other two relays I?m now having a problem with the azimuth that?s been working 100% until this point. When I turn on the rotor control the elevation now seems to work ok, but now the azimuth immediately goes into a clockwise rotation. No matter what I do to the controller, upon startup it starts turning CW, only way to stop is to power it down The azimuth was working fine this morning when a worked a couple of sat passes. Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone know where I can send this to have it fixed? I have no schematic, or even simple instructions on how to reset, etc.  

73 Jeff kb2m 

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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sat Oct 20 20:07:09 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 16:07:09 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] How many things can go wrong at once?
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxVckHcwWkxXMg=C=Gsd79sR4csTHz18m89osi38-uH2gQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABX7KxVckHcwWkxXMg=C=Gsd79sR4csTHz18m89osi38-uH2gQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMUi1R+wweb3EK7YgExxyC0h8sGBH=vb=BStesGScuWDQ@mail.gmail.com>

Good luck Burns!

I hate it when things that have worked for a long time stop working, though
that is life.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, 14:14 Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> A couple days ago work G0ABI via AO-91 based on a sched we had made.
> Suddenly the elevation in my rotor did not work!  So I moved it by hand,
> called and called...I did not hear myself.  Later Peter sent me a
> recording--he had heard me just fine so my Rx was screwed up
>
> Today, I found the rotor problem (a cable).  I had hoped it would be the
> same problem with the Rx (like a hungry mouse) but no, apparently not.  So
> I tried 91 again today.  Wait, why is the downlink band so quiet?  First,
> something had happened to my database in MacDoppler and it was all hosed.
> It had the AO-91 as a V/u satellite and the wrong freq anyway.  Fixed that
> in time.  Still very quiet on the band.  Took my HT to probe around a bit.
> Some strong carrier on 145.965.  I went outside and suddenly heard a
> voice.  Aha!  Someone using the satellite band! Oh, wait, that is AO-91
> booming in on my HT with rubber ducky at about 5 degrees above the
> horizon!  That was actually pretty cool!  (I was probably hearing contacts
> with SparkFest!)
>
> Still trying to find the source of the 145.965 (besides AO-91 of course).
> It is clearly inside my house--I even know which breaker.  But so far not
> the obvious things (power supply, network switch, computer, UPS, etc).
> I'll keep looking.
>
> But it just goes to show that when a bunch of things happen at once, it is
> not ALWAYS due to the same root cause.
>
> 73,
>
> Burns WB1FJ
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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From kb2mjeff at att.net  Sat Oct 20 22:37:19 2018
From: kb2mjeff at att.net (kb2mjeff at att.net)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 18:37:19 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue
In-Reply-To: <1EAB8AF9FA6943B5A75F2997031ABB51@kb2m4PC>
References: <1EAB8AF9FA6943B5A75F2997031ABB51@kb2m4PC>
Message-ID: <153AF74553C34483AA93DC12998DCE6C@kb2m4PC>

Here I go answering my own questions. I think I found part  of my problem. 
The buttons don't
line up in the case very well and caused the rotor to hung up turning in one 
direction. That was problem number two, I fixed problem number one the bad 
relay that started all of this.To fix this temporality  I have the board out 
of the case to test and what is now  happening is that I still can't turn 
CCW. All buttons work ok except for the CCW  button. I tried a reset 
thinking that I'm over some set location in the firmware that I cant go CCW, 
but the reset doesn't work. I replaced all 4 relays. With the rotor 
completely disconnected I can get a relay click for every rotational control 
button except CCW, it has to be a glitch in the firmware I can't clear, as I 
replaced all four relays.  And no I really don't want to spend the $900 for 
the green heron controller. Any other ideas?
Thanks for your help...

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message----- 
From: kb2mjeff at att.net
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 3:37 PM
To: Amsat
Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue

I?m back at my winter home in Florida and decided today, to work on my 
AlfaSpid rotor control box issue. I replaced two relays to fix the Elevation 
issue but in testing it before I replaced the other two relays I?m now 
having a problem with the azimuth that?s been working 100% until this point. 
When I turn on the rotor control the elevation now seems to work ok, but now 
the azimuth immediately goes into a clockwise rotation. No matter what I do 
to the controller, upon startup it starts turning CW, only way to stop is to 
power it down The azimuth was working fine this morning when a worked a 
couple of sat passes. Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone know where I can 
send this to have it fixed? I have no schematic, or even simple instructions 
on how to reset, etc.

73 Jeff kb2m



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From py5lf at falautomation.com.br  Sat Oct 20 23:35:22 2018
From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:35:22 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lapan IO86
Message-ID: <CAAy53m4Rk8S_axtUs8LFBctHseM0D8Vw7OX5uvPgKogNGbS8qA@mail.gmail.com>

Jamboree on the air , Lapan , IO86 .

https://youtu.be/iPh-D0h_cEI

73

From burns at fisher.cc  Sat Oct 20 23:57:12 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 19:57:12 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
Message-ID: <CABX7KxUKQF-0=sea0J+Lg58Znt5KR21iPJfWARWmOdnw8d82ng@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I finally figured out why I could not receive AO-91.  It turns out that my
old Apple Time Capsule (a wifi hub with a disk built in) was pumping out a
nice strong carrier on 145.965 totally overwhelming the satellite.  I have
another newer Time Capsule that was fine.

So the question is:  I want to replace this with another WiFi hub.  Does
anyone have good or bad recommendations for a hub that does not generate a
lot of RF? (When you google Wi-Fi and RF interference, you mainly get other
things that interfere with Wi-Fi :-))

Thanks and 73,

Burns WB1FJ

From n0jy at amsat.org  Sun Oct 21 04:55:03 2018
From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 23:55:03 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxUKQF-0=sea0J+Lg58Znt5KR21iPJfWARWmOdnw8d82ng@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABX7KxUKQF-0=sea0J+Lg58Znt5KR21iPJfWARWmOdnw8d82ng@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <adf2a65e-808d-85e4-ed29-015bc0806e75@amsat.org>

On 10/20/2018 18:57, Burns Fisher wrote:
> So the question is:  I want to replace this with another WiFi hub.  Does
> anyone have good or bad recommendations for a hub that does not generate a
> lot of RF? (When you google Wi-Fi and RF interference, you mainly get other
> things that interfere with Wi-Fi :-))
I have an older router that caused me some problems, but it's not made
any longer so you don't have to worry about not buying one.? I solved
that problem by moving it out of the attic, to a downstairs bedroom
farther away.

But just FYI for possible future problems, I do still pick up
interference from a neighbor that gets in the way of AO-73 and AO-92 at
the lower end of their passband/Doppler shift.? So it may not always be
your own!

Jerry Buxton, N?JY


From n1uw at gokarns.com  Sun Oct 21 05:25:21 2018
From: n1uw at gokarns.com (Frank Karnauskas)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 22:25:21 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-294 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <001801d468fe$77563fb0$6602bf10$@gokarns.com>

AMAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-294


The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and 
information 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://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 dot org.


In this edition:

* JY1SAT Pre-launch Integration Video
* Still More Amateur Radio Cubesats Ready for Launch
* ARISS Joins NASA On The Air for a Special SSTV Event October 27-29
* Astronauts Land Safely After Abort
* LUME-1 to Test Wildfire Sensing and New Modulation Techniques
* Final ARISS Proposal Webinar to be held Tuesday, October 23rd 
* AMSAT/ARISS Fundrazr Hits $10,000 Mark
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Shorts from All Over

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-294.01
ANS-294 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 294.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
October 21, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-294.01


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JY1SAT Pre-launch Integration Video

Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG posted a video showing flight preparations 
for the JY1SAT cubesat, along with its other cubesat launch mates in 
the QuadPack deployment system at Netherlands-based ISIS-Innovative 
Solutions In Space:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3qpUWM38FA&feature=youtu.be

JY1SAT is a one unit CubeSat, dedicated to the memory of His Majesty 
the late King Hussein, the first founder of the HAM Radio in Jordan 
and holder of call sign JY1. This will be Jordan's first satellite.

JY1SAT contains the AMSAT-UK FUNcube-6 communications transponder 
with expanded capabilities to be able to transmit stored images 
reflecting the Jordanian culture and its historical heritage, along 
with a voice message recorded by the Crown Prince to be transmitted 
in space to receivers around the world.

Frequencies for the JY1SAT FUNcube-6 transponder include:
* Uplink: 435.100 - 435.120 MHz CW, LSB
* Downlink: 145.855 - 145.875 MHz CW, USB
* Telemetry:145.840 MHz (FUNcube BPSK format; new Dashboard 
  software will be made available)
						
JYISAT will transmit pre-stored images of the Kingdom which have 
been selected by a national competition. These images will be 
downlinked using a SSDV digital format.

[ANS thanks Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG, AMSAT-UK for the above 
information]


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Still More Amateur Radio Cubesats Ready for Launch

It would appear that the Falcon launch from Vandenberg AFB will be a 
veritable  feast of amateur radio satellites. The SpaceX Falcon-9 
launch includes more than 40 cubesat passengers. Besides the JY1SAT, 
this launch also includes ExseedSat-1 from India and AMSAT-NA's 
Fox 1Cliff.  Essential details for these fledgling birds are:

Exseedsat-1
Uplink: 435.340 MHz FM voice w/ 67 Hz CTCSS tone and APRS digipeater
Downlink: 145.900 MHZ FM voice, APRS digipeater, telemetry	

Fox-1Cliff
Uplink: 435.300 MHz or 1267.300 MHz FM and 67Hz CTCSS tone
Downlink: 145.920 MHz FM (with Data Under Voice telemetry)

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]


--------------------------------------------------------------------

ARISS Joins NASA On-The-Air for a Special SSTV Event October 27-29

Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) is planning 
a very special Slow Scan TV event currently scheduled to start 
October 27 about 1000 UTC. Helping to support the event will be 
NASA's Space, Communication and Navigation (SCaN) Department.  

The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program manages 
NASA's three most important communications networks: The Space 
Network (SN), Near Earth Network (NEN), and the Deep Space 
Network (DSN). 

Just as in past ARISS SSTV commemorations, twelve images will be 
downlinked, but this time with six featuring the SCaN educational 
activities while the other six images will commemorate  major NASA 
anniversaries, i.e., when NASA was established, astronauts first 
landing on the moon, etc. 

In addition to the fun of receiving these images, participants can 
qualify for a special endorsement for the NASA On The Air (NOTA) 
celebration event. To learn more about NOTA visit 
https://nasaontheair.wordpress.com. 

Once received, images can be posted and viewed at 
http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php. 
The transmissions are expected to be broadcast at the usual 
frequency of 145.800 MHz using the PD-120 SSTV mode. 

Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, 
schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to 
change at any time. 


More information will follow soon, so please continue to check for 
news and the most current information on the AMSAT.org and 
ARISS.org websites, the AMSAT-BB at amsat.org, the ARISS Facebook at 
Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) page and 
ARISS Twitter @ARISS_status. 

[ANS thanks ARISS and NASA for the above information.]

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Astronauts Land Safely After Abort

American astronaut Nick Hague, KG5TMV and Russian cosmonaut 
Alexey Ovchinin are resting comfortably in the city of Baikonur, 
Kazakhstan, after an anomaly occurred shortly after their launch. 
The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 
in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 4:40 a.m. EDT 
Thursday, October 11 (2:40 p.m. in Baikonur time) carrying Hague 
and Ovchinin. Shortly after launch, there was an anomaly with the 
booster, and the launch ascent was aborted, resulting in a 
ballistic landing of the spacecraft.

Search and rescue teams deployed to the landing site, arriving on 
location before the spacecraft landed. Hague and Ovchinin were 
recovered from the capsule and were in good condition. The crew 
landed south of the city of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, and was 
transported by helicopter to the nearby city. A Roscosmos plane 
then flew the pair to Baikonur, where they were greeted on the 
tarmac by their families, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, 
Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin, and other NASA and 
Roscosmos officials.

Hague and Ovchinin were taken to a local hospital for precautionary 
medical checks. They are scheduled to return to the Gagarin 
Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside of Moscow, 
on Friday, Oct. 12. Hague is expected to fly home to Houston next 
week. Full details at https://tinyurl.com/ans294-abort.

[ANS thanks NASA for the above information.]


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LUME-1 to Test Wildfire Sensing and New Modulation Techniques

A 2U CubeSat, LUME-1 is a technological and educational mission 
funded by European Commission within the FIRE-RS project 
(Interreg SUDOE). The main goal of the mission is to involve students 
and researchers in the development of a bidirectional communication 
system based on cubesats. 

The system is an evolution of the Humsat system tested in previous 
missions of the University of Vigo (Humsat-D, SERPENS). The system 
will be used to demonstrate its application in the notification of 
wildfire alarms from sensors installed on the forests. As an 
additional goal, telecommunication engineering PhD students will test 
a software defined radio platform that can be used for several 
applications: low-data rate  communication, reception of ADS-B 
signals, characterization of interference sources
 The software 
defined radio will be used also to test new modulations and services 
for the radio amateurs. Experiments and waveforms will be uploaded 
during flight. Proposing to use a UHF downlink with GFSK at 1k2 to 
9k6 data rates. Planning a Soyuz launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome on 
December 25, 2018 into a 550km sun synchronized orbit.

[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information.]


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Final ARISS Proposal Webinar to be held Tuesday, October 23rd

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program
is seeking proposals from US schools, museums, science centers and 
community youth organizations (working individually or together) to 
host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the 
International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and
December 31, 2019.

The proposal deadline is November 30, 2018. For proposal guidelines
and forms and more details, go to:
http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

The final Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions
Answered will be offered October 23, 2018, at 8 pm Eastern Time.
Advance
registration is necessary. To sign up, go to
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-273-ARISSWebinar

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]


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AMSAT/ARISS Fundrazr Hits $10,000 Mark

AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a Fundrazr campaign to 
raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. The 
upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to 
astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. 

We have reached a great milestone with $10,000 raised or about 7% 
towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your 
outstanding generosity! 

For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit: 
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 

(Editor's Note: I have MY challenge coin. Do you have YOURS?)

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.


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Upcoming Satellite Operations

View the latest satellite operating announcements posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/

+ 3E, PANAMA (Special Event) ? Now through Oct 31, 2018
Members of the Radio Club de Panama and the GREMPA (an emergency 
group) will activate the scout station 3E1JT from Panama between now 
and Oct 31st. They will also participate during the Jamboree On 
The Air [JOTA] (Oct 19-21st). Activity will be on all bands 
using SSB including CW and the Satellites. QSL via HP1ALX

+ Eureka, Nanuvut (ER60, EQ79) ? Oct 17 ? Nov 10, 2018
Eureka ARC, VY0ERC, will be operational from October 17 until 
Nov 10, 2018.  Activity via FM satellites from ER60, EQ79 and 
close grids is also scheduled.  Watch for specific pass announcements 
on their Twitter feed https://twitter.com/vy0erc

+ Huntsville to Switzerland, via Long Island (EM64, EM65, EM66, FN30, 
JN36, JN47) ? Nov 1 ? Dec 7, 2018
Brennan, N4QX, fall ASMAT roving plans:
* EM64, EM65, and EM66 Nov 1-3
* FN30 November 16-17
* JN36 as HB9/N4QX & from 4U1ITU Nov 28 ? Dec 7 as work permits
* JN47 as HB9/N4QX & HB0/N4QX Dec 1-2
For now, FM only. Watch Twitter for pass announcements at 
https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice.  QSLs *exclusively* via Logbook 
of the World.

+ South Texas Grid Expedition (EL06, EL07, EL08, EL15, EL16, EL17, 
EL18) ? November 11-15, 2018
Glenn, AA5PK, will be travelling through South Texas, November 
11th-15th.  Barring unforeseen circumstances, he will activate 
EL06, EL07, EL08, EL15, EL16, EL17 and EL15.  Glenn will be on 
both FM and linear satellites and will post specific pass 
announcements on Twitter, https://twitter.com/AA5PK.  He will also 
be position beaconing on APRS as AA5PK-9.

+ Bermuda (DXCC NA-005) ? Nov 12-14, 2018
Tom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-005 
vacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few 
transponder birds).  Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from 
the beach.  Tom is looking for a 2m SSB tropo path to some US super 
station(s).  If interested, contact him directly.

+ Key West, FL (EL94) ? Nov 27 ? Dec 1, 2018
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from 
Nov 27th to Dec 1, 2018. While there, he will work as many FM passes 
as he can (holiday style).  Keep an eye on his Twitter feed for 
pass announcements at https://twitter.com/twjones85

+ RMS Queen Mary (DM03) ? Dec 15, 2018
Patrick , WD9EWK, will be part of a day of satellite operating from 
a deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern 
California, on Saturday December 15, 2018. Operations will be 
portable, almost like a Field Day, and should include FM, SSB, and 
possibly packet. All operations from the Queen Mary will be as W6RO, 
the call sign for the wireless room on the ship operated by the 
Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach. Depending on staffing in 
the W6RO wireless room, there may also be HF activity during the 
satellite operation. QSLing for the W6RO satellite activation will 
be handled per the procedure on W6RO?s QRZ page 
http://www.qrz.com/db/W6RO

[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]


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ARISS News

+ Upcoming Contacts
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-18 19:00 UTC

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT.
Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-22 13:05:49 UTC @ 49 deg.

Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz ? 
Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany, direct 
via DN3HB and DN5ABG (Alexander Gerst KF5ONO).
Tue 2018-10-23 09:14:26 UTC @ 63 deg.

Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, 
Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Ro?lau, 
Germany, direct via DL?TSD and DK?LG (Alexander Gerst KF5ONO).
Wed 2018-10-24 08:22:55 UTC @ 78 deg.

Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor G5TMT.
Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48:48 UTC @ 52 deg.


+ Completed Contacts Since October 7, 2018

2018-10-08 17:05 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using 
ISS callsign NA1SS and Allen Park Elementary School, Lee County 
School District, Ft. Myers, FL. Contact was direct via W?CTL. 
ARISS Mentor was Ryan W4NTR.

2018-10-10 07:58 UTC between Sergei Propopev using ISS callsign 
RS?ISS and About Gagarin from Space. Conducting a session of radio 
amateur communication with students and postgraduate students of G. 
Blagoveshchensk, Amur University. Contact was direct via R??J. 
ARISS Mentor was Sergey RV3DR.

2018-10-12 10:40 UTC between Sergei Propopev using ISS 
callsign RS?ISS and Kursk University. Contact was 
direct. ARISS Mentor was Sergey RV3DR.

2018-10-16 10:28 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using ISS 
callsign DP?ISS and Ganerben-Gymnasium Kuenzelsau + Georg-Wagner-
Schule, Kuenzelsau, Germany. Contact was direct via DN6SP. ARISS 
Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ.

2018-10-16 12:04 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using ISS 
callsign OR4ISS and Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout, Belgium. Contact 
was direct via ON4NOK. ARISS Mentors were Stefan ON6TI and 
Jan ON7UX.

Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD
The ISS callsign was NA1SS.
The scheduled astronaut was Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT.
The contact was successful on Thu 2018-10-18.


+ ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now 
mentored over 100 schools:  

Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 108

[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above
information]


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Shorts from All Over

+ Maintenance Window for AMSAT.org Domain

AMSAT's service provider has announced they will be doing some 
maintenance on their systems that will require a reboot of the 
server that hosts www.amsat.org.  

The outage is expected to last a matter of minutes, and will happen 
during one of three maintenance windows for October 25th - 27th from 
0200 to 1400 UTC. Services on this machine include web and mail for 
the amsat.org domain, the telemetry server and Echolink, 

[ANS thanks AMSAT's IT Manager, Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P for the 
above information]


+ ARISS-International Highlights

During the past week representatives from ARISS-International teams 
from have been participating in a face to face meeting in Baltimore, 
Maryland. Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR has been posting on ARISS' 
official Facebook page at Amateur Radio On The ISS (ARISS). Dave has 
been documenting the week with photos and video clips at
https://tinyurl.com/ANS294-ARISS-Facebook

[ANS thanks Dave AA4KN for the above information]


+ AMSAT-UK Colloquium ARISS Talk on YouTube
Video of talk at AMSAT-UK Colloquium/RSGB Convention Milton Keynes 
ARISS Report by Ciaran Morgan M0XTD and Eleanor Griffin M6NWZ given 
Saturday, Oct 13, 2018 can be seen at either
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgwnmx-gxOE or
https://youtu.be/cgwnmx-gxOE

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]


+ RymanSat-00 Team Statement

The RymanSat team announced that RSP-00 was released from the ISS 
on October 6th. Although its ground station has been attempting 
communication with the satellite, they still have not been able to 
receive any signals from it. They have not received transmissions 
that are supposedly transmitted for 30 minutes after release, and 
it is most likely that the satellite is currently out of service. 
The report that they will continue our efforts to communicate with 
the satellite.  Further information is available at 
https://rymansat.com/en.

[ANS thanks the RymanSat project for the above information.]


+ EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat Update

Michael Umbricht, W9GYR reported on October 1 that the first packet 
was received since SatNOGS reported a reception on Sept. 29. The 
batteries had been struggling with a lack of sunlight and it was the 
second recent dropout in communications and was longer than the first.

"Any reports of radio reception during this time would be greatly 
appreciated and will help us understand the health of the spacecraft. 
We expect that daytime passes will have a stronger signal and it 
might even go to sleep at night. After the next long "winter" in 
November the satellite will then get the largest boost in solar 
energy that it has ever seen when the orbit lines up with the 
Earth's solstice.

It is 435.550 MHz with a 12.5 kHz narrow 4FSK channel. The Doppler 
shift is +/- 10 kHz max. If the radio is too cold I estimate it 
could have a 0.5 to 1 kHz error in transmission frequency."

The very next day, Scott Chapman, K4KDR reported strong signals from
EQUISat.  View his SDR screen capture at 
https://tinyurl.com/equisat-update-pg8.

[ANS thanks Michael, W9GYR and Scott, K4KDR for the above 
information.]


+TJREVERB scheduled for Launch November 17, 2018

NASA has announced that its NG-10 mission is scheduled for a
November 17th launch from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Included among its nine CubeSat missions is TJREVERB from the
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.  The 2U 
satellite will operate as an APRS relay.  Stay tuned for more
information as the launch date approaches.

[ANS thanks NASA for the above information.]


+Microwave Update 2018 Papers Available for Download

Microwave Update (MUD) recently completed its annual meeting
October 12-13 in Dayton, Ohio.

A PDF of the MUD 2018 proceedings is now available: 
MUD2018_Proceedings The table of contents is indexed in the 
PDF. If you are prompted to log into Dropbox there should be an 
option to continue without logon.

Microwave Update (MUD) is an international
conference dedicated to microwave equipment
design, construction, and operation.   It is focused
on, but not limited to, amateur radio on the
microwave bands.

[ANS thanks Microwave Update for the above information.]


+ Cubesat Developers Workshop 2019 Call for Papers

The Cubesat Developers Workshop is scheduled for April 23-25, 2019 
at Cal Poly Performing Arts Center in San Luis Obispo, CA. The 
deadline for abstract and poster submissions is January 4th, 2019.
For more information see http://www.cubesat.org/workshop-information.

[ANS thanks Cubesat.org for the above information.]

+ Dreaming of Flying a Satellite into Space but Not Sure How? 

Wonder no more! The ESA Education Office and ESA's Systems and 
Concurrent Engineering Section are looking for university students 
to participate in the second edition of ESA Academy's Concurrent 
Engineering Workshop dedicated to CubeSats. The four-day workshop 
will be organized between 15 January 15-18, 2019 at the Training 
and Learning Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium. More information
available at:

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/CDF.

[ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above information.]


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status.

Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student 
membership information.

73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org

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From burns at fisher.cc  Sun Oct 21 13:08:11 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 09:08:11 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
In-Reply-To: <adf2a65e-808d-85e4-ed29-015bc0806e75@amsat.org>
References: <CABX7KxUKQF-0=sea0J+Lg58Znt5KR21iPJfWARWmOdnw8d82ng@mail.gmail.com>
	<adf2a65e-808d-85e4-ed29-015bc0806e75@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxVsTi6oGjGT3c2+gQhW_xOD3aiiT=0KugOs-==gmjgfVA@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, Jerry.  This one is clearly mine.  I unplug it...the frequency
comes back.  I thought it might be beating two different channels, and I
guess that's possible but the WiFi channels are 5MHz apart, although they
do overlap.  For now, I'll just turn it off when trying to use AO-91 :-)

On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 12:57 AM Jerry Buxton <n0jy at amsat.org> wrote:

> On 10/20/2018 18:57, Burns Fisher wrote:
> > So the question is:  I want to replace this with another WiFi hub.  Does
> > anyone have good or bad recommendations for a hub that does not generate
> a
> > lot of RF? (When you google Wi-Fi and RF interference, you mainly get
> other
> > things that interfere with Wi-Fi :-))
> I have an older router that caused me some problems, but it's not made
> any longer so you don't have to worry about not buying one.  I solved
> that problem by moving it out of the attic, to a downstairs bedroom
> farther away.
>
> But just FYI for possible future problems, I do still pick up
> interference from a neighbor that gets in the way of AO-73 and AO-92 at
> the lower end of their passband/Doppler shift.  So it may not always be
> your own!
>
> Jerry Buxton, N?JY
>
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> expressed
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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Sun Oct 21 13:12:26 2018
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 21:12:26 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] KR-400 transformer wiring
Message-ID: <fed2f3af-069d-c96f-e6cb-a880b24628c4@msa.hinet.net>

I got this old KR-400 azimuth rotor as a gift, but is wired for 220V and 
I need to run it off of 110V. The transformer's wiring now looks like this:


 ???? |? 220V? |
 ???? |??????? |
|~~~~|~~~~|?? |~~~~|~~~~|
5??? 1??? 3?? 6??? 2??? 4
|????????????????? |
|__________________|


If the drawing is messed up, here is the gist of it: The primary 
consists of two (parallel/separate) windings, one with odd, one with 
even numbering (3-5 and 4-6) with the center of the winding named 1 and 
2. Currently 2 and 5 are shorted and 220V comes in at 1 and 6. So 
current flows from 1 to 5 to 2 to 6 and vice versa.

To rewire to 110V I guess I just use any of the combination 1-3, 1-5, 
2-4 or 2-6. But I am just curious why the 220V wiring was done over two 
coils, not one? Was this factory standard or has my unit been modified 
with a different transformer?

Once I get the control unit powered up it time to test the rotator and 
see if it needs any maintenance (probably will, because it hasn't been 
used for a long while).


From glennmaillist at bellsouth.net  Sun Oct 21 14:38:24 2018
From: glennmaillist at bellsouth.net (Glenn Little WB4UIV)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 10:38:24 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] KR-400 transformer wiring
In-Reply-To: <fed2f3af-069d-c96f-e6cb-a880b24628c4@msa.hinet.net>
References: <fed2f3af-069d-c96f-e6cb-a880b24628c4@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <73573b8d-fc26-76e2-aa56-d3264f7001f3@bellsouth.net>

The transformer has two primary windings so that the two windings can be 
placed in series for 220 and in parallel for 110 VAC.
It looks like your transformer is set with taps to finely adjust the 
input voltage to match your mains supply.

None of the online schematics, that I can find, show how the primary is 
wired for 110/220 VAC.

Search for your rotor on line for further information.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

On 10/21/2018 9:12 AM, Hans BX2ABT wrote:
> I got this old KR-400 azimuth rotor as a gift, but is wired for 220V 
> and I need to run it off of 110V. The transformer's wiring now looks 
> like this:
>
>
> ???? |? 220V? |
> ???? |??????? |
> |~~~~|~~~~|?? |~~~~|~~~~|
> 5??? 1??? 3?? 6??? 2??? 4
> |????????????????? |
> |__________________|
>
>
> If the drawing is messed up, here is the gist of it: The primary 
> consists of two (parallel/separate) windings, one with odd, one with 
> even numbering (3-5 and 4-6) with the center of the winding named 1 
> and 2. Currently 2 and 5 are shorted and 220V comes in at 1 and 6. So 
> current flows from 1 to 5 to 2 to 6 and vice versa.
>
> To rewire to 110V I guess I just use any of the combination 1-3, 1-5, 
> 2-4 or 2-6. But I am just curious why the 220V wiring was done over 
> two coils, not one? Was this factory standard or has my unit been 
> modified with a different transformer?
>
> Once I get the control unit powered up it time to test the rotator and 
> see if it needs any maintenance (probably will, because it hasn't been 
> used for a long while).
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. 
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> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views 
> of AMSAT-NA.
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Glenn Little                ARRL Technical Specialist   QCWA  LM 28417
Amateur Callsign:  WB4UIV            wb4uiv at arrl.net    AMSAT LM 2178
QTH:  Goose Creek, SC USA (EM92xx)  USSVI LM   NRA LM   SBE ARRL TAPR
"It is not the class of license that the Amateur holds but the class
of the Amateur that holds the license"


From stephennipper at gmail.com  Sun Oct 21 14:49:36 2018
From: stephennipper at gmail.com (H. Stephen Nipper)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 08:49:36 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] KR-400 transformer wiring
In-Reply-To: <73573b8d-fc26-76e2-aa56-d3264f7001f3@bellsouth.net>
References: <fed2f3af-069d-c96f-e6cb-a880b24628c4@msa.hinet.net>
	<73573b8d-fc26-76e2-aa56-d3264f7001f3@bellsouth.net>
Message-ID: <CAPf7+3rO7Hf+=wx7H1BkSdDG8RD68qCL0Pac23oNOh0sVpd7dg@mail.gmail.com>

The manual I found online stated that they used a different transformer for
120 or 220 volts.  To check the operating voltage on the back of the
controller and to return it to factory to get the right voltage transformer.

Check with Yaesu and see if they can offer any help.

On Sun, Oct 21, 2018, 8:40 AM Glenn Little WB4UIV <
glennmaillist at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> The transformer has two primary windings so that the two windings can be
> placed in series for 220 and in parallel for 110 VAC.
> It looks like your transformer is set with taps to finely adjust the
> input voltage to match your mains supply.
>
> None of the online schematics, that I can find, show how the primary is
> wired for 110/220 VAC.
>
> Search for your rotor on line for further information.
>
> 73
> Glenn
> WB4UIV
>
> On 10/21/2018 9:12 AM, Hans BX2ABT wrote:
> > I got this old KR-400 azimuth rotor as a gift, but is wired for 220V
> > and I need to run it off of 110V. The transformer's wiring now looks
> > like this:
> >
> >
> >      |  220V  |
> >      |        |
> > |~~~~|~~~~|   |~~~~|~~~~|
> > 5    1    3   6    2    4
> > |                  |
> > |__________________|
> >
> >
> > If the drawing is messed up, here is the gist of it: The primary
> > consists of two (parallel/separate) windings, one with odd, one with
> > even numbering (3-5 and 4-6) with the center of the winding named 1
> > and 2. Currently 2 and 5 are shorted and 220V comes in at 1 and 6. So
> > current flows from 1 to 5 to 2 to 6 and vice versa.
> >
> > To rewire to 110V I guess I just use any of the combination 1-3, 1-5,
> > 2-4 or 2-6. But I am just curious why the 220V wiring was done over
> > two coils, not one? Was this factory standard or has my unit been
> > modified with a different transformer?
> >
> > Once I get the control unit powered up it time to test the rotator and
> > see if it needs any maintenance (probably will, because it hasn't been
> > used for a long while).
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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!
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> QTH:  Goose Creek, SC USA (EM92xx)  USSVI LM   NRA LM   SBE ARRL TAPR
> "It is not the class of license that the Amateur holds but the class
> of the Amateur that holds the license"
>
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> expressed
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From kb2mjeff at att.net  Sun Oct 21 15:08:17 2018
From: kb2mjeff at att.net (kb2mjeff at att.net)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 11:08:17 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue
In-Reply-To: <D003FE5D-0621-4816-AE84-E81B07647917@me.com>
References: <1EAB8AF9FA6943B5A75F2997031ABB51@kb2m4PC>
	<153AF74553C34483AA93DC12998DCE6C@kb2m4PC>
	<D003FE5D-0621-4816-AE84-E81B07647917@me.com>
Message-ID: <CBCA4EE951B64490AA0941FD0EDE0317@kb2m4PC>

After going over the schematic (Thanks Dimitry) I see nothing wrong with the hardware, in fact I wonder if there was ever a hardware issue. I used the EL cable to move the antennas CCW about 1.5 turns. When I fired it up after replacing the relays it was stuck in CW on. I had to do this in an odd way , by resetting the el down 20 degrees at a time to bring the antennas back to north. Now I get no tactile(relay click on CCW AND EL up with the cables disconnected. All 4 relays seem good, this to me appears to be in the ROT2 firmware. Jerking around with the buttons in the setup routines in a meaning less way will get all for relays to click, but when I go to operational mode I?m back to CCW and EL only. Monday I?m going to try and contact someone who represents this company in the US. Anyone have a contact for AlfaSpid in the US? It seems there are lots of issues with this controller...

73 Jeff kb2m


I had similar problems to this over the last 18 months with the SPID ROT2 controller. 

It was replaced 3 times and showed the same issue as you have intermittently over this time. I am using MacDoppler and my supplier and the manufacturer were convinced it was software.
On returning to the manufacturer and taking the trouble to get my concerns and issues translated into Polish. I track numerous satellites, some one after another and listed all of this. So I returned the controller and rotor to Poland (at their expense) but they only tracked the ISS over a couple of days and found nothing wrong. Not wanting to continue with the ROT2 as I was convinced this was the issue I upgraded to their MD02 controller. Although this has its own quirks I have not suffered from the same relay related issue since.

There are also several YouTube videos of the problem that yours is exhibiting https://youtu.be/GWbhez5vadM

Sorry I haven?t got the cure.

Best 73
Pete G0ABI 



On 20 Oct 2018, at 23:37, kb2mjeff at att.net wrote:


  Here I go answering my own questions. I think I found part  of my problem. The buttons don't
  line up in the case very well and caused the rotor to hung up turning in one direction. That was problem number two, I fixed problem number one the bad relay that started all of this.To fix this temporality  I have the board out of the case to test and what is now  happening is that I still can't turn CCW. All buttons work ok except for the CCW  button. I tried a reset thinking that I'm over some set location in the firmware that I cant go CCW, but the reset doesn't work. I replaced all 4 relays. With the rotor completely disconnected I can get a relay click for every rotational control button except CCW, it has to be a glitch in the firmware I can't clear, as I replaced all four relays.  And no I really don't want to spend the $900 for the green heron controller. Any other ideas?
  Thanks for your help...

  73 Jeff kb2m

  -----Original Message----- From: kb2mjeff at att.net
  Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 3:37 PM
  To: Amsat
  Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue

  I?m back at my winter home in Florida and decided today, to work on my AlfaSpid rotor control box issue. I replaced two relays to fix the Elevation issue but in testing it before I replaced the other two relays I?m now having a problem with the azimuth that?s been working 100% until this point. When I turn on the rotor control the elevation now seems to work ok, but now the azimuth immediately goes into a clockwise rotation. No matter what I do to the controller, upon startup it starts turning CW, only way to stop is to power it down The azimuth was working fine this morning when a worked a couple of sat passes. Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone know where I can send this to have it fixed? I have no schematic, or even simple instructions on how to reset, etc.

  73 


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From burns at fisher.cc  Sun Oct 21 15:08:16 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 11:08:16 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxVsTi6oGjGT3c2+gQhW_xOD3aiiT=0KugOs-==gmjgfVA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABX7KxUKQF-0=sea0J+Lg58Znt5KR21iPJfWARWmOdnw8d82ng@mail.gmail.com>
	<adf2a65e-808d-85e4-ed29-015bc0806e75@amsat.org>
	<CABX7KxVsTi6oGjGT3c2+gQhW_xOD3aiiT=0KugOs-==gmjgfVA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxWVvoouK9vGn9XLYsbx7zz3LdcDuUR59Gmay0iPsUO9-w@mail.gmail.com>

Turns out it was NOT the hub.  It was the camera I had plugged into it with
CAT5.  The camera is looking at my antennas so I can see where they are
rotating, but the wire runs a ways.  Probably radiates nicely, and
conveniently right in the 2 meter band.  More fooling around required...

On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 9:08 AM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> Thanks, Jerry.  This one is clearly mine.  I unplug it...the frequency
> comes back.  I thought it might be beating two different channels, and I
> guess that's possible but the WiFi channels are 5MHz apart, although they
> do overlap.  For now, I'll just turn it off when trying to use AO-91 :-)
>
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 12:57 AM Jerry Buxton <n0jy at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> On 10/20/2018 18:57, Burns Fisher wrote:
>> > So the question is:  I want to replace this with another WiFi hub.  Does
>> > anyone have good or bad recommendations for a hub that does not
>> generate a
>> > lot of RF? (When you google Wi-Fi and RF interference, you mainly get
>> other
>> > things that interfere with Wi-Fi :-))
>> I have an older router that caused me some problems, but it's not made
>> any longer so you don't have to worry about not buying one.  I solved
>> that problem by moving it out of the attic, to a downstairs bedroom
>> farther away.
>>
>> But just FYI for possible future problems, I do still pick up
>> interference from a neighbor that gets in the way of AO-73 and AO-92 at
>> the lower end of their passband/Doppler shift.  So it may not always be
>> your own!
>>
>> Jerry Buxton, N?JY
>>
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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Sun Oct 21 15:10:32 2018
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 23:10:32 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] KR-400 transformer wiring
In-Reply-To: <206aaae7-7c3a-2c78-9454-c2bef29e3a21@wb4gcs.org>
References: <fed2f3af-069d-c96f-e6cb-a880b24628c4@msa.hinet.net>
	<206aaae7-7c3a-2c78-9454-c2bef29e3a21@wb4gcs.org>
Message-ID: <9f575d03-fb04-65c4-7082-677e6ea430ff@msa.hinet.net>

Ah, I forgot about the (double compared to 220V) current being 
distributed between two parallel windings when using 110V, so that must 
be it. It's late now, but will try Monday. Cheers,

Hans


On 10/21/18 10:24 PM, Jim Sanford wrote:
> Try this:
>
> Remove the short from 2 and 5.
>
> Connect 110V to 1 and 2.
>
> Short 3 - 6.
>
> Measure output voltage.? If too low, put power at 4 and 5.
>
>
> It is possible that this would put 3 - 5 and 4 - 6 in opposite 
> phases.? In which case, you'll have ZERO output.? In this case, short 
> 3 and 4 instead of 3 and 6.? Again try power at 1 and 2 first.
>
>
> Good luck, and please share results!
>
> 73,
>
> Jim
>
> wb4gcs at amsat.org
>
>
>
> On 10/21/2018 9:12 AM, Hans BX2ABT wrote:
>> I got this old KR-400 azimuth rotor as a gift, but is wired for 220V 
>> and I need to run it off of 110V. The transformer's wiring now looks 
>> like this:
>>
>>
>> ???? |? 220V? |
>> ???? |??????? |
>> |~~~~|~~~~|?? |~~~~|~~~~|
>> 5??? 1??? 3?? 6??? 2??? 4
>> |????????????????? |
>> |__________________|
>>
>>
>> If the drawing is messed up, here is the gist of it: The primary 
>> consists of two (parallel/separate) windings, one with odd, one with 
>> even numbering (3-5 and 4-6) with the center of the winding named 1 
>> and 2. Currently 2 and 5 are shorted and 220V comes in at 1 and 6. So 
>> current flows from 1 to 5 to 2 to 6 and vice versa.
>>
>> To rewire to 110V I guess I just use any of the combination 1-3, 1-5, 
>> 2-4 or 2-6. But I am just curious why the 220V wiring was done over 
>> two coils, not one? Was this factory standard or has my unit been 
>> modified with a different transformer?
>>
>> Once I get the control unit powered up it time to test the rotator 
>> and see if it needs any maintenance (probably will, because it hasn't 
>> been used for a long while).
>>
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From n8hm at arrl.net  Sun Oct 21 15:47:41 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 11:47:41 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxWVvoouK9vGn9XLYsbx7zz3LdcDuUR59Gmay0iPsUO9-w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABX7KxUKQF-0=sea0J+Lg58Znt5KR21iPJfWARWmOdnw8d82ng@mail.gmail.com>
	<adf2a65e-808d-85e4-ed29-015bc0806e75@amsat.org>
	<CABX7KxVsTi6oGjGT3c2+gQhW_xOD3aiiT=0KugOs-==gmjgfVA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxWVvoouK9vGn9XLYsbx7zz3LdcDuUR59Gmay0iPsUO9-w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOodrBSt+aS4ic7O2kuOQzU2ox+Z_BQj3GKU5vJohoN-tw@mail.gmail.com>

Try putting ferrite beads on all of your cables into and out of the
routers, modems, etc.

