From johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Apr  1 01:55:42 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 21:55:42 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Video: Talking through a satellite from 15 feet apart
Message-ID: <CALn0fKO9qvW8_pOhoGLH=nOANZ8arVzrx6LYYjVV6krRe7sAKg@mail.gmail.com>

https://youtu.be/HbNKiGO1Bfo

Andrew Knafel, KN8FEL saw my videos and through our correspondence I
helped him learn how to operate satellites.

He and his family live in Ohio but regularly vacation at Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina. He has a long time friend who lives near Raleigh,
which is on the way to Myrtle Beach, who he usually stops to see.

Since he was in town we met up for an evening to play radio. We worked
four passes on four different satellites.

The highlight was making contact through a satellite while standing
mere feet away from each other. We actually did this twice on two
different satellites. :-)

Follow Andrew's sat activities on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/kn8fel

Andrew's equipment:

Arrow II antenna
Yaesu FT-818 for transmit on linear/SSB sats
Wouxon HT for transmit on FM repeater sats
Kenwood TH-D74 for receive

My equipment:

Alaskan Arrow with only one of three sections, except SO-50 pass where
I used two of three sections.
Icom IC-910H for linear sat passes
Kenwood TM-V71 for SO-50.

We worked these four passes:

2019-03-30 - 22:51 UTC - XW-2D
2019-03-30 - 23:10 UTC - XW-2C
2019-03-30 - 23:24 UTC - CAS-4A
2019-03-31 - 00:02 UTC - SO-50

73, John Brier KG4AKV

From dxdx at optonline.net  Mon Apr  1 03:49:26 2019
From: dxdx at optonline.net (Tony)
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 23:49:26 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] For Sale: Yaesu FT-897D New In The Box
In-Reply-To: <1590D9AC00569F94.26993@groups.io>
References: <1590D9AC00569F94.26993@groups.io>
Message-ID: <b5cec779-b3b7-e4af-5b58-2279b50b2575@optonline.net>

All:

The FT-897D has been sold.

Tony



From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Mon Apr  1 06:59:48 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 06:59:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
References: <1918992922.13447971.1554101988098.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1918992922.13447971.1554101988098@mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks Ron for the appreciative note. The payload is powered on now and the first reception reports from the locations I mentioned in my email is eagerly awaited. 

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]

--------------------------------------------
On Sun, 31/3/19, Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
 To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
 Cc: "Nitin Muttin" <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in>
 Date: Sunday, 31 March, 2019, 2:08 PM
 
 Hi Nitin,
 
 ?  I'm slowly setting up for satellite
 APRS as I believe it may be the
 best option
 for very short emcomm messages to/from our isolated
 northern communities (HF has been useless at
 the bottom of the solar
 cycle).? Another
 APRS satellite is great news.? Thanks!
 
 ? ? Ron VE8RT
 
 On
 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:31:57 +0000 (UTC)
 Nitin
 Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
 wrote:
 
 > Hello All,
 > An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be
 flown on PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019
 at 09:27 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
 approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
 and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
 the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
 request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
 payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
 this unique project is available at?http://www.amsatindia.org?
 > The prelaunch TLE are also available for
 download on?http://www.amsatindia.org????
 > 73
 > Nitin
 [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT INDIA
 >
 _______________________________________________
 > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org.
 AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
 > to all interested persons worldwide
 without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
 > are solely those of the author, and do not
 reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
 >
 Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur
 satellite program!
 > Subscription
 settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
 
 
 -- 
 Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>

From godetj at wanadoo.fr  Mon Apr  1 08:47:59 2019
From: godetj at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Pierre Godet)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 08:47:59 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <1918992922.13447971.1554101988098@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1918992922.13447971.1554101988098.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1918992922.13447971.1554101988098@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <d1c6a6b1-998a-21f2-c228-12d5e459a1d2@wanadoo.fr>

   Hi Nitin,

   Looks like your bird is OK. More after next pass, 1009 ==> 1021 UTC here.

   73

   Jean-Pierre F5YG

On 1/04/19 6:59 AM, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Thanks Ron for the appreciative note. The payload is powered on now and the first reception reports from the locations I mentioned in my email is eagerly awaited.
> 
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sun, 31/3/19, Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca> wrote:
> 
>   Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
>   To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>   Cc: "Nitin Muttin" <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in>
>   Date: Sunday, 31 March, 2019, 2:08 PM
>   
>   Hi Nitin,
>   
>   ?  I'm slowly setting up for satellite
>   APRS as I believe it may be the
>   best option
>   for very short emcomm messages to/from our isolated
>   northern communities (HF has been useless at
>   the bottom of the solar
>   cycle).? Another
>   APRS satellite is great news.? Thanks!
>   
>   ? ? Ron VE8RT
>   
>   On
>   Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:31:57 +0000 (UTC)
>   Nitin
>   Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>   wrote:
>   
>   > Hello All,
>   > An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be
>   flown on PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019
>   at 09:27 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
>   approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
>   and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
>   the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
>   request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
>   payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
>   this unique project is available at?http://www.amsatindia.org
>   > The prelaunch TLE are also available for
>   download on?http://www.amsatindia.org
>   > 73
>   > Nitin
>   [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT INDIA
>   >
>   _______________________________________________
>   > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org.
>   AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>   > to all interested persons worldwide
>   without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
>   > are solely those of the author, and do not
>   reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
>   >
>   Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur
>   satellite program!
>   > Subscription
>   settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>   
>   
>   --
>   Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> 

From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Mon Apr  1 10:21:19 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 10:21:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>

The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was successfully able to digipeat they the payload. 

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]

--------------------------------------------
On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

 Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
 To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
 Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
 
 Hello All,
 An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
 PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
 approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
 and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
 the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
 request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
 payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
 this unique project is available at?http://www.amsatindia.org?
 The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
 on?http://www.amsatindia.org????
 73
 Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
 INDIA

From godetj at wanadoo.fr  Mon Apr  1 10:34:45 2019
From: godetj at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Pierre Godet)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 10:34:45 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <df917e33-e235-f218-4b7a-889ca1c64a40@wanadoo.fr>

   Well received here in France, congratulation to AMSAT-India.

   I send you directly the telemetry frames.

   73,

   Jean-Pierre F5YG

On 1/04/19 10:21 AM, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was successfully able to digipeat they the payload.
> 
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> 
>   Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
>   To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>   Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
>   
>   Hello All,
>   An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
>   PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
>   IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
>   approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
>   and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
>   the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
>   request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
>   payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
>   this unique project is available at?http://www.amsatindia.org
>   The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
>   on?http://www.amsatindia.org
>   73
>   Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
>   INDIA
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> 

From airrj1 at gmail.com  Mon Apr  1 13:10:57 2019
From: airrj1 at gmail.com (Robert Bragg)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 07:10:57 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] DN73/83 DN74/84 Rove April 3-6th
Message-ID: <CAJ9ASBFrwHTj5EM77jEU8KsizhOjok+AzT8i4C41tZGS9peo6Q@mail.gmail.com>

Time for a spring time fly fishing / satellite roving trip in eastern
Wyoming.  April 3rd I will be traveling through DN73 and DN83 and I will
try to work:

AO-92 18:27 utc
SO-50 18:55 utc
AO-91 19:31 utc
SO-50 20:37 utc

Some will be just DN73, some DN73/83 based on travel times.

I will be camping in Beulah, WY in DN74 which is very close to DN84.  Plan
to work both vacation style, with DN84 mostly mid-day Thursday and Friday.
Mostly FM birds, and I hope to practice my SSB a bit while in camp.

Return passes through DN73 are unscheduled right now.  I will try to post
here and on Twitter before leaving.  Very limited internet access during
this trip.

Hope to get some of you some new grids from DN land.

R.J.
WY7AA

From w5rkn at w5rkn.com  Mon Apr  1 14:37:40 2019
From: w5rkn at w5rkn.com (Ronald G. Parsons)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 09:37:40 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] VUCC Awards-Endorsements for March 2019
Message-ID: <C0428B8D92C24D7E9911F6C5D177FA21@Ron8300PC>

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period March 1, 2019 through April 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! 

CALL              01 Mar   01 Apr 

      WI7P 835 858 
      N4UFO 729 730 
      AA8CH 451 500 
      N3GS 370 409 
      K9UO 225 265 
      N6RFM 201 226 
      WW8W 152 181 
      PU8RFL 151 157 
      PS8MT 150 156 
      K5CIS New 150 
      K4RGK 133 145 
      LW2DAF 115 120 
      KF0QS New 115 
      KJ4EU 100 101 
      PP2CC New 101 
      AD7DB New 100 
      N7AME New 100 


For some reason, XE2JA and XE2JA dropped off the list at 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 The two months. 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!

Ron W5RKN

From aj9n at aol.com  Mon Apr  1 16:52:25 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 16:52:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-01 17:00
	UTC
References: <2045309607.14596039.1554137545977.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2045309607.14596039.1554137545977@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-01 17:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg

?

?

Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ (***)

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

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI (***)

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg (***)

?

?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS (***)

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***)

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg (***)

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

?

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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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?(***)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) http://www.jarl.org/

?

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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 113


****************************************************************************
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?2019-04-01 17:00 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 1296. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1239. 
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

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-28 21:00 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. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Mon Apr  1 17:10:28 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 17:10:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks all for the reports. Looking at the TLE (under TLE_new which is now available )AISAT-1 is 2019-018Z. Please? feel to share.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Monday, 1 April, 2019, 3:51:19 pm IST, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:  
 
 The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was successfully able to digipeat they the payload. 

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]

--------------------------------------------
On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

 Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
 To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
 Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
 
 Hello All,
 An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
 PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
 approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
 and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
 the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
 request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
 payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
 this unique project is available at?http://www.amsatindia.org?
 The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
 on?http://www.amsatindia.org????
 73
 Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
 INDIA  

From cswiger at gmail.com  Mon Apr  1 18:06:16 2019
From: cswiger at gmail.com (Chuck Swiger)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 14:06:16 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAFX2DxBiYL5cLS+Oav_0BHoOQ1tm_Bg3wuA3jk+=uieJ2EOr2A@mail.gmail.com>

Packet received and demodulated (manually, direwolf) from audio here:
https://network.satnogs.org/observations/566874/

Where is the TLE_new ?  Looked around http://amsatindia.org/
<http://amsatindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AISAT-TLE.txt>   and
could not find.
Thanks!

[0.2] AISAT-1>CQ,,::CQ-0     :From  AMSAT INDIA & Exseed Space
|28862|72|69|2{487
------
U frame UI: p/f=0, No layer 3 protocol implemented., length = 92
 dest    CQ      0 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
 source  AISAT   1 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
 digi 1          0   h=0 res=3 last=0
 digi 2          0   h=0 res=3 last=1
  000:  86 a2 40 40 40 40 60 82 92 a6 82 a8 40 62 40 40  ..@@@@`..... at b@@
  010:  40 40 40 40 60 40 40 40 40 40 40 61 03 f0 3a 43  @@@@`@@@@@@a..:C
  020:  51 2d 30 20 20 20 20 20 3a 46 72 6f 6d 20 20 41  Q-0     :From  A
  030:  4d 53 41 54 20 49 4e 44 49 41 20 26 20 45 78 73  MSAT INDIA & Exs
  040:  65 65 64 20 53 70 61 63 65 20 7c 32 38 38 36 32  eed Space |28862
  050:  7c 37 32 7c 36 39 7c 32 7b 34 38 37              |72|69|2{487
------





On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 1:10 PM Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Thanks all for the reports. Looking at the TLE (under TLE_new which is now
> available )AISAT-1 is 2019-018Z. Please  feel to share.
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>
>     On Monday, 1 April, 2019, 3:51:19 pm IST, Nitin Muttin <
> vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>  The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was
> successfully able to digipeat they the payload.
>
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>  Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
>  To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>  Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
>
>  Hello All,
>  An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
>  PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
>  IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
>  approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
>  and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
>  the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
>  request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
>  payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
>  this unique project is available at http://www.amsatindia.org
>  The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
>  on http://www.amsatindia.org
>  73
>  Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
>  INDIA
> _______________________________________________
> 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 vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Mon Apr  1 18:45:00 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 18:45:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <CAFX2DxBiYL5cLS+Oav_0BHoOQ1tm_Bg3wuA3jk+=uieJ2EOr2A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAFX2DxBiYL5cLS+Oav_0BHoOQ1tm_Bg3wuA3jk+=uieJ2EOr2A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2121618497.13777740.1554144300387@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Chuk,
Thanks for sharing, the tle are available on amsatindia.org and with the TLE-New we feel the object is 2019-01-8Z.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Tuesday, 2 April, 2019, 12:08:26 am IST, Chuck Swiger <cswiger at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Packet received and demodulated (manually, direwolf) from audio here:
https://network.satnogs.org/observations/566874/

Where is the TLE_new ?? Looked around http://amsatindia.org/
<http://amsatindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AISAT-TLE.txt>? and
could not find.
Thanks!

[0.2] AISAT-1>CQ,,::CQ-0? ? :From? AMSAT INDIA & Exseed Space
|28862|72|69|2{487
------
U frame UI: p/f=0, No layer 3 protocol implemented., length = 92
 dest? ? CQ? ? ? 0 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
 source? AISAT? 1 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
 digi 1? ? ? ? ? 0? h=0 res=3 last=0
 digi 2? ? ? ? ? 0? h=0 res=3 last=1
? 000:? 86 a2 40 40 40 40 60 82 92 a6 82 a8 40 62 40 40? ..@@@@`..... at b@@
? 010:? 40 40 40 40 60 40 40 40 40 40 40 61 03 f0 3a 43? @@@@`@@@@@@a..:C
? 020:? 51 2d 30 20 20 20 20 20 3a 46 72 6f 6d 20 20 41? Q-0? ? :From? A
? 030:? 4d 53 41 54 20 49 4e 44 49 41 20 26 20 45 78 73? MSAT INDIA & Exs
? 040:? 65 65 64 20 53 70 61 63 65 20 7c 32 38 38 36 32? eed Space |28862
? 050:? 7c 37 32 7c 36 39 7c 32 7b 34 38 37? ? ? ? ? ? ? |72|69|2{487
------





On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 1:10 PM Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Thanks all for the reports. Looking at the TLE (under TLE_new which is now
> available )AISAT-1 is 2019-018Z. Please? feel to share.
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>
>? ? On Monday, 1 April, 2019, 3:51:19 pm IST, Nitin Muttin <
> vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>? The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was
> successfully able to digipeat they the payload.
>
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>? Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
>? To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>? Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
>
>? Hello All,
>? An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
>? PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
>? IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
>? approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
>? and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
>? the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
>? request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
>? payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
>? this unique project is available at http://www.amsatindia.org
>? The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
>? on http://www.amsatindia.org
>? 73
>? Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
>? INDIA
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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From skristof at etczone.com  Mon Apr  1 19:33:29 2019
From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com)
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:33:29 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT on HF
Message-ID: <18599152b7b192c217d824993c0c8a8d@etczone.com>

For anyone interested in the AMSAT on HF award I will be calling "CQ
AMSAT" in slow code from 1945 UTC to 2015 UTC today (Monday). Frequency
will be between 10.105 MHz and 10.115 MHz. 

Award info: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/

Steve AI9IN

From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Mon Apr  1 19:45:45 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 19:45:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Video: Talking through a satellite from 15 feet apart
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKO9qvW8_pOhoGLH=nOANZ8arVzrx6LYYjVV6krRe7sAKg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKO9qvW8_pOhoGLH=nOANZ8arVzrx6LYYjVV6krRe7sAKg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1374327235.15027335.1554147945505@mail.yahoo.com>

 That's the way to do it... ! 

73!Umeshk6vug

    On Sunday, March 31, 2019, 6:56:29 PM PDT, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 https://youtu.be/HbNKiGO1Bfo

Andrew Knafel, KN8FEL saw my videos and through our correspondence I
helped him learn how to operate satellites.

He and his family live in Ohio but regularly vacation at Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina. He has a long time friend who lives near Raleigh,
which is on the way to Myrtle Beach, who he usually stops to see.

Since he was in town we met up for an evening to play radio. We worked
four passes on four different satellites.

The highlight was making contact through a satellite while standing
mere feet away from each other. We actually did this twice on two
different satellites. :-)

Follow Andrew's sat activities on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/kn8fel

Andrew's equipment:

Arrow II antenna
Yaesu FT-818 for transmit on linear/SSB sats
Wouxon HT for transmit on FM repeater sats
Kenwood TH-D74 for receive

My equipment:

Alaskan Arrow with only one of three sections, except SO-50 pass where
I used two of three sections.
Icom IC-910H for linear sat passes
Kenwood TM-V71 for SO-50.

We worked these four passes:

2019-03-30 - 22:51 UTC - XW-2D
2019-03-30 - 23:10 UTC - XW-2C
2019-03-30 - 23:24 UTC - CAS-4A
2019-03-31 - 00:02 UTC - SO-50

73, John Brier KG4AKV
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Mon Apr  1 19:49:24 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 19:49:24 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-857D for sale
In-Reply-To: <18599152b7b192c217d824993c0c8a8d@etczone.com>
References: <18599152b7b192c217d824993c0c8a8d@etczone.com>
Message-ID: <56128717.15027891.1554148164454@mail.yahoo.com>

Pix are available upon request. I purchased this radio for Burning Man ops. It has 60M band and the DSP board installed. The remote mounting kit is included. I installed a IRC #720-F 2000 Hz SSB XTAL filter in the 455 kHz slot and a stable TXCO. Also included is an USB programming cable. All the accessories are unused. The original manual, untouched except to move it out of the way, and a loose-leaf binder with the slick, operation manual, XTAL filter specs and service manual will also be included.
The radio was powered up to program and check operation, then stored in my "Go Box". I labeled the I/O on the back panel to be readable from the top of the radio.
Any transmitting equipment will only be sold to a licensed amateur operator with a call sign verifiable in QRZ. If you wish to purchase this for a ham as a present, please contact me with their call and relationship.
I am asking $1000.00 USD OBO + S&H.
IMPORTANT!
I am unable to ship to a PO Box.
**NOTE - This item is not eligible for return or exchange. Please read the description, examine all the pictures, read and understand the return policy and ask lots of questions. We assume that the buyer is knowledgeable and proficient in the used of this type of equipment. COMPATIBILITY is the RESPONSIBILITY of the BUYER and is NOT a reason for return. Please verify compatibility before buying.Although we welcome your questions and inquiries, buyers are expected to do their own research in regard to the compatibility and/or software/driver requirements for any item they are considering purchasing.Use Dr Google to find more information.
I accept PayPal only.Item(s) will be shipped from the Monterey Bay, California area when the correct funds are deposited in my account.
 ---??
Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ???
GEO ????

http://www.w3ab.org

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

From w3ab at yahoo.com  Mon Apr  1 19:52:56 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 19:52:56 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT on HF
References: <1188772228.14989290.1554148376868.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1188772228.14989290.1554148376868@mail.yahoo.com>

 Pix are available upon request. I purchased this radio for Burning Man ops. It has 60M band and the DSP board installed. The remote mounting kit is included. I installed a IRC #720-F 2000 Hz SSB XTAL filter in the 455 kHz slot and a stable TXCO. Also included is an USB programming cable. All the accessories are unused. The original manual, untouched except to move it out of the way, and a loose-leaf binder with the slick, operation manual, XTAL filter specs and service manual will also be included.
The radio was powered up to program and check operation, then stored in my "Go Box". I labeled the I/O on the back panel to be readable from the top of the radio.
Any transmitting equipment will only be sold to a licensed amateur operator with a call sign verifiable in QRZ. If you wish to purchase this for a ham as a present, please contact me with their call and relationship.
I am asking $1000.00 USD OBO + S&H.
IMPORTANT!
I am unable to ship to a PO Box.
**NOTE - This item is not eligible for return or exchange. Please read the description, examine all the pictures, read and understand the return policy and ask lots of questions. We assume that the buyer is knowledgeable and proficient in the used of this type of equipment. COMPATIBILITY is the RESPONSIBILITY of the BUYER and is NOT a reason for return. Please verify compatibility before buying.Although we welcome your questions and inquiries, buyers are expected to do their own research in regard to the compatibility and/or software/driver requirements for any item they are considering purchasing.Use Dr Google to find more information.
I accept PayPal only.Item(s) will be shipped from the Monterey Bay, California area when the correct funds are deposited in my account.

From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Mon Apr  1 20:05:40 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 20:05:40 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <321760849.15009109.1554149140906@mail.yahoo.com>

 FWIW, I noticed there is a definition for an older one called Alsat-1N, that is not this one.? The new one is yet to receive its formal number.? Anyway, looking forward to check it out tonight here from CM97. 

73!Umeshk6vug


    On Monday, April 1, 2019, 10:18:17 AM PDT, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Thanks all for the reports. Looking at the TLE (under TLE_new which is now available )AISAT-1 is 2019-018Z. Please? feel to share.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

? ? On Monday, 1 April, 2019, 3:51:19 pm IST, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:? 
 
 The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was successfully able to digipeat they the payload. 

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]

--------------------------------------------
On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

 Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
 To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
 Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
 
 Hello All,
 An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
 PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
 approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
 and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
 the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
 request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
 payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
 this unique project is available at?http://www.amsatindia.org?
 The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
 on?http://www.amsatindia.org????
 73
 Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
 INDIA? 
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From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Mon Apr  1 20:18:46 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 20:18:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <321760849.15009109.1554149140906@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
	<321760849.15009109.1554149140906@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1915437024.13796518.1554149926048@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Umesh,
Noted, Please track AISAT-1, as per new-tle we think it is 2019-01-8Z
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Tuesday, 2 April, 2019, 1:35:50 am IST, k6vug at sbcglobal.net <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:  
 
  FWIW, I noticed there is a definition for an older one called Alsat-1N, that is not this one.? The new one is yet to receive its formal number.? Anyway, looking forward to check it out tonight here from CM97. 

73!Umeshk6vug


    On Monday, April 1, 2019, 10:18:17 AM PDT, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Thanks all for the reports. Looking at the TLE (under TLE_new which is now available )AISAT-1 is 2019-018Z. Please? feel to share.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

? ? On Monday, 1 April, 2019, 3:51:19 pm IST, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:? 
 
 The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was successfully able to digipeat they the payload. 

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]

--------------------------------------------
On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

 Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
 To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
 Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
 
 Hello All,
 An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
 PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
 approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
 and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
 the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
 request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
 payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
 this unique project is available at?http://www.amsatindia.org?
 The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
 on?http://www.amsatindia.org????
 73
 Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
 INDIA? 
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From mail at mike-rupprecht.de  Mon Apr  1 20:21:33 2019
From: mail at mike-rupprecht.de (Mike Rupprecht)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 22:21:33 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <321760849.15009109.1554149140906@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>	<1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
	<321760849.15009109.1554149140906@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002601d4e8c8$802d6970$80883c50$@de>

... take care - there is also an older AISAT from Germany (DLR - Institute of Space Systems) NORAD #40054

73 Mike
DK3WN

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] Im Auftrag von k6vug at sbcglobal.net
Gesendet: 01 April 2019 22:06
An: AMSAT BB; Nitin Muttin
Betreff: Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform

 FWIW, I noticed there is a definition for an older one called Alsat-1N, that is not this one.  The new one is yet to receive its formal number.  Anyway, looking forward to check it out tonight here from CM97. 

73!Umeshk6vug


    On Monday, April 1, 2019, 10:18:17 AM PDT, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Thanks all for the reports. Looking at the TLE (under TLE_new which is now available )AISAT-1 is 2019-018Z. Please  feel to share.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Monday, 1 April, 2019, 3:51:19 pm IST, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:  
 
 The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was successfully able to digipeat they the payload. 

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]

--------------------------------------------
On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

 Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
 To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
 Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
 
 Hello All,
 An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
 PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
 approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
 and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
 the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
 request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
 payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
 this unique project is available at http://www.amsatindia.org 
 The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
 on http://www.amsatindia.org    
 73
 Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
 INDIA  
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From k8bl at ameritech.net  Mon Apr  1 23:51:59 2019
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 23:51:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT on HF
In-Reply-To: <1188772228.14989290.1554148376868@mail.yahoo.com>
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	<1188772228.14989290.1554148376868@mail.yahoo.com>
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 What is the radio??????? What is your Name & Call????
Bob? K8BL
    On Monday, April 1, 2019, 3:53:12 PM EDT, GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
  Pix are available upon request. I purchased this radio for Burning Man ops. It has 60M band and the DSP board installed. The remote mounting kit is included. I installed a IRC #720-F 2000 Hz SSB XTAL filter in the 455 kHz slot and a stable TXCO. Also included is an USB programming cable. All the accessories are unused. The original manual, untouched except to move it out of the way, and a loose-leaf binder with the slick, operation manual, XTAL filter specs and service manual will also be included.
The radio was powered up to program and check operation, then stored in my "Go Box". I labeled the I/O on the back panel to be readable from the top of the radio.
Any transmitting equipment will only be sold to a licensed amateur operator with a call sign verifiable in QRZ. If you wish to purchase this for a ham as a present, please contact me with their call and relationship.
I am asking $1000.00 USD OBO + S&H.
IMPORTANT!
I am unable to ship to a PO Box.
**NOTE - This item is not eligible for return or exchange. Please read the description, examine all the pictures, read and understand the return policy and ask lots of questions. We assume that the buyer is knowledgeable and proficient in the used of this type of equipment. COMPATIBILITY is the RESPONSIBILITY of the BUYER and is NOT a reason for return. Please verify compatibility before buying.Although we welcome your questions and inquiries, buyers are expected to do their own research in regard to the compatibility and/or software/driver requirements for any item they are considering purchasing.Use Dr Google to find more information.
I accept PayPal only.Item(s) will be shipped from the Monterey Bay, California area when the correct funds are deposited in my account.
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From diehl.mike.a at gmail.com  Mon Apr  1 23:53:24 2019
From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 19:53:24 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Missed Connection AO-7(b)
Message-ID: <0244F33D-05FA-467E-9C93-4FFB50179089@gmail.com>

There I was standing on the side of the road on a breezy afternoon around 1930z. I had a piece of 3/4? 6061 in one hand and my PTT switch in the other with only my IC-910H at minimum power to keep me warm. I was listening to the sweet sound of noise at 145.938 MHz with an occasional ?one two? to keep my manual tuning on track while I awaited for the sweet DX to get into the footprint.

Then you entered the scene pounding away with your CW and sweeping around demanding attention. You were as strong as an ox. You were splattering throughout the whole 60kHz of the passband, how could anyone miss you? And then as suddenly as you appeared there was utter silence. I mean, with that much power how could you not bring any bird to it?s knees?

Perhaps we can meet again sometime, maybe try QRP for a less dramatic entrance and we can have a chance to have a conversation. 

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

From k8bl at ameritech.net  Tue Apr  2 00:10:23 2019
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 00:10:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Missed Connection AO-7(b)
In-Reply-To: <0244F33D-05FA-467E-9C93-4FFB50179089@gmail.com>
References: <0244F33D-05FA-467E-9C93-4FFB50179089@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1474443000.15153092.1554163823594@mail.yahoo.com>

 There are only a few folks doing SAT-CW on a regular basis.
It shouldn't be difficult to figure out who they might be.
Maybe it's already known and someone talked with the person? and they said "Take a hike!!".? Or, maybe not.
I can't imagine the person remains unknown.
GL/73,? ? ?Bob? K8BL
P.S.? BTW, can you believe AO-7 was launched in 1974? !!!!!!

    On Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:54:00 PM EDT, Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 There I was standing on the side of the road on a breezy afternoon around 1930z. I had a piece of 3/4? 6061 in one hand and my PTT switch in the other with only my IC-910H at minimum power to keep me warm. I was listening to the sweet sound of noise at 145.938 MHz with an occasional ?one two? to keep my manual tuning on track while I awaited for the sweet DX to get into the footprint.

Then you entered the scene pounding away with your CW and sweeping around demanding attention. You were as strong as an ox. You were splattering throughout the whole 60kHz of the passband, how could anyone miss you? And then as suddenly as you appeared there was utter silence. I mean, with that much power how could you not bring any bird to it?s knees?

Perhaps we can meet again sometime, maybe try QRP for a less dramatic entrance and we can have a chance to have a conversation. 

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 
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From will at spaceflightsoftware.com  Mon Apr  1 18:41:47 2019
From: will at spaceflightsoftware.com (Will Marchant)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 14:41:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <CAFX2DxBiYL5cLS+Oav_0BHoOQ1tm_Bg3wuA3jk+=uieJ2EOr2A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAFX2DxBiYL5cLS+Oav_0BHoOQ1tm_Bg3wuA3jk+=uieJ2EOr2A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2a588800-aa41-e9f7-a406-af40712fbd58@spaceflightsoftware.com>

How is the signal strength?  Do we need a gain antenna or is a rubber 
duck on an HT enough to get in?

You can find the TLE in http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt
	73,
	Will KW4WZ

On 4/1/19 2:06 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Packet received and demodulated (manually, direwolf) from audio here:
> https://network.satnogs.org/observations/566874/
> 
> Where is the TLE_new ?  Looked around http://amsatindia.org/
> <http://amsatindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AISAT-TLE.txt>   and
> could not find.
> Thanks!
> 
> [0.2] AISAT-1>CQ,,::CQ-0     :From  AMSAT INDIA & Exseed Space
> |28862|72|69|2{487
> ------
> U frame UI: p/f=0, No layer 3 protocol implemented., length = 92
>   dest    CQ      0 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
>   source  AISAT   1 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
>   digi 1          0   h=0 res=3 last=0
>   digi 2          0   h=0 res=3 last=1
>    000:  86 a2 40 40 40 40 60 82 92 a6 82 a8 40 62 40 40  ..@@@@`..... at b@@
>    010:  40 40 40 40 60 40 40 40 40 40 40 61 03 f0 3a 43  @@@@`@@@@@@a..:C
>    020:  51 2d 30 20 20 20 20 20 3a 46 72 6f 6d 20 20 41  Q-0     :From  A
>    030:  4d 53 41 54 20 49 4e 44 49 41 20 26 20 45 78 73  MSAT INDIA & Exs
>    040:  65 65 64 20 53 70 61 63 65 20 7c 32 38 38 36 32  eed Space |28862
>    050:  7c 37 32 7c 36 39 7c 32 7b 34 38 37              |72|69|2{487
> ------
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 1:10 PM Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks all for the reports. Looking at the TLE (under TLE_new which is now
>> available )AISAT-1 is 2019-018Z. Please  feel to share.
>> 73
>> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>>
>>      On Monday, 1 April, 2019, 3:51:19 pm IST, Nitin Muttin <
>> vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>>
>>   The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was
>> successfully able to digipeat they the payload.
>>
>> 73
>> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>>
>>   Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
>>   To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>>   Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
>>
>>   Hello All,
>>   An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
>>   PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
>>   IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
>>   approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
>>   and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
>>   the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
>>   request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
>>   payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
>>   this unique project is available at http://www.amsatindia.org
>>   The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
>>   on http://www.amsatindia.org
>>   73
>>   Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
>>   INDIA
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-- 
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From gabrielzeifman at gmail.com  Tue Apr  2 00:21:40 2019
From: gabrielzeifman at gmail.com (Gabriel Zeifman)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 16:21:40 -0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Missed Connection AO-7(b)
In-Reply-To: <1474443000.15153092.1554163823594@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <0244F33D-05FA-467E-9C93-4FFB50179089@gmail.com>
	<1474443000.15153092.1554163823594@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAEGYLCtkefiCJPYoxcCyGBKGd09fMqeMpxdtV1NguGTY8MOdeA@mail.gmail.com>

Maybe next time I think about doing a trip to a never before heard grid I
should tell everyone who wants it to ?take a hike?. There are a few selfish
morons out there who are reminded time and time again and continue to
disrupt the hobby for the rest of the responsible users out there. It was a
wonderful morning flight down to CO36 this morning before work to hand out
this new grid to a grand total of four people on AO-92 and SO-50. I also
really enjoyed listening to nothing for several minutes to discover AO-7
had been killed by an idiot, ruining the chance for anyone outside the very
limited range of those FM passes to get the grid.

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 4:10 PM R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:

>  There are only a few folks doing SAT-CW on a regular basis.
> It shouldn't be difficult to figure out who they might be.
> Maybe it's already known and someone talked with the person  and they said
> "Take a hike!!".  Or, maybe not.
> I can't imagine the person remains unknown.
> GL/73,     Bob  K8BL
> P.S.  BTW, can you believe AO-7 was launched in 1974? !!!!!!
>
>     On Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:54:00 PM EDT, Mike Diehl <
> diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  There I was standing on the side of the road on a breezy afternoon around
> 1930z. I had a piece of 3/4? 6061 in one hand and my PTT switch in the
> other with only my IC-910H at minimum power to keep me warm. I was
> listening to the sweet sound of noise at 145.938 MHz with an occasional
> ?one two? to keep my manual tuning on track while I awaited for the sweet
> DX to get into the footprint.
>
> Then you entered the scene pounding away with your CW and sweeping around
> demanding attention. You were as strong as an ox. You were splattering
> throughout the whole 60kHz of the passband, how could anyone miss you? And
> then as suddenly as you appeared there was utter silence. I mean, with that
> much power how could you not bring any bird to it?s knees?
>
> Perhaps we can meet again sometime, maybe try QRP for a less dramatic
> entrance and we can have a chance to have a conversation.
>
> 73,
> Mike Diehl
> W8LID/VE6LID
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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From diehl.mike.a at gmail.com  Tue Apr  2 00:59:54 2019
From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 20:59:54 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Missed Connection AO-7(b)
In-Reply-To: <1474443000.15153092.1554163823594@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <0244F33D-05FA-467E-9C93-4FFB50179089@gmail.com>
	<1474443000.15153092.1554163823594@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <96E2FD51-C212-4E0C-A9C5-2C4099F13DB9@gmail.com>

Bob,

I?m not sure if it was a CW regular or just someone using the keyer to find their downlink. It?s a sad situation really since they would be much more successful if they perfected hearing the bird first. 

It is amazing how old this bird is, and we?re lucky to have a LEO with its footprint. Its age is all the more reason we need to take care in not destabilizing it. 

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

> On Apr 1, 2019, at 20:10, R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
> 
> There are only a few folks doing SAT-CW on a regular basis.
> 
> It shouldn't be difficult to figure out who they might be.
> 
> Maybe it's already known and someone talked with the person
>   and they said "Take a hike!!".  Or, maybe not.
> 
> I can't imagine the person remains unknown.
> 
> GL/73,     Bob  K8BL
> 
> P.S.  BTW, can you believe AO-7 was launched in 1974? !!!!!!
> 
> 
> On Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:54:00 PM EDT, Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> There I was standing on the side of the road on a breezy afternoon around 1930z. I had a piece of 3/4? 6061 in one hand and my PTT switch in the other with only my IC-910H at minimum power to keep me warm. I was listening to the sweet sound of noise at 145.938 MHz with an occasional ?one two? to keep my manual tuning on track while I awaited for the sweet DX to get into the footprint.
> 
> Then you entered the scene pounding away with your CW and sweeping around demanding attention. You were as strong as an ox. You were splattering throughout the whole 60kHz of the passband, how could anyone miss you? And then as suddenly as you appeared there was utter silence. I mean, with that much power how could you not bring any bird to it?s knees?
> 
> Perhaps we can meet again sometime, maybe try QRP for a less dramatic entrance and we can have a chance to have a conversation. 
> 
> 73,
> Mike Diehl
> W8LID/VE6LID 
> _______________________________________________
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Tue Apr  2 01:10:47 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 21:10:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT on HF
In-Reply-To: <45868147.15156259.1554162719595@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1188772228.14989290.1554148376868.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1188772228.14989290.1554148376868@mail.yahoo.com>
	<45868147.15156259.1554162719595@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKOS+EJ63WXROFU12rep0KxdZxTC2HEPo_v6jxBRiBxQkw@mail.gmail.com>

Well the email is w3ab at yahoo.com so you can at least gather their call sign.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 7:53 PM R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>  What is the radio??????  What is your Name & Call????
> Bob  K8BL
>     On Monday, April 1, 2019, 3:53:12 PM EDT, GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>   Pix are available upon request. I purchased this radio for Burning Man ops. It has 60M band and the DSP board installed. The remote mounting kit is included. I installed a IRC #720-F 2000 Hz SSB XTAL filter in the 455 kHz slot and a stable TXCO. Also included is an USB programming cable. All the accessories are unused. The original manual, untouched except to move it out of the way, and a loose-leaf binder with the slick, operation manual, XTAL filter specs and service manual will also be included.
> The radio was powered up to program and check operation, then stored in my "Go Box". I labeled the I/O on the back panel to be readable from the top of the radio.
> Any transmitting equipment will only be sold to a licensed amateur operator with a call sign verifiable in QRZ. If you wish to purchase this for a ham as a present, please contact me with their call and relationship.
> I am asking $1000.00 USD OBO + S&H.
> IMPORTANT!
> I am unable to ship to a PO Box.
> **NOTE - This item is not eligible for return or exchange. Please read the description, examine all the pictures, read and understand the return policy and ask lots of questions. We assume that the buyer is knowledgeable and proficient in the used of this type of equipment. COMPATIBILITY is the RESPONSIBILITY of the BUYER and is NOT a reason for return. Please verify compatibility before buying.Although we welcome your questions and inquiries, buyers are expected to do their own research in regard to the compatibility and/or software/driver requirements for any item they are considering purchasing.Use Dr Google to find more information.
> I accept PayPal only.Item(s) will be shipped from the Monterey Bay, California area when the correct funds are deposited in my account.
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
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From meyersb at uplogon.com  Tue Apr  2 01:31:55 2019
From: meyersb at uplogon.com (Bob Meyers)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 20:31:55 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Missed Connection AO-7(b)
In-Reply-To: <96E2FD51-C212-4E0C-A9C5-2C4099F13DB9@gmail.com>
References: <0244F33D-05FA-467E-9C93-4FFB50179089@gmail.com>
	<1474443000.15153092.1554163823594@mail.yahoo.com>
	<96E2FD51-C212-4E0C-A9C5-2C4099F13DB9@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7468A997-DA08-48F4-91BA-996895E03D26@uplogon.com>

This guy has been doing this for quite a while.  If you hear him, listen on the input and see if we can nail down what part of the country he lives in.  Looking at his waterfall signature with an SDR would be a good start.  Think of it as the ultimate fox hunt.  Someone must live within 20 miles of him.

Bob
WA8FXQ 

> On Apr 1, 2019, at 7:59 PM, Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> 
> I?m not sure if it was a CW regular or just someone using the keyer to find their downlink. It?s a sad situation really since they would be much more successful if they perfected hearing the bird first. 
> 
> It is amazing how old this bird is, and we?re lucky to have a LEO with its footprint. Its age is all the more reason we need to take care in not destabilizing it. 
> 
> 73,
> Mike Diehl
> W8LID/VE6LID 
> 
>> On Apr 1, 2019, at 20:10, R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
>> 
>> There are only a few folks doing SAT-CW on a regular basis.
>> 
>> It shouldn't be difficult to figure out who they might be.
>> 
>> Maybe it's already known and someone talked with the person
>>  and they said "Take a hike!!".  Or, maybe not.
>> 
>> I can't imagine the person remains unknown.
>> 
>> GL/73,     Bob  K8BL
>> 
>> P.S.  BTW, can you believe AO-7 was launched in 1974? !!!!!!
>> 
>> 
>> On Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:54:00 PM EDT, Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> There I was standing on the side of the road on a breezy afternoon around 1930z. I had a piece of 3/4? 6061 in one hand and my PTT switch in the other with only my IC-910H at minimum power to keep me warm. I was listening to the sweet sound of noise at 145.938 MHz with an occasional ?one two? to keep my manual tuning on track while I awaited for the sweet DX to get into the footprint.
>> 
>> Then you entered the scene pounding away with your CW and sweeping around demanding attention. You were as strong as an ox. You were splattering throughout the whole 60kHz of the passband, how could anyone miss you? And then as suddenly as you appeared there was utter silence. I mean, with that much power how could you not bring any bird to it?s knees?
>> 
>> Perhaps we can meet again sometime, maybe try QRP for a less dramatic entrance and we can have a chance to have a conversation. 
>> 
>> 73,
>> Mike Diehl
>> W8LID/VE6LID 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all 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 diehl.mike.a at gmail.com  Tue Apr  2 01:38:57 2019
From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 21:38:57 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Missed Connection AO-7(b)
In-Reply-To: <CAEGYLCtkefiCJPYoxcCyGBKGd09fMqeMpxdtV1NguGTY8MOdeA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <0244F33D-05FA-467E-9C93-4FFB50179089@gmail.com>
	<1474443000.15153092.1554163823594@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAEGYLCtkefiCJPYoxcCyGBKGd09fMqeMpxdtV1NguGTY8MOdeA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <19C0A819-EA0F-4827-9CB9-6C9D7D16398F@gmail.com>

Gabe,

The journeys of rovers like yourself and that of AO-7 provide a unique opportunity. It?s unfortunate to have those opportunities wrecked by lack of situational awareness. I know I?ve missed you in plenty of DXCC this way to feel the pain but keep doing what your doing, it?s appreciated. 

It?s truly ironic when people mode flip the bird. In their desperate attempt to make up for lack of hearing they leave behind nothing to hear. 

Luckily for me, I was one of the fortunate four this time around with a chance on SO-50, couldn?t bring myself to yet again disappoint others who called just seconds after you lost footprint.

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

> On Apr 1, 2019, at 20:21, Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Maybe next time I think about doing a trip to a never before heard grid I should tell everyone who wants it to ?take a hike?. There are a few selfish morons out there who are reminded time and time again and continue to disrupt the hobby for the rest of the responsible users out there. It was a wonderful morning flight down to CO36 this morning before work to hand out this new grid to a grand total of four people on AO-92 and SO-50. I also really enjoyed listening to nothing for several minutes to discover AO-7 had been killed by an idiot, ruining the chance for anyone outside the very limited range of those FM passes to get the grid.
> 
> 73,
> Gabe
> AL6D/VE6NJH
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 4:10 PM R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
>>  There are only a few folks doing SAT-CW on a regular basis.
>> It shouldn't be difficult to figure out who they might be.
>> Maybe it's already known and someone talked with the person  and they said "Take a hike!!".  Or, maybe not.
>> I can't imagine the person remains unknown.
>> GL/73,     Bob  K8BL
>> P.S.  BTW, can you believe AO-7 was launched in 1974? !!!!!!
>> 
>>     On Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:54:00 PM EDT, Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:  
>> 
>>  There I was standing on the side of the road on a breezy afternoon around 1930z. I had a piece of 3/4? 6061 in one hand and my PTT switch in the other with only my IC-910H at minimum power to keep me warm. I was listening to the sweet sound of noise at 145.938 MHz with an occasional ?one two? to keep my manual tuning on track while I awaited for the sweet DX to get into the footprint.
>> 
>> Then you entered the scene pounding away with your CW and sweeping around demanding attention. You were as strong as an ox. You were splattering throughout the whole 60kHz of the passband, how could anyone miss you? And then as suddenly as you appeared there was utter silence. I mean, with that much power how could you not bring any bird to it?s knees?
>> 
>> Perhaps we can meet again sometime, maybe try QRP for a less dramatic entrance and we can have a chance to have a conversation. 
>> 
>> 73,
>> Mike Diehl
>> W8LID/VE6LID 
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From dquagliana at gmail.com  Tue Apr  2 15:46:22 2019
From: dquagliana at gmail.com (Douglas Quagliana)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 10:46:22 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Missed Connection AO-7(b)
In-Reply-To: <7468A997-DA08-48F4-91BA-996895E03D26@uplogon.com>
References: <0244F33D-05FA-467E-9C93-4FFB50179089@gmail.com>
	<1474443000.15153092.1554163823594@mail.yahoo.com>
	<96E2FD51-C212-4E0C-A9C5-2C4099F13DB9@gmail.com>
	<7468A997-DA08-48F4-91BA-996895E03D26@uplogon.com>
Message-ID: <591C41B0-FA9F-4129-BFC3-3E432E61C923@gmail.com>

Bob writes:
>Looking at his waterfall signature
> with an SDR would be a good start.

Does anybody have an SDR recording of this?  If the recording 
Includes his TCA we can use SARSAT
techniques to determine his location. 

If someone has such an SDR recording then please let me know. 
73,
Douglas KA2UPW 

> On Apr 1, 2019, at 8:31 PM, Bob Meyers <meyersb at uplogon.com> wrote:
> 
> Looking at his waterfall signature with an SDR would be a good start.

From michel-f6glj at orange.fr  Tue Apr  2 17:03:59 2019
From: michel-f6glj at orange.fr (    F6GLJ)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 19:03:59 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] test
Message-ID: <000301d4e976$11032ae0$330980a0$@fr>

 

 

73 Qro de Michel F6GLJ
https://www.qrz.com/db/F6GLJ

 


From k.swaggart at charter.net  Tue Apr  2 19:04:14 2019
From: k.swaggart at charter.net (Ken Swaggart)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 12:04:14 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 rotor connectors?
Message-ID: <003301d4e986$dda514e0$98ef3ea0$@charter.net>

Anyone have the part number, and vendor, for the male connector that plugs into the Az and El rotors? 

Tnx,
Ken,
W7KKE


From david.johnson.bbq at gmail.com  Tue Apr  2 19:10:44 2019
From: david.johnson.bbq at gmail.com (David Johnson)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 14:10:44 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 rotor connectors?
In-Reply-To: <003301d4e986$dda514e0$98ef3ea0$@charter.net>
References: <003301d4e986$dda514e0$98ef3ea0$@charter.net>
Message-ID: <CAPz2khZL=_3v=bhL8Cn5KMiMS=GcmcDNaswv8OoTwimRFYK_nQ@mail.gmail.com>

*NJW-207-PF10 *CONNECTOR (NANABOSHI)

Available from Misumi-ec.com


Dave

W9DWJ

On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 2:06 PM Ken Swaggart <k.swaggart at charter.net> wrote:

> Anyone have the part number, and vendor, for the male connector that plugs
> into the Az and El rotors?
>
> Tnx,
> Ken,
> W7KKE
>
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Tue Apr  2 19:14:28 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 19:14:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] For Sale - Yaesu FT-857D
In-Reply-To: <1188772228.14989290.1554148376868@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1188772228.14989290.1554148376868.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1188772228.14989290.1554148376868@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <342535208.15653764.1554232468535@mail.yahoo.com>

I was in too big a hurry to post this and didn't include some IMPORTANT information. My bad.?I didn't receive a copy of my post. I apologize.
BTW, it might have been a good Elmer moment for the person that got their feathers ruffled to send me a PM pointing out my omission(s) rather than blathering it to the world. Just sayin'.
For Sale by W3AB/George Badger - Yaesu FT-857D
Pix are available upon request. I purchased this radio for Burning Man ops. It has 60M band and the DSP board installed. The remote mounting kit is included. I installed a IRC #720-F 2000 Hz SSB XTAL filter in the 455 kHz slot and a stable TXCO. Also included is an USB programming cable. All the accessories are unused. The original manual, untouched except to move it out of the way, and a loose-leaf binder with the slick, operation manual, XTAL filter specs and service manual will also be included.
The radio was powered up to program and check operation, then stored in my "Go Box". I labeled the I/O on the back panel to be readable from the top of the radio. The labels are easily removed.
Any transmitting equipment will only be sold to a licensed amateur operator with a call sign verifiable in QRZ. If you wish to purchase this for a ham as a present, please contact me with their call and relationship.
I am asking $1000.00 USD OBO + S&H.
IMPORTANT!
I am unable to ship to a PO Box.
**NOTE - This item is not eligible for return or exchange. Please read the description, examine all the pictures, read and understand the return policy and ask lots of questions. We assume that the buyer is knowledgeable and proficient in the used of this type of equipment. COMPATIBILITY is the RESPONSIBILITY of the BUYER and is NOT a reason for return. Please verify compatibility before buying.Although we welcome your questions and inquiries, buyers are expected to do their own research in regard to the compatibility and/or software/driver requirements for any item they are considering purchasing.Use Dr Google to find more information.
I accept PayPal only.Item(s) will be shipped from the Monterey Bay, California area when the correct funds are deposited in my account.
---? 
 Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
73 de W3AB/GEO ??? 

 http://www.w3ab.org

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

  

From kb1pvh at gmail.com  Tue Apr  2 19:29:44 2019
From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 15:29:44 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 rotor connectors?
In-Reply-To: <003301d4e986$dda514e0$98ef3ea0$@charter.net>
References: <003301d4e986$dda514e0$98ef3ea0$@charter.net>
Message-ID: <CAEMY9Fegto0+W4Kc1brqYZ5B1UR43QRtn-CtmmUP6jSjJPNdpg@mail.gmail.com>

There's a guy on QRZ that has them.

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/yaesu-rotor-connectors.648811/#post-4986126

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9

On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 3:07 PM Ken Swaggart <k.swaggart at charter.net> wrote:

> Anyone have the part number, and vendor, for the male connector that plugs
> into the Az and El rotors?
>
> Tnx,
> Ken,
> W7KKE
>
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From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Tue Apr  2 20:06:34 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 20:06:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <1915437024.13796518.1554149926048@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
	<321760849.15009109.1554149140906@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1915437024.13796518.1554149926048@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <127974934.14397055.1554235594376@mail.yahoo.com>

Hello All,
We have heard AISAT-1 during some pass over India today. Please use 2019-018AD keps under TLE New to predict the pass over your locations.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Tuesday, 2 April, 2019, 1:53:14 am IST, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Hi Umesh,
Noted, Please track AISAT-1, as per new-tle we think it is 2019-01-8Z
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

? ? On Tuesday, 2 April, 2019, 1:35:50 am IST, k6vug at sbcglobal.net <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:? 
 
? FWIW, I noticed there is a definition for an older one called Alsat-1N, that is not this one.? The new one is yet to receive its formal number.? Anyway, looking forward to check it out tonight here from CM97. 

73!Umeshk6vug


? ? On Monday, April 1, 2019, 10:18:17 AM PDT, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:? 
 
 Thanks all for the reports. Looking at the TLE (under TLE_new which is now available )AISAT-1 is 2019-018Z. Please? feel to share.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

? ? On Monday, 1 April, 2019, 3:51:19 pm IST, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:? 
 
 The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was successfully able to digipeat they the payload. 

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]

--------------------------------------------
On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

 Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
 To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
 Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
 
 Hello All,
 An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
 PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
 approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
 and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
 the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
 request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
 payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
 this unique project is available at?http://www.amsatindia.org?
 The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
 on?http://www.amsatindia.org????
 73
 Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
 INDIA? 
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From kb2cwn at yahoo.com  Wed Apr  3 00:27:38 2019
From: kb2cwn at yahoo.com (Frank Staffa Jr.)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 00:27:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
References: <166412792.11981965.1554251258911.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <166412792.11981965.1554251258911@mail.yahoo.com>

Anyone know if the Japanese sat "SPROUT" Is still operational?? Had a direct passover today and heard nothing.? Cant find any updated info on that Satellite.?
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

From ki7unj at gmail.com  Wed Apr  3 02:29:28 2019
From: ki7unj at gmail.com (KI7UNJ Tucker)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 19:29:28 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] CN95 - Mini Rove
Message-ID: <CAPFr_UkugO6adiPvk5WVN-+Lc3n5pijtgUiok31uTbBtwd7mNg@mail.gmail.com>

Many missed CN95 last time I was there so headed back Monday April the
8th.  FM only and will upload to LOTW.