73,

Paul, N8HM
On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 11:12 AM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
>
> Turns out it was NOT the hub.  It was the camera I had plugged into it with
> CAT5.  The camera is looking at my antennas so I can see where they are
> rotating, but the wire runs a ways.  Probably radiates nicely, and
> conveniently right in the 2 meter band.  More fooling around required...
>
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 9:08 AM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Jerry.  This one is clearly mine.  I unplug it...the frequency
> > comes back.  I thought it might be beating two different channels, and I
> > guess that's possible but the WiFi channels are 5MHz apart, although they
> > do overlap.  For now, I'll just turn it off when trying to use AO-91 :-)
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 12:57 AM Jerry Buxton <n0jy at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 10/20/2018 18:57, Burns Fisher wrote:
> >> > So the question is:  I want to replace this with another WiFi hub.  Does
> >> > anyone have good or bad recommendations for a hub that does not
> >> generate a
> >> > lot of RF? (When you google Wi-Fi and RF interference, you mainly get
> >> other
> >> > things that interfere with Wi-Fi :-))
> >> I have an older router that caused me some problems, but it's not made
> >> any longer so you don't have to worry about not buying one.  I solved
> >> that problem by moving it out of the attic, to a downstairs bedroom
> >> farther away.
> >>
> >> But just FYI for possible future problems, I do still pick up
> >> interference from a neighbor that gets in the way of AO-73 and AO-92 at
> >> the lower end of their passband/Doppler shift.  So it may not always be
> >> your own!
> >>
> >> Jerry Buxton, N?JY
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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> >> AMSAT-NA.
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> >
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From peteragreen at me.com  Sun Oct 21 14:52:11 2018
From: peteragreen at me.com (Peter Green)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 15:52:11 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91 Transatlantic
Message-ID: <73ADAC05-88B3-4116-B17F-FB1175B59E2F@me.com>


Hi Burns

Many thanks for the QS so it was a little scratchy at times but we made it thank you for FN42.
There was also a CU3 and an EA5 calling on the satellite.
It would be absolutely great to get more operation from North America on the FM satellite working transatlantic.

Thanks again for taking the time and trouble to come up on the satellite.

Best wishes
Pete G0ABI
Sent from my iPhone

From kb2mjeff at att.net  Sun Oct 21 15:53:59 2018
From: kb2mjeff at att.net (kb2mjeff at att.net)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 11:53:59 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue
In-Reply-To: <CBCA4EE951B64490AA0941FD0EDE0317@kb2m4PC>
References: <1EAB8AF9FA6943B5A75F2997031ABB51@kb2m4PC><153AF74553C34483AA93DC12998DCE6C@kb2m4PC><D003FE5D-0621-4816-AE84-E81B07647917@me.com>
	<CBCA4EE951B64490AA0941FD0EDE0317@kb2m4PC>
Message-ID: <46D099977F0D48E482667D58714E3538@kb2m4PC>

Someone just emailed me a reset procedure for a ROT1, does anyone happen to 
have the procedure for a ROT2 ? Thanks...

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message----- 
From: kb2mjeff at att.net
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 11:08 AM
To: Amsat
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue

After going over the schematic (Thanks Dimitry) I see nothing wrong with the 
hardware, in fact I wonder if there was ever a hardware issue. I used the EL 
cable to move the antennas CCW about 1.5 turns. When I fired it up after 
replacing the relays it was stuck in CW on. I had to do this in an odd way , 
by resetting the el down 20 degrees at a time to bring the antennas back to 
north. Now I get no tactile(relay click on CCW AND EL up with the cables 
disconnected. All 4 relays seem good, this to me appears to be in the ROT2 
firmware. Jerking around with the buttons in the setup routines in a meaning 
less way will get all for relays to click, but when I go to operational mode 
I?m back to CCW and EL only. Monday I?m going to try and contact someone who 
represents this company in the US. Anyone have a contact for AlfaSpid in the 
US? It seems there are lots of issues with this controller...

73 Jeff kb2m


I had similar problems to this over the last 18 months with the SPID ROT2 
controller.

It was replaced 3 times and showed the same issue as you have intermittently 
over this time. I am using MacDoppler and my supplier and the manufacturer 
were convinced it was software.
On returning to the manufacturer and taking the trouble to get my concerns 
and issues translated into Polish. I track numerous satellites, some one 
after another and listed all of this. So I returned the controller and rotor 
to Poland (at their expense) but they only tracked the ISS over a couple of 
days and found nothing wrong. Not wanting to continue with the ROT2 as I was 
convinced this was the issue I upgraded to their MD02 controller. Although 
this has its own quirks I have not suffered from the same relay related 
issue since.

There are also several YouTube videos of the problem that yours is 
exhibiting https://youtu.be/GWbhez5vadM

Sorry I haven?t got the cure.

Best 73
Pete G0ABI



On 20 Oct 2018, at 23:37, kb2mjeff at att.net wrote:


  Here I go answering my own questions. I think I found part  of my problem. 
The buttons don't
  line up in the case very well and caused the rotor to hung up turning in 
one direction. That was problem number two, I fixed problem number one the 
bad relay that started all of this.To fix this temporality  I have the board 
out of the case to test and what is now  happening is that I still can't 
turn CCW. All buttons work ok except for the CCW  button. I tried a reset 
thinking that I'm over some set location in the firmware that I cant go CCW, 
but the reset doesn't work. I replaced all 4 relays. With the rotor 
completely disconnected I can get a relay click for every rotational control 
button except CCW, it has to be a glitch in the firmware I can't clear, as I 
replaced all four relays.  And no I really don't want to spend the $900 for 
the green heron controller. Any other ideas?
  Thanks for your help...

  73 Jeff kb2m

  -----Original Message----- From: kb2mjeff at att.net
  Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 3:37 PM
  To: Amsat
  Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue

  I?m back at my winter home in Florida and decided today, to work on my 
AlfaSpid rotor control box issue. I replaced two relays to fix the Elevation 
issue but in testing it before I replaced the other two relays I?m now 
having a problem with the azimuth that?s been working 100% until this point. 
When I turn on the rotor control the elevation now seems to work ok, but now 
the azimuth immediately goes into a clockwise rotation. No matter what I do 
to the controller, upon startup it starts turning CW, only way to stop is to 
power it down The azimuth was working fine this morning when a worked a 
couple of sat passes. Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone know where I can 
send this to have it fixed? I have no schematic, or even simple instructions 
on how to reset, etc.

  73


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From kb2mjeff at att.net  Sun Oct 21 16:04:57 2018
From: kb2mjeff at att.net (kb2mjeff at att.net)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 12:04:57 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91 Transatlantic
In-Reply-To: <73ADAC05-88B3-4116-B17F-FB1175B59E2F@me.com>
References: <73ADAC05-88B3-4116-B17F-FB1175B59E2F@me.com>
Message-ID: <309F664348FD4F58BDB1FC7CDF548C20@kb2m4PC>

I remember 20 something years ago  I used to take my family to Bar Harbor 
Maine for a 2 week vacation every summer. I worked many EU countries on the 
FM birds at that time from Cadillac mountain, 1485 feet above sea level. I'm 
sure if I was into wallpaper I could claim the max distance FM contact, but 
I'm not. I also remember working England on APRS  off  the sats while 
mobiling around.  Good memories....

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message----- 
From: Peter Green via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 10:52 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-91 Transatlantic


Hi Burns

Many thanks for the QS so it was a little scratchy at times but we made it 
thank you for FN42.
There was also a CU3 and an EA5 calling on the satellite.
It would be absolutely great to get more operation from North America on the 
FM satellite working transatlantic.

Thanks again for taking the time and trouble to come up on the satellite.

Best wishes
Pete G0ABI
Sent from my iPhone


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From kb1pvh at gmail.com  Sun Oct 21 16:05:16 2018
From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 12:05:16 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue
In-Reply-To: <46D099977F0D48E482667D58714E3538@kb2m4PC>
References: <1EAB8AF9FA6943B5A75F2997031ABB51@kb2m4PC>
	<153AF74553C34483AA93DC12998DCE6C@kb2m4PC>
	<D003FE5D-0621-4816-AE84-E81B07647917@me.com>
	<CBCA4EE951B64490AA0941FD0EDE0317@kb2m4PC>
	<46D099977F0D48E482667D58714E3538@kb2m4PC>
Message-ID: <CAEMY9Fdqwe+rfxFQBiXrVrZTPUv5zHJsE1onvGH86EzDTQyH=w@mail.gmail.com>

That procedure works on the rot2prog that's why I sent it.

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9

On Sun, Oct 21, 2018, 11:55 AM <kb2mjeff at att.net> wrote:

> Someone just emailed me a reset procedure for a ROT1, does anyone happen
> to
> have the procedure for a ROT2 ? Thanks...
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kb2mjeff at att.net
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 11:08 AM
> To: Amsat
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue
>
> After going over the schematic (Thanks Dimitry) I see nothing wrong with
> the
> hardware, in fact I wonder if there was ever a hardware issue. I used the
> EL
> cable to move the antennas CCW about 1.5 turns. When I fired it up after
> replacing the relays it was stuck in CW on. I had to do this in an odd way
> ,
> by resetting the el down 20 degrees at a time to bring the antennas back
> to
> north. Now I get no tactile(relay click on CCW AND EL up with the cables
> disconnected. All 4 relays seem good, this to me appears to be in the ROT2
> firmware. Jerking around with the buttons in the setup routines in a
> meaning
> less way will get all for relays to click, but when I go to operational
> mode
> I?m back to CCW and EL only. Monday I?m going to try and contact someone
> who
> represents this company in the US. Anyone have a contact for AlfaSpid in
> the
> US? It seems there are lots of issues with this controller...
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>
>
> I had similar problems to this over the last 18 months with the SPID ROT2
> controller.
>
> It was replaced 3 times and showed the same issue as you have
> intermittently
> over this time. I am using MacDoppler and my supplier and the manufacturer
> were convinced it was software.
> On returning to the manufacturer and taking the trouble to get my concerns
> and issues translated into Polish. I track numerous satellites, some one
> after another and listed all of this. So I returned the controller and
> rotor
> to Poland (at their expense) but they only tracked the ISS over a couple
> of
> days and found nothing wrong. Not wanting to continue with the ROT2 as I
> was
> convinced this was the issue I upgraded to their MD02 controller. Although
> this has its own quirks I have not suffered from the same relay related
> issue since.
>
> There are also several YouTube videos of the problem that yours is
> exhibiting https://youtu.be/GWbhez5vadM
>
> Sorry I haven?t got the cure.
>
> Best 73
> Pete G0ABI
>
>
>
> On 20 Oct 2018, at 23:37, kb2mjeff at att.net wrote:
>
>
>   Here I go answering my own questions. I think I found part  of my
> problem.
> The buttons don't
>   line up in the case very well and caused the rotor to hung up turning in
> one direction. That was problem number two, I fixed problem number one the
> bad relay that started all of this.To fix this temporality  I have the
> board
> out of the case to test and what is now  happening is that I still can't
> turn CCW. All buttons work ok except for the CCW  button. I tried a reset
> thinking that I'm over some set location in the firmware that I cant go
> CCW,
> but the reset doesn't work. I replaced all 4 relays. With the rotor
> completely disconnected I can get a relay click for every rotational
> control
> button except CCW, it has to be a glitch in the firmware I can't clear, as
> I
> replaced all four relays.  And no I really don't want to spend the $900
> for
> the green heron controller. Any other ideas?
>   Thanks for your help...
>
>   73 Jeff kb2m
>
>   -----Original Message----- From: kb2mjeff at att.net
>   Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 3:37 PM
>   To: Amsat
>   Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue
>
>   I?m back at my winter home in Florida and decided today, to work on my
> AlfaSpid rotor control box issue. I replaced two relays to fix the
> Elevation
> issue but in testing it before I replaced the other two relays I?m now
> having a problem with the azimuth that?s been working 100% until this
> point.
> When I turn on the rotor control the elevation now seems to work ok, but
> now
> the azimuth immediately goes into a clockwise rotation. No matter what I
> do
> to the controller, upon startup it starts turning CW, only way to stop is
> to
> power it down The azimuth was working fine this morning when a worked a
> couple of sat passes. Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone know where I can
> send this to have it fixed? I have no schematic, or even simple
> instructions
> on how to reset, etc.
>
>   73
>
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From jean.marc.momple at gmail.com  Sun Oct 21 16:16:31 2018
From: jean.marc.momple at gmail.com (Jean Marc Momple)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 20:16:31 +0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOodrBSt+aS4ic7O2kuOQzU2ox+Z_BQj3GKU5vJohoN-tw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABX7KxUKQF-0=sea0J+Lg58Znt5KR21iPJfWARWmOdnw8d82ng@mail.gmail.com>
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Agree,

I have 2 Wi-Fi transmitting all the time in the shack, Zero-issue on alls the Ham bands (except 2.4 Ghz).

1) As Paul said, ferrites everywhere. On all computer, speakers, mic, DC, AC and data cables. Basically any cable in or out of any box/interface should have one each side. Have over 100 installed.
2) Bonding the +++, all equipment or metal part in the shack should be bonded to the main ground-bar with the thicker wire practically possible. The ground bar should be connected to the antenna and to the ground system with the largest possible cable (I use 35 m2 cable to the antennas and 50 m2 from the main ground bar to earth). More this protects your equipment in case of lightning strike, sure use only one ground/bonding system (I disconnected the mains one) and hopefully will install an isolating transformer soon.

Doing so, the noise level in the shack is drastically reduce and interference from the household or neighbors also.

Hope this help.

Jean Marc (3B8DU)



> On Oct 21, 2018, at 7:47 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> Try putting ferrite beads on all of your cables into and out of the
> routers, modems, etc.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Paul, N8HM
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 11:12 AM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
>> 
>> Turns out it was NOT the hub.  It was the camera I had plugged into it with
>> CAT5.  The camera is looking at my antennas so I can see where they are
>> rotating, but the wire runs a ways.  Probably radiates nicely, and
>> conveniently right in the 2 meter band.  More fooling around required...
>> 
>> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 9:08 AM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks, Jerry.  This one is clearly mine.  I unplug it...the frequency
>>> comes back.  I thought it might be beating two different channels, and I
>>> guess that's possible but the WiFi channels are 5MHz apart, although they
>>> do overlap.  For now, I'll just turn it off when trying to use AO-91 :-)
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 12:57 AM Jerry Buxton <n0jy at amsat.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 10/20/2018 18:57, Burns Fisher wrote:
>>>>> So the question is:  I want to replace this with another WiFi hub.  Does
>>>>> anyone have good or bad recommendations for a hub that does not
>>>> generate a
>>>>> lot of RF? (When you google Wi-Fi and RF interference, you mainly get
>>>> other
>>>>> things that interfere with Wi-Fi :-))
>>>> I have an older router that caused me some problems, but it's not made
>>>> any longer so you don't have to worry about not buying one.  I solved
>>>> that problem by moving it out of the attic, to a downstairs bedroom
>>>> farther away.
>>>> 
>>>> But just FYI for possible future problems, I do still pick up
>>>> interference from a neighbor that gets in the way of AO-73 and AO-92 at
>>>> the lower end of their passband/Doppler shift.  So it may not always be
>>>> your own!
>>>> 
>>>> Jerry Buxton, N?JY
>>>> 
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From wmc_jx at 163.com  Sun Oct 21 16:10:15 2018
From: wmc_jx at 163.com (=?GBK?B?zqTD97So?=)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:10:15 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan
Message-ID: <6f939a42.9aa3.16697642682.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>

Hi OMs,


The following tests of DSLWP-B UHF are planned:


21 Oct 2018 22:40 to 22 Oct 2018 00:40
22 Oct 2018 23:40 to 23 Oct 2018 01:40
23 Oct 2018 17:40 to 23 Oct 2018 19:40
24 Oct 2018 18:00 to 24 Oct 2018 20:00
25 Oct 2018 18:50 to 25 Oct 2018 20:50
27 Oct 2018 05:00 to 27 Oct 2018 07:00
27 Oct 2018 17:20 to 27 Oct 2018 19:20



All time in UTC. GMSK telemetry and JT4G beacon on 435.4. GMSK telemetry/image and JT4G repeater on 436.4.


SSDV album: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/pics-b.html   

Online JT4G telemetry forwarder: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g_forwarder.html
JT4G telemetry display: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g.html   
GMSK telemetry: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/telemetry-b.html 



VY TNX & 73!


Wei BG2BHC



--

WEI Mingchuan


Research Center of Satellite Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
mobile: +86-189-4501-5242
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From kb2mjeff at att.net  Sun Oct 21 17:21:01 2018
From: kb2mjeff at att.net (kb2mjeff at att.net)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:21:01 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue FIXED
In-Reply-To: <46D099977F0D48E482667D58714E3538@kb2m4PC>
References: <1EAB8AF9FA6943B5A75F2997031ABB51@kb2m4PC><153AF74553C34483AA93DC12998DCE6C@kb2m4PC><D003FE5D-0621-4816-AE84-E81B07647917@me.com><CBCA4EE951B64490AA0941FD0EDE0317@kb2m4PC>
	<46D099977F0D48E482667D58714E3538@kb2m4PC>
Message-ID: <C4FE019A6E32429C8A08FA0A446BB219@kb2m4PC>

After obtaining a copy of the reset procedure all appears to be working well 
in KB2M sat land again. I still have to re-attach the coax, and zero the 
elevation and align to north. Too windy to go back up on the roof today, To 
my sat buddies, I will be back on tomorrow afternoon. I wonder why the 
documentation doesn't have the simple reset procedure in the manual, it 
would of saved me the trouble of the relay replacement. If I wasn't 1/2 
Polish I would be really pissed at AlfaSpid :-)

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message----- 
From: kb2mjeff at att.net
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 11:53 AM
To: Amsat
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue

Someone just emailed me a reset procedure for a ROT1, does anyone happen to
have the procedure for a ROT2 ? Thanks...

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message----- 
From: kb2mjeff at att.net
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 11:08 AM
To: Amsat
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue

After going over the schematic (Thanks Dimitry) I see nothing wrong with the
hardware, in fact I wonder if there was ever a hardware issue. I used the EL
cable to move the antennas CCW about 1.5 turns. When I fired it up after
replacing the relays it was stuck in CW on. I had to do this in an odd way ,
by resetting the el down 20 degrees at a time to bring the antennas back to
north. Now I get no tactile(relay click on CCW AND EL up with the cables
disconnected. All 4 relays seem good, this to me appears to be in the ROT2
firmware. Jerking around with the buttons in the setup routines in a meaning
less way will get all for relays to click, but when I go to operational mode
I?m back to CCW and EL only. Monday I?m going to try and contact someone who
represents this company in the US. Anyone have a contact for AlfaSpid in the
US? It seems there are lots of issues with this controller...

73 Jeff kb2m


I had similar problems to this over the last 18 months with the SPID ROT2
controller.

It was replaced 3 times and showed the same issue as you have intermittently
over this time. I am using MacDoppler and my supplier and the manufacturer
were convinced it was software.
On returning to the manufacturer and taking the trouble to get my concerns
and issues translated into Polish. I track numerous satellites, some one
after another and listed all of this. So I returned the controller and rotor
to Poland (at their expense) but they only tracked the ISS over a couple of
days and found nothing wrong. Not wanting to continue with the ROT2 as I was
convinced this was the issue I upgraded to their MD02 controller. Although
this has its own quirks I have not suffered from the same relay related
issue since.

There are also several YouTube videos of the problem that yours is
exhibiting https://youtu.be/GWbhez5vadM

Sorry I haven?t got the cure.

Best 73
Pete G0ABI



On 20 Oct 2018, at 23:37, kb2mjeff at att.net wrote:


  Here I go answering my own questions. I think I found part  of my problem.
The buttons don't
  line up in the case very well and caused the rotor to hung up turning in
one direction. That was problem number two, I fixed problem number one the
bad relay that started all of this.To fix this temporality  I have the board
out of the case to test and what is now  happening is that I still can't
turn CCW. All buttons work ok except for the CCW  button. I tried a reset
thinking that I'm over some set location in the firmware that I cant go CCW,
but the reset doesn't work. I replaced all 4 relays. With the rotor
completely disconnected I can get a relay click for every rotational control
button except CCW, it has to be a glitch in the firmware I can't clear, as I
replaced all four relays.  And no I really don't want to spend the $900 for
the green heron controller. Any other ideas?
  Thanks for your help...

  73 Jeff kb2m

  -----Original Message----- From: kb2mjeff at att.net
  Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 3:37 PM
  To: Amsat
  Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid issue

  I?m back at my winter home in Florida and decided today, to work on my
AlfaSpid rotor control box issue. I replaced two relays to fix the Elevation
issue but in testing it before I replaced the other two relays I?m now
having a problem with the azimuth that?s been working 100% until this point.
When I turn on the rotor control the elevation now seems to work ok, but now
the azimuth immediately goes into a clockwise rotation. No matter what I do
to the controller, upon startup it starts turning CW, only way to stop is to
power it down The azimuth was working fine this morning when a worked a
couple of sat passes. Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone know where I can
send this to have it fixed? I have no schematic, or even simple instructions
on how to reset, etc.

  73




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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Mon Oct 22 06:44:56 2018
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:44:56 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] KR-400 transformer wiring
In-Reply-To: <206aaae7-7c3a-2c78-9454-c2bef29e3a21@wb4gcs.org>
References: <fed2f3af-069d-c96f-e6cb-a880b24628c4@msa.hinet.net>
	<206aaae7-7c3a-2c78-9454-c2bef29e3a21@wb4gcs.org>
Message-ID: <078b8ad1-e2a2-a310-ccd2-c99ae8a10336@msa.hinet.net>

Hello Jim and others on the list,

Tried various combinations today and the closest to the original 
voltages was the following:

- One side of 110V connected to shorted 1 and 2.

- The other side of 110V connected to shorted 5 and 6.

A combination of 3 and 4 also worked, but voltages were 15% too high.

As I wrote, I forgot about "half the voltage, double the current", so 
two primary windings should be in parallel with each other when using 
110V in order to balance the current. All's well that ends well. Next 
step is to see if the rotator still rotates.

73 de Hans

BX2ABT


On 10/21/18 10:24 PM, Jim Sanford wrote:
> Try this:
>
> Remove the short from 2 and 5.
>
> Connect 110V to 1 and 2.
>
> Short 3 - 6.
>
> Measure output voltage.? If too low, put power at 4 and 5.
>
>
> It is possible that this would put 3 - 5 and 4 - 6 in opposite 
> phases.? In which case, you'll have ZERO output.? In this case, short 
> 3 and 4 instead of 3 and 6.? Again try power at 1 and 2 first.
>
>
> Good luck, and please share results!
>
> 73,
>
> Jim
>
> wb4gcs at amsat.org
>
>
>
> On 10/21/2018 9:12 AM, Hans BX2ABT wrote:
>> I got this old KR-400 azimuth rotor as a gift, but is wired for 220V 
>> and I need to run it off of 110V. The transformer's wiring now looks 
>> like this:
>>
>>
>> ???? |? 220V? |
>> ???? |??????? |
>> |~~~~|~~~~|?? |~~~~|~~~~|
>> 5??? 1??? 3?? 6??? 2??? 4
>> |????????????????? |
>> |__________________|
>>
>>
>> If the drawing is messed up, here is the gist of it: The primary 
>> consists of two (parallel/separate) windings, one with odd, one with 
>> even numbering (3-5 and 4-6) with the center of the winding named 1 
>> and 2. Currently 2 and 5 are shorted and 220V comes in at 1 and 6. So 
>> current flows from 1 to 5 to 2 to 6 and vice versa.
>>
>> To rewire to 110V I guess I just use any of the combination 1-3, 1-5, 
>> 2-4 or 2-6. But I am just curious why the 220V wiring was done over 
>> two coils, not one? Was this factory standard or has my unit been 
>> modified with a different transformer?
>>
>> Once I get the control unit powered up it time to test the rotator 
>> and see if it needs any maintenance (probably will, because it hasn't 
>> been used for a long while).
>>
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From bruninga at usna.edu  Mon Oct 22 13:24:02 2018
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:24:02 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT: RFI from LED bulbs?
Message-ID: <3b3ce66875784df2e7e28814e51f3d97@mail.gmail.com>

I am hearing reports of RFI from these LED bulbs.  Not just HF, but also
VHF.
If you can make any quantitative assessments of such RFI, please let me
know.

And the amazing thing is that at VHF you will never notice it because RFI
is noise power and it is noise power that keeps a squelch CLOSED.
Manuallly open the squelch and sometimes RFI will show full scale on the S
meter yet not open the squelch.  And on my radios, when the squelch is
closed, the S meter is inactive and shows 0.

Bob Bruninga, WB4APR

From w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com  Mon Oct 22 14:49:39 2018
From: w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com (Paul Andrews)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:49:39 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT: RFI from LED bulbs?
In-Reply-To: <3b3ce66875784df2e7e28814e51f3d97@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3b3ce66875784df2e7e28814e51f3d97@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAOsf+NQdVS5Jhs11h0yH+UULe1JWH7jUr8nfUQpHtB1BNS8K_g@mail.gmail.com>

Bob,

RFI from LED lights has been a well-known problem in the VHF / UHF EME
(moonbounce) weak signal community for years.  The first generation of
LED lights were very strong RFI generators.  The most recent
generation of LED lights are much better but can still cause problems.
LED lighting RFI tends to be broadband noise and not visible birdies.

The best way to see LED lighting broadband noise is with an SDR and
waterfall display.  The SDR or radio AGC must be turned off.  It's
easy to find offending LED lights in your own home.  It gets trickier
finding RFI lighting and devices in neighbors homes.  Turn off all the
lights in your house and start turning them on - 1 at a time.  Watch
your noise floor.  RFI will be obvious.

The good news is that typical amateur satellite communications are not
really weak signal and low-level RFI is not usually a problem.
However, if you are trying to work satellite passes on the horizon,
LED noise can be an issue for high gain directional yagis with mast
mount preamps.

I have at least 100 RFI generating LED lights in a box in my basement.
I removed these from my home and my neighbors.  I have exchanged bad
LED lights for good LED lights.  My house is 100% incandescent and
fluorescent.  No LEDs as long as I'm operating EME on 144 and 432 MHz.
  LED noise does not reach up into 1296 MHz.

Good luck with your LED RFI issues.  They can be solved but it's a bit
of a "wack a mole" effort.

73 - Paul - W2HRO
















On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 9:25 AM Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
>
> I am hearing reports of RFI from these LED bulbs.  Not just HF, but also
> VHF.
> If you can make any quantitative assessments of such RFI, please let me
> know.
>
> And the amazing thing is that at VHF you will never notice it because RFI
> is noise power and it is noise power that keeps a squelch CLOSED.
> Manuallly open the squelch and sometimes RFI will show full scale on the S
> meter yet not open the squelch.  And on my radios, when the squelch is
> closed, the S meter is inactive and shows 0.
>
> Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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From dave at g4dpz.me.uk  Mon Oct 22 15:41:13 2018
From: dave at g4dpz.me.uk (David Johnson)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:41:13 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Warehouse
Message-ID: <DE5442CE-F815-466E-AA1A-D7A6E0A3FA67@g4dpz.me.uk>

Hi,

I preparation for JY1Sat and ESEO we are doing some data migration of existing FUNcube data on to some new servers.

Users may experience occasional slight delays in upload and display performance, over the next few days, this will be due to
me putting strain on the existing database.

The outcome of this will be a singe end point for all data uploads and viewing of the data for all satellites in the constellation.

You can follow our progress at http://data.badgersoft.com (place holder for development). Please note that data and pages WILL change their look / content
during development.

- Dave, G4DPZ


From aj9n at aol.com  Mon Oct 22 16:19:29 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:19:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-22 16:00
	UTC
References: <1329369659.14081140.1540225169348.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1329369659.14081140.1540225169348@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-22 16:00 UTC

?

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact was successful: Mon 2018-10-22 13:05:49 UTC 49 deg (***)

?

Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz ? Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany, direct via DN3HB and DN5ABG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-23 09:14:26 UTC 63 deg

?

Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Ro?lau, Germany, direct via DL?TSD and DK?LG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 08:22:55 UTC 78 deg

?

Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48:48 UTC 52 deg

?

Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH, direct via K8QIK

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-31 14:56:40 UTC 27 deg (***)

?

Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct via KB1MDS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC 36 deg (***)

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

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The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

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Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

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Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

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ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

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Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

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For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

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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.

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Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.

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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.

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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.

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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.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
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http://www.ariss-eu.org/? ?

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If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 
schools:? 


Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108


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The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-22 16:00 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 1268. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1214. (***)
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.

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The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. 

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QSL?information may be found at:?? 
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?

ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-10-22 16:00 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
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Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Mon Oct 22 15:35:59 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:35:59 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Integrierte?=
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz - Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany on 23 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:14 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between DP0ISS and DN3HB and DN5ABG. The contact should be audible over Germany and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in German.

 

 

Story:

 

Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck

 

An der IGS OHZ werden zurzeit  im Sekundarbereich I (5. bis 10. Klasse) ca. 980 Sch?lerInnen und im Sekundarbereich II ca. 300 Sch?lerInnen unterrichtet.

Die IGS OHZ ist eine Ganztagsschule und wir verstehen uns als eine p?dagogische Reformschule. Wir gehen davon aus, dass alle Menschen verschieden sind und daher individuell gef?rdert werden m?ssen.  

In der IGS OHZ werden Kinder aller Begabungen aufgenommen, um gemeinsam zu lernen, arbeiten und zu spielen. Wir gestalten das Zusammenleben junger Menschen nach dem Motto "verschieden sein - gemeinsam lernen" und f?rdern so ein tolerantes Miteinander. An der IGS bem?hen uns um die Entwicklung und Lernfortschritte jedes Kindes, um seine ganz besonderen M?glichkeiten und F?higkeiten. 

Es gibt an der Gesamtschule von der Klasse 5 bis 9 kein sitzen bleiben. Statt Kinder auf verschiedene Schulformen vorzubereiten oder sie gar auszulesen, bietet die IGS einen gemeinsamen Unterricht. 

Neben dem  Erwerb von Fachwissen ist f?r uns Soziales Lernen unabdingbar. Die Kinder und Jugendlichen sollen sich in ihren Unterschiedlichkeiten annehmen und respektieren. 

Sie sollen lernen: anderen zu helfen, aber auch sich selber helfen zu lassen, Konflikte zu l?sen, gemeinsame ihre Lernerfolge steigern.

Die IGS legt deshalb einen besonderen Wert auf die Gemeinschaft im Klassenverband und im Jahrgang. Die Kinder und Jugendlichen werden in den sechs Jahren von einem Klassenlehrertandem betreut. Um das demokratische Handeln zu erlernen und zu erleben ist im Stundenplan eine Verf?gungsstunde fest verankert.

Internationale Begegnungen sind ein fester Bestandteil des Schullebens. So besteht u.a. eine Partnerschaft mit einer Schule in Kuopio (Finnland) und in Barcelona (Spanien) in der Sek I, in Kwidzyn (Polen), in Ptolemaida (Griechenland) und in Verona (Italien) in der 11. Klasse. Der j?hrliche Austausch nimmt  einen festen Platz im Jahresablauf ein. Es besteht auch die M?glichkeit im Ausland ein Betriebspraktikum zu absolvieren.

 

Gymnasium Soltau

Das Gymnasium Soltau ist das Gymnasium der Stadt Soltau, welche sich ziemlich genau in der Mitte zwischen den bekannten Metropolen Hamburg, Bremen und Hannover in der L?neburger Heide in Niedersachsen befindet.

Zur Zeit besuchen ungef?hr 1000 Sch?ler das Gymnasium und werden dabei von circa 80 Lehrern unterrichtet.

In diesem Jahr feiern wir das 125-j?hrige Bestehen unserer Schule unter dem Motto: "125 Jahre Gymnasium Soltau - weltweit und dar?ber hinaus".

Seit vielen Jahren ist die naturwissenschaftliche Fachgruppe in der Lage alle F?cher sowohl auf grundlegendem als auch erh?htem Niveau  anzubieten. Dar?ber hinaus gibt es auch nachmittags viele AGs in denen die Sch?ler ihrem Forscherdrang nachkommen k?nnen, wie zum Beispiel im Erfinderclub, der in Zusammenarbeit mit einem hier ans??igen technischen Betrieb durchgef?hrt wird. Au?erdem gibt es j?hrliche Kurse in Robotik f?r Jahrgang 7, Fr?sen f?r Jahrgang 10 und 3D-Druck f?r die h?heren Jahrg?nge.

Andere Schwerpunkte der Schule finden sich im Bereich Kunst und Musik, die das Schulgeb?ude versch?nern und und mit mehreren Konzerten erfreuen. Schon in der 5. Klasse wird eine Bl?serklasse eingerichtet, in der die Sch?ler intensiv an ihren F?higkeiten mit den Instrumenten arbeiten. ?ber das Jahr verteilt gibt es drei Konzerte in denen die Sch?ler ihr K?nnen demonstrieren, eins davon ein Benefizkonzert was selbstst?ndig durch die Sch?lerschaft organisiert und durchgef?hrt wird.

Die sprachliche Fachgruppe ist ein weiterer gro?er Eckpfeiler unseres Schullebens mit Austauschprogrammen nach Rennes und Paris oder im Fall von Latein nach Xanten, wo man sich alte r?mische Bauwerke anschauen kann. Au?erdem f?hrt die Lateinfachschaft j?hrlich eine Mythennacht durch, wo die Kinder die Mythen der Griechen und R?mer kennenlernen. Nicht zuletzt stellt jeder Jahrgang eine Cafeteria-Klasse, die dann an einem Austausch nach Tschechien teilnimmt.

An unserer Schule gibt es eine lange Tradition des Theaterspiels. So wird in jedem Jahr ein "Klassiker" einstudiert und dann den Mitsch?lern, Eltern und Lehrern in mehreren Auff?hrungen vorgef?hrt.

Das Gymnasium hat in den letzten Jahren an einigen Projekten teilgenommen, so zum Beispiel Comenius, "Schule ohne Rassismus" und einem Zertifikat f?r humanit?re Schule.

 

Translation

 

Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck

 

Currently there are approximately 980 pupils in the junior secondary (5th - 10 grade) and approx. 300 pupils in the secondary at the IGS OHZ (integrated comprehensive school). 

We are an all-day-school and perceive ourselves as a pedagogical and educational reform school where we see everyone as an individual that needs individual fostering.

All pupils are accepted at our school in order to work, learn and play together. Fort our young and adolescent pupils we design our cohabitation with the motto: "Be different - Learn together". This way encourages a peaceful atmosphere of openness and tolerance. Here, at our school we strive towards each and everyone's single growth and progress, not only in education but also in life, and care for each and everyone's opportunities and skills.

>From grade 5 to 10 no pupil has to repeat a year due to our school system in which all pupils are taught together in each and every subject. Besides the acquisition of skills in different subjects, social learning and the support of the social integration is indispensable.  All pupils should accept and respect social differences. They ought to learn: helping others, accepting help for oneself, resolving conflicts and increasing their learning success. This is why our school places a great deal of importance on the community in the class and in the entire year (5th through 10th). The young students and youths (5th to 10th grade) are taught by teacher tandems. To acquire and experience democratic behavior every class has an ordinance hour with one of the tandem teachers. International encounters are a fixed and integral part of everyday school life. As of now there are different partnerships with schools in Kuopio (Finland), Barcelona (Spain) for grades 8 and 10 as well as Kwidzyn (Poland), Ptolemaida (Greece) and in Verona (Italy) for grade 11. Yearly exchanges are firmly established presences in our yearly schedules.

 

 

Gymnasium Soltau

 

The Gymnasium Soltau is the high school of the city Soltau which is located right in the center between the three famous cities Hamburg, Bremen and Hannover in the L?neburger Heide in Lower Saxony.

Currently there are approximately 1000 students visiting the Gymnasium Soltau which are being taught by approximately 80 teachers.

This year, we are celebrating the 125th school anniversary with the motto: "125 years Gymnasium Soltau - worldwide and even beyond".

For many years the science department of the school has been able to provide courses in all scientific subjects on basic and advanced levels. There are also many voluntary workgroups in the afternoons in which students can nurture their curiosity for science like the inventors club which is realized in collaboration with a local tech company.

There are also annual courses in robotics for all 7th grades, a seminar in milling for 10th grades and a seminar in 3D printing for the older students.

Another focal points in school life are the arts and music department which are active in embellishing the school building and giving concerts. From an early age students are taught wind instruments in a special tutor group. There are 3 concerts throughout the year in which the students can present the skills they learned, one of which is a charity concert organized by the students themselves. 

The linguistic department is another cornerstone in school life providing exchange programs to Rennes and Paris or in case of Latin an excursion to Xanten to visit old Roman structures. There is also a so called myths night, where the young students get to know the myths of the old Greeks and Romans. Each year there is a cafeteria-class that is participating in an exchange program to Czechia.

Also we have a long history of theatre workgroups in our school life which rehearse classical screenplays and present them to the whole school in several performances throughout the year.

The school has taken part in several projects during the last years like Comenius, "school against racism" or a humanitarian certificate.

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. Was war Ihre beste Erfahrung im Astronautentraining oder im Weltraum?

2. Haben Sie auf der ISS eine Waschmaschine und W?schetrockner?

3. Ist der Raketenstart vergleichbar mit einer Achterbahnfahrt oder wie f?hlt es sich an?

4. W?rden wir Kinder im Weltall schneller wachsen?

5. Wie schnell gew?hnt man sich an die Schwerelosigkeit und nach der R?ckkehr dann wieder an die Schwerkraft?

6. Wie sind Sie auf die Idee gekommen Astronaut zu werden?

7. Welches war Ihr Lieblingsfach in der Schule und inwiefern hatte es Einfluss auf Ihren Werdegang als Astronaut?

8. Was machen Sie, wenn jemand auf der ISS krank wird, z.B. eine Erk?ltung bekommt?

9. Wie w?rden Sie das Astronautenleben in einem Satz beschreiben?

10. Nehmen Sie Wasser mit zur ISS mit? Wie viele Liter sind das?

11. Wie gestalten Sie Freizeit und Privatleben auf der ISS?

12. Was ist Ihr Forschungsgebiet und wie weit sind Sie damit?

13. Haben Sie ein Vorbild in wissenschaftlicher Hinsicht?

14. Was war das gr??te / gef?hrlichste technische Problem, dass Sie auf der ISS bisher hatten?

15. Gibt es eine M?glichkeit die manuelle Kontrolle ?ber die ISS zu erlangen um ein Ausweichman?ver durchzuf?hren?

16. Wie sind Sie an den Job gekommen bzw. wie sind Sie ein Astronaut geworden?

17. Wie f?hlt es sich an, einer der wenigen Menschen zu sein, der die Erdathmosph?re verlassen hat?

18. Das Astronautentraining, wie muss man sich das vorstellen? Was m?ssen Sie alles ?ben und k?nnen?

19. Beeinflusst dein Aufenthalt im Weltraum deine Weltanschauungen, ?berzeugungen usw.?

20. Nach welcher Uhrzeit richten Sie sich?

 

1. What was the best experience you had in your training or in space?

2. Do you have a washing machine and clothes dryer on the ISS?

3. Does the rocket launch feel like a rollercoaster ride or how does it feel?

4. Would we kids grow faster in space?

5. How fast do you get used to weightlessness and after you return to earth to gravity again?

6. What inspired you to become an astronaut?

7. Which was your favorite subject in school and how did it influence your career path as astronaut?

8. What do you do if someone on the ISS became ill and for example had a cold?

9. How would you describe your daily life on the ISS in one sentence?

10. Do you take water with you to the ISS? How many liters do you take with you?

11. How do you organize free time and privacy on the ISS?

12. What is your field of research in space and how much research do you still have to do?

13. Do you have a scientific role model?

14. What has been the biggest/ most dangerous problem that you have had on the ISS so far?

15. Is it possible to take control over the ISS's steerage to perform an evasive maneuver?

16. How did you get the job as an astronaut?

17. How does it feel to be one of the few people who left our atmosphere?

18. What does the training to become an astronaut look like? What do you need to be able to do and practice?

19. Does your stay in space influence your world views, beliefs, etc.?

20. What is the time you use in space?

 

 

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. Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU

      Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, 

      Dessau-Ro?lau, Germany, direct via DL?TSD and DK?LG

      The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

      The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

      Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 08:22 UTC

 

 

  2. Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW

      The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

      The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

      Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48 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

 

 


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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Tue Oct 23 02:49:55 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:49:55 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Delcastle Technical High
	School, Wilmington, DE
Message-ID: <DDCAAF0F5BCE4BB3A44C12C1DB51C51B@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE on 24 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:48 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K2CCW. The contact should be audible over the state of Delaware 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.

 

 

School Information:

 

At Delcastle, where the event will take place, each science class is supporting the ARISS contact through their lessons and class activities.  Physical science teachers are investigating electromagnetic waves, to help students understand how radio waves are used to communicate with the ISS and how the space station protects its crew from solar radiation. Biology students are investigating methods of growing a sustainable food supply for space travel as part of their unit on photosynthesis and cellular respiration.  Chemistry students are exploring the nuclear reactions that powers the Sun and learning how to calculate exposure to solar radiation.  Integrated science teachers focus their lessons on the different types of radio waves used for communication and how solar weather can affect their transmission.  From these lessons, students will prepare questions for the ISS astronauts.

 

Just as on the International Space Station, teamwork is an important part of our mission to prepare students for a career and/or college.   Students in the school's Digital Media career program designed and produced banners and t-shirts and are using social media platforms to promote the ARISS contact.  Students and faculty also designed a website, TalkToTheSpaceStation.com, so the community at large could learn about ARISS.  Video production students will document the event and stream the experience on Facebook Live so all NCCVTSD students and viewers everywhere can participate.

 

Hodgson Vo-Tech High School, a sister school 15 miles to the south of Delcastle, is building the ground station antennas.  Students in the school's Academy of Manufacturing / Pre-Engineering career area are responsible for the antenna construction.   The antenna will be installed on Delcastle's roof for communication with the ISS.

 

The ARISS experience is a unique opportunity for our school and would not be possible without the help and support of the local community.  ILC Dover, developer and producer of the Space Suit Assembly used by the crew of the ISS, was an original endorser of our ARISS proposal.  The company, located 60 miles south of the school, is curating a temporary exhibit of its technology that will be on display at Delcastle for students to visit days prior to the ARISS contact.  Coincidently, an ILC Dover design engineer and a materials expert are both graduates of Delcastle and have led the exhibit planning.  Our sponsoring partner, Radio Newark, is providing the engineering and ground station operations in partnership with the students and faculty at Delcastle and Hodgson.   We are certain that young minds will be challenged throughout this STEM-focused activity.

 

Radio Newark, the sponsoring organization, is a Science radio station.  The station is an IRS-recognized educational broadcast service that focuses on stories about science and scientists, and current news from the world of science.  The station can be heard through iTunes, apps like TuneIn and Rad.io, and through our online player at radionewark.org.  Over the air, WIZU-FM may be heard in our hometown of Newark, Delaware, broadcasting from the STAR Campus (Science, Technology and Advanced Research) of the University of Delaware.

 

Radio Newark is sponsoring the ARISS event, and providing project management, engineering and ground station operations in partnership with the Delcastle's AV and IT staff and students.

 

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. How does your body adjust to living without gravity and what changes will 

   you feel when you return to Earth? 

2. How significant is the threat of solar weather to the crew on the space 

   station? 

3. How do you train or prepare for mechanical problems during a mission? Do 

   you need plumbing, welding or electrical skills to make necessary repairs? 

4. We've read different descriptions for the odd and unique smell encountered 

   in space. Have you experienced this smell on the ISS? If so, how would you 

   describe it? 

5. What will be the biggest thing to give up when having to leave the space 

   station and return to Earth?   

6. What changes are seen in plants grown in space compared to plants grown on 

   the Earth? 

7. Experiments on plant growth have occurred on the International Space 

   Station. What could this mean in the future for sustainable farming 

   practices in both space and on the Earth? 

8. What would happen if there is a serious medical issue with one of the 

   astronauts?  If someone were to get injured, is the recovery process of a 

   wound any different, longer, or shorter than it is on earth? 

9. What are the hardest parts of your job on the ISS?

10. How do the electrical systems on the International Space Station work 

    without a an actual "ground"? 

11. What is the hardest thing to describe about space to someone who has 

    never been there? 

12. Does sleeping while "strapped down" feel much different than sleeping in 

    your bed at home? 

13. If offered, would you join the first group of pioneers to make a 

    habitable territory on the moon or on Mars? 

14. How much radiation does your body experience in space and how does the 

    structure of the ISS protect you? 

15. Can a cell phone be used the ISS to call the Earth or another space 

    station? 

16. What are some of health risks living on the ISS for an extended time

 

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. Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH, direct via K8QIK 

     The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 

     The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

     Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-31 14:56 UTC

 

  2. Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, 

     direct via KB1MDS

     The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 

     The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

     Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50 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

 

 


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From eli.caul at sonic.com  Mon Oct 22 23:53:37 2018
From: eli.caul at sonic.com (Eli Caul)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:53:37 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
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I've had excellent luck with the Ubiquiti UniFi units, but they are not trivial to set up. 

Another one that seems to have great coverage and not 'spray' other frequencies is the Eero wireless solution.   The Eero sets up quite easily with an iOS or Android app.

Both of these are industrial grade and fairly expensive, however.   

HTH! 

73 de KK6ZHZ,

- Eli Caul

Director of Customer Care
Sonic
707-237-6201 Direct
707-521-0131 Faxline

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From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Burns Fisher
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Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub

Hi all,

I finally figured out why I could not receive AO-91.  It turns out that my old Apple Time Capsule (a wifi hub with a disk built in) was pumping out a nice strong carrier on 145.965 totally overwhelming the satellite.  I have another newer Time Capsule that was fine.

So the question is:  I want to replace this with another WiFi hub.  Does anyone have good or bad recommendations for a hub that does not generate a lot of RF? (When you google Wi-Fi and RF interference, you mainly get other things that interfere with Wi-Fi :-))

Thanks and 73,

Burns WB1FJ
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From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us  Tue Oct 23 13:08:17 2018
From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:08:17 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need help figuring out ISS Packet UPlink stuff
Message-ID: <cedff605-f624-9ad6-c40a-15357395431a@denstarfarm.us>

Hi, after I switched to Win 10/64 pro a couple weeks ago, I no longer
can make program UISS/AGWPE get a response from the ISS 145.825 AX.25 setup.

NOTE: I regularly decode packets from them ... even a few mins ago.

What settings, with respect to uplink, am I missing ?

I use an IC910H for the ISS work and a 2m 5wl beam on Alpha-Spid rotator.


If I could test the UISS program SENDING a packet locally to some sort
of APRS or AX.25, then I could test the setup on the earth path.

I do not know how to do that. As, even though I copy/decode 144.390
packets here, and 145.825 packets here, I try sending but do not know
what to put in the "TO" and the "VIA" to be able to make that station
hear me .. or repeat me .. or send an ACK ... whatever

I am clueless on what form, or PL, I need to use on either the ISS or
into the packet system.

someone give a basic format that will allow me to test this station
setup earth-wise please ??

thank you very much.


-- 
73,
Bob KD7YZ LM# 901


From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us  Tue Oct 23 13:25:03 2018
From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (KD7YZ)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:25:03 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Help with accessing ISS with UISS Program
Message-ID: <10743a1b522f985825a28c75d6435963@denstarfarm.us>




Hi, after I switched to Win 10/64 pro a couple weeks ago, I no longer
can make program UISS/AGWPE get a response from the ISS 145.825 AX.25 
setup.

NOTE: I regularly decode packets from them ... even a few mins ago.

What settings, with respect to uplink, am I missing ?

I use an IC910H for the ISS work and a 2m 5wl beam on Alpha-Spid 
rotator.


If I could test the UISS program SENDING a packet locally to some sort
of APRS or AX.25, then I could test the setup on the earth path.

I do not know how to do that. As, even though I copy/decode 144.390
packets here, and 145.825 packets here, I try sending but do not know
what to put in the "TO" and the "VIA" to be able to make that station
hear me .. or repeat me .. or send an ACK ... whatever

I am clueless on what form, or PL, I need to use on either the ISS or
into the packet system.

someone give a basic format that will allow me to test this station
setup earth-wise please ??

thank you very much.


-- 
73,
Bob KD7YZ LM# 901

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Tue Oct 23 02:21:38 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:21:38 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Martin-Ande?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?rsen-Nex=F6-Gymnasium_Dresden/DLR=5FSchool=5FLab_TU?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?_Dresden=2C_Dresden=2C_Germany=2C_and_Liborius-Gymn?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?asium_Dessau=2C_Dessau-Ro=DFlau=2C_Germany?=
Message-ID: <7396B404709D49F295B9D0516181BD97@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Ro?lau, Germany on 24 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:22 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between DP0ISS and ground stations DL0TSD and DK0LG. The contact should be audible over Germany 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.

 

 

School Information:

 

Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden

 

MINT-Exzellenz in der Region Dresden: MANOS

Der Name "MANOS" war nie offizieller Schulname. Nach den ersten gro?en Erfolgen unserer Schule,  hat er sich bei Sch?lern, 

Lehrern und Eltern als Abk?rzung f?r Martin-Andersen-Nex?-OberSchule (deshalb auch die MANOS) eingeb?rgert und ebenso in der 

nationalen und internationalen ?ffentlichkeit ?ber all die Jahre als Marke erhalten.

In Mathematik, Informatik und den Naturwissenschaften ist es unsere Absicht, ein vertieftes Verst?ndnis zu f?rdern und nicht 

einfach mehr Inhalte zu vermitteln. Dazu werden die Klassen geteilt, um in kleineren Lerngruppen die Sch?ler h?ufiger und 

intensiver experimentieren zu lassen. Wir wollen erreichen, dass unsere Sch?ler die richtigen Fragen stellen und 

Probleml?sungskompetenzen entwickeln. 

Als eine der ganz wenigen Schulen in Sachsen, bieten wir Astronomie als eigenst?ndiges Unterrichtsfach an und lassen die 

Faszination Raumfahrt durch Kontakte zu unseren au?erschulischen Partnern, wie dem Dresdner Sch?lerlabor des 

Deutschen Zentrums f?r Luft- und Raumfahrt, lebendig werden. Viele unserer Sch?ler sind als Amateurfunker beim 

DARC-Pentacon-Dresden besonders engagiert und haben uns so auf den Weg in Richtung ISS gebracht.

 

Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau 

 

Das Liborius-Gymnasium ist eine freie Schule in Tr?gerschaft der Edith-Stein-Schulstiftung des Bistums Magdeburg. Die Schule 

wurde 1991 gegr?ndet und f?hrt die Sch?lerinnen und Sch?ler von der 5. Klasse bis zur 12. Klasse zur Hochschulreife (Abitur). 

Im Rahmen der fakultativen Kurse belegen einige Sch?lerinnen und Sch?ler das Fach Astronomie in Klasse 10 dreist?ndig pro 

Schulwoche. Projektorientiert besch?ftigen sich diese Kurse mit Problemen der Raumfahrt und Astrophysik.

Die Amateurfunk-Schulstation DK0LG existiert seit 2007 und wurde aus der langj?hrigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Amateurfunk und 

Elektronik heraus gegr?ndet. 20 Sch?lerinnen und Sch?ler nehmen regelm??ig Teil, viele von ihnen sogar bis zum Verlassen der 

Schule mit erfolgreichem Abschluss des Abiturs. 

Die AG-Teilnehmer besch?ftigen sich mit Themen wie Grundlagen der Elektronik, Schaltungsentwicklung, Mikrocontrollertechnik, 

Amateurfunk auf Kurzwelle und UHF/VHF. Seit einiger Zeit r?ckt das Interesse der Sch?lerinnen und Sch?ler der AG stark in 

Richtung Stratosph?renballonmissionen. So gelang es den Sch?lern bereits seit 2013 erfolgreich vier Ballone mit schrittweise 

komplexeren Nutzlasten zu starten. 

Im Schuljahr 2017/18 werden die Sch?lerinnen und Sch?ler der Astronomiekurse und der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Elektronik und 

Amateurfunk des Liborius-Gymnasiums das Themengebiet Raumfahrt vertiefen. Ziel soll es sein, zu einer Schulveranstaltung 

unter Beteiligung von Sch?lern, Eltern und Medienvertretern die Ergebnisse der gemeinsamen Arbeit in Form von Vortr?gen, 

experimentellen Demonstrationen und als H?hepunkt den Direktkontakt mit der ISS zu pr?sentieren.

 

 

Translated: 

 

Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden

MINT-Excellence in the Dresden region: MANOS

The name "MANOS" was never an official name. He has been an abbreviation for Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Ober-Schule. Since the first 

successes of our school MANOS became a brand in the national and international public over all the years.

It is our aim to promote a deeper understanding in the fields of mathematics, IT and the sciences, instead of imparting more 

contents. Therefore, the classes are divided to allow the students to experiment more frequently and more intensively in 

smaller study groups. We want our students to ask the right questions and develop problem-solving competences. 

We are one of few schools in Saxony that are offering astronomy as a stand-alone subject and through our contacts to external 

partners, such as the students' laboratory in Dresden and the German centre for air- and space travel (Deutsches Zentrum f?r 

Luft- und Raumfahrt) the students fascination for space travel can come alive. Many of our students are particularly engaged 

as amateur radio operators at the DARC-Pentacon-Dresden and have thus taken us on the way towards ISS.

 

Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau

The Liborius Gymnasium is a private school which is sponsored by the Bistum Magdeburg. The school was founded in 1991 and hosts 

grades five through twelve including those seeking Abitur.

Astronomy is one of the courses we offer to our students in the tenth grade which consists of three classroom hours a week. 

This course is manly used to discuss the difficulties of space travel and the depth of astrophysics.

The ham radio station DKOLG became active in 2007 as a part of the ham radio and electronics club at our school. We have around 

20 active members and most of them remain members until graduation.

These students learn the basics of electronics, micro-controller techniques, ham and shortwave radio, and UHF/VHF. The interest 

of our students in the club in stratosphere balloon missions has grown over time. So our students have been able to send four 

balloons into the stratosphere, each time with a better system and better technology than the last.

During the school year of 2017/2018 the students of the astronomy classes and the work group for engineering and ham-radio at 

the Liborius High School are going to study the topic space travel more intensely. The goal is to present the results of the 

joint work as reports, experimental demonstrations and as a highlight the direct contact with the ISS at an assembly including 

the students, parents and media representatives.

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. An welchen Experimenten arbeiten Sie zur Zeit? 

2. Mussten sie bisher eine Notfallsituation bew?ltigen? 

3. Sehen Sie es angesichts strahlungsbedingter Gefahren als realistisch an, 

   dass Menschen in absehbarer Zeit das Sonnensystem bev?lkern?

4. Wie handelt man, wenn ein Astronaut schwer erkranken sollte? 

5. Was war ihr sch?nstes/anstrengendstes Experiment? 

6. Muss man w?hrend des Aufenthaltes auf der ISS zum Friseur? Wachsen die 

   Haare schneller? 

7. Wie verbringen Sie Feiertage (Weihnachten, Geburtstage) auf der ISS? 

8. Ist es anstrengend auf der ISS zu leben? 

9. Wird einem auf der ISS aufgrund der Schwerelosigkeit schwindlig? 

10. K?nnen Sie sich durch Schwimmbewegungen an Bord der Raumstation 

    fortbewegen?

11. Sie haben einen elektronischen Assitent Cimon mit an Bord. Wie gef?llt 

    ihnen die Zusammenarbeit mit Cimon? W?rden Sie einen menschlichen Partner 

    vorziehen?

12. Was waren ihre Gedanken als sie bei ihrer ersten Mission nach gegl?ckter 

    Landung wieder die Erde unter den F??en sp?rten? 

13. Was sch?tzen Sie am Leben auf der Erde am meisten? 

14. Wir sind Mitglieder einer AG Amateurfunk und Elektronik. Was halten Sie 

    vom Hobby Amateurfunk? 

15. W?rde f?r Sie ein dritter Einsatz als Astronaut in Frage kommen? 

16. Was waren ihre ersten Gedanken, als Sie die Erde vom Weltall aus sahen? 

17. Das Ende der Nutzung der ISS nach heutiger Verfahrensweise ist absehbar. 

    Welche Zukunft w?nschen Sie sich f?r die ISS? 

18. Hat die Abweichung der Bahn der Raumstation vom idealen Kreis Auswirkung 

    auf Experimente? 

19. Was war Ihre coolste oder witzigste Aktion mit der Schwerelosigkeit, 

    abgesehen von den wissenschaftlichen Experimenten, also in Ihrer 

    Freizeit? 

20. Haben Sie guten Kaffe und ist er kompliziert zu machen?

 

1. On which experiments you currently work? 

2. Did you have to cope with an emergency situation up to now? 

3. Do you see it realistic, despite the danger of radiation related issues, 

   that human beings in the foreseeable future will populate our solar 
   system. 

4. How does one act if an Astronaut suffers from a serious illness? 

5. What has been your best/ most challenging experiment? 

6. Do you have to see a hairdresser during your stay at ISS? Does your hair 

   grow faster in space? 

7. How do you spend the holidays such as (Christmas and birthdays) at ISS? 

8. Is it demanding / exhausting to live on board of ISS? 

9. Does one get dizzy on board of ISS due to gravity-free conditions in 

   space? 

10. Can you move on board of ISS with the help of natatory movements? 

11. You have an electronic assistant (Cimon) on board. How do you like the 

    interaction with Cimon? Would you prefer to cooperate with a human 

    partner? 

12. What were your thoughts when you successfully had landed after your first 

    mission and could feel solid earth under your feet? 

13. What do you like most about living on earth? 

14. We are members of the amateur radio club and electronics. How do you 

    think about the hobby "amateur radio"? 

15. Would you consider a third mission as an astronaut? 

16. What were your first thoughts when you could see the Earth from space? 

17. The end of the use of ISS as we know it today is foreseeable. Which 

    future do you wish to see for ISS? 

18. Does the difference of the actual trajectory of the ISS have an impact on 

    the experiments? 

19. What was your coolest or funniest action with the weightlessness, apart 

    from the scientific experiments, so in your free time? 

20. Do you have good coffe and is it complicated to make?

 

 

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. Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW 

      The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 

      The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

      Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48 UTC

 

  2. Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH, direct via K8QIK 

      The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 

      The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

      Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-31 14:56 UTC

 

  3. Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct 

     via KB1MDS

     The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 

     The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

     Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50 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

 

 


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From kb1pvh at gmail.com  Tue Oct 23 13:50:19 2018
From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:50:19 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need help figuring out ISS Packet UPlink stuff
In-Reply-To: <cedff605-f624-9ad6-c40a-15357395431a@denstarfarm.us>
References: <cedff605-f624-9ad6-c40a-15357395431a@denstarfarm.us>
Message-ID: <CAEMY9Fecghv6JJ2gHcbPXRAkUZ3SD3E1BG3CxC09qFDZhSNMtw@mail.gmail.com>

Bob,

To:CQ
Via:ARISS

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9


On Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:47 AM Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz at denstarfarm.us> wrote:

> Hi, after I switched to Win 10/64 pro a couple weeks ago, I no longer
> can make program UISS/AGWPE get a response from the ISS 145.825 AX.25
> setup.
>
> NOTE: I regularly decode packets from them ... even a few mins ago.
>
> What settings, with respect to uplink, am I missing ?
>
> I use an IC910H for the ISS work and a 2m 5wl beam on Alpha-Spid rotator.
>
>
> If I could test the UISS program SENDING a packet locally to some sort
> of APRS or AX.25, then I could test the setup on the earth path.
>
> I do not know how to do that. As, even though I copy/decode 144.390
> packets here, and 145.825 packets here, I try sending but do not know
> what to put in the "TO" and the "VIA" to be able to make that station
> hear me .. or repeat me .. or send an ACK ... whatever
>
> I am clueless on what form, or PL, I need to use on either the ISS or
> into the packet system.
>
> someone give a basic format that will allow me to test this station
> setup earth-wise please ??
>
> thank you very much.
>
>
> --
> 73,
> Bob KD7YZ LM# 901
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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From jean.marc.momple at gmail.com  Tue Oct 23 15:40:31 2018
From: jean.marc.momple at gmail.com (Jean Marc Momple)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:40:31 +0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need help figuring out ISS Packet UPlink stuff
In-Reply-To: <CAEMY9Fecghv6JJ2gHcbPXRAkUZ3SD3E1BG3CxC09qFDZhSNMtw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <cedff605-f624-9ad6-c40a-15357395431a@denstarfarm.us>
	<CAEMY9Fecghv6JJ2gHcbPXRAkUZ3SD3E1BG3CxC09qFDZhSNMtw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F58AFD99-2A17-4D6E-8129-8CC4CD13B003@gmail.com>

Bob,

I struggled a lot before succeeding due to a very simple issue. to explain:

We don?t have any land APRS in 3B8, thus the only way for me to test was thru the birds or ISS therefore trial and error during short passes. I am using Signalink TNC and TS2000/SDR.

1) I was receiving well all APRS from satellites/ISS but failing all the time on Tx/uplink in spite receiving myself in the shack successfully. Therefore was not sure about the issue and trying all sort of settings, computer sound, UISS, UZ7HO sound modem, etc...
2) After a while fed-up with all that I put everything to default and try again, and just played with the Signallink Tx volume starting at the minimum level and it simply worked out first time. Was just over modulating.
3) I tried for a few passes and now it works out nearly 100% receiving myself.
4) As Dave mentioned, I confirm that he UISS setting is simply TO: CQ and VIA: ARISS or RS0ISS.

Same problem with Falconsat (9k2), I did not had a good pass to check but suspect same issue.

Unfortunately no-one in the region to test 2-way QSO except ZS stations which hopefully will work soon.

Hope this help.

73



Jean Marc (3B8DU)

> On Oct 23, 2018, at 5:50 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> 
> To:CQ
> Via:ARISS
> 
> Dave-KB1PVH
> 
> 
> Sent from my Galaxy S9
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:47 AM Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz at denstarfarm.us> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, after I switched to Win 10/64 pro a couple weeks ago, I no longer
>> can make program UISS/AGWPE get a response from the ISS 145.825 AX.25
>> setup.
>> 
>> NOTE: I regularly decode packets from them ... even a few mins ago.
>> 
>> What settings, with respect to uplink, am I missing ?
>> 
>> I use an IC910H for the ISS work and a 2m 5wl beam on Alpha-Spid rotator.
>> 
>> 
>> If I could test the UISS program SENDING a packet locally to some sort
>> of APRS or AX.25, then I could test the setup on the earth path.
>> 
>> I do not know how to do that. As, even though I copy/decode 144.390
>> packets here, and 145.825 packets here, I try sending but do not know
>> what to put in the "TO" and the "VIA" to be able to make that station
>> hear me .. or repeat me .. or send an ACK ... whatever
>> 
>> I am clueless on what form, or PL, I need to use on either the ISS or
>> into the packet system.
>> 
>> someone give a basic format that will allow me to test this station
>> setup earth-wise please ??
>> 
>> thank you very much.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 73,
>> Bob KD7YZ LM# 901
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>> 
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
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From ke4al at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 23 15:41:49 2018
From: ke4al at yahoo.com (Robert Bankston)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:41:49 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2018 AMSAT Symposium Keynote Speaker
References: <1943411078.177240.1540309309870.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1943411078.177240.1540309309870@mail.yahoo.com>

We are pleased and excited to announce that the AMSAT 36th Annual Space Symposium and General Meeting Banquet keynote speaker this year will be Justin Foley, a Systems Engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Justin became involved in the CubeSat program, building satellites, as a student at Cal Poly in 2005. Upon graduation, he was hired by Cal Poly to work launch integration full-time and has since worked every P-POD launch, either as an integrator or operator. Justing specialized in ground stations and mission operations, radio licensing, interface control, range safety documentation and was one of the primary operators for The Planetary Society?s LightSail CubeSat.

In May of 2017, Justin transitioned from Cal Poly to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working on the Mars 2020 rover as part of the System Testbed Engineering group, specializing in instruments and avionics, fault protection, telecom, and power

More information about the AMSAT Symposium, schedule, tours, and registration is available on the AMSAT website at:

https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

We hope to see you in Huntsville!

Robert Bankston, KE4AL
2018 AMSAT Symposium Chair

From aj9n at aol.com  Tue Oct 23 15:56:12 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:56:12 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-23 16:00
	UTC
References: <891689479.14753201.1540310172874.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <891689479.14753201.1540310172874@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-23 16:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz ? Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany, direct via DN3HB and DN5ABG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact was successful: Tue 2018-10-23 09:14:26 UTC 63 deg (***)

?

Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Ro?lau, Germany, direct via DL?TSD and DK?LG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 08:22:55 UTC 78 deg

?

Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48:48 UTC 52 deg

?

Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH, direct via K8QIK

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-31 14:56:40 UTC 27 deg

?

Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct via KB1MDS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC 36 deg

?

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

******************************************************************************

ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.? ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send your reports to aj9n 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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-23 16:00 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 1270. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1215. (***)
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:
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 2018-10-23 16:00 UTC. (***)


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

?

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From burns at fisher.cc  Tue Oct 23 17:36:22 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:36:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
In-Reply-To: <MW2PR20MB2060A6FD20FDDFD610FCA6DC98F40@MW2PR20MB2060.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
References: <CABX7KxUKQF-0=sea0J+Lg58Znt5KR21iPJfWARWmOdnw8d82ng@mail.gmail.com>
	<MW2PR20MB2060A6FD20FDDFD610FCA6DC98F40@MW2PR20MB2060.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxVKvx-bSqTYhj1UU1dahjXAEOw5njVfvUxObYHUkAMTgw@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks everyone.  I'm going to try ferrite chokes first and see what
happens.  I'll let you know how it goes.

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 9:34 AM Eli Caul <eli.caul at sonic.com> wrote:

> I've had excellent luck with the Ubiquiti UniFi units, but they are not
> trivial to set up.
>
> Another one that seems to have great coverage and not 'spray' other
> frequencies is the Eero wireless solution.   The Eero sets up quite easily
> with an iOS or Android app.
>
> Both of these are industrial grade and fairly expensive, however.
>
> HTH!
>
> 73 de KK6ZHZ,
>
> - Eli Caul
>
> Director of Customer Care
> Sonic
> 707-237-6201 Direct
> 707-521-0131 Faxline
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Burns Fisher
> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 16:57
> To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
>
> Hi all,
>
> I finally figured out why I could not receive AO-91.  It turns out that my
> old Apple Time Capsule (a wifi hub with a disk built in) was pumping out a
> nice strong carrier on 145.965 totally overwhelming the satellite.  I have
> another newer Time Capsule that was fine.
>
> So the question is:  I want to replace this with another WiFi hub.  Does
> anyone have good or bad recommendations for a hub that does not generate a
> lot of RF? (When you google Wi-Fi and RF interference, you mainly get other
> things that interfere with Wi-Fi :-))
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Burns WB1FJ
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring 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!
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>

From aj9n at aol.com  Tue Oct 23 18:19:20 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 18:19:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-23 18:30
	UTC
References: <1181999661.14871174.1540318760211.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1181999661.14871174.1540318760211@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-23 18:30 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz ? Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany, direct via DN3HB and DN5ABG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact was successful: Tue 2018-10-23 09:14:26 UTC 63 deg

?

Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Ro?lau, Germany, direct via DL?TSD and DK?LG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 08:22:55 UTC 78 deg

?

Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48:48 UTC 52 deg

Watch for live stream at Www.facebook.com/NCCVTSD/?? (***)

?

Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH, direct via K8QIK

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-31 14:56:40 UTC 27 deg

?

Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct via KB1MDS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC 36 deg

?

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

******************************************************************************

ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.? ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send your reports to aj9n 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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-23 18:30 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 1270. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1215. 
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:
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 2018-10-23 16:00 UTC.


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?




From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Tue Oct 23 19:10:00 2018
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:10:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need help figuring out ISS Packet UPlink stuff
In-Reply-To: <CAEMY9Fecghv6JJ2gHcbPXRAkUZ3SD3E1BG3CxC09qFDZhSNMtw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <cedff605-f624-9ad6-c40a-15357395431a@denstarfarm.us>
	<CAEMY9Fecghv6JJ2gHcbPXRAkUZ3SD3E1BG3CxC09qFDZhSNMtw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <215475761.317234.1540321800362@mail.yahoo.com>

 If you haven't already, you could tune the radio to the APRS frequency and see if UISS+AGWPE can? decode these.? I do it all the time, helps catch config errors/radio settings before the pass. 

Also, if you are trying the APRS way, send a "hello" packet addressed to CQ via APRS, an ACK back from the aprs system confirms many things.? After that ISS packet is arm chair work, 


Best,Umeshk6vug





    On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 6:56:22 AM PDT, Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Bob,

To:CQ
Via:ARISS

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9


On Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:47 AM Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz at denstarfarm.us> wrote:

> Hi, after I switched to Win 10/64 pro a couple weeks ago, I no longer
> can make program UISS/AGWPE get a response from the ISS 145.825 AX.25
> setup.
>
> NOTE: I regularly decode packets from them ... even a few mins ago.
>
> What settings, with respect to uplink, am I missing ?
>
> I use an IC910H for the ISS work and a 2m 5wl beam on Alpha-Spid rotator.
>
>
> If I could test the UISS program SENDING a packet locally to some sort
> of APRS or AX.25, then I could test the setup on the earth path.
>
> I do not know how to do that. As, even though I copy/decode 144.390
> packets here, and 145.825 packets here, I try sending but do not know
> what to put in the "TO" and the "VIA" to be able to make that station
> hear me .. or repeat me .. or send an ACK ... whatever
>
> I am clueless on what form, or PL, I need to use on either the ISS or
> into the packet system.
>
> someone give a basic format that will allow me to test this station
> setup earth-wise please ??
>
> thank you very much.
>
>
> --
> 73,
> Bob KD7YZ LM# 901
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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 walterh at k5wh.net  Tue Oct 23 21:34:09 2018
From: walterh at k5wh.net (walterh at k5wh.net)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:34:09 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need help figuring out ISS Packet UPlink stuff
In-Reply-To: <215475761.317234.1540321800362@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <cedff605-f624-9ad6-c40a-15357395431a@denstarfarm.us>	<CAEMY9Fecghv6JJ2gHcbPXRAkUZ3SD3E1BG3CxC09qFDZhSNMtw@mail.gmail.com>
	<215475761.317234.1540321800362@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000b01d46b18$232d3760$6987a620$@k5wh.net>

Are you digipeating via ARISS  ?


Walter/K5WH

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of k6vug at sbcglobal.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 2:10 PM
To: Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz at denstarfarm.us>; Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com>
Cc: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Need help figuring out ISS Packet UPlink stuff

 If you haven't already, you could tune the radio to the APRS frequency and see if UISS+AGWPE can  decode these.  I do it all the time, helps catch config errors/radio settings before the pass. 

Also, if you are trying the APRS way, send a "hello" packet addressed to CQ via APRS, an ACK back from the aprs system confirms many things.  After that ISS packet is arm chair work, 


Best,Umeshk6vug





    On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 6:56:22 AM PDT, Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Bob,

To:CQ
Via:ARISS

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9


On Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:47 AM Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz at denstarfarm.us> wrote:

> Hi, after I switched to Win 10/64 pro a couple weeks ago, I no longer 
> can make program UISS/AGWPE get a response from the ISS 145.825 AX.25 
> setup.
>
> NOTE: I regularly decode packets from them ... even a few mins ago.
>
> What settings, with respect to uplink, am I missing ?
>
> I use an IC910H for the ISS work and a 2m 5wl beam on Alpha-Spid rotator.
>
>
> If I could test the UISS program SENDING a packet locally to some sort 
> of APRS or AX.25, then I could test the setup on the earth path.
>
> I do not know how to do that. As, even though I copy/decode 144.390 
> packets here, and 145.825 packets here, I try sending but do not know 
> what to put in the "TO" and the "VIA" to be able to make that station 
> hear me .. or repeat me .. or send an ACK ... whatever
>
> I am clueless on what form, or PL, I need to use on either the ISS or 
> into the packet system.
>
> someone give a basic format that will allow me to test this station 
> setup earth-wise please ??
>
> thank you very much.
>
>
> --
> 73,
> Bob KD7YZ LM# 901
>
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From wd9get at amsat.org  Wed Oct 24 00:03:49 2018
From: wd9get at amsat.org (Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:03:49 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Intro AMSAT presentation
Message-ID: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>

Could someone please send me a basic AMSAT presentation that I could use 
as a basis for a club presentation?
-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keith E. Brandt, MD, MPH
/wd9get at amsat.org/

/Christianity and science are opposed? but only in the same sense as my 
thumb
and forefinger are opposed- and between them I can grasp everything.
/?Sir William Bragg (Nobel Prize for Physics- 1915)

*This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Wed Oct 24 00:09:16 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 20:09:16 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Intro AMSAT presentation
In-Reply-To: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>
References: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKN_6iZ0grtgziVenA_qDf3LVt4td+tLQ2+aqj2O75WSjg@mail.gmail.com>

Here is a video of one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDSv3z7a_x4


On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:05 PM Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET <wd9get at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Could someone please send me a basic AMSAT presentation that I could use
> as a basis for a club presentation?
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Keith E. Brandt, MD, MPH
> /wd9get at amsat.org/
>
> /Christianity and science are opposed? but only in the same sense as my
> thumb
> and forefinger are opposed- and between them I can grasp everything.
> /?Sir William Bragg (Nobel Prize for Physics- 1915)
>
> *This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons
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From wd9get at amsat.org  Wed Oct 24 00:20:25 2018
From: wd9get at amsat.org (Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:20:25 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Intro AMSAT presentation
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKN_6iZ0grtgziVenA_qDf3LVt4td+tLQ2+aqj2O75WSjg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>
	<CALn0fKN_6iZ0grtgziVenA_qDf3LVt4td+tLQ2+aqj2O75WSjg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADPg107SX4OV0jYYG0VaTnodFXEr4dikKGEF7SSxNnzULbVyLQ@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks John, but I should have specified I'd prefer a PowerPoint deck so I
could tweak it to the specific group.

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 7:09 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is a video of one:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDSv3z7a_x4
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:05 PM Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET <wd9get at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Could someone please send me a basic AMSAT presentation that I could use
>> as a basis for a club presentation?
>> --
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Keith E. Brandt, MD, MPH
>> /wd9get at amsat.org/
>>
>> /Christianity and science are opposed? but only in the same sense as my
>> thumb
>> and forefinger are opposed- and between them I can grasp everything.
>> /?Sir William Bragg (Nobel Prize for Physics- 1915)
>>
>> *This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons
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>

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET wd9get at amsat.org <wd9get at amsat.org>*

'Christianity and science are opposed?but only in the same sense as my
thumb and forefinger are opposed - and between them I can grasp
everything.' ?Sir William Bragg (Nobel Prize for Physics- 1915)

 *This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons

*xb*

From n1uw at gokarns.com  Wed Oct 24 01:11:11 2018
From: n1uw at gokarns.com (Frank Karnauskas)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 18:11:11 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] ERC-M/Yaesu 5500/PCSat32 Interface
Message-ID: <000b01d46b36$749513c0$5dbf3b40$@gokarns.com>

If anyone can help me fast-track interfacing the following: 

* ERC-M SMD rotor control interface (Assembled; via Vibroplex)
* ERC-M Desktop Housing
* Yaesu 5500 el/az rotator
* SatPC32 software

I would greatly appreciate you contacting my offline at N1UW at
GOKARNS dot COM.

My M2 LEO pack is on the way (ordered through the AMSAT store, of
course).

I promise not to be a long term drag.

73,
Frank

FRANK W. KARNAUSKAS, N1UW
ANS ROTATING EDITOR
3670 E. KINGLER SPRING PL.
TUCSON, AZ 85718
T: 612-644-9174
E: N1UW at GOKARNS.COM



From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Wed Oct 24 02:04:26 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:04:26 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Intro AMSAT presentation
In-Reply-To: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>
References: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <21a3a3ec-40dc-1c91-48dc-5df5905ae48e@gmail.com>

Hi Keith,

Amsat President Joe, K6WAO, spoke at our club recently (he happens to be
fairly local).   I believe the presentation was from an Amsat deck,
which you might be able to get from Joe or Martha.  I don't know how
public the deck itself is, so ask nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVltuMVl5co

I also have a deck from a presentation I gave some years ago,  if all
else fails, but it would need a lot of updating.

Greg  KO6TH


Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET wrote:
> Could someone please send me a basic AMSAT presentation that I could
> use as a basis for a club presentation?


From nm3a at mail.com  Wed Oct 24 02:08:33 2018
From: nm3a at mail.com (Mail)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:08:33 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Intro AMSAT presentation
In-Reply-To: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>
References: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <3B4CC67F-4867-4408-B3EA-A27CA3811FFC@mail.com>

I?d be interested in this too. 

Dan

Sent from here. NM3A

> On Oct 23, 2018, at 20:03, Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET <wd9get at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Could someone please send me a basic AMSAT presentation that I could use as a basis for a club presentation?
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Keith E. Brandt, MD, MPH
> /wd9get at amsat.org/
> 
> /Christianity and science are opposed? but only in the same sense as my thumb
> and forefinger are opposed- and between them I can grasp everything.
> /?Sir William Bragg (Nobel Prize for Physics- 1915)
> 
> *This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons
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From wandtosborne at gmail.com  Wed Oct 24 03:42:04 2018
From: wandtosborne at gmail.com (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:42:04 +1300
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem with Linux?
Message-ID: <2895D62A46934BE3B12D2CF64341A6EC@OsbornesPC>

Hi Folks,

I have just got an old Toshiba A100 laptop running on Linux.
I have GPredict, gqrx and FoxTelem running.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get gqrx feeding audio to FoxTelem?
Thanks,
73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

From n8hm at arrl.net  Wed Oct 24 03:51:43 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:51:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem with Linux?
In-Reply-To: <2895D62A46934BE3B12D2CF64341A6EC@OsbornesPC>
References: <2895D62A46934BE3B12D2CF64341A6EC@OsbornesPC>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOoybwo9wWWamF5wx5Mp769fBJfq=7CBviEn_uPhukYB5A@mail.gmail.com>

With most distributions, you should be able to enter this command at
the terminal:

$ pacmd load-module module-virtual-source source_name=loop_source
uplink_sink=loop_sink

Then set the gqrx output to loop_sink and the FoxTelem input to
loop_source (be sure the sample rate is set to 48000 in FoxTelem).

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 23:42 Wendy and Terry Osborne
<wandtosborne at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have just got an old Toshiba A100 laptop running on Linux.
> I have GPredict, gqrx and FoxTelem running.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on how to get gqrx feeding audio to FoxTelem?
> Thanks,
> 73,
> Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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From sv1ljj at raag.org  Wed Oct 24 13:33:33 2018
From: sv1ljj at raag.org (Apostolos Kefalas)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:33:33 +0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem with Linux?
In-Reply-To: <2895D62A46934BE3B12D2CF64341A6EC@OsbornesPC>
References: <2895D62A46934BE3B12D2CF64341A6EC@OsbornesPC>
Message-ID: <1540388013.2454.2.camel@raag.org>

Hi,

1. Install "PulseAudio Volume control" (pavucontrol)

2. Start gqrx and Foxtelem

3. On the "Recording" tab of "PulseAudio Volume control" set Foxtelem
"capture from" to "monitor of build in audio"

4. Set your audio levels.

You are ready!


73
Apostolos



On Wed, 2018-10-24 at 16:42 +1300, Wendy and Terry Osborne wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I have just got an old Toshiba A100 laptop running on Linux.
> I have GPredict, gqrx and FoxTelem running.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas on how to get gqrx feeding audio to
> FoxTelem?
> Thanks,
> 73,
> Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Wed Oct 24 14:04:03 2018
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 22:04:03 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem with Linux?
In-Reply-To: <2895D62A46934BE3B12D2CF64341A6EC@OsbornesPC>
References: <2895D62A46934BE3B12D2CF64341A6EC@OsbornesPC>
Message-ID: <a3df611d-e6a8-0f43-4c98-05fc48ae9756@msa.hinet.net>

I assume it is a distro running PulsAudio and that all audio is working. 
In your next post please tell us what distro you're using, that would be 
helpful.

1) First install pavucontrol. Fire it up and also start GQRX and Foxtelem.

2) Pavucontrol has 5 tabs, go to the "Recording" one.

3) You will see something like "ALSA plug-in [java]: Alsa Capture???? 
from .....". (Foxtelem is a Java application, hence the mention of Java).

4) Click on the rectangle that comes after "from" and you will get a 
number of choices depending on the number of sound cards. It will 
probably be two options only.

5) pick the options with "Monitor of" in front of it. If correct you 
will see the VU-meter below it come to live, which means that Foxtelem 
should be picking up audio.

6) Be proud of yourself for putting an old laptop to good use and start 
enjoying it.

If it doesn't work out mail me directly and I can provide you with some 
screen shots. The method that Paul N8HM mentioned will probably also 
work, but? you will lose audio output from your speakers.

HTH,


Hans

BX2ABT

On 10/24/18 11:42 AM, Wendy and Terry Osborne wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have just got an old Toshiba A100 laptop running on Linux.
> I have GPredict, gqrx and FoxTelem running.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on how to get gqrx feeding audio to FoxTelem?
> Thanks,
> 73,
> Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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>
>

From n8hm at arrl.net  Wed Oct 24 14:11:54 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:11:54 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem with Linux?
In-Reply-To: <a3df611d-e6a8-0f43-4c98-05fc48ae9756@msa.hinet.net>
References: <2895D62A46934BE3B12D2CF64341A6EC@OsbornesPC>
	<a3df611d-e6a8-0f43-4c98-05fc48ae9756@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOpboCAaDFpvGt_zh=pXtqgLi3mbLTnjjkXWQyTe9xqH4A@mail.gmail.com>

"The method that Paul N8HM mentioned will probably also work, but you
will lose audio output from your speakers."

I have used the module-virtual-source method and, while it's true that
you lose the audio output to speakers from Gqrx, you can send the
audio to the speakers from FoxTelem.

73,

Paul, N8HM
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 10:04 AM Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net> wrote:
>
> I assume it is a distro running PulsAudio and that all audio is working.
> In your next post please tell us what distro you're using, that would be
> helpful.
>
> 1) First install pavucontrol. Fire it up and also start GQRX and Foxtelem.
>
> 2) Pavucontrol has 5 tabs, go to the "Recording" one.
>
> 3) You will see something like "ALSA plug-in [java]: Alsa Capture
> from .....". (Foxtelem is a Java application, hence the mention of Java).
>
> 4) Click on the rectangle that comes after "from" and you will get a
> number of choices depending on the number of sound cards. It will
> probably be two options only.
>
> 5) pick the options with "Monitor of" in front of it. If correct you
> will see the VU-meter below it come to live, which means that Foxtelem
> should be picking up audio.
>
> 6) Be proud of yourself for putting an old laptop to good use and start
> enjoying it.
>
> If it doesn't work out mail me directly and I can provide you with some
> screen shots. The method that Paul N8HM mentioned will probably also
> work, but  you will lose audio output from your speakers.
>
> HTH,
>
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
> On 10/24/18 11:42 AM, Wendy and Terry Osborne wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I have just got an old Toshiba A100 laptop running on Linux.
> > I have GPredict, gqrx and FoxTelem running.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas on how to get gqrx feeding audio to FoxTelem?
> > Thanks,
> > 73,
> > Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
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From ingejack at cox.net  Wed Oct 24 16:43:02 2018
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 12:43:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] icom IC821H SUB mode
Message-ID: <181147494.428087.1540399382643@myemail.cox.net>

I have an Icom IC821H which is running flawlessly with the exception of the SUB light flashing intermittently while in SAT Mode ! It doesn't seem to affect the operation however it is annoying to see it continuously blinking Sub Sub Sub  etc. I have the squelch set the highest and the audio set the lowest on the SUB band. I can shut off the SUB band completely but that doesn't help when I want to be in Full Duplex mode for the sats. 