Use CN95MA for satmatch.com

1704z AO-92

1735z SO-50

1758z AO-91

1836z AO-92

1918z SO-50

1930z AO-91



-- 


Casey Tucker  KI7UNJ
https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ
https://www.qrz.com/db/KI7UNJ
http://bit.do/ki7unj
<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bit.do/ki7unj&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1521073499558000&usg=AFQjCNFcQLn6C9nmmvpQiBbD6XvN-QjKug>

From godetj at wanadoo.fr  Wed Apr  3 05:19:47 2019
From: godetj at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Pierre Godet)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 05:19:47 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
In-Reply-To: <1915437024.13796518.1554149926048@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <381413716.13576059.1554114079833.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<381413716.13576059.1554114079833@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1445551422.13746773.1554138628229@mail.yahoo.com>
	<321760849.15009109.1554149140906@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1915437024.13796518.1554149926048@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <e1c43a11-e771-2520-9951-90d3ca1eba8b@wanadoo.fr>

   Hello Nitin, all,

   looks like 2019-018AC (or maybe D) is a better guess. We now reveive 
the frames (well decoded) from AISAT about 8 minutes before the 
prediction for 2019-018Z. I tried 2019-018AC yesterday evening ; the 
Doppler shift correction was almost perfect.

   Many thanks to AMSAT-India for this new bird, congratulations!

   Jean-Pierre F5YG


On 1/04/19 8:18 PM, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi Umesh,
> Noted, Please track AISAT-1, as per new-tle we think it is 2019-01-8Z
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
> 
>      On Tuesday, 2 April, 2019, 1:35:50 am IST, k6vug at sbcglobal.net <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   
>    FWIW, I noticed there is a definition for an older one called Alsat-1N, that is not this one.? The new one is yet to receive its formal number.? Anyway, looking forward to check it out tonight here from CM97.
> 
> 73!Umeshk6vug
> 
> 
>      On Monday, April 1, 2019, 10:18:17 AM PDT, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>   
>   Thanks all for the reports. Looking at the TLE (under TLE_new which is now available )AISAT-1 is 2019-018Z. Please? feel to share.
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
> 
>  ? ? On Monday, 1 April, 2019, 3:51:19 pm IST, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>   
>   The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was successfully able to digipeat they the payload.
> 
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> 
>   Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
>   To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>   Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM
>   
>   Hello All,
>   An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on
>   PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27
>   IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on
>   approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland
>   and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report
>   the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also
>   request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the
>   payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about
>   this unique project is available at?http://www.amsatindia.org
>   The prelaunch TLE are also available for download
>   on?http://www.amsatindia.org
>   73
>   Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT
>   INDIA
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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From n1uw at gokarns.com  Wed Apr  3 05:38:03 2019
From: n1uw at gokarns.com (Frank Karnauskas)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 22:38:03 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] DXE Ships My IC-9700 on Monday 4/08/2019
Message-ID: <000101d4e9df$69215d00$3b641700$@gokarns.com>

I haven't seen any chatter from anyone on shipments/receipts for this
radio.  Will I be the first kid on my block with one?

I hope not.  Someone please take the pressure off me and  post your
first impressions.  I just finished installation of my M2 LEO pack so
I have two unused Type-N connectors waiting in the shack.

73,
Frank

FRANK W. KARNAUSKAS, N1UW
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ROTATING EDITOR
1402 SUMMIT SHORES DR.
BURNSVILLE, MN 55306
N1UW at GOKARNS.com
612-644-9174



From wa4sca at gmail.com  Wed Apr  3 10:38:11 2019
From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 05:38:11 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] DXE Ships My IC-9700 on Monday 4/08/2019
In-Reply-To: <000101d4e9df$69215d00$3b641700$@gokarns.com>
References: <000101d4e9df$69215d00$3b641700$@gokarns.com>
Message-ID: <000401d4ea09$55eabf40$01c03dc0$@gmail.com>

You might verify with them it is actually shipping.  On April 1st, I saw a
FB posting (How is THAT for reliability!?) that the April 8 shipping notice
was a computer error.  I wrote it off as an April Fool joke, but two friends
who have them on order told me that when they asked, they got this reply:

=======
Subject

A change in arrival date for order #XXXXXXXX

Response By Email (Bob) (04/02/2019 05:33 PM)
There certainly is, and the notice you received was sent in error by our
system.
 
We have not received our first shipment yet, and we believe that when we get
it, it will only allow us to fill about 20% of our current backorders.
 
You will receive further guidance when we know for sure when your radio will
ship, but it will not be on April 8.
 
Sorry for the confusion.
 
73!
 
Bob Naumann  W5OV
Sales Manager
DX Engineering
USA:      1(800) 777-0703 ext: 7599
Intnl:    1(330) 572-3200 ext: 7599
Direct:  1(330) 630-7522
======

73,

Alan
WA4SCA




From kb2m at arrl.net  Wed Apr  3 10:54:00 2019
From: kb2m at arrl.net (kb2mjeff@att.net)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 06:54:00 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] DXE Ships My IC-9700 on Monday 4/08/2019
In-Reply-To: <000101d4e9df$69215d00$3b641700$@gokarns.com>
References: <000101d4e9df$69215d00$3b641700$@gokarns.com>
Message-ID: <03db01d4ea0b$8bff9630$a3fec290$@arrl.net>

While your waiting I would change the 2m N connector for a PL-259 ?

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Frank Karnauskas
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 1:38 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] DXE Ships My IC-9700 on Monday 4/08/2019

I haven't seen any chatter from anyone on shipments/receipts for this radio.  Will I be the first kid on my block with one?

I hope not.  Someone please take the pressure off me and  post your first impressions.  I just finished installation of my M2 LEO pack so I have two unused Type-N connectors waiting in the shack.

73,
Frank

FRANK W. KARNAUSKAS, N1UW
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ROTATING EDITOR
1402 SUMMIT SHORES DR.
BURNSVILLE, MN 55306
N1UW at GOKARNS.com
612-644-9174


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From hamsat at xs4all.nl  Wed Apr  3 12:43:11 2019
From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 14:43:11 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
Message-ID: <e74b2671-7b1e-ae3b-290b-3cd64c8c9a48@xs4all.nl>

All,

Doppler measurements show that AstroCast 0.2 is object 44083, 2019-018F.
Downlink: 437.1729 MHz.

Doppler measurements show that AISTechSat 3 is object 44103, 2019-018AB.
Downlink: 436.7302 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated
with the IARU.

Doppler measurements show that the PS4 stage of PSLV C45, with the AIS,
APRS and ARIS payloads attached, is object 44104, 2019-018AC.
The APRS payload of AMSAT-India is called AISat 1 and has downlink
frequency 145.825 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated
with the IARU.

Doppler measurements show that the 6U Cubesat M6P is now about 50 s
behind the PS4 stage. TLEs for M6P are not yet available.
The downlink frequency of M6P is 437.265 MHz. Note that coordination of
this frequency has been DECLINED by the IARU because there is no amateur
radio involved in this mission.

73,
Nico PA0DLO



From wb3csy at gmail.com  Wed Apr  3 13:23:47 2019
From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 09:23:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
In-Reply-To: <e74b2671-7b1e-ae3b-290b-3cd64c8c9a48@xs4all.nl>
References: <e74b2671-7b1e-ae3b-290b-3cd64c8c9a48@xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <42B5B9F9-DB2E-4B27-9149-53F4F5434626@gmail.com>

Nico, thank you for all the great work you do determining which object numbers go with what satellite. I am surprised to hear about those new ssts not using approved frequencies. It?s a shame that happens. 
73
Rick WB3CSY 

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> On Apr 3, 2019, at 8:43 AM, Nico Janssen <hamsat at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Doppler measurements show that AstroCast 0.2 is object 44083, 2019-018F.
> Downlink: 437.1729 MHz.
> 
> Doppler measurements show that AISTechSat 3 is object 44103, 2019-018AB.
> Downlink: 436.7302 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated
> with the IARU.
> 
> Doppler measurements show that the PS4 stage of PSLV C45, with the AIS,
> APRS and ARIS payloads attached, is object 44104, 2019-018AC.
> The APRS payload of AMSAT-India is called AISat 1 and has downlink
> frequency 145.825 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated
> with the IARU.
> 
> Doppler measurements show that the 6U Cubesat M6P is now about 50 s
> behind the PS4 stage. TLEs for M6P are not yet available.
> The downlink frequency of M6P is 437.265 MHz. Note that coordination of
> this frequency has been DECLINED by the IARU because there is no amateur
> radio involved in this mission.
> 
> 73,
> Nico PA0DLO
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
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From aj9n at aol.com  Wed Apr  3 17:49:52 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 17:49:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-03 18:00
	UTC
References: <1275945169.16002723.1554313792303.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1275945169.16002723.1554313792303@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-03 18:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg

?

?

Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg

?

?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg

?

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?(***)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) http://www.jarl.org/

?

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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
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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 113


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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?2019-04-03 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 1296. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1239. 
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

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-28 21:00 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. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From devin at thecabal.org  Wed Apr  3 19:16:26 2019
From: devin at thecabal.org (Devin L. Ganger)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 19:16:26 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
In-Reply-To: <e74b2671-7b1e-ae3b-290b-3cd64c8c9a48@xs4all.nl>
References: <e74b2671-7b1e-ae3b-290b-3cd64c8c9a48@xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <DM5PR01MB25075398A7FC34FBB70FE194CA570@DM5PR01MB2507.prod.exchangelabs.com>

Regarding AlSat 1 and its APRS payload, I thought that 145.825 MHz was the accepted frequency for all APRS on satellites. So I'm curious how that qualifies as not coordinated if they're following established procedure?

Thanks in advance for any additional knowledge you can share,


--
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 Nico
> Janssen
> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:43 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org; ray.hoad at mypbmail.com >> Ray Hoad
> <ray.hoad at mypbmail.com>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
> 
> All,
> 
> Doppler measurements show that AstroCast 0.2 is object 44083, 2019-018F.
> Downlink: 437.1729 MHz.
> 
> Doppler measurements show that AISTechSat 3 is object 44103, 2019-018AB.
> Downlink: 436.7302 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been
> coordinated with the IARU.
> 
> Doppler measurements show that the PS4 stage of PSLV C45, with the AIS,
> APRS and ARIS payloads attached, is object 44104, 2019-018AC.
> The APRS payload of AMSAT-India is called AISat 1 and has downlink
> frequency 145.825 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated
> with the IARU.
> 
> Doppler measurements show that the 6U Cubesat M6P is now about 50 s
> behind the PS4 stage. TLEs for M6P are not yet available.
> The downlink frequency of M6P is 437.265 MHz. Note that coordination of
> this frequency has been DECLINED by the IARU because there is no amateur
> radio involved in this mission.
> 
> 73,
> Nico PA0DLO
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Wed Apr  3 19:38:15 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 19:38:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
In-Reply-To: <DM5PR01MB25075398A7FC34FBB70FE194CA570@DM5PR01MB2507.prod.exchangelabs.com>
References: <e74b2671-7b1e-ae3b-290b-3cd64c8c9a48@xs4all.nl>
	<DM5PR01MB25075398A7FC34FBB70FE194CA570@DM5PR01MB2507.prod.exchangelabs.com>
Message-ID: <13769601.14988015.1554320295676@mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks Devin for sharing your thoughts and I agree that 145.825 is the designated freq for APRS satellites but as per procedure we had some constraints on the API submission which is a prerequisite for submission to IARU for frequency co ordination. I have notified? IARU prior to the launch? that AISAT-1 will use 145.825 as this is a dedicated? APRS payload. We will ensure the process are followed in the future and to role model such submissions.?
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Thursday, 4 April, 2019, 12:48:52 am IST, Devin L. Ganger <devin at thecabal.org> wrote:  
 
 Regarding AlSat 1 and its APRS payload, I thought that 145.825 MHz was the accepted frequency for all APRS on satellites. So I'm curious how that qualifies as not coordinated if they're following established procedure?

Thanks in advance for any additional knowledge you can share,


--
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 Nico
> Janssen
> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:43 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org; ray.hoad at mypbmail.com >> Ray Hoad
> <ray.hoad at mypbmail.com>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
> 
> All,
> 
> Doppler measurements show that AstroCast 0.2 is object 44083, 2019-018F.
> Downlink: 437.1729 MHz.
> 
> Doppler measurements show that AISTechSat 3 is object 44103, 2019-018AB.
> Downlink: 436.7302 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been
> coordinated with the IARU.
> 
> Doppler measurements show that the PS4 stage of PSLV C45, with the AIS,
> APRS and ARIS payloads attached, is object 44104, 2019-018AC.
> The APRS payload of AMSAT-India is called AISat 1 and has downlink
> frequency 145.825 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated
> with the IARU.
> 
> Doppler measurements show that the 6U Cubesat M6P is now about 50 s
> behind the PS4 stage. TLEs for M6P are not yet available.
> The downlink frequency of M6P is 437.265 MHz. Note that coordination of
> this frequency has been DECLINED by the IARU because there is no amateur
> radio involved in this mission.
> 
> 73,
> Nico PA0DLO
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> Subscription settings: https://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!
Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb  

From devin at thecabal.org  Wed Apr  3 23:46:17 2019
From: devin at thecabal.org (Devin L. Ganger)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 23:46:17 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
In-Reply-To: <13769601.14988015.1554320295676@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <e74b2671-7b1e-ae3b-290b-3cd64c8c9a48@xs4all.nl>
	<DM5PR01MB25075398A7FC34FBB70FE194CA570@DM5PR01MB2507.prod.exchangelabs.com>
	<13769601.14988015.1554320295676@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <DM5PR01MB2507D405C34266C296BAD7FECA570@DM5PR01MB2507.prod.exchangelabs.com>

Thank you for the additional insights. Always love learning more about the detailed processes behind getting these birds in space?


--
Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG)
email: devin at thecabal.org<mailto:devin at thecabal.org>
web: Devin on Earth<http://www.devinonearth.com/>
cell: +1 425.239.2575

From: Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in>
Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 12:38 PM
To: Nico Janssen <hamsat at xs4all.nl>; amsat-bb at amsat.org; ray.hoad at mypbmail.com >> Ray Hoad <ray.hoad at mypbmail.com>; Devin L. Ganger <devin at thecabal.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified

Thanks Devin for sharing your thoughts and I agree that 145.825 is the designated freq for APRS satellites but as per procedure we had some constraints on the API submission which is a prerequisite for submission to IARU for frequency co ordination. I have notified  IARU prior to the launch  that AISAT-1 will use 145.825 as this is a dedicated  APRS payload. We will ensure the process are followed in the future and to role model such submissions.

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]


On Thursday, 4 April, 2019, 12:48:52 am IST, Devin L. Ganger <devin at thecabal.org<mailto:devin at thecabal.org>> wrote:


Regarding AlSat 1 and its APRS payload, I thought that 145.825 MHz was the accepted frequency for all APRS on satellites. So I'm curious how that qualifies as not coordinated if they're following established procedure?

Thanks in advance for any additional knowledge you can share,


--
Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG)
email: devin at thecabal.org<mailto:devin at thecabal.org>
web: Devin on Earth
cell: +1 425.239.2575

> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org<mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org>> On Behalf Of Nico
> Janssen
> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:43 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org<mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>; ray.hoad at mypbmail.com<mailto:ray.hoad at mypbmail.com> >> Ray Hoad
> <ray.hoad at mypbmail.com<mailto:ray.hoad at mypbmail.com>>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
>
> All,
>
> Doppler measurements show that AstroCast 0.2 is object 44083, 2019-018F.
> Downlink: 437.1729 MHz.
>
> Doppler measurements show that AISTechSat 3 is object 44103, 2019-018AB.
> Downlink: 436.7302 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been
> coordinated with the IARU.
>
> Doppler measurements show that the PS4 stage of PSLV C45, with the AIS,
> APRS and ARIS payloads attached, is object 44104, 2019-018AC.
> The APRS payload of AMSAT-India is called AISat 1 and has downlink
> frequency 145.825 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated
> with the IARU.
>
> Doppler measurements show that the 6U Cubesat M6P is now about 50 s
> behind the PS4 stage. TLEs for M6P are not yet available.
> The downlink frequency of M6P is 437.265 MHz. Note that coordination of
> this frequency has been DECLINED by the IARU because there is no amateur
> radio involved in this mission.
>
> 73,
> Nico PA0DLO
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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: https://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!
Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Thu Apr  4 02:04:58 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 22:04:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with 58th Hamilton Scout Group,
	Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
Message-ID: <C777ADB4DA9D45CD9F4D4082B3B8F769@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada on 06 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:31UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and VE3DC. The contact should be audible over Ontario, Canada 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.

 

 

The 58th Hamilton Scout Group, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, provides youth across genders aged 5 to 26 the opportunity to participate in educational activities in keeping with the `Canadian Path' program established by Scouts Canada. The `Canadian Path' encourages curiosity and imagination by encouraging youth to pursue their individual interests and skills within a program structure unique to the Scout movement. The `Canadian Path' also lays strong emphasis on Science, Engineering, Technology and Math (STEM) activities. The radio contact with astronaut St. Jacques aboard the ISS will therefore help us further our educational mandate, as it relates to Scouts Canada's STEM emphasis. 

 

 

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

 

1. When did you realize you wanted to be involved in the space program, and 

   what did you do to give yourself the opportunities to get there?

2. What does the earth look like from space?

3. Why do you float in space?

4. How do you eat in space?

5. Have you ever experienced any space sickness and what do you do to 

   overcome it?

6. What science experiments are you doing on the ISS right now?

7. What do you do for fun in space?

8. How often do you put on your spacesuit and is it comfortable to wear?

9. How do you communicate with others on the ISS who speak different 

   languages?

10. Do you use boosters to move around the outside of the station?

11. How do you get a steady supply of goods to the ISS, when you are up there 

    for so long?

12. What is the best part of being in space?

13. What would happen if a meteorite hit the Space Station?

14. How does the spaceship fly without rocket boosters in space?

15. What happens if you shoot a gun in space?

16. How do you sneeze in space?

17. How do you do your laundry 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):

 

 1.  Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ

     The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

     The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

     Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57 UTC

 

 

 2. ?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

    The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

    The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

    Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55 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 hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Thu Apr  4 03:40:33 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 11:40:33 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
In-Reply-To: <CAJOf0+tKj3N_hQ1proMn4iU7oZ5VjzxkiAOP_i3=-LkHERi49g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJOf0+vheYt_5FM-vd-Q6VBdb3zYg-VDOYxuvfy0kSr6iCNjpA@mail.gmail.com>
	<55251F56DC9145F7AE48F24F9F4EF7DD@CSI9020>
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Message-ID: <6239c5dd-5360-308a-180e-adfbbff577c3@msa.hinet.net>

Hello all,

I downloaded the software (V0.21) from the G0KLA website, running it on 
Linux (Kubuntu 18.04 with Java version 0.64). Well, I'm trying to run 
it, because I get the following error message.....

java -jar PacSatGround.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
 ??????? at PacSatGround.main(PacSatGround.java:29)

On my laptop it runs fine, albeit it uses a slightly older Java version 
(0.59) on Debian Testing from 18.03 (Netrunner).

Question: is there a specific Java version that has to be used with 
V0.21 of? the PacSat software, or is my system messed up and I need to 
do a fresh install?

Cheers,

Hans

BX2ABT



> Chris
>
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 14:03 Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>>     I've been able to pull AX.25 frames from the satnogs .ogg recordings of
>> Falconsat-3 and I usually get more valid frames than satnogs shows on the
>> webpage when using my brute force demodulator (my brute force demodulator
>> was the topic of my Symposium paper).
>>     Can you contact me off the list and let's work out how to automate
>> demodulating telemetry from the existing recordings (and new recordings as
>> they get added) and get it into the telemetry server.
>>
>> 73,
>> Douglas KA2UPW/5
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 11:21 AM Corey Shields <cshields at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chris, we spoke at the symposium about sharing data..
>>>
>>> The best way to pull data would be to periodically pull from the api for
>>> db.satnogs.org, however its not working at the moment[1]. I've got some
>>> free time this weekend, I'll see if I can get this fixed.
>>>
>>> That said, we have been decoding the messages we have from falconsat-3
>>> into
>>> our dashboard[2] going back to April. Its just running through a message
>>> decoder, no telemetry. It shouldn't be too hard to write a struct for the
>>> telemetry, and re-decode the frames so we can make use of the rest of the
>>> data.
>>>
>>> I'll reach out directly once the API is fixed..
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Corey  KB9JHU
>>>
>>> [1] -
>>> https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/satnogs/satnogs-db/issues/266
>>> [2] -
>>> https://dashboard.satnogs.org/d/UZ30F5Xik/ax-25-monitor?refresh=1m&orgId=1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:49 PM Chris Thompson <g0kla at arrl.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not aware of that data or how to access it.  If there is an archive
>>> of
>>>> data and it includes the WE files then it might be useful to us.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:25 PM Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's great, Chris!  Thanks for all the work on that project.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding telemetry, does AMSAT access the data that is forwarded to
>>>>> SatNogs?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ever since FalconSat-3 was turned over to the Amateur Community, along
>>>>> with
>>>>> I'm sure a lot of others, I have forwarded thousands of telemetry
>>> packets
>>>>> from FalconSat-3 to the SatNogs database using the DK3WN Telemetry
>>>>> Forwarder
>>>>> ( http://www.dk3wn.info/files/tlm_forwarder2.zip ).
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, I don't know HOW to access data that is forwarded to SatNogs in
>>> that
>>>>> way, but a lot of data is aggregated there from many of the past &
>>>>> presently
>>>>> active satellites that have known decoders.   I'm aware that Univ.
>>>>> Colorado
>>>>> / Boulder obtains data from the CSIM satellite that way; I would
>>> imagine
>>>>> others do as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for what I'm sure was a huge job on the new software!
>>>>>
>>>>> -Scott,  K4KDR
>>>>>
>>>>> =========================================
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Chris Thompson
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 5:53 PM
>>>>> To: AMSAT
>>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
>>>>>
>>>>> I've written a new Ground station for FalconSat-3. If you had an
>>> initial
>>>> go
>>>>> with WISP without success or if you have never tried to decode
>>>> FalconSat-3,
>>>>> now is a good time to try.  This requires much less setup than WISP.
>>> And
>>>>> don't be put off if you don't have a hardware TNC, this will work
>>> with a
>>>>> soundcard TNC. Or, if you didn't try to listen to FalconSat-3 because
>>> you
>>>>> don't have a station that can transmit commands to the spacecraft,
>>> then
>>>>> read on. We still need your help to decode telemetry.
>>>>>
>>>>> In particular we would like to encourage people to download the
>>> Telemetry
>>>>> and forward it to an AMSAT telemetry server.  Currently more
>>> telemetry is
>>>>> generated than we can download with AMSAT Operations ground stations.
>>>>> Receive only stations can contribute to that as well as stations
>>> equipped
>>>>> to transmit to FalconSat-3 and request files.  You can see telemetry
>>>>> uploaded so far here: http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3
>>>>>
>>>>> There are details about the spacecraft, how to install the software
>>> and
>>>> how
>>>>> it works in the manual available if you download the software or
>>> online
>>>>> here: http://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/pacsat_ground_manual.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>> You can download the software at www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php.  I
>>> have
>>>>> also written some blog posts and thoughts about the software for
>>> anyone
>>>>> interested.  They are linked from the download page.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is much to do here of course and most of it probably won't get
>>>> done.
>>>>> I would call this a beta release.  If you have suggestions or bug
>>> fixes
>>>>> please log them online at https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/issues or
>>> send
>>>>> me
>>>>> an email.
>>>>>
>>>>> The software is open source.  All the details are here:
>>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/  The telemetry processing and
>>> display
>>>>> leverages common code from FoxTelem in a library here:
>>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/libTelem/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Chris E. Thompson
>>>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
>>>>> g0kla at arrl.net
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>>>> Opinions
>>>>> expressed
>>>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
>>> of
>>>>> AMSAT-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
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>>> Opinions
>>>> expressed
>>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>>>> AMSAT-NA.
>>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>>> program!
>>>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Corey Shields
>>> _______________________________________________
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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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>>>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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>
>
>


From hamsat at xs4all.nl  Thu Apr  4 10:57:00 2019
From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 12:57:00 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
In-Reply-To: <e74b2671-7b1e-ae3b-290b-3cd64c8c9a48@xs4all.nl>
References: <e74b2671-7b1e-ae3b-290b-3cd64c8c9a48@xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <fa4a084c-1d88-8eb1-4b3b-188427ccd748@xs4all.nl>


Doppler measurements show that M6P is object 44109, 2019-018AF.

73,
Nico PA0DLO

On 03-04-19 14:43, Nico Janssen wrote:
> All,
>
> Doppler measurements show that AstroCast 0.2 is object 44083, 2019-018F.
> Downlink: 437.1729 MHz.
>
> Doppler measurements show that AISTechSat 3 is object 44103, 2019-018AB.
> Downlink: 436.7302 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated
> with the IARU.
>
> Doppler measurements show that the PS4 stage of PSLV C45, with the AIS,
> APRS and ARIS payloads attached, is object 44104, 2019-018AC.
> The APRS payload of AMSAT-India is called AISat 1 and has downlink
> frequency 145.825 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated
> with the IARU.
>
> Doppler measurements show that the 6U Cubesat M6P is now about 50 s
> behind the PS4 stage. TLEs for M6P are not yet available.
> The downlink frequency of M6P is 437.265 MHz. Note that coordination of
> this frequency has been DECLINED by the IARU because there is no amateur
> radio involved in this mission.
>
> 73,
> Nico PA0DLO
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. 
> Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views 
> of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite 
> program!
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From aj9n at aol.com  Thu Apr  4 02:13:48 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 02:13:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-04 02:00
	UTC
References: <1798826319.16248470.1554344028743.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1798826319.16248470.1554344028743@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-04 02:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg

?

?

Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg

?

?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg

?

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?(***)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) http://www.jarl.org/

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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 113


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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?2019-04-04 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 1296. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1239. 
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 2019-03-28 21:00 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. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From cchunter3 at mindspring.com  Thu Apr  4 14:43:28 2019
From: cchunter3 at mindspring.com (christy hunter)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 07:43:28 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 - AISAT-1 working over NA
In-Reply-To: <fa4a084c-1d88-8eb1-4b3b-188427ccd748@xs4all.nl>
References: <fa4a084c-1d88-8eb1-4b3b-188427ccd748@xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <bf9c06ed-3002-49b3-fdb0-c3d3677d2b40@mindspring.com>

I was able to get 4 beacons digi thru AISAT-1 using ARISS path, and 
UISS. Obj /44104, 2019-018AC/

no other stations heard.

I wonder if the AMSAT status page will be listing this sat on the list?

73 Christy KB6LTY DM14



From royldean at gmail.com  Thu Apr  4 15:30:36 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 11:30:36 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 - AISAT-1 working over NA
Message-ID: <CADGPg2sXp4rDkN-y7kZLXRCEMpEHUONC6iaBi+UFWuhZw0o69w@mail.gmail.com>

Chisty,

I have been unable to get in (that I know of) using a D72 (5W) and Elk.
 What antenna and Tx power are you using?   Thanks!

--Roy
K3RLD



> I was able to get 4 beacons digi thru AISAT-1 using ARISS path, and
> UISS. Obj /44104, 2019-018AC/

From scott23192 at gmail.com  Thu Apr  4 15:39:03 2019
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 11:39:03 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 - AISAT-1 working over NA
In-Reply-To: <bf9c06ed-3002-49b3-fdb0-c3d3677d2b40@mindspring.com>
References: <fa4a084c-1d88-8eb1-4b3b-188427ccd748@xs4all.nl>
	<bf9c06ed-3002-49b3-fdb0-c3d3677d2b40@mindspring.com>
Message-ID: <CAJCSnObebC1+p3MV9ATgvFk8Vhdn=xUQoh4HkMNzDiOpKYc=XQ@mail.gmail.com>

Congrats!!

I just got digipeated for the first time myself on the 1512utc pass here.

Using 50w to 2m X-Quad w/ AZ-EL tracking, I was only heard at closest
approach (69? elevation).  My iGate received the digipeats w/ no errors,
but for some unknown reason the packets are not showing up on the greater
APRS network (APRS.fi, for instance).  I don't know the reason for that.

Here's a tweet w/ screen shots:

https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1113827054892539905

-Scott,  K4KDR

===============================

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 10:44 AM christy hunter via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I was able to get 4 beacons digi thru AISAT-1 using ARISS path, and
> UISS. Obj /44104, 2019-018AC/
>
> no other stations heard.
>
> I wonder if the AMSAT status page will be listing this sat on the list?
>
> 73 Christy KB6LTY DM14
>

From ingejack at cox.net  Thu Apr  4 16:56:43 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 12:56:43 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
Message-ID: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>

Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass   73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42

From royldean at gmail.com  Thu Apr  4 17:43:04 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 13:43:04 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
Message-ID: <CADGPg2sbmV7sV2KOHuRA4DAJa75sjD8WXXNjxB3c+kX-K2TJ2g@mail.gmail.com>

Jack, can you post antenna used and Tx power?   Thanks.

--Roy
K3RLD


> Great pass at 1642 Z using both ARISS and AISAT-1 and UISS had no problem
> digipeating from DM42 throughout the pass 73 JACK KC7MG DM42

From ingejack at cox.net  Thu Apr  4 18:14:58 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 14:14:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
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Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
No other stations heard throughout pass !


> On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass   73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42
> 
 

From john at papays.com  Thu Apr  4 19:01:08 2019
From: john at papays.com (John Papay)
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 15:01:08 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] UT1FG/MM QSL PROCEDURE
Message-ID: <20190404190116.EB77A87C8@lansing182.amsat.org>

Yuri, UT1FG/mm, is headed to Kalningrad (UA2) and according to
marinetraffic.com, he will be there around 16April.  Yuri will
leave the ship there and go on vacation until next season.

Yuri would like those who want to confirm their contacts, to
do so by following the procedure to create a .pdf file that
he can print, confirm and mail out from Kaliningrad.  Instructions
for creating the .pdf file are on papays.com/sat  Please do not
forget to include your mailing address in the header per the example.

He would like to receive the qsl logsheets about one week before
he arrives in port.  You can send them to me later than that, but
he may not have time to process them as he approaches port.  That
decision is up to you.  I will forward them to Yuri as long as
he is still underway.  Send your logsheets to my qrz.com email
address.

Yuri was in HL90 on the 1818z 04April pass of AO-7.

73,
John K8YSE


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From ingejack at cox.net  Thu Apr  4 19:24:46 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 15:24:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 working over NA
Message-ID: <1013809956.1549410.1554405886882@myemail.cox.net>

When explaining my antenna setup I only meant to advise what I have at my qth for antennas. Of course AISAT-1 is only on 145.825  so of course it cannot be accessed via 435Mhz  Sorry for any problems ...

From tasmac at w5pfg.us  Thu Apr  4 19:25:57 2019
From: tasmac at w5pfg.us (Clayton Coleman W5PFG)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 14:25:57 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Digital Voice Transponder Satellites
Message-ID: <91dd1903-d111-79a6-cf89-46d51833f000@w5pfg.us>

Historically, strong opinions about digital vs. analog voice 
transponders have been made public here on the AMSAT-BB.

Since Chinese satellite LO-90 recently re-entered and is no longer 
available, I wanted to hear from those that are pro-digital-voice 
satellites on their experiences using it. LO-90 was single channel but 
it offered a perfect platform to experiment with digital voice on an 
amateur satellite.

I congratulate the team that built it for trying something new and 
giving us an opportunity to play with it.

It is my observation that the satellite had very little use, as 
evidenced by the telemetry dashboard statistics. Why was that? I seem to 
recall many pro-digital voice conversations on the AMSAT-BB in the past. 
This was an excellent opportunity to try digital voice, and yet so few did.

My excuse was that ?life got in the way? and I didn?t spend the time 
until near the very end of its operational life. Unfortunately, I let 
time slip away and didn?t get to enjoy this fascinating digital voice 
experiment as much as I should have. Thankfully I was able to get my 
station up and running in time to hear my own voice, decode, and submit 
telemetry before re-entry.

Are we ready for digital voice? Why or why not?

73,
Clayton
W5PFG

From walterh at k5wh.net  Thu Apr  4 21:31:59 2019
From: walterh at k5wh.net (walterh at k5wh.net)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 16:31:59 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <CADGPg2sbmV7sV2KOHuRA4DAJa75sjD8WXXNjxB3c+kX-K2TJ2g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2sbmV7sV2KOHuRA4DAJa75sjD8WXXNjxB3c+kX-K2TJ2g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000001d4eb2d$d6c8b340$845a19c0$@k5wh.net>

I'm with you Roy.

 

I have been trying since Monday to catch a packet from it myself, with no luck either, and I have a pretty decent station that works quite well on everything else up there.

 

So not sure why I'm not getting anything, unless the keps in the nasa.all are incorrect or something.  But I seriously doubt that.

 

I have had some very good elevation passes at 50 degrees plus, and still nothing.

 

So still trying.. ?

Walter/K5WH

 

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Jack, can you post antenna used and Tx power?   Thanks.

 

--Roy

K3RLD

 

 

> Great pass at 1642 Z using both ARISS and AISAT-1 and UISS had no 

> problem digipeating from DM42 throughout the pass 73 JACK KC7MG DM42

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From royldean at gmail.com  Thu Apr  4 21:41:58 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 17:41:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
Message-ID: <CADGPg2uZp0j128op_phkrJLni_J-TT2-T2w-5VPq76Sd31993A@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the feedback, everybody.   So far I haven't heard from anybody
that used less than 25 watts, so this one may be a little deaf.   I will
attempt it with my D710 this weekend, and try to verify.

--Roy
K3RLD

From scott23192 at gmail.com  Thu Apr  4 22:54:45 2019
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 18:54:45 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Digital Voice Transponder Satellites
In-Reply-To: <91dd1903-d111-79a6-cf89-46d51833f000@w5pfg.us>
References: <91dd1903-d111-79a6-cf89-46d51833f000@w5pfg.us>
Message-ID: <CAJCSnOYKiKRK65r3z0JFC=pFzb1BjrGasj39UUh+piKi5S7n=Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Clayton!

I was active with all of LO-90's capabilities.  In addition to the digital
voice transponder, several of us also enjoyed commanding it to take
pictures and downloading telemetry (including the .JPG pictures when we
requested them to be taken).

Everyone enjoys different aspects of our hobby; I particularly like things
that require a lot of cooperation between computer & radio.  So, LO-90 was
a perfect fit for me and others.

It was also a great opportunity to get more familiar with GNU Radio and the
related apps developed by Harbin University as well as by others in the
Amateur Radio community.  We're really fortunate to have so many folks with
the programming skills to jump in and add value (and fun!) when new
satellites show up in orbit.

-Scott,  K4KDR

=============================

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 3:27 PM Clayton Coleman W5PFG via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Historically, strong opinions about digital vs. analog voice
> transponders have been made public here on the AMSAT-BB.
>
> Since Chinese satellite LO-90 recently re-entered and is no longer
> available, I wanted to hear from those that are pro-digital-voice
> satellites on their experiences using it. LO-90 was single channel but
> it offered a perfect platform to experiment with digital voice on an
> amateur satellite.
>
> I congratulate the team that built it for trying something new and
> giving us an opportunity to play with it.
>
> It is my observation that the satellite had very little use, as
> evidenced by the telemetry dashboard statistics. Why was that? I seem to
> recall many pro-digital voice conversations on the AMSAT-BB in the past.
> This was an excellent opportunity to try digital voice, and yet so few did.
>
> My excuse was that ?life got in the way? and I didn?t spend the time
> until near the very end of its operational life. Unfortunately, I let
> time slip away and didn?t get to enjoy this fascinating digital voice
> experiment as much as I should have. Thankfully I was able to get my
> station up and running in time to hear my own voice, decode, and submit
> telemetry before re-entry.
>
> Are we ready for digital voice? Why or why not?
>
> 73,
> Clayton
> W5PFG
>

From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Fri Apr  5 00:09:01 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 00:09:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
Message-ID: <624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>

 Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones. 
Thanks.
73!
Umesh, k6vug


    On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
No other stations heard throughout pass !


> On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>? ? Great pass at 1642 Z? using both ARISS and AISAT-1? and UISS had no problem digipeating? from DM42 throughout the pass? 73? JACK? KC7MG? DM42
> 
 
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From scott23192 at gmail.com  Fri Apr  5 00:28:37 2019
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 20:28:37 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAJCSnOYtK-Mo_xdk=SDdo8ZoFLiEgwt_A=LwCyYV26n6zERgbg@mail.gmail.com>

Look for Object # 44104 such as:

AIS & APRS & ARIS & R/B
1 44104U 19018AC  19094.73840688  .00000785  00000-0  28226-4 0  9993
2 44104  97.5183 155.2760 0058541 333.8488  25.9798 15.30317850   546

... at this URL:

https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/active.txt

-Scott,  K4KDR

============================


On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:11 PM k6vug--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

>  Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?If not
> could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
> Thanks.
> 73!
> Umesh, k6vug
>
>
>     On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>  Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12
> el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
> No other stations heard throughout pass !
>
>
> > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >    Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no
> problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass  73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42
>

From will at spaceflightsoftware.com  Thu Apr  4 21:40:15 2019
From: will at spaceflightsoftware.com (Will Marchant)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 17:40:15 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <000001d4eb2d$d6c8b340$845a19c0$@k5wh.net>
References: <CADGPg2sbmV7sV2KOHuRA4DAJa75sjD8WXXNjxB3c+kX-K2TJ2g@mail.gmail.com>
	<000001d4eb2d$d6c8b340$845a19c0$@k5wh.net>
Message-ID: <a6739c3d-6c62-d1bf-a15d-7877cb315dfc@spaceflightsoftware.com>

I had an overhead pass this morning and had two packets break squelch on 
my Kenwood TH-D74A with a Diamond SRH77CA "somewhat long" rubber duck 
antenna.  The packets did not decode so I don't know for sure that they 
came from the bird.

I was using the "AIS & APRS & ARIS & R/B" elements (44104, 19018AC) 
elements from http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt

I'll try with an Arrow antenna tomorrow...
	73,
	Will KW4WZ

On 4/4/19 5:31 PM, Walter Holmes via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I'm with you Roy.
> 
>   
> 
> I have been trying since Monday to catch a packet from it myself, with no luck either, and I have a pretty decent station that works quite well on everything else up there.
> 
>   
> 
> So not sure why I'm not getting anything, unless the keps in the nasa.all are incorrect or something.  But I seriously doubt that.
> 
>   
> 
> I have had some very good elevation passes at 50 degrees plus, and still nothing.
> 
>   
> 
> So still trying.. ?
> 
> Walter/K5WH

-- 
Will Marchant, KW4WZ
will at spaceflightsoftware.com     http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/will/

From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Fri Apr  5 01:47:50 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 01:47:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <CAJCSnOYtK-Mo_xdk=SDdo8ZoFLiEgwt_A=LwCyYV26n6zERgbg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAJCSnOYtK-Mo_xdk=SDdo8ZoFLiEgwt_A=LwCyYV26n6zERgbg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <515956550.17175721.1554428870578@mail.yahoo.com>

 Thank you very much.
73! 
Umesh, k6vug 


    On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 5:29:26 PM PDT, Scott via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Look for Object # 44104 such as:

AIS & APRS & ARIS & R/B
1 44104U 19018AC? 19094.73840688? .00000785? 00000-0? 28226-4 0? 9993
2 44104? 97.5183 155.2760 0058541 333.8488? 25.9798 15.30317850? 546

... at this URL:

https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/active.txt

-Scott,? K4KDR

============================


On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:11 PM k6vug--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

>? Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?If not
> could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
> Thanks.
> 73!
> Umesh, k6vug
>
>
>? ? On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>? Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12
> el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
> No other stations heard throughout pass !
>
>
> > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >? ? Great pass at 1642 Z? using both ARISS and AISAT-1? and UISS had no
> problem digipeating? from DM42 throughout the pass? 73? JACK? KC7MG? DM42
>
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From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Fri Apr  5 06:59:45 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 06:59:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <CADGPg2uZp0j128op_phkrJLni_J-TT2-T2w-5VPq76Sd31993A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2uZp0j128op_phkrJLni_J-TT2-T2w-5VPq76Sd31993A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1308303653.15866757.1554447585522@mail.yahoo.com>

All,
Please use slightly high power 30-40 watts into a 10db gain antenna.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Friday, 5 April, 2019, 3:13:31 am IST, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Thanks for the feedback, everybody.? So far I haven't heard from anybody
that used less than 25 watts, so this one may be a little deaf.? I will
attempt it with my D710 this weekend, and try to verify.

--Roy
K3RLD
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From n4qwf1 at gmail.com  Fri Apr  5 10:54:43 2019
From: n4qwf1 at gmail.com (n4qwf)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 06:54:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] One more freebie
Message-ID: <CA+Fxo6T8rinBsKcyQ2zD9F+6-iBp8rg1tTBWmNwjtpDOB+cEFw@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks to my friend Mark N2QT I have one more PacComm 9600 baud modem board
to give away for the cost of shipping. If you can use it let me know.
Please only request it if you can make use of it. First come first serve.

73<<John

From ingejack at cox.net  Fri Apr  5 13:28:39 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 09:28:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>

Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
14104 19018AC AISAT-1
AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32


> On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>     Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?
>     If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
>     Thanks.
> 
>     73!
>     Umesh, k6vug
> 
> 
> 
>     On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
>     No other stations heard throughout pass !
> 
> 
>     > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >    Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass  73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42
>     >
> 
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From n8hm at arrl.net  Fri Apr  5 14:28:35 2019
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 10:28:35 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-095 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT
 Files Comments in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding
Message-ID: <CABzOSOovSNT=h9W7jYTmUbWH43wV3Tq7W-D2MxbtA-Y2NoY28w@mail.gmail.com>

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-095.01

In this Special Bulletin:

* AMSAT Files Comments in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-095.01
ANS-095 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin

AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 333.01
 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD
DATE April 5, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-095.01

AMSAT Files Comments in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed several rules
changes related to the amateur satellite service as part of a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to the mitigation of orbital
debris. AMSAT believes several of these rule changes would have an
extremely detrimental affect on the amateur satellite service and
AMSAT's ability to launch and operate new satellites, including
AMSAT's upcoming GOLF satellites.

Today, AMSAT filed comments on the proposed rulemaking. In the
comments, AMSAT argues that amateur satellites often have longer
mission lifespans than other small satellite missions and that the
Commission should take a mission duration of 5 to 10 years into
account when determining whether or not an amateur satellite will
meet the orbital debris regulations by transferring to a parking
orbit or re-entering the atmosphere within 25 years of mission
completion. The current practice is to assume a "zero year" mission
and to require that amateur satellites either transfer to a parking
orbit or re-enter within 25 years following launch.

AMSAT also urged the Commission to consider alternatives to a
proposed rule that would restrict satellites in Low Earth Orbit that
plan to meet the orbital debris mitigation guidelines through
atmospheric re-entry to altitudes of 650 km or less. AMSAT noted
that, had this rule been in place, AO-85 and AO-91 would not have been
able to be deployed in their current ellipitcal orbits with apogees
of approximately 800 km, despite the fact that both of these
satellites will re-enter within 25 years due to their low perigees.
Additionally, AMSAT noted that current plans for the GOLF-1 satellite
are to meet orbital debris mitigation guidelines through atmospheric
re-entry by deploying a drag device that will ensure re-entry within
25 years despite deployment at an altitude of above 1,000 km. This
proposed rule would prohibit GOLF-1's deployment at that altitude.

The Commission's proposed rules would also require that amateur
satellite licensees indemnify the government against any claims made
against the United States due to the operation of the satellite. AMSAT
believes this proposal would end the ability of AMSAT, or any other
entity in the United States, to launch and operate amateur satellites
and urges the Commission to consider alternatives, such as
establishing a fund to pay any such claims, noting that the likelihood
of such a claim is low.

For amateur satellites with propulsion, the Commission proposes a rule
that would require any command links as well as satellite telemetry be
encrypted. While AMSAT understands and agrees that a satellite
carrying a propulsion system must have an encrypted command link, the
proposal to require all satellite telemetry be encrypted is
unnecessary and counter to the spirit of the amateur service. AMSAT
notes that open access to telemetry is expected of amateur satellites
and is critical to the educational component of amateur radio
satellites.

Finally, AMSAT proposes that the Commission exempt amateur space
stations co-located on other spacecraft from the orbital debris
mitigation regulations, including any indemnification rule. Noting
that AMSAT has pursued opportunities to fly a payload as a rideshare
aboard government or commercial satellites, AMSAT argues that, as the
satellite's owner will need to meet orbital debris mitigation
requirements to obtain the license in the primary mission's service,
requiring the amateur licensee to meet the orbital debris mitigation
requirements as well is redundant. AMSAT proposes that Part 97 be
amended to state that amateur space stations co-located on spacecraft
with space stations authorized under Part 25 of the Commission's
regulations (for commercial spacecraft) or by the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) (for
government spacecraft) are exempt from these regulations.

AMSAT's comments as filed may be downloaded at
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-095-Comments

The NPRM is International Bureau Docket #18-313 and is available at
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-159A1.pdf

Interested parties may file reply comments by May 5th at
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/

[ANS thanks AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for
the above information]

/EX

In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships,
and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to
receive additional 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
student 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 help keep Amateur Radio in space,

This week's ANS Contributing Editor,

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org

From peter at magicbug.co.uk  Fri Apr  5 16:36:09 2019
From: peter at magicbug.co.uk (Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL))
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 17:36:09 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] Digital Voice Transponder Satellites
In-Reply-To: <91dd1903-d111-79a6-cf89-46d51833f000@w5pfg.us>
References: <91dd1903-d111-79a6-cf89-46d51833f000@w5pfg.us>
Message-ID: <CAFvUaipZ+XkvsZWeDHpaUxgXA8BRmgOVxyJLOwBVaoEacOCh7A@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Clayton,

TL;DR: I think it was Linux/GNU Radio that limited the uptake.

For myself I had a couple of contacts via the satellite, it was mostly
due to the logistics of the software stack required. for myself I have
my automated station running on the Windows with SatPC32 and some
custom software for controlling antenna settings so this needs to be
running and for LO-90 I needed a separate computer running Linux with
GNU Radio, sadly that landed during a period where I moved and no
longer had a permanent setup for a while.

I'm all for a digital satellite, in fact, I'd like to see the AMSAT
community launch another one as in theory could have quite a few
signals in the same bandwidth of a standard FM sat, but for the
community to "take it up" I think the software supporting it needs to
be Windows/Multiplatform in an easy to use form as not everyone is
comfortable with GNU Radio, let alone Linux.

I suspect for portable ops to take it up, if a software setup could
run on a little arm board or similar without much hassle again people
would use it with simpler setups.

Hopefully, we can launch another.

73,

Peter.

On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 20:27, Clayton Coleman W5PFG via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Historically, strong opinions about digital vs. analog voice
> transponders have been made public here on the AMSAT-BB.
>
> Since Chinese satellite LO-90 recently re-entered and is no longer
> available, I wanted to hear from those that are pro-digital-voice
> satellites on their experiences using it. LO-90 was single channel but
> it offered a perfect platform to experiment with digital voice on an
> amateur satellite.
>
> I congratulate the team that built it for trying something new and
> giving us an opportunity to play with it.
>
> It is my observation that the satellite had very little use, as
> evidenced by the telemetry dashboard statistics. Why was that? I seem to
> recall many pro-digital voice conversations on the AMSAT-BB in the past.
> This was an excellent opportunity to try digital voice, and yet so few did.
>
> My excuse was that ?life got in the way? and I didn?t spend the time
> until near the very end of its operational life. Unfortunately, I let
> time slip away and didn?t get to enjoy this fascinating digital voice
> experiment as much as I should have. Thankfully I was able to get my
> station up and running in time to hear my own voice, decode, and submit
> telemetry before re-entry.
>
> Are we ready for digital voice? Why or why not?
>
> 73,
> Clayton
> W5PFG
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

From n4qwf1 at gmail.com  Fri Apr  5 16:58:05 2019
From: n4qwf1 at gmail.com (n4qwf)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 12:58:05 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Spoken for
Message-ID: <CA+Fxo6QBwkOXHdqNxGh7xupKcdM7KiN02BvPf54gs85=h7q6dA@mail.gmail.com>

The 9600 PacComm board has been claimed.

73<<John

From tower2 at stx.rr.com  Fri Apr  5 19:02:42 2019
From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (Harvey N. Vordenbaum)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 14:02:42 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] GPS TIME TURNOVER
Message-ID: <005b01d4ebe2$272f1400$758d3c00$@rr.com>

What is the significances of the GPS time/date rollover?

K5hv

 


From zmetzing at pobox.com  Fri Apr  5 19:05:23 2019
From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 14:05:23 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] GPS TIME TURNOVER
In-Reply-To: <005b01d4ebe2$272f1400$758d3c00$@rr.com>
References: <005b01d4ebe2$272f1400$758d3c00$@rr.com>
Message-ID: <203f1389-d6d2-b7d1-f57d-b77b72d6a770@pobox.com>

On 4/5/19 2:02 PM, Harvey N. Vordenbaum via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> What is the significances of the GPS time/date rollover?

0x3FF -> 0x000

:-)

https://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/gps/gps-week-number-rollover

--- Zach
N0ZGO


From chrisethompson at gmail.com  Fri Apr  5 21:03:57 2019
From: chrisethompson at gmail.com (Chris Thompson)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 23:03:57 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
In-Reply-To: <6239c5dd-5360-308a-180e-adfbbff577c3@msa.hinet.net>
References: <CAJOf0+vheYt_5FM-vd-Q6VBdb3zYg-VDOYxuvfy0kSr6iCNjpA@mail.gmail.com>
	<55251F56DC9145F7AE48F24F9F4EF7DD@CSI9020>
	<CAJOf0+v+0hYBEGGezwK3cmaS3nA=xXJujPHHF=quugrW4Q1iEg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CANnv5mZr1HFY6dJnhmOTFvtTV0ySe0kSxXiSnXSCgF_y6jFNFg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALaYSmmqBeZL0RKBPnuRiMMRg=UifXFVjWgsAONXMuON=ojVig@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAJOf0+tKj3N_hQ1proMn4iU7oZ5VjzxkiAOP_i3=-LkHERi49g@mail.gmail.com>
	<6239c5dd-5360-308a-180e-adfbbff577c3@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <CAJOf0+tepELGzW8ps-y9jhXGq2=FhhukidTzjVkv+cYSv8sRKw@mail.gmail.com>

Hans,

Sorry about that. It's a bug in the code that only manifests itself on some
versions of Linux. I had to fix the same bug in FoxTelem recently. I'll
need to make a new build available.