Does anyone else owning an ICOM IC821H have this problem ? I would be interested to find out iof there is a cure for it or if this is just SOP for this radio ! There is nothing in the manual pertaining to this problem.  Thanks  JACK  KC7MG

From rfmosher at cox.net  Wed Oct 24 16:59:20 2018
From: rfmosher at cox.net (ronald mosher)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:59:20 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
Message-ID: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>

I am new to satellite communication and this is my first post.  My setup so
far includes an Arrow antenna on a camera tripod, an SDR (RSP) and SatPC32
software on a Surface Pro.  I would like to buy a portable, HF/VHF/UHF,
Full-Duplex transceiver that I can use for both portable HF QRP and for
satellite work.  So far, I have not been able to find such a radio.  Any
recommendations would be much appreciated.

 

Also, I would like to buy or build an AZ-EL rotator that is suitable for a
portable setup.  I am leaning toward building as a less expensive
alternative.  I have been studying the WRAPS version by WA8SME and the Mini
Mk-2 by VK3FOWL and VK3YSP.  Both look to be of about equal construction
complexity.  Any thoughts on either if these rotators, or any other
inexpensive rotator would also be very much appreciated.

 

It is exciting to be learning a new phase of ham radio and to be a part of
this group.  Thank you for any suggestions.

73, 

Ron  K0PGE


From diehl.mike.a at gmail.com  Wed Oct 24 19:00:10 2018
From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:00:10 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
In-Reply-To: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>
References: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>
Message-ID: <62502C21-7FFC-407C-B5DB-872A569D4D14@gmail.com>

I?m unaware of a QRP HF rig that can do full duplex satellite as well. However, since yaesu doesn?t make an official FT-1634 you can make one with 2 FT-817?s, one for the uplink and the other for down. If you?re buying new it would be two FT-818?s so I guess that would make it an FT-1636. 

There are some rigs that do HF and satellite like the TS-2000 and IC-9100 but they?re not QRP rigs. 

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

> On Oct 24, 2018, at 12:59, ronald mosher <rfmosher at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> I am new to satellite communication and this is my first post.  My setup so
> far includes an Arrow antenna on a camera tripod, an SDR (RSP) and SatPC32
> software on a Surface Pro.  I would like to buy a portable, HF/VHF/UHF,
> Full-Duplex transceiver that I can use for both portable HF QRP and for
> satellite work.  So far, I have not been able to find such a radio.  Any
> recommendations would be much appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Also, I would like to buy or build an AZ-EL rotator that is suitable for a
> portable setup.  I am leaning toward building as a less expensive
> alternative.  I have been studying the WRAPS version by WA8SME and the Mini
> Mk-2 by VK3FOWL and VK3YSP.  Both look to be of about equal construction
> complexity.  Any thoughts on either if these rotators, or any other
> inexpensive rotator would also be very much appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> It is exciting to be learning a new phase of ham radio and to be a part of
> this group.  Thank you for any suggestions.
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Ron  K0PGE
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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From WB4SON at gmail.com  Wed Oct 24 19:51:34 2018
From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:51:34 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] icom IC821H SUB mode
In-Reply-To: <181147494.428087.1540399382643@myemail.cox.net>
References: <181147494.428087.1540399382643@myemail.cox.net>
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I can't speak for the IC821, but the behavior you describe is perfectly
normal for the IC-910H and IC-9100.  Every time that SATPC32 updates the
uplink frequency it has to momentarily change to the SUB band to do so.
That's what the blink is, it is SATPC32 doing its job.  If you notice the

73, Bob, WB4SON


On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 12:46 PM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:

> I have an Icom IC821H which is running flawlessly with the exception of
> the SUB light flashing intermittently while in SAT Mode ! It doesn't seem
> to affect the operation however it is annoying to see it continuously
> blinking Sub Sub Sub  etc. I have the squelch set the highest and the audio
> set the lowest on the SUB band. I can shut off the SUB band completely but
> that doesn't help when I want to be in Full Duplex mode for the sats.
>
> Does anyone else owning an ICOM IC821H have this problem ? I would be
> interested to find out iof there is a cure for it or if this is just SOP
> for this radio ! There is nothing in the manual pertaining to this
> problem.  Thanks  JACK  KC7MG
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From ingejack at cox.net  Wed Oct 24 20:03:04 2018
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:03:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] icom IC821H SUB mode
In-Reply-To: <CAPonRZ8FjgcR8xe8X_stb2c=6AJbuvNxnweSx7OAvL_NQPr9XA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <181147494.428087.1540399382643@myemail.cox.net>
	<CAPonRZ8FjgcR8xe8X_stb2c=6AJbuvNxnweSx7OAvL_NQPr9XA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <856042422.414312.1540411384416@myemail.cox.net>

Thanks Bob. That is exactly what is happening. Now that I know it is normal I can sleep tonight not having to worry about it 73 JACK KC7MG


> On October 24, 2018 at 3:51 PM Bob <WB4SON at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     I can't speak for the IC821, but the behavior you describe is perfectly normal for the IC-910H and IC-9100.  Every time that SATPC32 updates the uplink frequency it has to momentarily change to the SUB band to do so.  That's what the blink is, it is SATPC32 doing its job.  If you notice the 
> 
>     73, Bob, WB4SON
> 
> 
>     On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 12:46 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> 
>         > > I have an Icom IC821H which is running flawlessly with the exception of the SUB light flashing intermittently while in SAT Mode ! It doesn't seem to affect the operation however it is annoying to see it continuously blinking Sub Sub Sub  etc. I have the squelch set the highest and the audio set the lowest on the SUB band. I can shut off the SUB band completely but that doesn't help when I want to be in Full Duplex mode for the sats.
> > 
> >         Does anyone else owning an ICOM IC821H have this problem ? I would be interested to find out iof there is a cure for it or if this is just SOP for this radio ! There is nothing in the manual pertaining to this problem.  Thanks  JACK  KC7MG
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From wao at vfr.net  Wed Oct 24 20:15:02 2018
From: wao at vfr.net (Joe Spier)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:15:02 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Intro AMSAT presentation
In-Reply-To: <CADPg107SX4OV0jYYG0VaTnodFXEr4dikKGEF7SSxNnzULbVyLQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>
	<CALn0fKN_6iZ0grtgziVenA_qDf3LVt4td+tLQ2+aqj2O75WSjg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADPg107SX4OV0jYYG0VaTnodFXEr4dikKGEF7SSxNnzULbVyLQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9d34aca1-d00b-8d3e-2c66-162d14c9e110@vfr.net>

Keith,

Please don't use the PowerPoint I gave to SFARC. It's been painfully 
pointed out to me the many errors in it. AMSAT Ambassadors are working 
on a 5 powerpoint set for intro to clubs, etc. Should be available shortly.

-73, Joe Spier, K6WAO
President, AMSAT

On 10/23/18 5:20 PM, Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET wrote:
> Thanks John, but I should have specified I'd prefer a PowerPoint deck so I
> could tweak it to the specific group.
>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 7:09 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is a video of one:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDSv3z7a_x4
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:05 PM Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET <wd9get at amsat.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Could someone please send me a basic AMSAT presentation that I could use
>>> as a basis for a club presentation?
>>> --
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Keith E. Brandt, MD, MPH
>>> /wd9get at amsat.org/
>>>
>>> /Christianity and science are opposed? but only in the same sense as my
>>> thumb
>>> and forefinger are opposed- and between them I can grasp everything.
>>> /?Sir William Bragg (Nobel Prize for Physics- 1915)
>>>
>>> *This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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>>> AMSAT-NA.
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From k8bl at ameritech.net  Wed Oct 24 21:19:55 2018
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 21:19:55 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
In-Reply-To: <62502C21-7FFC-407C-B5DB-872A569D4D14@gmail.com>
References: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>
	<62502C21-7FFC-407C-B5DB-872A569D4D14@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <783358435.423002.1540415995495@mail.yahoo.com>

Ron,

I have an ICOM IC-820 All-Mode rig that I have been using
as a portable/rover for over 6 years. My antenna, like yours,
is an Arrow on a camera tripod. The rig is powered from whatever
vehicle I'm using at the time. All the Satellite info I need
is from my Phone using the AmsatDroidFree App and I control
the Rig and Antenna completely manually. Logging is done with
a Digital Recorder with the Mic placed in one of the earpieces
of my headphones to record both sides of the QSOs. I transcribe
the info later for uploading to LoTW.

To date, I've roved in 115 Grids in 3 Countries and made thousands
of Satellite QSOs. This is a very minimal straightforward setup
that works very well. I've never felt the need for having any
kind of automated control of a rig or antenna while out in the
hinterlands. It just creates more things to set up and take down
and have go wrong when you're plugging/unplugging a bunch of
things over and over again. My theory is the "KISS" principle
for portable operating.

GL/73,    Bob  K8BL



________________________________
From: Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com>
To: ronald mosher <rfmosher at cox.net> 
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver



I?m unaware of a QRP HF rig that can do full duplex satellite as well. However, since yaesu doesn?t make an official FT-1634 you can make one with 2 FT-817?s, one for the uplink and the other for down. If you?re buying new it would be two FT-818?s so I guess that would make it an FT-1636. 

There are some rigs that do HF and satellite like the TS-2000 and IC-9100 but they?re not QRP rigs. 

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

> On Oct 24, 2018, at 12:59, ronald mosher <rfmosher at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> I am new to satellite communication and this is my first post.  My setup so
> far includes an Arrow antenna on a camera tripod, an SDR (RSP) and SatPC32
> software on a Surface Pro.  I would like to buy a portable, HF/VHF/UHF,
> Full-Duplex transceiver that I can use for both portable HF QRP and for
> satellite work.  So far, I have not been able to find such a radio.  Any
> recommendations would be much appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Also, I would like to buy or build an AZ-EL rotator that is suitable for a
> portable setup.  I am leaning toward building as a less expensive
> alternative.  I have been studying the WRAPS version by WA8SME and the Mini
> Mk-2 by VK3FOWL and VK3YSP.  Both look to be of about equal construction
> complexity.  Any thoughts on either if these rotators, or any other
> inexpensive rotator would also be very much appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> It is exciting to be learning a new phase of ham radio and to be a part of
> this group.  Thank you for any suggestions.
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Ron  K0PGE
> 
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From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Wed Oct 24 21:30:15 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:30:15 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Intro AMSAT presentation
In-Reply-To: <9d34aca1-d00b-8d3e-2c66-162d14c9e110@vfr.net>
References: <ced9ee2e-fb7f-b3bf-fc59-d3e140f808ef@amsat.org>
	<CALn0fKN_6iZ0grtgziVenA_qDf3LVt4td+tLQ2+aqj2O75WSjg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADPg107SX4OV0jYYG0VaTnodFXEr4dikKGEF7SSxNnzULbVyLQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<9d34aca1-d00b-8d3e-2c66-162d14c9e110@vfr.net>
Message-ID: <6b250c1c-705e-9aa8-2a98-acf97d2c17b5@gmail.com>

Awww, it wasn't that bad.  But I haven't given out the actual deck,
presuming it's probably evolved.  Good to hear that it's doing so.  The
video reference was a suggestion for potential presentation content.

Greg  KO6TH


Joe Spier wrote:
> Keith,
>
> Please don't use the PowerPoint I gave to SFARC. It's been painfully
> pointed out to me the many errors in it. AMSAT Ambassadors are working
> on a 5 powerpoint set for intro to clubs, etc. Should be available
> shortly.
>
> -73, Joe Spier, K6WAO
> President, AMSAT
>
> On 10/23/18 5:20 PM, Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET wrote:
>> Thanks John, but I should have specified I'd prefer a PowerPoint deck
>> so I
>> could tweak it to the specific group.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 7:09 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Here is a video of one:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDSv3z7a_x4
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:05 PM Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET
>>> <wd9get at amsat.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could someone please send me a basic AMSAT presentation that I
>>>> could use
>>>> as a basis for a club presentation?
>>>> -- 
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> Keith E. Brandt, MD, MPH
>>>> /wd9get at amsat.org/
>>>>
>>>> /Christianity and science are opposed? but only in the same sense
>>>> as my
>>>> thumb
>>>> and forefinger are opposed- and between them I can grasp everything.
>>>> /?Sir William Bragg (Nobel Prize for Physics- 1915)
>>>>
>>>> *This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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>>>> views of
>>>> AMSAT-NA.
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>>>> program!
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>>>>
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From burns at fisher.cc  Wed Oct 24 21:43:26 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:43:26 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Extended info about calibrating your LVB tracker and
	G5500 rotor
Message-ID: <CABX7KxV=KvuUXO6rXcK5EmDh9mNJ=hRGbHbwZ1dxJOZg=akxyA@mail.gmail.com>

For some reason the 5500 and the LVB in my system got out of whack.  It may
have been when I switched from "450 degree azimuth" mode to "flip" (i.e.
180 elevation) mode.  I don't know.  But even after calibrating the LVB
several times, it would not set the elevation to 180 and setting it to
90 degrees ended up something like 15 degrees off.

I took the LVB cover off to access the connections to the 5500, and
discovered that far from sending an analog voltage of 2 to 4.5V to equal 0
to 180 degrees as the Yaesu docs say, the 5500 was sending 0V to 5.5 or
so.  A bit more work found that the LVB did not respond to much more than
5V.  I assume that is the reference voltage on the A/D converter.

A look at the schematic on the 5500 found a pot that appeared to adjust the
voltage to the LVB independently of the meters.  There is zero
documentation, but the back of the 5500 case actually has 4 pots:  Max
meter and Max output for both Az and El.  So holding my breath, I turned
the Max Output pot and sure enough the voltage to the LVB went down.  I set
the rotor elevation to 180 degrees (by eye) and then turned the pot till
the LVB readout just started changing.  Then I used the LVB calibration
procedure to match that location to what the LVB thought was 180.  Voila!
 90 is now pretty good too.

In retrospect, this is not inobvious; however the fact that the Yaesu docs
say 2V to 4.5V and the fact that the LVB was not responding beyond a
certain elevation required some investigation.  Hopefully this little post
will save someone else from having to repeat the investigation.

73,

Burns, WB1FJ

From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us  Wed Oct 24 23:23:10 2018
From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 19:23:10 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need help figuring out ISS Packet UPlink stuff
In-Reply-To: <F58AFD99-2A17-4D6E-8129-8CC4CD13B003@gmail.com>
References: <cedff605-f624-9ad6-c40a-15357395431a@denstarfarm.us>
	<CAEMY9Fecghv6JJ2gHcbPXRAkUZ3SD3E1BG3CxC09qFDZhSNMtw@mail.gmail.com>
	<F58AFD99-2A17-4D6E-8129-8CC4CD13B003@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6c91b713-bda8-0b83-5681-8ad971b24db6@denstarfarm.us>

On 10/23/2018 11:40, Jean Marc Momple wrote:

> 2) After a while fed-up with all that I put everything to default and try again, and just played with the Signallink Tx volume starting at the minimum level and it simply worked out first time. Was just over modulating.

Winner! Jean Marc
I played with the audio and ended up get DigiPeated off he ISS.

So I have A rigblaster that works the IC-910H. T^he have their own audio
codec and a knob on the box. Then there is Sound Control Panel in Win-10
... and so forth and so on .

It may be that I had them combined, too high. I did reduce severely and
that did not affect the output power.

thanks for the help everyone.



-- 
73,
Bob KD7YZ


From SaguaroAstro at cox.net  Wed Oct 24 23:43:54 2018
From: SaguaroAstro at cox.net (Rick Tejera)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:43:54 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
In-Reply-To: <raf71y00k4F0Vt701af8h8>
References: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net> <raf71y00k4F0Vt701af8h8>
Message-ID: <001501d46bf3$6d086a40$47193ec0$@cox.net>

Adding to what Mike said, You indicated you have an RSP SDR receiver. If the though of to 818's puts a crimp  in your budget, why not just use one for the uplink and use the SDR on the Downlink? Patrick Stoddard WD9EWK uses this set up with great success.

Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club
www.W7TBC.org

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Mike Diehl
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:00 PM
To: ronald mosher <rfmosher at cox.net>
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver

I?m unaware of a QRP HF rig that can do full duplex satellite as well. However, since yaesu doesn?t make an official FT-1634 you can make one with 2 FT-817?s, one for the uplink and the other for down. If you?re buying new it would be two FT-818?s so I guess that would make it an FT-1636. 

There are some rigs that do HF and satellite like the TS-2000 and IC-9100 but they?re not QRP rigs. 

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

> On Oct 24, 2018, at 12:59, ronald mosher <rfmosher at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> I am new to satellite communication and this is my first post.  My 
> setup so far includes an Arrow antenna on a camera tripod, an SDR 
> (RSP) and SatPC32 software on a Surface Pro.  I would like to buy a 
> portable, HF/VHF/UHF, Full-Duplex transceiver that I can use for both 
> portable HF QRP and for satellite work.  So far, I have not been able 
> to find such a radio.  Any recommendations would be much appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Also, I would like to buy or build an AZ-EL rotator that is suitable 
> for a portable setup.  I am leaning toward building as a less 
> expensive alternative.  I have been studying the WRAPS version by 
> WA8SME and the Mini
> Mk-2 by VK3FOWL and VK3YSP.  Both look to be of about equal 
> construction complexity.  Any thoughts on either if these rotators, or 
> any other inexpensive rotator would also be very much appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> It is exciting to be learning a new phase of ham radio and to be a 
> part of this group.  Thank you for any suggestions.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ron  K0PGE
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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From marklhammond at gmail.com  Thu Oct 25 01:25:53 2018
From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 21:25:53 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Extended info about calibrating your LVB tracker and
 G5500 rotor
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxV=KvuUXO6rXcK5EmDh9mNJ=hRGbHbwZ1dxJOZg=akxyA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABX7KxV=KvuUXO6rXcK5EmDh9mNJ=hRGbHbwZ1dxJOZg=akxyA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPRXzyoGqwcQ1_AB6YA1te=oGVMCHrusEx=msvG488dmP414cg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Burns, good info you?ve shared. I had the same/similar issue on the
azimuth side.  Reducing the voltage top end and calibrating fixed it up.

Mark N8MH

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 5:44 PM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> For some reason the 5500 and the LVB in my system got out of whack.  It may
> have been when I switched from "450 degree azimuth" mode to "flip" (i.e.
> 180 elevation) mode.  I don't know.  But even after calibrating the LVB
> several times, it would not set the elevation to 180 and setting it to
> 90 degrees ended up something like 15 degrees off.
>
> I took the LVB cover off to access the connections to the 5500, and
> discovered that far from sending an analog voltage of 2 to 4.5V to equal 0
> to 180 degrees as the Yaesu docs say, the 5500 was sending 0V to 5.5 or
> so.  A bit more work found that the LVB did not respond to much more than
> 5V.  I assume that is the reference voltage on the A/D converter.
>
> A look at the schematic on the 5500 found a pot that appeared to adjust the
> voltage to the LVB independently of the meters.  There is zero
> documentation, but the back of the 5500 case actually has 4 pots:  Max
> meter and Max output for both Az and El.  So holding my breath, I turned
> the Max Output pot and sure enough the voltage to the LVB went down.  I set
> the rotor elevation to 180 degrees (by eye) and then turned the pot till
> the LVB readout just started changing.  Then I used the LVB calibration
> procedure to match that location to what the LVB thought was 180.  Voila!
>  90 is now pretty good too.
>
> In retrospect, this is not inobvious; however the fact that the Yaesu docs
> say 2V to 4.5V and the fact that the LVB was not responding beyond a
> certain elevation required some investigation.  Hopefully this little post
> will save someone else from having to repeat the investigation.
>
> 73,
>
> Burns, WB1FJ
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
-- 
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

From normanlizeth at gmail.com  Thu Oct 25 02:29:52 2018
From: normanlizeth at gmail.com (Norm n3ykf)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 22:29:52 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
In-Reply-To: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>
References: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>
Message-ID: <CAJUhCTOAm2=2smGj2GN8yFcFHbuzNshA-ZNPkwfGbpj4=9GRYA@mail.gmail.com>

Ron,

RE the rotator, check out K3NG's project for an arduino based project.
I have built many of these.

If you can find a G5400 or 5500, building the control hardware is not
a big reach. Lots of help on our (K3NG) mailing list.

Nice features include remote relay keying (think preamps and other
relay things), Adding a gps for sun/moon tracking. This rocks. Makes
setup a breeze. Once the gps gets a lock, engage sun or moon track,
move tripod so that the antennas are pointed at the celestial body,
operate kill switch to return to normal ops. This list of features is
not exhaustive.

Downside is that the code only runs on a mega 2560.

Pic of the total homebrew here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/37074076991/in/dateposted/

I've got it torn down to change the el to 180, the motors to 12VDC and
swap in 2:1 gearboxes. Will work much more smoothly.

The G5400 based device here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/27426986382/in/dateposted/

Portable radios are IC-7000, Yaesu 875d in a Pelican 1440 and an Ettus
B210. Longer term goal is to use the B210 all by itself. One step at a
time.

Norm n3ykf
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 1:14 PM ronald mosher <rfmosher at cox.net> wrote:
>
> I am new to satellite communication and this is my first post.  My setup so
> far includes an Arrow antenna on a camera tripod, an SDR (RSP) and SatPC32
> software on a Surface Pro.  I would like to buy a portable, HF/VHF/UHF,
> Full-Duplex transceiver that I can use for both portable HF QRP and for
> satellite work.  So far, I have not been able to find such a radio.  Any
> recommendations would be much appreciated.
>
>
>
> Also, I would like to buy or build an AZ-EL rotator that is suitable for a
> portable setup.  I am leaning toward building as a less expensive
> alternative.  I have been studying the WRAPS version by WA8SME and the Mini
> Mk-2 by VK3FOWL and VK3YSP.  Both look to be of about equal construction
> complexity.  Any thoughts on either if these rotators, or any other
> inexpensive rotator would also be very much appreciated.
>
>
>
> It is exciting to be learning a new phase of ham radio and to be a part of
> this group.  Thank you for any suggestions.
>
> 73,
>
> Ron  K0PGE
>
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk  Thu Oct 25 11:22:56 2018
From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:22:56 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ESEO + LO-94 +  FUNcube Challenge
References: <429908017.24627174.1540466576997.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <429908017.24627174.1540466576997@mail.yahoo.com>

ESEO?s Educational Story Continues 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/24/eseos-educational-story-continues/

LO-94 spacecraft signal decoded after bouncing off Moon 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/24/lo-94-spacecraft-signal-decoded-after-bouncing-off-moon/

ARISS Joins NASA On-The-Air for a Special SSTV Event 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/23/ariss-joins-nasa-on-the-air-for-a-special-sstv-event/

Scouts participate in FUNcube Challenge 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/22/scouts-participate-in-funcube-challenge/

SSTV active on IO-86 during JOTA 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/20/sstv-from-space-for-jota-and-space-station-active/
 
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From devin at thecabal.org  Wed Oct 24 23:26:18 2018
From: devin at thecabal.org (Devin L. Ganger)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 23:26:18 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
In-Reply-To: <62502C21-7FFC-407C-B5DB-872A569D4D14@gmail.com>
References: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>
	<62502C21-7FFC-407C-B5DB-872A569D4D14@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <MWHPR01MB26536C17D29D6F0163AB751ACAF60@MWHPR01MB2653.prod.exchangelabs.com>

Hello,

There is no portable radio that I am aware of that can do it all. You will need some combo of radios to get full duplex, HF, and portability:
-- The Kenwood TH-D72A will do full duplex 2m/70cm for FM sat work and APRS, but has no HF. It's also just a darn nice HT. I have one and it is my everyday radio.
-- The Yaesu FT-817/FT-818 will do half duplex HF/VHF/UHF FM + SSB, low power and portable.The 817/818 will give one advantage that you won't get with the D72A, if you're also lugging a computer around -- they can be computer controlled and the D72A cannot. I don't have these yet, but I do eventually to get at least one for sat TX (I haven't decided if I will use another one or SDR for sate RX) and portable HF.

The Arrow is a great antenna for the VHF/UHF side. I have an Elk dual-band which is comparable but both are good!

For an HF antenna, I would suggest looking at the Spiderbeam GoPAK for a decent multi-band, portable HF antenna good for up to 100W. I purchased one back when they were still the National Park Activation Kit and used it as my primary antenna on my Yaesu 857D for most of a year, and was making decent DX contacts with it (Cuba, Argentina, Japan). Lightweight, easy to set up and tear down:
http://www.spiderbeam.us/product_info.php?info=p258_GoPAK%20%20(Go%20Portable%20Antenna%20Kit).html


--
Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG)
email:?devin at thecabal.org
web:?Devin on Earth
cell:?+1 425.239.2575

> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Mike Diehl
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:00 PM
> To: ronald mosher <rfmosher at cox.net>
> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
> 
> I?m unaware of a QRP HF rig that can do full duplex satellite as well. However,
> since yaesu doesn?t make an official FT-1634 you can make one with 2 FT-
> 817?s, one for the uplink and the other for down. If you?re buying new it
> would be two FT-818?s so I guess that would make it an FT-1636.
> 
> There are some rigs that do HF and satellite like the TS-2000 and IC-9100 but
> they?re not QRP rigs.
> 
> 73,
> Mike Diehl
> W8LID/VE6LID
> 
> > On Oct 24, 2018, at 12:59, ronald mosher <rfmosher at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > I am new to satellite communication and this is my first post.  My
> > setup so far includes an Arrow antenna on a camera tripod, an SDR
> > (RSP) and SatPC32 software on a Surface Pro.  I would like to buy a
> > portable, HF/VHF/UHF, Full-Duplex transceiver that I can use for both
> > portable HF QRP and for satellite work.  So far, I have not been able
> > to find such a radio.  Any recommendations would be much appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Also, I would like to buy or build an AZ-EL rotator that is suitable
> > for a portable setup.  I am leaning toward building as a less
> > expensive alternative.  I have been studying the WRAPS version by
> > WA8SME and the Mini
> > Mk-2 by VK3FOWL and VK3YSP.  Both look to be of about equal
> > construction complexity.  Any thoughts on either if these rotators, or
> > any other inexpensive rotator would also be very much appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > It is exciting to be learning a new phase of ham radio and to be a
> > part of this group.  Thank you for any suggestions.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Ron  K0PGE
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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.
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> program!
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From aj9n at aol.com  Thu Oct 25 16:46:22 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:46:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-25 16:00
	UTC
References: <10216757.16211484.1540485982422.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <10216757.16211484.1540485982422@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-25 16:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Ro?lau, Germany, direct via DL?TSD and DK?LG

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Contact was successful: Wed 2018-10-24 08:22:55 UTC 78 deg (***)

?

Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact was successful: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48:48 UTC 52 deg (***)

Watch for live stream at Www.facebook.com/NCCVTSD/??

?

Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH, direct via K8QIK

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-31 14:56:40 UTC 27 deg

?

Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct via KB1MDS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC 36 deg

?

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

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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.

?

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?

All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.

?

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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.

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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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108


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The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-25 16:00 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 1273. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1217. ?(***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is?47. 

A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the 
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf

Please?feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. (***)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

QSL?information may be found at:?? 
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?

ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS

****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-10-25 16:00 UTC. (***)


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk  Thu Oct 25 20:56:34 2018
From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:56:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS in Raspberry Pi magazine + FCC Galileo GPS +
	Orbital Debris
References: <1350315204.5295639.1540500994771.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1350315204.5295639.1540500994771@mail.yahoo.com>

ARISS and Amateur Radio in Raspberry Pi magazine article, free PDF download 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/25/ariss-and-amateur-radio-in-raspberry-pi-magazine-article/

Galileo GNSS / GPS ? FCC to vote on use of signals in USA 
Also FCC Chair Ajit Pai is proposing the first comprehensive review of the FCC?s orbital debris rules since their adoption in 2004 
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/10/25/galileo-gps-fcc-vote/

 
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From bruninga at usna.edu  Thu Oct 25 21:46:23 2018
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:46:23 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?
Message-ID: <9916263926d9b8f446280d0b78967759@mail.gmail.com>

Here's a crazy idea for APRS to moon orbit (omni antenna).

Unless I did something wrong, I think an Oscar class long yagi, and 250W
amp and 1200 baud FM packet can be received out near the moon with 3 dB
margin?  A key factor is that the nearly 16 dB of assumed noise floor we
have here on the ground at VHF does not exist in deep space.  And VHF
gives the largest receive aperture for a crossed dipole on the spacecraft.

The omni UHF downlink is a bear.  But with quad UHF long yagis and a 100W
transmitter at the moon distance we still come up about 12 dB short.  Can
we make up for that with distributed processing gain from a minimum of 16
Oscar class ground stations all phased together with the internet and GPS
precise timing and a little software?

If we could, then we have APRS out to moon orbit, with the downlink
visible to all via the APRS internet system.  And in digipeating mode, we
have half-earth coverage half the time when the moon is up.

What did I do wrong?

Bob, Wb4APR

From kb2mjeff at att.net  Thu Oct 25 21:59:43 2018
From: kb2mjeff at att.net (kb2mjeff at att.net)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:59:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat
Message-ID: <1AB6A6D7C2574065AAD278CAEA2B40D6@kb2m4PC>

Is anyone using Falconsat anymore? I just work a pass, it?s been about 5 months since I?ve last been on.

73 Jeff kb2m


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From marklhammond at gmail.com  Thu Oct 25 22:13:16 2018
From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:13:16 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat
In-Reply-To: <1AB6A6D7C2574065AAD278CAEA2B40D6@kb2m4PC>
References: <1AB6A6D7C2574065AAD278CAEA2B40D6@kb2m4PC>
Message-ID: <CAPRXzyoyoHZ2yV=QePySzyx=76sdTut4FRjVZK_Tb=iOh50qTA@mail.gmail.com>

I do :)

Mark N8MH

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 6:02 PM <kb2mjeff at att.net> wrote:

> Is anyone using Falconsat anymore? I just work a pass, it?s been about 5
> months since I?ve last been on.
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>
>
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From scott23192 at gmail.com  Thu Oct 25 22:19:16 2018
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:19:16 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat
In-Reply-To: <1AB6A6D7C2574065AAD278CAEA2B40D6@kb2m4PC>
References: <1AB6A6D7C2574065AAD278CAEA2B40D6@kb2m4PC>
Message-ID: <CAJCSnObKmA1eRBf6745FOmH5nHAhR3az3=KiaxWAObopQa_8Xw@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Jeff!

I check in when the orbits match up with "live" on the radio time.  You'll
see a number of various calls East and from tweets & BBS messages I think
there are probably a greater number out West.  There's a good following in
EU & Japan, too.  Some of the most active folks are in Africa & South
America.

Here's a recent tweet of mine when the downlink was particularly impressive:

https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1054121958487527429

-Scott,  K4KDR


=============================

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 6:02 PM <kb2mjeff at att.net> wrote:

> Is anyone using Falconsat anymore? I just work a pass, it?s been about 5
> months since I?ve last been on.
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>

From zerosignal at icloud.com  Thu Oct 25 22:03:57 2018
From: zerosignal at icloud.com (Endaf Buckley)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:03:57 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat
In-Reply-To: <1AB6A6D7C2574065AAD278CAEA2B40D6@kb2m4PC>
References: <1AB6A6D7C2574065AAD278CAEA2B40D6@kb2m4PC>
Message-ID: <A5A3B83B-49DC-4E24-995C-A8FD93C3AA03@icloud.com>

I am, mainly on the weekends.

Endaf

N6UTC

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 25, 2018, at 14:59, kb2mjeff at att.net wrote:
> 
> Is anyone using Falconsat anymore? I just work a pass, it?s been about 5 months since I?ve last been on.
> 
> 73 Jeff kb2m
> 
> 
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From eric.fort.listmail at fortconsulting.org  Thu Oct 25 23:12:16 2018
From: eric.fort.listmail at fortconsulting.org (Eric Fort)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:12:16 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?
In-Reply-To: <9916263926d9b8f446280d0b78967759@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9916263926d9b8f446280d0b78967759@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A5F76624-B3BE-436D-AE2C-936FEFB28DD0@fortconsulting.org>

Speaking to aperture of the vhf antenna on the spacecraft.... isn?t aperture related directly to wavelength?  Ie one wants to maximize ?^2 to maximize gain.  That being the case, wouldn?t vhf give a smaller aperture for a given allowable antenna size?.... or am I missing something about spacecraft or other design criteria that limits these choices, or maybe I just plain have this completely wrong!  If I missed something or got the relationship between aperture and wavelength wrong, please educate me. 

Af6ep 

Sent using SMTP.

> On Oct 25, 2018, at 2:46 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
> 
> Here's a crazy idea for APRS to moon orbit (omni antenna).
> 
> Unless I did something wrong, I think an Oscar class long yagi, and 250W
> amp and 1200 baud FM packet can be received out near the moon with 3 dB
> margin?  A key factor is that the nearly 16 dB of assumed noise floor we
> have here on the ground at VHF does not exist in deep space.  And VHF
> gives the largest receive aperture for a crossed dipole on the spacecraft.
> 
> The omni UHF downlink is a bear.  But with quad UHF long yagis and a 100W
> transmitter at the moon distance we still come up about 12 dB short.  Can
> we make up for that with distributed processing gain from a minimum of 16
> Oscar class ground stations all phased together with the internet and GPS
> precise timing and a little software?
> 
> If we could, then we have APRS out to moon orbit, with the downlink
> visible to all via the APRS internet system.  And in digipeating mode, we
> have half-earth coverage half the time when the moon is up.
> 
> What did I do wrong?
> 
> Bob, Wb4APR
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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Fri Oct 26 00:13:52 2018
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:13:52 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] UKube-1 falls silent
Message-ID: <26b42e26-3465-d775-0935-db69aba9d391@msa.hinet.net>

This was posted on the Southgate ARS website: 
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/october/ukube-1-falls-silent.htm#.W9JaBZxs200

Luckily I heard this one for the first time mid-August with a strong CW 
beacon. 
http://bx2abt.com/main/data/_uploaded/media/20180816_0753_145845-ukube1.mp3

Another one bites the dust?


From zerosignal at icloud.com  Thu Oct 25 22:03:57 2018
From: zerosignal at icloud.com (Endaf Buckley)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:03:57 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat
In-Reply-To: <1AB6A6D7C2574065AAD278CAEA2B40D6@kb2m4PC>
References: <1AB6A6D7C2574065AAD278CAEA2B40D6@kb2m4PC>
Message-ID: <A5A3B83B-49DC-4E24-995C-A8FD93C3AA03@icloud.com>

I am, mainly on the weekends.

Endaf

N6UTC

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 25, 2018, at 14:59, kb2mjeff at att.net wrote:
> 
> Is anyone using Falconsat anymore? I just work a pass, it?s been about 5 months since I?ve last been on.
> 
> 73 Jeff kb2m
> 
> 
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From g.shirville at btinternet.com  Fri Oct 26 09:52:20 2018
From: g.shirville at btinternet.com (Graham Shirville)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:52:20 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO73 FUNcube -1 mode change
Message-ID: <1b0aa2e7-16e6-0f98-9518-9741b338c768@btinternet.com>

Hi All,

Just to report that AO73 is now in continuous educational mode with high 
power telemetry whilst we continue to investigate the reasons for the 
changes in spin rate that are taking place whilst the spacecraft is in 
continuous sunlight.

Please enjoy the strong and easy to receive signals!

73
Graham
G3VZV

From ross at topwire.co.nz  Fri Oct 26 09:50:00 2018
From: ross at topwire.co.nz (Ross Whenmouth)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:50:00 +1300
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.12125.1540504789.5850.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
References: <mailman.12125.1540504789.5850.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <57fc147a-3205-d55c-173c-de8e532e34ab@topwire.co.nz>

I strongly suggest using a modulation other than 1200 baud AFSK packet 
(AX.25) over NBFM. The path you propose is severely power limited, and 
AFSK over NBFM is at about a 7 to 10 dB penalty compared to other 
modulations (like BPSK or direct FSK): https://www.rowetel.com/?p=3799

 From my perspective, it would be much easier to connect a PC soundcard 
to an SSB transceiver to produce say 25W BPSK / MSK / etc than it would 
be to "upgrade" my station to include a 250W amplifier + PSU, etc. Also, 
a "9k6 ready" FM transceiver could be used for a direct FSK uplink (1200 
bps direct FSK @ 50W ?), and the IF of an FM transceiver can be tapped 
before the limiter, mixed down from 455 kHz to say 12 kHz and fed into 
the line in of a PC soundcard, permitting a BPSK etc downlink to be 
received with an FM rig and demodulated in software on the PC...

AX.25 packet doesn't have any forward error correction, thus a single 
bit error results in the whole packet being dropped (we can do better!): 
http://www.stensat.org/docs/FX-25_01_06.pdf


Assuming that the bird was in an "earth-synchronous" polar orbit around 
the moon, it would always have line of sight to the surface of the 
earth, and a gain antenna pointed perpendicular to the plane of the 
polar orbit would always face the earth. I believe that getting mass to 
lunar orbit is horrendously expensive, so would it make more sense to 
use a gain antenna on the satellite? a 100W UHF amplifier (for an omni 
antenna) requires quite a bit of power and cooling to operate, and I bet 
that cooling a 100W amplifier in a vacuum and microgravity is an 
"interesting" engineering challenge...


Dare I say it, but the path loss to / from geostationary earth orbit is 
significantly less, the coverage area is still really good (like a 1/3rd 
of the earths surface from a single satellite) and we've probably got 
far more chance of getting a payload there (es'hail-2...).


73 ZL2WRW
Ross Whenmouth


On 26/10/18 10:59 AM, amsat-bb-request at amsat.org wrote:
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:46:23 -0400
> From: Robert Bruninga<bruninga at usna.edu>
> To:amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?
> Message-ID:<9916263926d9b8f446280d0b78967759 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Here's a crazy idea for APRS to moon orbit (omni antenna).
>
> Unless I did something wrong, I think an Oscar class long yagi, and 250W
> amp and 1200 baud FM packet can be received out near the moon with 3 dB
> margin?  A key factor is that the nearly 16 dB of assumed noise floor we
> have here on the ground at VHF does not exist in deep space.  And VHF
> gives the largest receive aperture for a crossed dipole on the spacecraft.
>
> The omni UHF downlink is a bear.  But with quad UHF long yagis and a 100W
> transmitter at the moon distance we still come up about 12 dB short.  Can
> we make up for that with distributed processing gain from a minimum of 16
> Oscar class ground stations all phased together with the internet and GPS
> precise timing and a little software?
>
> If we could, then we have APRS out to moon orbit, with the downlink
> visible to all via the APRS internet system.  And in digipeating mode, we
> have half-earth coverage half the time when the moon is up.
>
> What did I do wrong?
>
> Bob, Wb4APR


From bruninga at usna.edu  Fri Oct 26 13:05:52 2018
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:05:52 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?
In-Reply-To: <A5F76624-B3BE-436D-AE2C-936FEFB28DD0@fortconsulting.org>
References: <9916263926d9b8f446280d0b78967759@mail.gmail.com>
	<A5F76624-B3BE-436D-AE2C-936FEFB28DD0@fortconsulting.org>
Message-ID: <78243947ccb691cfb13de85953229ff4@mail.gmail.com>

Antenna area goes up as ?^2 but path loss also goes up by ?^2 so for the
same area the overall path loss is the same independent of frequency.  BUT
only with crossed dipoles can you get an omni pattern easily with two simple
wires.  Bob, WB4APR

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Fort <eric.fort.listmail at fortconsulting.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2018 7:12 PM
To: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?

Speaking to aperture of the vhf antenna on the spacecraft.... isn?t aperture
related directly to wavelength?  Ie one wants to maximize ?^2 to maximize
gain.  That being the case, wouldn?t vhf give a smaller aperture for a given
allowable antenna size?.... or am I missing something about spacecraft or
other design criteria that limits these choices, or maybe I just plain have
this completely wrong!  If I missed something or got the relationship
between aperture and wavelength wrong, please educate me.

Af6ep

Sent using SMTP.