73
Chris

On Wed, Apr 3, 2019, 23:42 Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I downloaded the software (V0.21) from the G0KLA website, running it on
> Linux (Kubuntu 18.04 with Java version 0.64). Well, I'm trying to run
> it, because I get the following error message.....
>
> java -jar PacSatGround.jar
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
>          at PacSatGround.main(PacSatGround.java:29)
>
> On my laptop it runs fine, albeit it uses a slightly older Java version
> (0.59) on Debian Testing from 18.03 (Netrunner).
>
> Question: is there a specific Java version that has to be used with
> V0.21 of  the PacSat software, or is my system messed up and I need to
> do a fresh install?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
>
>
> > Chris
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 14:03 Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Chris,
> >>
> >>     I've been able to pull AX.25 frames from the satnogs .ogg
> recordings of
> >> Falconsat-3 and I usually get more valid frames than satnogs shows on
> the
> >> webpage when using my brute force demodulator (my brute force
> demodulator
> >> was the topic of my Symposium paper).
> >>     Can you contact me off the list and let's work out how to automate
> >> demodulating telemetry from the existing recordings (and new recordings
> as
> >> they get added) and get it into the telemetry server.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Douglas KA2UPW/5
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 11:21 AM Corey Shields <cshields at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Chris, we spoke at the symposium about sharing data..
> >>>
> >>> The best way to pull data would be to periodically pull from the api
> for
> >>> db.satnogs.org, however its not working at the moment[1]. I've got
> some
> >>> free time this weekend, I'll see if I can get this fixed.
> >>>
> >>> That said, we have been decoding the messages we have from falconsat-3
> >>> into
> >>> our dashboard[2] going back to April. Its just running through a
> message
> >>> decoder, no telemetry. It shouldn't be too hard to write a struct for
> the
> >>> telemetry, and re-decode the frames so we can make use of the rest of
> the
> >>> data.
> >>>
> >>> I'll reach out directly once the API is fixed..
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> -Corey  KB9JHU
> >>>
> >>> [1] -
> >>> https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/satnogs/satnogs-db/issues/266
> >>> [2] -
> >>>
> https://dashboard.satnogs.org/d/UZ30F5Xik/ax-25-monitor?refresh=1m&orgId=1
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:49 PM Chris Thompson <g0kla at arrl.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I'm not aware of that data or how to access it.  If there is an
> archive
> >>> of
> >>>> data and it includes the WE files then it might be useful to us.
> >>>>
> >>>> 73
> >>>> Chris
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:25 PM Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> That's great, Chris!  Thanks for all the work on that project.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regarding telemetry, does AMSAT access the data that is forwarded to
> >>>>> SatNogs?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ever since FalconSat-3 was turned over to the Amateur Community,
> along
> >>>>> with
> >>>>> I'm sure a lot of others, I have forwarded thousands of telemetry
> >>> packets
> >>>>> from FalconSat-3 to the SatNogs database using the DK3WN Telemetry
> >>>>> Forwarder
> >>>>> ( http://www.dk3wn.info/files/tlm_forwarder2.zip ).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Now, I don't know HOW to access data that is forwarded to SatNogs in
> >>> that
> >>>>> way, but a lot of data is aggregated there from many of the past &
> >>>>> presently
> >>>>> active satellites that have known decoders.   I'm aware that Univ.
> >>>>> Colorado
> >>>>> / Boulder obtains data from the CSIM satellite that way; I would
> >>> imagine
> >>>>> others do as well.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks again for what I'm sure was a huge job on the new software!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Scott,  K4KDR
> >>>>>
> >>>>> =========================================
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: Chris Thompson
> >>>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 5:53 PM
> >>>>> To: AMSAT
> >>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've written a new Ground station for FalconSat-3. If you had an
> >>> initial
> >>>> go
> >>>>> with WISP without success or if you have never tried to decode
> >>>> FalconSat-3,
> >>>>> now is a good time to try.  This requires much less setup than WISP.
> >>> And
> >>>>> don't be put off if you don't have a hardware TNC, this will work
> >>> with a
> >>>>> soundcard TNC. Or, if you didn't try to listen to FalconSat-3 because
> >>> you
> >>>>> don't have a station that can transmit commands to the spacecraft,
> >>> then
> >>>>> read on. We still need your help to decode telemetry.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In particular we would like to encourage people to download the
> >>> Telemetry
> >>>>> and forward it to an AMSAT telemetry server.  Currently more
> >>> telemetry is
> >>>>> generated than we can download with AMSAT Operations ground stations.
> >>>>> Receive only stations can contribute to that as well as stations
> >>> equipped
> >>>>> to transmit to FalconSat-3 and request files.  You can see telemetry
> >>>>> uploaded so far here: http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There are details about the spacecraft, how to install the software
> >>> and
> >>>> how
> >>>>> it works in the manual available if you download the software or
> >>> online
> >>>>> here: http://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/pacsat_ground_manual.pdf
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You can download the software at www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php.  I
> >>> have
> >>>>> also written some blog posts and thoughts about the software for
> >>> anyone
> >>>>> interested.  They are linked from the download page.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There is much to do here of course and most of it probably won't get
> >>>> done.
> >>>>> I would call this a beta release.  If you have suggestions or bug
> >>> fixes
> >>>>> please log them online at https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/issues or
> >>> send
> >>>>> me
> >>>>> an email.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The software is open source.  All the details are here:
> >>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/  The telemetry processing and
> >>> display
> >>>>> leverages common code from FoxTelem in a library here:
> >>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/libTelem/
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Chris E. Thompson
> >>>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> >>>>> g0kla at arrl.net
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
> available
> >>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >>>> Opinions
> >>>>> expressed
> >>>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> >>> of
> >>>>> AMSAT-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
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >>> Opinions
> >>>> expressed
> >>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> of
> >>>> AMSAT-NA.
> >>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> >>> program!
> >>>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Corey Shields
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >>> Opinions expressed
> >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> of
> >>> AMSAT-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
> >
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
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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 ingejack at cox.net  Fri Apr  5 21:53:52 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 17:53:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 CONTACT
Message-ID: <1322780689.1581219.1554501232139@myemail.cox.net>

Great contact via the AISAT-1 digipeater  at 1755 Z. Contact between KB6LTY (DM14) and Myself KC7MG (DM42) .

Satellite was at 26 degree max over the West Coast and very strong down to about 12 degrees. Digipeating was very easy using 25 watts of power and UISS software ! Now I wonder when it will be available in LOTW to confirm the contact       DE KC7MG

From jeff30339 at gmail.com  Fri Apr  5 22:27:00 2019
From: jeff30339 at gmail.com (Jeff Johns)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 17:27:00 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 CONTACT
In-Reply-To: <1322780689.1581219.1554501232139@myemail.cox.net>
References: <1322780689.1581219.1554501232139@myemail.cox.net>
Message-ID: <EFF33D65-56FA-4FCA-8D28-0538F0B4567B@gmail.com>

I wish I had 25 watts to work it. It?s a shame it takes that much power. 

Jeff WE4B 

> On Apr 5, 2019, at 4:53 PM, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Great contact via the AISAT-1 digipeater  at 1755 Z. Contact between KB6LTY (DM14) and Myself KC7MG (DM42) .
> 
> Satellite was at 26 degree max over the West Coast and very strong down to about 12 degrees. Digipeating was very easy using 25 watts of power and UISS software ! Now I wonder when it will be available in LOTW to confirm the contact       DE KC7MG
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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 ingejack at cox.net  Fri Apr  5 17:31:33 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 13:31:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <82305a80-be59-c5d6-e6a9-30a84c330968@gmail.com>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
	<82305a80-be59-c5d6-e6a9-30a84c330968@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1463091998.6842.1554485493950@myemail.cox.net>

44104 19018AC is what I am using !


> On April 5, 2019 at 1:27 PM Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     Do you mean catalog # 44104?   (vs 14104...)
> 
>     Greg  KO6TH
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     alex weimer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> 
>         > > 
> >         Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
> >         14104 19018AC AISAT-1
> >         AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
> >         Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >             > > > 
> > >             On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" mailto:k6vug at sbcglobal.net <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> mailto:k6vug at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > > 
> > >                 Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?
> > >                 If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
> > >                 Thanks.
> > > 
> > >                 73!
> > >                 Umesh, k6vug
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >                 On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >                 Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
> > >                 No other stations heard throughout pass !
> > > 
> > > 
> > >                 > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > >                 >
> > >                 >
> > >                 >    Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass  73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42
> > >                 >
> > > 
> > >                 _______________________________________________
> > >                 Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org mailto: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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> > > 
> > > 
> > >         > > 
> >          
> >         _______________________________________________
> >         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 jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net  Sat Apr  6 01:48:07 2019
From: jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net (James Brown)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 01:48:07 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC 9700
References: <377378176.17747652.1554515287973.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <377378176.17747652.1554515287973@mail.yahoo.com>

Just received my IC-9700. Should be on sats with Saturday! Cant wait.

Jim

From les at highnoonfilm.com  Sat Apr  6 15:25:07 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 10:25:07 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay
Message-ID: <AED67969-8831-4B0C-B8B6-9A246958B569@highnoonfilm.com>

No financial or other relationship with this company?just a very satisfied customer. 

If you haven?t seen the Geochron 4K clock then you?re in for a real treat. Basically a small computer in a box, it features a HMDI output capable of feeding 4K resolution video to a monitor of your choice. 

Like its mechanical namesake, it displays a world map segmented into 24 hour time zones, and clearly display the ?gray line? terminator as day turns into darkness. 

But for satellite operators it can do so much more. It also can access the Internet to get real-time updates on a number of things?including amateur satellites. That?s right, you can watch the next pass of AO-91 or SO-50 approach your home QTH on a beautiful 70? 4K TV in real time. 

The effect is hypnotic. Soon to come will be even more live overlays including weather, maidenhead grid maps, propagation reports, etc. 

You can even add 3-D ?pins? in various colors to mark any location on earth, and label them as you see fit. At just under $400 dollars, it makes a great present. Pair it with a large HD or 4K monitor and it?s the perfect compliment to any satellite operators shack. 

https://www.geochron.com/product/4k/


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From propgrinder at gmail.com  Sat Apr  6 16:08:11 2019
From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 09:08:11 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay
In-Reply-To: <AED67969-8831-4B0C-B8B6-9A246958B569@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <AED67969-8831-4B0C-B8B6-9A246958B569@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <CAKoB7OpYG7Q5Gw9oTaRTc=t7PPrgexraEGJ2rAjUtzq+gmWTxw@mail.gmail.com>

How do you get the amsat overlays?  Can you send a pic of what they look
like?

thanks,

Bob
W7OTJ

On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 8:25 AM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> No financial or other relationship with this company?just a very satisfied
> customer.
>
> If you haven?t seen the Geochron 4K clock then you?re in for a real treat.
> Basically a small computer in a box, it features a HMDI output capable of
> feeding 4K resolution video to a monitor of your choice.
>
> Like its mechanical namesake, it displays a world map segmented into 24
> hour time zones, and clearly display the ?gray line? terminator as day
> turns into darkness.
>
> But for satellite operators it can do so much more. It also can access the
> Internet to get real-time updates on a number of things?including amateur
> satellites. That?s right, you can watch the next pass of AO-91 or SO-50
> approach your home QTH on a beautiful 70? 4K TV in real time.
>
> The effect is hypnotic. Soon to come will be even more live overlays
> including weather, maidenhead grid maps, propagation reports, etc.
>
> You can even add 3-D ?pins? in various colors to mark any location on
> earth, and label them as you see fit. At just under $400 dollars, it makes
> a great present. Pair it with a large HD or 4K monitor and it?s the perfect
> compliment to any satellite operators shack.
>
> https://www.geochron.com/product/4k/
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From les at highnoonfilm.com  Sat Apr  6 18:43:46 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 13:43:46 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay
In-Reply-To: <CAKoB7OpYG7Q5Gw9oTaRTc=t7PPrgexraEGJ2rAjUtzq+gmWTxw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AED67969-8831-4B0C-B8B6-9A246958B569@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAKoB7OpYG7Q5Gw9oTaRTc=t7PPrgexraEGJ2rAjUtzq+gmWTxw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1BBE97A9-D410-407E-AC2C-8A0605493BDC@highnoonfilm.com>

I should have said that the satellite overlay ships already loaded into the software. You merely have to select the overlay during set-up. In addition to the amateur birds, you can overlay military satellites, GPS, Irridium, etc. 

Since the overlays are live from the Internet, keps are updated automatically. I compared the orbits to the data from SatPC32 and everything tracks correctly. 

At the moment, the overlay only includes the track of the satellite and some other data points like altitude but new live data overlays are being produced frequently. I won?t be surprised to find one soon that includes the footprint of each satellite. 

Also Geochron is going to offer an SDK for those who want to develop their own overlays. Virtually any real-time data can be used to create new layers to go over the maps. 

I will try to take some photos tomorrow and share them. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member



From mikflathead at aol.com  Sat Apr  6 18:49:13 2019
From: mikflathead at aol.com (mikflathead at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 18:49:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter antenna wanted
References: <920822628.667687.1554576553809.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <920822628.667687.1554576553809@mail.yahoo.com>

Looking for a M2 2 meter sat antenna. Thanks Mike

From jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net  Sat Apr  6 20:33:00 2019
From: jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net (James Brown)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 20:33:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ic 9700
References: <787252129.17985166.1554582780244.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <787252129.17985166.1554582780244@mail.yahoo.com>

First day with ic 9700. checked out on local repeater. looks like sat mode similar to previous 910h.
now trying to make it work with sat 32. guessing at address to use as ic9100 not working. Did get it to change downlink frequency but not uplink or mode. 
Will breakdown and read manual.
It sure is pretty!!
Jim KI6WJ

From stephennipper at gmail.com  Sat Apr  6 20:38:41 2019
From: stephennipper at gmail.com (H. Stephen Nipper)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 14:38:41 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] ic 9700
In-Reply-To: <787252129.17985166.1554582780244@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <787252129.17985166.1554582780244.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<787252129.17985166.1554582780244@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAPf7+3of+=74QzAAxOSs30NLpiLYM9ryAfHb5uqqgBGQsRAKgw@mail.gmail.com>

Exactly the reason I am going to wait for the model D to come out.  Keep up
the good work and get everything resolved so I don't have to read the
manual.



On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 2:34 PM James Brown via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> First day with ic 9700. checked out on local repeater. looks like sat mode
> similar to previous 910h.
> now trying to make it work with sat 32. guessing at address to use as
> ic9100 not working. Did get it to change downlink frequency but not uplink
> or mode.
> Will breakdown and read manual.
> It sure is pretty!!
> 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.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>


-- 
Stephen Nipper
Boise, Idaho
N7DJX

From mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu  Sat Apr  6 22:03:20 2019
From: mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 17:03:20 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] ic 9700
In-Reply-To: <787252129.17985166.1554582780244@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <787252129.17985166.1554582780244.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<787252129.17985166.1554582780244@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAHKCqnAPfrULWVAR=kH=jU27iVr_EUttM2FwFGqAAT547C1xxg@mail.gmail.com>

Every Icom model has a unique CI-V address from the factory, although they
can be changed in the menu. You should not assume that the 9700 will have
the same address as the 910 or any other rig. RTFM!
--
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 Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 3:33 PM James Brown via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> First day with ic 9700. checked out on local repeater. looks like sat mode
> similar to previous 910h.
> now trying to make it work with sat 32. guessing at address to use as
> ic9100 not working. Did get it to change downlink frequency but not uplink
> or mode.
> Will breakdown and read manual.
> It sure is pretty!!
> 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.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From aj9n at aol.com  Sat Apr  6 20:55:11 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 20:55:11 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-06 21:00
	UTC
References: <1650816016.17779486.1554584111550.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1650816016.17779486.1554584111550@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-06 21:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact was successful: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg ?(***)

?

?

Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg

?

?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg

?

?

?

?

ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?(***)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) http://www.jarl.org/

?

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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/? ?

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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 113


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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?2019-04-06 21:00 UTC.? (***)

Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and 
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and 
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??


http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt

Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1297. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1240. (***)
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

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-04-06 21:00 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. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From kq6ea at verizon.net  Sat Apr  6 19:16:08 2019
From: kq6ea at verizon.net (Jim Jerzycke)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 19:16:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay
References: <2044023544.17775441.1554578168710.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2044023544.17775441.1554578168710@mail.yahoo.com>

 I keep getting closer and closer to buying one of these.
73, Jim? KQ0EA
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
To: Bob Hammond <propgrinder at gmail.com>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>; Work-Sat <Work-Sat at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Apr 6, 2019 6:44 pm
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay

I should have said that the satellite overlay ships already loaded into the software. You merely have to select the overlay during set-up. In addition to the amateur birds, you can overlay military satellites, GPS, Irridium, etc. 

Since the overlays are live from the Internet, keps are updated automatically. I compared the orbits to the data from SatPC32 and everything tracks correctly. 

At the moment, the overlay only includes the track of the satellite and some other data points like altitude but new live data overlays are being produced frequently. I won?t be surprised to find one soon that includes the footprint of each satellite. 

Also Geochron is going to offer an SDK for those who want to develop their own overlays. Virtually any real-time data can be used to create new layers to go over the maps. 

I will try to take some photos tomorrow and share them. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member


_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

From mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu  Sat Apr  6 22:43:42 2019
From: mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 17:43:42 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-096 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <CAHKCqnBgi=G5qQ3opKbPsbwSd_bbOco7kACjXAGBnX5x8FHAjA@mail.gmail.com>

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-096

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:

* AMSAT India AISAT APRS Payload Operational on 145.825 MHz
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* UT1FG/MM QSL Procedure Announced
* Hamvention Booth Announcement
* AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019
* The Case of the Unknown Satellites
* Upcoming ARISS Contacts
* International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students
* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for March 2019
* Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi Features Ham Radio
* Satellite Shorts From All Over


SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-096.01
ANS-096 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 096.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE YYY
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-096.01

AMSAT India AISAT APRS Payload Operational on 145.825 MHz

An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA was successfully launched on April 1,
2019 at 03:57 GMT on the PSLV-C45 mission. The payload was powered up
on schedule over Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Poland and Moscow.
AMSAT India requested stations at these locations to report the first
signals on 145.825 MHz from the payload.

The first beacon from AISAT-1 was received by R4UAB and DK3WN was able
to digipeat through the satellite. Mike posted information on his
blog at: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=94180

AMSAT India requests that the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide use
the payload and Satgates to feed the traffic.

More details about this unique project as well as the pre-launch TLE
are available at http://www.amsatindia.org/ Their twitter feed is at
https://twitter.com/amsatindia  AMSAT Argentina's web-based satellite
pass page passes at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=aisa1 provides use-
ful tracking information based on the pre-launch TLE.

The 4th stage of the PSLV rocket (PS4) will become an orbital plat-
form in a 485 km orbit hosting three payloads:
+ Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) digipeater from
  AMSAT INDIA
+ Automatic Identification System (AIS) from ISRO
+ Advanced Retarding Potential Analyzer for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS)
  from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST).
  https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c45-emisat-mission

[ANS thanks Nitin, VU3TYG, Secretary, AMSAT INDIA for the above
information]

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

Defrosting Trip (EM90, EL99) ? April 7-9, 2019
Paul, KE0PBR, has plans to escape the Land of the 10,000 Frozen Lakes
and head down to Florida, to enjoy a little Global Warming.  Will most
likely be FM only, and holiday style.  Paul will post announcements on
his Twitter account: https://twitter.com/KE0PBR

Utah (DM37, DM48, DM58) ? April 13-19, 2019
Bob, N6REK, will be roving in Utah from April 13 to the 19th.  He
plans to be in DM37 April 13, DM58 from April 14-17, and then DM48
from April 17-19. Bob will be FM satellites only, and he will post the
specific passes on the amsat-bb when we get closer to those dates.

Liechtenstein (JN47) ? April 17-19, 2019
Phillippe, EA4NF, is off on another DXpedition.  This time, he is
heading to HB0/Lichtenstein.  Phillippe will operate under the call
sign HB0/EA4NF from Leichtenstein and HB9/EA4NF from Switzerland
(JN47s, on both FM and SSB satellites.  QSL via LoTW.  Updated info &
Pass announcements (Time+Frequencies) available on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT

Northern Border Security Check (Minnesota to Washington) ? April 29 to
May 4 or 5th, 2019 Alex, N7AGF, is all set for his semiannual rover
trip to activate rare and somewhat rare grids, from April 29th to
May 4th or 5th (or longer depending on how things go).  Alex will fly
into Minneapolis and drive back to my home grid CN88, activating as
many ENx8,ENx7,DNx8,and DNx7 grids as possible along the route.  The
hope is to hit many corners and lines. Alex  will be on both linear
and FM birds. As always, activations and route details will be posted
to his Twitter @N7AGF at https://twitter.com/N7AGF Alex will also be
on APRS at https://aprs.fi/N7AGF-10 In areas of limited cell service,
he?ll be using inReach.

Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org

[ANS thanks KE4AL for the above information]

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UT1FG/MM QSL Procedure Announced

Yuri, UT1FG/mm, is headed to Kalningrad (UA2) and according to
marinetraffic.com, he will be there around 16April.  Yuri will
leave the ship there and go on vacation until next season.

Yuri would like those who want to confirm their contacts, to
do so by following the procedure to create a .pdf file that
he can print, confirm and mail out from Kaliningrad.  Instructions
for creating the .pdf file are on papays.com/sat  Please do not
forget to include your mailing address in the header per the example.

He would like to receive the qsl logsheets about one week before
he arrives in port.  You can send them to me later than that, but
he may not have time to process them as he approaches port.  That
decision is up to you.  I will forward them to Yuri as long as
he is still underway.  Send your logsheets to my qrz.com email
address.

Yuri was in HL90 on the 1818z 04April pass of AO-7.

[ANS thanks John Papay, K8YSE for the above information]

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Hamvention Booth Announcement

Join us as AMSAT celebrates our Golden Jubilee at the 2019 Hamvention
with a 1969 theme and an "OSCAR Park" display. The satellite lineup
includes appearances by OSCAR-1, AO-7, Phase-3A, ARISSat, Fox, and
GOLF. Join up or renew your AMSAT membership. Updated for 2019,
AMSAT's book, "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites" is available.
Get one-on-one guidance on setting up your satellite station and
making contacts at our "Beginner's Corner". Participate in live demon-
strations of contacts through FM and linear satellites with station
and operating tips from some of the best satellite operators in the
country.

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Hamvention Team for the above information]

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AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019

For a complete list of AMSAT activities at the 2019 Hamvention, see
www.amsat.org/other-events/amsat-activities-at-hamvention-2019/
Below, two of these activities are highlighted:

AMSAT Forum, Forum Room 2
Saturday, 18 May 2019, 12:10 ? 13:40 EDT
Moderated by Robert Bankston KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President?User Services

AMSAT Status Report ? Joseph Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT President, will high-
light recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of our
challenges, accomplishments, projects, and any late breaking news.

AMSAT Engineering ? Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President?
Engineering, will talk about the Fox-1 and Golf (Greater Orbit, Larger
Footprint) Projects.

AMSAT Education ? Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT Vice President?Education-
al Relations will introduce the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator.

AMSAT User Services ? Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President?
User Services, will discuss AMSAT?s 50th Anniversary Operating Event
and the new AMSAT Ambassadors Program.


Amateur Satellite Demonstrations
Outside Main Entrance ? Maxim Hall (Building 1)
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 16 ? 19 May 2019, 08:00 ? 16:30 EDT
Amateur Satellite operation demonstrations will be held outside the
main Maxim Hall (Building 1 or E1) entrance. Every day, AMSAT will be
demonstrating actual contacts with the operational amateur satellites.
We especially want to invite youth to make a contact via an amateur
satellite. All are invited to observe, participate and ask questions.
Satellite pass times will be posted at the AMSAT booth (1007-1010 &
1107-1110) and in the demo area.

[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]

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The Case of the Unknown Satellites

On December 3, 2018, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from California,
lofting the largest haul of individual satellites the vehicle had ever
transported. All 64 satellites deployed into space as designed. But
nearly four months later, more than a dozen satellites from the launch
have yet to be identified in space. We know that they?re up there, and
where they are, but it?s unclear which satellites belong to which
satellite operator on the ground. They are, truly, unidentified flying
objects.

An article by Loren Grush details the difficulties presented to the
Air Force in sorting out objects from multiple launches.

To read the full article, see https://tinyurl.com/y6rgkfn6

[ANS thanks The Verge for the above information]

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Upcoming ARISS Contacts

58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via
VE3DC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg

Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via
VK6MJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg

?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg

Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz. 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.

[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information]

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International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program
is seeking proposals from April 1, through May 15, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is
May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go
to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will
be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at
9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go
to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for March 2019

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the
ARRL for the period March 1, 2019 through April 1, 2019. Congratula-
tions to all those who made the list this month!

      CALL 01 Mar 01 Apr

      WI7P 835 858
      N4UFO 729 730
      AA8CH 451 500
      N3GS 370 409
      K9UO 225 265
      N6RFM 201 226
      WW8W 152 181
      PU8RFL 151 157
      PS8MT 150 156
      K5CIS New 150
      K4RGK 133 145
      LW2DAF 115 120
      KF0QS New 115
      KJ4EU 100 101
      PP2CC New 101
      AD7DB New 100
      N7AME New 100

[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information]

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Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi Features Ham Radio

The Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi issue 80 is an Amateur Radio Special
that features articles by Dave Honess M6DNT and Rob Zwetsloot. The PDF
is available free.

The amateur radio articles appear on pages 62-75:
. Pictures from Space via Ham Radio - Have you ever wanted
  to receive a radio signal from space? It's fun and a lot
  easier than you might think!
. What is Ham Radio?
. Using Ham Radio with Raspberry Pi
. Amazing Ham Radio Projects - 7 projects

Download the Free MagPi magazine issue 80 PDF at
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/80/

The MagPi editorial team say - Got an amazing ham radio project of
your own? Tweet us your photos! @TheMagPi

Previous issues of MagPi are at
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/

[ANS thanks raspberrypi.org for the above information]

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Satellite Shorts From All Over

+ AMSAT has filed comments in the FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Pro-
  ceeding. For details, see ANS special bulletin 095 or visit:
  https://tinyurl.com/yywq5jyt

+ From precision GPS to batteries for one of the world?s first com-
  mercial all-electric airplanes, NASA technology turns up in nearly
  every corner of modern life. The latest edition of NASA?s Spinoff
  publication features dozens of commercial technologies that were
  developed or improved by the agency?s space program and benefit
  people everywhere. The publication provides nearly 50 examples of
  how NASA benefits various industries and people around the world.
  Print and digital versions of the latest issue of Spinoff are avail-
  able at: https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2019/index.html
  (ANS thanks NASA HQ News for the above information)

+ XLGTa is a new Excel app which can calculate the antenna Gain/Temper-
  ature ratio, similar to the TANT program but with many more features.
  It can read 3D pattern data generated by EZNEC, AutoEZ, 4nec2, A.M.
  (Teri Software Antenna Model), or MMANA-GAL. In addition to G/Ta the
  app will calculate Average Gain, RDF (aka Directivity), and DMF (aka
  Rear Hemisphere Mean Sidelobe Level). XLGTa is free but requires
  Excel 2000 or later. For complete details and downloads see:
  https://ac6la.com/xlgta.html
  (ANS thanks Dan, AC6LA, for the above information)

+ Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted the R3D2
  satellite for DARPA from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand?s Mahia
  Peninsula at 23:27, March 28th UTC (12:27, 29 March NZDT). The
  mission launched a prototype reflect array antenna to orbit for the
  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
  (ANS thanks satmagazine.com for the above information)

+ Lockheed Martin has announced a new generation of space
  technology that will launch this year that will allow satellites to
  change their missions in orbit. This new tech, called SmartSat, is a
  software-defined satellite architecture that will boost capability
  for payloads on several testbed satellites.
  (ANS thanks satmagazine.com for the above information)

+ The Northern Arizona DX Association will celebrate the 50th
  anniversary of landing men on the moon with the special callsign
  K7M from various locations including the the "Meteor Crater
  National Natural Landmark" where astronaut training took place.
  http://www.nadxa.com/
  (ANS thanks DX Newsletter for the above information)

+ Congratulations to Mike, W8LID for completing his Worked All States
  Satellite with his AO-91 contact with RJ, WY7AA roving in South
  Dakota.
  (W8LID via Twitter)

+ Former NASA astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted
  into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Class of 2019 during a ceremony
  on April 6, 2019, inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at
  NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. They unveiled
  their plaques, which will be placed in the Hall of Fame at the
  visitor complex.
  (ANS thanks NASA for the above information)

+ After a long process of testing and judging experiments, the Euro-
  pean Space Agency and Raspberry Pi Foundation are happy to announce
  that a record number of 135 teams have been granted ?flight status?
  for Mission Space Lab 2018/2019! Full release at:
  https://tinyurl.com/y3bdqwp3
  (ANS thanks the European Space Agency 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 help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,

K0JM at amsat dot org

From vlfiscus at mcn.net  Sat Apr  6 19:58:40 2019
From: vlfiscus at mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL)
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:58:40 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2 meter antenna wanted
In-Reply-To: <920822628.667687.1554576553809@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <920822628.667687.1554576553809.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20190406125732.00c58468@pop.earthlink.net>

At 06:49 PM 4/6/2019 +0000, mikflathead at aol.com wrote:
>Looking for a M2 2 meter sat antenna. Thanks Mike


I saw some at www.m2inc.com

KB7ADL


From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Sun Apr  7 02:38:17 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 22:38:17 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-06
Message-ID: <1463E1E3A4F04B49B326F03F4C9569D8@DHJ>

 

 

 

ARISS News Release                                                               No. 19-06

 

Dave Jordan, AA4KN 

ARISS PR

aa4kn at amsat.org

Russian SSTV Transmission Event Planned

 

April 6, 2019: 

 

ARISS Russia is planning Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions from the International Space Station. The transmissions begin Thursday, April 11, 2019 around 18:00 UTC and run continuously until approximately 18:00 UTC on Sunday, April 14, 2019. This event uses a computer in the ISS Russian Segment, which stores images that are then transmitted to Earth using the ARISS amateur radio station located in the Service Module which employs the Kenwood TM D710E transceiver. Once these images are received by ham radio operators and other radio enthusiasts on Earth, many participants will post them for viewing at http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php . In addition, you can receive a special SSTV ARISS Award for posting your image. Once the event begins, see details at https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ . The transmissions will be broadcast at 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.

Please 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) 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 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 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              


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From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Sun Apr  7 05:18:08 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 05:18:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
Message-ID: <1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>

 Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up ! 
Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :)
73Umesh, k6vug

    On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:  
 
 Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
14104 19018AC AISAT-1
AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32
 
 
 On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
 
    Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?   If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones. 
   Thanks.   
   73! 
   Umesh, k6vug   
   
   
      On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:   
   
    Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power. 
No other stations heard throughout pass ! 
 
  
> On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net> wrote: 
> 
> 
>? ? Great pass at 1642 Z? using both ARISS and AISAT-1? and UISS had no problem digipeating? from DM42 throughout the pass? 73? JACK? KC7MG? DM42 
> 
 
_______________________________________________ 
Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available 
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed 
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. 
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! 
Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb 
      
 
?   

From cl.rudi at gmail.com  Sun Apr  7 06:33:47 2019
From: cl.rudi at gmail.com (cl.rudi at gmail.com)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 08:33:47 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Skeds SSB Sats
Message-ID: <004d01d4ed0b$db50b630$91f22290$@gmail.com>

Hello FM,

 

I'm qrv on all FM and SSB sats.

 

I'm in JO20KT

 

Looking for some skeds inside but specially outside EU.

 

Mail private: on7cl at uba.be <mailto:on7cl at uba.be> 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

See you on the birds.

 

Rudi / ON7CL


From g0kla at arrl.net  Sun Apr  7 13:16:55 2019
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:16:55 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
Message-ID: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>

I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be above
the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Rob Bruninga
posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
built something similar and it looks like this:
http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png

It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite passes
as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does a one
time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty efficient
because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.

The details and the download are here:
http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php

Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.

The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
github when I get a chance.

73
Chris

-- 
Chris E. Thompson
chrisethompson at gmail.com
g0kla at arrl.net

From ingejack at cox.net  Sun Apr  7 13:29:34 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:29:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
	<1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <243776193.661.1554643774873@myemail.cox.net>

Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!


> On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>     Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up !
>     Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :)
>     73
>     Umesh, k6vug
> 
> 
>     On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
>     14104 19018AC AISAT-1
>     AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
>     Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32
> 
> 
>         > > On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 
> >         Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?
> >         If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
> >         Thanks.
> > 
> >         73!
> >         Umesh, k6vug
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >         Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
> >         No other stations heard throughout pass !
> > 
> > 
> >         > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >    Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass  73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42
> >         >
> > 
> >         _______________________________________________
> >         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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> > 
> >     >      
> 
 

From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Sun Apr  7 13:31:07 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:31:07 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8PGRKfkWbJoEn24O6HEnB937N4fHrFD_pLCgz09qdBh8A@mail.gmail.com>

That good nice Chris.

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 09:17 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be above
> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Rob Bruninga
> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
> built something similar and it looks like this:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
>
> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite passes
> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does a one
> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty efficient
> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
>
> The details and the download are here:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
>
> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
>
> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
> github when I get a chance.
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> --
> Chris E. Thompson
> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> g0kla at arrl.net
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From w5rkn at w5rkn.com  Sun Apr  7 14:07:28 2019
From: w5rkn at w5rkn.com (Ronald G. Parsons)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:07:28 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
Message-ID: <A8F91E15029E4C0BAB4A9C4B9631C3E1@Ron8300PC>

Executing the jar file would not store the keps file in the specified directory. I copied the keps file there manually and all worked. Can that be fixed?

Ron W5RKN

From g0kla at arrl.net  Sun Apr  7 14:20:45 2019
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 10:20:45 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <A8F91E15029E4C0BAB4A9C4B9631C3E1@Ron8300PC>
References: <A8F91E15029E4C0BAB4A9C4B9631C3E1@Ron8300PC>
Message-ID: <CAJOf0+sM=1aQuB7MVW8W9TNNPmFLkizUS3RYxv2OTtzs4CVpvw@mail.gmail.com>

By "the specified directory", do you mean the directory it showed at first
startup or you passed in a directory?
Did it fail to download the keps?  That is the usual reason.  You need to
have a live internet connection. I don't ship any default keps with the
program.

Which platform are you running it on?

73
Chris

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 10:08 AM Ronald G. Parsons via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Executing the jar file would not store the keps file in the specified
> directory. I copied the keps file there manually and all worked. Can that
> be fixed?
>
> Ron W5RKN
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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g0kla at arrl.net

From propgrinder at gmail.com  Sun Apr  7 14:52:39 2019
From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 07:52:39 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 70cm CP antenna with polarity switching for sale
Message-ID: <CAKoB7OqO_W0mcS30UXmpO6jJc5auRhXiOUCFUa+yp56hsx=iUg@mail.gmail.com>

Gulf Alpha 8x8 CP 70cm with polarity switching.  $250.  PM me if
interested.  I can remove the elements for shipping.....or not.

Bob
W7OTJ

From WB4SON at gmail.com  Sun Apr  7 16:01:24 2019
From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 12:01:24 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <CAJOf0+sM=1aQuB7MVW8W9TNNPmFLkizUS3RYxv2OTtzs4CVpvw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <A8F91E15029E4C0BAB4A9C4B9631C3E1@Ron8300PC>
	<CAJOf0+sM=1aQuB7MVW8W9TNNPmFLkizUS3RYxv2OTtzs4CVpvw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPonRZ84vTywaH=3z=jxv_TYpGxkOxL91E5zJmhzq7qcqchzfg@mail.gmail.com>

Very cool, Chris!

I've been sort of addicted to the sky at a glance feature of gpredict, but
it blows up after a few hours of running.  I find your program's display a
bit more informative and intuitive.  Very nice!

73, Bob, WB4SON

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 10:22 AM Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> By "the specified directory", do you mean the directory it showed at first
> startup or you passed in a directory?
> Did it fail to download the keps?  That is the usual reason.  You need to
> have a live internet connection. I don't ship any default keps with the
> program.
>
> Which platform are you running it on?
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 10:08 AM Ronald G. Parsons via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > Executing the jar file would not store the keps file in the specified
> > directory. I copied the keps file there manually and all worked. Can that
> > be fixed?
> >
> > 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.
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> program!
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>
>
> --
> Chris E. Thompson
> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> g0kla at arrl.net
> _______________________________________________
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From bruninga at usna.edu  Sun Apr  7 18:42:44 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 14:42:44 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <CAAJiE8PGRKfkWbJoEn24O6HEnB937N4fHrFD_pLCgz09qdBh8A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAAJiE8PGRKfkWbJoEn24O6HEnB937N4fHrFD_pLCgz09qdBh8A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALdCfNKnZYVa8gqk_wfDbqhLSzXim7huGuytuJb2nCb1HLNjPw@mail.gmail.com>

I absolutely love it!  Everyting you need at a glance!

Bob Bruninga
Wb4APR

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:32 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> That good nice Chris.
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 09:17 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be
> above
> > the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Bob Bruninga
> > posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
> > built something similar and it looks like this:
> > http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
> >
> > It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite
> passes
> > as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does a one
> > time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty
> efficient
> > because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
> >
> > The details and the download are here:
> > http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
> >
> > Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
> > Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
> >
> > The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
> > github when I get a chance.
> >
> > 73
> > Chris
> >
> > --
> > Chris E. Thompson
> > chrisethompson at gmail.com
> > g0kla at arrl.net
>
>

From wb4gcs at wb4gcs.org  Sun Apr  7 19:30:45 2019
From: wb4gcs at wb4gcs.org (Jim Sanford)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 15:30:45 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <CALdCfNKnZYVa8gqk_wfDbqhLSzXim7huGuytuJb2nCb1HLNjPw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAAJiE8PGRKfkWbJoEn24O6HEnB937N4fHrFD_pLCgz09qdBh8A@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALdCfNKnZYVa8gqk_wfDbqhLSzXim7huGuytuJb2nCb1HLNjPw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a7090eba-2f06-d683-9f0e-a90c5a204152@wb4gcs.org>

NICE!

73,

Jim

wb4gcs at amsat.org


On 4/7/2019 2:42 PM, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I absolutely love it!  Everyting you need at a glance!
>
> Bob Bruninga
> Wb4APR
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:32 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
>> That good nice Chris.
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 09:17 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be
>> above
>>> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Bob Bruninga
>>> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
>>> built something similar and it looks like this:
>>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
>>>
>>> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite
>> passes
>>> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does a one
>>> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty
>> efficient
>>> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
>>>
>>> The details and the download are here:
>>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
>>>
>>> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
>>> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
>>>
>>> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
>>> github when I get a chance.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris E. Thompson
>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
>>> g0kla at arrl.net
>>
> _______________________________________________
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From royldean at gmail.com  Sun Apr  7 19:31:58 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 15:31:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
Message-ID: <CADGPg2uJrB4g7u-JZGW=9kDy6TGToFuZGsSNiPKLFBbSqnRtrg@mail.gmail.com>

Chris -

The linux and mac download links have an apostophe at the end of the link,
creating a 404 error.   If you manually copy the link and past it in the
address bar (then remove the appostrophe), then the link works.

--Roy
K3RLD

From propgrinder at gmail.com  Sun Apr  7 19:51:30 2019
From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 12:51:30 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <a7090eba-2f06-d683-9f0e-a90c5a204152@wb4gcs.org>
References: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAAJiE8PGRKfkWbJoEn24O6HEnB937N4fHrFD_pLCgz09qdBh8A@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALdCfNKnZYVa8gqk_wfDbqhLSzXim7huGuytuJb2nCb1HLNjPw@mail.gmail.com>
	<a7090eba-2f06-d683-9f0e-a90c5a204152@wb4gcs.org>
Message-ID: <CAKoB7Or-Z-7fcymdQLbVkfHVyxfy8GBpGwUifrn6shQj0K5N2A@mail.gmail.com>

I concur, that's very good software.  Thanks!

Bob
W7OTJ

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 12:31 PM Jim Sanford via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> NICE!
>
> 73,
>
> Jim
>
> wb4gcs at amsat.org
>
>
> On 4/7/2019 2:42 PM, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > I absolutely love it!  Everyting you need at a glance!
> >
> > Bob Bruninga
> > Wb4APR
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:32 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> That good nice Chris.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 09:17 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be
> >> above
> >>> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Bob Bruninga
> >>> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
> >>> built something similar and it looks like this:
> >>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
> >>>
> >>> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite
> >> passes
> >>> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does a
> one
> >>> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty
> >> efficient
> >>> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
> >>>
> >>> The details and the download are here:
> >>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
> >>> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
> >>>
> >>> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
> >>> github when I get a chance.
> >>>
> >>> 73
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Chris E. Thompson
> >>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> >>> g0kla at arrl.net
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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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From nss at mwt.net  Sun Apr  7 20:28:55 2019
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 15:28:55 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <a7090eba-2f06-d683-9f0e-a90c5a204152@wb4gcs.org>
References: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAAJiE8PGRKfkWbJoEn24O6HEnB937N4fHrFD_pLCgz09qdBh8A@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALdCfNKnZYVa8gqk_wfDbqhLSzXim7huGuytuJb2nCb1HLNjPw@mail.gmail.com>
	<a7090eba-2f06-d683-9f0e-a90c5a204152@wb4gcs.org>
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I double click on it and nothing happens.

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/7/2019 2:30 PM, Jim Sanford via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> NICE!
>
> 73,
>
> Jim
>
> wb4gcs at amsat.org
>
>
> On 4/7/2019 2:42 PM, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> I absolutely love it!? Everyting you need at a glance!
>>
>> Bob Bruninga
>> Wb4APR
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:32 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB 
>> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That good nice Chris.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 09:17 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB 
>>> <amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be
>>> above
>>>> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Bob 
>>>> Bruninga
>>>> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
>>>> built something similar and it looks like this:
>>>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
>>>>
>>>> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite
>>> passes
>>>> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.? It does 
>>>> a one
>>>> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty
>>> efficient
>>>> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
>>>>
>>>> The details and the download are here:
>>>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
>>>> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
>>>>
>>>> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
>>>> github when I get a chance.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Chris E. Thompson
>>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
>>>> g0kla at arrl.net
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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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From kx9x at yahoo.com  Sun Apr  7 20:54:07 2019
From: kx9x at yahoo.com (Sean K.)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 20:54:07 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] The PY-9X Maine Event Event: April 26-28
References: <546131811.18232150.1554670447598.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <546131811.18232150.1554670447598@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi all-
Matt, W1PY and I will be activating the rare grids of Maine the weekend of April 28.?
Grids to be activated: FN53-54-55-56-57-65-66-67. Current plans are to spend Saturday, April 27, in the potato field at the intersection of FN's 56-57-66-67.
We will also be on HF at up to 8 Maine state parks for the Parks on the Air & World-Wide Flora and Fauna awards programs, and any interesting roadside attraction we stumble upon while on the road.
Complete details here:?https://www.facebook.com/events/805477656486634/
Follow us on Twitter at @seankutzko and @Whiskey1py for real-time updates.
Thanks to Clayton W5PFG for allowing me to pick his brain and sharing his experience and info.
Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X

From g0kla at arrl.net  Sun Apr  7 21:31:36 2019
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 17:31:36 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <8e8b4b15-d549-3215-b6b2-17d079b15f5c@mwt.net>
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Hi Joe,

Are you on Windows?  Do you get nothing when you double click the exe?
What version of Java do you have installed?  Maybe it is silently
crashing?  Is the exe still there?  You anti-virus might have deleted it.

If you have java in your path try running it from the command line and let
me know what error it prints out.  e.g. open a command prompt.  Go to the
install directory.  Type java -jar KlaTrack.jar
If java is not in the path then use the full path to java.exe.

73
Chris


On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 4:33 PM Joe via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I double click on it and nothing happens.
>
> Joe WB9SBD
> Sig
> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> Idle Tyme
> Idle-Tyme.com
> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> On 4/7/2019 2:30 PM, Jim Sanford via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > NICE!
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > wb4gcs at amsat.org
> >
> >
> > On 4/7/2019 2:42 PM, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> >> I absolutely love it!  Everyting you need at a glance!
> >>
> >> Bob Bruninga
> >> Wb4APR
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:32 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB
> >> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> That good nice Chris.
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 09:17 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB
> >>> <amsat-bb at amsat.org
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be
> >>> above
> >>>> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Bob
> >>>> Bruninga
> >>>> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
> >>>> built something similar and it looks like this:
> >>>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
> >>>>
> >>>> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite
> >>> passes
> >>>> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does
> >>>> a one
> >>>> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty
> >>> efficient
> >>>> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
> >>>>
> >>>> The details and the download are here:
> >>>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
> >>>> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
> >>>>
> >>>> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
> >>>> github when I get a chance.
> >>>>
> >>>> 73
> >>>> Chris
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Chris E. Thompson
> >>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> >>>> g0kla at arrl.net
> >>>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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-- 
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chrisethompson at gmail.com
g0kla at arrl.net

From nss at mwt.net  Sun Apr  7 21:47:28 2019
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 16:47:28 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
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I un zip it and see the three files, I click the, KlaTrack.exe and it 
gives the safety unknown do you really want to bla bla bla and tell it 
yes run anyway, but then nothing happens.

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/7/2019 4:31 PM, Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> Are you on Windows?  Do you get nothing when you double click the exe?
> What version of Java do you have installed?  Maybe it is silently
> crashing?  Is the exe still there?  You anti-virus might have deleted it.
>
> If you have java in your path try running it from the command line and let
> me know what error it prints out.  e.g. open a command prompt.  Go to the
> install directory.  Type java -jar KlaTrack.jar
> If java is not in the path then use the full path to java.exe.
>
> 73
> Chris
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 4:33 PM Joe via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> I double click on it and nothing happens.
>>
>> Joe WB9SBD
>> Sig
>> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
>> Idle Tyme
>> Idle-Tyme.com
>> http://www.idle-tyme.com
>> On 4/7/2019 2:30 PM, Jim Sanford via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>> NICE!
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> wb4gcs at amsat.org
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/7/2019 2:42 PM, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>>> I absolutely love it!  Everyting you need at a glance!
>>>>
>>>> Bob Bruninga
>>>> Wb4APR
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:32 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB
>>>> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That good nice Chris.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 09:17 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB
>>>>> <amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be
>>>>> above
>>>>>> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Bob
>>>>>> Bruninga
>>>>>> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
>>>>>> built something similar and it looks like this:
>>>>>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite
>>>>> passes
>>>>>> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does
>>>>>> a one
>>>>>> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty
>>>>> efficient
>>>>>> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The details and the download are here:
>>>>>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
>>>>>> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
>>>>>> github when I get a chance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Chris E. Thompson
>>>>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
>>>>>> g0kla at arrl.net
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From jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net  Sun Apr  7 22:08:58 2019
From: jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net (James Brown)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:08:58 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ic9700
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Ok Guys
I have the IC 9700 working on sat32 using the setup:
IC 9100
19200
address  of A2H and cat speed  50

The radio frequencies were reversed but after a few times of flipping them on the radio  it started tracking the program ok. It appears to be working just waiting for a operational sat to come over now.

As for the radio it seams to be ok on fm and dstar. You have to load memories using cloning software. I loaded a couple local repeaters and found the icom CS 9700 is not transferring some data  such as tone and duplex setting. I plan to ask Icom next week.

Lots to learn yet.

Jim KI6WJ DM09

From g0kla at arrl.net  Sun Apr  7 22:09:40 2019
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 18:09:40 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
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I fixed the issue.  Download the new version at the usual place or directly
here:
http://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/PacSatGround_v0.22.zip

This just corrects the problem on some versions of Java.  It also fixes
some issues with small fonts on high DPI displays.  Let me know if there is
any issues with font sizes.

thanks
Chris


On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 5:03 PM Chris Thompson <chrisethompson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hans,
>
> Sorry about that. It's a bug in the code that only manifests itself on
> some versions of Linux. I had to fix the same bug in FoxTelem recently.
> I'll need to make a new build available.
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2019, 23:42 Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I downloaded the software (V0.21) from the G0KLA website, running it on
>> Linux (Kubuntu 18.04 with Java version 0.64). Well, I'm trying to run
>> it, because I get the following error message.....
>>
>> java -jar PacSatGround.jar
>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
>>          at PacSatGround.main(PacSatGround.java:29)
>>
>> On my laptop it runs fine, albeit it uses a slightly older Java version
>> (0.59) on Debian Testing from 18.03 (Netrunner).
>>
>> Question: is there a specific Java version that has to be used with
>> V0.21 of  the PacSat software, or is my system messed up and I need to
>> do a fresh install?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Hans
>>
>> BX2ABT
>>
>>
>>
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 14:03 Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Chris,
>> >>
>> >>     I've been able to pull AX.25 frames from the satnogs .ogg
>> recordings of
>> >> Falconsat-3 and I usually get more valid frames than satnogs shows on
>> the
>> >> webpage when using my brute force demodulator (my brute force
>> demodulator
>> >> was the topic of my Symposium paper).
>> >>     Can you contact me off the list and let's work out how to automate
>> >> demodulating telemetry from the existing recordings (and new
>> recordings as
>> >> they get added) and get it into the telemetry server.
>> >>
>> >> 73,
>> >> Douglas KA2UPW/5
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 11:21 AM Corey Shields <cshields at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Chris, we spoke at the symposium about sharing data..
>> >>>
>> >>> The best way to pull data would be to periodically pull from the api
>> for
>> >>> db.satnogs.org, however its not working at the moment[1]. I've got
>> some
>> >>> free time this weekend, I'll see if I can get this fixed.
>> >>>
>> >>> That said, we have been decoding the messages we have from falconsat-3
>> >>> into
>> >>> our dashboard[2] going back to April. Its just running through a
>> message
>> >>> decoder, no telemetry. It shouldn't be too hard to write a struct for
>> the
>> >>> telemetry, and re-decode the frames so we can make use of the rest of
>> the
>> >>> data.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'll reach out directly once the API is fixed..
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>> -Corey  KB9JHU
>> >>>
>> >>> [1] -
>> >>> https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/satnogs/satnogs-db/issues/266
>> >>> [2] -
>> >>>
>> https://dashboard.satnogs.org/d/UZ30F5Xik/ax-25-monitor?refresh=1m&orgId=1
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:49 PM Chris Thompson <g0kla at arrl.net> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I'm not aware of that data or how to access it.  If there is an
>> archive
>> >>> of
>> >>>> data and it includes the WE files then it might be useful to us.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 73
>> >>>> Chris
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:25 PM Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> That's great, Chris!  Thanks for all the work on that project.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Regarding telemetry, does AMSAT access the data that is forwarded to
>> >>>>> SatNogs?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Ever since FalconSat-3 was turned over to the Amateur Community,
>> along
>> >>>>> with
>> >>>>> I'm sure a lot of others, I have forwarded thousands of telemetry
>> >>> packets
>> >>>>> from FalconSat-3 to the SatNogs database using the DK3WN Telemetry
>> >>>>> Forwarder
>> >>>>> ( http://www.dk3wn.info/files/tlm_forwarder2.zip ).
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Now, I don't know HOW to access data that is forwarded to SatNogs in
>> >>> that
>> >>>>> way, but a lot of data is aggregated there from many of the past &
>> >>>>> presently
>> >>>>> active satellites that have known decoders.   I'm aware that Univ.
>> >>>>> Colorado
>> >>>>> / Boulder obtains data from the CSIM satellite that way; I would
>> >>> imagine
>> >>>>> others do as well.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks again for what I'm sure was a huge job on the new software!
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> -Scott,  K4KDR
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> =========================================
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>>> From: Chris Thompson
>> >>>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 5:53 PM
>> >>>>> To: AMSAT
>> >>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I've written a new Ground station for FalconSat-3. If you had an
>> >>> initial
>> >>>> go
>> >>>>> with WISP without success or if you have never tried to decode
>> >>>> FalconSat-3,
>> >>>>> now is a good time to try.  This requires much less setup than WISP.
>> >>> And
>> >>>>> don't be put off if you don't have a hardware TNC, this will work
>> >>> with a
>> >>>>> soundcard TNC. Or, if you didn't try to listen to FalconSat-3
>> because
>> >>> you
>> >>>>> don't have a station that can transmit commands to the spacecraft,
>> >>> then
>> >>>>> read on. We still need your help to decode telemetry.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> In particular we would like to encourage people to download the
>> >>> Telemetry
>> >>>>> and forward it to an AMSAT telemetry server.  Currently more
>> >>> telemetry is
>> >>>>> generated than we can download with AMSAT Operations ground
>> stations.
>> >>>>> Receive only stations can contribute to that as well as stations
>> >>> equipped
>> >>>>> to transmit to FalconSat-3 and request files.  You can see telemetry
>> >>>>> uploaded so far here: http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> There are details about the spacecraft, how to install the software
>> >>> and
>> >>>> how
>> >>>>> it works in the manual available if you download the software or
>> >>> online
>> >>>>> here: http://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/pacsat_ground_manual.pdf
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> You can download the software at www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php.  I
>> >>> have
>> >>>>> also written some blog posts and thoughts about the software for
>> >>> anyone
>> >>>>> interested.  They are linked from the download page.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> There is much to do here of course and most of it probably won't get
>> >>>> done.
>> >>>>> I would call this a beta release.  If you have suggestions or bug
>> >>> fixes
>> >>>>> please log them online at https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/issues or
>> >>> send
>> >>>>> me
>> >>>>> an email.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The software is open source.  All the details are here:
>> >>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/  The telemetry processing and
>> >>> display
>> >>>>> leverages common code from FoxTelem in a library here:
>> >>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/libTelem/
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> Chris E. Thompson
>> >>>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
>> >>>>> g0kla at arrl.net
>> >>>>>
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>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Chris E. Thompson
>> >>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
>> >>>> g0kla at arrl.net
>> >>>> _______________________________________________
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-- 
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g0kla at arrl.net

From g0kla at arrl.net  Sun Apr  7 22:26:35 2019
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 18:26:35 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
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Thanks.  Now fixed.  Let me know if it works on your flavor of Linux.  I
only tested it on Ubuntu.