> On Oct 25, 2018, at 2:46 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
>
> Here's a crazy idea for APRS to moon orbit (omni antenna).
>
> Unless I did something wrong, I think an Oscar class long yagi, and
> 250W amp and 1200 baud FM packet can be received out near the moon
> with 3 dB margin?  A key factor is that the nearly 16 dB of assumed
> noise floor we have here on the ground at VHF does not exist in deep
> space.  And VHF gives the largest receive aperture for a crossed dipole on
> the spacecraft.
>
> The omni UHF downlink is a bear.  But with quad UHF long yagis and a
> 100W transmitter at the moon distance we still come up about 12 dB
> short.  Can we make up for that with distributed processing gain from
> a minimum of 16 Oscar class ground stations all phased together with
> the internet and GPS precise timing and a little software?
>
> If we could, then we have APRS out to moon orbit, with the downlink
> visible to all via the APRS internet system.  And in digipeating mode,
> we have half-earth coverage half the time when the moon is up.
>
> What did I do wrong?
>
> 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.
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From bruninga at usna.edu  Fri Oct 26 13:17:22 2018
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:17:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?
In-Reply-To: <57fc147a-3205-d55c-173c-de8e532e34ab@topwire.co.nz>
References: <mailman.12125.1540504789.5850.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
	<57fc147a-3205-d55c-173c-de8e532e34ab@topwire.co.nz>
Message-ID: <772b5d3c78bb8de4e8135db9a72245bb@mail.gmail.com>

You may have missed the key element.  The antenna on the spacecraft for
this specific comm link must be omni directional to be considered a
"backup" comm system.  And by definition, omni antennas have 0 dB gain.

Also one cannot tap into an FM IF before the limiter for linear modes
because it does not have the AGC circuitry necessary to maintain linearity
through all stages.  BPSK needs linear stages on both transmit and
receive.  But I do agree that a linear narrowband mode is more likely the
optimum solution for the downlink, but I just wanted to see what was
possible.
Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB < Ross Whenmouth
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?

I strongly suggest using a modulation other than 1200 baud AFSK packet
(AX.25) over NBFM. The path you propose is severely power limited, and
AFSK over NBFM is at about a 7 to 10 dB penalty compared to other
modulations (like BPSK or direct FSK): https://www.rowetel.com/?p=3799

 From my perspective, it would be much easier to connect a PC soundcard to
an SSB transceiver to produce say 25W BPSK / MSK / etc than it would be to
"upgrade" my station to include a 250W amplifier + PSU, etc. Also, a "9k6
ready" FM transceiver could be used for a direct FSK uplink (1200 bps
direct FSK @ 50W ?), and the IF of an FM transceiver can be tapped before
the limiter, mixed down from 455 kHz to say 12 kHz and fed into the line
in of a PC soundcard, permitting a BPSK etc downlink to be received with
an FM rig and demodulated in software on the PC...

AX.25 packet doesn't have any forward error correction, thus a single bit
error results in the whole packet being dropped (we can do better!):
http://www.stensat.org/docs/FX-25_01_06.pdf


Assuming that the bird was in an "earth-synchronous" polar orbit around
the moon, it would always have line of sight to the surface of the
earth, and a gain antenna pointed perpendicular to the plane of the
polar orbit would always face the earth. I believe that getting mass to
lunar orbit is horrendously expensive, so would it make more sense to
use a gain antenna on the satellite? a 100W UHF amplifier (for an omni
antenna) requires quite a bit of power and cooling to operate, and I bet
that cooling a 100W amplifier in a vacuum and microgravity is an
"interesting" engineering challenge...


Dare I say it, but the path loss to / from geostationary earth orbit is
significantly less, the coverage area is still really good (like a 1/3rd
of the earths surface from a single satellite) and we've probably got
far more chance of getting a payload there (es'hail-2...).


73 ZL2WRW
Ross Whenmouth


On 26/10/18 10:59 AM, amsat-bb-request at amsat.org wrote:
> From: Robert Bruninga<bruninga at usna.edu>
>
> Here's a crazy idea for APRS to moon orbit (omni antenna).
>
> Unless I did something wrong, I think an Oscar class long yagi, and 250W
> amp and 1200 baud FM packet can be received out near the moon with 3 dB
> margin?  A key factor is that the nearly 16 dB of assumed noise floor we
> have here on the ground at VHF does not exist in deep space.  And VHF
> gives the largest receive aperture for a crossed dipole on the
spacecraft.
>
> The omni UHF downlink is a bear.  But with quad UHF long yagis and a
100W
> transmitter at the moon distance we still come up about 12 dB short.
Can
> we make up for that with distributed processing gain from a minimum of
16
> Oscar class ground stations all phased together with the internet and
GPS
> precise timing and a little software?
>
> If we could, then we have APRS out to moon orbit, with the downlink
> visible to all via the APRS internet system.  And in digipeating mode,
we
> have half-earth coverage half the time when the moon is up.
>
> What did I do wrong?
>
> Bob, Wb4APR

From ke4al at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 26 16:25:41 2018
From: ke4al at yahoo.com (Robert Bankston)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:25:41 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2018 AMSAT-NA 36th Annual Space Symposium and General
 Meeting Schedule
References: <1404077199.214198.1540571141517.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1404077199.214198.1540571141517@mail.yahoo.com>

NEWS FLASH:

The list of papers to be presented at the 2018 AMSAT-NA 36th Annual Space Symposium and General Meeting, as well as the? AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast have been added to the Schedule on the AMSAT website.

http://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/

73,
Robert KE4AL
2018 AMSAT Symposium Chair

From ke4al at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 26 19:17:20 2018
From: ke4al at yahoo.com (Robert Bankston)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:17:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] FLASH:  2018 AMSAT Symposium Tickets
References: <1277380687.304287.1540581440057.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1277380687.304287.1540581440057@mail.yahoo.com>

We are one week out from the 2018 AMSAT-NA 36th Annual Space Symposium and General Meeting, November 2-4, at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville Alabama.

Online ticket sales end at Noon (EST), October 29th. Tickets to the Symposium can still be purchased at the door, but the price increases to $70.? Banquet tickets will NOT be available for purchase after Monday.

It is going to be a great Symposium, so don't miss out.

I look forward to all of the eyeball QSOs.

73,
Robert Bankston
2018 AMSAT Symposium Chair

From n8hm at arrl.net  Fri Oct 26 19:32:58 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:32:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FLASH: 2018 AMSAT Symposium Tickets
In-Reply-To: <1277380687.304287.1540581440057@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1277380687.304287.1540581440057.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1277380687.304287.1540581440057@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOr0FkvXoe5Yqt+-xbn1jq4vKtJFQ75quv__Upp8F9Zn4g@mail.gmail.com>

Online purchases can be made on the AMSAT store at the following link:

https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

If any AMSAT members have problems logging into their account, please
email me directly. Any non-AMSAT members should create an account at
checkout (please use your callsign as your username).

73,

Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 3:17 PM Robert Bankston via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> We are one week out from the 2018 AMSAT-NA 36th Annual Space Symposium and General Meeting, November 2-4, at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville Alabama.
>
> Online ticket sales end at Noon (EST), October 29th. Tickets to the Symposium can still be purchased at the door, but the price increases to $70.  Banquet tickets will NOT be available for purchase after Monday.
>
> It is going to be a great Symposium, so don't miss out.
>
> I look forward to all of the eyeball QSOs.
>
> 73,
> Robert Bankston
> 2018 AMSAT Symposium Chair
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
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From quadpugh at bellsouth.net  Sat Oct 27 10:05:19 2018
From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 05:05:19 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?
In-Reply-To: <57fc147a-3205-d55c-173c-de8e532e34ab@topwire.co.nz>
References: <mailman.12125.1540504789.5850.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
	<57fc147a-3205-d55c-173c-de8e532e34ab@topwire.co.nz>
Message-ID: <fb7801d46ddc$921465b0$b63d3110$@bellsouth.net>


Check Out LORA The device SX1276 is a transceiver chip with a sensitivity of
-148 dbm the drawback is it achieve this at a penalty of 11 baud. The CAPE
team will fly it on its next mission.

nick

Cell????? 337 258 2527
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Helping UL become a world Class Engineering ?and Educational School
Disagree I Learn




From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 11:09:54 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 07:09:54 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or 145.475
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>

 145.480 according to this report:
https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960

145.475 according to this one (with image)
https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632

73, John Brier KG4AKV

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 11:23:35 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 07:23:35 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or
	145.475
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMgMmTFvXPf46CQjawUysvdPMib0_f-KP_-bFN=ir2Vmw@mail.gmail.com>

And apparently to a VK station it is now on correct frequency of 145.800
MHz:

https://twitter.com/darksidelemm/status/1056143720297324544

On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 7:09 AM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:

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

From roccaf at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 11:27:56 2018
From: roccaf at gmail.com (Fabio)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:27:56 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or
	145.475
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <52B13D2B-405A-4911-8E87-5A5FD470270C@gmail.com>

Received image 006 on 145475 at 1037utc over Europe 

Fabio
F5VKV

Sent from my iPhone

> On 27 Oct 2018, at 13:09, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 145.480 according to this report:
> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
> 
> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
> 
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 13:37:40 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 06:37:40 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or
 145.475
In-Reply-To: <52B13D2B-405A-4911-8E87-5A5FD470270C@gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<52B13D2B-405A-4911-8E87-5A5FD470270C@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <cb100245-4662-789b-f46e-daf4aae513c5@gmail.com>

Just had an overhead pass over Northern California.  Nothing heard on
either frequency.  Is there a 3rd?

Greg  KO6TH


Fabio wrote:
> Received image 006 on 145475 at 1037utc over Europe 
>
> Fabio
> F5VKV
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 13:09, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 145.480 according to this report:
>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>>
>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>>
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 13:41:36 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 09:41:36 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or
	145.475
In-Reply-To: <cb100245-4662-789b-f46e-daf4aae513c5@gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<52B13D2B-405A-4911-8E87-5A5FD470270C@gmail.com>
	<cb100245-4662-789b-f46e-daf4aae513c5@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKM7tZY-_0xsOnkR1SkDou7zHju34zH41dfkRafffp=nHA@mail.gmail.com>

Seems you're not the only one...

https://twitter.com/WD9EWK/status/1056178165536612361
https://twitter.com/LeeTakeuchi/status/1056178237405978624
https://twitter.com/KBARARepeaters/status/1056178091737800704

Just search "iss sstv" on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=iss%20sstv&src=typd

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 9:38 AM Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just had an overhead pass over Northern California.  Nothing heard on
> either frequency.  Is there a 3rd?
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
> Fabio wrote:
> > Received image 006 on 145475 at 1037utc over Europe
> >
> > Fabio
> > F5VKV
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On 27 Oct 2018, at 13:09, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 145.480 according to this report:
> >> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
> >>
> >> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
> >> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
> >>
> >> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From tjschuessler at verizon.net  Sat Oct 27 15:15:52 2018
From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (tjschuessler at verizon.net)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 10:15:52 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] W5FC on the sats.
Message-ID: <005b01d46e07$f3b04930$db10db90$@verizon.net>

I will be doing a series of demonstrations and talks at a Dallas Amateur
Radio Club mentoring event called "Technet on the Hill" at Flagpole Hill
Park in NE Dallas, Texas, this afternoon, Saturday, 10/27-2018 from probably
after 1900Z to maybe 0100Z.  I will be using the club call W5FC and hoping
to get some folks new to satellite on linear passes as well as the FM birds
that will be available.  If you here us on, please give us a shout.

73

Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
EM12


From wa2ndv at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 17:03:14 2018
From: wa2ndv at gmail.com (Frank G)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:03:14 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>


1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any frequency.

Anyone have updated info ?


73
Frank
WA2NDV

From: John Brier
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
To: AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or 145.475

 145.480 according to this report:
https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960

145.475 according to this one (with image)
https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632

73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From m-arai at a.email.ne.jp  Sat Oct 27 17:11:02 2018
From: m-arai at a.email.ne.jp (Masahiro Arai)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 02:11:02 +0900
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ten-Koh, PROITERES-2, DIWATA-2B, Stars-AO,
	AUTcube2 Launch info
Message-ID: <ea937780-eaca-66a4-82f1-e4bc0aa5f250@a.email.ne.jp>

Five satellites which operate amateur band launch at 0408z 29th Oct by
H-IIA F40.
The satellites are Ten-Koh, PROITERES-2, DIWATA-2B, Stars-AO and
AUTcube2. They will separate around Antarctica and toward South
America.

Ten-Koh's web site shows its initial TLE as following. This will help
for chasing the satellites.
http://kit-okuyama-lab.com/%e3%81%a6%e3%82%93%e3%81%93%e3%81%86/ten-koh-orbital-infomation/

TENKOH STK sim
1 99999U          18302.19537037  .00000103  00000-0  98916-5 0 00009
2 99999 097.7878  44.6815 0022959 006.5055 234.0628 14.92980398000011



Ten-Koh
http://kit-okuyama-lab.com/%e3%81%a6%e3%82%93%e3%81%93%e3%81%86/ten-koh-orbital-infomation/
(in Japanese)

http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=579
downlink 437.390MHz AFSK 1200bps, BPSK 9600bps, CW
          437.510MHz WSJT
uplink 435.280MHz


PROITERES-2
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=566
downlink 145.850MHz AFSK, CW
uplink 435.650MHz


DIWATA-2B
http://phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/diwata2

http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=593
downlink 145.900MHz FM Repeater, CW tlm, APRS, AFSK
uplink 437.500MHz FM Repeater


Stars-AO
http://stars.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/starsao.html
https://stars-ao.info/
(in Japanese)

http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=558
downlink 437.350MHz CW, 437.400MHz AFSK, 437.200MHz HighSpeed degital


AUTcube 2
http://www1.aut.ac.jp/~nishio-lab/AUTcube2/index_AUTcube2_E.html

http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=575
downlink 437.385MHz AFSK 1200bps FSK 9600bps, 437.505MHz WSJT



Launch live broadcast by JAXA and MHI on YouTube from 0330z 29th Oct
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAyL0VCf_L4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42lrAkmBNvg



JAXA Special Website: Earth Observation Satellites
http://fanfun.jaxa.jp/eos/en/index.html



MHI Launch Services Twitter
https://twitter.com/MHI_LS



H-IIA F40 Launch Procedure

                 event                     T      altitude
                                        HH:MM:SS     km
--------------------------------------------------------
  1  liftoff                            00:00:00        0
  2  solid rocket booster burnout       00:01:48       42
  3  solid rocket booster separation    00:02:06       54
  4  upper fairing separtion            00:04:20      131
  5  1st stage main engine cuttoff      00:06:38      271
  6  1st/2nd stage separation           00:06:46      283
  7  2nd stage engine ignition          00:06:55      297
  8  2nd stage engine cuttoff           00:15:26      613
  9  Ibuki-2(GOSAT-2) separation        00:16:16      613
10  lower fairing (adapter) jettison   00:19:51      613
11  lower fairing (cylinder) jettison  00:19:56      613
12  KhalifaSat separation              00:24:21      616
13  Ten-Koh separation                 00:33:20      623
14  PROITERES-2 separation             00:38:20      624
15  DIWATA-2B separation               00:43:20      621
16  Stars-AO separation                00:48:20      614
17  AUTcube2 separation                00:51:00      610

    Source: Rocket Launch Plan  by JAXA and MHI  Aug 2018



Masa  JN1GKZ     Tokyo Japan


From skristof at etczone.com  Sat Oct 27 17:40:47 2018
From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:40:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>

Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the frequencies.


Steve AI9IN

On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:

> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any frequency.
> 
> Anyone have updated info ?
> 
> 73
> Frank
> WA2NDV
> 
> From: John Brier
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
> To: AMSAT BB
> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or 145.475
> 
> 145.480 according to this report:
> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
> 
> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
> 
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From kontakt at sp3qfe.net  Sat Oct 27 18:13:04 2018
From: kontakt at sp3qfe.net (Armand SP3QFE)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 20:13:04 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
Message-ID: <8a51cf3a74792be718bd60295260ec7b@sp3qfe.net>

At about 16:00 utc, astronaut set 145.800 MHz.


On 2018-10-27 19:40, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the 
> frequencies.
> 
> 
> Steve AI9IN
> 
> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
> 
>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any 
>> frequency.
>> 
>> Anyone have updated info ?
>> 
>> 73
>> Frank
>> WA2NDV
>> 
>> From: John Brier
>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
>> To: AMSAT BB
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or 
>> 145.475
>> 
>> 145.480 according to this report:
>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>> 
>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>> 
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From kontakt at sp3qfe.net  Sat Oct 27 18:16:47 2018
From: kontakt at sp3qfe.net (Armand SP3QFE)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 20:16:47 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <8a51cf3a74792be718bd60295260ec7b@sp3qfe.net>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
	<8a51cf3a74792be718bd60295260ec7b@sp3qfe.net>
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My mistake. At about 14:00 utc.

On 2018-10-27 20:13, Armand SP3QFE wrote:
> At about 16:00 utc, astronaut set 145.800 MHz.
> 
> 
> On 2018-10-27 19:40, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
>> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the 
>> frequencies.
>> 
>> 
>> Steve AI9IN
>> 
>> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
>> 
>>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any 
>>> frequency.
>>> 
>>> Anyone have updated info ?
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> Frank
>>> WA2NDV
>>> 
>>> From: John Brier
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
>>> To: AMSAT BB
>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or 
>>> 145.475
>>> 
>>> 145.480 according to this report:
>>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>>> 
>>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>>> 
>>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From wa2ndv at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 18:33:21 2018
From: wa2ndv at gmail.com (Frank G)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:33:21 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <16de223b562b8d09382ddf875aa52b82@sp3qfe.net>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
	<8a51cf3a74792be718bd60295260ec7b@sp3qfe.net>
	<16de223b562b8d09382ddf875aa52b82@sp3qfe.net>
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18:30 UTC low pass here at FN30 and I got Bupkis !


73
Frank
WA2NDV

From: Armand SP3QFE
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 2:18 PM
To: skristof at etczone.com
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard

My mistake. At about 14:00 utc.

On 2018-10-27 20:13, Armand SP3QFE wrote:
> At about 16:00 utc, astronaut set 145.800 MHz.
> 
> 
> On 2018-10-27 19:40, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
>> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the 
>> frequencies.
>> 
>> 
>> Steve AI9IN
>> 
>> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
>> 
>>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any 
>>> frequency.
>>> 
>>> Anyone have updated info ?
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> Frank
>>> WA2NDV
>>> 
>>> From: John Brier
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
>>> To: AMSAT BB
>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or 
>>> 145.475
>>> 
>>> 145.480 according to this report:
>>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>>> 
>>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>>> 
>>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
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From listk7age at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 18:37:51 2018
From: listk7age at gmail.com (Randy Hall)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:37:51 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <5bd4af71.1c69fb81.323d5.b3dc@mx.google.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
	<8a51cf3a74792be718bd60295260ec7b@sp3qfe.net>
	<16de223b562b8d09382ddf875aa52b82@sp3qfe.net>
	<5bd4af71.1c69fb81.323d5.b3dc@mx.google.com>
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Ditto at CN72

Maybe someone needs to push the red button.

Randy, K7AGE

On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 11:35 AM Frank G <wa2ndv at gmail.com> wrote:

> 18:30 UTC low pass here at FN30 and I got Bupkis !
>
>
> 73
> Frank
> WA2NDV
>
> From: Armand SP3QFE
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 2:18 PM
> To: skristof at etczone.com
> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
>
> My mistake. At about 14:00 utc.
>
> On 2018-10-27 20:13, Armand SP3QFE wrote:
> > At about 16:00 utc, astronaut set 145.800 MHz.
> >
> >
> > On 2018-10-27 19:40, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
> >> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the
> >> frequencies.
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve AI9IN
> >>
> >> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
> >>
> >>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any
> >>> frequency.
> >>>
> >>> Anyone have updated info ?
> >>>
> >>> 73
> >>> Frank
> >>> WA2NDV
> >>>
> >>> From: John Brier
> >>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
> >>> To: AMSAT BB
> >>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or
> >>> 145.475
> >>>
> >>> 145.480 according to this report:
> >>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
> >>>
> >>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
> >>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
> >>>
> >>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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> >>> of AMSAT-NA.
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From maccody at att.net  Sat Oct 27 18:43:50 2018
From: maccody at att.net (Mac A. Cody)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:43:50 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
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I attempted to receive SSTV on the 1824z pass here in EM12. It was a 29.4
degree maximum elevation pass to the north. I used two radios to receive -
one kept on 145.80 and another to scan over frequencies.? I received no
SSTV signals on 145.80 nor any SSTV signals with the scanned receiver.

73,

Mac Cody / AE5PH

On 10/27/2018 12:40 PM, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the frequencies.
>
>
> Steve AI9IN
>
> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
>
>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any frequency.
>>
>> Anyone have updated info ?
>>
>> 73
>> Frank
>> WA2NDV
>>
>> From: John Brier
>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
>> To: AMSAT BB
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or 145.475
>>
>> 145.480 according to this report:
>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>>
>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>>
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From kk4yel at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 18:54:02 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:54:02 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
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	<6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>
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Yeah, wonder what happened.  Nothing on the last pass (14:35UTC) here at Kennedy Space Center, EL98
-Kevin (KK4YEL) 

-----
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

> On Oct 27, 2018, at 14:43, Mac A. Cody <maccody at att.net> wrote:
> 
> I attempted to receive SSTV on the 1824z pass here in EM12. It was a 29.4
> degree maximum elevation pass to the north. I used two radios to receive -
> one kept on 145.80 and another to scan over frequencies.  I received no
> SSTV signals on 145.80 nor any SSTV signals with the scanned receiver.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mac Cody / AE5PH
> 
>> On 10/27/2018 12:40 PM, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
>> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the frequencies.
>> 
>> 
>> Steve AI9IN
>> 
>>> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
>>> 
>>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any frequency.
>>> 
>>> Anyone have updated info ?
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> Frank
>>> WA2NDV
>>> 
>>> From: John Brier
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
>>> To: AMSAT BB
>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or 145.475
>>> 
>>> 145.480 according to this report:
>>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>>> 
>>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>>> 
>>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From maccody at att.net  Sat Oct 27 19:23:57 2018
From: maccody at att.net (Mac A. Cody)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:23:57 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <80E14F6D-86DD-4EF9-A67E-BF93BAC948FB@gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
	<6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>
	<80E14F6D-86DD-4EF9-A67E-BF93BAC948FB@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <e6efadc6-33f3-4330-d08d-fd61161d6d58@att.net>

I'll give it another try at 1801z. There is a pass to the
southwest, with a maximum elevation of 18.6 degrees.

73,

Mac / AE5PH

On 10/27/2018 01:54 PM, Kevin Zari wrote:
> Yeah, wonder what happened. ?Nothing on the last pass (14:35UTC) here 
> at Kennedy Space Center, EL98
> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>
> -----
> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of 
> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
>
> On Oct 27, 2018, at 14:43, Mac A. Cody <maccody at att.net 
> <mailto:maccody at att.net>> wrote:
>
>> I attempted to receive SSTV on the 1824z pass here in EM12. It was a 29.4
>> degree maximum elevation pass to the north. I used two radios to 
>> receive -
>> one kept on 145.80 and another to scan over frequencies.? I received no
>> SSTV signals on 145.80 nor any SSTV signals with the scanned receiver.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Mac Cody / AE5PH
>>
>> On 10/27/2018 12:40 PM, skristof at etczone.com 
>> <mailto:skristof at etczone.com> wrote:
>>> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the frequencies.
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve AI9IN
>>>
>>> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1650Z East coast overhead ?pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any 
>>>> frequency.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have updated info ?
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>> Frank
>>>> WA2NDV
>>>>
>>>> From: John Brier
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
>>>> To: AMSAT BB
>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 
>>>> or 145.475
>>>>
>>>> 145.480 according to this report:
>>>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>>>>
>>>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>>>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>>>>
>>>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org <mailto:AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>. AMSAT-NA 
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From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 20:10:51 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:10:51 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <e6efadc6-33f3-4330-d08d-fd61161d6d58@att.net>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
	<6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>
	<80E14F6D-86DD-4EF9-A67E-BF93BAC948FB@gmail.com>
	<e6efadc6-33f3-4330-d08d-fd61161d6d58@att.net>
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Nothing here on the 19:55z pass.  Listened to 145.800, 145.460, and
144.490 (thinking maybe they hit the Reverse button?).

Nada.  Packet on 145.825 seemed off, too, though I only listened for a
short time.

Greg  KO6TH


Mac A. Cody wrote:
> I'll give it another try at 1801z. There is a pass to the
> southwest, with a maximum elevation of 18.6 degrees.
>
> 73,
>
> Mac / AE5PH
>
> On 10/27/2018 01:54 PM, Kevin Zari wrote:
>> Yeah, wonder what happened.  Nothing on the last pass (14:35UTC) here
>> at Kennedy Space Center, EL98
>> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>>
>> -----
>> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
>> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
>>
>> On Oct 27, 2018, at 14:43, Mac A. Cody <maccody at att.net
>> <mailto:maccody at att.net>> wrote:
>>
>>> I attempted to receive SSTV on the 1824z pass here in EM12. It was a
>>> 29.4
>>> degree maximum elevation pass to the north. I used two radios to
>>> receive -
>>> one kept on 145.80 and another to scan over frequencies.  I received no
>>> SSTV signals on 145.80 nor any SSTV signals with the scanned receiver.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Mac Cody / AE5PH
>>>
>>> On 10/27/2018 12:40 PM, skristof at etczone.com
>>> <mailto:skristof at etczone.com> wrote:
>>>> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the
>>>> frequencies.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve AI9IN
>>>>
>>>> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on
>>>>> any frequency.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone have updated info ?
>>>>>
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Frank
>>>>> WA2NDV
>>>>>
>>>>> From: John Brier
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
>>>>> To: AMSAT BB
>>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480
>>>>> or 145.475
>>>>>
>>>>> 145.480 according to this report:
>>>>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>>>>>
>>>>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>>>>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org <mailto:AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>. AMSAT-NA
>>>>> makes this open forum available
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From kk4yel at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 20:14:20 2018
From: kk4yel at gmail.com (Kevin Zari)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:14:20 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <3f7e6136-f3a5-d022-0cc4-f405b7829c12@gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
	<6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>
	<80E14F6D-86DD-4EF9-A67E-BF93BAC948FB@gmail.com>
	<e6efadc6-33f3-4330-d08d-fd61161d6d58@att.net>
	<3f7e6136-f3a5-d022-0cc4-f405b7829c12@gmail.com>
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Still nothing here on the pass just just went overhead. Not another pass
for 11.5 hours here.
Super Sad
-Kevin

On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 4:12 PM Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nothing here on the 19:55z pass.  Listened to 145.800, 145.460, and
> 144.490 (thinking maybe they hit the Reverse button?).
>
> Nada.  Packet on 145.825 seemed off, too, though I only listened for a
> short time.
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
> Mac A. Cody wrote:
> > I'll give it another try at 1801z. There is a pass to the
> > southwest, with a maximum elevation of 18.6 degrees.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Mac / AE5PH
> >
> > On 10/27/2018 01:54 PM, Kevin Zari wrote:
> >> Yeah, wonder what happened.  Nothing on the last pass (14:35UTC) here
> >> at Kennedy Space Center, EL98
> >> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
> >>
> >> -----
> >> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
> >> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
> >>
> >> On Oct 27, 2018, at 14:43, Mac A. Cody <maccody at att.net
> >> <mailto:maccody at att.net>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I attempted to receive SSTV on the 1824z pass here in EM12. It was a
> >>> 29.4
> >>> degree maximum elevation pass to the north. I used two radios to
> >>> receive -
> >>> one kept on 145.80 and another to scan over frequencies.  I received no
> >>> SSTV signals on 145.80 nor any SSTV signals with the scanned receiver.
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>>
> >>> Mac Cody / AE5PH
> >>>
> >>> On 10/27/2018 12:40 PM, skristof at etczone.com
> >>> <mailto:skristof at etczone.com> wrote:
> >>>> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the
> >>>> frequencies.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve AI9IN
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on
> >>>>> any frequency.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Anyone have updated info ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 73
> >>>>> Frank
> >>>>> WA2NDV
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From: John Brier
> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
> >>>>> To: AMSAT BB
> >>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480
> >>>>> or 145.475
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 145.480 according to this report:
> >>>>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
> >>>>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org <mailto:AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>. AMSAT-NA
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From kdcarlso at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 12:16:29 2018
From: kdcarlso at gmail.com (Dave)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:16:29 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or
	145.475
In-Reply-To: <52B13D2B-405A-4911-8E87-5A5FD470270C@gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<52B13D2B-405A-4911-8E87-5A5FD470270C@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <37A0AF83-92B5-44BF-899C-D1CF95D97451@gmail.com>

Just copied a partial image once I found them. They were on 145.480 over the US. 

Dave
N2OA 


> On Oct 27, 2018, at 7:27 AM, Fabio <roccaf at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Received image 006 on 145475 at 1037utc over Europe 
> 
> Fabio
> F5VKV
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 13:09, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 145.480 according to this report:
>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>> 
>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>> 
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From ve3cga at gmail.com  Sat Oct 27 15:04:00 2018
From: ve3cga at gmail.com (bob lee)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:04:00 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9100 tones on satpc32
Message-ID: <CA+HZie8c_JZ9H8Y-GRnda318P8OpAkNZg3r75fFHFs207n9YeQ@mail.gmail.com>

Good day, I was wondering if you had the tone problem fixed up on your 9100
if not
you have to set up the tones on satpc32 subtone.sql
heres mine for a couple I use
AO-85,67.0,$7C,1
AO-85,74.4,$7C,3
AO-91,67.0,$7C,1
AO-91,74.4,$7C,3
AO-92,67.0,$7C,1
AO-92,74.4,$7C,3

you can see it in the ? menu under auxillary files
then once you select a sat you click the "T" on the main screen
If you have multiple tones set up, clicking on the "T" will cycle through
the tones setup in the subtone file

hope this helps if you havent figured it out


73   Bob VE3CGA

From anthonywiese at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 27 20:06:52 2018
From: anthonywiese at yahoo.com (Anthony Wiese)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:06:52 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <CAPCSVhp-Qy5TrF7HKutCzTLmQZcrbyLFa2BXeyG0B-x7FoQOEg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
	<8a51cf3a74792be718bd60295260ec7b@sp3qfe.net>
	<16de223b562b8d09382ddf875aa52b82@sp3qfe.net>
	<5bd4af71.1c69fb81.323d5.b3dc@mx.google.com>
	<CAPCSVhp-Qy5TrF7HKutCzTLmQZcrbyLFa2BXeyG0B-x7FoQOEg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C9896A84-3491-4453-8108-5CE33BC8636D@yahoo.com>

Nothing here at CN70 on the 2000z pass.  Not expecting a change until at least when they wake up again at around 0700z. 
Anthony
KG6LHW. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 27, 2018, at 11:37, Randy Hall <listk7age at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ditto at CN72
> 
> Maybe someone needs to push the red button.
> 
> Randy, K7AGE
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 11:35 AM Frank G <wa2ndv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 18:30 UTC low pass here at FN30 and I got Bupkis !
>> 
>> 
>> 73
>> Frank
>> WA2NDV
>> 
>> From: Armand SP3QFE
>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 2:18 PM
>> To: skristof at etczone.com
>> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
>> 
>> My mistake. At about 14:00 utc.
>> 
>>> On 2018-10-27 20:13, Armand SP3QFE wrote:
>>> At about 16:00 utc, astronaut set 145.800 MHz.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 2018-10-27 19:40, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
>>>> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the
>>>> frequencies.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Steve AI9IN
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on any
>>>>> frequency.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyone have updated info ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Frank
>>>>> WA2NDV
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: John Brier
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
>>>>> To: AMSAT BB
>>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or
>>>>> 145.475
>>>>> 
>>>>> 145.480 according to this report:
>>>>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>>>>> 
>>>>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>>>>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From maccody at att.net  Sat Oct 27 20:36:25 2018
From: maccody at att.net (Mac A. Cody)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 15:36:25 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] No SSTV Heard
In-Reply-To: <CALPwu-zv0q35LpbBB3N30DYAUQCWBFtt=Qce2xCfYMxXnkECYg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
	<6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>
	<80E14F6D-86DD-4EF9-A67E-BF93BAC948FB@gmail.com>
	<e6efadc6-33f3-4330-d08d-fd61161d6d58@att.net>
	<3f7e6136-f3a5-d022-0cc4-f405b7829c12@gmail.com>
	<CALPwu-zv0q35LpbBB3N30DYAUQCWBFtt=Qce2xCfYMxXnkECYg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a14bd36d-5250-0709-6d33-3e43c0acc234@att.net>

Same with me.? No SSTV heard on the 2001z pass of
the ISS.? No joy today! :(

73,

Mac / AE5PH

On 10/27/2018 03:14 PM, Kevin Zari wrote:
> Still nothing here on the pass just just went overhead. Not another pass
> for 11.5 hours here.
> Super Sad
> -Kevin
>
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 4:12 PM Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Nothing here on the 19:55z pass.  Listened to 145.800, 145.460, and
>> 144.490 (thinking maybe they hit the Reverse button?).
>>
>> Nada.  Packet on 145.825 seemed off, too, though I only listened for a
>> short time.
>>
>> Greg  KO6TH
>>
>>
>> Mac A. Cody wrote:
>>> I'll give it another try at 1801z. There is a pass to the
>>> southwest, with a maximum elevation of 18.6 degrees.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Mac / AE5PH
>>>
>>> On 10/27/2018 01:54 PM, Kevin Zari wrote:
>>>> Yeah, wonder what happened.  Nothing on the last pass (14:35UTC) here
>>>> at Kennedy Space Center, EL98
>>>> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
>>>> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 27, 2018, at 14:43, Mac A. Cody <maccody at att.net
>>>> <mailto:maccody at att.net>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I attempted to receive SSTV on the 1824z pass here in EM12. It was a
>>>>> 29.4
>>>>> degree maximum elevation pass to the north. I used two radios to
>>>>> receive -
>>>>> one kept on 145.80 and another to scan over frequencies.  I received no
>>>>> SSTV signals on 145.80 nor any SSTV signals with the scanned receiver.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mac Cody / AE5PH
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/27/2018 12:40 PM, skristof at etczone.com
>>>>> <mailto:skristof at etczone.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Nothing heard here in EM79 also. Same pass. Checked all the
>>>>>> frequencies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve AI9IN
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2018-10-27 13:03, Frank G wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1650Z East coast overhead  pass at FN30 no SSTV heard at all on
>>>>>>> any frequency.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone have updated info ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73
>>>>>>> Frank
>>>>>>> WA2NDV
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: John Brier
>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM
>>>>>>> To: AMSAT BB
>>>>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480
>>>>>>> or 145.475
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 145.480 according to this report:
>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 145.475 according to this one (with image)
>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From rsoifer1 at aol.com  Sat Oct 27 20:45:51 2018
From: rsoifer1 at aol.com (2)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:45:51 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] HF Satellites
Message-ID: <166b746a144-1ec6-19be@webjas-vae202.srv.aolmail.net>


Interest in planned satellites carrying 10 and 15 meter transponders is growing steadily, owing in large part to the DX possibilities these satellites will open. 


The best source I know of for information about propagation from such satellites is the Space Radio Handbook, by the late John Branigan, GM4IHJ (SK), published by RSGB.  Unfortunately, this book is out of print and may be difficult to find.


November QST arrived several days ago.  As always, I turned to the monthly column describing the contents of QST 25, 50 and 75 years ago.  Was I surprised!  In the "50 Years Ago" section, about November 1968 QST, was an article I had written, about which I had totally forgotten in the intervening 50 years.  


It was called "Antipodal Reception of Satellite Signals," discussing what was then known about such things and proposing an experiment to be carried out using the 10 meter beacon to be carried on OSCAR-Australis, the name of which was changed to Australis-OSCAR 5 after its launch in 1970.


Readers of that article will also want to read the results of the AO-5 propagation experiments, which I presented in October 1970 QST.  You will find these articles in the QST archive on ARRL's Web site, under my call sign at the time, K2QBW.  Unfortunately, copyright laws prevent my attaching them here.


I turned out to be in very good company.  Also researching in this field at the time were Dr. Owen Garriott. W5LFL, later to be the first US ham in space, and Dr. O. G. (Mike) Villard, Jr., W6QYT (SK), an early pioneer of SSB.  Both were then at Stanford University.


73 Ray W2RS





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From: n8hm at amsat.org (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:00:16 -0700
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2018 AMSAT Space Symposium Named in Honor of Bill Tynan, W3XO

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            Multi?Voltage Power Supply ? Thermal and Noise
            2:30 pm Paul Stoetzer N8HM, Digital Voice on Amateur
            Satellites ? Experiences with LilacSat?OSCAR 90
            2:55 pm Jonathan Brandenburg KF5IDY, A Flexible, Afford-
            able, Powerful Digital Transceiver for the Raspberry Pi
            3:20 pm Douglas D. Quagliana KA2UPW/5, A Digital Signal
            Processing Software Demodulator for Satellite Telemetry
            Using Brute Force Techniques
            Douglas D. Quagliana KA2UPW/5, An Amateur Radio Satellite
            Easter Egg in The Terminator
            3:50 pm Brennan Price N4QX, Doppler Correction and
            Tracking in Commercial NGSO Networks
            4:15 pm John Hemming G?UYT, Experimental Satellite
            Antenna by G0UYT
            4:40 pm Dan Schultz N8FGV, DXing the Kuiper Belt ? Radio
            Communications at the edge of the Solar System
+ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Informal Dinner on your own
+ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AMSAT Reception and Auction, Educator Training
            Facility
            Cash Bar Available

Saturday November 3, 2018 - U.S. Space & Rocket Center

+ 8:00 am - 11:45 am Registration, Foyer (Educator Training Facility)
+ 8:00 am - 8:15 am AMSAT Symposium Welcome, Educator Training
            Facility
+ 8:15 am - Noon Paper Sessions, Educator Training Facility:
            8:15 am Jerry Buxton N?JY, A Look Back at the Fox?1
            Program/AMSAT?s GOLF Program
            8:50 am Bob Davis KF4KSS, GOLF?TEE Mechanical Design
            9:15 am Zach Metzinger, Implementation of the RT?IHU for
             GOLF
            9:40 am Chris Thompson, G?KLA/AC2CZ, Designing the Fox?1E
            PSK Modulator and FoxTelem Demodulator
            10:05 am L. M. Almazan WA6LOS/DU3ZX, A.C. Salces DV1ZBJ,
            C. D. M. Ambatali DV1QNE, Dr. J.S. Marciano, Jr., I.Z.
            Bautista DV1PUI, Hanns Chua 4F1XIH, Micro and Nano?
            satellites with Amateur Satellite Ground Station Develop-
            ment. Activities in the Republic of the Philippines
            10:30 am Timothy A. Cunningham N8DEU, Taking the Class-
            room to Space via Amateur Radio with the ARISS Program
            10:55 am Dhruv Rebba KC9ZJX, ARISS Contact US #394
            (Working Title)
            11:20 am Alan Johnston KU2Y, Pat Kilroy, N8PK, The AMSAT
            CubeSat Simulator: A New Tool for Education and Outreach
            11:45 am Burns Fisher WB1FJ, Chris Thompson, G?KLA, Fox?
            In?A?Box: An Easily Deployed Satellite Telemetry Receiver
+ Noon    - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own
+ 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm Paper Sessions, Educator Training Facility
            Presentation Schedule TBD
+ 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm AMSAT Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony, Educator
            Training Facility
+ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Attitude Adjustment, Saturn V Hall
+ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Cash Bar, Saturn V Hall
+ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Banquet, Saturn V Hall
            Keynote Speaker - Justin Foley, KI6EPH, System Engineer,
            JPL
            Prize Drawing

Sunday November 4, 2018

+ 7:30 am  - 9:00 am AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast
             Huntsville Marriott at the Space and Rocket Center
+ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Davidson Center for Space Exploration Guided
             Tour
             U. S. Space and Rocket Center
             (No cost for tour, but requires ticket to USS&RC)
+ 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Marshall Space Flight Center Bus Tour
             (Includes ticket to USS&RC)

Bruce Paige, KK5DO will be available to check QSL cards towards VUCC,
WAS or 5BWAS. Make sure you have your lists and cards sorted in the
same order as the list. Have your application filled out.

[ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information]

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2018 AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Ticket Sales End Noon EDT October 29

Online ticket sales for the 2018 AMSAT William A. Tynan W3XO Memorial
Space Symposium and AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting will end at 12:00 Noon EDT
on Monday, October 29th. The online purchase price is $65.

Tickets to the Symposium may be purchased at the door for $70.

Banquet tickets are available for $50 until 12:00 Noon EDT, Monday,
October 29th. Banquet tickets will NOT be available for purchase
after this deadline.

Online purchases can be made on the AMSAT store at the following link:

https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

[ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information]
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ARISS Joins NASA On-The-Air for a Special SSTV Event October 27-29

Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) is planning
a very special Slow Scan TV event currently scheduled to start
Saturday, October 27th about 10:00 UTC.  Transmissions are scheduled
to continue until around 19:30 UTC on October 29th. Helping to
support the event will be NASA?s Space, Communication and Navigation
(SCaN) Department.

The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program manages NASA?s
three most important communications networks: The Space Network (SN),
Near Earth Network (NEN), and the Deep Space Network (DSN).

Just as in past ARISS SSTV commemorations, twelve images will be
downlinked, but this time with six featuring the SCaN educational
activities while the other six images will commemorate major NASA
anniversaries, ie., when NASA was established, astronauts first
landing on the moon, etc.

In addition to the fun of receiving these images, participants can
qualify for a special endorsement for the NASA On The Air (NOTA)
celebration event. To learn more about NOTA visit
https://nasaontheair.wordpress.com.