73
Chris

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 3:33 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Chris -
>
> The linux and mac download links have an apostophe at the end of the link,
> creating a 404 error.   If you manually copy the link and past it in the
> address bar (then remove the appostrophe), then the link works.
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
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From vk5dg at internode.on.net  Sun Apr  7 22:32:19 2019
From: vk5dg at internode.on.net (David Giles)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 08:02:19 +0930
Subject: [amsat-bb] VK5DG/3 in QF23, QF24
Message-ID: <3f5b1cfe-4059-6acf-f144-424f9e9a7c26@internode.on.net>

Hello All,

Another weekend in the parks.? During Sunday the 14th and Monday the 
15th of April,
I intend to operate from more national parks in VK3 in grids QF23 and QF24.
These will be Greater Bendigo, Barmah, Lower Goulburn and 
Heathcote-Graytown National Parks.

FM and linear birds, depending on what is above my horizon at the time.

Hope to catch you on the birds.

73 de David VK5DG


From kq6ea at verizon.net  Sun Apr  7 19:56:56 2019
From: kq6ea at verizon.net (Jim Jerzycke)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 19:56:56 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
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Message-ID: <1855915820.18090356.1554667016812@mail.yahoo.com>

 Really cool!
Thanks for making this available.
73, Jim? KQ0EA
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Sun, Apr 7, 2019 7:52 pm
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator

I concur, that's very good software.? Thanks!

Bob
W7OTJ

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 12:31 PM Jim Sanford via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> NICE!
>
> 73,
>
> Jim
>
> wb4gcs at amsat.org
>
>
> On 4/7/2019 2:42 PM, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > I absolutely love it!? Everyting you need at a glance!
> >
> > Bob Bruninga
> > Wb4APR
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:32 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> That good nice Chris.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 09:17 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be
> >> above
> >>> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Bob Bruninga
> >>> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
> >>> built something similar and it looks like this:
> >>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
> >>>
> >>> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite
> >> passes
> >>> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.? It does a
> one
> >>> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty
> >> efficient
> >>> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
> >>>
> >>> The details and the download are here:
> >>> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
> >>> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
> >>>
> >>> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
> >>> github when I get a chance.
> >>>
> >>> 73
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Chris E. Thompson
> >>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> >>> g0kla at arrl.net
> >>
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From jkboxk at wildblue.net  Mon Apr  8 03:40:40 2019
From: jkboxk at wildblue.net (Google =?utf-8?Q?_Inc=C2=AE?=)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 23:40:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1
Message-ID: <1382079504.73748449.1554694840503.JavaMail.zimbra@wildblue.net>



  Great signal

 AISAT-1//>CQ>UI,?,F0:
:CQ-0     :From  AMSAT INDIA & Exseed Space |157986|44|41|42{765

From royldean at gmail.com  Mon Apr  8 11:40:12 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 07:40:12 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
Message-ID: <CADGPg2sSJgUZH3OaBQ05LfhMevU1Mp_sKg+TDEeOQO3SNhWmGg@mail.gmail.com>

Runs perfectly on Ubuntu 18.04 (on an old HP laptop).

However on my Pi 3 running Raspian Jesse, I get the "unable to download or
write TLE's" error.   This is the same pi that I have running FoxTelem
24/7, if that matters.

--Roy
K3RLD



> Thanks. Now fixed. Let me know if it works on your flavor of Linux. I
> only tested it on Ubuntu. 73
> Chris

From kb2m at arrl.net  Mon Apr  8 12:32:07 2019
From: kb2m at arrl.net (kb2mjeff@att.net)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 08:32:07 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <00a401d4ee07$14e5c010$3eb14030$@arrl.net>

Hi Chris, nice job. I made room for it on my desktop so I can run it all the
time...

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Chris Thompson via
AMSAT-BB
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2019 9:17 AM
To: AMSAT <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator

I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be above
the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Rob Bruninga
posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I built
something similar and it looks like this:
http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png

It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite passes
as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does a one
time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty efficient
because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.

The details and the download are here:
http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php

Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.

The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to github
when I get a chance.

73
Chris

--
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g0kla at arrl.net
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From nss at mwt.net  Mon Apr  8 13:05:07 2019
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 08:05:07 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <00a401d4ee07$14e5c010$3eb14030$@arrl.net>
References: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
	<00a401d4ee07$14e5c010$3eb14030$@arrl.net>
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How do I check for what Java I have? still nothing working here.

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/8/2019 7:32 AM, kb2mjeff--- via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi Chris, nice job. I made room for it on my desktop so I can run it all the
> time...
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Chris Thompson via
> AMSAT-BB
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2019 9:17 AM
> To: AMSAT <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
>
> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be above
> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Rob Bruninga
> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I built
> something similar and it looks like this:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
>
> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite passes
> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does a one
> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty efficient
> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
>
> The details and the download are here:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
>
> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
>
> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to github
> when I get a chance.
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> --
> Chris E. Thompson
> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> g0kla at arrl.net
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From wb2osz at comcast.net  Mon Apr  8 11:12:03 2019
From: wb2osz at comcast.net (John Langner WB2OSZ)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 07:12:03 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Non standard APRS implementation in AI SAT
Message-ID: <000901d4edfb$e58b41b0$b0a1c510$@comcast.net>



There was a discussion, in another group, about why nothing from AISAT was getting showing up on aprs.fi.

K4KDR provided some samples of the signals so they could be analyzed.

The direwolf "-dp" option was used to produce a hexadecimal dump, of the frame, so we could see what is going on.


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

Notice the extra comma after the last address.

 
 K4KDR-6>CQ,AISAT*,::CQ-0     :=3747.66N/07736.67W`de K4KDR scott23192 at gmail.com Virginia  FM17es{847
------
U frame UI: p/f=0, No layer 3 protocol implemented., length = 111
 dest    CQ      0 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
 source  K4KDR   6 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
 digi 1  AISAT*  0   h=0 res=3 last=0    <--  The ?h? bit indicates that the
                                           digipeater address has been used
                                           It should be 1 in this case.  There should NOT be
                                           the * character in the address field.
                                                                                                                                                                                
 digi 2          0   h=0 res=3 last=1
 
 
I reformatted this so the bytes would be in groups of 7 so it is easier to read.
 
  000:  86 a2 40 40 40 40 60          ?CQ?       
            96 68 96 88 a4 40 6c      ?K4KDR?  SSID 6
            82 92 a6 82 a8 54 60      ?AISAT*?      <--   WRONG!!!!!
        
                                            The * character is used only for the
                                            human readable monitoring format.
                                            It should not be a character in the
                                            station address.
 
        40 40 40 40 40 40 61          ?      ?      WRONG!!!   Field should not
                                                 be here if not needed.
        03 f0                                    expected control, protocol
        3a 43                                                                                      :C
  020:  51 2d 30 20 20 20 20 20 3a 3d 33 37 34 37 2e 36  Q-0     :=3747.6
  030:  36 4e 2f 30 37 37 33 36 2e 36 37 57 60 64 65 20  6N/07736.67W`de
  040:  4b 34 4b 44 52 20 73 63 6f 74 74 32 33 31 39 32  K4KDR scott23192
  050:  40 67 6d 61 69 6c 2e 63 6f 6d 20 56 69 72 67 69  @gmail.com Virgi
  060:  6e 69 61 20 20 46 4d 31 37 65 73 7b 38 34 37     nia  FM17es{847
 
 
-----------------------------------

This is my analysis:

(1) Digipeating does not work normally.  A digipeater should only change the via path.  The information part should not be changed.  Why is it converted into ?message? format?

(2) Only the needed digipeater fields should be present.  If they are not needed leave them out.  Don?t fill them with blanks.

(3) A station address should never contain the * character.  That is only in the human readable standard monitoring format.  The * after a station indicates that the H bit is set.

(4) When a digipeater uses up an address in the via path, it must set the ?H? bit to 1.  If it responded to an alias, it should substitute its own callsign.

Here is an example of expected behavior:

K4KDR-6>CQ,ARISS:=3747.66N/07736.67W`de K4KDR scott23192 at gmail.com Virginia  FM17es
K4KDR-6>CQ,RS0ISS*:=3747.66N/07736.67W`de K4KDR scott23192 at gmail.com Virginia  FM17es

- ARISS is recognized as an alias by RS0ISS.
- RS0ISS substitutes its own call and marks that digipeater field as being used.
- The * is not a character in the address.  It is the human readable way to indicate that the ?H? bit is set.
- Only the via path is changed.
- The Information part is not changed at all.



------------------
   
73,
John WB2OSZ


From aj9n at aol.com  Mon Apr  8 02:44:03 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 02:44:03 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-08 03:00
	UTC
References: <610629398.18239760.1554691443798.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <610629398.18239760.1554691443798@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-08 03:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact was successful: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg? (***)

?

?

Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-08 03:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg

?

?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg

?

?

?

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html?? (***)



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?(***)

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/? (***)

?

?

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

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 113


****************************************************************************
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?2019-04-08 03:00 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 1297. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1240. 
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 2019-04-06 21:00 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

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

?

Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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

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From sv1ljj at raag.org  Mon Apr  8 15:29:26 2019
From: sv1ljj at raag.org (Apostolos Kefalas)
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:29:26 +0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <CAJOf0+tirJ5SKNCmdGMzs1sVaG5sjRuMCJyhR6uFCEQcjTCvTQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2uJrB4g7u-JZGW=9kDy6TGToFuZGsSNiPKLFBbSqnRtrg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAJOf0+tirJ5SKNCmdGMzs1sVaG5sjRuMCJyhR6uFCEQcjTCvTQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1554737366.1957.2.camel@raag.org>

On Sun, 2019-04-07 at 18:26 -0400, Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Thanks.??Now fixed.??Let me know if it works on your flavor of
> Linux.??I
> only tested it on Ubuntu.

Works great on Debian Stretch 9.8!

> 
> 73
> Chris
> 
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 3:33 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.
> org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Chris -
> > 
> > The linux and mac download links have an apostophe at the end of
> > the link,
> > creating a 404 error.???If you manually copy the link and past it
> > in the
> > address bar (then remove the appostrophe), then the link works.
> > 
> > --Roy
> > K3RLD
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
> > available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> > Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
> > views of
> > AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> > program!
> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat
> > -bb
> > 
> 
> 



From redski at bellsouth.net  Mon Apr  8 16:10:31 2019
From: redski at bellsouth.net (redski at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 11:10:31 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
Message-ID: <000001d4ee25$980ff410$c82fdc30$@bellsouth.net>

Man, that's a nice plot! Exceptionally well done, just like all of your
stuff. Thanks Chris.


From aj9n at aol.com  Mon Apr  8 17:06:34 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 17:06:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-08 17:00
	UTC
References: <1729243634.1909181.1554743194773.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1729243634.1909181.1554743194773@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-08 17:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg

?

?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg

?

Huntington High School, Huntington, TX, direct via KI5AJL

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 15:39:46 UTC 52 deg (***)

?

Park Co. Public Library with Boys & Girls Club of the High Rockies, Fairplay, CO, direct via W?W

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 17:15:53 UTC 51 deg (***)

?

?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 UTC 69 deg (***)

?

?

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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

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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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

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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 113


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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?2019-04-08 17:00 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 1297. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1240. 
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 2019-04-06 21:00 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

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From propgrinder at gmail.com  Mon Apr  8 18:13:22 2019
From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 11:13:22 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 70cm CP antenna with polarity switching for sale
In-Reply-To: <CAKoB7OqO_W0mcS30UXmpO6jJc5auRhXiOUCFUa+yp56hsx=iUg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKoB7OqO_W0mcS30UXmpO6jJc5auRhXiOUCFUa+yp56hsx=iUg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKoB7Oo0O7zFOeBKawkX__WmNMefFmt1k-CB48o5yQhs3C04Dw@mail.gmail.com>

Sold.

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 7:52 AM Bob Hammond <propgrinder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gulf Alpha 8x8 CP 70cm with polarity switching.  $250.  PM me if
> interested.  I can remove the elements for shipping.....or not.
>
> Bob
> W7OTJ
>

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Mon Apr  8 18:30:19 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 14:30:19 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-07
Message-ID: <AA84C85114C745D9936360F20CAE20EB@DHJ>

 

 

ARISS News Release                                                               No. 19-07

 

Dave Jordan, AA4KN 

ARISS PR

aa4kn at amsat.org

 

                       Bidding is Now Underway - Out of This World ARISS Auction!

April 8, 2019  The bidding has begun!  The Out of This World ARISS Auction is speeding along!  It will run until April 14th at 22:00 UTC. 

Bidders are moving fast hoping to garner a special astronaut signed brand new JVC Kenwood TS-890S-Bidding is done by going to www.ariss.org and pressing the Auction Website button or by visiting http://www.ebay.com/itm/323770952171.  Similar for bidding on a special astronaut signed 6-volume boxed set 2019 ARRL Handbook, but a different URL is used-see http://www.ebay.com/itm/323770952890. 

Thanks to JVC Kenwood and ARRL, proceeds from the on-line auction will benefit ARISS in its quest to launch a new custom-built higher-power radio system in late 2019 with its voice repeater and improved packet APRS and SSTV capability that thousands of hams can enjoy. The new system will replace the aging, problematic units currently on the ISS.  ARISS also needs funding to keep introducing ham radio to thousands of students, teachers, parents, and whole communities-and inspiring students about STEM and radio. 

Kenwood has been a super supporter of ARISS for years, and it was the company's idea for this special radio to be an exclusive for one ham to own. The limited edition boxed set 2019 ARRL Handbook sold out fast last fall but ARRL saved back one set for ARISS's fund-raiser.  AMSAT-NA, another ARISS sponsor, provided parts of the auction infrastructure.  ARISS is thankful for all of its great sponsors and supporters! 

If auctions aren't your thing, please contribute a donation to ARISS-look for the Donate button near the top right corner of www.ariss.org page or email k1sto at arrl.org.  Thank you!   

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 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:

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ARISS PR

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From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Mon Apr  8 18:52:36 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 18:52:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Non standard APRS implementation in AI SAT
In-Reply-To: <000901d4edfb$e58b41b0$b0a1c510$@comcast.net>
References: <000901d4edfb$e58b41b0$b0a1c510$@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <1727919449.17613165.1554749556091@mail.yahoo.com>

We have not reached out to aprs.fi to show the APRS activity from? AISAT-1 heard by satgates. We have reached out to findu.com for the same. If we are missing something please advice.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Monday, 8 April, 2019, 8:47:17 pm IST, John Langner WB2OSZ via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 

There was a discussion, in another group, about why nothing from AISAT was getting showing up on aprs.fi.

K4KDR provided some samples of the signals so they could be analyzed.

The direwolf "-dp" option was used to produce a hexadecimal dump, of the frame, so we could see what is going on.


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

Notice the extra comma after the last address.

 
 K4KDR-6>CQ,AISAT*,::CQ-0? ? :=3747.66N/07736.67W`de K4KDR scott23192 at gmail.com Virginia? FM17es{847
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U frame UI: p/f=0, No layer 3 protocol implemented., length = 111
 dest? ? CQ? ? ? 0 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
 source? K4KDR? 6 c/r=0 res=3 last=0
 digi 1? AISAT*? 0? h=0 res=3 last=0? ? <--? The ?h? bit indicates that the
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? digipeater address has been used
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? It should be 1 in this case.? There should NOT be
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? the * character in the address field.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
 digi 2? ? ? ? ? 0? h=0 res=3 last=1
 
 
I reformatted this so the bytes would be in groups of 7 so it is easier to read.
 
? 000:? 86 a2 40 40 40 40 60? ? ? ? ? ?CQ?? ? ? 
? ? ? ? ? ? 96 68 96 88 a4 40 6c? ? ? ?K4KDR?? SSID 6
? ? ? ? ? ? 82 92 a6 82 a8 54 60? ? ? ?AISAT*?? ? ? <--? WRONG!!!!!
? ? ? ? 
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The * character is used only for the
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? human readable monitoring format.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? It should not be a character in the
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? station address.
 
? ? ? ? 40 40 40 40 40 40 61? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? WRONG!!!? Field should not
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? be here if not needed.
? ? ? ? 03 f0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? expected control, protocol
? ? ? ? 3a 43? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :C
? 020:? 51 2d 30 20 20 20 20 20 3a 3d 33 37 34 37 2e 36? Q-0? ? :=3747.6
? 030:? 36 4e 2f 30 37 37 33 36 2e 36 37 57 60 64 65 20? 6N/07736.67W`de
? 040:? 4b 34 4b 44 52 20 73 63 6f 74 74 32 33 31 39 32? K4KDR scott23192
? 050:? 40 67 6d 61 69 6c 2e 63 6f 6d 20 56 69 72 67 69? @gmail.com Virgi
? 060:? 6e 69 61 20 20 46 4d 31 37 65 73 7b 38 34 37? ? nia? FM17es{847
 
 
-----------------------------------

This is my analysis:

(1) Digipeating does not work normally.? A digipeater should only change the via path.? The information part should not be changed.? Why is it converted into ?message? format?

(2) Only the needed digipeater fields should be present.? If they are not needed leave them out.? Don?t fill them with blanks.

(3) A station address should never contain the * character.? That is only in the human readable standard monitoring format.? The * after a station indicates that the H bit is set.

(4) When a digipeater uses up an address in the via path, it must set the ?H? bit to 1.? If it responded to an alias, it should substitute its own callsign.

Here is an example of expected behavior:

K4KDR-6>CQ,ARISS:=3747.66N/07736.67W`de K4KDR scott23192 at gmail.com Virginia? FM17es
K4KDR-6>CQ,RS0ISS*:=3747.66N/07736.67W`de K4KDR scott23192 at gmail.com Virginia? FM17es

- ARISS is recognized as an alias by RS0ISS.
- RS0ISS substitutes its own call and marks that digipeater field as being used.
- The * is not a character in the address.? It is the human readable way to indicate that the ?H? bit is set.
- Only the via path is changed.
- The Information part is not changed at all.



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73,
John WB2OSZ

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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Mon Apr  8 21:04:27 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 17:04:27 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Shaftesbury High School,
	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Message-ID: <D402B06D78114C67B5B6E1BA48E11FC3@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

on 10 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:57 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 NA1SS and VK6MJ. The contact should be audible over Australia 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.

 

 

Shaftesbury High School is a public school in the Pembina Trails School Division serving approximately 700 students from grades 9 through 12 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Grade 9 students from schools across the division have been invited to Shaftesbury to share in celebrating Canada's role in space through a contact with Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques. Currently in its 50th year, Shaftesbury has been a leader in innovative STEAM projects through the Shaftesbury High Altitude Robotics Project (SHARP) and the Shaftesbury ARISS Telebridge Service (SATS). Recent Mars simulation research conducted by Shaftesbury students has been published for presentation at the 2019 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas.

 

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

 

1. What is your favorite feature of Earth from space? 

2. How has space science changed our lives for the better? 

3. Is solar energy the only power source for the ISS? 

4. What type of training have you had to support your mental health while in 

   space? 

5. How is water used on the space station, and is it fully recycled? 

6. What is the most challenging problem you have solved while in space? 

7. What do you do for entertainment in space? 

8. What scientific discoveries have been made recently on the ISS? 

9. How is your diet different on the ISS than on Earth? 

10. How significant a threat are space junk and meteoroids to the ISS and 

    have you seen either? 

11. How do you deal with being sick or injured in space? 

12. How do astronauts celebrate birthdays in space and will you be 

    celebrating an early 50th birthday on the ISS? 

13. What effect did the recent hole have on the integrity of the ISS, and how 

    was it fixed? 

14. What personal sacrifices have you made to be on the ISS? 

15. How often and how do you communicate with family? 

16. How has seeing the Earth from space without political borders changed 

    your perspective on how we should treat others and our environment? 

17. How will a new toilet system improve life on the ISS? 

18. Are you worried about changes to your DNA while in space or about other 

    long term effects on your health? 

19. How do countries differ in their training programs as they prepare 

    astronauts for life on the ISS? 

20. Access to space is limited to only a select few. Do you foresee a time 

    where everyone can experience space? 

21. How important is an Outer Space Treaty as more countries embark on space 

    travel?

 

 

 

 

 

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.  ?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

       The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

       The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

       Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC

 

   2. Huntington High School, Huntington, TX, direct via KI5AJL

      The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

      The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

      Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 15:39:46 UTC

 

   3. Park Co. Public Library with Boys & Girls Club of the High Rockies, Fairplay, CO, direct via W?W

       The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

       The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

       Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 17:15:53 UTC

 

   4. ?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

       The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

       The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

       Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 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 k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Mon Apr  8 21:27:43 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 21:27:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <243776193.661.1554643774873@myemail.cox.net>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
	<1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>
	<243776193.661.1554643774873@myemail.cox.net>
Message-ID: <188035161.85378.1554758863176@mail.yahoo.com>

 Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32. 

However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up. 
So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler. 

AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
etc...

Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf?? How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated. 



73!Umesh




    On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:29:41 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:  
 
 Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!
 
 
 On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
 
    Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up ! 
   Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :) 
   73   Umesh, k6vug   
   
      On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:   
   
     Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1 
14104 19018AC AISAT-1 
AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER 
Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32 
  
 
 On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
 
    Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?   If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones. 
   Thanks.   
   73! 
   Umesh, k6vug   
   
   
      On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:   
   
    Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power. 
No other stations heard throughout pass ! 
 
  
> On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net> wrote: 
> 
> 
>? ? Great pass at 1642 Z? using both ARISS and AISAT-1? and UISS had no problem digipeating? from DM42 throughout the pass? 73? JACK? KC7MG? DM42 
> 
 
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From johnnykludt at gmail.com  Mon Apr  8 21:53:32 2019
From: johnnykludt at gmail.com (John Kludt)
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:53:32 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
Message-ID: <5cabc2e0.1c69fb81.36d18.4f12@mx.google.com>

The name in Doppler.sqf has to match exactly the name in nasa.all

John

Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone
On Apr 8, 2019 3:27 PM, k6vug--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32.
>
> However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up. 
> So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler.
>
> AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> etc...
>
> Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf?? How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated. 
>
> 73!Umesh
>
>
> ??? On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:29:41 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:? 
>
> Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!
>
>
> On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
>
> ??? Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up ! 
> ?? Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :) 
> ?? 73?? Umesh, k6vug?? 
> ?? 
> ????? On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:?? 
> ?? 
> ???? Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1 
> 14104 19018AC AISAT-1 
> AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER 
> Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32 
> ? 
>
> On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
>
> ??? Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ??? If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones. 
> ?? Thanks.?? 
> ?? 73! 
> ?? Umesh, k6vug?? 
> ?? 
> ?? 
> ????? On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:?? 
> ?? 
> ??? Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power. 
> No other stations heard throughout pass ! 
>
> ? 
> > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> >? ? Great pass at 1642 Z? using both ARISS and AISAT-1? and UISS had no problem digipeating? from DM42 throughout the pass? 73? JACK? KC7MG? DM42 
> > 
>
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From wa4nvm at comcast.net  Mon Apr  8 23:54:47 2019
From: wa4nvm at comcast.net (Rick - WA4NVM)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 18:54:47 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Grid Master #10 Award
Message-ID: <B9CA6C64D3574522B0CB856CD47486DC@RickMasterPC>


We are pleased to announce Frank C Westphal ? K6FW has completed and verified the 
488 continental U. S. grid squares on satellite for Grid Master Award #10.

Congratulation Frank on his achievement!

73 all,

Damon WA4HFN
Rick WA4NVM

From n1uw at gokarns.com  Tue Apr  9 00:54:32 2019
From: n1uw at gokarns.com (Frank Karnauskas)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 17:54:32 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] HRD Sat Track Rotator Help
Message-ID: <001901d4ee6e$cfc5b180$6f511480$@gokarns.com>

I  got SatPC32 running my G-5500 via an ERC-M interface on the very
first try. (Thanks, Rafael, NN3RP for the great documentation.)

Not so lucky with HRD Satellite Tracking and Rotator Control. 

The Satellite Tracking screen show the correct az/el positions for the
rotator.  I can steer the rotator with the Rotator app.  But, I cannot
get it to track an active satellite.

I have some screen grabs to share and can provide a succinct statement
of what is happening/not happening when I try to track a bird.  I am
hoping it is something as simple as a bogus DDE button setting.

If anyone is not watching the basketball game tonight and is willing
to take a look, I would appreciate your kind help.

Please contact me offline.

73,
Frank

FRANK KARNAUSKAS, N1UW
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ROTATING EDITOR
1402 SUMMIT SHORES DR.
BURNSVILLE, MN 55306
N1UW at GOKARNS.com
612-644-9174



From cchunter3 at mindspring.com  Tue Apr  9 04:10:45 2019
From: cchunter3 at mindspring.com (cchunter3 at mindspring.com)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 21:10:45 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Subject: [amsat-bb]  AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
Message-ID: <1503499320.15716.1554783045566@wamui-jasmine.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Umesh,
you can also include in the amsatnames.txt file in SatPC32 aux files..

44104U 19018AC AISAT-1

or what ever name you want so that using different TLE files the Sat name used will be consistent..just make sure the amsatname files match the doppler file names for each Satellite.

also I heard you the other day digi thru AISAT!
73
Christy KB6LTY



Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32. 

However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up. 
So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler. 

AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
etc...

Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf   How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated. 



73!Umesh

From jean.marc.momple at gmail.com  Tue Apr  9 04:12:06 2019
From: jean.marc.momple at gmail.com (Jean Marc Momple)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 08:12:06 +0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <188035161.85378.1554758863176@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
	<1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>
	<243776193.661.1554643774873@myemail.cox.net>
	<188035161.85378.1554758863176@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BE15F7D9-2B7D-4FBA-AB7F-39416075D5AE@gmail.com>

Dear All,

I have the same issue, when a space in the name sometimes the frequency does not display.

One easy work around is to enable the VFO on SATPC32 and click on any arrow to change the frequency and it will be displayed. Don?t forget to put back the right frequency.

73


Jean Marc (3B8DU)




> On Apr 9, 2019, at 1:27 AM, k6vug--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32. 
> 
> However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up. 
> So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler. 
> 
> AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> etc...
> 
> Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf   How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73!Umesh
> 
> 
> 
> 
>    On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:29:41 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:  
> 
> Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!
> 
> 
> On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> 
>    Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up ! 
>   Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :) 
>   73   Umesh, k6vug   
> 
>      On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:   
> 
>     Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1 
> 14104 19018AC AISAT-1 
> AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER 
> Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32 
> 
> 
> On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> 
>    Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?   If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones. 
>   Thanks.   
>   73! 
>   Umesh, k6vug   
> 
> 
>      On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:   
> 
>    Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power. 
> No other stations heard throughout pass ! 
> 
> 
>> On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net> wrote: 
>> 
>> 
>>     Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass  73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42 
>> 
> 
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From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Tue Apr  9 05:59:25 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 05:59:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <1503499320.15716.1554783045566@wamui-jasmine.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
References: <1503499320.15716.1554783045566@wamui-jasmine.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <140347408.306913.1554789565493@mail.yahoo.com>

 Hi Christy,
Thanks, finally got everything to work, using the regular nasa.all file in SatPC32. 

Strong signals today on a 30 deg pass today, 
easy digipeats with about 30 watts into a 8dBi gain home brew cross Yagi. 

Thanks for the QSO today at 21:37------------------
Fm KB6LTY-3 To CQ Via AISAT*, <UI pid=F0 Len=47 >[21:37:40]
:CQ-0???? ::K6VUG??? :QSL FROM DM14 TNX? 73{354
Fm K6VUG To CQ Via AISAT-1 <UI pid=F0 Len=28 >[21:37:45]
:KB6LTY-3 :QSL de K6VUG CM97
---------------

It is very nice to have a new packet satellite ! 
Will test with lower power next time. 


73!Umesh




    On Monday, April 8, 2019, 9:11:14 PM PDT, KB6LTY via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Umesh,
you can also include in the amsatnames.txt file in SatPC32 aux files..

44104U 19018AC AISAT-1

or what ever name you want so that using different TLE files the Sat name used will be consistent..just make sure the amsatname files match the doppler file names for each Satellite.

also I heard you the other day digi thru AISAT!
73
Christy KB6LTY



Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32. 

However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up. 
So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler. 

AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
etc...

Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf? How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated. 



73!Umesh
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From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Tue Apr  9 06:08:07 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 06:08:07 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <BE15F7D9-2B7D-4FBA-AB7F-39416075D5AE@gmail.com>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
	<1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>
	<243776193.661.1554643774873@myemail.cox.net>
	<188035161.85378.1554758863176@mail.yahoo.com>
	<BE15F7D9-2B7D-4FBA-AB7F-39416075D5AE@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <939219069.287768.1554790087692@mail.yahoo.com>

 Jean, 
?
I re-did the Doppler.sqf and rechecked everything. Now everything works and uses doppler tracking for "AISat 1"...! 

Also noticed a subtle difference between the official designation/name "AISat 1" and the digi call on the satellite "AISAT-1".? 
?
Thanks & 73! 
Umesh, k6vug 




    On Monday, April 8, 2019, 9:12:11 PM PDT, Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Dear All,

I have the same issue, when a space in the name sometimes the frequency does not display.

One easy work around is to enable the VFO on SATPC32 and click on any arrow to change the frequency and it will be displayed. Don?t forget to put back the right frequency.

73


Jean Marc (3B8DU)




> On Apr 9, 2019, at 1:27 AM, k6vug--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32. 
> 
> However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up. 
> So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler. 
> 
> AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> etc...
> 
> Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf? How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73!Umesh
> 
> 
> 
> 
>? ? On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:29:41 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:? 
> 
> Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!
> 
> 
> On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> 
>? ? Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up ! 
>? Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :) 
>? 73? Umesh, k6vug? 
> 
>? ? ? On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:? 
> 
>? ? Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1 
> 14104 19018AC AISAT-1 
> AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER 
> Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32 
> 
> 
> On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> 
>? ? Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?? If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones. 
>? Thanks.? 
>? 73! 
>? Umesh, k6vug? 
> 
> 
>? ? ? On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:? 
> 
>? ? Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power. 
> No other stations heard throughout pass ! 
> 
> 
>> On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net> wrote: 
>> 
>> 
>>? ? Great pass at 1642 Z? using both ARISS and AISAT-1? and UISS had no problem digipeating? from DM42 throughout the pass? 73? JACK? KC7MG? DM42 
>> 
> 
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>? ? ? ? 
> 
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From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Tue Apr  9 06:25:48 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 06:25:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] HRD Sat Track Rotator Help
In-Reply-To: <001901d4ee6e$cfc5b180$6f511480$@gokarns.com>
References: <001901d4ee6e$cfc5b180$6f511480$@gokarns.com>
Message-ID: <1746414242.1991878.1554791148523@mail.yahoo.com>

 FWIW, sorry if the following is too obvious but from personal experience, 
?
a) the DDE selection in HRD Rotator should be "HRD SatTrack". 
?
b) also, the RX in HRD Satellite should be checked, 
?
c) and, after RX is checked, "DDE Track" in HRD Rotator needs to un-selected and re-selected? 
this helps kick-start it... weird but true in my case.? 
?
?
Umesh, k6vug? 
?
?
?
?

    On Monday, April 8, 2019, 5:56:14 PM PDT, Frank Karnauskas via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 I? got SatPC32 running my G-5500 via an ERC-M interface on the very
first try. (Thanks, Rafael, NN3RP for the great documentation.)

Not so lucky with HRD Satellite Tracking and Rotator Control. 

The Satellite Tracking screen show the correct az/el positions for the
rotator.? I can steer the rotator with the Rotator app.? But, I cannot
get it to track an active satellite.

I have some screen grabs to share and can provide a succinct statement
of what is happening/not happening when I try to track a bird.? I am
hoping it is something as simple as a bogus DDE button setting.

If anyone is not watching the basketball game tonight and is willing
to take a look, I would appreciate your kind help.

Please contact me offline.

73,
Frank

FRANK KARNAUSKAS, N1UW
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ROTATING EDITOR
1402 SUMMIT SHORES DR.
BURNSVILLE, MN 55306
N1UW at GOKARNS.com
612-644-9174


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From quadpugh at bellsouth.net  Tue Apr  9 09:59:23 2019
From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 04:59:23 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] test email
Message-ID: <359b01d4eeba$e9388470$bba98d50$@bellsouth.net>

 

 


From ingejack at cox.net  Tue Apr  9 14:01:46 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 10:01:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <188035161.85378.1554758863176@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
	<1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>
	<243776193.661.1554643774873@myemail.cox.net>
	<188035161.85378.1554758863176@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <636727701.2531.1554818506238@myemail.cox.net>

AISAT-1 needs a DASH in between the AISAT and 1 .. Sorry for the problem. Here is the correct TLE and Doppler.sqf
AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR.0,0 PKT DIGI
Hope this helps Umesh ! 73 JACK KC7MG This should now work fine


> On April 8, 2019 at 5:27 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32.
> 
>     However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up.
>     So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler.
> 
>     AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
>     ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
>     etc...
> 
>     Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf   How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
>     73!
>     Umesh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:29:41 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!
> 
> 
>         > > On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 
> >         Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up !
> >         Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :)
> >         73
> >         Umesh, k6vug
> > 
> > 
> >         On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >         Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
> >         14104 19018AC AISAT-1
> >         AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
> >         Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32
> > 
> > 
> >             > > > On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > >             Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?
> > >             If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
> > >             Thanks.
> > > 
> > >             73!
> > >             Umesh, k6vug
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
> > >             No other stations heard throughout pass !
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > >             >
> > >             >
> > >             >    Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass  73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42
> > >             >
> > > 
> > >             _______________________________________________
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> > >             to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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> > > 
> > >         > >          
> > 
> >     >      
> 
 

From ingejack at cox.net  Tue Apr  9 14:04:42 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 10:04:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <BE15F7D9-2B7D-4FBA-AB7F-39416075D5AE@gmail.com>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
	<1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>
	<243776193.661.1554643774873@myemail.cox.net>
	<188035161.85378.1554758863176@mail.yahoo.com>
	<BE15F7D9-2B7D-4FBA-AB7F-39416075D5AE@gmail.com>
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I don't use SATPC32 to track AISAT-1 or ISS or NO-84
I put it on 145825 and leave it there. It will track just fine throughout the orbit ! Since it is a simplex satellite you don't have to use Satpc32 except to watch the satellite throughout it's pass !

> On April 9, 2019 at 12:12 AM Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple at gmail.com mailto:jean.marc.momple at gmail.com > wrote:
> 
> 
>     Dear All,
> 
>     I have the same issue, when a space in the name sometimes the frequency does not display.
> 
>     One easy work around is to enable the VFO on SATPC32 and click on any arrow to change the frequency and it will be displayed. Don?t forget to put back the right frequency.
> 
>     73
> 
> 
>     Jean Marc (3B8DU)
> 
> 
> 
>         > > On Apr 9, 2019, at 1:27 AM, k6vug--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org > wrote:
> > 
> >         Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32.
> > 
> >         However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up.
> >         So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler.
> > 
> >         AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> >         ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> >         etc...
> > 
> >         Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         73!Umesh
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:29:41 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > 
> >         Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!
> > 
> > 
> >         On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net mailto:k6vug at sbcglobal.net " <k6vug at sbcglobal.net mailto:k6vug at sbcglobal.net > wrote:
> > 
> >         Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up !
> >         Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :)
> >         73 Umesh, k6vug
> > 
> >         On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > 
> >         Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
> >         14104 19018AC AISAT-1
> >         AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
> >         Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32
> > 
> > 
> >         On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net mailto:k6vug at sbcglobal.net " <k6vug at sbcglobal.net mailto:k6vug at sbcglobal.net > wrote:
> > 
> >         Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ? If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
> >         Thanks.
> >         73!
> >         Umesh, k6vug
> > 
> > 
> >         On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org > wrote:
> > 
> >         Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
> >         No other stations heard throughout pass !
> > 
> >             > > > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             Great pass at 1642 Z using both ARISS and AISAT-1 and UISS had no problem digipeating from DM42 throughout the pass 73 JACK KC7MG DM42
> > > 
> > >         > > _______________________________________________
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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From ingejack at cox.net  Tue Apr  9 14:06:48 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 10:06:48 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <636727701.2531.1554818506238@myemail.cox.net>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
	<1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>
	<243776193.661.1554643774873@myemail.cox.net>
	<188035161.85378.1554758863176@mail.yahoo.com>
	<636727701.2531.1554818506238@myemail.cox.net>
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By the way: I don't use SATPC32 to track Doppler on the digi birds. I put it on 145825 simplex and it will track just fine without satpc32. I just use Satpc32 to watch the position of the satellite throughout the pass and correct az/el manually !


> On April 9, 2019 at 10:01 AM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>     AISAT-1 needs a DASH in between the AISAT and 1 .. Sorry for the problem. Here is the correct TLE and Doppler.sqf
>     AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR.0,0 PKT DIGI
>     Hope this helps Umesh ! 73 JACK KC7MG This should now work fine
> 
> 
>         > > On April 8, 2019 at 5:27 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 
> >         Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32.
> > 
> >         However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up.
> >         So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler.
> > 
> >         AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> >         ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> >         etc...
> > 
> >         Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf   How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         73!
> >         Umesh
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:29:41 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >         Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!
> > 
> > 
> >             > > > On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > >             Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up !
> > >             Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :)
> > >             73
> > >             Umesh, k6vug
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
> > >             14104 19018AC AISAT-1
> > >             AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
> > >             Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32
> > > 
> > > 
> > >                 > > > > On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >                 Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?
> > > >                 If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
> > > >                 Thanks.
> > > > 
> > > >                 73!
> > > >                 Umesh, k6vug
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >                 On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >                 Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
> > > >                 No other stations heard throughout pass !
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >                 > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > > >                 >
> > > >                 >
> > > >                 >    Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass  73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42
> > > >                 >
> > > > 
> > > >                 _______________________________________________
> > > >                 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 k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Tue Apr  9 15:26:02 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 15:26:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Grid Master #10 Award
In-Reply-To: <B9CA6C64D3574522B0CB856CD47486DC@RickMasterPC>
References: <B9CA6C64D3574522B0CB856CD47486DC@RickMasterPC>
Message-ID: <920499325.522175.1554823562861@mail.yahoo.com>

 Pretty neat Frank, Congratulations !!! 
?
- Umesh, k6vug 
?
?
    On Monday, April 8, 2019, 5:02:06 PM PDT, Rick - WA4NVM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 
We are pleased to announce Frank C Westphal ? K6FW has completed and verified the 
488 continental U. S. grid squares on satellite for Grid Master Award #10.

Congratulation Frank on his achievement!

73 all,

Damon WA4HFN
Rick WA4NVM
_______________________________________________
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From ingejack at cox.net  Tue Apr  9 16:30:04 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 12:30:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <872147764.2664.1554818808655@myemail.cox.net>
References: <474524547.1545235.1554397003263@myemail.cox.net>
	<1766672891.1547444.1554401698292@myemail.cox.net>
	<624565383.17133276.1554422941277@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1582089368.1615.1554470919832@myemail.cox.net>
	<1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@mail.yahoo.com>
	<243776193.661.1554643774873@myemail.cox.net>
	<188035161.85378.1554758863176@mail.yahoo.com>
	<636727701.2531.1554818506238@myemail.cox.net>
	<872147764.2664.1554818808655@myemail.cox.net>
Message-ID: <383555427.6266.1554827404760@myemail.cox.net>

Also The PATH is AISAT-1 or ARISS Both work fine !!


> On April 9, 2019 at 10:06 AM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>     By the way: I don't use SATPC32 to track Doppler on the digi birds. I put it on 145825 simplex and it will track just fine without satpc32. I just use Satpc32 to watch the position of the satellite throughout the pass and correct az/el manually !
> 
> 
>         > > On April 9, 2019 at 10:01 AM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> > 
> >         AISAT-1 needs a DASH in between the AISAT and 1 .. Sorry for the problem. Here is the correct TLE and Doppler.sqf
> >         AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR.0,0 PKT DIGI
> >         Hope this helps Umesh ! 73 JACK KC7MG This should now work fine
> > 
> > 
> >             > > > On April 8, 2019 at 5:27 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > >             Thanks, I see that it is now included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by SatPC32.
> > > 
> > >             However, when I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the frequency pair does'nt show up.
> > >             So I ended up working at a fixed frequency without doppler.
> > > 
> > >             AISAT 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> > >             ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
> > >             etc...
> > > 
> > >             Later, on a hunch I tried other birds with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from Doppler.sqf   How do I get around it, any help is most appreciated.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             73!
> > >             Umesh
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:29:41 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!
> > > 
> > > 
> > >                 > > > > On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >                 Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up !
> > > >                 Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :)
> > > >                 73
> > > >                 Umesh, k6vug
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >                 On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >                 Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
> > > >                 14104 19018AC AISAT-1
> > > >                 AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
> > > >                 Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >                     > > > > > On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net" <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > >                     Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?
> > > > >                     If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
> > > > >                     Thanks.
> > > > > 
> > > > >                     73!
> > > > >                     Umesh, k6vug
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >                     On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >                     Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
> > > > >                     No other stations heard throughout pass !
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >                     > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net mailto:ingejack at cox.net > wrote:
> > > > >                     >
> > > > >                     >
> > > > >                     >    Great pass at 1642 Z  using both ARISS and AISAT-1  and UISS had no problem digipeating  from DM42 throughout the pass  73  JACK  KC7MG  DM42
> > > > >                     >
> > > > > 
> > > > >                     _______________________________________________
> > > > >                     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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> > > > > 
> > > > >                 > > > >                  
> > > > 
> > > >             > > >              
> > > 
> > >         > >          
> > 
> >     >      
> 
 

From twjones85 at gmail.com  Tue Apr  9 16:50:28 2019
From: twjones85 at gmail.com (Tanner Jones)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 11:50:28 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Grid Master #10 Award
In-Reply-To: <920499325.522175.1554823562861@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <B9CA6C64D3574522B0CB856CD47486DC@RickMasterPC>
	<920499325.522175.1554823562861@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1C0C25E7-5DF1-4139-8D74-894708DE428B@gmail.com>

Congratulations Frank!

73,
Tanner 

W9TWJ 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 9, 2019, at 10:26 AM, k6vug--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Pretty neat Frank, Congratulations !!! 
>  
> - Umesh, k6vug 
>  
>  
>    On Monday, April 8, 2019, 5:02:06 PM PDT, Rick - WA4NVM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
> 
> 
> We are pleased to announce Frank C Westphal ? K6FW has completed and verified the 
> 488 continental U. S. grid squares on satellite for Grid Master Award #10.
> 
> Congratulation Frank on his achievement!
> 
> 73 all,
> 
> Damon WA4HFN
> Rick WA4NVM
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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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> 
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Tue Apr  9 17:19:00 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 17:19:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
References: <546664163.553305.1554830340505.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <546664163.553305.1554830340505@mail.yahoo.com>

Both will work .

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]

--------------------------------------------
On Tue, 9/4/19, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
 To: k6vug at sbcglobal.net, amsat-bb at amsat.org
 Date: Tuesday, 9 April, 2019, 4:30 PM
 
 Also The PATH is AISAT-1 or ARISS
 Both work fine !!
 
 
 >
 On April 9, 2019 at 10:06 AM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net>
 wrote:
 > 
 >? ?  By
 the way: I don't use SATPC32 to track Doppler on the
 digi birds. I put it on 145825 simplex and it will track
 just fine without satpc32. I just use Satpc32 to watch the
 position of the satellite throughout the pass and correct
 az/el manually !
 > 
 >
 
 >? ? ? ?  > > On April 9, 2019
 at 10:01 AM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net>
 wrote:
 > > 
 >
 >? ? ? ?  AISAT-1 needs a DASH in between the AISAT
 and 1 .. Sorry for the problem. Here is the correct TLE and
 Doppler.sqf
 > >? ? ? ? 
 AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR.0,0 PKT DIGI
 > >? ? ? ?  Hope this helps Umesh !
 73 JACK KC7MG This should now work fine
 >
 > 
 > > 
 > >?
 ? ? ? ? ?  > > > On April 8, 2019 at 5:27 PM
 "k6vug at sbcglobal.net"
 <k6vug at sbcglobal.net>
 wrote:
 > > > 
 >
 > >? ? ? ? ? ?  Thanks, I see that it is now
 included in "nasa.all", and is picked up by
 SatPC32.
 > > > 
 > > >? ? ? ? ? ?  However, when
 I add an entry for "AISAT 1" in Doppler.sqf, the
 frequency pair does'nt show up.
 >
 > >? ? ? ? ? ?  So I ended up working at a fixed
 frequency without doppler.
 > > >
 
 > > >? ? ? ? ? ?  AISAT
 1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
 >
 > >? ? ? ? ? ? 
 ISS,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Pkt Digi
 > > >? ? ? ? ? ?  etc...
 > > > 
 > >
 >? ? ? ? ? ?  Later, on a hunch I tried other birds
 with a SPACE in their name and they seem to have the same
 issue. the frequency pair does not get picked up from
 Doppler.sqf?  How do I get around it, any help is most
 appreciated.
 > > > 
 > > > 
 > > >
 
 > > >? ? ? ? ? ?  73!
 > > >? ? ? ? ? ?  Umesh
 > > > 
 > > >
 
 > > > 
 > >
 > 
 > > > 
 >
 > >? ? ? ? ? ?  On Sunday, April 7, 2019,
 6:29:41 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net>
 wrote:
 > > > 
 >
 > > 
 > > >? ? ? ? ? ? 
 Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry
 !!
 > > > 
 > >
 > 
 > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
 > > > > On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net"
 <k6vug at sbcglobal.net>
 wrote:
 > > > > 
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
 Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up !
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
 Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :)
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
 73
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ?
 ?  Umesh, k6vug
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > >
 > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  On Friday, April 5, 2019,
 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net>
 wrote:
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > >
 > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  Umesh: Here are the
 TLE's for AISAT-1
 > > > >?
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  14104 19018AC AISAT-1
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
 AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
 Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under
 NEW in SATPC32
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > >
 > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  > > > >
 > On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug at sbcglobal.net"
 <k6vug at sbcglobal.net>
 wrote:
 > > > > > 
 > > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
 ? ?  Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download
 from AMSAT ?
 > > > > >? ?
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  If not could please share the TLEs.
 I don't have the updated ones.
 > >
 > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  Thanks.
 > > > > > 
 >
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  73!
 > > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
 ? ?  Umesh, k6vug
 > > > > >
 
 > > > > > 
 > > > > > 
 >
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  On
 Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via
 AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
 wrote:
 > > > > > 
 > > > > > 
 >
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  Using M2
 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz
 M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts
 power.
 > > > > >? ? ? ?
 ? ? ? ? ? ?  No other stations heard throughout pass
 !
 > > > > > 
 > > > > > 
 >
 > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  > On
 April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack at cox.net
 mailto:ingejack at cox.net
 > wrote:
 > > > > >? ? ?
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  >
 > > >
 > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  >
 > > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
 ? ?  >? ? Great pass at 1642 Z? using both ARISS and
 AISAT-1? and UISS had no problem digipeating? from DM42
 throughout the pass? 73? JACK? KC7MG? DM42
 > > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
 ? ?  >
 > > > > > 
 > > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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From jhjipping at gmail.com  Tue Apr  9 19:07:48 2019
From: jhjipping at gmail.com (Jim JIpping)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 15:07:48 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
In-Reply-To: <546664163.553305.1554830340505@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <546664163.553305.1554830340505.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<546664163.553305.1554830340505@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <aceceb8c-9d52-c71a-4652-50b0f2842614@gmail.com>

When I go to SATPC32, satellites and refresh to keps for NASA.ALL I only 
get AISat 1 in the list for anything resembling what you are calling AISAT-1

Help, please

Much thanks

Jim , W8MRR AMSAT 5512



From bruninga at usna.edu  Tue Apr  9 19:21:08 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 15:21:08 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] KE6QMD Satellite Digipeater?)
Message-ID: <1dfcc38677c2dc2291c9d06165269bed@mail.gmail.com>

Is there a satellite that is digipeating APRS packets with the callsign
KE6QMD?

It is in our list of digipeating APRS satelilites and I'm having a senior
moment and not remembering it.
Steve Dimse K4HG is in the process of cleaning up the parsing stack at
FINDU.COM and I am helping to eliminate all the no-longer used aliases and
calls.

Bob

From peter at magicbug.co.uk  Tue Apr  9 20:47:35 2019
From: peter at magicbug.co.uk (Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL))
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 21:47:35 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] KE6QMD Satellite Digipeater?)
In-Reply-To: <1dfcc38677c2dc2291c9d06165269bed@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1dfcc38677c2dc2291c9d06165269bed@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAFvUairjB_5u_GgpJOg1ujCZzfGfptdRsV_c5Df9=zrV3F5a3A@mail.gmail.com>

Bob,

the internet suggest NO-45 (Sapphire) based on je9pel's website

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/31114dig.htm

Peter, 2M0SQL

On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 20:21, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Is there a satellite that is digipeating APRS packets with the callsign
> KE6QMD?
>
> It is in our list of digipeating APRS satelilites and I'm having a senior
> moment and not remembering it.
> Steve Dimse K4HG is in the process of cleaning up the parsing stack at
> FINDU.COM and I am helping to eliminate all the no-longer used aliases and
> calls.
>
> Bob
> _______________________________________________
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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Wed Apr 10 05:34:02 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (David Jordan)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 05:34:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV app for IPhone
Message-ID: <6F52365D40B8F154.a2a4fd30-1f0b-440c-a7d8-a49a18a6d69e@mail.outlook.com>




What is the best free IPhone SSTV app to use for receiving SSTV from the ISS this weekend?




Dave, AA4KN 




Get Outlook for Android




From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Wed Apr 10 03:25:33 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:25:33 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
In-Reply-To: <6239c5dd-5360-308a-180e-adfbbff577c3@msa.hinet.net>
References: <CAJOf0+vheYt_5FM-vd-Q6VBdb3zYg-VDOYxuvfy0kSr6iCNjpA@mail.gmail.com>
	<55251F56DC9145F7AE48F24F9F4EF7DD@CSI9020>
	<CAJOf0+v+0hYBEGGezwK3cmaS3nA=xXJujPHHF=quugrW4Q1iEg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CANnv5mZr1HFY6dJnhmOTFvtTV0ySe0kSxXiSnXSCgF_y6jFNFg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALaYSmmqBeZL0RKBPnuRiMMRg=UifXFVjWgsAONXMuON=ojVig@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAJOf0+tKj3N_hQ1proMn4iU7oZ5VjzxkiAOP_i3=-LkHERi49g@mail.gmail.com>
	<6239c5dd-5360-308a-180e-adfbbff577c3@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <d4b3d885-6ba3-7477-bf68-f4744e9207ab@msa.hinet.net>

For some reason mail from this list with the above subject from Chris is 
not getting into my mailbox. Luckily I check the web based archive every 
now and then.

Chris, thank you for updating the PacSat software and fixing the Java 
problem. Version 0.22 is starting up without any problems now. I use UDP 
streaming from GQRX into direwolf and the PacSat software can read the 
KISS data via TCP on port 8001 then. Every time v0.22 is starting up it 
still complains that I need to set up a virtual serial port, but the 
ignoring the warning seems fine. It shows a 'decoder ready' message, so 
I assume that means it's working.

Reading the manual now as I have no experience with PacSat. Waiting for 
a good pass of Falconsat-3 tomorrow to see if I can get some data in. 
Data out is for another day.

73 and cheers,

Hans

BX2ABT


On 04/04/2019 11:40 AM, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I downloaded the software (V0.21) from the G0KLA website, running it 
> on Linux (Kubuntu 18.04 with Java version 0.64). Well, I'm trying to 
> run it, because I get the following error message.....
>
> java -jar PacSatGround.jar
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
> ??????? at PacSatGround.main(PacSatGround.java:29)
>
> On my laptop it runs fine, albeit it uses a slightly older Java 
> version (0.59) on Debian Testing from 18.03 (Netrunner).
>
> Question: is there a specific Java version that has to be used with 
> V0.21 of? the PacSat software, or is my system messed up and I need to 
> do a fresh install?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
>
>
>> Chris
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 14:03 Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> ??? I've been able to pull AX.25 frames from the satnogs .ogg 
>>> recordings of
>>> Falconsat-3 and I usually get more valid frames than satnogs shows 
>>> on the
>>> webpage when using my brute force demodulator (my brute force 
>>> demodulator
>>> was the topic of my Symposium paper).
>>> ??? Can you contact me off the list and let's work out how to automate
>>> demodulating telemetry from the existing recordings (and new 
>>> recordings as
>>> they get added) and get it into the telemetry server.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Douglas KA2UPW/5
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 11:21 AM Corey Shields <cshields at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Chris, we spoke at the symposium about sharing data..
>>>>
>>>> The best way to pull data would be to periodically pull from the 
>>>> api for
>>>> db.satnogs.org, however its not working at the moment[1]. I've got 
>>>> some
>>>> free time this weekend, I'll see if I can get this fixed.
>>>>
>>>> That said, we have been decoding the messages we have from falconsat-3
>>>> into
>>>> our dashboard[2] going back to April. Its just running through a 
>>>> message
>>>> decoder, no telemetry. It shouldn't be too hard to write a struct 
>>>> for the
>>>> telemetry, and re-decode the frames so we can make use of the rest 
>>>> of the
>>>> data.
>>>>
>>>> I'll reach out directly once the API is fixed..
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> -Corey? KB9JHU
>>>>
>>>> [1] -
>>>> https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/satnogs/satnogs-db/issues/266
>>>> [2] -
>>>> https://dashboard.satnogs.org/d/UZ30F5Xik/ax-25-monitor?refresh=1m&orgId=1 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:49 PM Chris Thompson <g0kla at arrl.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm not aware of that data or how to access it.? If there is an 
>>>>> archive
>>>> of
>>>>> data and it includes the WE files then it might be useful to us.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:25 PM Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's great, Chris!? Thanks for all the work on that project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regarding telemetry, does AMSAT access the data that is forwarded to
>>>>>> SatNogs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ever since FalconSat-3 was turned over to the Amateur Community, 
>>>>>> along
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> I'm sure a lot of others, I have forwarded thousands of telemetry
>>>> packets
>>>>>> from FalconSat-3 to the SatNogs database using the DK3WN Telemetry
>>>>>> Forwarder
>>>>>> ( http://www.dk3wn.info/files/tlm_forwarder2.zip ).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, I don't know HOW to access data that is forwarded to SatNogs in
>>>> that
>>>>>> way, but a lot of data is aggregated there from many of the past &
>>>>>> presently
>>>>>> active satellites that have known decoders.?? I'm aware that Univ.
>>>>>> Colorado
>>>>>> / Boulder obtains data from the CSIM satellite that way; I would
>>>> imagine
>>>>>> others do as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again for what I'm sure was a huge job on the new software!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Scott,? K4KDR
>>>>>>
>>>>>> =========================================
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Chris Thompson
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 5:53 PM
>>>>>> To: AMSAT
>>>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've written a new Ground station for FalconSat-3. If you had an
>>>> initial
>>>>> go
>>>>>> with WISP without success or if you have never tried to decode
>>>>> FalconSat-3,
>>>>>> now is a good time to try.? This requires much less setup than WISP.
>>>> And
>>>>>> don't be put off if you don't have a hardware TNC, this will work
>>>> with a
>>>>>> soundcard TNC. Or, if you didn't try to listen to FalconSat-3 
>>>>>> because
>>>> you
>>>>>> don't have a station that can transmit commands to the spacecraft,
>>>> then
>>>>>> read on. We still need your help to decode telemetry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In particular we would like to encourage people to download the
>>>> Telemetry
>>>>>> and forward it to an AMSAT telemetry server.? Currently more
>>>> telemetry is
>>>>>> generated than we can download with AMSAT Operations ground 
>>>>>> stations.
>>>>>> Receive only stations can contribute to that as well as stations
>>>> equipped
>>>>>> to transmit to FalconSat-3 and request files.? You can see telemetry
>>>>>> uploaded so far here: http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are details about the spacecraft, how to install the software
>>>> and
>>>>> how
>>>>>> it works in the manual available if you download the software or
>>>> online
>>>>>> here: http://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/pacsat_ground_manual.pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can download the software at www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php.? I
>>>> have
>>>>>> also written some blog posts and thoughts about the software for
>>>> anyone
>>>>>> interested.? They are linked from the download page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is much to do here of course and most of it probably won't get
>>>>> done.
>>>>>> I would call this a beta release. If you have suggestions or bug
>>>> fixes
>>>>>> please log them online at https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/issues or
>>>> send
>>>>>> me
>>>>>> an email.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The software is open source.? All the details are here:
>>>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/? The telemetry processing and
>>>> display
>>>>>> leverages common code from FoxTelem in a library here:
>>>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/libTelem/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Chris E. Thompson
>>>>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
>>>>>> g0kla at arrl.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>> available
>>>>>> to all 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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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Chris E. Thompson
>>>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
>>>>> g0kla at arrl.net
>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>
>>>> -- 
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>
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From meyersb at uplogon.com  Wed Apr 10 12:58:51 2019
From: meyersb at uplogon.com (Bob Meyers)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:58:51 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV app for IPhone
In-Reply-To: <6F52365D40B8F154.a2a4fd30-1f0b-440c-a7d8-a49a18a6d69e@mail.outlook.com>
References: <6F52365D40B8F154.a2a4fd30-1f0b-440c-a7d8-a49a18a6d69e@mail.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <0FF6B4CE-35C3-429F-A21E-6D721E0D0FD3@uplogon.com>

 SSTV  app works great.  Use ear phones and put them on the end of the phone where the microphone is located.  Adjust the audio and you can get perfect SSTV pictures from the space station.

Bob
WA8FXQ


> On Apr 10, 2019, at 12:34 AM, David Jordan via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> What is the best free IPhone SSTV app to use for receiving SSTV from the ISS this weekend?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dave, AA4KN 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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 rwmcgwier at gmail.com  Wed Apr 10 14:03:44 2019
From: rwmcgwier at gmail.com (Robert McGwier)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:03:44 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Event Horizon Telescope
Message-ID: <CA+K5gze8PCKWEaCz7+CnkYva=dw0=UYABdfGwr02XbN4Pu5Tiw@mail.gmail.com>

During his career developing techniques with his team to do Very Long
Baseline Interferometry using widely separated but not connected radio
telescopes, Tom Clark, K3IO  made major contributions to Radio Astronomy
Science and Engineering.

Today, we saw another outcome. NSF, EU, and many others announced the VLBI
generated image of the 4 billion solar mass Black Hole at the center of the
Galaxy Messier object 87 (M87 for shorthand). You could literally see all
the way down to the event horizon.  The used telescopes all over the world
and made the signals coherent even though they were recorded using a record
and timing process developed by Tom and his team at NASA Goddard and
extended into the modern era with better toys than Tom had when he was the
world's most accurate geodicist.

And once again, Einstein's theory of relativity was proven right in the
most violent laboratory ever "seen".

73s
N4HY

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Wed Apr 10 17:30:51 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:30:51 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Arizona ARC "DeVry" hamfest in Phoenix AZ (20
	April 2019)
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUf_-9EPUiT1CKVCD3LO5ybdAvz9EzaYRQzt5F-3CZpDTQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I will have an AMSAT booth at the Arizona Amateur Radio Club's annual
hamfest on Saturday, 20 April 2019, in the morning. The hamfest is held
at the DeVry University, along Dunlap Avenue east of I-17 exit 207 in
Phoenix. The hamfest is a morning event, scheduled to run from 6am to
11am (1300-1800 UTC).

During the morning, WD9EWK will be on the air for demonstrations of
satellite operating. The hamfest site is in grid DM33, in Arizona's
Maricopa County. If you hear WD9EWK on the air that morning, please
call and be a part of the demonstration. All QSOs will be uploaded to
Logbook of the World after the hamfest. QSL cards are available on
request - no need to first send me your card or SASE; just e-mail me
directly with the QSO details for verification against my log.

I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter feed to post updates from the hamfest.
For those who don't use Twitter, these updates are available in a web
browser at:

http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

Thanks, and 73!





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

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Wed Apr 10 17:32:44 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:32:44 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Cochise Hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ (4 May 2019)
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUeZDjM8JXh4yzAiVdozMdBeM90vyUD6D-KppyPDq2yjHg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I will have an AMSAT booth at the Cochise Amateur Radio Association's
hamfest on Saturday, 4 May 2019, between 7am and noon (1400-1900 UTC).
The hamfest is held at the club's "Green Acres" site in Sierra Vista,
Arizona. "Green Acres" is located along Moson Road, south of AZ-90
and east of Fort Huachuca. More information about the hamfest is
available at:

http://www.k7rdg.org/2-Events/Planning/190504_CARA_Hamfest_Flyer.pdf

A map of the hamfest site and the Sierra Vista/Fort Huachuca area is
available at:

http://www.k7rdg.org/8-About/About.html

During the morning, WD9EWK will be on the air for demonstrations of
satellite operating. The hamfest site is in grid DM41, in Arizona's
Cochise County. If you hear WD9EWK on the air that morning, please
call and be a part of the demonstration. All QSOs will be uploaded to
Logbook of the World after the hamfest. QSL cards are available on
request - no need to first send me your card or SASE; just e-mail me
directly with the QSO details for verification against my log.

I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter feed to post updates from the hamfest.
For those who don't use Twitter, these updates are available in a web
browser at:

http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

Thanks, and 73!





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

From les at highnoonfilm.com  Wed Apr 10 17:42:18 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:42:18 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Geochron4K With Amateur Satellite Overlay
Message-ID: <C085F31B-28D6-4D46-8633-F2F6FB591FFB@highnoonfilm.com>


If you?re interested in seeing what the Geochron4K clock looks like with the real-time amateur satellite overlay, I?ve uploaded a sample picture at the following URL:

https://on.frame.io/secuj3k8

Note that you can select which satellites to display. They are grouped first into categories such as military, GPS, etc?and then the software offers the ability to select individual satellites. 

You can also alter the length of the ?trail? that appears behind each satellite. The trail helps you to visualize the direction of travel. 

Since Geochron is constantly updating the available overlays, and will soon offer a software developers kit (SDK), there is no telling what kind of information you may be able to overlay your clock. 

I know that the company plans to add real-time weather, radio propagation, and other overlays soon. If enough satellite operators chime in, we may be able to get them to add footprints to the satellite overlays. 

At $399, plus the price of a monitor, it?s a great tool for hams. I have no financial or other relationship with the company, just a fan. 

You can learn more at: 

https://www.geochron.com/4k/

If you decide to buy one, please mention AMSAT in your order. Always good to let vendors know where the business is coming from. 

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From aj9n at aol.com  Wed Apr 10 20:29:08 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:29:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-10 20:30
	UTC
References: <1431700181.1458230.1554928148197.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1431700181.1458230.1554928148197@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-10 20:30 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

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Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact was successful: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg ?(***)

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?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg

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Huntington High School, Huntington, TX, direct via KI5AJL

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 15:39:46 UTC 52 deg (***)

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Park Co. Public Library with Boys & Girls Club of the High Rockies, Fairplay, CO, direct via W?W

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 17:15:53 UTC 51 deg (***)

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?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 UTC 69 deg (***)

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The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

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The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

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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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

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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.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 
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 113


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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?2019-04-10 20:30 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 1298. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1241. (***)
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 2019-04-10 20:30 UTC. (***)

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From chrisethompson at gmail.com  Wed Apr 10 20:56:35 2019
From: chrisethompson at gmail.com (Chris Thompson)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:56:35 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
In-Reply-To: <d4b3d885-6ba3-7477-bf68-f4744e9207ab@msa.hinet.net>
References: <CAJOf0+vheYt_5FM-vd-Q6VBdb3zYg-VDOYxuvfy0kSr6iCNjpA@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAJOf0+sobu65nC3DCZ-7dGjmbnJJf5kaaZSx-_qyP1g-Bta+UA@mail.gmail.com>

Hans,

What is the serial port error?  That should not show up if you have TCP
selected.

Chris

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 02:09 Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> For some reason mail from this list with the above subject from Chris is
> not getting into my mailbox. Luckily I check the web based archive every
> now and then.
>
> Chris, thank you for updating the PacSat software and fixing the Java
> problem. Version 0.22 is starting up without any problems now. I use UDP
> streaming from GQRX into direwolf and the PacSat software can read the
> KISS data via TCP on port 8001 then. Every time v0.22 is starting up it
> still complains that I need to set up a virtual serial port, but the
> ignoring the warning seems fine. It shows a 'decoder ready' message, so
> I assume that means it's working.
>
> Reading the manual now as I have no experience with PacSat. Waiting for
> a good pass of Falconsat-3 tomorrow to see if I can get some data in.
> Data out is for another day.
>
> 73 and cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
>
> On 04/04/2019 11:40 AM, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I downloaded the software (V0.21) from the G0KLA website, running it
> > on Linux (Kubuntu 18.04 with Java version 0.64). Well, I'm trying to
> > run it, because I get the following error message.....
> >
> > java -jar PacSatGround.jar
> > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
> >         at PacSatGround.main(PacSatGround.java:29)
> >
> > On my laptop it runs fine, albeit it uses a slightly older Java
> > version (0.59) on Debian Testing from 18.03 (Netrunner).
> >
> > Question: is there a specific Java version that has to be used with
> > V0.21 of  the PacSat software, or is my system messed up and I need to
> > do a fresh install?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Hans
> >
> > BX2ABT
> >
> >
> >
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 14:03 Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Chris,
> >>>
> >>>     I've been able to pull AX.25 frames from the satnogs .ogg
> >>> recordings of
> >>> Falconsat-3 and I usually get more valid frames than satnogs shows
> >>> on the
> >>> webpage when using my brute force demodulator (my brute force
> >>> demodulator
> >>> was the topic of my Symposium paper).
> >>>     Can you contact me off the list and let's work out how to automate
> >>> demodulating telemetry from the existing recordings (and new
> >>> recordings as
> >>> they get added) and get it into the telemetry server.
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>> Douglas KA2UPW/5
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 11:21 AM Corey Shields <cshields at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Chris, we spoke at the symposium about sharing data..
> >>>>
> >>>> The best way to pull data would be to periodically pull from the
> >>>> api for
> >>>> db.satnogs.org, however its not working at the moment[1]. I've got
> >>>> some
> >>>> free time this weekend, I'll see if I can get this fixed.
> >>>>
> >>>> That said, we have been decoding the messages we have from falconsat-3
> >>>> into
> >>>> our dashboard[2] going back to April. Its just running through a
> >>>> message
> >>>> decoder, no telemetry. It shouldn't be too hard to write a struct
> >>>> for the
> >>>> telemetry, and re-decode the frames so we can make use of the rest
> >>>> of the
> >>>> data.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll reach out directly once the API is fixed..
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> -Corey  KB9JHU
> >>>>
> >>>> [1] -
> >>>> https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/satnogs/satnogs-db/issues/266
> >>>> [2] -
> >>>>
> https://dashboard.satnogs.org/d/UZ30F5Xik/ax-25-monitor?refresh=1m&orgId=1
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:49 PM Chris Thompson <g0kla at arrl.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'm not aware of that data or how to access it.  If there is an
> >>>>> archive
> >>>> of
> >>>>> data and it includes the WE files then it might be useful to us.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 73
> >>>>> Chris
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:25 PM Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> That's great, Chris!  Thanks for all the work on that project.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Regarding telemetry, does AMSAT access the data that is forwarded to
> >>>>>> SatNogs?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ever since FalconSat-3 was turned over to the Amateur Community,
> >>>>>> along
> >>>>>> with
> >>>>>> I'm sure a lot of others, I have forwarded thousands of telemetry
> >>>> packets
> >>>>>> from FalconSat-3 to the SatNogs database using the DK3WN Telemetry
> >>>>>> Forwarder
> >>>>>> ( http://www.dk3wn.info/files/tlm_forwarder2.zip ).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Now, I don't know HOW to access data that is forwarded to SatNogs in
> >>>> that
> >>>>>> way, but a lot of data is aggregated there from many of the past &
> >>>>>> presently
> >>>>>> active satellites that have known decoders.   I'm aware that Univ.
> >>>>>> Colorado
> >>>>>> / Boulder obtains data from the CSIM satellite that way; I would
> >>>> imagine
> >>>>>> others do as well.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks again for what I'm sure was a huge job on the new software!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -Scott,  K4KDR
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> =========================================
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: Chris Thompson
> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 5:53 PM
> >>>>>> To: AMSAT
> >>>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] New Telemetry Decoder for FalconSat-3
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I've written a new Ground station for FalconSat-3. If you had an
> >>>> initial
> >>>>> go
> >>>>>> with WISP without success or if you have never tried to decode
> >>>>> FalconSat-3,
> >>>>>> now is a good time to try.  This requires much less setup than WISP.
> >>>> And
> >>>>>> don't be put off if you don't have a hardware TNC, this will work
> >>>> with a
> >>>>>> soundcard TNC. Or, if you didn't try to listen to FalconSat-3
> >>>>>> because
> >>>> you
> >>>>>> don't have a station that can transmit commands to the spacecraft,
> >>>> then
> >>>>>> read on. We still need your help to decode telemetry.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> In particular we would like to encourage people to download the
> >>>> Telemetry
> >>>>>> and forward it to an AMSAT telemetry server.  Currently more
> >>>> telemetry is
> >>>>>> generated than we can download with AMSAT Operations ground
> >>>>>> stations.
> >>>>>> Receive only stations can contribute to that as well as stations
> >>>> equipped
> >>>>>> to transmit to FalconSat-3 and request files.  You can see telemetry
> >>>>>> uploaded so far here: http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There are details about the spacecraft, how to install the software
> >>>> and
> >>>>> how
> >>>>>> it works in the manual available if you download the software or
> >>>> online
> >>>>>> here: http://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/pacsat_ground_manual.pdf
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> You can download the software at www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php.  I
> >>>> have
> >>>>>> also written some blog posts and thoughts about the software for
> >>>> anyone
> >>>>>> interested.  They are linked from the download page.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There is much to do here of course and most of it probably won't get
> >>>>> done.
> >>>>>> I would call this a beta release. If you have suggestions or bug
> >>>> fixes
> >>>>>> please log them online at https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/issues or
> >>>> send
> >>>>>> me
> >>>>>> an email.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The software is open source.  All the details are here:
> >>>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/Falcon/  The telemetry processing and
> >>>> display
> >>>>>> leverages common code from FoxTelem in a library here:
> >>>>>> https://github.com/ac2cz/libTelem/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Chris E. Thompson
> >>>>>> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> >>>>>> g0kla at arrl.net
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
> >>>>>> available
> >>>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >>>>> Opinions
> >>>>>> expressed
> >>>>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
> >>>>>> views
> >>>> of
> >>>>>> AMSAT-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
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
> available
> >>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >>>> Opinions
> >>>>> expressed
> >>>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
> >>>>> views of
> >>>>> AMSAT-NA.
> >>>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> >>>> program!
> >>>>> Subscription settings:
> http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Corey Shields
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >>>> Opinions expressed
> >>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
> >>>> views of
> >>>> AMSAT-NA.
> >>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> >>>> program!
> >>>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >>>>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >> Opinions expressed
> >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> >> of AMSAT-NA.
> >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> >> program!
> >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> > Opinions expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> > of AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> > program!
> > Subscription settings: https://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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From rsoifer1 at aol.com  Wed Apr 10 23:27:56 2019
From: rsoifer1 at aol.com (Ray Soifer)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 23:27:56 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>

IARU has coordinated two Chinese satellites, expected to be launched later this year, which will carry 15-to-10-meter linear transponders.? If successful, these will be the first use of 15 meters for a satellite uplink since RS-12/13 went silent in 2002.? Operation of the earlier RS birds enabled much DX to be worked on otherwise dead bands.? More info to follow.
As a reminder, DX worked via satellite counts for Satellite DXCC, but not for other DXCC awards.

73 Ray W2RS

From skristof at etczone.com  Wed Apr 10 23:54:48 2019
From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:54:48 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>

Did RS-12/13 require a directional antenna on uplink and/or downlink?
Anybody want to speculate on what will be needed for these new HF sats? 

Steve AI9IN

On 2019-04-10 7:27 pm, Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB wrote:

> IARU has coordinated two Chinese satellites, expected to be launched later this year, which will carry 15-to-10-meter linear transponders.  If successful, these will be the first use of 15 meters for a satellite uplink since RS-12/13 went silent in 2002.  Operation of the earlier RS birds enabled much DX to be worked on otherwise dead bands.  More info to follow.
> As a reminder, DX worked via satellite counts for Satellite DXCC, but not for other DXCC awards.
> 
> 73 Ray W2RS
> _______________________________________________

From joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com  Thu Apr 11 00:09:01 2019
From: joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com (JoAnne K9JKM)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:09:01 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
	<e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
Message-ID: <5cae859b.1c69fb81.4c0ad.0286@mx.google.com>

> Did RS-12/13 require a directional antenna on uplink and/or downlink?
> Anybody want to speculate on what will be needed for these new HF sats?

I used a 2 element HF yagi for uplink and downlink (mostly because that's
what was on-hand). I aimed the beam in a general North-South orientation but
as I recall it didn't matter much which way it was pointed. Geeeze ... I was
a youngster back then!

--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org



From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Thu Apr 11 00:12:58 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:12:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_=C9cole_des?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?_Charmilles=2C_Thyez=2C_France?=
Message-ID: <9D83D0AB684548849E4A81323218BE79@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at ?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France

on 11 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:55 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 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 French.

 

 

Story: 

 

Thyez est une commune situee dans Sud-Est de la France dans le departement de la Haute-Savoie, au coeur de la vallee de l'Arve, entre le Mont-Blanc et le lac Leman. On appelle ses habitants les Thylons et les Thylonnes.Cette commune d'un peu plus de 6000 habitants a une activite economique forte essentiellement liee a l'industrie du decolletage qui consiste a fabriquer de petites pieces de precisions pour differents secteurs comme l'automobile, la sante mais aussi l'aviation et l'aeronautique.

Ce savoir-faire ne de l'horlogerie fait de la vallee de l'Arve la capitale mondiale du decolletage. Mais c'est aussi une region touristique ete comme hiver. Situee au coeur des Alpes, elle offre aux visiteurs de formidables panoramas. La ville de Thyez se distingue de ses voisines avec ses lacs et sa base de loisirs offrant un cadre de vie de grande qualite a ses habitants.

L'ecole des Charmilles, l'une des deux ecoles de la ville, situe sur le bas de la commune, accueille 464 eleves de 3 a 11 ans dans les 18 classes qui la composent. C'est la plus grande ecole de la commune. L'ecole de la Crete, situee sur le haut de la ville, accueille 137 enfants ages de de 6 a 11 ans, repartis en 5 classes.

Depuis le mois de septembre 2018, des eleves thylons suivent avec passion la mission de David Saint-Jacques a bord de la station spatiale. Ils developpent au travers de cette activite leur curiosite pour les sciences et pour la culture humaniste.

 

translated: 

Thyez is a town located in the South-East of France in the Haute-Savoie, in the heart of the Arve Valley, between Mont Blanc and Lake Geneva. Its inhabitants are called the Thylons and the Thylonnes.This town of a little over 6,000 inhabitants has a strong economic activity mainly related to the bar turning industry which consists in manufacturing small precision pieces for various sectors such as the automobile, health but also aviation and aeronautics.This expertise born of watchmaking makes the Arve Valley the world capital of machining. But it is also a tourist region summer and winter. Located in the heart of the Alps, it offers visitors great panoramas and activities. The city of Thyez is distinguished from its neighbors with its lakes and its leisure center overlooking the mountains offering a high quality of life to its inhabitants.The school of Charmilles, one of the two schools of the city, located on the bottom of the town, welcomes 464 students from 3 to 11 years in the 18 classes that compose it. It is the biggest school of the municipality. The school of Crete, located on the top of the city welcomes 137 children aged from 6 to 11 years, divided into 5 classes. Since September 2018, students have followed with passion the mission of David Saint-Jacques aboard the space station. Through this activity they develop their curiosity for science and for humanist culture.

 

 

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

 

1.  Est ce que tu peux toucher les etoiles?

2.  La station spatiale se deplace-t-elle ou reste-t-elle immobile dans le ciel?

3.  Quelle est votre mission?

4.  Doit-on conduire la station internationale?

5.  Comment se sent-on dans une fusee?

6.  Pourquoi avez-vous voulu devenir astronaute? 

7.  Comment faites-vous pour boire?

8.  Est ce qu'il y a des extra terrestres dans l'espace?

9.  Quand vous etes dans la station, est-ce que vous volez?

10.  Quel entrainement avez-vous suivi?

11.  Allez-vous sortir dans l'espace?

12.  Combien de temps faut-il a la fusee pour arriver a la station spatiale?

13.  Etes-vous triste que votre famille ne vous ait pas accompagne dans l'espace?

14.  Quelle est ta planete preferee?

15.  Comment faites-vous quand vous n avez plus rien a manger?

16.  Est-ce qu'il fait froid dans l'espace?

17.  Comment dormez-vous a bord?

18.  Est-ce que vous avez du mal a respirer dans l'espace?

19.  Irez-vous un jour sur Mars?

20.  Arrivez-vous a prendre des nouvelles de ce qu'il se passe sur terre?

 

translated: 

1.  Can you touch the stars?

2.  Does the space station move or remain motionless in the sky?

3.  What is your mission?

4.  Do you have to drive the international station?

5.  How do you feel in a rocket?

6.  Why did you want to become an astronaut?

7.  How do you drink?

8.  Are there extra terrestrials in space?

9.  When you are in the station, do you fly?

10.  What training did you follow?

11.  Will you go out into space?

12.  How long does it take for the rocket to arrive at the space station?

13.  Are you sad that your family did not accompany you in space?

14.  What is your favorite planet?

15.  How do you do when you have nothing to eat?

16.  Is it cold in space?

17.  How do you sleep on board?

18.  Do you have trouble breathing in space?

19.  Will you ever go to Mars?

20.  Are you getting to know what's happening on earth?

 

 

PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:

 

      Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS).

 

      To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status

 

 

Next planned event(s):

   1. Huntington High School, Huntington, TX, direct via KI5AJL

       The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

       The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

       Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 15:39:46 UTC

 

   2. Park Co. Public Library with Boys & Girls Club of the High Rockies, Fairplay, CO, direct via W?W

       The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

       The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

       Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 17:15:53 UTC

 

   3. ?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

       The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

       The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

       Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 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 k8bl at ameritech.net  Thu Apr 11 01:10:00 2019
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:10:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
	<e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
Message-ID: <416938049.1572334.1554945000325@mail.yahoo.com>

 Back in the day, I operated a lot of Mode K on RS. That's 15M upand 10M down. It was CW at 100 W. I had a TriBander and aimedit in the general direction of the Satellite and making contacts wasquite easy. It was often funny in those days when 15M was open andyou could hear the other stations on both 15M direct and on the 10Mdownlink. HIHI
73,? ?Bob? K8BL
    On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 7:55:00 PM EDT, AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Did RS-12/13 require a directional antenna on uplink and/or downlink?
Anybody want to speculate on what will be needed for these new HF sats? 

Steve AI9IN

On 2019-04-10 7:27 pm, Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB wrote:

> IARU has coordinated two Chinese satellites, expected to be launched later this year, which will carry 15-to-10-meter linear transponders.? If successful, these will be the first use of 15 meters for a satellite uplink since RS-12/13 went silent in 2002.? Operation of the earlier RS birds enabled much DX to be worked on otherwise dead bands.? More info to follow.
> As a reminder, DX worked via satellite counts for Satellite DXCC, but not for other DXCC awards.
> 
> 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
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From ka7fvv at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 11 00:15:21 2019
From: ka7fvv at yahoo.com (Scott Harvey)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:15:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
	<e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
Message-ID: <1202475018.26641.1554941721217@mail.yahoo.com>

Steve,
I successfully used a HF vertical to operate the RS satellites.? A couple years ago when AO-7 would occasionally go into?the V/a mode I could copy the 10 meter downlink but it was very week on the vertical I have today.??

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 

    On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 4:55:25 PM PDT, AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Did RS-12/13 require a directional antenna on uplink and/or downlink?
Anybody want to speculate on what will be needed for these new HF sats? 

Steve AI9IN

On 2019-04-10 7:27 pm, Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB wrote:

> IARU has coordinated two Chinese satellites, expected to be launched later this year, which will carry 15-to-10-meter linear transponders.? If successful, these will be the first use of 15 meters for a satellite uplink since RS-12/13 went silent in 2002.? Operation of the earlier RS birds enabled much DX to be worked on otherwise dead bands.? More info to follow.
> As a reminder, DX worked via satellite counts for Satellite DXCC, but not for other DXCC awards.
> 
> 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
  

From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Thu Apr 11 02:39:25 2019
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:39:25 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <416938049.1572334.1554945000325@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
	<e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
	<416938049.1572334.1554945000325@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <d3d6f68a-b93e-4337-f7cf-75173ec857e6@gmail.com>

More often I'd hear folks chatting simplex on 15 meters, but on the 10m
downlink.  Big surprise to them when I let them know what they were doing...

I didn't do much with RS-12/13.  I only had a multi-band dipole across
the peak of the roof, so the pattern was whatever the pattern was.  No
turning the house.  The good news was that neither band required Doppler
adjustment.  Bad news was that you were working half duplex, so there
was no way to know how well the bird was hearing you.  Of course, on HF,
with RF bouncing all over the place between the ionosphere and the
satellite itself, there was no telling where you'd end up.  Best of both
worlds.

Should be fun,

Greg  KO6TH


R.T.Liddy via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>  Back in the day, I operated a lot of Mode K on RS. That's 15M upand 10M down. It was CW at 100 W. I had a TriBander and aimedit in the general direction of the Satellite and making contacts wasquite easy. It was often funny in those days when 15M was open andyou could hear the other stations on both 15M direct and on the 10Mdownlink. HIHI
> 73,   Bob  K8BL


From nss at mwt.net  Thu Apr 11 03:03:19 2019
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:03:19 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <1202475018.26641.1554941721217@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
	<e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
	<1202475018.26641.1554941721217@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <fbd8d9ec-751b-e72e-83ba-089560f5fb27@mwt.net>

When that Russian Bird was active I made some low height turnstyles for 
each band, worked GREAT!

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/10/2019 7:15 PM, Scott Harvey via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Steve,
> I successfully used a HF vertical to operate the RS satellites.? A couple years ago when AO-7 would occasionally go into?the V/a mode I could copy the 10 meter downlink but it was very week on the vertical I have today.
>
> 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
>
>      On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 4:55:25 PM PDT, AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>   
>   Did RS-12/13 require a directional antenna on uplink and/or downlink?
> Anybody want to speculate on what will be needed for these new HF sats?
>
> Steve AI9IN
>
> On 2019-04-10 7:27 pm, Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
>> IARU has coordinated two Chinese satellites, expected to be launched later this year, which will carry 15-to-10-meter linear transponders.? If successful, these will be the first use of 15 meters for a satellite uplink since RS-12/13 went silent in 2002.? Operation of the earlier RS birds enabled much DX to be worked on otherwise dead bands.? More info to follow.
>> As a reminder, DX worked via satellite counts for Satellite DXCC, but not for other DXCC awards.
>>
>> 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: https://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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> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Thu Apr 11 06:00:54 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:00:54 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1d386104-401c-86b0-51a6-d9bf26e424c0@msa.hinet.net>

I wonder is an NVIS antenna would be useful here. Unfortunately my 
AS-2259GR only goes up till 20 MHz (with tuner).


On 04/11/2019 07:27 AM, Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> IARU has coordinated two Chinese satellites, expected to be launched later this year, which will carry 15-to-10-meter linear transponders.? If successful, these will be the first use of 15 meters for a satellite uplink since RS-12/13 went silent in 2002.? Operation of the earlier RS birds enabled much DX to be worked on otherwise dead bands.? More info to follow.
> As a reminder, DX worked via satellite counts for Satellite DXCC, but not for other DXCC awards.
>
> 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


From scott23192 at gmail.com  Thu Apr 11 06:20:15 2019
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 02:20:15 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <1d386104-401c-86b0-51a6-d9bf26e424c0@msa.hinet.net>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1d386104-401c-86b0-51a6-d9bf26e424c0@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <CAJCSnOZMdQMd1j9jadSeyq_QcuJJd0M5NxF2Tx29XBenLj_TLw@mail.gmail.com>

My 130 ft. long-wire (http://myantennas.com/wp/product/efhw-8010/) set
about 4 meters off the ground is used primarily for 80m NVIS.

However, on 10m it is heard by NO-84's PSK31 repeater very well and not
just directly overhead.  I've gotten into it as low as 10? elevation and am
almost always solid into the satellite somewhere around the 20? - 25? mark
on both sides of a pass.

So, at least at 28 MHz, the signal from a low antenna certainly gets up
into space.

-Scott,  K4KDR

============================

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 2:02 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I wonder is an NVIS antenna would be useful here. Unfortunately my
> AS-2259GR only goes up till 20 MHz (with tuner).
>
>
> On 04/11/2019 07:27 AM, Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > IARU has coordinated two Chinese satellites, expected to be launched
> later this year, which will carry 15-to-10-meter linear transponders.  If
> successful, these will be the first use of 15 meters for a satellite uplink
> since RS-12/13 went silent in 2002.  Operation of the earlier RS birds
> enabled much DX to be worked on otherwise dead bands.  More info to follow.
> > As a reminder, DX worked via satellite counts for Satellite DXCC, but
> not for other DXCC awards.
> >
> > 73 Ray W2RS
>

From wmc_jx at 163.com  Thu Apr 11 08:08:11 2019
From: wmc_jx at 163.com (=?GBK?B?zqTD97So?=)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:08:11 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan
Message-ID: <3784997a.c031.16a0b709efa.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>

Hi OMs,


Here is the DSLWP-B UHF plan for the following days:


UTC 12 Apr 12:00 to 14:00
UTC 13 Apr 13:00 to 15:00
UTC 13 Apr 18:30 to 20:30


GMSK and JT4G will be on both 435.4 and 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 lu7aa at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 11 13:51:01 2019
From: lu7aa at yahoo.com (Amsat Argentina)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:51:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS-SSTV April 11-14
References: <1495556809.1834044.1554990661549.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1495556809.1834044.1554990661549@mail.yahoo.com>

ISS-SSTV announced on https://amsat-uk.org/ 

Welcome your captures to apply for ISS/SSTV Diploma http://amsat.org.ar?f=9

Passes at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=iss

Good luck ISS/SSTV hunters !

73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina

From n8hm at arrl.net  Thu Apr 11 17:34:23 2019
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:34:23 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-101 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Diwata-2
 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)
Message-ID: <CABzOSOrMT1yMUNi0f8M_VeumJW9P6dzCzzs_O858pERt6SocoQ@mail.gmail.com>

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-101.01

In this Special Bulletin:

* Diwata-2 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.01
ANS-101 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin

AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 101.01
 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD
DATE April 11, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-101.01

On October 29, 2018, the Diwata-2 microsatellite was launched on a
H-2A launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima,
Japan. Diwata-2 was developed by the PHL-Microsat program now
succeeded by the STAMINA4Space program, and in cooperation with
Tohoku University and Hokkaido University. The satellite carries an
amateur radio payload that has been tested and is now ready for
service.

At the request of the STAMINA4Space program, AMSAT hereby designates
Diwata-2 as Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101). We congratulate the
owners and operators of PO-101, thank them for their contribution to
the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on
this and future projects.

73,

Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator

[ANS thanks AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator Drew
Glasbrenner, KO4MA, for the above information.]

/EX

In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships,
and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to
receive additional 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
student 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 help keep Amateur Radio in space,

This week's ANS Contributing Editor,

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org

From jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net  Thu Apr 11 17:47:49 2019
From: jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net (James Brown)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:47:49 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO 92
References: <2092828273.1992967.1555004869561.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2092828273.1992967.1555004869561@mail.yahoo.com>

Just tried AO92 . The fading seams to be worse then ever! Every time I make a call the responding station gets caught in the fade.
is there a way to combat this? I am running CP yagis.
Jim

From aa5pk at suddenlink.net  Thu Apr 11 18:03:45 2019
From: aa5pk at suddenlink.net (Glenn Miller - AA5PK)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:03:45 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO 92
In-Reply-To: <2092828273.1992967.1555004869561@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <2092828273.1992967.1555004869561.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<2092828273.1992967.1555004869561@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BB17F165309747DCBED14E3DAB9D85EF@DESKTOPL0IAS8B>

I listened to that last pass where you were having trouble copying calls.  All signals were loud and clear for me with 
virtually no QSB.  My max elevation was 20 degrees.

Glenn
AA5PK

-----Original Message----- 
From: James Brown via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 12:47 PM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO 92

Just tried AO92 . The fading seams to be worse then ever! Every time I make a call the responding station gets caught in the 
fade.
is there a way to combat this? I am running CP yagis.
Jim 


From jeff30339 at gmail.com  Thu Apr 11 18:29:10 2019
From: jeff30339 at gmail.com (Jeff Johns)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:29:10 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO 92
In-Reply-To: <2092828273.1992967.1555004869561@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <2092828273.1992967.1555004869561.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<2092828273.1992967.1555004869561@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <81C92CEC-9DC9-4AA2-B7BF-CECCA1E33569@gmail.com>

What is your set-up? I?m just QRP portable and to deal with most fades, it?s just a simple matter to twist my Arrow antenna to keep up with the polarization. AO-91/92 are two of the easiest satellites to work with minimal equipment. Best of luck and 73. 

Jeff WE4B 

> On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:47 PM, James Brown via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Just tried AO92 . The fading seams to be worse then ever! Every time I make a call the responding station gets caught in the fade.
> is there a way to combat this? I am running CP yagis.
> Jim
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From n8hm at arrl.net  Thu Apr 11 18:53:02 2019
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:53:02 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [ans] ANS-101 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin -
 Diwata-2 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)
In-Reply-To: <000301d4f097$3ce8ba80$b6ba2f80$@charter.net>
References: <CABzOSOrMT1yMUNi0f8M_VeumJW9P6dzCzzs_O858pERt6SocoQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<000301d4f097$3ce8ba80$b6ba2f80$@charter.net>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOpLY_jAC_xKxsFkYp5AqSkrjBRt7FM6-oNN4768wDk4sQ@mail.gmail.com>

>From the AMSAT FM Satellite Frequency Summary at
https://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/

PO-101 (Diwata-2)
Uplink FM (141.3 Hz CTCSS) - 437.500 MHz
Downlink FM - 145.900 MHz
FM transponder activated by schedule. The Amateur Radio Unit can
operate either as an FM transponder or APRS digipeater.
See http://phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/diwata2

I believe operational information will be forthcoming soon. It has
been activated for a few passes over the US on a testing basis.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 2:49 PM Ted Krempa <k7trkradio at charter.net> wrote:
>
> Tnx, Paul. Where can we find the details? (zilch on Google)
>
> 73, Ted
> K7TRK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ANS [mailto:ans-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer via ANS
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 10:34 AM
> To: ans at amsat.org; AMSAT BB
> Subject: [ans] ANS-101 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Diwata-2
> Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)
>
> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
> ANS-101.01
>
> In this Special Bulletin:
>
> * Diwata-2 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)
>
> SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.01
> ANS-101 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
>
> AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 101.01
>  From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD
> DATE April 11, 2019
> To All RADIO AMATEURS
> BID: $ANS-101.01
>
> On October 29, 2018, the Diwata-2 microsatellite was launched on a
> H-2A launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima,
> Japan. Diwata-2 was developed by the PHL-Microsat program now
> succeeded by the STAMINA4Space program, and in cooperation with
> Tohoku University and Hokkaido University. The satellite carries an
> amateur radio payload that has been tested and is now ready for
> service.
>
> At the request of the STAMINA4Space program, AMSAT hereby designates
> Diwata-2 as Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101). We congratulate the
> owners and operators of PO-101, thank them for their contribution to
> the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on
> this and future projects.
>
> 73,
>
> Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
> AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator
>
> [ANS thanks AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator Drew
> Glasbrenner, KO4MA, for the above information.]
>
> /EX
>
> In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships,
> and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to
> receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from
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> Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
> information.
>
> 73 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space,
>
> This week's ANS Contributing Editor,
>
> Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
> n8hm at amsat dot org
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Thu Apr 11 19:11:27 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:11:27 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO 92
In-Reply-To: <81C92CEC-9DC9-4AA2-B7BF-CECCA1E33569@gmail.com>
References: <2092828273.1992967.1555004869561.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<2092828273.1992967.1555004869561@mail.yahoo.com>
	<81C92CEC-9DC9-4AA2-B7BF-CECCA1E33569@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMZVt0G=ZwjCbJv7bh4aAUqgXS8-ufDRebktjpX+euc3A@mail.gmail.com>

Look at this waveform from an AO-85 recording:

https://i.imgur.com/LNW4EP3.png

Every peak is a fade. They repeat approximately every 8 seconds
through the entire pass. It seems to me this is due to tumbling.
Depending on where you are you may not hear it. I assume the TX
antenna is on the side of the sat opposite to you during the fade.
Sometimes you get unlucky and you have to live with it. It's not a
polarity switch due to the ionosphere.

Here is the audio recording that waveform is from:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sfw0v9m01gnmipl/2017-07-09_-_2105_UTC_-_AO-85_KG4AKV_FM05.mp3?dl=0

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 2:30 PM Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> What is your set-up? I?m just QRP portable and to deal with most fades, it?s just a simple matter to twist my Arrow antenna to keep up with the polarization. AO-91/92 are two of the easiest satellites to work with minimal equipment. Best of luck and 73.
>
> Jeff WE4B
>
> > On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:47 PM, James Brown via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > Just tried AO92 . The fading seams to be worse then ever! Every time I make a call the responding station gets caught in the fade.
> > is there a way to combat this? I am running CP yagis.
> > Jim
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From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Thu Apr 11 20:46:48 2019
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:46:48 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
Message-ID: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>

Hi folks,

Had a great pass at about Noon today, local time.  Nice strong S9
signals, good audio, but my SSTV software didn't seem to want to decode
it.  No idea why.  Trying again just now (1:36pm pass).  Nice strong
carrier, but the audio is almost nonexistent. 

Wah happen?  Anybody else experience this?

Greg  KO6TH


From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Thu Apr 11 20:57:07 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:57:07 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
In-Reply-To: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
References: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUeHjx5yy_ZXTL=mo=2Yy=ihK0auHjtgvYUsRAv01DbQ+g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Greg!

It was a low pass here in central Arizona, maximum elevation
of 5.4 degrees, and I noticed the audio sounded light. The
signal strength still pegged the meter on my TH-D74, but the
audio was not what I heard on the earlier pass. I will try to
tweak the audio to see if I can get anything out of the
picture. The first run through QSSTV on my Linux (Fedora 29)
laptop showed nothing. I also have RX-SSTV on a Win10 tablet,
and will try that next...

73!




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



On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 8:47 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Had a great pass at about Noon today, local time.  Nice strong S9
> signals, good audio, but my SSTV software didn't seem to want to decode
> it.  No idea why.  Trying again just now (1:36pm pass).  Nice strong
> carrier, but the audio is almost nonexistent.
>
> Wah happen?  Anybody else experience this?
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>

From ingejack at cox.net  Thu Apr 11 21:06:07 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:06:07 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV Pictures
Message-ID: <1516077565.1717637.1555016768166@myemail.cox.net>

I had a 23 degree max pass and copied two (2) Great pictures from that pass. Audio was a bit low but the signal was very strong throughout the complete pass. I am using a 7 element M2 yagi horizontally polarized and had no fade at all.

JACK  KC7MG

From scott23192 at gmail.com  Thu Apr 11 21:08:43 2019
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:08:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUeHjx5yy_ZXTL=mo=2Yy=ihK0auHjtgvYUsRAv01DbQ+g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUeHjx5yy_ZXTL=mo=2Yy=ihK0auHjtgvYUsRAv01DbQ+g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BC4194C4C44049EF835D98BD3621C781@CSI9020>

Monitoring the last (also low-EL) pass from central Virginia using SDR 
software, the issue was visually apparent.

While I don't know the underlying technical reason, there was an extremely 
strong central carrier right in the center of what should have been 
SSTV-style audio.

I could see (and hear) some of the expected SSTV audio, so it was playing. 
However, something else was also riding on the signal with so much power 
that the SSTV audio did not have a chance.

-Scott,  K4KDR

===================================

-----Original Message----- 
From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:57 PM
To: AMSAT
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?

Hi Greg!

It was a low pass here in central Arizona, maximum elevation
of 5.4 degrees, and I noticed the audio sounded light. The
signal strength still pegged the meter on my TH-D74, but the
audio was not what I heard on the earlier pass. I will try to
tweak the audio to see if I can get anything out of the
picture. The first run through QSSTV on my Linux (Fedora 29)
laptop showed nothing. I also have RX-SSTV on a Win10 tablet,
and will try that next...

73!




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



On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 8:47 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Had a great pass at about Noon today, local time.  Nice strong S9
> signals, good audio, but my SSTV software didn't seem to want to decode
> it.  No idea why.  Trying again just now (1:36pm pass).  Nice strong
> carrier, but the audio is almost nonexistent.
>
> Wah happen?  Anybody else experience this?
>
> Greg  KO6TH 


From ingejack at cox.net  Thu Apr 11 21:08:41 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:08:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV Pictures
In-Reply-To: <1516077565.1717637.1555016768166@myemail.cox.net>
References: <1516077565.1717637.1555016768166@myemail.cox.net>
Message-ID: <173361905.1717686.1555016921327@myemail.cox.net>

I am talking about the 1906 Z pictures that were extremely good quality !


> On April 11, 2019 at 5:06 PM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>     I had a 23 degree max pass and copied two (2) Great pictures from that pass. Audio was a bit low but the signal was very strong throughout the complete pass. I am using a 7 element M2 yagi horizontally polarized and had no fade at all.
> 
>     JACK  KC7MG
> 
 

From daron at wilson.org  Thu Apr 11 21:07:58 2019
From: daron at wilson.org (Daron Wilson)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:07:58 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
In-Reply-To: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
References: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <013301d4f0aa$a4ea1da0$eebe58e0$@org>

Very low audio here on the left coast on the 13:38 local time pass.  Full
scale RF signal, but very low modulation.

Daron N7HQR

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Greg D via
AMSAT-BB
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 1:47 PM
To: Amsat BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?

Hi folks,

Had a great pass at about Noon today, local time.  Nice strong S9
signals, good audio, but my SSTV software didn't seem to want to decode
it.  No idea why.  Trying again just now (1:36pm pass).  Nice strong
carrier, but the audio is almost nonexistent. 

Wah happen?  Anybody else experience this?

Greg  KO6TH

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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Thu Apr 11 21:45:17 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:45:17 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
In-Reply-To: <013301d4f0aa$a4ea1da0$eebe58e0$@org>
References: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
	<013301d4f0aa$a4ea1da0$eebe58e0$@org>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUdkAyn3xrPxO90a09ZHgAKsrC3EJh_3bmi9bNys+ua4BA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Daron!

After editing the WAV file from my TH-D74, I was able to
get some of the picture that was sent starting around
20:42:49 UTC this afternoon. That image can be seen at:

https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/uploads/48604.jpg

I took the WAV file into the Audacity sound-editing program,
and used the Amplify effect a few times to get the SSTV
transmission to the point QSSTV could decode most of it.
I have posted this picture, the original WAV file, and a
few other edited WAV files in my Dropbox space at:

http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/

(look in folder "201904-ISS_SSTV")

73!





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






On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 9:16 PM Daron Wilson via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Very low audio here on the left coast on the 13:38 local time pass.  Full
> scale RF signal, but very low modulation.
>
> Daron N7HQR
>
>
>

From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Thu Apr 11 23:59:05 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:59:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUdkAyn3xrPxO90a09ZHgAKsrC3EJh_3bmi9bNys+ua4BA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
	<013301d4f0aa$a4ea1da0$eebe58e0$@org>
	<CAN6TEUdkAyn3xrPxO90a09ZHgAKsrC3EJh_3bmi9bNys+ua4BA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1604037260.2182177.1555027145537@mail.yahoo.com>

 MMSSTV scales show low levels but had no problem decoding it...? 

a 30 degree pass this morning.
https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/uploads/48574.jpg
Umesh, k6vug 



    On Thursday, April 11, 2019, 2:45:59 PM PDT, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Hi Daron!