An award for receiving the images will also be available from
https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/

Once received, images can be posted and viewed at
http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php. The
transmissions are expected to be broadcast at the usual frequency of
145.800 MHz using the PD-120 SSTV mode.

Please note that the event is dependent on other activities,
schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to
change at any time.

More information will follow soon, so please continue to check for
news and the most current information on the AMSAT.org and ARISS.org
websites, the AMSAT-BB at amsat.org, the ARISS Facebook at Amateur Radio
On The International Space Station (ARISS) page and ARISS Twitter
@ARISS_status.

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

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ARISS Plan Under Consideration for NASA?s Deep Space Gateway Program

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Inter-
national delegates were pleased to learn last week that an ARISS plan
is under consideration by NASA?s Deep Space Gateway (DSG) program.
NASA Gateway Utilization Manager John Guidi, ex-KF4YUI, informed
those attending the annual ARISS International in-person meeting,
held in College Park, Maryland, that ARISS is the only noncommercial
entity whose ideas are under study by the program. The ARISS plan
focuses on Amateur Radio communication, including optical commun-
ication channels, as well as equipment development, team cooperation,
education, and public outreach.

?Naturally, because the NASA Deep Space Gateway program is so new and
has yet to be fleshed out, ARISS needs to follow NASA?s lead in being
open to how the DSG program flows,? ARRL ARISS-US Delegate Rosalie
White, K1STO, explained. ?ARISS?s first moves need to be loose enough
that the plan, development, and execution can go in ways that dove-
tail with what is needed.?

The Deep Space Gateway would be a small outpost orbiting the moon
that would act as a ?spaceport for human and robotic exploration to
the moon and beyond,? NASA has said. Crewed by four people, it would
provide an operational platform for further exploring the lunar
surface and a hub to deeper space destinations. NASA hopes to have
the completed Gateway in lunar orbit as early as 2024.

The ARISS-International annual meeting on October 17 ? 19 ran back to
back with the first-ever ARISS Education Summit, held October 15 ?
16. At the international sessions, ARISS delegates and team members
from around the world presented and listened to talks on all aspects
of ARISS, from operations to education to hardware ? current and
upgrades ? to future projects. The team heard the latest news on
HamTV, the Interoperable Radio System, and the antenna change-out
required by the European Space Agency?s Bartolomeo platform, and
proposed Astrobee activities, HamTV II, and Radio-Pi projects.

Astrobee is a robot that will fly around the ISS with the astronauts
to help scientists and engineers develop and test technologies for
use in zero-gravity, aid astronauts with routine chores, and offer
Houston flight controllers additional eyes and ears on the spacecraft.

Team members enjoyed viewing a live-streamed ARISS contact in
Belgium. Team members unable to travel to Maryland were able to tele-
conference into the sessions.

On hand for the earlier ARISS Education Summit were teachers from the
US and elsewhere; ARISS-US Education Committee members; STEM
educators from College Park Airport Museum; education leaders from
various NASA entities, including the Space Communications and
Navigation (SCaN) office, nearby Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),
and the manager of the ISS US National Laboratory ? Center for the
Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS); a group of SCaN-sponsored
mid-Atlantic teachers, and University of Maryland educators and
students. Attendees saw a demonstration of ARISS slow-scan television
(SSTV) and several ham satellite contacts. ARISS-US Education
Committee teacher Melissa Pore, KM4CZN, arrived from Virginia with
eight of her students, who talked about their ARISS-related STEM
studies.

Other committee members who were part of a panel session discussing
educator perspectives on ARISS also gave presentations on the ARISS
education proposal process and on-orbit prediction programs.
Astronaut Paul Richards, KC5ZSZ, led a discussion on space and
education; CASIS?s Dan Barstow, KA1ARD, spoke on exploring with the
ISS, and SCaN?s Jimmy Acevedo, KM4QLE, presented on kit-based
learning.

[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]

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Phillipine Microsat Diwata-2 with FM transponder to Launch October 29

The Phillipine microsat Diwata-2 is expected to launch on October 29.
The satellite is scheduled to launch with GOSAT-2, a greenhouse gas
observation satellite, on a Japanese H-IIA vehicle from JAXA's
Tanegashima Space Center. The launch window is 04:08 - 04:20 UTC.
The planned orbit is sun-synchronous with an altitude of 613 km and a
Local Time of the Descending Node (LTDN) of 13:00.

Diwata-2 carries an amateur radio payload with a U/v FM transponder
and APRS digipeater capability. The uplink is 437.500 MHz and the
downlink is 145.900 MHz.

More information can be found at
http://phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/diwata2

[ANS thanks JAXA, DOST, IARU, and eoPortal for the above information]

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LO-94 Spacecraft Signal Decoded After Bouncing Off the Moon

Daniel Est?vez EA4GPZ / M0HXM reports decoding a JT4G amateur radio
signal from the LO-94 (DSLWP-B) spacecraft that was reflected off the
Moon.

Daniel says ?JT4G is a digital mode designed for Earth-Moon-Earth
microwave communications, so it is tolerant to high Doppler spreads.
However, the reflections of the [DSLWP-B] B0 transmitter at 435.4 MHz,
which contained the JT4G transmissions, were very weak, so I had not
attempted to decode the JT4G Moonbounce signal.?

However, by analysing a recording made on October 19, 2018 at
17:53:35 GMT he was able to decode one of the five JT4G transmissions
in the recording.

Read his blog post at
https://destevez.net/2018/10/dslwp-b-jt4g-decoded-via-moonbounce/

Also see Geometry for DSLWP-B Moonbounce
https://destevez.net/2018/10/geometry-for-dslwp-b-moonbounce/

The DSLWP amateur radio satellites built by students from the Harbin
Institute of Technology was launched to Lunar orbit on May 20, 2018
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/05/19/dslwp-satellites-lunar-orbit/

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]

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ESEO's Educational Story Continues

ESA reports the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) has concluded
its test campaign. The ESEO student teams gathered in the Netherlands
October 18, 2018 for a last precious lesson before the satellite is
launched.

ESEO carries an amateur radio 1260 to 145 MHz FM transponder and a
1k2 and 4k8 BPSK telemetry beacon developed by AMSAT-UK members.

The satellite has been at ESA?s ESTEC test facilities, in the
Netherlands, where it completed the last steps of a thorough sat-
ellite test campaign which had started in August 2018 at SITAEL?s
facility in Mola di Bari, Italy.

Learning by doing has already proven an amazing experience for the
ten university student teams from different European universities who
have designed and built the instruments and several key subsystems of
the ESEO satellite.

On October 18, at a dedicated workshop, the ESEO students had the
additional chance to hear first-hand what it takes to run a satellite
test campaign ? trouble shooting included!

?In the space sector no satellite could ever be launched without a
thorough tests campaign?, said Piero Galeone, coordinating the ESA
Academy programme of which ESEO is a part. ?The reason is that ? as
perfect as your satellite design and manufacturing process can be ?
the devil always hides in the details. If there is anything to be
fixed, you want to know it and correct it before the satellite flies
on its orbit hundreds kilometres from the surface of the Earth,
beyond the reach of any engineer?s hands?.

Read the full ESA story at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-301-ESEO

ESEO https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/eseo/

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations

View the latest satellite operating announcements posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/

+ 3E, Panama (Special Event) - Through October 31, 2018
  Members of the Radio Club de Panama and the GREMPA (an emergency
  group) will activate the scout station 3E1JT from Panama between
  now and October 31st. They will also participate during the
  Jamboree On The Air [JOTA] (October 19-21st). Activity will be on
  all bands using SSB including CW and the Satellites. QSL via HP1ALX

+ Eureka, Nunavut (ER60, EQ79) - Through November 10, 2018
  Eureka ARC, VY0ERC, will be operational from October 17 until
  November 10, 2018.  Activity via FM satellites from ER60, EQ79 and
  close grids is also scheduled.  Watch for specific pass
  announcements on their Twitter feed https://twitter.com/vy0erc

+ Huntsville to Switzerland, via Long Island (EM64, EM65, EM66, FN30,
   JN36, JN47) ? November 1 ? December 7, 2018 Brennan, N4QX, fall
   AMSAT roving plans:
   *   EM64, EM65, and EM66 November 1-3
   *   FN30 November 16-17
   *   JN36 as HB9/N4QX & from 4U1ITU November 28?December 7 as
       work permits
   *   JN47 as HB9/N4QX & HB0/N4QX December 1-2
   For now, FM only. Watch Twitter for pass announcements.
   https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice.  QSLs *exclusively* via Logbook
   of the World.

+ Bermuda (DXCC NA-005) ? November 12-14, 2018
   Tom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-005
   vacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few
   transponder birds). Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from
   the beach. Tom is looking for a 2m ssb tropo path to some US super
   station(s). If interested, contact him directly.

+ Key West, FL (EL94) ? November 27 ? December 1, 2018
   Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from
   November 27 to December 1, 2018. While there, he will work as many
   FM passes as he can (holiday style). Keep an eye on his Twitter
   feed for pass announcements, https://twitter.com/twjones85

+ Barring unforeseen circumstances, Glenn, AA5PK plans to travel to
   south Texas 11-15 November to activate grids EL06, 07, 08, 15, 16,
   17 and 18. He will be on both FM and linear satellites and will
   post which on Twitter @AA5PK and also beacon his position on APRS
   as AA5PK-9. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW upon his return home.
   Hard copy QSLs available by email request. No SASE needed.
   (Glenn, AA5PK via amsat-bb)

+ Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK will be part of a day of satellite oper-
  ating from a deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in
  southern California, on Saturday 15 December 2018.

  Operations will be portable, almost like a Field Day, and should
  include FM, SSB, and possibly packet. All operations from the
  Queen Mary will be as W6RO, the call sign for the wireless room
  on the ship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long
  Beach.

  Depending on staffing in the W6RO wireless room, there may also
  be HF activity during the satellite operation.

  Satellite QSOs from W6RO will be done in the normal manner, with
  an exchange of call signs and grid locators. W6RO is located in
  grid DM03.

[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]

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SO-50 Distance Record Set

On Octover 24, 2018 at 13:20 UTC, Scott Richardson, N1AIA, and Jerome
LeCuyer, F4DXV, completed a 5,523 km QSO between Berwick, Maine and
Lalinde, France. This eclipses the previous record of 5,410 km set
on January 24, 2017 with a QSO between MI6GTY and UB9UTJ.

With an apogee of 704.6 km, the theoretical maximum range for SO-50
is 5,676 km. A list of currently known satellite distance records can
be found on the AMSAT website at
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/

[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over

+ A Japanese satellite next year will use WSJT and 10 mW to pioneer
  low power technologies from space.
  http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=579

  Satellite's home pages:
  http://kit-okuyama-lab.com/en/

  Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
  http://kit-okuyama-lab.com/

  Frequencies will be 435.280/437.390MHz Up/Down 1k2AFSK,9k6BPSK and
  437.510MHz WSJT

  (via Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

+ Meet Scott Tilley VE7TIl (@coastal8049) the amateur astronomer who
  found a lost NASA satellite.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMsE1rxeOw4

+ u/Almoturg has posted a 3D printed satellite tracker that
  represents satellites flying overhead with LEDs. Check it out at
  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-301-SatTracker

+ Radio amateur Dave Honess M6DNT writes in the Raspberry Pi magazine
  MagPi (pgs 84-85) about "Taking Education to the Stars". The article
  covers AstroPi, Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS, and ARISS
  Free PDF at https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi-issues/MagPi75.pdf
  (Via @AmsatUK)

+ Changshagaoxin, a 20U CubeSat expected to launch from Jiuquan Sat-
  ellite Launch Center on Monday, October 29th at 00:30 UTC with
  CFOSAT, reportedly carries an unknown amateur radio payload.
  (Via @AmsatUK)

[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]

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/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 and remember to do your part to help Keep Amateur Radio In Space,

This week's ANS Editor,

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
N8HM at amsat.org

From af5cc2 at gmail.com  Sun Oct 28 01:29:30 2018
From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 20:29:30 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Dual band beam comparisons
Message-ID: <CAHC1P2-t=dsJZoxEB_Q8xumGRpqgGovjifzViVJu-TgKduqspQ@mail.gmail.com>

Does anyone have any experience comparing the Cushcraft A270-10S dualband
yagi with the MFJ 1768 yagi?  I have used the Cushcraft before, and am
looking at getting a dualband yagi again.  Has anyone used the MFJ yagi,
and if so, what is your opinion of it?

73 John AF5CC

From ross at topwire.co.nz  Sun Oct 28 05:52:44 2018
From: ross at topwire.co.nz (Ross Whenmouth)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:52:44 +1300
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.72.1540634725.6108.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
References: <mailman.72.1540634725.6108.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <f2818210-d432-2756-036c-3b9308fd0daa@topwire.co.nz>

Nick, LORA uses chirp spread spectrum, with a signal that is ~ 125 kHz 
wide (in 11 bps mode). If we have sufficient spectrum to accommodate 
this, then it might be worth considering.


Sorry Bob, I must have miss-read your original posting? as I did not 
realise that your proposal was for a backup command link as opposed to 
an APRS user port. Considering the wide coverage area, and the need for 
only a small number of backup-capable ground stations, would it be 
reasonable to increase the requirements of the backup ground station to 
that of a "big-gun" EME station?

If the RX chain of an FM receiver was non-linear before the last IF 
filter, I'd expect that radio to be terribly susceptible to 
intermodulation? (though after the RX RF has passed through the last IF 
filter, then yes, linearity does not matter for FM). When I get a 
chance, I'll have to do an experiment with an FM RX, an RF signal 
generator and an oscilloscope connected to the 455 kHz IF...


73 ZL2WRW
Ross Whenmouth

From quadpugh at bellsouth.net  Sun Oct 28 09:07:14 2018
From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 04:07:14 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS to Moon orbit?
In-Reply-To: <f2818210-d432-2756-036c-3b9308fd0daa@topwire.co.nz>
References: <mailman.72.1540634725.6108.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
	<f2818210-d432-2756-036c-3b9308fd0daa@topwire.co.nz>
Message-ID: <675dc01d46e9d$9f7df560$de79e020$@bellsouth.net>






Ross wrote LORA uses chirp spread spectrum, with a signal that is ~ 125 kHz
wide (in 11 bps mode). If we have sufficient spectrum to accommodate this,
then it might be worth considering.

Actually, LORA can work at 7.5 KHZ band with a spreading factor of 12. The
present rules limit the band with < 100 KHZ I believe we could get STA to go
beyond that because the spectral flux density is so low.  Or team will
explore this issue with the AIRU and the FCC to see what we can experiment
with.
Nick k5qxj


From ka1rrw at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 28 14:34:57 2018
From: ka1rrw at yahoo.com (Miles)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 10:34:57 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Solid SSTV Copy ISS
In-Reply-To: <CALPwu-zv0q35LpbBB3N30DYAUQCWBFtt=Qce2xCfYMxXnkECYg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>	<6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>	<80E14F6D-86DD-4EF9-A67E-BF93BAC948FB@gmail.com>	<e6efadc6-33f3-4330-d08d-fd61161d6d58@att.net>	<3f7e6136-f3a5-d022-0cc4-f405b7829c12@gmail.com>
	<CALPwu-zv0q35LpbBB3N30DYAUQCWBFtt=Qce2xCfYMxXnkECYg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5BD5C911.2070502@yahoo.com>



October 28, 2018

14:30 UTC
Over Boston.

transmitting on 145.800



From m-arai at a.email.ne.jp  Sun Oct 28 15:22:00 2018
From: m-arai at a.email.ne.jp (Masahiro Arai)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:22:00 +0900
Subject: [amsat-bb] launch with Fox-1Cliff
Message-ID: <fe122984-a746-e30d-9199-bf2bba68da6e@a.email.ne.jp>

Here is the satellites list that launch with Fox-1Cliff from
Gunter's Space Page. 69 satellites are listed. I found 20
satellites on the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination
web site.

Let me know whether another satellites operate on amateur band.


Amateur Satellite
SeeMe, ESEO (FUNcube 4), CSIM-FD, ITASAT 1, K2SAT, MinXSS 2, SNUSAT 2,
ZACUBE 2 (ZA 004), PW-Sat 2, SNUGLITE, VisionCube, RANGE A, RANGE B,
ExseedSat 1, Fox-1Cliff, Irvine 02, JY1-Sat, KNACKSAT, MOVE 2,
Suomi-100

Others
SkySat 14, SkySat 15, Eu:CROPIS, STPSat 5, FalconSat 6, NEXTSat 1,
KazSTSAT, eXCITe (PTB 1), ICEYE X2, BlackSky Global 2, Hawk 1,
Hawk 2, Hawk 3, Capella 1, AISTECHSAT 2, Hiber 2,
Landmapper-BC 4 (Corvus-BC 4), ROSE 1, ORS 7A (Polar Scout 1),
ORS 7B (Polar Scout 2), Al-Farabi 2, Astrocast 0.1, Audacy 0,
BRIO, Centauri 2, Eaglet 1, Flock-3s 1, Flock-3s 2, Flock-3s 3,
ICE-Cap, KazSciSat 1, Orbital Reflector (ORS 1), RAAF M1, SeaHawk 1,
THEA, VESTA, Elysium-Star 2, Hamilton 1, SpaceBEE 9, SpaceBEE 10,
SpaceBEE 11, WeissSat 1, BeeSat 5, BeeSat 6, BeeSat 7, BeeSat 8,
BlackHawk, ENOCH, SIRION Pathfinder 2


73

Masa  JN1GKZ     Tokyo Japan

From ka1rrw at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 28 16:11:20 2018
From: ka1rrw at yahoo.com (Miles)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 12:11:20 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV, Active at 16:00 utc
In-Reply-To: <5BD5C911.2070502@yahoo.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>	<6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>	<80E14F6D-86DD-4EF9-A67E-BF93BAC948FB@gmail.com>	<e6efadc6-33f3-4330-d08d-fd61161d6d58@att.net>	<3f7e6136-f3a5-d022-0cc4-f405b7829c12@gmail.com>	<CALPwu-zv0q35LpbBB3N30DYAUQCWBFtt=Qce2xCfYMxXnkECYg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5BD5C911.2070502@yahoo.com>
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Images are being sent at 2 Minute Intervals, using PD120.
I received 3 images during the last pass across the USA.


Regards, Miles WF1F
MAREXMG  Originators of SSTV on Mir and ISS

On 10/28/2018 10:34 AM, Miles via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
>
> October 28, 2018
>
> 14:30 UTC
> Over Boston.
>
> transmitting on 145.800
>
>
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From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Sun Oct 28 17:23:21 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 10:23:21 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
Message-ID: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com>

Hi folks,

I let my radio and SSTV program run last night.  Several passes, none
super high, so my expectations were low.  Also the whole downlink
frequency thing.  But, as I sift through the images and static of the
night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures!  Yea!

But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z
pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"!  Were they sent
down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them
(incorrectly)?  The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I
only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass.

Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers crossed.

Greg  KO6TH


From ka1rrw at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 28 17:52:11 2018
From: ka1rrw at yahoo.com (Miles)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 13:52:11 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV, Active at 17:35 utc
In-Reply-To: <5BD5DFA8.9080005@yahoo.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>	<6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>	<80E14F6D-86DD-4EF9-A67E-BF93BAC948FB@gmail.com>	<e6efadc6-33f3-4330-d08d-fd61161d6d58@att.net>	<3f7e6136-f3a5-d022-0cc4-f405b7829c12@gmail.com>	<CALPwu-zv0q35LpbBB3N30DYAUQCWBFtt=Qce2xCfYMxXnkECYg@mail.gmail.com>	<5BD5C911.2070502@yahoo.com>
	<5BD5DFA8.9080005@yahoo.com>
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I picked up another 3 images during the 17:35 pass over the USA.
This was my last pass of the day.
West Coast USA will have 2-3 more passes tonight.

Single was strong.  M2 Beam, 22 element CP.



On 10/28/2018 12:11 PM, Miles via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
> Images are being sent at 2 Minute Intervals, using PD120.
> I received 3 images during the last pass across the USA.
>
>
> Regards, Miles WF1F
> MAREXMG  Originators of SSTV on Mir and ISS
>
> On 10/28/2018 10:34 AM, Miles via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>
>>
>> October 28, 2018
>>
>> 14:30 UTC
>> Over Boston.
>>
>> transmitting on 145.800
>>
>>
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sun Oct 28 17:56:47 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 13:56:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
In-Reply-To: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com>
References: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKPd3eyi9sv8_D033cRm6K-z1JnZPQVEouMXFMdCG82cSA@mail.gmail.com>

Some of them have the overlay. It is not just you. It is weird how they all
don't have it though.

Just had a nice 53 degree pass here. There was a 3 min gap between the last
two images.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 13:25 Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I let my radio and SSTV program run last night.  Several passes, none
> super high, so my expectations were low.  Also the whole downlink
> frequency thing.  But, as I sift through the images and static of the
> night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures!  Yea!
>
> But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z
> pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"!  Were they sent
> down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them
> (incorrectly)?  The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I
> only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass.
>
> Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers crossed.
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
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From ki0g at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 28 17:59:59 2018
From: ki0g at yahoo.com (Bob Cutter)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 17:59:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1.2G portable antennas
References: <798532937.17785560.1540749599677.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <798532937.17785560.1540749599677@mail.yahoo.com>

My HB 5 turn helical and Alinco HT do not seem to cut it on AO-92.
Anyone else trying portable?
72, Bob KI0G?


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

From ka1rrw at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 28 18:01:33 2018
From: ka1rrw at yahoo.com (Miles)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:01:33 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
In-Reply-To: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com>
References: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5BD5F97D.8070104@yahoo.com>



ps:
These were Not Local Re-Broadcast images.
They were from ISS.

How can you Tell:
For one thing Doppler.  When ISS has AOS, the down link will be 3.3K 
higher in frequency.
If you have a FM receiver with a discriminator meter (Rare item on new 
FM Junk) you tune the FM
discriminator to center the frequency.  And you will see 145.803.3 as 
the center FM frequency.
When ISS is overhead, the Doppler will be zero for a second and the 
down-link will be 145.800.
As ISS passes away, the Doppler will cause the frequency to drift lower 
until at LOS downlink will be 145.997

If you have tracking software and a beam, the AOL and LOS signals will 
match.
I had an 83 degree pass over Boston today.
Those passes are hard to track since the satellite only Rises until is 
over head (very little azimuth).
Then once it passes your QTH, you need to switch the beams very fast 180 
degrees in azimuth.

aaah the good old days of Mir/ISS.

wf1f

On 10/28/2018 1:23 PM, Greg D wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I let my radio and SSTV program run last night.  Several passes, none
> super high, so my expectations were low.  Also the whole downlink
> frequency thing.  But, as I sift through the images and static of the
> night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures!  Yea!
>
> But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z
> pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"!  Were they sent
> down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them
> (incorrectly)?  The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I
> only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass.
>
> Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers crossed.
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Sun Oct 28 18:04:11 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:04:11 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1.2G portable antennas
In-Reply-To: <798532937.17785560.1540749599677@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <798532937.17785560.1540749599677.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<798532937.17785560.1540749599677@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUeY1YjK-vW+Agy7DCp2AY0g_OrWqwHofvzHb+6qQfZF2g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bob!

Yes, a variety of antennas are being used to work the AO-92
1.2 GHz uplink. There was a recent thread about this topic
on here. My contribution to the previous thread was:

http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2018-October/069868.html

Several of us are using the Alinco DJ-G7T HT for the 1.2 GHz
uplink, and its 1W transmitter power is adequate - subject to
the details of the pass you are working, your surroundings,
how you are tuning to compensate for uplink Doppler, etc. ...

73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK



On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 6:00 PM Bob Cutter via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> My HB 5 turn helical and Alinco HT do not seem to cut it on AO-92.
> Anyone else trying portable?
> 72, Bob KI0G
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
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From ki0g at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 28 18:08:27 2018
From: ki0g at yahoo.com (Bob Cutter)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:08:27 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1.2G portable antennas
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUeY1YjK-vW+Agy7DCp2AY0g_OrWqwHofvzHb+6qQfZF2g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <798532937.17785560.1540749599677.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<798532937.17785560.1540749599677@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAN6TEUeY1YjK-vW+Agy7DCp2AY0g_OrWqwHofvzHb+6qQfZF2g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <114491753.17796269.1540750107595@mail.yahoo.com>

I just opened my Journal and saw your excellent article. I should have waited until after lunch for the posting!!
72, Bob KI0G?


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone


On Sunday, October 28, 2018, 12:04 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:

Hi Bob!
Yes, a variety of antennas are being used to work the AO-921.2 GHz uplink. There was a recent thread about this topicon here. My contribution to the previous thread was:
http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2018-October/069868.html
Several of us are using the Alinco DJ-G7T HT for the 1.2 GHzuplink, and its 1W transmitter power is adequate - subject tothe details of the pass you are working, your surroundings,how you are tuning to compensate for uplink Doppler, etc. ...

73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWKhttp://www.wd9ewk.net/Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK


On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 6:00 PM Bob Cutter via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

My HB 5 turn helical and Alinco HT do not seem to cut it on AO-92.
Anyone else trying portable?
72, Bob KI0G?


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
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From inservice2him at hotmail.com  Sun Oct 28 12:46:58 2018
From: inservice2him at hotmail.com (Kirk P)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 12:46:58 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] SATPC32
Message-ID: <BY1PR13MB006960A3B0199817A9B17728EBF20@BY1PR13MB0069.namprd13.prod.outlook.com>

So Im new to using my IC9100 and SATPC32..so PSE bare with me..HI.


Using Ver 12.8d


Im finding that for some passes tracking works well. I can follow along with stations fine. I hear my DL fine.


For other passes I cant hear my DL at all..Though I can see myself on an SDR rx but way off freq from where radio is looking..


Also noticed that the CAS-4B bird when selected does not have any freq data showing thus no radio qsy or tracking. (Have not checked all of them)


Tried to find the .SQL file but it seems that does not exist.


Can someone walk along with me and get my pointed in right diretion please.


Much appreciated.


Kirk, N0KK



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+ 7:30 am  - 9:00 am AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast
             Huntsville Marriott at the Space and Rocket Center
+ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Davidson Center for Space Exploration Guided
             Tour
             U. S. Space and Rocket Center
             (No cost for tour, but requires ticket to USS&RC)
+ 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Marshall Space Flight Center Bus Tour
             (Includes ticket to USS&RC)

Bruce Paige, KK5DO will be available to check QSL cards towards VUCC,
WAS or 5BWAS. Make sure you have your lists and cards sorted in the
same order as the list. Have your application filled out.

[ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information]

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2018 AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Ticket Sales End Noon EDT October 29

Online ticket sales for the 2018 AMSAT William A. Tynan W3XO Memorial
Space Symposium and AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting will end at 12:00 Noon EDT
on Monday, October 29th. The online purchase price is $65.

Tickets to the Symposium may be purchased at the door for $70. 

Banquet tickets are available for $50 until 12:00 Noon EDT, Monday, 
October 29th. Banquet tickets will NOT be available for purchase
after this deadline.

Online purchases can be made on the AMSAT store at the following link:

https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

[ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information]
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ARISS Joins NASA On-The-Air for a Special SSTV Event October 27-29

Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) is planning
a very special Slow Scan TV event currently scheduled to start
Saturday, October 27th about 10:00 UTC.  Transmissions are scheduled 
to continue until around 19:30 UTC on October 29th. Helping to 
support the event will be NASA?s Space, Communication and Navigation
(SCaN) Department.

The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program manages NASA?s
three most important communications networks: The Space Network (SN),
Near Earth Network (NEN), and the Deep Space Network (DSN).

Just as in past ARISS SSTV commemorations, twelve images will be 
downlinked, but this time with six featuring the SCaN educational 
activities while the other six images will commemorate major NASA 
anniversaries, ie., when NASA was established, astronauts first 
landing on the moon, etc.

In addition to the fun of receiving these images, participants can 
qualify for a special endorsement for the NASA On The Air (NOTA) 
celebration event. To learn more about NOTA visit
https://nasaontheair.wordpress.com.

An award for receiving the images will also be available from
https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/

Once received, images can be posted and viewed at
http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php. The 
transmissions are expected to be broadcast at the usual frequency of 
145.800 MHz using the PD-120 SSTV mode.

Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, 
schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to 
change at any time.

More information will follow soon, so please continue to check for
news and the most current information on the AMSAT.org and ARISS.org
websites, the AMSAT-BB at amsat.org, the ARISS Facebook at Amateur Radio
On The International Space Station (ARISS) page and ARISS Twitter 
@ARISS_status.

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

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ARISS Plan Under Consideration for NASA?s Deep Space Gateway Program

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Inter-
national delegates were pleased to learn last week that an ARISS plan
is under consideration by NASA?s Deep Space Gateway (DSG) program. 
NASA Gateway Utilization Manager John Guidi, ex-KF4YUI, informed
those attending the annual ARISS International in-person meeting,
held in College Park, Maryland, that ARISS is the only noncommercial
entity whose ideas are under study by the program. The ARISS plan 
focuses on Amateur Radio communication, including optical commun-
ication channels, as well as equipment development, team cooperation,
education, and public outreach.

?Naturally, because the NASA Deep Space Gateway program is so new and
has yet to be fleshed out, ARISS needs to follow NASA?s lead in being
open to how the DSG program flows,? ARRL ARISS-US Delegate Rosalie
White, K1STO, explained. ?ARISS?s first moves need to be loose enough
that the plan, development, and execution can go in ways that dove-
tail with what is needed.?

The Deep Space Gateway would be a small outpost orbiting the moon
that would act as a ?spaceport for human and robotic exploration to 
the moon and beyond,? NASA has said. Crewed by four people, it would 
provide an operational platform for further exploring the lunar
surface and a hub to deeper space destinations. NASA hopes to have 
the completed Gateway in lunar orbit as early as 2024.

The ARISS-International annual meeting on October 17 ? 19 ran back to
back with the first-ever ARISS Education Summit, held October 15 ? 
16. At the international sessions, ARISS delegates and team members 
from around the world presented and listened to talks on all aspects 
of ARISS, from operations to education to hardware ? current and 
upgrades ? to future projects. The team heard the latest news on
HamTV, the Interoperable Radio System, and the antenna change-out 
required by the European Space Agency?s Bartolomeo platform, and 
proposed Astrobee activities, HamTV II, and Radio-Pi projects.

Astrobee is a robot that will fly around the ISS with the astronauts
to help scientists and engineers develop and test technologies for
use in zero-gravity, aid astronauts with routine chores, and offer 
Houston flight controllers additional eyes and ears on the spacecraft.

Team members enjoyed viewing a live-streamed ARISS contact in
Belgium. Team members unable to travel to Maryland were able to tele-
conference into the sessions.

On hand for the earlier ARISS Education Summit were teachers from the
US and elsewhere; ARISS-US Education Committee members; STEM
educators from College Park Airport Museum; education leaders from 
various NASA entities, including the Space Communications and
Navigation (SCaN) office, nearby Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),
and the manager of the ISS US National Laboratory ? Center for the 
Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS); a group of SCaN-sponsored 
mid-Atlantic teachers, and University of Maryland educators and
students. Attendees saw a demonstration of ARISS slow-scan television
(SSTV) and several ham satellite contacts. ARISS-US Education 
Committee teacher Melissa Pore, KM4CZN, arrived from Virginia with 
eight of her students, who talked about their ARISS-related STEM 
studies.

Other committee members who were part of a panel session discussing 
educator perspectives on ARISS also gave presentations on the ARISS
education proposal process and on-orbit prediction programs.
Astronaut Paul Richards, KC5ZSZ, led a discussion on space and
education; CASIS?s Dan Barstow, KA1ARD, spoke on exploring with the 
ISS, and SCaN?s Jimmy Acevedo, KM4QLE, presented on kit-based
learning. 

[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]

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Phillipine Microsat Diwata-2 with FM transponder to Launch October 29

The Phillipine microsat Diwata-2 is expected to launch on October 29.
The satellite is scheduled to launch with GOSAT-2, a greenhouse gas
observation satellite, on a Japanese H-IIA vehicle from JAXA's 
Tanegashima Space Center. The launch window is 04:08 - 04:20 UTC.
The planned orbit is sun-synchronous with an altitude of 613 km and a
Local Time of the Descending Node (LTDN) of 13:00. 

Diwata-2 carries an amateur radio payload with a U/v FM transponder
and APRS digipeater capability. The uplink is 437.500 MHz and the 
downlink is 145.900 MHz. 

More information can be found at
http://phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/diwata2

[ANS thanks JAXA, DOST, IARU, and eoPortal for the above information]

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LO-94 Spacecraft Signal Decoded After Bouncing Off the Moon

Daniel Est?vez EA4GPZ / M0HXM reports decoding a JT4G amateur radio 
signal from the LO-94 (DSLWP-B) spacecraft that was reflected off the
Moon.

Daniel says ?JT4G is a digital mode designed for Earth-Moon-Earth 
microwave communications, so it is tolerant to high Doppler spreads. 
However, the reflections of the [DSLWP-B] B0 transmitter at 435.4 MHz,
which contained the JT4G transmissions, were very weak, so I had not
attempted to decode the JT4G Moonbounce signal.?

However, by analysing a recording made on October 19, 2018 at
17:53:35 GMT he was able to decode one of the five JT4G transmissions
in the recording.

Read his blog post at
https://destevez.net/2018/10/dslwp-b-jt4g-decoded-via-moonbounce/

Also see Geometry for DSLWP-B Moonbounce
https://destevez.net/2018/10/geometry-for-dslwp-b-moonbounce/

The DSLWP amateur radio satellites built by students from the Harbin
Institute of Technology was launched to Lunar orbit on May 20, 2018
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/05/19/dslwp-satellites-lunar-orbit/

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]

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ESEO's Educational Story Continues

ESA reports the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) has concluded
its test campaign. The ESEO student teams gathered in the Netherlands
October 18, 2018 for a last precious lesson before the satellite is
launched.

ESEO carries an amateur radio 1260 to 145 MHz FM transponder and a
1k2 and 4k8 BPSK telemetry beacon developed by AMSAT-UK members.

The satellite has been at ESA?s ESTEC test facilities, in the
Netherlands, where it completed the last steps of a thorough sat-
ellite test campaign which had started in August 2018 at SITAEL?s
facility in Mola di Bari, Italy.

Learning by doing has already proven an amazing experience for the
ten university student teams from different European universities who
have designed and built the instruments and several key subsystems of
the ESEO satellite.

On October 18, at a dedicated workshop, the ESEO students had the
additional chance to hear first-hand what it takes to run a satellite
test campaign ? trouble shooting included!

?In the space sector no satellite could ever be launched without a
thorough tests campaign?, said Piero Galeone, coordinating the ESA 
Academy programme of which ESEO is a part. ?The reason is that ? as 
perfect as your satellite design and manufacturing process can be ? 
the devil always hides in the details. If there is anything to be
fixed, you want to know it and correct it before the satellite flies 
on its orbit hundreds kilometres from the surface of the Earth,
beyond the reach of any engineer?s hands?.

Read the full ESA story at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-301-ESEO

ESEO https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/eseo/

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations

View the latest satellite operating announcements posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/

+ 3E, Panama (Special Event) - Through October 31, 2018
  Members of the Radio Club de Panama and the GREMPA (an emergency
  group) will activate the scout station 3E1JT from Panama between
  now and October 31st. They will also participate during the
  Jamboree On The Air [JOTA] (October 19-21st). Activity will be on
  all bands using SSB including CW and the Satellites. QSL via HP1ALX
  
+ Eureka, Nunavut (ER60, EQ79) - Through November 10, 2018
  Eureka ARC, VY0ERC, will be operational from October 17 until
  November 10, 2018.  Activity via FM satellites from ER60, EQ79 and 
  close grids is also scheduled.  Watch for specific pass
  announcements on their Twitter feed https://twitter.com/vy0erc
  
+ Huntsville to Switzerland, via Long Island (EM64, EM65, EM66, FN30,
   JN36, JN47) ? November 1 ? December 7, 2018Brennan, N4QX, fall
   AMSAT roving plans:
   *   EM64, EM65, and EM66 November 1-3
   *   FN30 November 16-17
   *   JN36 as HB9/N4QX & from 4U1ITU November 28?December 7 as
       work permits
   *   JN47 as HB9/N4QX & HB0/N4QX December 1-2
   For now, FM only. Watch Twitter for pass announcements.
   https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice.  QSLs *exclusively* via Logbook
   of the World.

+ Bermuda (DXCC NA-005) ? November 12-14, 2018
   Tom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-005
   vacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few
   transponder birds). Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from
   the beach. Tom is looking for a 2m ssb tropo path to some US super
   station(s). If interested, contact him directly.

+ Key West, FL (EL94) ? November 27 ? December 1, 2018
   Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from
   November 27 to December 1, 2018. While there, he will work as many
   FM passes as he can (holiday style). Keep an eye on his Twitter 
   feed for pass announcements, https://twitter.com/twjones85

+ Barring unforeseen circumstances, Glenn, AA5PK plans to travel to
   south Texas 11-15 November to activate grids EL06, 07, 08, 15, 16,
   17 and 18. He will be on both FM and linear satellites and will
   post which on Twitter @AA5PK and also beacon his position on APRS
   as AA5PK-9. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW upon his return home.
   Hard copy QSLs available by email request. No SASE needed.
   (Glenn, AA5PK via amsat-bb)

+ Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK will be part of a day of satellite oper-
  ating from a deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in
  southern California, on Saturday 15 December 2018.

  Operations will be portable, almost like a Field Day, and should
  include FM, SSB, and possibly packet. All operations from the
  Queen Mary will be as W6RO, the call sign for the wireless room 
  on the ship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long
  Beach.

  Depending on staffing in the W6RO wireless room, there may also
  be HF activity during the satellite operation.

  Satellite QSOs from W6RO will be done in the normal manner, with
  an exchange of call signs and grid locators. W6RO is located in
  grid DM03.

[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]

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SO-50 Distance Record Set

On Octover 24, 2018 at 13:20 UTC, Scott Richardson, N1AIA, and Jerome
LeCuyer, F4DXV, completed a 5,523 km QSO between Berwick, Maine and 
Lalinde, France. This eclipses the previous record of 5,410 km set
on January 24, 2017 with a QSO between MI6GTY and UB9UTJ. 

With an apogee of 704.6 km, the theoretical maximum range for SO-50 
is 5,676 km. A list of currently known satellite distance records can
be found on the AMSAT website at
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/

[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over

+ A Japanese satellite next year will use WSJT and 10 mW to pioneer  
  low power technologies from space.
  http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=579 

  Satellite's home pages: 
  http://kit-okuyama-lab.com/en/

  Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
  http://kit-okuyama-lab.com/

  Frequencies will be 435.280/437.390MHz Up/Down 1k2AFSK,9k6BPSK and
  437.510MHz WSJT

  (via Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

+ Meet Scott Tilley VE7TIl (@coastal8049) the amateur astronomer who 
  found a lost NASA satellite. 
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMsE1rxeOw4

+ u/Almoturg has posted a 3D printed satellite tracker that
  represents satellites flying overhead with LEDs. Check it out at
  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-301-SatTracker
  
+ Radio amateur Dave Honess M6DNT writes in the Raspberry Pi magazine
  MagPi (pgs 84-85) about "Taking Education to the Stars". The article
  covers AstroPi, Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS, and ARISS
  Free PDF at https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi-issues/MagPi75.pdf
  (Via @AmsatUK)
  
+ Changshagaoxin, a 20U CubeSat expected to launch from Jiuquan Sat-
  ellite Launch Center on Monday, October 29th at 00:30 UTC with
  CFOSAT, reportedly carries an unknown amateur radio payload.
  (Via @AmsatUK)

[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]

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/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 and remember to do your part to help Keep Amateur Radio In Space,

This week's ANS Editor,

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
N8HM at amsat.org



From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Sun Oct 28 18:14:54 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:14:54 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1.2G portable antennas
In-Reply-To: <114491753.17796269.1540750107595@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <798532937.17785560.1540749599677.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<798532937.17785560.1540749599677@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAN6TEUeY1YjK-vW+Agy7DCp2AY0g_OrWqwHofvzHb+6qQfZF2g@mail.gmail.com>
	<114491753.17796269.1540750107595@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUckiiDQjVMFscqY39J=h1khp9FmhX10H524LjNhF4vLHA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bob!

Thanks for the compliment on the Journal article. That
issue was in my mailbox yesterday.

The Journal article describes what I have been using to work
AO-92's L/V mode, but there are a few other antennas that
other operators have been using that aren't mentioned in the
article. The link in my earlier message, along with other
messages in that discussion earlier this month, should give
you a good idea on what is being used for the uplink when
working AO-92's L/V mode. Antennas have also been discussed
in the QRZ satellite forum, along with pictures of some
examples:

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wheres-ao-92.614536/

Good luck, and 73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK



On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 6:08 PM Bob Cutter <ki0g at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just opened my Journal and saw your excellent article. I should have
> waited until after lunch for the posting!!
>
> 72, Bob KI0G
>
>

From wa7dxz at aol.com  Sun Oct 28 18:38:48 2018
From: wa7dxz at aol.com (wa7dxz)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:38:48 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite station for sale
Message-ID: <20181028183857.099A62166F1@lansing182.amsat.org>


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


Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sun Oct 28 18:53:41 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:53:41 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
In-Reply-To: <5BD5F97D.8070104@yahoo.com>
References: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com>
	<5BD5F97D.8070104@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKNNX09ynMwdPmF9sWSj3E58WepFwOAUG8FBiVtz_9N=dw@mail.gmail.com>

His station was running unattended.