After editing the WAV file from my TH-D74, I was able to
get some of the picture that was sent starting around
20:42:49 UTC this afternoon. That image can be seen at:

https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/uploads/48604.jpg

I took the WAV file into the Audacity sound-editing program,
and used the Amplify effect a few times to get the SSTV
transmission to the point QSSTV could decode most of it.
I have posted this picture, the original WAV file, and a
few other edited WAV files in my Dropbox space at:

http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/

(look in folder "201904-ISS_SSTV")

73!





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






On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 9:16 PM Daron Wilson via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Very low audio here on the left coast on the 13:38 local time pass.? Full
> scale RF signal, but very low modulation.
>
> Daron N7HQR
>
>
>
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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Fri Apr 12 00:19:52 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:19:52 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV on the 00:00 UTC ISS pass over Orlando
Message-ID: <769E7AD95E89471DA9315EEB07202863@DHJ>

Just as many have reported, extremely low audio image modulation with a fairly strong carrier throughout the entire pass over Orlando from both my HT using a 5/8 whip and my FT-736R with a ground plane at 12 ft.(no preamp). Lots of snow in the images even with the volume almost full. 

Dave, AA4KN



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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Fri Apr 12 01:27:38 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:27:38 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUdkAyn3xrPxO90a09ZHgAKsrC3EJh_3bmi9bNys+ua4BA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
	<013301d4f0aa$a4ea1da0$eebe58e0$@org>
	<CAN6TEUdkAyn3xrPxO90a09ZHgAKsrC3EJh_3bmi9bNys+ua4BA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <88b64686-776e-98cb-a192-eb5172a8b8aa@msa.hinet.net>

Same here. Good, strong signals on a low pass, but QSSTV couldn't sync. 
Got a partial image from enhancing the recorded audio.

In the same pass they transmitted another image, but couldn't even hear 
and see any SSTV, only a strong carrier.

--Hans (BX2ABT)


On 04/12/2019 05:45 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi Daron!
>
> After editing the WAV file from my TH-D74, I was able to
> get some of the picture that was sent starting around
> 20:42:49 UTC this afternoon. That image can be seen at:
>
> https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/uploads/48604.jpg
>
> I took the WAV file into the Audacity sound-editing program,
> and used the Amplify effect a few times to get the SSTV
> transmission to the point QSSTV could decode most of it.
> I have posted this picture, the original WAV file, and a
> few other edited WAV files in my Dropbox space at:
>
> http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/
>
> (look in folder "201904-ISS_SSTV")
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 9:16 PM Daron Wilson via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Very low audio here on the left coast on the 13:38 local time pass.  Full
>> scale RF signal, but very low modulation.
>>
>> Daron N7HQR
>>
>>
>>
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Fri Apr 12 02:11:46 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 02:11:46 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
In-Reply-To: <88b64686-776e-98cb-a192-eb5172a8b8aa@msa.hinet.net>
References: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
	<013301d4f0aa$a4ea1da0$eebe58e0$@org>
	<CAN6TEUdkAyn3xrPxO90a09ZHgAKsrC3EJh_3bmi9bNys+ua4BA@mail.gmail.com>
	<88b64686-776e-98cb-a192-eb5172a8b8aa@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUfnxBBX+VwWRy3pusQ_vuAV8Ee0nHFLdmbMuW=v8xjcVg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I just had a 44-degree pass over central Arizona around
0130 UTC. One of the two pictures I copied came in at the
middle of the pass, yet QSSTV would not decode the WAV
file from my TH-D74 HT until I amplified the recording by
20dB using Audacity. Then I saw one really good picture,
and an OK second picture from the transmission just before
my LOS. The audio files from this pass, including the WAV
files converted to 48kbps and with the 20dB amplification,
are in the "201904-ISS_SSTV" folder in my Dropbox space:

http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/

One more pass at 0300 UTC, with maximum elevation of 12
degrees. Then I'm done until tomorrow morning, if I get
breaks coinciding with ISS passes...

73!





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


On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 1:28 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Same here. Good, strong signals on a low pass, but QSSTV couldn't sync.
> Got a partial image from enhancing the recorded audio.
>
> In the same pass they transmitted another image, but couldn't even hear
> and see any SSTV, only a strong carrier.
>
> --Hans (BX2ABT)
>
>
>

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Fri Apr 12 03:24:53 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:24:53 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Huntington High School,
	Huntington, TX
Message-ID: <0040097B015E4E04BD9D8F9B2B11E05E@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Huntington High School, Huntington, TX on 15 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:39 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KI5AJL. The contact should be audible over the state of Texas 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.

 

 

Huntington High School is located in Huntington, Texas which is a small, rural community located in deep East Texas near Sam Rayburn Lake. There are 493 students in our school. Currently, 10 of these students are involved in the ARISS program through their teacher Mrs. Peggy Albritton and our mentor, Mr. Kris Kirkland. Kris, who is a HAM radio enthusiast and a coach/mentor of our high school robotics team, is the person responsible for bring the ARISS program to our school. There are currently 3 Freshman, 3 Sophomores, 3 Juniors and 1 Senior participating.

 

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

 

1.  What is the most exciting experience that you have had or discovery you 

    have made while on the ISS? 

2.  How does being in space affect blood pressure? 

3.  What is your favorite movie set in outer space, and which movie do you 

    feel most accurately portrays what it is like in space? 

4.  How do you incorporate 3D printers on the ISS and how valuable is it to 

    the success of the ISS program? 

5.  How much physical training do you have to do during a space mission and 

    how do you do this? 

6.  What do you do for entertainment while in space? 

7.  What does it feel like wearing a spacesuit and are they custom made to 

    fit you? 

8.  How good is the food on the space station and what's your favorite kind? 

9.  How can astronauts have a shower on board? 

10. What type of physical training did you have to do to prepare to be on the 

    ISS? 

11. What advice can you give to students who aspire to follow in your 

    footsteps? 

12. Have you ever tried to pull pranks on each other and, if so, what were 

    they? 

13. If presented with the opportunity, would you like to be involved with 

    colonizing Mars and how? 

14. Is your daily routine regimented to a time zone, or can you sleep, wake, 

    and work at times you choose? 

15. How does being in space affect how you sleep and dream?

16. How do you clean up your messes in space? 

17. When and why did you decide to become an astronaut?

18. Are you working on anything that will help make a colony on Mars. 

19. How did you feel when you saw planet Earth for the first time?

20. What is the first thing you want to do when you get back on earth? 

21. Do the astronauts ever leave time capsules to be found on the ISS in the 

    distant future? 

22. How do you brush your teeth on board the ISS?

23. What do you think should be the focus of the space program over the next       

    years? 

24. What do you want to do as soon as you get back home? 

25. How do you draw blood in space for all the experiments requiring that? 

26. What is your favorite part about living 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. Park Co. Public Library with Boys & Girls Club of the High 

      Rockies, Fairplay, CO, direct via W?W

      The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

      The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

      Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 17:15:53 UTC

 

   2. ?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, 

      Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

      The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

      The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

      Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 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 aj9n at aol.com  Fri Apr 12 03:36:41 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 03:36:41 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-12 03:30
	UTC
References: <2011707194.2362136.1555040201815.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2011707194.2362136.1555040201815@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-12 03:30 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

?

?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact was successful: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg ?(***)

?

Huntington High School, Huntington, TX, direct via KI5AJL

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 15:39:46 UTC 52 deg

?

Park Co. Public Library with Boys & Girls Club of the High Rockies, Fairplay, CO, direct via W?W

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-15 17:15:53 UTC 51 deg

?

?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 UTC 69 deg

?

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

?

?

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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 113


****************************************************************************
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?2019-04-12 03:30 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 1299. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1242. (***)
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 2019-04-12 03:30 UTC. (***)

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

?

Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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

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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Fri Apr 12 03:52:11 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:52:11 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Park Co. Public Library with
	Boys & Girls Club of the High Rockies, Fairplay, CO
Message-ID: <F2C25D52218E4717826BCEBBA2EB292A@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Park Co. Public Library with Boys & Girls Club of the High Rockies, Fairplay, CO on 15 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:15 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W0W. The contact should be audible over the state of Colorado 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.

 

Park County, Colorado, situated in the heart of Colorado covers 2,166 square miles (about the size of Delaware) and is home to just over 17,000 residents. We have two school districts, two incorporated towns, and two stoplights! The Library began monthly science sessions in each of the four branches in 2014. In 2018 when Dan Kern, President of the Park County Radio Club and Park County Emergency Coordinator for Amateur Radio Emergency Services, explained the ARISS program, the Library jumped at the chance to be part of this adventure. Dan and his team of licensed Amateur Radio operators began presenting content related to the ARISS program during STEAM Learning in the Library sessions in July 2018. The Library, already partners with the Boys and Girls Club, hosted the sessions creating a great mix of school and homeschool youth. To date, just over 200 students and dozens of adults have participated in at least one of our 31 sessions. Sessions were presented at three schools, too. Students learned: basic amateur radio protocol, how to talk on the radio, how to use the International Phonetic Alphabet, the various kinds of antennas and how they work, the layers of the ionosphere and how they affect radio signal propagation, and how to form meaningful questions for an ISS crew member. Over 100 questions were submitted making it very tough to choose only 20, and dozens of t-shirt designs were submitted making it a challenge for our panel of artists to create a composite design! In our last session, students began creating ISS models after they practiced their 'radio voice.' This program inspired the Library Manager to test for and receive her Amateur Radio license, and a mother-daughter team is currently studying for theirs.

 

 

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

 

1. What's it like when you first get into space, and how do you like being in 

   space?

2. What's it like on the International Space Station and was the transition 

   from gravity to no gravity weird?

3. Can you tell if it is day or night there, and like on earth, do you sleep 

   when you don't see the sun?

4. Are you able to see any other planets where you are?

5. Why did you want to become an astronaut?

6. With no gravity, does your digestive system get messed up?

7. How do you drink water in space without spilling?

8. I live at 10,000 feet and have to drink lots of water to stay hydrated. 

   Does altitude affect your body in space like it does on earth?

9. Does your appetite get bigger in space?

10. Does food expire at the same rate in space as on earth?

11. How do you celebrate holidays up there?

12. What liquids, solids, and gases are you testing on the International 

    Space Station?

13. What new plants have been sent up for experiments?

14. What is the strangest thing you have experimented with in space?

15. Are the experiments you are doing in space going to help the environment 

    down here and help scientists learn things on earth?

16. How long does it take to prepare for a spacewalk?  And how long does it 

    take for an airlock to re-pressurize?

17. Did you ever walk in space and what does it feel like?

18. What was the most surprising aspect of taking a spacewalk?

19. How do the doors work on the ISS?

20. How long does it take to recover from an extended trip to the 

    International Space Station?

 

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. ?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, 

      Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

      The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

      The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

      Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 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 saguaroastro at cox.net  Fri Apr 12 04:58:33 2019
From: saguaroastro at cox.net (saguaroastro)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:58:33 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] AiSat-1 heard over Arizona
Message-ID: <20190412050007.C664E8551@lansing182.amsat.org>

All, just had a 70? pass of AiSat-1, so I thought I'd give it a go.?I heard the first packet when it was only 3? above the horizon, but no decode. I heard about 10 packets during the 10 minute pass, but none decided. I also set about that many beacons up, but none were receive by the sat.I was using my D72A into an ELK lp.What have the rest of you been using and have you had any success?73Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)Saguaro Astronomy ClubWww.saguaroastro.orgThunderbird Astronomy ClubWww.w7tbc.org

From framirezferrer at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 05:10:38 2019
From: framirezferrer at gmail.com (Fernando Ramirez)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:10:38 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] AiSat-1 heard over Arizona
In-Reply-To: <20190412050007.C664E8551@lansing182.amsat.org>
References: <20190412050007.C664E8551@lansing182.amsat.org>
Message-ID: <CAGHXx8jFeueZHV23-0szmT8daiH_DqZrqC=s8NN90mE1_-Ah_Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Rick! I was able to work KC7MG and KB6LTY using my Mobilinkd TNC3, Icom
IC-2820H and Arrow antenna.

Had to turn the power to 50W and only got digipeated after the satellite
was above 30?.

It's a tough one to work with an HT :-(

73

Fernando, NP4JV

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 10:01 PM saguaroastro via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> All, just had a 70? pass of AiSat-1, so I thought I'd give it a go. I
> heard the first packet when it was only 3? above the horizon, but no
> decode. I heard about 10 packets during the 10 minute pass, but none
> decided. I also set about that many beacons up, but none were receive by
> the sat.I was using my D72A into an ELK lp.What have the rest of you been
> using and have you had any success?73Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)Saguaro Astronomy
> ClubWww.saguaroastro.orgThunderbird Astronomy ClubWww.w7tbc.org
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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Fri Apr 12 11:06:57 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 19:06:57 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUfnxBBX+VwWRy3pusQ_vuAV8Ee0nHFLdmbMuW=v8xjcVg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
	<013301d4f0aa$a4ea1da0$eebe58e0$@org>
	<CAN6TEUdkAyn3xrPxO90a09ZHgAKsrC3EJh_3bmi9bNys+ua4BA@mail.gmail.com>
	<88b64686-776e-98cb-a192-eb5172a8b8aa@msa.hinet.net>
	<CAN6TEUfnxBBX+VwWRy3pusQ_vuAV8Ee0nHFLdmbMuW=v8xjcVg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <52b302a5-5a38-43ba-a784-0aa09f49ad4e@msa.hinet.net>

I just had an 84 degree pass but even after enhancing the sound file no 
images could be decoded. What amazed me was the signal strength that I 
got with my Xpol 5 element beam: when the ISS came on it was full 
quieting. Never heard them so strong before, but then again, I never 
used a Xpol beam to receive the ISS.

Hope someone can contact the ISS before the weekend is over.

73 de Hans

BX2ABT


On 04/12/2019 10:11 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I just had a 44-degree pass over central Arizona around
> 0130 UTC. One of the two pictures I copied came in at the
> middle of the pass, yet QSSTV would not decode the WAV
> file from my TH-D74 HT until I amplified the recording by
> 20dB using Audacity. Then I saw one really good picture,
> and an OK second picture from the transmission just before
> my LOS. The audio files from this pass, including the WAV
> files converted to 48kbps and with the 20dB amplification,
> are in the "201904-ISS_SSTV" folder in my Dropbox space:
>
> http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/
>
> One more pass at 0300 UTC, with maximum elevation of 12
> degrees. Then I'm done until tomorrow morning, if I get
> breaks coinciding with ISS passes...
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 1:28 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Same here. Good, strong signals on a low pass, but QSSTV couldn't sync.
>> Got a partial image from enhancing the recorded audio.
>>
>> In the same pass they transmitted another image, but couldn't even hear
>> and see any SSTV, only a strong carrier.
>>
>> --Hans (BX2ABT)
>>
>>
>>
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From royldean at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 11:09:06 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 07:09:06 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
Message-ID: <CADGPg2u17VNFY1b4o==fUzEGir0DsSrTUtu7PVaxejop6CHGtg@mail.gmail.com>

I recorded this CW at the end of the 22:30z pass yesterday.

https://clyp.it/jjl1cj3g

I had to amplify the level by like 20db in some spots to make it readable.
 But I don't know CW, so not sure what it says.    This CW came pretty much
when I was expecting the next image to start, but that image never came,
even though there was a minute or two left in the pass.

--Roy
K3RLD

From royldean at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 12:02:12 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:02:12 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
Message-ID: <CADGPg2ucnRugT7xLD8_v0pcOoYokvay2pVrMiSprMsOZan2w6Q@mail.gmail.com>

I've been informed that the CW I shared is indeed the RS0ISS callsign.

--Roy
K3RLD



> I recorded this CW at the end of the 22:30z pass yesterday.
> https://clyp.it/jjl1cj3g I had to amplify the level by like 20db in some
> spots to make it readable.
> But I don't know CW, so not sure what it says. This CW came pretty much
> when I was expecting the next image to start, but that image never came,
> even though there was a minute or two left in the pass. --Roy
> K3RLD

From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk  Fri Apr 12 12:44:25 2019
From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:44:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ESEO (FUNcube-4) Beacon Active + 76 GHz CubeSat
References: <1747490671.2119450.1555073065322.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1747490671.2119450.1555073065322@mail.yahoo.com>

The ESEO (FUNcube-4) 1200 bps BPSK telemetry beacon on 145.895 MHz was activated at 1040 UT on Friday, April 12, 2019 
https://amsat-uk.org/2019/03/22/eseo-satellite-commissioning-starts/

See ESEO Real-Time Data in the AMSAT-UK Data Warehouse at 
http://data.amsat-uk.org/ui/eseo

Download the ESEO (FUNcube-4) Dashboard App from
https://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/

Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz - launches July 2019 
https://amsat-uk.org/2019/04/12/australian-cubesat-to-use-76-ghz/

Trevor M5AKA----
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From dougg27 at hotmail.com  Fri Apr 12 12:45:25 2019
From: dougg27 at hotmail.com (Doug Andrews)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:45:25 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
In-Reply-To: <02e1149e-ac27-87dc-de7c-3da0d92e30cc@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <MWHPR0601MB36127B74DAA89675857C4E1CB4280@MWHPR0601MB3612.namprd06.prod.outlook.com>

Lots of emails on this yesterday.
There does seem to be a problem.

73,
AF7ZQ

From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Fri Apr 12 13:48:27 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 21:48:27 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] ESEO (FUNcube-4) Beacon Active + 76 GHz CubeSat
In-Reply-To: <1747490671.2119450.1555073065322@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1747490671.2119450.1555073065322.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1747490671.2119450.1555073065322@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <d4f18e43-cbea-489d-78db-db86f4eb77c6@msa.hinet.net>

Saw the telemetry on my waterfall just moments ago (1340 UTC). I'm on 
Linux, so no way to decode it, sri.

73 de Hans

BX2ABT


On 04/12/2019 08:44 PM, M5AKA via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> The ESEO (FUNcube-4) 1200 bps BPSK telemetry beacon on 145.895 MHz was activated at 1040 UT on Friday, April 12, 2019
> https://amsat-uk.org/2019/03/22/eseo-satellite-commissioning-starts/
>
> See ESEO Real-Time Data in the AMSAT-UK Data Warehouse at
> http://data.amsat-uk.org/ui/eseo
>
> Download the ESEO (FUNcube-4) Dashboard App from
> https://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/
>
> Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz - launches July 2019
> https://amsat-uk.org/2019/04/12/australian-cubesat-to-use-76-ghz/
>
> Trevor M5AKA----
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From vlfiscus at mcn.net  Thu Apr 11 16:05:11 2019
From: vlfiscus at mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:05:11 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <5cae859b.1c69fb81.4c0ad.0286@mx.google.com>
References: <e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
	<e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20190411095952.00c584a8@pop.earthlink.net>

At 07:09 PM 4/10/2019 -0500, JoAnne K9JKM <joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com>wrote:

>I used a 2 element HF yagi for uplink and downlink (mostly because that's
>what was on-hand). I aimed the beam in a general North-South orientation but
>as I recall it didn't matter much which way it was pointed. Geeeze ... I was
>a youngster back then!
>
>--
>73 de JoAnne


I remember Signals on RS-10/11 were nice and strong, but I wasn't
able to do mode K on it because I didn't have Extra class privileges
at the time and the uplink was in the extra class portion of 15.

KB7ADL



From k7trkradio at charter.net  Thu Apr 11 18:49:04 2019
From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted Krempa)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:49:04 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] [ans] ANS-101 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin -
	Diwata-2 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOrMT1yMUNi0f8M_VeumJW9P6dzCzzs_O858pERt6SocoQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABzOSOrMT1yMUNi0f8M_VeumJW9P6dzCzzs_O858pERt6SocoQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000301d4f097$3ce8ba80$b6ba2f80$@charter.net>

Tnx, Paul. Where can we find the details? (zilch on Google)

73, Ted
K7TRK

-----Original Message-----
From: ANS [mailto:ans-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer via ANS
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 10:34 AM
To: ans at amsat.org; AMSAT BB
Subject: [ans] ANS-101 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Diwata-2
Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-101.01

In this Special Bulletin:

* Diwata-2 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.01
ANS-101 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin

AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 101.01
 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD
DATE April 11, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-101.01

On October 29, 2018, the Diwata-2 microsatellite was launched on a
H-2A launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima,
Japan. Diwata-2 was developed by the PHL-Microsat program now
succeeded by the STAMINA4Space program, and in cooperation with
Tohoku University and Hokkaido University. The satellite carries an
amateur radio payload that has been tested and is now ready for
service.

At the request of the STAMINA4Space program, AMSAT hereby designates
Diwata-2 as Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101). We congratulate the
owners and operators of PO-101, thank them for their contribution to
the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on
this and future projects.

73,

Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator

[ANS thanks AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator Drew
Glasbrenner, KO4MA, for the above information.]

/EX

In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships,
and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to
receive additional 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
student 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 help keep Amateur Radio in space,

This week's ANS Contributing Editor,

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA
https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans


From wb3fkp at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 00:44:36 2019
From: wb3fkp at gmail.com (mark sklaney)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:44:36 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV this weekend
Message-ID: <CALY3W7BNuSvvW4NK1WWX60E8V1wWTkvcN2u9h2eDSJTe1vEF=Q@mail.gmail.com>

If you guys can contact NASA or the ISS tell them their audio is very very
low on the SSTV pictures.  There signal is full scale on my radio but the
audio can barely be heard... Tell them to tun up their audio input on their
radio.. Other than that they will be wasting everyone's time trying to get
good pictures..

Thanks    Mark WB3FKP

From ka7fvv at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 12 13:50:00 2019
From: ka7fvv at yahoo.com (Scott Harvey)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:50:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] FM Sats from DN08
References: <890132234.664799.1555077000205.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <890132234.664799.1555077000205@mail.yahoo.com>

Myself, Kell, KI7UXT and maybe others in our group will be operating FM and APRS satellite holiday style and depending on weather from DN08, in NE Washington this weekend.??
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 johnbrier at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 14:24:58 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:24:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV this weekend
In-Reply-To: <CALY3W7BNuSvvW4NK1WWX60E8V1wWTkvcN2u9h2eDSJTe1vEF=Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALY3W7BNuSvvW4NK1WWX60E8V1wWTkvcN2u9h2eDSJTe1vEF=Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKOEmcMiMHdA5800swEKkT0sp9wrkef0c0bkiVjMRMFh7g@mail.gmail.com>

They are on it:

"Checking on low audio issue w/ #ISS #SSTV. Bad timing due to crew
holiday today and weekend."

https://twitter.com/RF2Space/status/1116616221867122688

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 10:03 AM mark sklaney via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> If you guys can contact NASA or the ISS tell them their audio is very very
> low on the SSTV pictures.  There signal is full scale on my radio but the
> audio can barely be heard... Tell them to tun up their audio input on their
> radio.. Other than that they will be wasting everyone's time trying to get
> good pictures..
>
> Thanks    Mark WB3FKP
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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 wao at vfr.net  Fri Apr 12 14:36:52 2019
From: wao at vfr.net (Joe Spier)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 07:36:52 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV this weekend
In-Reply-To: <CALY3W7BNuSvvW4NK1WWX60E8V1wWTkvcN2u9h2eDSJTe1vEF=Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALY3W7BNuSvvW4NK1WWX60E8V1wWTkvcN2u9h2eDSJTe1vEF=Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3b822d82-55dc-1ab5-ffda-02a1a0aacebd@vfr.net>

ARISS Representative Ken Ransom, N5VHO posted a tweet on this at 1:17 AM 
- 12 Apr 2019:

/"Checking on low audio issue w/ //#*ISS* 
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash>////#*SSTV* 
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/SSTV?src=hash>//. Bad timing due to crew 
holiday today and weekend."/

Today is a holiday for Russia - Cosmonaut's Day, so message may take so 
time (24 hrs). Enjoy the challenge.

-73, Joe Spier, K6WAO
President, AMSAT

On 4/11/19 5:44 PM, mark sklaney via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> If you guys can contact NASA or the ISS tell them their audio is very very
> low on the SSTV pictures.  There signal is full scale on my radio but the
> audio can barely be heard... Tell them to tun up their audio input on their
> radio.. Other than that they will be wasting everyone's time trying to get
> good pictures..
>
> Thanks    Mark WB3FKP
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the 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 marklhammond at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 14:52:04 2019
From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:52:04 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA Rover competition live feed
Message-ID: <CAPRXzyrrcL2prB3jFC+7=vB_bCnHrQqFfNZ3OgU6ARxs8Pkd9w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All, you might enjoy watching some of this competition at Huntsville,
AL.   We at Campbell University started an engineering program just 3 years
ago--and we have two teams in the competition this year!   Teams # 76 and
77.   Go Camels! ;)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc


73,

-- 
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 15:13:34 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:13:34 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV this weekend
In-Reply-To: <3b822d82-55dc-1ab5-ffda-02a1a0aacebd@vfr.net>
References: <CALY3W7BNuSvvW4NK1WWX60E8V1wWTkvcN2u9h2eDSJTe1vEF=Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<3b822d82-55dc-1ab5-ffda-02a1a0aacebd@vfr.net>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8Pqzv=KWVoCRDWnZjZC1+BUHBAixwobCFyZG2hqx4wf6A@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you for the information!

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 10:37 Joe Spier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> ARISS Representative Ken Ransom, N5VHO posted a tweet on this at 1:17 AM
> - 12 Apr 2019:
>
> /"Checking on low audio issue w/ //#*ISS*
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash>////#*SSTV*
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/SSTV?src=hash>//. Bad timing due to crew
> holiday today and weekend."/
>
> Today is a holiday for Russia - Cosmonaut's Day, so message may take so
> time (24 hrs). Enjoy the challenge.
>
> -73, Joe Spier, K6WAO
> President, AMSAT
>
> On 4/11/19 5:44 PM, mark sklaney via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > If you guys can contact NASA or the ISS tell them their audio is very
> very
> > low on the SSTV pictures.  There signal is full scale on my radio but the
> > audio can barely be heard... Tell them to tun up their audio input on
> their
> > radio.. Other than that they will be wasting everyone's time trying to
> get
> > good pictures..
> >
> > Thanks    Mark WB3FKP
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions expressed
> > are solely those of the 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 kladuke1144 at msn.com  Fri Apr 12 14:50:40 2019
From: kladuke1144 at msn.com (KERRY LA*DUKE)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:50:40 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yuri Gagarin DX contest
Message-ID: <BYAPR04MB512577BF574BE8125F596810BC280@BYAPR04MB5125.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>

http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32
Contest Rules - ????????????? ???????????? ?? ?????????? ?? ?? ?? ????? ?.?.????????<http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32>
The Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest 2018. The contest is dedicated to the memory of Yuri Gagarin, who realized the first human flight to space, on April 12, 1961.
gc.qst.ru

>From R1NW.  Look for dx opportunities during the annual Yuri Gagarin dx contest.  Satellite operations as well as hf.

From kc9sgv at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 15:19:24 2019
From: kc9sgv at gmail.com (KC9SGV)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:19:24 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 PS4 antenna configuration ?
Message-ID: <6453F216-9035-4779-B2B4-1E3DCA2E89C1@gmail.com>

If they use one antenna for both AIS and APRS...
(APRS was added as an afterthought, completed in six days, just a box, no antenna, no battery, no power panels.)
If this is the case, AIS has thousands of ships all trying to work the antenna automatically.
There are only a few hams trying to work APRS through the same antenna per pass.
Without proper diplexing, how would this system not be blind to APRS ?
AIS is ~160 MHz for ship to shore connections.
Not sure what the sat connection freq would be for AIS.
Maybe it is time for AMSAT India and Exseedspace to inform us hams here ?

KC9SGV

Sent from my iPad

From WB4SON at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 15:37:07 2019
From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:37:07 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAPonRZ_ANZkNzi8a29wC_GHbCUr2nt3Vw=AObaVQpnjSCP9PLw@mail.gmail.com>

I worked many stations through RS12/13 and only used wire antennas
(dipoles, end-fed wires, etc.), so no directional antennas were used.  I
seem to recall that those sats had higher than the usual 1/2 watt output as
well.

73, Bob, WB4SON

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 7:29 PM Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> IARU has coordinated two Chinese satellites, expected to be launched later
> this year, which will carry 15-to-10-meter linear transponders.  If
> successful, these will be the first use of 15 meters for a satellite uplink
> since RS-12/13 went silent in 2002.  Operation of the earlier RS birds
> enabled much DX to be worked on otherwise dead bands.  More info to follow.
> As a reminder, DX worked via satellite counts for Satellite DXCC, but not
> for other DXCC awards.
>
> 73 Ray W2RS
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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From kc9sgv at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 15:46:13 2019
From: kc9sgv at gmail.com (KC9SGV)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:46:13 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 PS4 antenna configuration ?
Message-ID: <728673B6-360B-4F45-B6E1-88A190933652@gmail.com>

So, in researching AIS, the time slot phenomenon is telling..
AIS knows when to transmit, in order not to get bumping transmissions.
On an antenna where both AIS and APRS operates...(IF this the case, and we do not at the moment have further information about the fourth stage setup), AIS transmissions to and from the ships are time slotted. But what about the random APRS transmissions ?
Maybe APRS telemetry and position beaconing from the sat could be time slotted in with the AIS transmissions from the sat.
But what about APRS message uploads from hams ?
Am I overthinking this, or are there indeed separate antennas for AIS and APRS on this rocket fourth stage ?

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=AISworks

KC9SGV

Sent from my iPad

From w3ab at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 12 17:14:28 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:14:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] What happened to the ISS SSTV audio level?
References: <166011059.2121469.1555089268846.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <166011059.2121469.1555089268846@mail.yahoo.com>

Full quieting into CenCal, but VERY low deviation. An earlier pass had normal deviation.

Something changed on the ISS side.

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

On Apr 11, 2019, 18:28, at 18:28, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>Same here. Good, strong signals on a low pass, but QSSTV couldn't sync.
>
>Got a partial image from enhancing the recorded audio.
>
>In the same pass they transmitted another image, but couldn't even hear
>
>and see any SSTV, only a strong carrier.
>
>--Hans (BX2ABT)
>
>
>On 04/12/2019 05:45 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via AMSAT-BB
>wrote:
>> Hi Daron!
>>
>> After editing the WAV file from my TH-D74, I was able to
>> get some of the picture that was sent starting around
>> 20:42:49 UTC this afternoon. That image can be seen at:
>>
>> https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/uploads/48604.jpg
>>
>> I took the WAV file into the Audacity sound-editing program,
>> and used the Amplify effect a few times to get the SSTV
>> transmission to the point QSSTV could decode most of it.
>> I have posted this picture, the original WAV file, and a
>> few other edited WAV files in my Dropbox space at:
>>
>> http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/
>>
>> (look in folder "201904-ISS_SSTV")
>>
>> 73!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
>> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 9:16 PM Daron Wilson via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Very low audio here on the left coast on the 13:38 local time pass. 
>Full
>>> scale RF signal, but very low modulation.
>>>
>>> Daron N7HQR
>>>
>>>
>>>
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From na2x at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 12 17:15:23 2019
From: na2x at yahoo.com (na2x at yahoo.com)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:15:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
References: <1382488367.351050.1555089323516.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1382488367.351050.1555089323516@mail.yahoo.com>

It's too bad we will be in a low sunspot situation for the next few years. But who knows what can happen.
You can read about G3IOR's experiences with OTH propagation RS-12 mode K DX operation 
where he was able to work a ZL station, in his article in the Jul/Aug 1993 issue of the AMSAT Journal 
titled "Using RS-12 Mode "K" Anomalous Propagation".
I think the higher sunspots played a role with this.? 

There's also his audio interview about this topic in 2015 at:https://criticaldistance.blogspot.com/2015/04/

it's almost at the end of the Radio Luxembourg audio at the top of the page.



From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 18:22:07 2019
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:22:07 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV this weekend
In-Reply-To: <3b822d82-55dc-1ab5-ffda-02a1a0aacebd@vfr.net>
References: <CALY3W7BNuSvvW4NK1WWX60E8V1wWTkvcN2u9h2eDSJTe1vEF=Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<3b822d82-55dc-1ab5-ffda-02a1a0aacebd@vfr.net>
Message-ID: <5dcc9624-f3d4-2d5f-8c54-1986d0e78765@gmail.com>

Hi Joe,

This makes me sad.  Not because of the audio issue itself or the
frustration of those who are wanting to copy the pictures from the Space
Station, but because of what the "Bad timing" comment represents.  Has
Ham Radio gotten to the point where it's such a chore for the crew that
they can't take time from their day off to play with the radio?  Has the
use of the ham station become so industrialized that it is nothing more
than another scheduled experiment package that they have to tend to?

Was it that long ago that the crew had to wait for a spare moment just
to use the radio?  When did Ham Radio cease to be a fun hobby and turn
into a job?

I suppose it was inevitable.  With ARISS, for example, the logistics and
the significant expense of coordinating and executing a school contact
make it something that needs to be depended on.  I get that.  Even the
various celebration events (NOTA, Cosmonaut?s Day, et al) are at least
theoretically widely publicized, so any failure would reflect poorly on
the organization sponsoring it.  Nobody has any tolerance for risk these
days.

I started this thread with an observation, not a complaint.  I hope it
has been taken as such.  But the interest and participation in the
thread tells me that there is still a lot of interest in following (in
the traditional sense, not that of social media), and more importantly,
participating in the space program.  This isn't just for show.  The
armchair quarterbacks here on the ground have a ball in their hands, and
want to play. 

Perhaps I'm reading too much into that statement.  I hope I am.  I also
get that ham radio isn't for everyone.  But it makes me sad that the
spark for using ham radio has apparently been curated out of the ISS
crew and lost in space.  The last pass (just setting as I type this)
heard nothing heard from the Station.  Apparently better to just turn it
off than to have to deal with it.

How do we get the spark back?

Greg  KO6TH


Joe Spier via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> ARISS Representative Ken Ransom, N5VHO posted a tweet on this at 1:17
> AM - 12 Apr 2019:
>
> /"Checking on low audio issue w/ //#*ISS*
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash>////#*SSTV*
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/SSTV?src=hash>//. Bad timing due to crew
> holiday today and weekend."/
>
> Today is a holiday for Russia - Cosmonaut's Day, so message may take
> so time (24 hrs). Enjoy the challenge.
>
> -73, Joe Spier, K6WAO
> President, AMSAT
>
> On 4/11/19 5:44 PM, mark sklaney via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> If you guys can contact NASA or the ISS tell them their audio is very
>> very
>> low on the SSTV pictures.  There signal is full scale on my radio but
>> the
>> audio can barely be heard... Tell them to tun up their audio input on
>> their
>> radio.. Other than that they will be wasting everyone's time trying
>> to get
>> good pictures..
>>
>> Thanks    Mark WB3FKP
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>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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From assetprotection at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 12 16:18:23 2019
From: assetprotection at yahoo.com (Gary Thomas)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:18:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <5cae859b.1c69fb81.4c0ad.0286@mx.google.com>
References: <1145192676.1461251.1554938876090.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1145192676.1461251.1554938876090@mail.yahoo.com>
	<e99cfd96ad8f3d9ef1ed9410db111ac6@etczone.com>
	<5cae859b.1c69fb81.4c0ad.0286@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <1617888749.62203.1555085903212@mail.yahoo.com>

 Years ago, I used a cross dipole for ten with a screen under it. It had a bowl shaped pattern and worked pretty well. For fifteen used a "J pole made of twin lead from a tree. But as one poster noted when the bands were open you didn't need much.
73, Gary AA1UE
    On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 8:09:36 PM EDT, JoAnne K9JKM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 > Did RS-12/13 require a directional antenna on uplink and/or downlink?
> Anybody want to speculate on what will be needed for these new HF sats?

I used a 2 element HF yagi for uplink and downlink (mostly because that's
what was on-hand). I aimed the beam in a general North-South orientation but
as I recall it didn't matter much which way it was pointed. Geeeze ... I was
a youngster back then!

--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org


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From kg4wbb at comcast.net  Fri Apr 12 16:47:22 2019
From: kg4wbb at comcast.net (KG4WBB)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:47:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Problem With ISS Slowscan
Message-ID: <3dfdc257-932d-e5e0-27f3-b920d1c0903c@comcast.net>

I have had some good passes of the ISS over Georgia , but there seems to 
be some kind of audio problem with the Slowscan.? The carrier is great, 
but audio is very low .? Is there a way someone can check and advise ?

 ??? Thanks DE KG4WBB


From kc9sgv at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 16:01:13 2019
From: kc9sgv at gmail.com (KC9SGV)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:01:13 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 PS4 antenna configuration ?
In-Reply-To: <6453F216-9035-4779-B2B4-1E3DCA2E89C1@gmail.com>
References: <6453F216-9035-4779-B2B4-1E3DCA2E89C1@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <84DFC28B-EB3F-474F-88BA-AE11D6DC3EB5@gmail.com>

Sharing the 2m antenna...
(APRS and AIS)
IF this is the case, then...
Hope suitable design and testing went on before the launch.

Even if two separate antennas are used, they might heavily interfere with each other on the same band.
And if hundreds of AIS ship customers are beaconing through the sat, then the APRS system might be deafened by same band, close frequency interference.
Maybe the reason why lots of RF power is required to work this sat on APRS.

Repeater builders know this...

http://www.repeater-builder.com/projects/2m-dup/dupfig13.jpg

http://www.repeater-builder.com/projects/2m-duplexer.html

One other solution might be to alternate the systems on and off.
Thus no interference takes place system to system.
If this is the case, then we simply do not know the APRS "on" schedule.
It could be off over NA today and on again over NA tomorrow.

Where can we find better guidance ?

KC9SGV

Sent from my iPad

> On Apr 12, 2019, at 10:19 AM, KC9SGV <kc9sgv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If they use one antenna for both AIS and APRS...
> (APRS was added as an afterthought, completed in six days, just a box, no antenna, no battery, no power panels.)
> If this is the case, AIS has thousands of ships all trying to work the antenna automatically.
> There are only a few hams trying to work APRS through the same antenna per pass.
> Without proper diplexing, how would this system not be blind to APRS ?
> AIS is ~160 MHz for ship to shore connections.
> Not sure what the sat connection freq would be for AIS.
> Maybe it is time for AMSAT India and Exseedspace to inform us hams here ?
> 
> KC9SGV
> 
> Sent from my iPad

From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Fri Apr 12 18:46:53 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:46:53 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 PS4 antenna configuration ?
References: <481614289.667325.1555094813452.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <481614289.667325.1555094813452@mail.yahoo.com>

There are seperate antennas for the AiS and the APRS payloads and there is no interference between the two payloads. 

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]

--------------------------------------------
On Fri, 12/4/19, KC9SGV via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 PS4 antenna configuration ?
 To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
 Date: Friday, 12 April, 2019, 4:01 PM
 
 Sharing the 2m antenna...
 (APRS and AIS)
 IF this is the
 case, then...
 Hope suitable design and
 testing went on before the launch.
 
 Even if two separate antennas are used, they
 might heavily interfere with each other on the same band.
 And if hundreds of AIS ship customers are
 beaconing through the sat, then the APRS system might be
 deafened by same band, close frequency interference.
 Maybe the reason why lots of RF power is
 required to work this sat on APRS.
 
 Repeater builders know this...
 
 http://www.repeater-builder.com/projects/2m-dup/dupfig13.jpg
 
 http://www.repeater-builder.com/projects/2m-duplexer.html
 
 One other solution might be to
 alternate the systems on and off.
 Thus no
 interference takes place system to system.
 If this is the case, then we simply do not know
 the APRS "on" schedule.
 It could
 be off over NA today and on again over NA tomorrow.
 
 Where can we find better
 guidance ?
 
 KC9SGV
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 > On Apr 12, 2019, at 10:19 AM, KC9SGV
 <kc9sgv at gmail.com>
 wrote:
 > 
 > If they
 use one antenna for both AIS and APRS...
 > (APRS was added as an afterthought,
 completed in six days, just a box, no antenna, no battery,
 no power panels.)
 > If this is the case,
 AIS has thousands of ships all trying to work the antenna
 automatically.
 > There are only a few
 hams trying to work APRS through the same antenna per
 pass.
 > Without proper diplexing, how
 would this system not be blind to APRS ?
 > AIS is ~160 MHz for ship to shore
 connections.
 > Not sure what the sat
 connection freq would be for AIS.
 > Maybe
 it is time for AMSAT India and Exseedspace to inform us hams
 here ?
 > 
 > KC9SGV
 > 
 > Sent from my iPad
 _______________________________________________
 Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org.
 AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
 to
 all interested persons worldwide without requiring
 membership. Opinions expressed
 are solely
 those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
 of AMSAT-NA.
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From david.johnson.bbq at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 19:31:09 2019
From: david.johnson.bbq at gmail.com (David Johnson)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:31:09 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV this weekend
In-Reply-To: <5dcc9624-f3d4-2d5f-8c54-1986d0e78765@gmail.com>
References: <CALY3W7BNuSvvW4NK1WWX60E8V1wWTkvcN2u9h2eDSJTe1vEF=Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<3b822d82-55dc-1ab5-ffda-02a1a0aacebd@vfr.net>
	<5dcc9624-f3d4-2d5f-8c54-1986d0e78765@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPz2khZSvD6hkFQ-fBgp3=Z4LkdiZbV1YUx=nqncN7idyE+GZg@mail.gmail.com>

Only the astronauts who are licensed hams are allowed to operate the
equipment...same as here on earth.  Currently, I believe there are two
licensed hams aboard.

The astronauts basically work 12 hour days, divided into 15 minute time
slots.  I believe it is 0700 - 1900 UTC.  They are sleeping part of the
time we are trying to get SSTV images.

On weekends, they try to catch up and have some time to talk to their
family and friends back here on earth.  That would be my priority as well.

The number of experiments they run are too many to count, but you can find
a list here, if you are interested:
https://www.nasa
.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/experiments_by_expedition.html#5354


They also perform maintenance, EVAs (spacewalks), give each other haircuts,
clean the bathroom, etc.

The SSTV radio is located in the Russian segment of the ISS, and they are
on holiday.

The priority for the licensed astronauts' time with the ham radio equipment
is the school contacts that they facilitate worldwide (not just US), and
there are many.  We are thankful that they work those in because it is the
most exciting way to introduce young people to ham radio, not to mention
STEM activities.

Having said all of that, I, too, like to copy the SSTV transmissions and
use the APRS system.  I understand the frustration, but it has nothing to
do with NASA or astronauts losing interest in ham radio activities.  During
a recent mission, astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancelor made several voice
contacts with hams on the ground during her spare time (and enjoyed doing
it).

The equipment on board the ISS is aging and becoming less reliable.
Replacements are in the works, but the effort and expense to get them
flight-ready is huge.  If you would like to help, get out your checkbook
and send ARISS a gift.  The ARISS folks spend an unbelievable amount of
their own personal time trying to keep the rest of us happy.  They are
volunteers who have a driving desire to keep the amateur radio community in
the space program.  They work very hard at keeping everything moving
forward.

None of this was meant to be critical, so please don't take it that way.  I
understand and sometimes share the frustration.

There are other ways to participate in the space game.  AMSAT has given us
MANY opportunities that don't rely on an astronaut's schedule.

Space is hard, which is what makes it rewarding.

I, for one, am thankful for the opportunites we have...even when they are
not perfect.

Dave
W9DWJ


On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 1:23 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> This makes me sad.  Not because of the audio issue itself or the
> frustration of those who are wanting to copy the pictures from the Space
> Station, but because of what the "Bad timing" comment represents.  Has
> Ham Radio gotten to the point where it's such a chore for the crew that
> they can't take time from their day off to play with the radio?  Has the
> use of the ham station become so industrialized that it is nothing more
> than another scheduled experiment package that they have to tend to?
>
> Was it that long ago that the crew had to wait for a spare moment just
> to use the radio?  When did Ham Radio cease to be a fun hobby and turn
> into a job?
>
> I suppose it was inevitable.  With ARISS, for example, the logistics and
> the significant expense of coordinating and executing a school contact
> make it something that needs to be depended on.  I get that.  Even the
> various celebration events (NOTA, Cosmonaut?s Day, et al) are at least
> theoretically widely publicized, so any failure would reflect poorly on
> the organization sponsoring it.  Nobody has any tolerance for risk these
> days.
>
> I started this thread with an observation, not a complaint.  I hope it
> has been taken as such.  But the interest and participation in the
> thread tells me that there is still a lot of interest in following (in
> the traditional sense, not that of social media), and more importantly,
> participating in the space program.  This isn't just for show.  The
> armchair quarterbacks here on the ground have a ball in their hands, and
> want to play.
>
> Perhaps I'm reading too much into that statement.  I hope I am.  I also
> get that ham radio isn't for everyone.  But it makes me sad that the
> spark for using ham radio has apparently been curated out of the ISS
> crew and lost in space.  The last pass (just setting as I type this)
> heard nothing heard from the Station.  Apparently better to just turn it
> off than to have to deal with it.
>
> How do we get the spark back?
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
> Joe Spier via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > ARISS Representative Ken Ransom, N5VHO posted a tweet on this at 1:17
> > AM - 12 Apr 2019:
> >
> > /"Checking on low audio issue w/ //#*ISS*
> > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash>////#*SSTV*
> > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/SSTV?src=hash>//. Bad timing due to crew
> > holiday today and weekend."/
> >
> > Today is a holiday for Russia - Cosmonaut's Day, so message may take
> > so time (24 hrs). Enjoy the challenge.
> >
> > -73, Joe Spier, K6WAO
> > President, AMSAT
> >
> > On 4/11/19 5:44 PM, mark sklaney via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> >> If you guys can contact NASA or the ISS tell them their audio is very
> >> very
> >> low on the SSTV pictures.  There signal is full scale on my radio but
> >> the
> >> audio can barely be heard... Tell them to tun up their audio input on
> >> their
> >> radio.. Other than that they will be wasting everyone's time trying
> >> to get
> >> good pictures..
> >>
> >> Thanks    Mark WB3FKP
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >> Opinions expressed
> >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> >> of AMSAT-NA.
> >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> >> program!
> >> Subscription settings: https://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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> _______________________________________________
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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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-- 
David Johnson

From tomk9166 at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 19:45:57 2019
From: tomk9166 at gmail.com (Tom Karickhoff)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:45:57 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV challenge
Message-ID: <CAHj-BtWxQ6ex++iz5ukkHd8CKSNqEgO9YK=W9xZ5YcQxn_3_7g@mail.gmail.com>

Opportunities like the issue with the SSTV reception today are what I love
about amateur radio.
Things are not always perfect, and what you learn from the situation makes
you a more knowledgeable operator.  When the signal is perfect, I get
perfect images. Today I'm getting fair images with a home-made antenna and
the cheapest chinese radio on the market. It's a great opportunity to learn
how to fix things on your end, because when the next hurricane Maria comes
through, the people who need help the most, will most likely have the
weakest signal.

N5KAR

From wa7fwf at gmail.com  Fri Apr 12 21:50:41 2019
From: wa7fwf at gmail.com (Kevin)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:50:41 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 DUV tips
Message-ID: <9324eb77-5225-6bfd-0f00-5c616582823d@gmail.com>

Hi All,
 ? On my 9100 I found that Icom filtered out the low frequency tones so 
it was necessary to use the aux out connector and be in data mode to get 
the full range of audio to be able to decode DUV.

It looks like Icom took an entirely different approach on the 9700, DUV 
is still filtered out on the front panel audio, but now aux out audio on 
the back panel looks to be also filtered and it makes no difference if 
you are in FM-D nor not, zero decodes on fox telemetry.

 ?The way around this? that worked for me was to go into the 9700 
connectors menu set USB AF/IF output? to IF,? set the level to 10% or so 
and then go make sure that Windows is set for 48000? on the audio port 
created, then on FoxTelem select the audio port, 48000 and then set? IQ? 
for the mode and start it up, you will see two instances of the passband 
in the lower window, click on the middle of one of them and FoxTelem 
should be hunting around for a signal, occasionally FoxTelem seems to 
get confused with the two duplicate passbands in the window, but 
eventually? it picks one and stops hunting.

Captured about 1000 frames so far using this method and it seems to work 
well.

73
Kevin WA7FWF

From kg4wbb at comcast.net  Fri Apr 12 23:19:03 2019
From: kg4wbb at comcast.net (KG4WBB)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 19:19:03 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Problem With ISS Slowscan
In-Reply-To: <3dfdc257-932d-e5e0-27f3-b920d1c0903c@comcast.net>
References: <3dfdc257-932d-e5e0-27f3-b920d1c0903c@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <405d1eb0-7d8b-e7bd-9629-0f48e09bc0a1@comcast.net>

Update : on the pass at 2310 UTC, there was only a dead carrier. The 
carrier was from them.

On 4/12/19 12:47 PM, KG4WBB wrote:
> I have had some good passes of the ISS over Georgia , but there seems 
> to be some kind of audio problem with the Slowscan.? The carrier is 
> great, but audio is very low .? Is there a way someone can check and 
> advise ?
>
> ??? Thanks DE KG4WBB
>

From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Sat Apr 13 06:36:43 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 06:36:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Problem With ISS Slowscan
In-Reply-To: <3dfdc257-932d-e5e0-27f3-b920d1c0903c@comcast.net>
References: <3dfdc257-932d-e5e0-27f3-b920d1c0903c@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <1448584042.2835259.1555137403095@mail.yahoo.com>

 I'm guessing that some sort of a laptop or tablet is being used to transmit SSTV.? A strong carrier and a weak modulation suggests that all they probably have to do would be to "turn up the volume" of the laptop audio output.? 
?
I'm just grateful that they are able to do these things from up there, for the benefit of the ham community !?? I had several kids and parents fired up about capturing these images, since all they need is a laptop + cheap SDR dongle + some free software.? May be better luck next time...? 
??
73! 
Umesh 
k6vug? 
?
 



    On Friday, April 12, 2019, 11:35:42 AM PDT, KG4WBB via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 I have had some good passes of the ISS over Georgia , but there seems to 
be some kind of audio problem with the Slowscan.? The carrier is great, 
but audio is very low .? Is there a way someone can check and advise ?

 ??? Thanks DE KG4WBB

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From les at highnoonfilm.com  Sat Apr 13 07:11:09 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 02:11:09 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
Message-ID: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>

Searching YouTube and Google without a lot of success. I?ve found videos on how to set up the TM-D710 for APRS QSO?s, but nothing that demonstrates the actual steps involved in completing a contact. 

Should I ?beacon? a message that says ?CQ DE N1LF EM63 K?? How will I know if I?m getting a response? Do I then transmit pre-programmed user messages? How do I enter the other stations call sign on the fly? How do I switch to the next message? 

I really need a ?for dummies? guide on this?and can?t seem to find it. 

Can anyone point me towards an article or YouTube video?


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From k7trkradio at charter.net  Sat Apr 13 01:11:38 2019
From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted Krempa)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:11:38 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV challenge
In-Reply-To: <CAHj-BtWxQ6ex++iz5ukkHd8CKSNqEgO9YK=W9xZ5YcQxn_3_7g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHj-BtWxQ6ex++iz5ukkHd8CKSNqEgO9YK=W9xZ5YcQxn_3_7g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <003301d4f195$d8fae750$8af0b5f0$@charter.net>

Well said, Tom. Same here. I see no problem here...

I'm reminded of the Clint Eastwood line (he was 'Gunny Highway')
"....adapt and improvise..."