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 2:03 PM Miles via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

>
>
> ps:
> These were Not Local Re-Broadcast images.
> They were from ISS.
>
> How can you Tell:
> For one thing Doppler.  When ISS has AOS, the down link will be 3.3K
> higher in frequency.
> If you have a FM receiver with a discriminator meter (Rare item on new
> FM Junk) you tune the FM
> discriminator to center the frequency.  And you will see 145.803.3 as
> the center FM frequency.
> When ISS is overhead, the Doppler will be zero for a second and the
> down-link will be 145.800.
> As ISS passes away, the Doppler will cause the frequency to drift lower
> until at LOS downlink will be 145.997
>
> If you have tracking software and a beam, the AOL and LOS signals will
> match.
> I had an 83 degree pass over Boston today.
> Those passes are hard to track since the satellite only Rises until is
> over head (very little azimuth).
> Then once it passes your QTH, you need to switch the beams very fast 180
> degrees in azimuth.
>
> aaah the good old days of Mir/ISS.
>
> wf1f
>
> On 10/28/2018 1:23 PM, Greg D wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I let my radio and SSTV program run last night.  Several passes, none
> > super high, so my expectations were low.  Also the whole downlink
> > frequency thing.  But, as I sift through the images and static of the
> > night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures!  Yea!
> >
> > But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z
> > pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"!  Were they sent
> > down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them
> > (incorrectly)?  The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I
> > only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass.
> >
> > Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers
> crossed.
> >
> > Greg  KO6TH
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
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From jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net  Sun Oct 28 19:33:16 2018
From: jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net (James Brown)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 19:33:16 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] HELP Please
References: <1417748430.407187.1540755196103.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1417748430.407187.1540755196103@mail.yahoo.com>

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

From wa7dxz at aol.com  Sun Oct 28 19:47:19 2018
From: wa7dxz at aol.com (wa7dxz)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 12:47:19 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910H sold
Message-ID: <20181028194725.E0AB42166F1@lansing182.amsat.org>

Thanks,? group, it went to a happy mid west satellite guy.



Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

From cqlu1da at gmail.com  Sun Oct 28 20:52:19 2018
From: cqlu1da at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Jorge_Via=c3=b1a?=)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 17:52:19 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV, Active at 17:35 utc
In-Reply-To: <5BD5F74B.2030200@yahoo.com>
References: <CALn0fKMHiT1ocR_UPj2XsygrPfF90Bn7VO-h48v1VKeFTFp-pg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5bd49a55.1c69fb81.22b53.0dcd@mx.google.com>
	<0b5300e39d244e2ab033b23e3cb621f1@etczone.com>
	<6343c256-7afa-ad02-d98f-bc7ecae8a21f@att.net>
	<80E14F6D-86DD-4EF9-A67E-BF93BAC948FB@gmail.com>
	<e6efadc6-33f3-4330-d08d-fd61161d6d58@att.net>
	<3f7e6136-f3a5-d022-0cc4-f405b7829c12@gmail.com>
	<CALPwu-zv0q35LpbBB3N30DYAUQCWBFtt=Qce2xCfYMxXnkECYg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5BD5C911.2070502@yahoo.com> <5BD5DFA8.9080005@yahoo.com>
	<5BD5F74B.2030200@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <6c629c31-ecb4-201f-be7e-888023a4627c@gmail.com>

Strong signal in South America,GF05,19:35 UTC.
Two excellent images catched.

Cheers ,Jorge LU1DA

El 28/10/2018 a las 2:52 p. m., Miles via AMSAT-BB escribi?:
> I picked up another 3 images during the 17:35 pass over the USA.
> This was my last pass of the day.
> West Coast USA will have 2-3 more passes tonight.
>
> Single was strong.? M2 Beam, 22 element CP.
>
>
>
> On 10/28/2018 12:11 PM, Miles via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>
>> Images are being sent at 2 Minute Intervals, using PD120.
>> I received 3 images during the last pass across the USA.
>>
>>
>> Regards, Miles WF1F
>> MAREXMG? Originators of SSTV on Mir and ISS
>>
>> On 10/28/2018 10:34 AM, Miles via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> October 28, 2018
>>>
>>> 14:30 UTC
>>> Over Boston.
>>>
>>> transmitting on 145.800
>>>
>>>
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From erich.eichmann at t-online.de  Sun Oct 28 21:22:09 2018
From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:22:09 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] HELP Please
In-Reply-To: <1417748430.407187.1540755196103@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1417748430.407187.1540755196103.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1417748430.407187.1540755196103@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <da0f6115-97b1-979a-2860-3433abe98aed@t-online.de>

Hi James,
it is a bug in SatPC32. The file YaesuIIParSemi.SQF is missing in the 
folders for Configs 2 to 4.
The file is contained only in the data folder for Config1. It is used 
with the FT-991, FT-991A? as Radio 2.

I will fix that and upload revised setup files.

You can also fix that manually:
The file YaesuIIParSemi.SQF for Config 1 is contained in the sub folder 
'Radio2' of the SatPC32 DATA folder.
(The path to the DATA folder 'SatPC32'? can be seen in the footline of 
menu 'Satellites'.
Attention: The folder AppData in the path is hidden by default. So, make 
first hidden files and folders visible, using the Window File Explorer.).

The path to the file will be:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32\Radio2
Copy the file and paste it also in the corresponding folder for Config 2 
(and Configs 3 and 4).
The path will be:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32\CfgII\Radio2

73s, Erich, DK1TB


Am 28.10.2018 um 20:33 schrieb James Brown:
>   I messed up sat 32.
> I was trying to make the sstv program work. I realized that the downlink radio(ft 817) needed to be changed so that it could connect to mmstv.
> I had this brilliant idea to change from config 1 on sat 32 to a new config 2 so that I could set up for sstv.
> that caused a error "Error while loadingfile YAESUE11ParSemi.sqf"
> I can not recover sat 32.
> What do I do??
> ThanksJim KI6WJ
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From cqlu1da at gmail.com  Sun Oct 28 21:30:15 2018
From: cqlu1da at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Jorge_Via=c3=b1a?=)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:30:15 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV, Active at 21:09 utc
In-Reply-To: <6c629c31-ecb4-201f-be7e-888023a4627c@gmail.com>
References: <6c629c31-ecb4-201f-be7e-888023a4627c@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <e1033d8e-7535-d27d-f49a-517441a47e52@gmail.com>

Another 2 images...strong again !
Happy weekend in SSTV...
Tnx ARISS !

Jorge LU1DA


From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sun Oct 28 22:47:26 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:47:26 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
In-Reply-To: <04864dba-8abf-e720-d5b7-4550e42fa3c3@gmail.com>
References: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKPd3eyi9sv8_D033cRm6K-z1JnZPQVEouMXFMdCG82cSA@mail.gmail.com>
	<04864dba-8abf-e720-d5b7-4550e42fa3c3@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMzeeZ29sRQCEK+ZXZTbe4fvCBhokFQtUEAXB3NS-KK_w@mail.gmail.com>

I think the template uses whatever callsign is set in MMSSTV. The template
is huge.

Also I was told MMSSTV has five templates and when you load images to
transmit into it the first five get the templates and presumably the others
don't which is why some have the template and others don't.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 15:57 Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

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

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Oct 29 02:08:37 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:08:37 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
In-Reply-To: <04864dba-8abf-e720-d5b7-4550e42fa3c3@gmail.com>
References: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKPd3eyi9sv8_D033cRm6K-z1JnZPQVEouMXFMdCG82cSA@mail.gmail.com>
	<04864dba-8abf-e720-d5b7-4550e42fa3c3@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKPzuK0znzvQcWORXK6hdeJ7Z3+y4h+ZjK1-eVRupC32=A@mail.gmail.com>

So I hadn't seen this image yet:

https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/9s3bvh/iss_is_transmitting_sstv_in_1458_mhz/?utm_source=reddit-android

Clearly that is not the template. It was just a choice to make RS0ISS
larger. I believe it is the Russian equipment and these events don't happen
without them so it makes sense to me. I dont think all the images have
NA1SS in them but I'm pretty sure they all have RS0ISS in them.

73, John Brier KG4AKV



On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 15:57 Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks.  Looks like they have things sorted now.  Nice image received on
> the 19:03z pass here in CM98.
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
> p.s.  Just a nit...  Why does the RS0ISS call sign appear in a
> significantly larger font than "NA1SS  10/12" in the SCaN images?  Is there
> a legal reason (station license)?
>
>
> John Brier wrote:
>
> Some of them have the overlay. It is not just you. It is weird how they
> all don't have it though.
>
> Just had a nice 53 degree pass here. There was a 3 min gap between the
> last two images.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 13:25 Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I let my radio and SSTV program run last night.  Several passes, none
>> super high, so my expectations were low.  Also the whole downlink
>> frequency thing.  But, as I sift through the images and static of the
>> night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures!  Yea!
>>
>> But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z
>> pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"!  Were they sent
>> down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them
>> (incorrectly)?  The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I
>> only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass.
>>
>> Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers crossed.
>>
>> Greg  KO6TH
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB 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  Mon Oct 29 02:41:26 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:41:26 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
References: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com><CALn0fKPd3eyi9sv8_D033cRm6K-z1JnZPQVEouMXFMdCG82cSA@mail.gmail.com><04864dba-8abf-e720-d5b7-4550e42fa3c3@gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKPzuK0znzvQcWORXK6hdeJ7Z3+y4h+ZjK1-eVRupC32=A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A49F5E0A8F3941C9B8CD35CA05D7A776@DHJ>

I thought I recalled that Frank posted the set of 12 images a few days prior 
to the event. Those would give the image without any overlay material so you 
could easily determine what is the image and what is being imposed over the 
image.

Dave, AA4KN
ARISS PR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Brier" <johnbrier at gmail.com>
To: "Greg D" <ko6th.greg at gmail.com>
Cc: "Amsat BB" <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?


> So I hadn't seen this image yet:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/9s3bvh/iss_is_transmitting_sstv_in_1458_mhz/?utm_source=reddit-android
>
> Clearly that is not the template. It was just a choice to make RS0ISS
> larger. I believe it is the Russian equipment and these events don't 
> happen
> without them so it makes sense to me. I dont think all the images have
> NA1SS in them but I'm pretty sure they all have RS0ISS in them.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 15:57 Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks.  Looks like they have things sorted now.  Nice image received on
>> the 19:03z pass here in CM98.
>>
>> Greg  KO6TH
>>
>> p.s.  Just a nit...  Why does the RS0ISS call sign appear in a
>> significantly larger font than "NA1SS  10/12" in the SCaN images?  Is 
>> there
>> a legal reason (station license)?
>>
>>
>> John Brier wrote:
>>
>> Some of them have the overlay. It is not just you. It is weird how they
>> all don't have it though.
>>
>> Just had a nice 53 degree pass here. There was a 3 min gap between the
>> last two images.
>>
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 13:25 Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I let my radio and SSTV program run last night.  Several passes, none
>>> super high, so my expectations were low.  Also the whole downlink
>>> frequency thing.  But, as I sift through the images and static of the
>>> night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures!  Yea!
>>>
>>> But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z
>>> pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"!  Were they sent
>>> down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them
>>> (incorrectly)?  The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I
>>> only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass.
>>>
>>> Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers 
>>> crossed.
>>>
>>> Greg  KO6TH
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB 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
>>>
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions 
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of 
> AMSAT-NA.
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From wmc_jx at 163.com  Mon Oct 29 08:29:28 2018
From: wmc_jx at 163.com (=?GBK?B?zqTD97So?=)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:29:28 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan
Message-ID: <615614ab.dae7.166bef12afd.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>

Hi OMs,


The following tests of DSLWP-B UHF are planned:


31 Oct 15:40 to 31 Oct 17:40
1 Nov 07:30 to 1 Nov 09:30
2 Nov 18:30 to 2 Nov 20:30
3 Nov 10:10 to 3 Nov 12:10
3 Nov 19:20 to 3 Nov 21:20



All time in UTC. GMSK telemetry and JT4G beacon on 435.4. GMSK telemetry/image and JT4G repeater on 436.4.


SSDV album: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/pics-b.html   

Online JT4G telemetry forwarder: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g_forwarder.html
JT4G telemetry display: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g.html   
GMSK telemetry: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/telemetry-b.html 



VY TNX & 73!


Wei BG2BHC



--

WEI Mingchuan


Research Center of Satellite Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
mobile: +86-189-4501-5242
e-mail: wmc_jx at 163.com; bg2bhc at gmail.com




 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

From ka1rrw at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 29 12:03:12 2018
From: ka1rrw at yahoo.com (Miles (WF1F))
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 08:03:12 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV Active October 29, 8:00 UTC
In-Reply-To: <A49F5E0A8F3941C9B8CD35CA05D7A776@DHJ>
References: <ec45dfc5-45a6-2472-41f4-17563064bb80@gmail.com><CALn0fKPd3eyi9sv8_D033cRm6K-z1JnZPQVEouMXFMdCG82cSA@mail.gmail.com><04864dba-8abf-e720-d5b7-4550e42fa3c3@gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKPzuK0znzvQcWORXK6hdeJ7Z3+y4h+ZjK1-eVRupC32=A@mail.gmail.com>
	<A49F5E0A8F3941C9B8CD35CA05D7A776@DHJ>
Message-ID: <5BD6F700.6070007@yahoo.com>




Decoded 1 image this morning from Boston.
System was on automatic receive.
Did not have time to collect any details, but it looks like ISS SSTV is 
still active.
Downlink 145.800

Regards WF1F



From n8hm at arrl.net  Mon Oct 29 13:03:58 2018
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:03:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Just 3 Hours Left for Online AMSAT Symposium
	Registration!
Message-ID: <CABzOSOoNdED4XkfocsfVK5-HkA62fqGoYANODp2b+GYHOdu-Aw@mail.gmail.com>

Online ticket sales for the 2018 AMSAT William A. Tynan W3XO Memorial Space
Symposium and AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting will end at 12:00 Noon EDT TODAY.

Tickets to the Symposium may also be purchased at the door. but banquet
tickets MUST be purchased online by Noon EDT today. They will NOT be
available for purchase at the door.

Purchase your tickets at
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

73,

Paul, N8HM

From skristof at etczone.com  Mon Oct 29 14:18:23 2018
From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:18:23 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 question
Message-ID: <5e5d50c2199a2a28e50f5d3e3bf9a51f@etczone.com>

Lately, I've been trying other FM satellites besides SO-50. I have made
contacts on AO-92, but I can't get anything from AO-85. 

On AO-85 I can hear the voice ID of the satellite plain as day, but I
never hear any other hams trying to make contacts and I can't seem to
get into the satellite.  

My set up is two Baofeng handhelds and an Arrow antenna. This set up
works fine on SO-50 and AO-92 so I know that it works. 

For AO-85 I'm using 435.170 for the uplink and 145.980 for the downlink.
I have the uplink sending the 67.0 Hz tone. 

So, what am I missing? Constructive tips would be very much appreciated.


Steve AI9IN

From wmc_jx at 163.com  Mon Oct 29 14:32:23 2018
From: wmc_jx at 163.com (=?GBK?B?zqTD97So?=)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:32:23 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan
Message-ID: <1cc14161.13e74.166c03d6fe5.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>

Hi Kevin, 


Here is the gnuradio decoder for GMSK:


https://github.com/bg2bhc/gr-dslwp 


and also a live cd: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AD4lvie4L4Adx8AzrIiXULrvnLetnR1E/


Some more info here: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/wp/?page_id=844


For JT4G, WSJT or WSJT-X is fine.


Best Regards,


Wei




Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> ? 2018?10?29? ?? ??10:15???

Which software can decode the telemetry ?


-----
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Begin forwarded message:


From: ??? <wmc_jx at 163.com>
Date: October 29, 2018 at 04:29:28 EDT
To: "amsat-bb at amsat.org" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject:[amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan


Hi OMs,


The following tests of DSLWP-B UHF are planned:


31 Oct 15:40 to 31 Oct 17:40
1 Nov 07:30 to 1 Nov 09:30
2 Nov 18:30 to 2 Nov 20:30
3 Nov 10:10 to 3 Nov 12:10
3 Nov 19:20 to 3 Nov 21:20



All time in UTC. GMSK telemetry and JT4G beacon on 435.4. GMSK telemetry/image and JT4G repeater on 436.4.


SSDV album: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/pics-b.html   

Online JT4G telemetry forwarder: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g_forwarder.html
JT4G telemetry display: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g.html   
GMSK telemetry: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/telemetry-b.html



VY TNX & 73!


Wei BG2BHC



--

WEI Mingchuan


Research Center of Satellite Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
mobile: +86-189-4501-5242
e-mail: wmc_jx at 163.com; bg2bhc at gmail.com







































































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From jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net  Mon Oct 29 20:45:47 2018
From: jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net (James Brown)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:45:47 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] fading?
References: <1334538638.971827.1540845947485.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1334538638.971827.1540845947485@mail.yahoo.com>

 Just worked the last two passes of AO91 and experiencing deep fading.I am using a pair of Gulf Alfa CP yagis? and do not normally see fading issues.
Any thoughts?
Jim KI6WJ

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Mon Oct 29 21:38:12 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:38:12 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite/AMSAT presentation next Monday (5 November
	2018) in Mesa AZ
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUdZQkX2PD8+8wkL8sNePeTMJTQM3g6AmPkNxQq2JP=WHw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I will be giving a presentation on amateur satellites and AMSAT for the
Sunlife Amateur Radio Club at their weekly meeting next Monday (5
November 2018) in Mesa, Arizona. The club meets in the Greenfield Village
RV Park, along Main Street between Greenfield and Higley, north of the
US-60 freeway in Mesa. The meeting starts at 10am (1700 UTC). More
information about the club is available at:

http://www.sunlifearc.org/

There may be a possibility of a demonstration before or after the 10am
meeting - or possibly demonstrations before and after the meeting. If
this happens, I will use my own call sign WD9EWK. If you hear me on
next Monday morning, please feel free to call and be a part of a
demonstration. I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to send updates
about the meeting, and especially any demonstrations, next Monday
morning. If you do not use Twitter, you can see my tweets in a web
browser at:

http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

Any contacts made during demonstrations will be uploaded to Logbook
of the World sometime after Monday morning. If you would like a QSL
card for a contact made during a demonstration, please e-mail me
directly with the QSO details.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

From awatts44 at comcast.net  Mon Oct 29 18:28:27 2018
From: awatts44 at comcast.net (Alfred Watts)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:28:27 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV Active
Message-ID: <000201d46fb5$2fdbba80$8f932f80$@comcast.net>

ISS SSTV was active on 145.800 and received on a 40 deg. Pass from
Albuquerque, NM 10/29/18 18:21 UTC

73

AF5VH

 

 

Alfred C. Watts

e-mail: awatts44 at comcast.net <mailto:awatts44 at comcast.net> 

cell: (505) 449-7044

 

1159 Laurel Loop NE

Albuquerque, NM 87122

(505) 237-2043

 

34808 County 2 Blvd.

Frontenac, MN 55026

(651) 345-3007

 


From ka7fvv at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 29 21:12:58 2018
From: ka7fvv at yahoo.com (Scott Harvey)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:12:58 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] fading?
In-Reply-To: <1334538638.971827.1540845947485@mail.yahoo.com>
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	<1334538638.971827.1540845947485@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1089881048.18571680.1540847578313@mail.yahoo.com>

Jim,
Glad it wasn't just me.? I experienced the same on this last pass of AO-91 and I use the Hy-Gain satellite antennas.?73, Scott, KA7FVV
Director - KBARA? kbara.orgAlternate Board of Director - AMSAT? amsat.org
 Co-Owner WA7DRE 443.525 System Fusion Repeater
Co-Owner KA7FVV 147.320 KBARA Repeater
http://www.ka7fvv.net

      From: James Brown <jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net>
 To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> 
 Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 1:46 PM
 Subject: [amsat-bb] fading?
   
 Just worked the last two passes of AO91 and experiencing deep fading.I am using a pair of Gulf Alfa CP yagis? and do not normally see fading issues.
Any thoughts?
Jim KI6WJ
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Mon Oct 29 21:56:08 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:56:08 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] fading?
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References: <1334538638.971827.1540845947485.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1334538638.971827.1540845947485@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1089881048.18571680.1540847578313@mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi Scott!

Good to hear you on AO-91 this afternoon - a benefit of a
work-from-home schedule. Easier to take a "smoke break" in
the front yard with a radio, than at the office on a
balcony with a lot of RF to deal with. :-)

I had fading during the first half of the pass, and not so
much after the midpoint. By the time I heard you, I wasn't
dealing with fading. Even twisting my Elk around, there were
points in the first half of the pass where the fading was
still getting in the way.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK



On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 9:51 PM Scott Harvey via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Jim,
> Glad it wasn't just me.  I experienced the same on this last pass of AO-91
> and I use the Hy-Gain satellite antennas. 73, Scott, KA7FVV
> Director - KBARA  kbara.orgAlternate Board of Director - AMSAT  amsat.org
>  Co-Owner WA7DRE 443.525 System Fusion Repeater
> Co-Owner KA7FVV 147.320 KBARA Repeater
> http://www.ka7fvv.net
>
>

From rfmosher at cox.net  Mon Oct 29 22:02:58 2018
From: rfmosher at cox.net (ronald mosher)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:02:58 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
In-Reply-To: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>
References: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>
Message-ID: <001f01d46fd3$277c57f0$767507d0$@cox.net>

A very sincere thank you to all who replied to my post (below).  The many
thoughtful responses have caused me to stop searching for a nonexistent
radio and to concentrate on realistic options.  I am now focused on
evaluating the FT818 and FT857.  The 818 looks like a good choice, but the
857 provides a power boost that is useful on HF in current band conditions.
Offsetting, the 857 draws a huge current and I'm not relishing the battery
weight that entails.  I'm heading over to HRO soon to operate both radios
side-by-side just to see how I like the relative feel.

I also appreciate the advice to keep things simple, especially for portable
operation.  I will take that to heart.

I'm learning a lot just reading the posts on this reflector.  Your help is
very much appreciated.
Ron  K0PGE

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of ronald mosher
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 9:59 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver

I am new to satellite communication and this is my first post.  My setup so
far includes an Arrow antenna on a camera tripod, an SDR (RSP) and SatPC32
software on a Surface Pro.  I would like to buy a portable, HF/VHF/UHF,
Full-Duplex transceiver that I can use for both portable HF QRP and for
satellite work.  So far, I have not been able to find such a radio.  Any
recommendations would be much appreciated.

 

Also, I would like to buy or build an AZ-EL rotator that is suitable for a
portable setup.  I am leaning toward building as a less expensive
alternative.  I have been studying the WRAPS version by WA8SME and the Mini
Mk-2 by VK3FOWL and VK3YSP.  Both look to be of about equal construction
complexity.  Any thoughts on either if these rotators, or any other
inexpensive rotator would also be very much appreciated.

 

It is exciting to be learning a new phase of ham radio and to be a part of
this group.  Thank you for any suggestions.

73, 

Ron  K0PGE

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From zmetzing at pobox.com  Mon Oct 29 22:43:18 2018
From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:43:18 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] fading?
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUdhC=SoZZ=T3nbKARLBHDTGsGiekMF=69wnimeLt9q=ew@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1334538638.971827.1540845947485.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1334538638.971827.1540845947485@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1089881048.18571680.1540847578313@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAN6TEUdhC=SoZZ=T3nbKARLBHDTGsGiekMF=69wnimeLt9q=ew@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <aa571445-45fd-1594-6dc7-5fd8b4b559c8@pobox.com>

On 10/29/18 4:56 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
> I had fading during the first half of the pass, and not so
> much after the midpoint. By the time I heard you, I wasn't
> dealing with fading. Even twisting my Elk around, there were
> points in the first half of the pass where the fading was
> still getting in the way.

Interesting that the TXPA current dropped off somewhere between 176,750 
and 182,000 (uptime, reset 27).

https://imagebin.ca/v/4KoXhTn5TTlx

--- Zach
N0ZGO

From aj9n at aol.com  Tue Oct 30 01:06:44 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 01:06:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-30 01:00
	UTC
References: <1220525158.18732487.1540861604660.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1220525158.18732487.1540861604660@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-30 01:00 UTC

?

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH, direct via K8QIK

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-31 14:56:40 UTC 27 deg

?

Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct via KB1MDS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC 36 deg

?

Bishop O?Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ (***)

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***)

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56:28 UTC 51 deg (***)

?

?

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

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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 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108


****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-30 01:00 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 1273. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1217. 
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is?47. 

A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the 
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf

Please?feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

QSL?information may be found at:?? 
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?

ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS

****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-10-25 16:00 UTC.


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


****************************************************************************

73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Tue Oct 30 02:25:24 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:25:24 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Tallmadge Community Learning
	Center, Lancaster, OH
Message-ID: <0891E0CE30E04491A4342F01178491D2@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH on 31 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:56 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K8QIK. The contact should be audible over the state of Ohio 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.

 

 

Tallmadge Elementary is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in the town of Lancaster, Ohio.  The ages of our students range between 5 years to 11 years of age.

Our school is so excited for our ARISS contact. Our staff meeting, at the start of our school year, watched a video of our space camp initiative.  Every morning the principal during morning announcements, gives a fact about space.  He also reads articles from the National Geographic magazine for discussion.  The teachers was asked to display space themes on the hallways outside their classrooms, as well as in their classrooms.  Our main hall portrays posters of all 25 Ohio astronauts.  Special t-shirts were purchased for the staff and students.  Space themed music and videos are being shown in our classrooms.  The NASA website is being used in our computer tech classes.  At the end of this school year, our 4th and 5th graders will take a field trip to Lancaster High School's planetarium.

We will be hosting space and radio camps.  Our students will begin by watching the video with astronaut Sunita Williams giving a tour of the ISS.  Camps will have activities for the students, such as sampling space ice cream, learning Morse Code, electricity and magnetism, solar power, and many more topics.  These topics will be taught with the help of the Lancaster and Fairfield County Amateur Radio Club, K8QIK.  We will also have a presentation from The Curiosity Dome, a portable HD planetarium.

Tallmadge Elementary has a 21st Century Grant after school program.  The students in this program will be learning Morse Code, radio communications, electricity and magnetism, solar power, and will be learning about the ISS.  Last spring these students participated in NASA's Rockets Rock and Aeronautics program.  On Fridays, these students will train with NASA's Train like an Astronaut physical education program.  COSI, our local science center, will visit with a handson workshop focusing on robotics.

After school students will also have hands on projects with Arduino, building an hydraulic arm, building crystal radios, making Arduino robotic cars, building ISS models from blocks, and many other projects.

Our students, staff, parents, radio club members, and our community are looking forward to our contact with the ISS.

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. How do you scratch your nose in your spacesuit?

2. How many times do you go around the earth in a year?

3. How do you know when it is time to go to bed and when to get up?

4. What does it feel like when you walk or float in outer space and how does 

   your body feel when there is no gravity?

5. How many years of schooling does it take to become an astronaut?

6. What does an orbital sunrise look like?

7. What is it like living on earth after living in space?

8. Why does a meteor catch on fire when passing through the atmosphere?

9. Can you describe what a typical day in outer space is like?

10. What scares you the most in outer space?

11. Does your space ship have a nick name?

12. How do you take a shower in space?

13. What would happen if your ship broke down; what is your back-up plan?

14. What is the most surprising aspect of a spacewalk?

15. What do you think you do on the International Space Station that would 

    make life on earth easier for everyone, including yourself?

16. Are there places besides earth people could live?

17. Since the sun is 5,772 Kelvins, how can Space still be cold?

18. Does your phone, laptop, and ipad work up there?

19. If you had the chance to design your own mission or choose your own 

    destination, where would you go? And why?

 

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. Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct 

     via KB1MDS

     The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 

     The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

     Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50 UTC 36 deg 

 

 2.  Bishop O'Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ

     The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

     The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

     Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56 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

 

 


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From ai6do at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 30 04:33:13 2018
From: ai6do at yahoo.com (Ryan Noguchi)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 04:33:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 question
In-Reply-To: <5e5d50c2199a2a28e50f5d3e3bf9a51f@etczone.com>
References: <5e5d50c2199a2a28e50f5d3e3bf9a51f@etczone.com>
Message-ID: <1380318052.18817222.1540873993421@mail.yahoo.com>

 AO-85 is a little deaf, so it's harder to get into than the other FM birds. As a result, it gets less traffic. It is workable with an HT and handheld beam, just not as easily.?

The VHF and UHF antennas on the Fox-1 series aren't orthogonal, so with the Arrow you often will get better results by twisting the antenna 90 degrees between transmitting and receiving.?The other FM birds aren't nearly as sensitive to polarization mismatch.?

I find that AO-85's AFC is less forgiving than AO-91 or AO-92, which makes good Doppler correction timing--relative to the nominal uplink frequency of 435.172, not .170--more important for best results.?I also find a PL tone of 69.3 to be more reliable than 67.0, particularly on the second half of the pass; I got that tip from Patrick WD9EWK.?


73, Ryan AI6DO


    On Monday, October 29, 2018, 7:19:36 AM PDT, skristof at etczone.com <skristof at etczone.com> wrote:  
 
 Lately, I've been trying other FM satellites besides SO-50. I have made
contacts on AO-92, but I can't get anything from AO-85. 

On AO-85 I can hear the voice ID of the satellite plain as day, but I
never hear any other hams trying to make contacts and I can't seem to
get into the satellite.? 

My set up is two Baofeng handhelds and an Arrow antenna. This set up
works fine on SO-50 and AO-92 so I know that it works. 

For AO-85 I'm using 435.170 for the uplink and 145.980 for the downlink.
I have the uplink sending the 67.0 Hz tone. 

So, what am I missing? Constructive tips would be very much appreciated.


Steve AI9IN

  

From framirezferrer at gmail.com  Tue Oct 30 04:47:09 2018
From: framirezferrer at gmail.com (Fernando Ramirez)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:47:09 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 question
In-Reply-To: <5e5d50c2199a2a28e50f5d3e3bf9a51f@etczone.com>
References: <5e5d50c2199a2a28e50f5d3e3bf9a51f@etczone.com>
Message-ID: <CAGHXx8i=K6=QRL-bQcXkEkD3+ne2g5Scyow0trc7-3jz_30ZPA@mail.gmail.com>

Steve, AO-85 can be a bit harder to work with an HT but it's doable. I
started making QSOs with a UV-5R half duplex and an Arrow antenna. IMHO the
best chances are on descending passes or after the first quarter of an
ascending pass. Passes above 20? work the best.

My longest distance on AO-85 was 5282 km with FG8OJ in Guadeloupe using a
UV-B5 to transmit and a FT-817 as the receiver. I was using the Arrow
during that 2? pass.

Try twisting the antenna to match the satellite RX polarization.
Figuratively speaking, of course :-)

Best of luck!

Fernando
NP4JV

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 7:19 AM <skristof at etczone.com wrote:

> Lately, I've been trying other FM satellites besides SO-50. I have made
> contacts on AO-92, but I can't get anything from AO-85.
>
> On AO-85 I can hear the voice ID of the satellite plain as day, but I
> never hear any other hams trying to make contacts and I can't seem to
> get into the satellite.
>
> My set up is two Baofeng handhelds and an Arrow antenna. This set up
> works fine on SO-50 and AO-92 so I know that it works.
>
> For AO-85 I'm using 435.170 for the uplink and 145.980 for the downlink.
> I have the uplink sending the 67.0 Hz tone.
>
> So, what am I missing? Constructive tips would be very much appreciated.
>
>
> Steve AI9IN
> _______________________________________________
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From va7kbm at outlook.com  Tue Oct 30 00:14:16 2018
From: va7kbm at outlook.com (Ken M)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:14:16 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
In-Reply-To: <001f01d46fd3$277c57f0$767507d0$@cox.net>
References: <000801d46bba$e87ecc20$b97c6460$@cox.net>
	<001f01d46fd3$277c57f0$767507d0$@cox.net>
Message-ID: <DM5PR0101MB3084C03F1B53EEC98367CF3A98CC0@DM5PR0101MB3084.prod.exchangelabs.com>

Hi Ron,

I too am relatively new to this (and not enough time to pursue it). So 
far I have just done some FM satellite work with an FT-60R and an 817 
(two radios for full-duplex) along with an Arrow antenna. I'm thinking 
about saving my pennies for an 818 to go with my 817 for two-radio 
linear satellite operation - or I may just use an SDR for my downlink 
radio - we'll see. Like you I've thought about an 857 as a second radio 
- not so much for satellite use but for higher power HF field use - 
again, we'll see.

As to rotators, this Australian school group has some interesting 
rotator projects for the DIY'er. I have not tried to build one yet but 
the projects look approachable. They have other interesting radio 
projects as well.
http://www.sarcnet.org/projects.html

I have also become interested in omni-directional satellite antennas 
like lindenblad, turnstile, or helical and I may try building one of 
these (which I suspect are much better at receiving than transmitting, 
especially at low power). There are lots of plans on the Internet.

73
Ken VA7KBM

On 2018-10-29 3:02 PM, ronald mosher wrote:
> A very sincere thank you to all who replied to my post (below).  The many
> thoughtful responses have caused me to stop searching for a nonexistent
> radio and to concentrate on realistic options.  I am now focused on
> evaluating the FT818 and FT857.  The 818 looks like a good choice, but the
> 857 provides a power boost that is useful on HF in current band conditions.
> Offsetting, the 857 draws a huge current and I'm not relishing the battery
> weight that entails.  I'm heading over to HRO soon to operate both radios
> side-by-side just to see how I like the relative feel.
>
> I also appreciate the advice to keep things simple, especially for portable
> operation.  I will take that to heart.
>
> I'm learning a lot just reading the posts on this reflector.  Your help is
> very much appreciated.
> Ron  K0PGE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of ronald mosher
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 9:59 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
>
> I am new to satellite communication and this is my first post.  My setup so
> far includes an Arrow antenna on a camera tripod, an SDR (RSP) and SatPC32
> software on a Surface Pro.  I would like to buy a portable, HF/VHF/UHF,
> Full-Duplex transceiver that I can use for both portable HF QRP and for
> satellite work.  So far, I have not been able to find such a radio.  Any
> recommendations would be much appreciated.
>
>   
>
> Also, I would like to buy or build an AZ-EL rotator that is suitable for a
> portable setup.  I am leaning toward building as a less expensive
> alternative.  I have been studying the WRAPS version by WA8SME and the Mini
> Mk-2 by VK3FOWL and VK3YSP.  Both look to be of about equal construction
> complexity.  Any thoughts on either if these rotators, or any other
> inexpensive rotator would also be very much appreciated.
>
>   
>
> It is exciting to be learning a new phase of ham radio and to be a part of
> this group.  Thank you for any suggestions.
>
> 73,
>
> Ron  K0PGE
>
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From wa4sca at gmail.com  Tue Oct 30 10:49:16 2018
From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 05:49:16 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Amazon Smile now contributing 5% to your favorite
	charity (through 2 November)
Message-ID: <000001d4703e$34dc40c0$9e94c240$@gmail.com>

Amazon Smile is running a special, through 2 November, where they give 5% of
your purchase to the charity you have registered.   You HAVE registered
AMSAT, right?!  This is 10X the normal .5%, so it might be a good time to
purchase those big ticket items you have been wanting.  

73,

Alan
WA4SCA


-----------------------------------

The prospect of domination of the
nation's scholars by Federal employment,
project allocations, and the power of money
is ever present - and is gravely to be
regarded.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower


From pavelmc at gmail.com  Tue Oct 30 13:21:21 2018
From: pavelmc at gmail.com (Pavel Milanes Costa)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:21:21 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] HF Satellites
In-Reply-To: <166b746a144-1ec6-19be@webjas-vae202.srv.aolmail.net>
References: <166b746a144-1ec6-19be@webjas-vae202.srv.aolmail.net>
Message-ID: <2be08e9d-2a59-6c67-b0fa-7c6c9bb99a92@gmail.com>

Yes...

I'm looking for your mentioned articles on ARRL archives ASAP, thanks 
for the tip.

With 15m up and 10m down, I'm wondering to the collective mind in ammsat-bb:

What would be the best antennas (both ways)? ground planes? verticals? 
inverted V? etc?

Cheers Pavel CO7WT.

El 27/10/18 a las 16:45, 2 via AMSAT-BB escribi?:
> Interest in planned satellites carrying 10 and 15 meter transponders is growing steadily, owing in large part to the DX possibilities these satellites will open.
>
>
> The best source I know of for information about propagation from such satellites is the Space Radio Handbook, by the late John Branigan, GM4IHJ (SK), published by RSGB.  Unfortunately, this book is out of print and may be difficult to find.
>
>
> November QST arrived several days ago.  As always, I turned to the monthly column describing the contents of QST 25, 50 and 75 years ago.  Was I surprised!  In the "50 Years Ago" section, about November 1968 QST, was an article I had written, about which I had totally forgotten in the intervening 50 years.
>
>
> It was called "Antipodal Reception of Satellite Signals," discussing what was then known about such things and proposing an experiment to be carried out using the 10 meter beacon to be carried on OSCAR-Australis, the name of which was changed to Australis-OSCAR 5 after its launch in 1970.
>
>
> Readers of that article will also want to read the results of the AO-5 propagation experiments, which I presented in October 1970 QST.  You will find these articles in the QST archive on ARRL's Web site, under my call sign at the time, K2QBW.  Unfortunately, copyright laws prevent my attaching them here.
>
>
> I turned out to be in very good company.  Also researching in this field at the time were Dr. Owen Garriott. W5LFL, later to be the first US ham in space, and Dr. O. G. (Mike) Villard, Jr., W6QYT (SK), an early pioneer of SSB.  Both were then at Stanford University.
>
>
> 73 Ray W2RS
>
>
>
>
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From jim at coloradosatellite.com  Tue Oct 30 16:06:52 2018
From: jim at coloradosatellite.com (Jim White)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:06:52 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] S band satellite
Message-ID: <3dafd502-af8f-d5aa-a2ff-bdceb8a24a2f@coloradosatellite.com>

I'm working with a university that has a new 4 meter S band dish they 
are trying to test out.? Can anyone recommend a satellite they know is 
transmitting in the 2200 to 2300Mhz band?? Geo or LEO as long as it's 
transmitting. Any modulation; we are using a spectrum analyzer to detect 
the signals.

Thanks,

Jim
jim.white at coloradosatellite.com
wd0e at amsat.org

From zleffke at vt.edu  Tue Oct 30 16:27:30 2018
From: zleffke at vt.edu (Zach Leffke)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:27:30 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] S band satellite
In-Reply-To: <3dafd502-af8f-d5aa-a2ff-bdceb8a24a2f@coloradosatellite.com>
References: <3dafd502-af8f-d5aa-a2ff-bdceb8a24a2f@coloradosatellite.com>
Message-ID: <b49a1499-f564-9f77-9e37-fb834f06386b@vt.edu>

Hi Jim,

I've used the Sirius Satellites to calibrate my pointing for S-Band, but 
its a bit higher around 2340 MHz.? Sirius FM-5 was pretty active, from 
some old notes I have strong tones (beacons?) documented at 2341.481 MHz 
and 2341.495 MHz (#s are 'ish', may need to tune a bit).

For the 2200-2300 band I've had some luck with the GOES satellites.? I 
have a narrowband signal documented at 2209.086 MHz off GOES-15.

For LEO, the active NOAA birds usually have S-Band telemetry as well.? 
NOAA-15, NOAA-18, and NOAA-19 should all work (NOAA-18/19 for sure, 15 
might not always be on).? Sometimes the 'telemetry' is un-modulated so 
just a nice clean tone that you can easily see following the Doppler 
S-curve.

You can also try pointing at the moon and see if you can pick up the 
Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter.? Thats probably more for 'funnsies' though.


My usual procedure is to calibrate pointing against a GEO bird to peak 
up and fine tune the pointing angles, then autotrack a LEO bird to make 
sure everything is behaving.


My notes are a couple years old, so things may have changed.? So below 
are some links that you can use to maybe hunt something down.

https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellitefrequencies

https://uhf-satcom.com/satellite-reception/s-band

http://wiki.oz9aec.net/index.php/Receiving_LRO_and_LCROSS? (for the LRO 
attempt)



Hope this helps, good hunting!

73s,

Zach, KJ4QLP


Research Associate
Aerospace Systems Lab
Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Work Phone: 540-231-4174
Cell Phone: 540-808-6305

On 10/30/2018 12:06 PM, Jim White wrote:
> I'm working with a university that has a new 4 meter S band dish they 
> are trying to test out.? Can anyone recommend a satellite they know is 
> transmitting in the 2200 to 2300Mhz band?? Geo or LEO as long as it's 
> transmitting. Any modulation; we are using a spectrum analyzer to 
> detect the signals.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
> jim.white at coloradosatellite.com
> wd0e at amsat.org
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. 
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> of AMSAT-NA.
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> program!
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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Tue Oct 30 16:38:09 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:38:09 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Pathfinder Regional
	Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA
Message-ID: <4A4057498CFE403FACC612BAA1F560F7@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA on 02 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:50 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KB1MDS. The contact should be audible over the state of Massachusetts 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.