73 and a good weekend to you and all

73, Ted
K7TRK

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Karickhoff via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 12:46 PM
To: amsat-bb
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV challenge

Opportunities like the issue with the SSTV reception today are what I love
about amateur radio.
Things are not always perfect, and what you learn from the situation makes
you a more knowledgeable operator.  When the signal is perfect, I get
perfect images. Today I'm getting fair images with a home-made antenna and
the cheapest chinese radio on the market. It's a great opportunity to learn
how to fix things on your end, because when the next hurricane Maria comes
through, the people who need help the most, will most likely have the
weakest signal.

N5KAR
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From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 10:41:33 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 06:41:33 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8P+V6mfu+Cb2rDNZ=UyjN+y3kKVUXhTozLjCRmSXXkr7Q@mail.gmail.com>

Might not be a video, but Patrick's writeups have been very helpful to me:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v3byggtuqw33fkk/AACqTTz41vduG0sdrjmsJNhJa/TM-D710G/TMD710G_config_for_orbiting_digis-WD9EWK.pdf?dl=0

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 03:12 Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Searching YouTube and Google without a lot of success. I?ve found videos
> on how to set up the TM-D710 for APRS QSO?s, but nothing that demonstrates
> the actual steps involved in completing a contact.
>
> Should I ?beacon? a message that says ?CQ DE N1LF EM63 K?? How will I know
> if I?m getting a response? Do I then transmit pre-programmed user messages?
> How do I enter the other stations call sign on the fly? How do I switch to
> the next message?
>
> I really need a ?for dummies? guide on this?and can?t seem to find it.
>
> Can anyone point me towards an article or YouTube video?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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 wa4sca at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 11:08:27 2019
From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 06:08:27 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A comes in from the cold
Message-ID: <000001d4f1e9$3880dbf0$a98293d0$@gmail.com>

As most know, Fox-1A/AO-85 is one of those satellites which because it was
on a classified launch does not have its Keps publically available except
through AMSAT.  Just found the following on T.S. Kelso's Twitter account:


T.S. Kelso
? @TSKelso

. at 18SPCS has removed the NEA status for another 43 objects?including FOX-1A!
So far, we only have TLEs for 2, but we?ll continue to monitor. And I?ll
make sure FOX-1A is in the amateur radio list so the TLE starts showing up
there as soon as it becomes available.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA



From bruninga at usna.edu  Sat Apr 13 13:34:02 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:34:02 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <CALdCfN+zGOhS7ymw0FU_DJT0H0=HHScnNuMVzniTzSs76=3UiQ@mail.gmail.com>

Generally, APRS messages are not welcome via satellites because they
require ACKS and retries. and can only be read easily by the recepient.

The most efficient way to communicate with APRS is to learn to modify your
STATUS text quickly and include all comms in those 43 allowed characters.
That way, the text gets a free ride with your GRID and position packet.

Bob, WB4APR
That way, eveyrone can see your messages and you can RETRY by toggling the
BCON button.  As soon as you see your "MY PACKET" digipeated, you can
assume the other person saw it and move on.

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 3:11 AM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Searching YouTube and Google without a lot of success. I?ve found videos
> on how to set up the TM-D710 for APRS QSO?s, but nothing that demonstrates
> the actual steps involved in completing a contact.
>
> Should I ?beacon? a message that says ?CQ DE N1LF EM63 K?? How will I know
> if I?m getting a response? Do I then transmit pre-programmed user messages?
> How do I enter the other stations call sign on the fly? How do I switch to
> the next message?
>
> I really need a ?for dummies? guide on this?and can?t seem to find it.
>
> Can anyone point me towards an article or YouTube video?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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 Apr 13 13:48:30 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:48:30 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CALdCfN+zGOhS7ymw0FU_DJT0H0=HHScnNuMVzniTzSs76=3UiQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CALdCfN+zGOhS7ymw0FU_DJT0H0=HHScnNuMVzniTzSs76=3UiQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKPOZ8hX6Xa3FOx9MsT7y9HQPYbz-K76EAkUSz1SNN+8aQ@mail.gmail.com>

It's not a tutorial but you can see me operating the ISS digipeater in
these videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woSzJ-PtH2M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhv7oz_El80

Note the ISS digipeater was on UHF briefly when the VHF radio was
having issues. It hasn't been on UHF since.

Bob, I don't think people use STATUS messages in practice at least on
the ISS digipeater, so I'm not sure that's good advice in this case. I
personally like seeing notification that I specifically was sent a
message.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 9:36 AM Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Generally, APRS messages are not welcome via satellites because they
> require ACKS and retries. and can only be read easily by the recepient.
>
> The most efficient way to communicate with APRS is to learn to modify your
> STATUS text quickly and include all comms in those 43 allowed characters.
> That way, the text gets a free ride with your GRID and position packet.
>
> Bob, WB4APR
> That way, eveyrone can see your messages and you can RETRY by toggling the
> BCON button.  As soon as you see your "MY PACKET" digipeated, you can
> assume the other person saw it and move on.
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 3:11 AM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Searching YouTube and Google without a lot of success. I?ve found videos
> > on how to set up the TM-D710 for APRS QSO?s, but nothing that demonstrates
> > the actual steps involved in completing a contact.
> >
> > Should I ?beacon? a message that says ?CQ DE N1LF EM63 K?? How will I know
> > if I?m getting a response? Do I then transmit pre-programmed user messages?
> > How do I enter the other stations call sign on the fly? How do I switch to
> > the next message?
> >
> > I really need a ?for dummies? guide on this?and can?t seem to find it.
> >
> > Can anyone point me towards an article or YouTube video?
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > Maylene, AL
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> > AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >
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From bruninga at usna.edu  Sat Apr 13 14:12:39 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:12:39 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKPOZ8hX6Xa3FOx9MsT7y9HQPYbz-K76EAkUSz1SNN+8aQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CALdCfN+zGOhS7ymw0FU_DJT0H0=HHScnNuMVzniTzSs76=3UiQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKPOZ8hX6Xa3FOx9MsT7y9HQPYbz-K76EAkUSz1SNN+8aQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALdCfN+bkwX1yGU_Q53hkjoX06LAxbqD0hdjPRtMo9vU+LuHHw@mail.gmail.com>

I agree, APRS messaging is a sense of satisfaction, but it generally is a
5-times multiplier of packet load just to get a single text through.  In
fact, that is the whole reason APRS was invented compared to conventional
packet, to avoid the huge explosion of packets due to all the retries and
acks.

And via a space digipeater with 100% "hidden transmitter" problem, this
multiplication of QRM is unrelenting.

If most people are not doing it, then maybe we need some new training.  IF
PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 gets launched successfully and with AISAT-1 and the new
ISS digipeater, that might be a good time to start a new educational
campaign.

Once one has selected the STATUS TEXT MENU, then each time a new callsign
is seen, it only takes a single MENU press, and then rapid 5 presses of OK
to be right on the STATUS TEXT editing page.  Then just overwriting the
last few bytes of the new station's call and hit OK and the new packet is
ready to go.  Then toggling the BCON button can resend it.

Bob

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 9:48 AM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's not a tutorial but you can see me operating the ISS digipeater in
> these videos:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woSzJ-PtH2M
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhv7oz_El80
>
> Note the ISS digipeater was on UHF briefly when the VHF radio was
> having issues. It hasn't been on UHF since.
>
> Bob, I don't think people use STATUS messages in practice at least on
> the ISS digipeater, so I'm not sure that's good advice in this case. I
> personally like seeing notification that I specifically was sent a
> message.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 9:36 AM Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > Generally, APRS messages are not welcome via satellites because they
> > require ACKS and retries. and can only be read easily by the recepient.
> >
> > The most efficient way to communicate with APRS is to learn to modify
> your
> > STATUS text quickly and include all comms in those 43 allowed characters.
> > That way, the text gets a free ride with your GRID and position packet.
> >
> > Bob, WB4APR
> > That way, eveyrone can see your messages and you can RETRY by toggling
> the
> > BCON button.  As soon as you see your "MY PACKET" digipeated, you can
> > assume the other person saw it and move on.
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 3:11 AM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Searching YouTube and Google without a lot of success. I?ve found
> videos
> > > on how to set up the TM-D710 for APRS QSO?s, but nothing that
> demonstrates
> > > the actual steps involved in completing a contact.
> > >
> > > Should I ?beacon? a message that says ?CQ DE N1LF EM63 K?? How will I
> know
> > > if I?m getting a response? Do I then transmit pre-programmed user
> messages?
> > > How do I enter the other stations call sign on the fly? How do I
> switch to
> > > the next message?
> > >
> > > I really need a ?for dummies? guide on this?and can?t seem to find it.
> > >
> > > Can anyone point me towards an article or YouTube video?
> > >
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > Maylene, AL
> > > EM63nf
> > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> > > expressed
> > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> of
> > > AMSAT-NA.
> > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> > >
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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Sat Apr 13 14:16:45 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 22:16:45 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Max Valier malfunction
Message-ID: <b219995d-83ac-497f-026c-457d4b8b158f@msa.hinet.net>

It seems the Max Valier beacon is malfunctioning. On 145.960 only a very 
strong continuous carrier (30 dB above noise level) can be seen and 
heard, but no more CW ID + message. A pity, because it was my go-to 
beacon to check if my 2 meter antenna contraptions were at least working 
a bit.

Luckily I have the QSL card in my collection already.

73 de Hans

BX2ABT


From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 14:24:58 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:24:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CALdCfN+bkwX1yGU_Q53hkjoX06LAxbqD0hdjPRtMo9vU+LuHHw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CALdCfN+zGOhS7ymw0FU_DJT0H0=HHScnNuMVzniTzSs76=3UiQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKPOZ8hX6Xa3FOx9MsT7y9HQPYbz-K76EAkUSz1SNN+8aQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALdCfN+bkwX1yGU_Q53hkjoX06LAxbqD0hdjPRtMo9vU+LuHHw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKNEEXvgRMOAarkAX=p_GP6XPMssxL78df6O0X1dHKgfyg@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for explaining Bob. I wasn't clear on just how much "heavier" APRS
packets were.

It would definitely take a concerted effort to get people to use STATUS
messages more.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 10:15 Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I agree, APRS messaging is a sense of satisfaction, but it generally is a
> 5-times multiplier of packet load just to get a single text through.  In
> fact, that is the whole reason APRS was invented compared to conventional
> packet, to avoid the huge explosion of packets due to all the retries and
> acks.
>
> And via a space digipeater with 100% "hidden transmitter" problem, this
> multiplication of QRM is unrelenting.
>
> If most people are not doing it, then maybe we need some new training.  IF
> PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 gets launched successfully and with AISAT-1 and the new
> ISS digipeater, that might be a good time to start a new educational
> campaign.
>
> Once one has selected the STATUS TEXT MENU, then each time a new callsign
> is seen, it only takes a single MENU press, and then rapid 5 presses of OK
> to be right on the STATUS TEXT editing page.  Then just overwriting the
> last few bytes of the new station's call and hit OK and the new packet is
> ready to go.  Then toggling the BCON button can resend it.
>
> Bob
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 9:48 AM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's not a tutorial but you can see me operating the ISS digipeater in
> > these videos:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woSzJ-PtH2M
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhv7oz_El80
> >
> > Note the ISS digipeater was on UHF briefly when the VHF radio was
> > having issues. It hasn't been on UHF since.
> >
> > Bob, I don't think people use STATUS messages in practice at least on
> > the ISS digipeater, so I'm not sure that's good advice in this case. I
> > personally like seeing notification that I specifically was sent a
> > message.
> >
> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 9:36 AM Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB
> > <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Generally, APRS messages are not welcome via satellites because they
> > > require ACKS and retries. and can only be read easily by the recepient.
> > >
> > > The most efficient way to communicate with APRS is to learn to modify
> > your
> > > STATUS text quickly and include all comms in those 43 allowed
> characters.
> > > That way, the text gets a free ride with your GRID and position packet.
> > >
> > > Bob, WB4APR
> > > That way, eveyrone can see your messages and you can RETRY by toggling
> > the
> > > BCON button.  As soon as you see your "MY PACKET" digipeated, you can
> > > assume the other person saw it and move on.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 3:11 AM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Searching YouTube and Google without a lot of success. I?ve found
> > videos
> > > > on how to set up the TM-D710 for APRS QSO?s, but nothing that
> > demonstrates
> > > > the actual steps involved in completing a contact.
> > > >
> > > > Should I ?beacon? a message that says ?CQ DE N1LF EM63 K?? How will I
> > know
> > > > if I?m getting a response? Do I then transmit pre-programmed user
> > messages?
> > > > How do I enter the other stations call sign on the fly? How do I
> > switch to
> > > > the next message?
> > > >
> > > > I really need a ?for dummies? guide on this?and can?t seem to find
> it.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone point me towards an article or YouTube video?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > >
> > > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > > Maylene, AL
> > > > EM63nf
> > > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Sat Apr 13 15:29:47 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:29:47 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKNEEXvgRMOAarkAX=p_GP6XPMssxL78df6O0X1dHKgfyg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CALdCfN+zGOhS7ymw0FU_DJT0H0=HHScnNuMVzniTzSs76=3UiQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKPOZ8hX6Xa3FOx9MsT7y9HQPYbz-K76EAkUSz1SNN+8aQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALdCfN+bkwX1yGU_Q53hkjoX06LAxbqD0hdjPRtMo9vU+LuHHw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKNEEXvgRMOAarkAX=p_GP6XPMssxL78df6O0X1dHKgfyg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUfh04f3RcbcGFBadaCkUw2+fZxWB=czOmY+ZbUkTdA7Qw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi John!

Have you tried editing the status text field on an APRS-ready
HT or mobile radio? Lots of keypresses to make the change. It
would be easier for someone using software like UISS to type
a few characters in that field. For someone with a TH-D72, you
could end up with 20 to almost 40 keypresses to change a call
sign in a status text field. It is similar for those using a
mobile radio like a TM-D710G, where you press buttons on the
microphone's DTMF keypad to make those changes. It is much
easier for the users of the APRS-ready transceivers to pull a
call sign from a listing, and in a few keypresses send a
message to that call sign, instead of editing the status text
to do the same thing.

I know of one west-coast station that uses the status text to
make contacts with other stations. I don't think that station
is using a radio like a TM-D710G to work the passes. For the
rest of us with the APRS-ready transceivers, we use the messages
back and forth. We can see when a station sends a message to
another station, and can quickly make calls with messages
compared to the longer time needed to edit a status text field
to do the same thing.

Unfortunately, the Kenwood and Yaesu APRS-ready transceivers
faithfully implement APRS, where UISS deviates from it slightly
for messaging. UISS allows the user to disable the use of ACK
packets when sending messages. UISS will send an ACK packet, if
an incoming message requests it, but at least those users have
the option of not using ACKs on their own messages to others.
Now if the APRS standard provided a way for ACKs to be optional,
and Kenwood and Yaesu implemented this change (i.e., a menu
option where the ACK requirement for outgoing messages could be
disabled)... I wonder who could propose changes to APRS...  :-)

73!






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





On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:26 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Thanks for explaining Bob. I wasn't clear on just how much "heavier" APRS
> packets were.
>
> It would definitely take a concerted effort to get people to use STATUS
> messages more.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
>
>

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 15:37:00 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 11:37:00 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUfh04f3RcbcGFBadaCkUw2+fZxWB=czOmY+ZbUkTdA7Qw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CALdCfN+zGOhS7ymw0FU_DJT0H0=HHScnNuMVzniTzSs76=3UiQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKPOZ8hX6Xa3FOx9MsT7y9HQPYbz-K76EAkUSz1SNN+8aQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALdCfN+bkwX1yGU_Q53hkjoX06LAxbqD0hdjPRtMo9vU+LuHHw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKNEEXvgRMOAarkAX=p_GP6XPMssxL78df6O0X1dHKgfyg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUfh04f3RcbcGFBadaCkUw2+fZxWB=czOmY+ZbUkTdA7Qw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKNQktv-xPd6U0ZrEgFxRBnbqj4jKfFVE7QBCVv8gOfb0g@mail.gmail.com>

That's what I thought Patrick. IIRC you actually have to go into the menu
to change it. I thought Bob knew another way or I was missing something.

If the menu is the only way to change the status message that is not a
realistic way to make a QSO with the TH-D72 and similar radios.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 11:31 Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi John!
>
> Have you tried editing the status text field on an APRS-ready
> HT or mobile radio? Lots of keypresses to make the change. It
> would be easier for someone using software like UISS to type
> a few characters in that field. For someone with a TH-D72, you
> could end up with 20 to almost 40 keypresses to change a call
> sign in a status text field. It is similar for those using a
> mobile radio like a TM-D710G, where you press buttons on the
> microphone's DTMF keypad to make those changes. It is much
> easier for the users of the APRS-ready transceivers to pull a
> call sign from a listing, and in a few keypresses send a
> message to that call sign, instead of editing the status text
> to do the same thing.
>
> I know of one west-coast station that uses the status text to
> make contacts with other stations. I don't think that station
> is using a radio like a TM-D710G to work the passes. For the
> rest of us with the APRS-ready transceivers, we use the messages
> back and forth. We can see when a station sends a message to
> another station, and can quickly make calls with messages
> compared to the longer time needed to edit a status text field
> to do the same thing.
>
> Unfortunately, the Kenwood and Yaesu APRS-ready transceivers
> faithfully implement APRS, where UISS deviates from it slightly
> for messaging. UISS allows the user to disable the use of ACK
> packets when sending messages. UISS will send an ACK packet, if
> an incoming message requests it, but at least those users have
> the option of not using ACKs on their own messages to others.
> Now if the APRS standard provided a way for ACKs to be optional,
> and Kenwood and Yaesu implemented this change (i.e., a menu
> option where the ACK requirement for outgoing messages could be
> disabled)... I wonder who could propose changes to APRS...  :-)
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:26 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for explaining Bob. I wasn't clear on just how much "heavier" APRS
> > packets were.
> >
> > It would definitely take a concerted effort to get people to use STATUS
> > messages more.
> >
> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >
> >
> >
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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From zmetzing at pobox.com  Sat Apr 13 15:51:11 2019
From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:51:11 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz
Message-ID: <2876c2d3-2691-1bce-77b5-57e8d423b8b4@pobox.com>


Posted on anther list by WA5JAT:

https://amsat-uk.org/2019/04/12/australian-cubesat-to-use-76-ghz/

Uplinks specified on that page, but no data as to if they are purely 
digital, analog, etc.

--- Zach
N0ZGO

From ai6do at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 13 16:07:55 2019
From: ai6do at yahoo.com (Ryan Noguchi)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:07:55 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUfh04f3RcbcGFBadaCkUw2+fZxWB=czOmY+ZbUkTdA7Qw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CALdCfN+zGOhS7ymw0FU_DJT0H0=HHScnNuMVzniTzSs76=3UiQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKPOZ8hX6Xa3FOx9MsT7y9HQPYbz-K76EAkUSz1SNN+8aQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALdCfN+bkwX1yGU_Q53hkjoX06LAxbqD0hdjPRtMo9vU+LuHHw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKNEEXvgRMOAarkAX=p_GP6XPMssxL78df6O0X1dHKgfyg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUfh04f3RcbcGFBadaCkUw2+fZxWB=czOmY+ZbUkTdA7Qw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1775874235.3125756.1555171675026@mail.yahoo.com>

 I've tried what Bob WB4APR suggests a few times, as a test for last year's Field Day, and while I agree it's a more efficient use of packets, I found it to be impractical when using an HT in one hand and the antenna in the other. It would work much better if you and the stations you want to QSO with are using software like UISS rather than the keypad interface on an HT.?

Part of the problem is that a lot of ops still use SSIDs when transmitting to the packet satellites, which is not really necessary and complicates the problem of having to memorize a call to type it in manually on another screen buried several clicks away in a menu. There's also the "chicken and the egg" problem, where one op using a "nonstandard" protocol isn't going to make a lot of QSOs when everyone else is using an incompatible protocol. Is everyone going to click several screens into each received position packet to see if their call is listed in the STATUS field? (Which is, again, added overhead that HT users have to go through.) Checking to see if you've been digipeated to know when to stop sending your packets? Yet another complication that's easier said than done when using an HT.?

On the Kenwood D72 and D74 HTs, it's very easy to send a reply message to a station whose position or message packet you've received, and also very easy to stop automated resends, e.g., when you've gotten a response message, when you know the other station is out of the footprint, or when you realize that you're trying to QSO with an unattended station.?

Until I see a significant shift of usage toward Bob's proposed QSO protocol, I plan to continue to use Patrick WD9EWK's very effective QSO protocol, which is much more practical for HT operation and is the de facto standard. I often check position packets' status messages in case someone else is using Bob WB4APR's protocol, but have found it to be rare, and it's an order of magnitude faster to just send them a message packet in response.?

73, Ryan AI6DO

    On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 8:31:51 AM PDT, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Hi John!

Have you tried editing the status text field on an APRS-ready
HT or mobile radio? Lots of keypresses to make the change. It
would be easier for someone using software like UISS to type
a few characters in that field. For someone with a TH-D72, you
could end up with 20 to almost 40 keypresses to change a call
sign in a status text field. It is similar for those using a
mobile radio like a TM-D710G, where you press buttons on the
microphone's DTMF keypad to make those changes. It is much
easier for the users of the APRS-ready transceivers to pull a
call sign from a listing, and in a few keypresses send a
message to that call sign, instead of editing the status text
to do the same thing.

I know of one west-coast station that uses the status text to
make contacts with other stations. I don't think that station
is using a radio like a TM-D710G to work the passes. For the
rest of us with the APRS-ready transceivers, we use the messages
back and forth. We can see when a station sends a message to
another station, and can quickly make calls with messages
compared to the longer time needed to edit a status text field
to do the same thing.

Unfortunately, the Kenwood and Yaesu APRS-ready transceivers
faithfully implement APRS, where UISS deviates from it slightly
for messaging. UISS allows the user to disable the use of ACK
packets when sending messages. UISS will send an ACK packet, if
an incoming message requests it, but at least those users have
the option of not using ACKs on their own messages to others.
Now if the APRS standard provided a way for ACKs to be optional,
and Kenwood and Yaesu implemented this change (i.e., a menu
option where the ACK requirement for outgoing messages could be
disabled)... I wonder who could propose changes to APRS...? :-)

73!






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




On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:26 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Thanks for explaining Bob. I wasn't clear on just how much "heavier" APRS
> packets were.
>
> It would definitely take a concerted effort to get people to use STATUS
> messages more.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV

  

From ai6do at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 13 16:23:14 2019
From: ai6do at yahoo.com (Ryan Noguchi)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:23:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CAAJiE8P+V6mfu+Cb2rDNZ=UyjN+y3kKVUXhTozLjCRmSXXkr7Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAAJiE8P+V6mfu+Cb2rDNZ=UyjN+y3kKVUXhTozLjCRmSXXkr7Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1579475267.2631156.1555172594672@mail.yahoo.com>

 Agreed that Patrick WD9EWK is the go-to guru for packet satellite ops using HTs. That file you linked to talks to settings on the TM-D710 but some of the articles (in PDF format) in this other folder on his Dropbox site (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v3byggtuqw33fkk/AAD0oRWpOkXYYBQRqDSs9s-za/TH-D72A?dl=0&lst=&subfolder_nav_tracking=1) provide some more complete context on the flow of packet QSOs and are worth a read even if you aren't using the Kenwood APRS-ready HTs. The one on FalconSat-3 ops also discusses settings for the TM-D710.?

73, Ryan AI6DO

    On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 3:42:55 AM PDT, Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Might not be a video, but Patrick's writeups have been very helpful to me:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v3byggtuqw33fkk/AACqTTz41vduG0sdrjmsJNhJa/TM-D710G/TMD710G_config_for_orbiting_digis-WD9EWK.pdf?dl=0

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 03:12 Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Searching YouTube and Google without a lot of success. I?ve found videos
> on how to set up the TM-D710 for APRS QSO?s, but nothing that demonstrates
> the actual steps involved in completing a contact.
>
> Should I ?beacon? a message that says ?CQ DE N1LF EM63 K?? How will I know
> if I?m getting a response? Do I then transmit pre-programmed user messages?
> How do I enter the other stations call sign on the fly? How do I switch to
> the next message?
>
> I really need a ?for dummies? guide on this?and can?t seem to find it.
>
> Can anyone point me towards an article or YouTube video?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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From k.swaggart at charter.net  Sat Apr 13 16:26:16 2019
From: k.swaggart at charter.net (Ken Swaggart)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:26:16 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
Message-ID: <002401d4f215$9f0532a0$dd0f97e0$@charter.net>

After 17 years in a coastal environment, the G5500 boom clamps are severely
rusted and need to be replaced. Anyone know of a replacement candidate,
preferably stainless steel?

 

Picture at:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6jxdcwg42z3awew/20190413_rusted%20rotor%20boom%20c
lamps.jpg?dl=0

 

Tnx,

Ken, W7KKE

 


From royldean at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 16:35:18 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 12:35:18 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
Message-ID: <CADGPg2tF-6eB1XcXxoMUzgJpDth=i2DPaDnT3H97Te_3i632cw@mail.gmail.com>

You could try searching for stainless steel exhaust clamps - as some of
them are the same design.   Not sure if you'll be able to find the right
diameter, though.

--Roy
K3RLD

From n1uw at gokarns.com  Sat Apr 13 17:09:19 2019
From: n1uw at gokarns.com (Frank Karnauskas)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:09:19 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CAN6TEUfh04f3RcbcGFBadaCkUw2+fZxWB=czOmY+ZbUkTdA7Qw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>	<CALdCfN+zGOhS7ymw0FU_DJT0H0=HHScnNuMVzniTzSs76=3UiQ@mail.gmail.com>	<CALn0fKPOZ8hX6Xa3FOx9MsT7y9HQPYbz-K76EAkUSz1SNN+8aQ@mail.gmail.com>	<CALdCfN+bkwX1yGU_Q53hkjoX06LAxbqD0hdjPRtMo9vU+LuHHw@mail.gmail.com>	<CALn0fKNEEXvgRMOAarkAX=p_GP6XPMssxL78df6O0X1dHKgfyg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN6TEUfh04f3RcbcGFBadaCkUw2+fZxWB=czOmY+ZbUkTdA7Qw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000001d4f21b$a658c020$f30a4060$@gokarns.com>

Wouldn't it be nice if the TH-D74 allowed the use of a Bluetooth
keyboard!

73,
Frank

FRANK W. KARNAUSKAS, N1UW

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of
Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2019 8:30 AM
To: AMSAT
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood
TM-D710

Hi John!

Have you tried editing the status text field on an APRS-ready
HT or mobile radio? Lots of keypresses to make the change. It
would be easier for someone using software like UISS to type
a few characters in that field. For someone with a TH-D72, you
could end up with 20 to almost 40 keypresses to change a call
sign in a status text field. It is similar for those using a
mobile radio like a TM-D710G, where you press buttons on the
microphone's DTMF keypad to make those changes. It is much
easier for the users of the APRS-ready transceivers to pull a
call sign from a listing, and in a few keypresses send a
message to that call sign, instead of editing the status text
to do the same thing.

I know of one west-coast station that uses the status text to
make contacts with other stations. I don't think that station
is using a radio like a TM-D710G to work the passes. For the
rest of us with the APRS-ready transceivers, we use the messages
back and forth. We can see when a station sends a message to
another station, and can quickly make calls with messages
compared to the longer time needed to edit a status text field
to do the same thing.

Unfortunately, the Kenwood and Yaesu APRS-ready transceivers
faithfully implement APRS, where UISS deviates from it slightly
for messaging. UISS allows the user to disable the use of ACK
packets when sending messages. UISS will send an ACK packet, if
an incoming message requests it, but at least those users have
the option of not using ACKs on their own messages to others.
Now if the APRS standard provided a way for ACKs to be optional,
and Kenwood and Yaesu implemented this change (i.e., a menu
option where the ACK requirement for outgoing messages could be
disabled)... I wonder who could propose changes to APRS...  :-)

73!






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





On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:26 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Thanks for explaining Bob. I wasn't clear on just how much "heavier"
APRS
> packets were.
>
> It would definitely take a concerted effort to get people to use
STATUS
> messages more.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
>
>
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
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of AMSAT-NA.
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 13 17:19:36 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:19:36 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
In-Reply-To: <CADGPg2tF-6eB1XcXxoMUzgJpDth=i2DPaDnT3H97Te_3i632cw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2tF-6eB1XcXxoMUzgJpDth=i2DPaDnT3H97Te_3i632cw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <d0115853-6ddd-4664-a77d-9d74adcf4421@yahoo.com>

The U clamps are metric. That said one can probably find an approximate fit at an industrial supply house like McMaster-Carr.

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

On Apr 13, 2019, 09:36, at 09:36, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>You could try searching for stainless steel exhaust clamps - as some of
>them are the same design.   Not sure if you'll be able to find the
>right
>diameter, though.
>
>--Roy
>K3RLD
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 13 17:26:28 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:26:28 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz
In-Reply-To: <2876c2d3-2691-1bce-77b5-57e8d423b8b4@pobox.com>
References: <2876c2d3-2691-1bce-77b5-57e8d423b8b4@pobox.com>
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4) Communication Protocols Modulation techniques that will be investigated for the high-speed communications experiment include QPSK, 16-QAM and CPFM. If successful, this technology for wavelengths below 10 cm will increase the data transfer rates by at least 4 orders of magnitude while also decreasing the sizes of antennas and the associated spacecraft.

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On Apr 13, 2019, 08:52, at 08:52, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>Posted on anther list by WA5JAT:
>
>https://amsat-uk.org/2019/04/12/australian-cubesat-to-use-76-ghz/
>
>Uplinks specified on that page, but no data as to if they are purely 
>digital, analog, etc.
>
>--- Zach
>N0ZGO
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From royldean at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 17:57:41 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:57:41 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
Message-ID: <CADGPg2uy1b31pB4RP++qgrTL3GumBkz0NCuyZK98Dqmtc8sRsw@mail.gmail.com>

>
> The U clamps are metric. That said one can probably find an approximate
> fit at an industrial supply house like McMaster-Carr.


Well, the entire automotive industry is metric (even what's left of "the
big three"), so this shouldn't eliminate the possibility of using exhaust
clamps.

--Roy
K3RLD

From k.swaggart at charter.net  Sat Apr 13 18:03:16 2019
From: k.swaggart at charter.net (Ken Swaggart)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 11:03:16 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
In-Reply-To: <CADGPg2uy1b31pB4RP++qgrTL3GumBkz0NCuyZK98Dqmtc8sRsw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2uy1b31pB4RP++qgrTL3GumBkz0NCuyZK98Dqmtc8sRsw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <003c01d4f223$2b75e1f0$8261a5d0$@charter.net>

Thanks for all the responses. Looking at the vendors, it seems my main
problem will be finding stainless saddle clamps. The U-bolt portion of the
assembly appears not too hard to find. 

Ken, W7KKE


From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Sat Apr 13 18:29:57 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:29:57 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
In-Reply-To: <d0115853-6ddd-4664-a77d-9d74adcf4421@yahoo.com>
References: <CADGPg2tF-6eB1XcXxoMUzgJpDth=i2DPaDnT3H97Te_3i632cw@mail.gmail.com>
	<d0115853-6ddd-4664-a77d-9d74adcf4421@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1747005417.1487044.1555180197424@mail.yahoo.com>

 I recently bought a few from Home Depot, they have various sizes in inches, sorry didn;t come across any metric markings. 

- Umesh, k6vug



    On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 10:20:24 AM PDT, W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 The U clamps are metric. That said one can probably find an approximate fit at an industrial supply house like McMaster-Carr.

?___
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73 de W3AB/GEO?

On Apr 13, 2019, 09:36, at 09:36, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>You could try searching for stainless steel exhaust clamps - as some of
>them are the same design.? Not sure if you'll be able to find the
>right
>diameter, though.
>
>--Roy
>K3RLD
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From zmetzing at pobox.com  Sat Apr 13 18:53:30 2019
From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:53:30 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz
In-Reply-To: <f791090a-1f2b-4f37-86f5-8a10c6ec49c5@yahoo.com>
References: <2876c2d3-2691-1bce-77b5-57e8d423b8b4@pobox.com>
	<f791090a-1f2b-4f37-86f5-8a10c6ec49c5@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <6ab1c923-35a3-893e-065c-ec4408b08683@pobox.com>

On 04/13/19 12:26, W3AB/GEO wrote:
> 4) Communication Protocols Modulation techniques that will be 
> investigated for the high-speed communications experiment include QPSK, 
> 16-QAM and CPFM. If successful, this technology for wavelengths below 10 
> cm will increase the data transfer rates by at least 4 orders of 
> magnitude while also decreasing the sizes of antennas and the associated 
> spacecraft.

Yup, saw that, but it is non-specific as to the interconnect between 
uplink/downlink and the modes that we'll be able to run through it.

I'm looking up how to get 76 GHz going. :-)

--- Zach
N0ZGO


From tasmac at w5pfg.us  Sat Apr 13 18:57:31 2019
From: tasmac at w5pfg.us (Clayton Coleman W5PFG)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:57:31 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb]  Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
Message-ID: <602c7916-bd06-e33d-53e7-3e03650bc8e6@w5pfg.us>

Like many topics in the amateur radio world, there is a mix of what is 
prescribed in protocol versus how it's applied in the real world.

Bob's right here. There are excess packets created by using APRS 
messaging vs a simple "one time" packet being sent as a UI.

The weakness in using the built-in APRS functions of Kenwood, Yaesu, or 
other traditionally-terrestrial messaging systems is the load of 'waste' 
packets generated vs using a simple UI packet. The APRS messaging 
functions will often continue to transmit until they receive an 
acknowledgement. This can be problematic in a short-duration LEO 
satellite pass, especially when one station tries to message everyone in 
their HEARD list!

Many people who operate solely with a radio such a Kenwood are oblivious 
to 'waste' packets being digipeated (repeat ACK's, REJ's, etc.)  Unless 
you're sitting at a terminal and viewing all the packets, your view of 
what is passing by is extremely limited; not just by the tiny display of 
your radio. For fun, I suggest running a terminal attached to your radio 
and monitor all packets at Field Day.

I've observed passes when 10-15 stations were able to exchange packets 
and I've observed other passes when 2-3 struggled because one or two 
other stations were over-beaconing and sending messages repeatedly.

It's like the many new stations incorrectly assuming the best way to be 
digipeated is to keep pressing BCON on their Kenwood radio until the 
glorious "MY POS" flashes and they hear a beep! OUCH. Those are 
typically people on omni antennas or in their car that have no idea 
they've been digipeated every time but their station is not hearing.

Not everyone has the luxury of sitting in their shack to operate a 
packet/APRS-capable satellite. At home, I use UISS. By default UISS does 
not request acknowledgement or require it. It will only transmit a 
message or position packet upon pressing the appropriate function key. 
This helps limit the amount of "rapid-firing" typically employed by many 
of the folks using transceivers with built-in packet/APRS capabilities.

Occasionally I like to make contacts via ISS or other satellites with 
packet digipeaters using either one of my Kenwood mobile or HT 
transceivers. Do I use the status text method? No. I use the MSG 
function like others on this thread have described. I keep it short and 
sweet.

Do you want to strictly adhere to terrestrial protocol rules for 
acknowledging messages, often resulting in the logjam of packets, or do 
you want to increase efficiency and send the minimal frames necessary to 
get a clean exchange via satellite with another station? I leave that up 
to the operator.

Have fun.

73
Clayton
W5PFG


P.S. I think the unattended beacons remain my favorite nit-pick of 
packet/APRS satellites' use. :-)

From w3ab at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 13 19:08:01 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 12:08:01 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz
In-Reply-To: <1427119767.3039987.1555177632200@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <2876c2d3-2691-1bce-77b5-57e8d423b8b4@pobox.com>
	<f791090a-1f2b-4f37-86f5-8a10c6ec49c5@yahoo.com>
	<1427119767.3039987.1555177632200@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <507e5d82-e256-4243-b7bd-cff5c880a8d7@yahoo.com>

1 - I believe one can address the beamwidth.

2 - I thought they going to measure atmospheric water, perhaps that's why that freq was chosen.

?___
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73 de W3AB/GEO?

On Apr 13, 2019, 10:47, at 10:47, Robert Switzer <rs2atmink at yahoo.com> wrote:
>I heard about 2 concerns from my brother, who knows those who guys who
>work that freq:
>1. Not sure what kind of power they are running but even a small
>dish(say 12") it this freq has an incredibly narrow beamwidth. Would
>take one heck of a tracking mechanism to follow a sat unless it is
>goestationary. 
>2. Another problem with this freq is it is right on a water adsorption
>line in the atmosphere. From orbit you won't have of go thru a lot but
>its still there.
>Anyone address these during the design phase of the sats?
>Rob KA2CZU
>
>On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 1:27:18 PM EDT, W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB
><amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
> 
> 
>4) Communication Protocols Modulation techniques that will be
>investigated for the high-speed communications experiment include QPSK,
>16-QAM and CPFM. If successful, this technology for wavelengths below
>10 cm will increase the data transfer rates by at least 4 orders of
>magnitude while also decreasing the sizes of antennas and the
>associated spacecraft.
>
>?___
>Sent from my two way wrist watch
>73 de W3AB/GEO?
>
>On Apr 13, 2019, 08:52, at 08:52, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB
><amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>>Posted on anther list by WA5JAT:
>>
>>https://amsat-uk.org/2019/04/12/australian-cubesat-to-use-76-ghz/
>>
>>Uplinks specified on that page, but no data as to if they are purely 
>>digital, analog, etc.
>>
>>--- Zach
>>N0ZGO
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From n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net  Sat Apr 13 19:15:55 2019
From: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net (Mike Seguin)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:15:55 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz
In-Reply-To: <6ab1c923-35a3-893e-065c-ec4408b08683@pobox.com>
References: <2876c2d3-2691-1bce-77b5-57e8d423b8b4@pobox.com>
	<f791090a-1f2b-4f37-86f5-8a10c6ec49c5@yahoo.com>
	<6ab1c923-35a3-893e-065c-ec4408b08683@pobox.com>
Message-ID: <59d80c84-a31e-9df2-0566-5d457fbaea61@burlingtontelecom.net>

I have gear to receive the 76 GHz band. I've sent a note to the Cuava 
team to ask about TX power, EiRP, antenna etc to get a sense of what it 
might take to at least detect the downlink.

Mike

On 4/13/2019 2:53 PM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> On 04/13/19 12:26, W3AB/GEO wrote:
>> 4) Communication Protocols Modulation techniques that will be 
>> investigated for the high-speed communications experiment include 
>> QPSK, 16-QAM and CPFM. If successful, this technology for wavelengths 
>> below 10 cm will increase the data transfer rates by at least 4 orders 
>> of magnitude while also decreasing the sizes of antennas and the 
>> associated spacecraft.
> 
> Yup, saw that, but it is non-specific as to the interconnect between 
> uplink/downlink and the modes that we'll be able to run through it.
> 
> I'm looking up how to get 76 GHz going. :-)
> 
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
> 
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Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"

From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Sat Apr 13 19:33:01 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:33:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz
In-Reply-To: <59d80c84-a31e-9df2-0566-5d457fbaea61@burlingtontelecom.net>
References: <2876c2d3-2691-1bce-77b5-57e8d423b8b4@pobox.com>
	<f791090a-1f2b-4f37-86f5-8a10c6ec49c5@yahoo.com>
	<6ab1c923-35a3-893e-065c-ec4408b08683@pobox.com>
	<59d80c84-a31e-9df2-0566-5d457fbaea61@burlingtontelecom.net>
Message-ID: <1827401292.274357.1555183981551@mail.yahoo.com>

Wow, this is a major leap towards these bands.Wonder how the frequency allocation is for Amateur satellite service at 76 GHz.??
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Saturday, 13 April, 2019, 3:17:34 pm GMT-4, Mike Seguin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 I have gear to receive the 76 GHz band. I've sent a note to the Cuava 
team to ask about TX power, EiRP, antenna etc to get a sense of what it 
might take to at least detect the downlink.

Mike

On 4/13/2019 2:53 PM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> On 04/13/19 12:26, W3AB/GEO wrote:
>> 4) Communication Protocols Modulation techniques that will be 
>> investigated for the high-speed communications experiment include 
>> QPSK, 16-QAM and CPFM. If successful, this technology for wavelengths 
>> below 10 cm will increase the data transfer rates by at least 4 orders 
>> of magnitude while also decreasing the sizes of antennas and the 
>> associated spacecraft.
> 
> Yup, saw that, but it is non-specific as to the interconnect between 
> uplink/downlink and the modes that we'll be able to run through it.
> 
> I'm looking up how to get 76 GHz going. :-)
> 
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
> 
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From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Sat Apr 13 19:49:50 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:49:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Max Valier malfunction
In-Reply-To: <b219995d-83ac-497f-026c-457d4b8b158f@msa.hinet.net>
References: <b219995d-83ac-497f-026c-457d4b8b158f@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <1121012551.2832227.1555184990765@mail.yahoo.com>

Sorry to hear this, this satellite had a very strong signal and useful during demos,I do have? a qsl as well :-)
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Saturday, 13 April, 2019, 10:18:25 am GMT-4, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 It seems the Max Valier beacon is malfunctioning. On 145.960 only a very 
strong continuous carrier (30 dB above noise level) can be seen and 
heard, but no more CW ID + message. A pity, because it was my go-to 
beacon to check if my 2 meter antenna contraptions were at least working 
a bit.

Luckily I have the QSL card in my collection already.

73 de Hans

BX2ABT

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From tom at m0lte.uk  Sat Apr 13 13:41:18 2019
From: tom at m0lte.uk (Tom M0LTE)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:41:18 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <1382488367.351050.1555089323516@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1382488367.351050.1555089323516.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1382488367.351050.1555089323516@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAL4ggqvD5b+NU-JGfBK0iwE9L7Kg43yTfQZGC6Q_=8mQC4K8Lw@mail.gmail.com>

I find myself slightly surprised that solar minimum wouldn?t be the best
time to work 10/15m sats.

With traditionally poor band conditions the ionosphere won?t be reflective-
making it ideal for getting your signal up and down to/from the sat,
through the now-transparent ionosphere. No?

Cheers
Tom


On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 18:18, Bob Rossi via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> It's too bad we will be in a low sunspot situation for the next few years.
> But who knows what can happen.
> You can read about G3IOR's experiences with OTH propagation RS-12 mode K
> DX operation
> where he was able to work a ZL station, in his article in the Jul/Aug 1993
> issue of the AMSAT Journal
> titled "Using RS-12 Mode "K" Anomalous Propagation".
> I think the higher sunspots played a role with this.
>
> There's also his audio interview about this topic in 2015 at:
> https://criticaldistance.blogspot.com/2015/04/
>
> it's almost at the end of the Radio Luxembourg audio at the top of the
> page.
>
>
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From hansfong at zonnet.nl  Sat Apr 13 12:39:35 2019
From: hansfong at zonnet.nl (HansFong)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 20:39:35 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Max Valier malfunction
Message-ID: <dfe07a04-a76d-6ab5-4b78-8d34c25c8d8b@zonnet.nl>

It seems the Max Valier beacon is malfunctioning. On 145.960 only a very 
strong continuous carrier (30 dB above noise level), but no more CW ID + 
message. A pity, because it was my go-to beacon to check if my 2 meter 
antenna contraptions were at least working a bit.

Luckily I have the QSL card in my collection already.

73 de Hans

BX2ABT


From garnere at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 16:49:36 2019
From: garnere at gmail.com (Eric Garner)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:49:36 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
In-Reply-To: <002401d4f215$9f0532a0$dd0f97e0$@charter.net>
References: <002401d4f215$9f0532a0$dd0f97e0$@charter.net>
Message-ID: <CABqdsz8SsrqAx9dvQ6guQ-BXdL0y1Rt72wRGZRE4w_W-nyy+vQ@mail.gmail.com>

DX Engineering appears to have a good selection of clamps and related
hardware:

https://www.dxengineering.com/search/department/clamps-and-fasteners

-Eric KI7LTT

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 9:27 AM Ken Swaggart via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> After 17 years in a coastal environment, the G5500 boom clamps are severely
> rusted and need to be replaced. Anyone know of a replacement candidate,
> preferably stainless steel?
>
>
>
> Picture at:
>
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/6jxdcwg42z3awew/20190413_rusted%20rotor%20boom%20c
> lamps.jpg?dl=0
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/6jxdcwg42z3awew/20190413_rusted%20rotor%20boom%20clamps.jpg?dl=0>
>
>
>
> Tnx,
>
> Ken, W7KKE
>
>
>
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From gabrielzeifman at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 20:09:44 2019
From: gabrielzeifman at gmail.com (Gabriel Zeifman)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 12:09:44 -0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Max Valier malfunction
In-Reply-To: <b219995d-83ac-497f-026c-457d4b8b158f@msa.hinet.net>
References: <b219995d-83ac-497f-026c-457d4b8b158f@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <CAEGYLCvz2DrktcwAxxub63+StMArTm0fTXKs-yoUfzNq7eL_Mg@mail.gmail.com>

What a pity that there will be less meaningless QRM to interrupt
communications through AO-91. Max Valier Sat really lived up to its owners?
expectation of a ?100 year? service life, with a beacon that in their
infinite wisdom, could not be turned off by ground command, only by a
completely unforeseeable and very unfortunate failure.

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH
#excitedforbeepboopsats


On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 6:17 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> It seems the Max Valier beacon is malfunctioning. On 145.960 only a very
> strong continuous carrier (30 dB above noise level) can be seen and
> heard, but no more CW ID + message. A pity, because it was my go-to
> beacon to check if my 2 meter antenna contraptions were at least working
> a bit.
>
> Luckily I have the QSL card in my collection already.
>
> 73 de Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 13 20:20:01 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 20:20:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
In-Reply-To: <CADGPg2uy1b31pB4RP++qgrTL3GumBkz0NCuyZK98Dqmtc8sRsw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2uy1b31pB4RP++qgrTL3GumBkz0NCuyZK98Dqmtc8sRsw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <907739408.585447.1555186801783@mail.yahoo.com>

Alas, that is not true. Yes, 99.99% of all the fasteners on a current vehicle are metric. Modern vehicles don't use muffler clamps, aka exhaust clamps. Those are still the realm of DIY mechanics and hot-rodders, and they are still use imperial dimensions with the threads normally USS, not SAE.
McMaster-Carr, showing the metric equivalent of the imperial size, and metric threaded clamps.https://www.mcmaster.com/muffler-clamps

If one has any connection(s) into the metric world you can have them shipped to you. If you NEED to procure metric clamps, let Dr Google do your walking for you.---? 
 Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
 GEO ??? 

 http://www.w3ab.org

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

    On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 10:58:54 AM PDT, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 >
> The U clamps are metric. That said one can probably find an approximate
> fit at an industrial supply house like McMaster-Carr.


Well, the entire automotive industry is metric (even what's left of "the
big three"), so this shouldn't eliminate the possibility of using exhaust
clamps.

--Roy
K3RLD
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 13 20:23:13 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 20:23:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched
In-Reply-To: <CAL4ggqvD5b+NU-JGfBK0iwE9L7Kg43yTfQZGC6Q_=8mQC4K8Lw@mail.gmail.com>
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	<1382488367.351050.1555089323516@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CAL4ggqvD5b+NU-JGfBK0iwE9L7Kg43yTfQZGC6Q_=8mQC4K8Lw@mail.gmail.com>
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One would think so. You don't normally rely on propagation to communicate via satellite.
---? 
 Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
 GEO ??? 

 http://www.w3ab.org

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

    On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 1:21:38 PM PDT, Tom M0LTE via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 I find myself slightly surprised that solar minimum wouldn?t be the best
time to work 10/15m sats.

With traditionally poor band conditions the ionosphere won?t be reflective-
making it ideal for getting your signal up and down to/from the sat,
through the now-transparent ionosphere. No?

Cheers
Tom


On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 18:18, Bob Rossi via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> It's too bad we will be in a low sunspot situation for the next few years.
> But who knows what can happen.
> You can read about G3IOR's experiences with OTH propagation RS-12 mode K
> DX operation
> where he was able to work a ZL station, in his article in the Jul/Aug 1993
> issue of the AMSAT Journal
> titled "Using RS-12 Mode "K" Anomalous Propagation".
> I think the higher sunspots played a role with this.
>
> There's also his audio interview about this topic in 2015 at:
> https://criticaldistance.blogspot.com/2015/04/
>
> it's almost at the end of the Radio Luxembourg audio at the top of the
> page.
>
>
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From johnnykludt at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 20:32:41 2019
From: johnnykludt at gmail.com (John Kludt)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:32:41 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
Message-ID: <5cb2476c.1c69fb81.abac3.4332@mx.google.com>

When mine failed I just ordered a new pair from Yaesu.? Not that expensive all things considered and no flapping around trying to get something else to work sort of.

Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone
On Apr 13, 2019 14:20, GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Alas, that is not true. Yes, 99.99% of all the fasteners on a current vehicle are metric. Modern vehicles don't use muffler clamps, aka exhaust clamps. Those are still the realm of DIY mechanics and hot-rodders, and they are still use imperial dimensions with the threads normally USS, not SAE.
> McMaster-Carr, showing the metric equivalent of the imperial size, and metric threaded clamps.https://www.mcmaster.com/muffler-clamps
>
> If one has any connection(s) into the metric world you can have them shipped to you. If you NEED to procure metric clamps, let Dr Google do your walking for you.---? 
> Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
> GEO ???
>
> http://www.w3ab.org
>
> Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
>
> ??? On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 10:58:54 AM PDT, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:? 
>
> >
> > The U clamps are metric. That said one can probably find an approximate
> > fit at an industrial supply house like McMaster-Carr.
>
> Well, the entire automotive industry is metric (even what's left of "the
> big three"), so this shouldn't eliminate the possibility of using exhaust
> clamps.
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
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From royldean at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 21:03:50 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 17:03:50 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
Message-ID: <CADGPg2sC6apDJGDZ9rvqmKsuiPvof+eOjG3OprLAN3XOzYnZMQ@mail.gmail.com>

>
> Alas, that is not true. Yes, 99.99% of all the fasteners on a current
> vehicle are metric. Modern vehicles don't use muffler clamps, aka exhaust
> clamps.


Well, I don't mean to get into an argument about this (and this will be my
last post on the subject), but having worked for one of "the big three", I
can tell you that while you are correct that "modern" vehicles don't use
"muffler clamps", they didn't even back when I worked in the industry (that
is irrelevant to the topic).  The whole purpose of the "EXHAUST" clamp was
for repairs.   And they ARE available in metric sizes (although truth be
told, my honest opinion is that the metric and imperial varieties are
essentially the same, and expected to deform to take the shape of whatever
they are being clamped on - In fact, that would probably be my first choice
to pursue if I were in this situation).

If you are referring to the actual nuts that do the tightening, then
imperial or metric is of no concern, other than that the installer has the
correct installation tool (and even then, most of the common sizes can be
"faked" with the opposite systems "sorta-kinda" equivalent).

--Roy
K3RLD
(one time brake engineer, race mechanic, racecar builder/owner/driver)

From w3ab at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 13 21:58:01 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:58:01 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
In-Reply-To: <CADGPg2sC6apDJGDZ9rvqmKsuiPvof+eOjG3OprLAN3XOzYnZMQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2sC6apDJGDZ9rvqmKsuiPvof+eOjG3OprLAN3XOzYnZMQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <91d8c3c7-791f-4d49-984d-962ad2cf0a85@yahoo.com>

I enjoy when posters say "that is their last post"as if to infer an expertise.