 

 

This ARISS Project has become a school-wide endeavor here at Pathfinder capitalizing on our students' interests in the trades and STEM subjects and giving them an interdisciplinary opportunity to apply their various skill sets.  We have incorporated many of the technical areas to construct the radio station and prepare for the ARISS Contact and challenged our students to learn more about wireless technology and radio science.  Many shops were directly involved, including Advanced Manufacturing, Auto Body, Business Technologies, CAD, Electrical, Electronics, HVAC/R, Programming and Web and many of the academic courses have been involved including the History, Math, and Science Departments. Students have helped build the radio station, advertise the event, solicit and narrow down questions for the astronauts, and document the entire process on the Web.  Academic teachers have also incorporated the ARIIS project into their curriculums creating an engaging educational opportunity for the school. All involved have had the chance to learn more about space exploration, technology, and communications. This project has also become an opportunity for engagement with the larger community through work with local businesses, media, and amateur radio clubs.  All of this work by the various stakeholders has led to this once in a lifetime opportunity for our all involved.

 

 

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

 

1. Our bodies are used to living with the force of gravity, how does living 

   in micro-gravity affect the human body?         

2. How has seeing Earth from space impact your view on the world?

3. With the amount of heat generated on the ISS, how do you dissipate heat 

   into space when heat transfer through a vacuum is poor? 

4. How often do you refuel the propulsion system and what is the fuel?

5. If you need to manufacture a part or tool on the ISS, how is this 

   accomplished? Do you have any machines such as 3D-printers, mills, or 

   drills to assist you?

6. After reaching a professional goal of space travel, what piece of advice 

   could you share with high school students who are navigating toward their 

   future?

7. Do you generate enough electricity to power everything on the ISS and if 

   not, how do you compensate for the lack of power generated? How do you 

   manage excess generated power?

8. Working with a number of nations, is there a uniform set of rules that 

   guide activities and projects on ISS?

9. How difficult is it to readjust from living in space somewhat isolated for 

   6 months in a micro gravity environment to living on Earth?

10. How do you prevent/monitor space debris from coming in contact with the 

    ISS, and in the event of a space debris collision how do you fix the 

    outside of the space station?

11. The temperature difference can be over 300 degrees different from the 

    sunny side of the ISS to the shaded side, why do we not use thermal 

    generators?

12. What kinds of experiments that are difficult or impossible on Earth are 

    best suited to the microgravity on the Space Station?

13. When the ISS is facing the Sun, the sunlight side is at about 120 degrees 

    Celsius, and the other side is at about -160 degrees Celsius.  How do you 

    thermoregulate the inside of the Station between these extremes,       

    considering that there is no thermal convection in the microgravity 

    environment?

14. Do you see a geotropic response from plants?

 

 

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. Bishop O'Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ

     The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

     The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

     Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56 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

 

 


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From ka7fvv at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 30 16:45:39 2018
From: ka7fvv at yahoo.com (Scott)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:45:39 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] HF Satellites
In-Reply-To: <2be08e9d-2a59-6c67-b0fa-7c6c9bb99a92@gmail.com>
References: <166b746a144-1ec6-19be@webjas-vae202.srv.aolmail.net>
	<2be08e9d-2a59-6c67-b0fa-7c6c9bb99a92@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BAEF5C76-0121-458C-91AA-02F791DEFA53@yahoo.com>

Pavel,

Years ago when there were Russian RS satellites that used these modes I used an HF vertical very successfully.  Here is a link to an old how to for the RS satellites.  Interesting reading, brings back memories of the ols sat ops.  

https://www.qsl.net/kd4cga/howtos.htm

73.  Scott, KA7FVV
Director - KBARA kbara.org
Alternate Board of Director - AMSAT amsat.org
Co-Owner WA7DRE 443.525 System Fusion Repeater
Co-Owner KA7FVV 147.320 KBARA Repeater
www.ka7fvv.net

> On Oct 30, 2018, at 06:21, Pavel Milanes Costa <pavelmc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes...
> 
> I'm looking for your mentioned articles on ARRL archives ASAP, thanks for the tip.
> 
> With 15m up and 10m down, I'm wondering to the collective mind in ammsat-bb:
> 
> What would be the best antennas (both ways)? ground planes? verticals? inverted V? etc?
> 
> Cheers Pavel CO7WT.
> 
>> El 27/10/18 a las 16:45, 2 via AMSAT-BB escribi?:
>> Interest in planned satellites carrying 10 and 15 meter transponders is growing steadily, owing in large part to the DX possibilities these satellites will open.
>> 
>> 
>> The best source I know of for information about propagation from such satellites is the Space Radio Handbook, by the late John Branigan, GM4IHJ (SK), published by RSGB.  Unfortunately, this book is out of print and may be difficult to find.
>> 
>> 
>> November QST arrived several days ago.  As always, I turned to the monthly column describing the contents of QST 25, 50 and 75 years ago.  Was I surprised!  In the "50 Years Ago" section, about November 1968 QST, was an article I had written, about which I had totally forgotten in the intervening 50 years.
>> 
>> 
>> It was called "Antipodal Reception of Satellite Signals," discussing what was then known about such things and proposing an experiment to be carried out using the 10 meter beacon to be carried on OSCAR-Australis, the name of which was changed to Australis-OSCAR 5 after its launch in 1970.
>> 
>> 
>> Readers of that article will also want to read the results of the AO-5 propagation experiments, which I presented in October 1970 QST.  You will find these articles in the QST archive on ARRL's Web site, under my call sign at the time, K2QBW.  Unfortunately, copyright laws prevent my attaching them here.
>> 
>> 
>> I turned out to be in very good company.  Also researching in this field at the time were Dr. Owen Garriott. W5LFL, later to be the first US ham in space, and Dr. O. G. (Mike) Villard, Jr., W6QYT (SK), an early pioneer of SSB.  Both were then at Stanford University.
>> 
>> 
>> 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
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> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
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From jim at coloradosatellite.com  Tue Oct 30 17:10:27 2018
From: jim at coloradosatellite.com (Jim White)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:10:27 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] S band satellite
In-Reply-To: <b49a1499-f564-9f77-9e37-fb834f06386b@vt.edu>
References: <3dafd502-af8f-d5aa-a2ff-bdceb8a24a2f@coloradosatellite.com>
	<b49a1499-f564-9f77-9e37-fb834f06386b@vt.edu>
Message-ID: <e2759b53-c839-d3f3-cf44-22b6ce0fdcec@coloradosatellite.com>

Thanks much Zach.? I've passed this on and the guys will see if they can 
see some of those today.

Very helpful.

Jim


On 10/30/2018 10:27 AM, Zach Leffke wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> I've used the Sirius Satellites to calibrate my pointing for S-Band, 
> but its a bit higher around 2340 MHz.? Sirius FM-5 was pretty active, 
> from some old notes I have strong tones (beacons?) documented at 
> 2341.481 MHz and 2341.495 MHz (#s are 'ish', may need to tune a bit).
>
> For the 2200-2300 band I've had some luck with the GOES satellites.? I 
> have a narrowband signal documented at 2209.086 MHz off GOES-15.
>
> For LEO, the active NOAA birds usually have S-Band telemetry as well.? 
> NOAA-15, NOAA-18, and NOAA-19 should all work (NOAA-18/19 for sure, 15 
> might not always be on).? Sometimes the 'telemetry' is un-modulated so 
> just a nice clean tone that you can easily see following the Doppler 
> S-curve.
>
> You can also try pointing at the moon and see if you can pick up the 
> Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter.? Thats probably more for 'funnsies' though.
>
>
> My usual procedure is to calibrate pointing against a GEO bird to peak 
> up and fine tune the pointing angles, then autotrack a LEO bird to 
> make sure everything is behaving.
>
>
> My notes are a couple years old, so things may have changed.? So below 
> are some links that you can use to maybe hunt something down.
>
> https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellitefrequencies
>
> https://uhf-satcom.com/satellite-reception/s-band
>
> http://wiki.oz9aec.net/index.php/Receiving_LRO_and_LCROSS? (for the 
> LRO attempt)
>
>
>
> Hope this helps, good hunting!
>
> 73s,
>
> Zach, KJ4QLP
>
>
> Research Associate
> Aerospace Systems Lab
> Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology
> Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
> Work Phone: 540-231-4174
> Cell Phone: 540-808-6305
>
> On 10/30/2018 12:06 PM, Jim White wrote:
>> I'm working with a university that has a new 4 meter S band dish they 
>> are trying to test out.? Can anyone recommend a satellite they know 
>> is transmitting in the 2200 to 2300Mhz band?? Geo or LEO as long as 
>> it's transmitting. Any modulation; we are using a spectrum analyzer 
>> to detect the signals.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>> jim.white at coloradosatellite.com
>> wd0e at amsat.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
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. 
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> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views 
> of AMSAT-NA.
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> program!
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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Tue Oct 30 17:26:47 2018
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:26:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Update on tomorrow's ARISS contact with Tallmadge
	Community Learning Center in Lancaster, Ohio
Message-ID: <A4D8BF77D46440169CE1947AA10BEDB9@DHJ>

Update on tomorrow's ARISS contact with Tallmadge Community Learning Center in Ohio. The contact scheduled for 14:56 UTC on Wednesday October 31 will be streamed on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WASCCLC

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From jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net  Tue Oct 30 17:45:22 2018
From: jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net (James Brown)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:45:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV
References: <1114165632.264110.1540921522247.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1114165632.264110.1540921522247@mail.yahoo.com>

 In a attempt to decode the sstv? signals, I managed to crash SAT 32. I now have everything working again but have missed the window for ISS SSTV.My station is SAT32PC with ERC rotor tracking. FT817 radio 1? as downlink? and IC7100 as radio 2 uplink.I downloaded MMSSTV but could not decode the SSTV signal. I realized that there was no audio link to mmsstv. That's when SAT 32 crashed I had tried to change to configuration 2. I was unaware that there was a corrupted file in the software.
What I am confused about is what sstv software should I use for ISS and how should it be configured to allow sat32 to do its job? and decode the signal without conflicts?
Jim KI6WJ

From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Tue Oct 30 18:03:47 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:03:47 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV
In-Reply-To: <1114165632.264110.1540921522247@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1114165632.264110.1540921522247.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1114165632.264110.1540921522247@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <5908d5c5-ad56-3aa2-df12-4de6afd940a9@gmail.com>

Hi Jim,

The best software is probably MMSSTV
(http://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmsstv.php).  Just run it in automatic mode,
and it should figure out the mode of the picture being received. 

What you might do is listen in on 20 meters to the SSTV "Watering hole",
14.230.  It's not been very active recently, but that's at least partly
a matter of propagation.  The FT817 should be fine for receive, and you
can check out the audio path with that.

Good luck!

Greg  KO6TH


James Brown wrote:
>  In a attempt to decode the sstv  signals, I managed to crash SAT 32. I now have everything working again but have missed the window for ISS SSTV.My station is SAT32PC with ERC rotor tracking. FT817 radio 1  as downlink  and IC7100 as radio 2 uplink.I downloaded MMSSTV but could not decode the SSTV signal. I realized that there was no audio link to mmsstv. That's when SAT 32 crashed I had tried to change to configuration 2. I was unaware that there was a corrupted file in the software.
> What I am confused about is what sstv software should I use for ISS and how should it be configured to allow sat32 to do its job  and decode the signal without conflicts?
> Jim KI6WJ
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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From jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net  Tue Oct 30 18:13:45 2018
From: jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net (James Brown)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:13:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] antenna switching
References: <1822853811.308533.1540923225589.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1822853811.308533.1540923225589@mail.yahoo.com>

 I am currently manually switching antennas between uplink and down link radios when needed. is there a switch or other method to use?
Jim KI6WJ

From occamrazr at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 30 19:34:02 2018
From: occamrazr at yahoo.com (Butch)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:34:02 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] SMT soldering
Message-ID: <99AE0111-1A57-411D-BA01-AA3FE71A8D6E@yahoo.com>

Does anyone in the group know of a person or shop that does SMT PCBs from Gerber files through populating and soldering components. 

This is an open source project.  The boards are 4? x 4?.  Quantities are small.

If so, please contact:  occamrazr  yahoo   com

Thanks

From spatrickfay at gmail.com  Tue Oct 30 20:30:49 2018
From: spatrickfay at gmail.com (sean fay)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:30:49 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Set Up
Message-ID: <CAEWsTrPwPYw+NbJYj-C2W2Za+9MyZN2dcUAgCxjeDBtC7mKr6Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hello

I am working on getting FoxTelem working

I am able to decode packets from recordings in the manual
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/recordings/

I am not able to decode packets from recording at
https://www.amsat.org/ao-92-commissioned-open-for-amateur-use/

I am not able to decode packets from my SDRconsole V3


Any help  guidance would be appreciated

I think my first step is, should i be able to decode packets from the
commissioning recording?

Thanks in advance

Sean Fay
AA0AN

From martha at amsat.org  Tue Oct 30 20:31:14 2018
From: martha at amsat.org (Martha)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:31:14 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Office Closed
Message-ID: <CAPk0USz4AxhQ_VxBpDSiC=58iXLWYR_u-nMMfwKnMmQe1rQpHA@mail.gmail.com>

The AMSAT Office will be closed until Nov. 6th.  See you in Huntsville!

-- 
73- Martha

From burns at fisher.cc  Tue Oct 30 21:04:54 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:04:54 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] fading?
In-Reply-To: <aa571445-45fd-1594-6dc7-5fd8b4b559c8@pobox.com>
References: <1334538638.971827.1540845947485.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1334538638.971827.1540845947485@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1089881048.18571680.1540847578313@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAN6TEUdhC=SoZZ=T3nbKARLBHDTGsGiekMF=69wnimeLt9q=ew@mail.gmail.com>
	<aa571445-45fd-1594-6dc7-5fd8b4b559c8@pobox.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxWQtY-N8dpAfZVEYtOnhpLiXwREWMvoC88wN+QSrBxw7A@mail.gmail.com>

That kind of looks like one low current point with a lot of space when
there was no telemetry.  Could have been just that the reading was taken
before the Tx turned on for a beacon in idle mode.

Fading could be due to the satellite just rotating such that the antenna is
pointing right at you (or right away from you) or something like that.  At
least that's what the Technician test (that I've been teaching and VEing)
says :-)

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 6:43 PM Zach Metzinger <zmetzing at pobox.com> wrote:

> On 10/29/18 4:56 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
> > I had fading during the first half of the pass, and not so
> > much after the midpoint. By the time I heard you, I wasn't
> > dealing with fading. Even twisting my Elk around, there were
> > points in the first half of the pass where the fading was
> > still getting in the way.
>
> Interesting that the TXPA current dropped off somewhere between 176,750
> and 182,000 (uptime, reset 27).
>
> https://imagebin.ca/v/4KoXhTn5TTlx
>
> --- 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 burns at fisher.cc  Tue Oct 30 21:10:38 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:10:38 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 question
In-Reply-To: <CAGHXx8i=K6=QRL-bQcXkEkD3+ne2g5Scyow0trc7-3jz_30ZPA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5e5d50c2199a2a28e50f5d3e3bf9a51f@etczone.com>
	<CAGHXx8i=K6=QRL-bQcXkEkD3+ne2g5Scyow0trc7-3jz_30ZPA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxUUHBK8xh=2SyR=XWwjfCb5qLPSnC5gk9vLL0_DReaaPg@mail.gmail.com>

I forgot about the PL tone frequency.  The filter on that is not all that
sharp, and the detection DSP code was improved for at least AO-91 (can't
remember without checking if AO-92 and Cliff got that fix too).

But yes, if the bird does not receive you strong enough it will not hear
the tone either and will not switch on.  That said, there is a lot of
traffic on it in the northeast US.  The number of telemetry frames I get is
kind of proportional to how busy it is, and 85 is the one I get the most
from.  I see you are in IN.  You might try passes when it is east of you
and thus within range of more stations along the Atlantic coast.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:47 AM Fernando Ramirez <framirezferrer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Steve, AO-85 can be a bit harder to work with an HT but it's doable. I
> started making QSOs with a UV-5R half duplex and an Arrow antenna. IMHO the
> best chances are on descending passes or after the first quarter of an
> ascending pass. Passes above 20? work the best.
>
> My longest distance on AO-85 was 5282 km with FG8OJ in Guadeloupe using a
> UV-B5 to transmit and a FT-817 as the receiver. I was using the Arrow
> during that 2? pass.
>
> Try twisting the antenna to match the satellite RX polarization.
> Figuratively speaking, of course :-)
>
> Best of luck!
>
> Fernando
> NP4JV
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 7:19 AM <skristof at etczone.com wrote:
>
> > Lately, I've been trying other FM satellites besides SO-50. I have made
> > contacts on AO-92, but I can't get anything from AO-85.
> >
> > On AO-85 I can hear the voice ID of the satellite plain as day, but I
> > never hear any other hams trying to make contacts and I can't seem to
> > get into the satellite.
> >
> > My set up is two Baofeng handhelds and an Arrow antenna. This set up
> > works fine on SO-50 and AO-92 so I know that it works.
> >
> > For AO-85 I'm using 435.170 for the uplink and 145.980 for the downlink.
> > I have the uplink sending the 67.0 Hz tone.
> >
> > So, what am I missing? Constructive tips would be very much appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Steve AI9IN
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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.
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From skristof at etczone.com  Tue Oct 30 21:15:50 2018
From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:15:50 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 question
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxUUHBK8xh=2SyR=XWwjfCb5qLPSnC5gk9vLL0_DReaaPg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5e5d50c2199a2a28e50f5d3e3bf9a51f@etczone.com>
	<CAGHXx8i=K6=QRL-bQcXkEkD3+ne2g5Scyow0trc7-3jz_30ZPA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxUUHBK8xh=2SyR=XWwjfCb5qLPSnC5gk9vLL0_DReaaPg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <08991ed0bf9000e38fbf626a7d5c74b1@etczone.com>

Thanks to all who responded to my AO-85 question. Sorry to hear that the
satellite is a bit finicky, but glad to know that it's not all me! 

73 

Steve AI9IN

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Tue Oct 30 21:24:40 2018
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:24:40 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] fading?
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxWQtY-N8dpAfZVEYtOnhpLiXwREWMvoC88wN+QSrBxw7A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1334538638.971827.1540845947485.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1334538638.971827.1540845947485@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1089881048.18571680.1540847578313@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAN6TEUdhC=SoZZ=T3nbKARLBHDTGsGiekMF=69wnimeLt9q=ew@mail.gmail.com>
	<aa571445-45fd-1594-6dc7-5fd8b4b559c8@pobox.com>
	<CABX7KxWQtY-N8dpAfZVEYtOnhpLiXwREWMvoC88wN+QSrBxw7A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMdkoSy9uwobGw4891qPZS++cQkaQAkXjv7GuSOXZgbNg@mail.gmail.com>

I've seen the fading cycle up and down in time consistently through at
least a large part of a pass before with AO-85 and I'm pretty sure that's
what it was.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 5:06 PM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> That kind of looks like one low current point with a lot of space when
> there was no telemetry.  Could have been just that the reading was taken
> before the Tx turned on for a beacon in idle mode.
>
> Fading could be due to the satellite just rotating such that the antenna is
> pointing right at you (or right away from you) or something like that.  At
> least that's what the Technician test (that I've been teaching and VEing)
> says :-)
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 6:43 PM Zach Metzinger <zmetzing at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > On 10/29/18 4:56 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
> > > I had fading during the first half of the pass, and not so
> > > much after the midpoint. By the time I heard you, I wasn't
> > > dealing with fading. Even twisting my Elk around, there were
> > > points in the first half of the pass where the fading was
> > > still getting in the way.
> >
> > Interesting that the TXPA current dropped off somewhere between 176,750
> > and 182,000 (uptime, reset 27).
> >
> > https://imagebin.ca/v/4KoXhTn5TTlx
> >
> > --- 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 amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Tue Oct 30 22:28:14 2018
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:28:14 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Oro Valley ARC hamfest in Marana AZ (10 November
	2018)
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUcm94UDijQzq6XgdgY2x6TyKJ6P0hfWm2=q9x2nXAb16g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I will have an AMSAT booth at the Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club's annual
hamfest on Saturday, 10 November 2018 (the weekend after the AMSAT
Symposium), in Marana, Arizona. The hamfest will be at the Marana Middle
School, along the east I-10 frontage road southeast of exit 236, and
approximately 25 miles northwest of downtown Tucson. Information about the
hamfest is available in a PDF flyer:

https://www.tucsonhamradio.org/images/2018%20Oro%20Valley%20Hamfest.pdf

or from the club's web site:

https://www.tucsonhamradio.org/

Along with the AMSAT booth, look for demonstrations of satellite operating
from the hamfest. I will use my own WD9EWK call sign for the demonstrations.
If you hear WD9EWK on a pass, please feel free to call and be a part of the
demonstrations. The hamfest is in grid DM42jk, in Arizona's Pima County.

I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post updates from the hamfest,
along with pictures. If you don't use Twitter, you can see these updates
in a web browser at:

http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

Any QSOs made with WD9EWK during the hamfest will be uploaded to Logbook
of the World after the hamfest. If you would like to receive a QSL card for
a QSO during a demonstration, please e-mail me after the hamfest with the
QSO details. If you are in my log, I'll be happy to mail a card your way.

73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

From ik8xld at gmail.com  Wed Oct 31 00:40:35 2018
From: ik8xld at gmail.com (Rocco Labella)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:40:35 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] Unsuccessful attempts in APRS through NO-84
Message-ID: <CAHSDi3BPcfgmOfZ-Cpzc7q8R=C8e5bZ72xp6mUxEng6XWgDOBQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,
I've been trying to make APRS (AFSK 1k2 bps) contacts through NO-84
Satellite, and have been unsuccessful in all attempts using UISS and
SOUNDMODEM.
UISS configured with CQ & ARISS.
Incoming packets from satellite decoding perfectly 100% but when I TX,
satellite ignore me :( .
I've monitored the outgoing audio and adjusted the TX level, with no
results.
Also I've monitored the outgoing audio and i heard a little audio tone
difference between AGWPE and SOUNDMODEM.
I tried also with terrestrial APRS digi and it work 80% good using
SOUNDMODEM and 100% using AGWPE.
Of course everything works perfectly using a hardware  TNC.
I'm coming to the conclusion that this must be a problem with my SOUNDMODEM
settings, because if i use AGWPE, all work fine and NO-84 repeat my packet
100%, without changing anything on the transmitter (TS2000).
Similar results through ISS APRS digi, (a little better)

I would like to know if someone use a similar setup with good results.

73 Rocco IK8XLD

www.qrz.com/db/ik8xld

From burns at fisher.cc  Wed Oct 31 03:02:10 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:02:10 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Set Up
In-Reply-To: <CAEWsTrPwPYw+NbJYj-C2W2Za+9MyZN2dcUAgCxjeDBtC7mKr6Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEWsTrPwPYw+NbJYj-C2W2Za+9MyZN2dcUAgCxjeDBtC7mKr6Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxUJ-2vMLtGyUs71YMid7EcC-dJYzmNsB_f8zNr=2sFDPw@mail.gmail.com>

Another person had a similar problem with SDRConsole pretty recently.
Nearly always with troubles decoding audio there is a high pass filter
somewhere that blocks the really low frequency audio (below 200Hz) that
carries the data.  In the case of SDRConsole, as I recall there was a
checkbox in some non-obvious place.  You might try looking back in the
archived of this BB for the last couple of months.

I just listened to the commissioning audio.  I can hear the telemetry but
not very strongly.  It seems logical that since this is really meant for
audio, not telemetry, that it was probably recorded in such a way that you
would not get the telemetry.  (For example you are very unlikely to get
telemetry recording off the headphone jack of your radio).

Good luck and 73,

Burns WB1FJ

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 4:31 PM sean fay <spatrickfay at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I am working on getting FoxTelem working
>
> I am able to decode packets from recordings in the manual
> http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/recordings/
>
> I am not able to decode packets from recording at
> https://www.amsat.org/ao-92-commissioned-open-for-amateur-use/
>
> I am not able to decode packets from my SDRconsole V3
>
>
> Any help  guidance would be appreciated
>
> I think my first step is, should i be able to decode packets from the
> commissioning recording?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Sean Fay
> AA0AN
> _______________________________________________
> 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 burns at fisher.cc  Wed Oct 31 03:06:50 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:06:50 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Set Up
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxUJ-2vMLtGyUs71YMid7EcC-dJYzmNsB_f8zNr=2sFDPw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEWsTrPwPYw+NbJYj-C2W2Za+9MyZN2dcUAgCxjeDBtC7mKr6Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<CABX7KxUJ-2vMLtGyUs71YMid7EcC-dJYzmNsB_f8zNr=2sFDPw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxV4PJmV44CwhJqSEx99sZk0FWCgwtTjbfvhdyez8JNiRQ@mail.gmail.com>

It was actually earlier this month.  Here was the conclusion (not too
detailed, but you can ask the person who solved it):

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 6:26 PM, Albert van Deursen <avdeur at home.nl> wrote:

> HI Burns,
>
> Sorry late reply but quite busy lately.. Think after just reading Hasan?s
> AMSAT Mailbox mail the solution in V3 has been found. (checked boxes
> equalizer etc)
>
> I did uncheck these boxes earlier (by coincidence I guess) and that must
> have been the reason why I started again to receive frames.
>
> Thanks yr contribution on solving this issue. 73 Albert PD0OXW
>
>
>

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:02 PM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> Another person had a similar problem with SDRConsole pretty recently.
> Nearly always with troubles decoding audio there is a high pass filter
> somewhere that blocks the really low frequency audio (below 200Hz) that
> carries the data.  In the case of SDRConsole, as I recall there was a
> checkbox in some non-obvious place.  You might try looking back in the
> archived of this BB for the last couple of months.
>
> I just listened to the commissioning audio.  I can hear the telemetry but
> not very strongly.  It seems logical that since this is really meant for
> audio, not telemetry, that it was probably recorded in such a way that you
> would not get the telemetry.  (For example you are very unlikely to get
> telemetry recording off the headphone jack of your radio).
>
> Good luck and 73,
>
> Burns WB1FJ
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 4:31 PM sean fay <spatrickfay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I am working on getting FoxTelem working
>>
>> I am able to decode packets from recordings in the manual
>> http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/recordings/
>>
>> I am not able to decode packets from recording at
>> https://www.amsat.org/ao-92-commissioned-open-for-amateur-use/
>>
>> I am not able to decode packets from my SDRconsole V3
>>
>>
>> Any help  guidance would be appreciated
>>
>> I think my first step is, should i be able to decode packets from the
>> commissioning recording?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Sean Fay
>> AA0AN
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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 wandtosborne at gmail.com  Wed Oct 31 03:22:49 2018
From: wandtosborne at gmail.com (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:22:49 +1300
Subject: [amsat-bb] Launch window for the next Rocket Lab launch announced.
Message-ID: <C6CC0B172AEA47CE92908AB521151E00@OsbornesPC>

Hi Launch Watchers,

Just announced: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1057361750276730880

There should be another one later in November.

73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

From k2gog at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 31 03:50:39 2018
From: k2gog at yahoo.com (Steve Bossert)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 03:50:39 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] A/C to ISS Contact
References: <454507145.19600985.1540957839462.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
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This came to mind recently.? Does anyone know if any aircraft using an amateur frequency ever made contact with the ISS or even MIR back in its day via voice?
How about even by boat or train to ISS/MIR?
Steve K2GOG FN31notebook.hvdn.org?

From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Wed Oct 31 03:54:17 2018
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:54:17 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] A/C to ISS Contact
In-Reply-To: <454507145.19600985.1540957839462@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <454507145.19600985.1540957839462.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<454507145.19600985.1540957839462@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <853d27e6-8117-736a-3e7b-ab0b5efc2476@gmail.com>

I talked to John Blaha on MIR once, while driving down the freeway on
the way to work one morning.  That count?

Greg  KO6TH


Steve Bossert via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> This came to mind recently.  Does anyone know if any aircraft using an amateur frequency ever made contact with the ISS or even MIR back in its day via voice?
> How about even by boat or train to ISS/MIR?
> Steve K2GOG FN31notebook.hvdn.org 
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From kb2mjeff at att.net  Wed Oct 31 11:53:35 2018
From: kb2mjeff at att.net (kb2mjeff at att.net)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 07:53:35 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A/C to ISS Contact
In-Reply-To: <454507145.19600985.1540957839462@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <454507145.19600985.1540957839462.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<454507145.19600985.1540957839462@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <D37BE9D4E95B431ABAF1F3C9F1C37CE7@kb2m4PC>

I worked Mir voice from my boat many times, and also bicycle mobile :-)

73 Jeff kb2m


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This came to mind recently.  Does anyone know if any aircraft using an 
amateur frequency ever made contact with the ISS or even MIR back in its day 
via voice?
How about even by boat or train to ISS/MIR?
Steve K2GOG FN31notebook.hvdn.org
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From ka1rrw at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 31 11:54:01 2018
From: ka1rrw at yahoo.com (Miles (WF1F))
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 07:54:01 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A/C to ISS Contact
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Not sure about Aircraft Intentionally making a 2-way contact.
However, the Mir station used a FM Repeater link for the official com 
system on Mir.
The Up-link was in the 133.xx range (AM) of the aircraft band, and the 
down link was in the 143.xx range.
Someone sent me a recording many years ago of an aircraft in Colorado 
calling the tower.
The station listening to Mir 143.xx heard the down link in Texas.
The gal in Texas looked up the airport name and planes tail number and 
determined the call had originated in Colorado.

I checked the time-stamp of the recoding.
Then I configured Insta-Track backwards in time to that time and 
verified Mir was passing over Colorado during that time frame.
The Mir FM repeater did not have any type of PL tone.
Any signal on the up-link (including an AM Aircraft) would be 
rebroadcast on the down link.

Types of know Mir contacts.

Boat to Mir (I was on a cruise ship with an HT at 2 am near Bermuda).
Car to Mir (too many to count)
HT on Land to Mir (VX-5R with attached whip, ERP aprox 1.5 watts, 
Conditions were perfect and band was empty, 80 degree pass, Alexander 
Serebrov on Mir.)
Mir Bounce (Joe W2?? in NJ running 200+ watts in to a beam, bounced his 
voice off Mir and was heard in Boston with a 22 element beam).

Regards WF1F, Miles



On 10/30/2018 11:50 PM, Steve Bossert via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> This came to mind recently.  Does anyone know if any aircraft using an amateur frequency ever made contact with the ISS or even MIR back in its day via voice?
> How about even by boat or train to ISS/MIR?
> Steve K2GOG FN31notebook.hvdn.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!
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From lanekg at gmail.com  Wed Oct 31 11:55:52 2018
From: lanekg at gmail.com (Greg Lane)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:55:52 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] N4KGL Roving at EM60 for the Nov 3rd RaDAR Challenge
In-Reply-To: <CAKBWdLpS_GKpa_04+49n_eVidk_8P1tMZ3BpfWVAU3gzsbimMA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKBWdLpS_GKpa_04+49n_eVidk_8P1tMZ3BpfWVAU3gzsbimMA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKBWdLprZpdtdfH_rjj=pipDeNmo+cFK1FqNDnVr5qiHfw84xg@mail.gmail.com>

N4KGL will be operating portable for the SO-50 pass on Saturday, Nov 3rd at
15:43 UTC from EM60.

I am doing RaDAR Challenge from Top Sail Preserve State Park in Florida.
The park is K-3664 for Parks On The Air (POTA). I will make five contacts
and walk one kilometer to the next location. I will repeat for a four hour
period starting from 15:45 UTC.  Five contacts on SO-50 would be a big
help. After the SO-50 pass, I will be on HF primarily 40 and 20 meters.

73, Greg N4KGL

https://parksontheair.com

https://www.n4kgl.info/2018/09/get-ready-for-November-3rd-2018-radar.html

From graham at shirville.com  Wed Oct 31 12:05:02 2018
From: graham at shirville.com (Graham Shirville)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:05:02 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] A/C to ISS Contact
In-Reply-To: <5BD997D9.5070102@yahoo.com>
References: <454507145.19600985.1540957839462.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<454507145.19600985.1540957839462@mail.yahoo.com>
	<5BD997D9.5070102@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <d3b277ca-de59-147c-d590-dbe30953ff12@shirville.com>

Not quite the same but I remember listening to the ATC at Luton Airport 
trying to respond to a call from MIR - both use(d) 121.75MHz. Presumably 
the Doppler on the FM signal from MIR was sufficient for the AM receiver 
at Luton to slope detect the audio. I cannot remember if the cosmonaut 
actually replied...

73
Graham
G3VZV

On 31/10/2018 11:54, Miles (WF1F) via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
>
>
> Not sure about Aircraft Intentionally making a 2-way contact.
> However, the Mir station used a FM Repeater link for the official com 
> system on Mir.
> The Up-link was in the 133.xx range (AM) of the aircraft band, and the 
> down link was in the 143.xx range.
> Someone sent me a recording many years ago of an aircraft in Colorado 
> calling the tower.
> The station listening to Mir 143.xx heard the down link in Texas.
> The gal in Texas looked up the airport name and planes tail number and 
> determined the call had originated in Colorado.
>
> I checked the time-stamp of the recoding.
> Then I configured Insta-Track backwards in time to that time and 
> verified Mir was passing over Colorado during that time frame.
> The Mir FM repeater did not have any type of PL tone.
> Any signal on the up-link (including an AM Aircraft) would be 
> rebroadcast on the down link.
>
> Types of know Mir contacts.
>
> Boat to Mir (I was on a cruise ship with an HT at 2 am near Bermuda).
> Car to Mir (too many to count)
> HT on Land to Mir (VX-5R with attached whip, ERP aprox 1.5 watts, 
> Conditions were perfect and band was empty, 80 degree pass, Alexander 
> Serebrov on Mir.)
> Mir Bounce (Joe W2?? in NJ running 200+ watts in to a beam, bounced 
> his voice off Mir and was heard in Boston with a 22 element beam).
>
> Regards WF1F, Miles
>
>
>
> On 10/30/2018 11:50 PM, Steve Bossert via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> This came to mind recently.? Does anyone know if any aircraft using 
>> an amateur frequency ever made contact with the ISS or even MIR back 
>> in its day via voice?
>> How about even by boat or train to ISS/MIR?
>> Steve K2GOG FN31notebook.hvdn.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!
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>
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From johnv at frontier.com  Wed Oct 31 19:10:17 2018
From: johnv at frontier.com (johnv at frontier.com)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:10:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 pass at 1726 - 1736
References: <744875393.20630654.1541013017927.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <744875393.20630654.1541013017927@mail.yahoo.com>

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

Thank youJohn
1728 - K8FYE - EN91
1728 Ki7UNJ CM931730 - WC7W - DN45


From zmetzing at pobox.com  Wed Oct 31 19:28:10 2018
From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:28:10 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 pass at 1726 - 1736
In-Reply-To: <744875393.20630654.1541013017927@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <744875393.20630654.1541013017927.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<744875393.20630654.1541013017927@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <5d47cd2c-4b2d-3c35-dd07-c5a252c68760@pobox.com>

On 10/31/18 2:10 PM, johnv at frontier.com wrote:
> Thank you and any suggestion on tape recorders, pleas let me know.

This model purports to have a line-in jack, if that's what you wanted.

https://www.amazon.com/EVISTR-16gb-Digital-Voice-Recorder/dp/B07FF2STKQ

Depending on your rig, a cheap SDR dongle attached to the IF/Panadapter 
jack will let you capture a large chunk of the receive spectrum. You can 
later sort through this for the calls that you missed by playing back 
the recorded I&Q data.

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/big-list-rtl-sdr-supported-software/

--- Zach
N0ZGO

From hamsat at xs4all.nl  Wed Oct 31 19:56:55 2018
From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 20:56:55 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ten-Koh and CubeBel 1 identified
Message-ID: <9609c938-21ba-0f5a-a0d0-57f66ead4ba1@xs4all.nl>


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

73,
Nico PA0DLO


From burns at fisher.cc  Wed Oct 31 20:31:54 2018
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:31:54 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 pass at 1726 - 1736
In-Reply-To: <5d47cd2c-4b2d-3c35-dd07-c5a252c68760@pobox.com>
References: <744875393.20630654.1541013017927.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<744875393.20630654.1541013017927@mail.yahoo.com>
	<5d47cd2c-4b2d-3c35-dd07-c5a252c68760@pobox.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxV2tVR7AiOzg5S49XmNeakAz2a2Ts-C3CHc7S07-vN0uw@mail.gmail.com>

Just realized that I did not copy the BB on this before.

I'm pretty happy with
Sony ICDPX370 Mono Digital Voice Recorder with Built-in USB

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XFTWCBJ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It does have a line in, so you can plug it right into your headphones with
a headphone splitter to let you hear too.  Seems to do a nice job, although
I've only used it a few times.

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 3:32 PM Zach Metzinger <zmetzing at pobox.com> wrote:

> On 10/31/18 2:10 PM, johnv at frontier.com wrote:
> > Thank you and any suggestion on tape recorders, pleas let me know.
>
> This model purports to have a line-in jack, if that's what you wanted.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/EVISTR-16gb-Digital-Voice-Recorder/dp/B07FF2STKQ
>
> Depending on your rig, a cheap SDR dongle attached to the IF/Panadapter
> jack will let you capture a large chunk of the receive spectrum. You can
> later sort through this for the calls that you missed by playing back
> the recorded I&Q data.
>
> https://www.rtl-sdr.com/big-list-rtl-sdr-supported-software/
>
> --- 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
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> AMSAT-NA.
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From airrj1 at gmail.com  Wed Oct 31 21:06:15 2018
From: airrj1 at gmail.com (Robert Bragg)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:06:15 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 pass at 1726 - 1736
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxV2tVR7AiOzg5S49XmNeakAz2a2Ts-C3CHc7S07-vN0uw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <744875393.20630654.1541013017927.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<744875393.20630654.1541013017927@mail.yahoo.com>
	<5d47cd2c-4b2d-3c35-dd07-c5a252c68760@pobox.com>
	<CABX7KxV2tVR7AiOzg5S49XmNeakAz2a2Ts-C3CHc7S07-vN0uw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJ9ASBF+t9D76JFjiAzSA-pq4yuWpPh_qUKvXhnMtjGgS+UBgg@mail.gmail.com>

I have been very pleased with the Sony ICDPX370.  It is creates a very
clear recording for playback.

I have found that it took me a while to find the ideal headphone best
suited to Satellite Ops.  Right now I have settled on $0.99 ear buds from
Wal-Mart.  I have tried several different types and found that these cheap
earbuds have great high frequency response and are very clear and crisp.  I
have an expensive set of ISO Tunes earbuds that I use in the workshop and I
love them for music, but when I have used them for Sat work the strong bass
that sounds good with music makes for a terrible voice earbud.  It doesn't
matter what volume I use the ISO Tunes at, the deep bass makes for a
muffled sound that is very difficult to follow.

John, if you have any questions or I can help show you my setup please let
me know and I will be happy to help.

R.J.
WY7AA

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 2:33 PM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> Just realized that I did not copy the BB on this before.
>
> I'm pretty happy with
> Sony ICDPX370 Mono Digital Voice Recorder with Built-in USB
>
>
> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XFTWCBJ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>
> It does have a line in, so you can plug it right into your headphones with
> a headphone splitter to let you hear too.  Seems to do a nice job, although
> I've only used it a few times.
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 3:32 PM Zach Metzinger <zmetzing at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > On 10/31/18 2:10 PM, johnv at frontier.com wrote:
> > > Thank you and any suggestion on tape recorders, pleas let me know.
> >
> > This model purports to have a line-in jack, if that's what you wanted.
> >
> > https://www.amazon.com/EVISTR-16gb-Digital-Voice-Recorder/dp/B07FF2STKQ
> >
> > Depending on your rig, a cheap SDR dongle attached to the IF/Panadapter
> > jack will let you capture a large chunk of the receive spectrum. You can
> > later sort through this for the calls that you missed by playing back
> > the recorded I&Q data.
> >
> > https://www.rtl-sdr.com/big-list-rtl-sdr-supported-software/
> >
> > --- 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
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> > AMSAT-NA.
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From aj9n at aol.com  Wed Oct 31 22:08:19 2018
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:08:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-31 23:00
	UTC
References: <170528482.20163919.1541023699156.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <170528482.20163919.1541023699156@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-31 23:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH, direct via K8QIK

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact was successful: Wed 2018-10-31 14:56:40 UTC 27 deg (***)

?

Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct via KB1MDS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC 36 deg

?

Bishop O?Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56:28 UTC 51 deg

?

?

?

?

If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html

?

The information below is from the ARISS webpage:

?

International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students

??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

?

September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019.

?

Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.

?

Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, ?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students? interest.

?

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.

?

The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018.

For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html

?

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)

?

Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.

Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email to:? school.selection.manager at ariss-eu.org

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)

?

Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.

?

For the application, click here.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)

?

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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.

?

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?

All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.

?

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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
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 
schools:? 


Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135

Francesco IK?WGF with 132

Gaston ON4WF with 123

Sergey RV3DR with 108


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The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date 
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional 
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.

Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own 
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed 
time. 
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and 
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS


The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-31 23:00 UTC.? (***)

Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and 
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and 
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt

Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1274. ?(***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1218. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is?47. 

A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the 
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf

Please?feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.

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The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.

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QSL?information may be found at:?? 
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?

ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-10-31 23:00 UTC. (***)


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 56 on orbit

Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

Sergei Propopev


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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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