Obviously you worked on vehicles when that the norm, as I pretty much stated. 

I am currently working on a Jag Mark 2 with a Ford small block in it. 
Actually, I am sitting in it as I type this. One of the problems I encounter is that a "mechanic" shaped it to conform or kinda made an incorrect fitting fit. It's frustrating, and expensive for the owner. Metric, imperial & Whitworth are not even kinda close, at least in my world.
?___
Sent from my two way wrist watch my
73 de W3AB/GEO?

Who may or may not have owned/operated an exotic car shop, sponsored, designed, built, wrenched on and drove race cars. And still vintage races a MGB & Jaguar E-Type.

On Apr 13, 2019, at 14:05, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:


Alas, that is not true. Yes, 99.99% of all the fasteners on a current
vehicle are metric. Modern vehicles don't use muffler clamps, aka exhaust
clamps.



Well, I don't mean to get into an argument about this (and this will be my
last post on the subject), but having worked for one of "the big three", I
can tell you that while you are correct that "modern" vehicles don't use
"muffler clamps", they didn't even back when I worked in the industry (that
is irrelevant to the topic). The whole purpose of the "EXHAUST" clamp was
for repairs. And they ARE available in metric sizes (although truth be
told, my honest opinion is that the metric and imperial varieties are
essentially the same, and expected to deform to take the shape of whatever
they are being clamped on - In fa?ct, that would probably be my first choice
to pursue if I were in this situation).

If you are referring to the actual nuts that do the tightening, then
imperial or metric is of no concern, other than that the installer has the
correct installation tool (and even then, most of the common sizes can be
"faked" with the opposite systems "sorta-kinda" equivalent).

--Roy
K3RLD
(one time brake engineer, race mechanic, racecar builder/owner/driver)

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On Apr 13, 2019, 14:05, at 14:05, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>> Alas, that is not true. Yes, 99.99% of all the fasteners on a current
>> vehicle are metric. Modern vehicles don't use muffler clamps, aka
>exhaust
>> clamps.
>
>
>Well, I don't mean to get into an argument about this (and this will be
>my
>last post on the subject), but having worked for one of "the big
>three", I
>can tell you that while you are correct that "modern" vehicles don't
>use
>"muffler clamps", they didn't even back when I worked in the industry
>(that
>is irrelevant to the topic).  The whole purpose of the "EXHAUST" clamp
>was
>for repairs.   And they ARE available in metric sizes (although truth
>be
>told, my honest opinion is that the metric and imperial varieties are
>essentially the same, and expected to deform to take the shape of
>whatever
>they are being clamped on - In fact, that would probably be my first
>choice
>to pursue if I were in this situation).
>
>If you are referring to the actual nuts that do the tightening, then
>imperial or metric is of no concern, other than that the installer has
>the
>correct installation tool (and even then, most of the common sizes can
>be
>"faked" with the opposite systems "sorta-kinda" equivalent).
>
>--Roy
>K3RLD
>(one time brake engineer, race mechanic, racecar builder/owner/driver)
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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 13 22:03:09 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:03:09 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
In-Reply-To: <5cb2476c.1c69fb81.abac3.4332@mx.google.com>
References: <5cb2476c.1c69fb81.abac3.4332@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <fd3af278-2438-40d0-9675-5c61f979b486@yahoo.com>

Yep, the easiest route but I believe the OP wants to go to SS.

I did that on my rotors, I live in coastal CenCal, where corrosion is the norm.
?___
Sent from my two way wrist watch
73 de W3AB/GEO?

On Apr 13, 2019, 13:39, at 13:39, John Kludt via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>When mine failed I just ordered a new pair from Yaesu.? Not that
>expensive all things considered and no flapping around trying to get
>something else to work sort of.
>
>Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone
>On Apr 13, 2019 14:20, GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>wrote:
>>
>> Alas, that is not true. Yes, 99.99% of all the fasteners on a current
>vehicle are metric. Modern vehicles don't use muffler clamps, aka
>exhaust clamps. Those are still the realm of DIY mechanics and
>hot-rodders, and they are still use imperial dimensions with the
>threads normally USS, not SAE.
>> McMaster-Carr, showing the metric equivalent of the imperial size,
>and metric threaded clamps.https://www.mcmaster.com/muffler-clamps
>>
>> If one has any connection(s) into the metric world you can have them
>shipped to you. If you NEED to procure metric clamps, let Dr Google do
>your walking for you.---? 
>> Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
>> GEO ???
>>
>> http://www.w3ab.org
>>
>> Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
>>
>> ??? On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 10:58:54 AM PDT, Roy Dean via
>AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:? 
>>
>> >
>> > The U clamps are metric. That said one can probably find an
>approximate
>> > fit at an industrial supply house like McMaster-Carr.
>>
>> Well, the entire automotive industry is metric (even what's left of
>"the
>> big three"), so this shouldn't eliminate the possibility of using
>exhaust
>> clamps.
>>
>> --Roy
>> K3RLD
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From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 22:45:30 2019
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:45:30 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <602c7916-bd06-e33d-53e7-3e03650bc8e6@w5pfg.us>
References: <602c7916-bd06-e33d-53e7-3e03650bc8e6@w5pfg.us>
Message-ID: <980fe36f-95cd-976a-1b7d-a158d4beabf2@gmail.com>

FYI, the application APRSIS32 has an explicit control of
acknowledgments, and, to some extent, the path, on each message being
sent.  Look to the lower left in the Message Sending window.  I believe
the default is to include Ack processing (box checked).

Greg  KO6TH


Clayton Coleman W5PFG via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> At home, I use UISS. By default UISS does not request acknowledgement
> or require it. It will only transmit a message or position packet upon
> pressing the appropriate function key. This helps limit the amount of
> "rapid-firing" typically employed by many of the folks using
> transceivers with built-in packet/APRS capabilities. 


From espaysat at gmail.com  Sat Apr 13 21:07:01 2019
From: espaysat at gmail.com (Espaysat Org)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 23:07:01 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Max Valier malfunction
In-Reply-To: <CAEGYLCvz2DrktcwAxxub63+StMArTm0fTXKs-yoUfzNq7eL_Mg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b219995d-83ac-497f-026c-457d4b8b158f@msa.hinet.net>
	<CAEGYLCvz2DrktcwAxxub63+StMArTm0fTXKs-yoUfzNq7eL_Mg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5cb24f75.1c69fb81.234ad.e4b7@mx.google.com>

Hi guys.

I listened to Max Valier sat in the pass at 20.30z above Barcelona JN11AK, very strong signals in CW message id received correctly.

73?s Carles
EB3SA

Enviat des del Correu per al Windows 10

De: Gabriel Zeifman via AMSAT-BB
Enviat: dissabte, 13 d?abril de 2019 22:27
Per a: Hans BX2ABT
A/c: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Tema: Re: [amsat-bb] Max Valier malfunction

What a pity that there will be less meaningless QRM to interrupt
communications through AO-91. Max Valier Sat really lived up to its owners?
expectation of a ?100 year? service life, with a beacon that in their
infinite wisdom, could not be turned off by ground command, only by a
completely unforeseeable and very unfortunate failure.

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH
#excitedforbeepboopsats


On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 6:17 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> It seems the Max Valier beacon is malfunctioning. On 145.960 only a very
> strong continuous carrier (30 dB above noise level) can be seen and
> heard, but no more CW ID + message. A pity, because it was my go-to
> beacon to check if my 2 meter antenna contraptions were at least working
> a bit.
>
> Luckily I have the QSL card in my collection already.
>
> 73 de Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 17:00:21 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-104 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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+Invitation to the Thursday night AMSAT get together at Ticket Pub
and Eatery in Fairborn

AMSAT Academy 2019 Registration Fee: $85.00. Registration closes
May 10, 2019. No sign ups at the door. No refunds, No cancellations.

Registration may be purchased on the AMSAT Store.
https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-academy-registration/

[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]

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AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019

For a complete list of AMSAT activities at the 2019 Hamvention, see
www.amsat.org/other-events/amsat-activities-at-hamvention-2019/
Below, two of these activities are highlighted:

AMSAT Forum, Forum Room 2
Saturday, 18 May 2019, 12:10 ? 13:40 EDT
Moderated by Robert Bankston KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President?User Services

AMSAT Status Report ? Joseph Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT President, will high-
light recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of our
challenges, accomplishments, projects, and any late breaking news.

AMSAT Engineering ? Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President?
Engineering, will talk about the Fox-1 and Golf (Greater Orbit, Larger
Footprint) Projects.

AMSAT Education ? Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT Vice President?
Educational Relations will introduce the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator.

AMSAT User Services ? Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President?
User Services, will discuss AMSAT?s 50th Anniversary Operating Event
and the new AMSAT Ambassadors Program.

Amateur Satellite Demonstrations
Outside Main Entrance ? Maxim Hall (Building 1)
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 16 ? 19 May 2019, 08:00 ? 16:30 EDT
Amateur Satellite operation demonstrations will be held outside the
main Maxim Hall (Building 1 or E1) entrance. Every day, AMSAT will be
demonstrating actual contacts with the operational amateur satellites.
We especially want to invite youth to make a contact via an amateur
satellite. All are invited to observe, participate and ask questions.
Satellite pass times will be posted at the AMSAT booth (1007-1010 &
1107-1110) and in the demo area.

[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]

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N8HM to Appear on Ham Talk Live April 18th

It's almost time for the Dayton Hamvention! Be sure to tune in at
HamTalkLive.com for a preview each week until Hamvention!

On Thursday, April 18th, AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer,
N8HM, will appear on the show to discuss the AMSAT Academy and the
other exciting activities AMSAT has planned for the 2019 Hamvention.

Ham Talk Live! is live every Thursday night at 9 pm EDT, and on your
favorite podcast app or on demand at HamTalkLive.com. And, HTL! is
rebroadcast on Saturdays on WTWW 5085 AM at about 6:30 pm EDT.

[ANS thanks Ham Talk Live for the above information.]

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Last Chance to Bid in ARISS Auction

Bidding continues in the ARISS Auction! Bidders are moving fast
hoping to garner a special astronaut signed brand new JVC Kenwood
TS-890S!

Visit http://www.ebay.com/itm/323770952171 to bid on the TS-890S.
Bidding ends at 13:22 UTC on Monday, April 15th.

A special astronaut signed 6-volume boxed set 2019 ARRL Handbook
is also up for bid.

Visit http://www.ebay.com/itm/323770952890 to bid on the ARRL Hand-
book. Bidding ends at 13:23 UTC on Monday, April 15th.

Thanks to JVC Kenwood and ARRL, proceeds from the on-line auction
will benefit ARISS in its quest to launch a new custom-built higher-
power radio system in late 2019 with its voice repeater and improved
packet APRS and SSTV capability that thousands of hams can enjoy. The
new system will replace the aging, problematic units currently on the
ISS.  ARISS also needs funding to keep introducing ham radio to
thousands of students, teachers, parents, and whole communities ? and
inspiring students about STEM and radio.

Kenwood has been a super supporter of ARISS for years, and it was the
company?s idea for this special radio to be an exclusive for one ham
to own. The limited edition boxed set 2019 ARRL Handbook sold out fast
last fall but ARRL saved one set for ARISS's fundraiser.

AMSAT, ARISS's sponsoring 501(c)(3) corporation, provided the auction
infrastructure.

If auctions aren't your thing, please consider a one-time or
recurring donation to ARISS at
https://www.amsat.org/donations/ariss-donations/


[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.]

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ARISS SSTV Event Continues Through 18:00 UTC April 14th

In commemoration of human spaceflight, the ISS is currently
transmitting SSTV pictures in PD-120 format. The event is scheduled
to continue until 18:00 UTC on April 14th.

The downlink frequency is 145.800 MHz FM. Any standard SSTV program
for computers or smartphones should be able to decode the PD-120
transmissions.

Participants may share their received pictures at
https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php

Participants may also receive a special award for participating. See
https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ for details.

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.]

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Diwata-2 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)

On October 29, 2018, the Diwata-2 microsatellite was launched on a
H-IIA launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima,
Japan. Diwata-2 was developed by the University of the Philippines
Dillman (UPD) and the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of
the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ASTI) under the PHL-
Microsat program (now succeeded by the STAMINA4Space program), and in
cooperation with Tohoku University and Hokkaido University.  The
project was funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
and monitored by the DOST-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and
Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD). The
satellite carries an amateur radio payload that has been tested and
is now ready for service.

At the request of the STAMINA4Space program, AMSAT hereby
designates Diwata-2 as Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101). We congratulate
the owners and operators of PO-101, thank them for their contribution
to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on
this and future projects.

73,

Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator

PO-101 frequency information can be found at at
https://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/

Stay tuned to ANS and the AMSAT-BB for operational information.

[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR
Number Administrator for the above information.]

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March/April 2019 Edition of Apogee View Posted

The March/April 2019 edition of Apogee View, a comprehensive update on
AMSAT's activities from AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, has been
posted to the AMSAT website.

https://www.amsat.org/apogeeview/

[ANS thanks AMSAT the above information]

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    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 $24,045 raised
    or about 16% towards our goal. This would not have been
         possible without your outstanding generosity!!

          For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:

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[ANS thanks the AMSAT office for the above information]

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

+Utah (DM48, DM58) ? April 14-19, 2019
Bob, N6REK, will be roving in Utah from April 13 to the 19th.  He
plans to be on from DM58 from April 14-17, and then DM48 from April
17-19.  Bob will be FM satellites only, using the call sign N6REK/7,
and he will post the specific passes on the amsat-bb when we get
closer to those dates.

+Liechtenstein (JN47) ? April 17-19, 2019
Phillippe, EA4NF, is off on another DXpedition.  This time, he is
heading to HB0/Lichtenstein.  Phillippe will operate under the
callsign HB0/EA4NF from Leichtenstein and HB9/EA4NF from Switzerland
(JN47s, on both FM and SSB satellites.  QSL via LoTW.  Updated info &
Pass announcements (Time+Frequencies) available on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT

+Arizona to West Virginia ? April 18-21, 2019
Chris. K7TAB, is heading towards WV April 18th to 21st, a 2200-mile
sprint.  The priority is to cover distance, but he?ll need to take
some breaks to rotate coffee and work satellite passes.  Grids along
I-40 in AZ/NM/TX/OK, I-44 in OK/MO, I-70 in IL/IN/OH/PA are all fair
game!  FM + Linears.  Chris has a nice grid map with his route posted
on his Twitter feed and will post pass availability when he can.
https://twitter.com/K7TABravo

+Central and Northern Maine (FN53, FN54, FN55, FN56, FN57, FN65, FN66,
FN67) ? April 26-28, 2019
Join Matt, W1PY and Sean, KX9X as they team up for a weekend of ham
radio through the Pine Tree State! Follow them as they activate the
Potato Field grids of central and northern Maine for the satellite
community, and hit some state parks on HF for the Parks on the Air and
WWFF communities. There will also be spontaneous activations of
curious roadside attractions as they roll through.

Grids to be activated on satellite:  FN53 ? 54 ? 55 ? 56 ? 57 ? 65 ?
66 ? 67. A special effort will be made to activate the grid
intersection of FN56-57-66-67 in the potato field north of Caribou.
Detailed satellite operations schedule to be announced ASAP.

For more information, check out https://t.co/2irvAUBvAu and keep an
eye on Sean?s Twitter feed https://twitter.com/SeanKutzko.

+California (DM15) ? April 27, 2019
Dave, AD7DB, will be in DM15 in the high desert town of North Edwards,
CA, just outside Edwards AFB.  Planned passes are AO-91, AO-92 and
SO-50.  More exact details on Twitter https://twitter.com/ad7db as the
time approaches.

+Northern Border Security Check (Minnesota to Washington) ? April 29
to May 4 or 5th, 2019
Alex, N7AGF, is all set for his semiannual rover trip to activate rare
and somewhat rare grids, from April 29th to May 4th or 5th (or longer
depending on how things go).  Alex will fly into Minneapolis and drive
back to my home grid CN88, activating as many ENx8,ENx7,DNx8,and DNx7
grids as possible along the route.  The hope is to hit many corners and
lines.

Alex will be on both linear and FM birds.

As always, activations and route details will be posted to his
Twitter @N7AGF at https://twitter.com/N7AGF .  Alex will also be on
APRS at https://aprs.fi/N7AGF-10. In areas of limited cell service,
he?ll be using inReach.

Email or hit Alex on twitter with grid requests, route suggestions,
or hot tourist attractions in Minot.

+Northeast North Dakota (EN06/EN07/EN08/EN16/EN17/EN18) ? May 2-5,
2019
Mitch, AD0HJ, is heading out to the Grand Forks, ND Hamfest on May 4th
, but also just goofing off for a few days in the general area.  Mitch
will be limited to working the FM Satellites only (SO-50, AO-91,
AO-92). Plans are to work EN17/18 on May 2, EN07/08 on May 3, EN17/18
again on May 4 (day of hamfest), and then EN06/16 on May 5. A full
pass schedule will be viewable on the Twitter announcement
https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama/status/1116524856781230080, and
up-to-date pass info on Mitch?s Twitter feed https://twitter.com/AD0HJ.

+Southwest South Dakota (DN83++) ? May 19-23, 2019
Clayton, W5PFG, will be operating from DN83 on all FM/SSB satellites
holiday-style , May 19-23. Open to schedules with EU.  In the days
proceeding he?ll be on from DN91 and in the days following from DN74,
DN71, potentially DN70, and lastly DM99. Twitter @w5pfg

+Pacific Northwest (CN85, CN83/CN84, CN76/CN86) ? May 31 to June 2,
2019
Casey, KI7UNJ, will be on in CN83/84 Friday, May 31st, CN85 Saturday,
June 1st, and CN76/86 Sunday, June 2nd.  Pass list to come in next
few weeks.

+Iceland (HP95 IP15 IP25 IP03 HP03) ? July 13-19, 2019
Adam, K0FFY, is taking his family (and his radios) to Iceland.
Tentative schedule is HP95 July 13, IP13 and IP15 July 14-15, IP25
July 16, IP03 or HP93 July 17-18, and HP94 July 19.  There?s a lot to
see, so passes will be best effort and announced on Twitter shortly
prior.  https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio

[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]

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Satellite Shorts from All Over

+ FUNcube on ESEO Payload Activated
  On April 12th, the FUNcube on ESEO 145.895 MHz 1k2 BPSK beacon was
  briefly activated, confirming the functionality of the payload.
  The FUNcube on ESEO payload consists of a 1k2/4k8 BPSK telemetry
  beacon and an L/v FM repeater with an uplink of 1263.500 MHz and a
  downlink of 145.895 MHz. Stay tuned for further information.
  (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information)

+ FO-99 (NEXUS) Twitter
  The Nihon University Ground Station twitter account (@GsNihonuniv)
  is now posting operational updates for FO-99 in English.
  Check https://twitter.com/GsNihonuniv for FO-99 operational
  information.

+ AO-85 Keplerian Elements No Longer Restricted
  18 Space Control Squadron has removed the NEA status for an
  additional 43 objects, including AO-85. This means entities other
  than AMSAT, including Celestrak, may distribute the Keplerian
  elements for AO-85. They should appear in Celestrak's amateur.txt
  file shortly
  (ANS thanks T.S. Kelso of Celestrak for the above information)

+ Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz Amateur Satellite Band
  An Australian CubeSat, CUAVA-1, is expcted to include a downlink
  on 76 GHz. Details at
  https://amsat-uk.org/2019/04/12/australian-cubesat-to-use-76-ghz/
  (ANS thanks the IARU Satellite Coordination Panel and AMSAT-UK)

+ The Orbital Index
  The Orbital Index is a newsletter written by Andrew Cantino and
  Ben Lachman. We strive to keep it focused, technical, and enjoyable.
  Basically you should be able to read it over lunch and learn
  something you didn?t know before. Subscribe or check out the
  archives at http://orbitalindex.com/
  (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information)

+ AD0DX Completes Satellite WAS
  Congratulations to AD0DX on receiving Satellite Worked All States
  #377. His last QSO for WAS was with N8HM in Washington, DC. For
  WAS, the District of Columbia counts as Maryland.
  (ANS thanks AD0DX and N8HM for the above information)

  (Editor's note - while DC is definitely not Maryland, I am happy
  to assist anyone who needs MD for WAS while this rule remains in
  place)

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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
additional 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
student rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this
status.

Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student
membership information.

73,

This week's ANS Editor,

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org

From bruninga at usna.edu  Sun Apr 14 02:30:01 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 22:30:01 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <602c7916-bd06-e33d-53e7-3e03650bc8e6@w5pfg.us>
References: <602c7916-bd06-e33d-53e7-3e03650bc8e6@w5pfg.us>
Message-ID: <CALdCfNJitBPd3cx68pSgPPtHY8W83kGTw677Vz3bkmX9mYkw5A@mail.gmail.com>

Here is what I was suggesting.  You keep an exchange in your status text
like this:

1D MDC QSL XXXXXX

And that is transmitted in each of your APRS position packets (which also
is displayed as a gridsquare on everyone's screens).  Each time you want to
QSL another contact you see in the STATIONLIST, you use the MENU button and
5 presses to then edit in the new call in place of the XXXXXX.  Press BCON
and wait for a response.

I am *not* a contester and have no idea if this constitutes a valid
exchange, but the 1D and MDC are my usual FIeld Day excahnge.  What would
be best for APRS use?

So, I receive a packet from station X, I send my QSL, he sees it and sends
his QSL.  Aren't excahnged grids and exchanged QSL's a valid contact?

No ACKS and only manually controlled retries.

If I am missing something, correct me, thanks
bob



On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:57 PM Clayton Coleman W5PFG via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Like many topics in the amateur radio world, there is a mix of what is
> prescribed in protocol versus how it's applied in the real world.
>
> Bob's right here. There are excess packets created by using APRS
> messaging vs a simple "one time" packet being sent as a UI.
>
> The weakness in using the built-in APRS functions of Kenwood, Yaesu, or
> other traditionally-terrestrial messaging systems is the load of 'waste'
> packets generated vs using a simple UI packet. The APRS messaging
> functions will often continue to transmit until they receive an
> acknowledgement. This can be problematic in a short-duration LEO
> satellite pass, especially when one station tries to message everyone in
> their HEARD list!
>
> Many people who operate solely with a radio such a Kenwood are oblivious
> to 'waste' packets being digipeated (repeat ACK's, REJ's, etc.)  Unless
> you're sitting at a terminal and viewing all the packets, your view of
> what is passing by is extremely limited; not just by the tiny display of
> your radio. For fun, I suggest running a terminal attached to your radio
> and monitor all packets at Field Day.
>
> I've observed passes when 10-15 stations were able to exchange packets
> and I've observed other passes when 2-3 struggled because one or two
> other stations were over-beaconing and sending messages repeatedly.
>
> It's like the many new stations incorrectly assuming the best way to be
> digipeated is to keep pressing BCON on their Kenwood radio until the
> glorious "MY POS" flashes and they hear a beep! OUCH. Those are
> typically people on omni antennas or in their car that have no idea
> they've been digipeated every time but their station is not hearing.
>
> Not everyone has the luxury of sitting in their shack to operate a
> packet/APRS-capable satellite. At home, I use UISS. By default UISS does
> not request acknowledgement or require it. It will only transmit a
> message or position packet upon pressing the appropriate function key.
> This helps limit the amount of "rapid-firing" typically employed by many
> of the folks using transceivers with built-in packet/APRS capabilities.
>
> Occasionally I like to make contacts via ISS or other satellites with
> packet digipeaters using either one of my Kenwood mobile or HT
> transceivers. Do I use the status text method? No. I use the MSG
> function like others on this thread have described. I keep it short and
> sweet.
>
> Do you want to strictly adhere to terrestrial protocol rules for
> acknowledging messages, often resulting in the logjam of packets, or do
> you want to increase efficiency and send the minimal frames necessary to
> get a clean exchange via satellite with another station? I leave that up
> to the operator.
>
> Have fun.
>
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
>
>
> P.S. I think the unattended beacons remain my favorite nit-pick of
> packet/APRS satellites' use. :-)
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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 les at highnoonfilm.com  Sun Apr 14 03:56:19 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 22:56:19 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] First Ever L-Band QSO
Message-ID: <91D25D70-ACE6-42FA-8672-6E2A453FB272@highnoonfilm.com>

Thanks to Kevin, KK4YEL in EL98 for my first-ever L-Band QSO tonight through AO-92. The loop Yagi seemed to work well, as my downlink was loud into the satellite. 

Experienced deep fades as the satellite tumbled. Limited by the fixed polarization of my mounted 2 Meter Arrow antenna. Gotta think about a circularly polarized 2 Meter antenna for the attic. 

Big fun! 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Sun Apr 14 03:57:36 2019
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 20:57:36 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CALdCfNJitBPd3cx68pSgPPtHY8W83kGTw677Vz3bkmX9mYkw5A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <602c7916-bd06-e33d-53e7-3e03650bc8e6@w5pfg.us>
	<CALdCfNJitBPd3cx68pSgPPtHY8W83kGTw677Vz3bkmX9mYkw5A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <73fb02fd-3a8c-ea86-c5ef-54c01d17788a@gmail.com>

Hi Bob,

For those of us with a non-D710 radio (e.g. the D74A), what are those 5
menu items you're pressing through? 

Greg  KO6TH


Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Each time you want to
> QSL another contact you see in the STATIONLIST, you use the MENU button and
> 5 presses to then edit in the new call in place of the XXXXXX.  Press BCON
> and wait for a response.


From les at highnoonfilm.com  Sun Apr 14 06:48:48 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 01:48:48 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Operators Active on AO-92 Mode L and APRS ISS/NO-84
Message-ID: <95A46288-0249-49C2-BD14-73150317D925@highnoonfilm.com>

I?m trying to compile a good database of operators who are active on AO-92 Mode L (1.2 Ghz). 

Also interested in compiling a list of operators who are active in having digital APRS QSO?s through ISS, NO-84, or AISAT-1. 

Note: I?m looking to hear from operators who are active, not just equipped to work these modes. 

Once the results are in, I?ll share with anyone interested. You can e-mail me directly at: les at highnoonfilm.com so we don?t hog bandwidth from the e-mail list. 

Thanks. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk  Sun Apr 14 09:18:15 2019
From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:18:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Es'hail-2 / QO-100 Talks Streamed Live Today
References: <1913563028.938998.1555233495411.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1913563028.938998.1555233495411@mail.yahoo.com>

Talks at today's Martlesham Microwave Round Table #MMRT are being streamed live on the web. They includes talks on the Es'hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite.

1245 GMT (1345 BST) David Bowman G0MRF "Equipment for Es?Hail-2 narrowband"
1330 GMT (1430 BST) Noel Matthews G8GTZ "DATV on Es?hail-2"

Talk schedule is at http://mmrt.homedns.org/index.php/programme/

Watch live Now at https://batc.org.uk/live/mmrt

Trevor M5AKA
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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Sun Apr 14 13:02:45 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:02:45 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_=C9cole_int?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?ernationale_de_Saint-Sacrement=2C_Quebec_City=2C_Qu?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?ebec=2C_Canada?=
Message-ID: <8332AADE257549A3882F2815AB45D35B@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at ?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on 17 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:55 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and VE2GHO. The contact should be audible over Quebec City, Canada and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in French.

 

L'?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement est situ?e dans la ville de Qu?bec et offre le Programme Primaire (PP) du Baccalaur?at International (BI) ? tous ses ?l?ves, du pr?scolaire ? la 6e ann?e. Elle compte un peu plus de 325 ?l?ves r?partis dans 16 classes. ? chaque ann?e, chaque degr?, de la maternelle ? la sixi?me ann?e, explore un aspect scientifique diff?rent. Les ?l?ves de maternelle ? vivent ? un module sur l'espace qui leur permet de comprendre le syst?me solaire, et ceux de 4e ann?e explorent la vie dans la station spatiale internationale.

 

translated: 

L'?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement is located in historic Quebec City and offers the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of the International Baccalaureate (IB) to all of its students, from Kindergarten to Grade 6. There are around 325 students in 16 classes in the school. Every year, each grade, from Kindergarten to Grade 6, explores a different scientific aspect. The Kindergarten students do a space module that allows them to understand our solar system and the Grade 4 students learn about life on the International Space Station in their module.

 

 

 

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

 

1. Qu'est-ce qui vous a donn? le go?t de devenir astronaute? 

2. Comment faites-vous pour vous d?placer dans la station spatiale? 

3. Comment contr?lez-vous le bras canadien? 

4. Est-ce qu'on peut voir la pollution qu'il y a sur la Terre ? partir de la SSI? 

5. Est-ce que vous communiquez souvent avec votre famille? 

6. Qu'est-ce que vous aimez le plus depuis votre arriv?e dans l'espace?

7. Puisque le go?t est att?nu? dans l'espace, ? quel point ?picez-vous votre nourriture? 

8. Comment faites-vous pour savoir si c'est le jour ou la nuit ?tant donn? que vous faites le tour de la Terre environ 16 fois par jour? 

9. Au d?collage, est-ce que c'?tait difficile de supporter la force G? 

10. Aimez-vous la sensation d'?tre dans l'espace? 

11. Comment faites-vous pour faire du sport dans la SSI?

12. Quels sont vos passe-temps dans vos temps libres? 

13. Quelles sont vos responsabilit?s dans la SSI? 

14. Quel est votre repas pr?f?r? dans la SSI? 

15. Pouvez-vous avoir mal au coeur dans la SSI? 

16. Quels sont les changements sur le corps dans l'espace? 

17. Pourquoi vous ne portez pas de casque dans la station? 

18. Comment on s'habitue ? notre premi?re journ?e dans l'espace? 

19. Comment faites-vous pour travailler dans les diff?rents modules de la SSI sans vous sentir coinc?s? 

20. Puisque plusieurs astronautes parlent diff?rentes langues dans la SSI, de quelle fa?on communiquez-vous ensemble? 

21. Est-ce que les t?ches que vous faites dans la SSI demandent beaucoup de force?

22. Avez-vous acc?s ? Internet et aux m?dias depuis l'espace?

23. Pourquoi les hommes veulent-ils aller dans l'espace? 

24. Est-ce que vous croyez qu'on est seuls dans l'Univers?

 

 

translated: 

1. What made you want to be an astronaut?

2. How do you get around in the space station? 

3. How do you control the Canadian arm? 

4. Can you see the pollution on Earth from the ISS? 

5. Do you communicate often with your family?

6. What have you enjoyed the most since you have been in space? 

7. Since you can't taste as well in space, how much do you have to spice up your food? 

8. How do you know if it is day or night since you go around the earth around 16 times a day? 

9. On take-off, was it difficult to endure the G-force?

10. Do you enjoy the feeling of being in space? 

11. How do you get to play sports in the ISS?

12. What are your pastimes in your free times? 

13. What are your duties in the ISS? 

14. What is your favorite meal on the ISS? 

15. Can you get "car sick" in the ISS? 

16. What are some of the changes on the body for being in space? 

17. How come you are not wearing a helmet in the station? 

18. How do you get comfortable on your first day in space? 

19. How do you work in the different sections of the ISS without feeling claustrophobic? 

20. Since many astronauts speak different languages on the ISS, how do you communicate together? 

21. Are the tasks that you have to do in the ISS require a lot of strength? 

22. Do you have access to internet and the media in space? 

23. Why do humans want to go into space? 

24. Do you think that we are alone in the universe?

 

 

 

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 povern at yahoo.com  Sun Apr 14 13:57:56 2019
From: povern at yahoo.com (Paul Overn)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:57:56 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker
References: <1168637584.426244.1555250276455.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1168637584.426244.1555250276455@mail.yahoo.com>

Guys,
I have a Yeasu 5500, an LVB tracker and SatPC32.
I have the rotator hooked up the the G-5500 controller.?
How do I hook up the LVB to the computer and then configure SatPC32 to use it. I do not see LVB as an option in the drop down for the Rotor interface / controller on the rotor config page.
If anyone has link on the basics for this, please let me know.


Paul Overn
KE0PBR
Twitter: @KE0PBR
`?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?><((((?>`?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>

From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Sun Apr 14 14:38:12 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 22:38:12 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Max Valier malfunction
In-Reply-To: <5cb24f75.1c69fb81.234ad.e4b7@mx.google.com>
References: <b219995d-83ac-497f-026c-457d4b8b158f@msa.hinet.net>
	<CAEGYLCvz2DrktcwAxxub63+StMArTm0fTXKs-yoUfzNq7eL_Mg@mail.gmail.com>
	<5cb24f75.1c69fb81.234ad.e4b7@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <2f167ed2-e9cc-019d-d1d4-1a9bf4e51bca@msa.hinet.net>

Yes, tonight's pass here over Asia was also fine with the message 
received loud and clear. Will keep on monitoring. --Hans


On 04/14/2019 05:07 AM, Espaysat Org wrote:
>
> Hi guys.
>
> I listened to Max Valier sat in the pass at 20.30z above Barcelona 
> JN11AK, very strong signals in CW message id received correctly.
>
> 73?s Carles
>
> EB3SA
>
> Enviat des del Correu <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> 
> per al Windows 10
>
> *De: *Gabriel Zeifman via AMSAT-BB <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> *Enviat: *dissabte, 13 d?abril de 2019 22:27
> *Per a: *Hans BX2ABT <mailto:hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
> *A/c: *amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> *Tema: *Re: [amsat-bb] Max Valier malfunction
>
> What a pity that there will be less meaningless QRM to interrupt
>
> communications through AO-91. Max Valier Sat really lived up to its 
> owners?
>
> expectation of a ?100 year? service life, with a beacon that in their
>
> infinite wisdom, could not be turned off by ground command, only by a
>
> completely unforeseeable and very unfortunate failure.
>
> 73,
>
> Gabe
>
> AL6D/VE6NJH
>
> #excitedforbeepboopsats
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 6:17 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB 
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>
> wrote:
>
> > It seems the Max Valier beacon is malfunctioning. On 145.960 only a very
>
> > strong continuous carrier (30 dB above noise level) can be seen and
>
> > heard, but no more CW ID + message. A pity, because it was my go-to
>
> > beacon to check if my 2 meter antenna contraptions were at least working
>
> > a bit.
>
> >
>
> > Luckily I have the QSL card in my collection already.
>
> >
>
> > 73 de Hans
>
> >
>
> > BX2ABT
>
> >
>
> > _______________________________________________
>
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. 
> Opinions
>
> > expressed
>
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>
> > AMSAT-NA.
>
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite 
> program!
>
> > Subscription settings: https://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 kb1pvh at gmail.com  Sun Apr 14 14:45:17 2019
From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 10:45:17 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker
In-Reply-To: <1168637584.426244.1555250276455@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1168637584.426244.1555250276455.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1168637584.426244.1555250276455@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAEMY9FfAZL86gpC_054pd_xO=8M-X6Cf_NobS-GiphjjNtBJxw@mail.gmail.com>

Paul,

 This PDF should answer your questions.

https://sites.google.com/site/wa4sxm/InstallingLVBTracker.pdf

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9

On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 10:01 AM Paul Overn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Guys,
> I have a Yeasu 5500, an LVB tracker and SatPC32.
> I have the rotator hooked up the the G-5500 controller.
> How do I hook up the LVB to the computer and then configure SatPC32 to use
> it. I do not see LVB as an option in the drop down for the Rotor interface
> / controller on the rotor config page.
> If anyone has link on the basics for this, please let me know.
>
>
> Paul Overn
> KE0PBR
> Twitter: @KE0PBR
> `?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?><((((?>`?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sun Apr 14 17:42:28 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:42:28 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Operators Active on AO-92 Mode L and APRS ISS/NO-84
In-Reply-To: <95A46288-0249-49C2-BD14-73150317D925@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <95A46288-0249-49C2-BD14-73150317D925@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKNLvpSgaNRk6EC8HV9QXo9vuvnxO1abDP_NmobNpug4mg@mail.gmail.com>

This would be a perfect use of the sat wiki we set up:

http://sats.wikidot.com


I can create an account for you on the wiki so you can create a page with a
table for AO-92 L-band ops and another for digipeater ops, or you can email
me the lists and I'll do it for you.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 02:50 Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I?m trying to compile a good database of operators who are active on AO-92
> Mode L (1.2 Ghz).
>
> Also interested in compiling a list of operators who are active in having
> digital APRS QSO?s through ISS, NO-84, or AISAT-1.
>
> Note: I?m looking to hear from operators who are active, not just equipped
> to work these modes.
>
> Once the results are in, I?ll share with anyone interested. You can e-mail
> me directly at: les at highnoonfilm.com so we don?t hog bandwidth from the
> e-mail list.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From tjschuessler at verizon.net  Sun Apr 14 18:43:39 2019
From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (Tom Schuessler)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:43:39 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV weekend
Message-ID: <C693DF8A-508B-4D53-BA3E-0F743AD39A7B@verizon.net>

Quoting the news release promoting the transmissions this weekend. 

?This event uses a computer in the ISS Russian Segment, which stores images that are then transmitted to Earth using the ARISS amateur radio station located in the Service Module which employs the Kenwood TM D710E transceiver.?

Well while trying fruitlessly this morning to decode cleanly, the images from the ISS, I heard the collective scream of hams all over the world, ?TURN THAT COMPUTER SOUND CARD OUTPUT VOLUME UP PLEASE!?

Next time. 


Tom, N5HYP

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Sun Apr 14 19:59:54 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 19:59:54 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <CAAJiE8P+V6mfu+Cb2rDNZ=UyjN+y3kKVUXhTozLjCRmSXXkr7Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <02A5246B-81DB-490F-9E8C-328A44AB4BA1@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAAJiE8P+V6mfu+Cb2rDNZ=UyjN+y3kKVUXhTozLjCRmSXXkr7Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUfu1jDMdV+6KDLohaycB+=brj1iW1RJgKeAqELne8rZ5A@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Don!

Thanks for the mention! I have a few folders in my Dropbox
space, with files for a few different radios. Mostly related
to satellite operating, and some - like the TM-D710G - that
cover working packet/APRS via satellite. If you look up my
WD9EWK call sign on QRZ, I have links to those folders,
instead of posting the long Dropbox URLs to them here.

AMSAT's Station and Operating Hints page:

https://www.amsat.org/station-and-operating-hints/

also has useful stuff, including some of the articles I have
written or co-written.

I have not made videos of how I set up these radios and use
them to work packet via satellite. Maybe I will do that at some
point in the future. In the meantime, I'll keep posting writeups
in my Dropbox space, and writing articles for magazines like
the AMSAT Journal and QST from time to time.

73!





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




On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 10:42 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Might not be a video, but Patrick's writeups have been very helpful to me:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v3byggtuqw33fkk/AACqTTz41vduG0sdrjmsJNhJa/TM-D710G/TMD710G_config_for_orbiting_digis-WD9EWK.pdf?dl=0
>
>
>

From vu2exp at gmail.com  Sun Apr 14 20:18:49 2019
From: vu2exp at gmail.com (Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:48:49 +0530
Subject: [amsat-bb] 50 Students of Rajkot India enjoyed SSTV Live Demo
 during Visible pass of ISS
Message-ID: <CAM2f4JZaA8tfZe6Bi92_evnVvyd6id7Sz+DKzQCGv+kqzNUeAw@mail.gmail.com>

To spread awareness of Amateur Radio, Satellites & ARISS activities in the
region we conducted interesting event recently.

On 12th April 2019 we openly invited students & citizen of Rajkot - Gujarat
to be present & witness SSTV Live Demonstration, that too during Visible
pass of ISS from terrace of my home.

More than 50 students & citizens assembled to my QTH by 18:30 IST (13:00z).
We gave printed ISS tracking chart/ISS crew details to all of them, and
explained how to use chart.

Myself Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP gave brief talk on Amateur Radio, ISS, OSCAR
Satellites, Life of Astronauts, ARISS SSTV event, Student Outreach Program
etc for one hour. Small display of radio stuff were also kept. Everybody
get excited to learn such new things (for them) happening in Ham Radio
world.

Good Visible ISS Pass of -3.0 magnitude with elevation of 36? was targeted
for Live Demo, calculated for my Grid ML52jh.

With my 3 ele Yagi, VHF HT & recording device we started to track ISS at
19:27 IST (13:57z). Within a minute ISS started to appear from NNW
direction moving towards  SE. Students were requested to control their
excitement & to keep silence as we were also recording audio. Soon sstv
signal also get heard on 145.800 MHz. SSTV signal for two images were
received & recorded.

It was exciting experience for all to sighting ISS at the same time getting
signals from it, felt like having handshake with ISS crew! After pass, we
amplified weak audio in Audacity & decoded two images (though bit noisy)
with MMSSTV. Decoded Images were shared with all students as souvenir. It
proved great learning experience for all. Had lots of Q&A till late and
enjoyed light refreshments at end of the program.

As everything was arranged at our home I need to thanks my XYL Kiran,
harmonic Snehal VU3WHO, brother Prakash VU3PLJ & nephew Priyesh VU3GLY for
extending helping hands.

Btw, leading newspaper Divyabhakshar supported this radio experiment &
published good articles (though in regional language Gujarati), pse find
it's link below.

http://tinyurl.com/iss-sstv-demo-news

I am thankful to all hams and members of ARISS, AMSAT, ISS Crew, Space
agencies, SSTV Award Manager etc involved in such a wonderful educational
event offered to the world!

Thanks & 73's
Rajesh P Vagadia VU2EXP
Rajkot - Gujarat (India)
Regional Coordinator
West India Zone
AMSAT-INDIA
M: 9898283916
E: vu2exp at gmail.com
www.qrz.com/db/vu2exp

From framirezferrer at gmail.com  Sun Apr 14 22:35:24 2019
From: framirezferrer at gmail.com (Fernando Ramirez)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:35:24 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] First Ever L-Band QSO
In-Reply-To: <91D25D70-ACE6-42FA-8672-6E2A453FB272@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <91D25D70-ACE6-42FA-8672-6E2A453FB272@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <CAGHXx8jqtZzSoj13nGR1CnfSaTduWLm96TWcWBmB7=v7hJHRfw@mail.gmail.com>

Congrats!

73 de NP4JV
Fernando

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 8:57 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Thanks to Kevin, KK4YEL in EL98 for my first-ever L-Band QSO tonight
> through AO-92. The loop Yagi seemed to work well, as my downlink was loud
> into the satellite.
>
> Experienced deep fades as the satellite tumbled. Limited by the fixed
> polarization of my mounted 2 Meter Arrow antenna. Gotta think about a
> circularly polarized 2 Meter antenna for the attic.
>
> Big fun!
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From spatrickfay at gmail.com  Sun Apr 14 23:12:39 2019
From: spatrickfay at gmail.com (sean fay)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:12:39 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV weekend
In-Reply-To: <19C796D0-604F-4FBE-BCFB-208763747CE8@verizon.net>
References: <C693DF8A-508B-4D53-BA3E-0F743AD39A7B@verizon.net>
	<CAEWsTrOV8jbT5PKn7BBfOhr5jqyHGWQ854cxwMhSk9BuD4YWiA@mail.gmail.com>
	<19C796D0-604F-4FBE-BCFB-208763747CE8@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <CAEWsTrPo6MwenR2HOZQwXGgikyHn3WJ+W+JnV_aoj57Hgu8LSQ@mail.gmail.com>

Entitled choosing beggars the lot of you

On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 6:03 PM Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler at verizon.net>
wrote:

> The only time I got to listen this weekend was on a 1455z AOS for me this
> morning and as reported have the BB all weekend long modulation levels were
> down in the dirt. I had my HT volume cranked almost all the way up. That?s
> not normal for these activities. Just trying to understand why a whole
> weekend can go with that situation and not a solution was to be had.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 14, 2019, at 15:26, sean fay <spatrickfay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sometimes it's the Wizard not the wand... I had no issues decoding
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 1:44 PM Tom Schuessler via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Quoting the news release promoting the transmissions this weekend.
>>
>> ?This event uses a computer in the ISS Russian Segment, which stores
>> images that are then transmitted to Earth using the ARISS amateur radio
>> station located in the Service Module which employs the Kenwood TM D710E
>> transceiver.?
>>
>> Well while trying fruitlessly this morning to decode cleanly, the images
>> from the ISS, I heard the collective scream of hams all over the world,
>> ?TURN THAT COMPUTER SOUND CARD OUTPUT VOLUME UP PLEASE!?
>>
>> Next time.
>>
>>
>> Tom, N5HYP
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
>

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Sun Apr 14 21:52:51 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 21:52:51 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK road trip in southeastern Arizona on 3-4 May 2019
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUf4D2rk2tBoKFjouT5WsWHRXsaBEBk2LngO8NUhNHtFJw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I previously posted that I will be at the hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ on
4 May 2019:

https://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2019-April/072609.html

On the day before the hamfest (Friday, 3 May 2019), I will have time to
visit one - or maybe both of the rarely-heard grid boundaries in that part
of Arizona:

1. DM51/DM52 line, south of Willcox AZ near US-191 in Cochise County AZ
2. DM52/DM53 line, northwest of Safford AZ along US-70 in Graham County AZ

Adding in the afternoon/evening following the hamfest, I might be able to
make a stop in one of those places, if I'm not able to visit both before
the hamfest.

I have been to both of these locations in the past few months; I visited
DM51/DM52 a couple of weekends ago, and was at DM52/DM53 in late December
2018. It always seems like someone is looking for these grids, whenever
I visit this part of Arizona. If you have a preference on where I could
stop during this road trip, please e-mail me directly.

There is a possibility that between the Friday (3 May) and the Saturday
afternoon (4 May) after the hamfest I could visit both of these
boundaries. I will try to post an update to this list when I settle on
my drive on 3 May, as well as post updates on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. My
travels that weekend should be visible on APRS as WD9EWK-9:

http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9

Thanks, and 73!





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

From kb2cwn at yahoo.com  Mon Apr 15 02:31:54 2019
From: kb2cwn at yahoo.com (Frank Staffa Jr.)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 02:31:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
References: <655719898.622813.1555295514051.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <655719898.622813.1555295514051@mail.yahoo.com>


Greetings everyone. Question.....Since the LVB interface isn't available anylonger, what is everyone using for a computer interface to move their rotators to automatically follow the sats? I have a Yaesu g-5500? Alt/Az and im getting tired of manually nudging it every 15 seconds or so.Thanks and 73
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

From kb1pvh at gmail.com  Mon Apr 15 02:35:56 2019
From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 22:35:56 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
In-Reply-To: <655719898.622813.1555295514051@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <655719898.622813.1555295514051.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<655719898.622813.1555295514051@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAEMY9FeCnjeV4MnrTB6m8UvYPS=XT_D-qQhwjt7uf6UX34OFtQ@mail.gmail.com>

This was just talked about fairly recently.

Here are some of the popular rotor interfaces in no particular order.

LVB Tracker from AMSAT
https://www.amsat.org/product/lvb-tracker-complete/

ERC-M
 http://www.vibroplex.com/contents/en-us/d79.html

EA4TX controller https://ea4tx.com/en/products-page/ars-usb/

Fox Delta ST2
http://www.foxdelta.com/products/st2-rs232.htm

Green Heron RT21
https://www.greenheronengineering.com/RT_Overview.php

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9

On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 10:32 PM Frank Staffa Jr. via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

>
> Greetings everyone. Question.....Since the LVB interface isn't available
> anylonger, what is everyone using for a computer interface to move their
> rotators to automatically follow the sats? I have a Yaesu g-5500  Alt/Az
> and im getting tired of manually nudging it every 15 seconds or so.Thanks
> and 73
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Apr 15 02:45:14 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 22:45:14 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
In-Reply-To: <655719898.622813.1555295514051@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <655719898.622813.1555295514051.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<655719898.622813.1555295514051@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMxcVF5xx9Bpg3a8uL0A6vMi2EJDtahBQ8_HMpA80tp2g@mail.gmail.com>

Here is a list:

http://sats.wikidot.com/what-yaesu-g-5550-rotor-computer-interfaces-are-there


On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 10:32 PM Frank Staffa Jr. via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>
> Greetings everyone. Question.....Since the LVB interface isn't available anylonger, what is everyone using for a computer interface to move their rotators to automatically follow the sats? I have a Yaesu g-5500  Alt/Az and im getting tired of manually nudging it every 15 seconds or so.Thanks and 73
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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From graham at shirville.com  Mon Apr 15 09:28:33 2019
From: graham at shirville.com (Graham Shirville)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:28:33 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] JY1-sat dashboard
In-Reply-To: <CAM4UQf1=7QAVZr5dzpnddncD9j54m761z1V4gLqhrraFGx_Dgw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <e3eb2ee8-a2ef-097a-c556-1ff77b689b2f@gmail.com>
	<57db4a54-b460-5c3a-5979-ca65b4d9aebf@mindspring.com>
	<CAM4UQf2krSwzO2_fdd2WW1G=NuvjgmdQyt3jvbKARbB3fXcLiQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<7440b128-72a3-2c01-5b3f-b7aecf36c072@gmail.com>
	<CAM4UQf2y39nGkZ=82hvoMXxoY=709hAPGK3TvTVmdji80BjRjw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAM4UQf1=7QAVZr5dzpnddncD9j54m761z1V4gLqhrraFGx_Dgw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7e1890a1-8476-d69a-1786-b847aa040188@shirville.com>

Hi Hasan,

Many thanks for your observations and for your support of the FUNcube 
missions.

I suggest you have a look at? our January update about Dashboards and 
other software. It shows a later version of the JY1 Dashboard was made 
available after the launch of JY1Sat and which should work better for you.

https://funcube.org.uk/2019/01/21/funcube-dashboard-summary-update/

73

Graham G3VZV


On 08/12/2018 16:46, Hasan al-Basri wrote:
> There is something not quite right with JY1 Dashboard software. If set
> exactly like Funcube -1 and NAYAF-1...it performs completely differently in
> terms of AutoTune. Even when on the wrong satellite, Both FC-1 and NAYAF-1
> achieve a lock to the incoming signal., while JY1 Dashboard hunts and
> hunts. It eventually gets there, but it takes many seconds to get a lock on
> the very same signal that lock up the other two softwares immediately.
>
> *All 3 programs are fed with the same audio source at the same time, on the
> same antenna. All 3 programs are on the same computer. Only the JY1 program
> is misbehaving.*
>
> JY1 Dashboard
> Ver: 1.0.1178.1
> Rev Date: 2018-11-28 21:30:22
>
> Something is clearly wrong with this software.
> Hasan
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 10:16 AM Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I noticed JY1SAT Dashboard is not decoding as easily as the others ...by
>> that I mean freq tracking. This morning I lost a bunch of frames because
>> the doppler is not tracking perfectly yet. Even though I was set to
>> autotune from 0 to 7500 Hz, as the sat freq leaked down (tones became
>> lower), I lost lock. When they leaked up, later in the pass, lock was not
>> lost.
>>
>> Neither NAYAF-1 nor, FC-1 Dashboards behave that way.
>>
>> BTW, the signals from JO-97 were a LOT stronger this morning. LOS was
>> about 5 seconds early.
>>
>> 73, N0AN
>> Hasan
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 6:17 PM Kevin <wa7fwf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Hasan,
>>>      I first noticed this on my original lash up of
>>> airspy>sdr#>vbcable>dashboard and I was manually tuning and as doppler
>>> marched the signal through the passband  I learned that moving it back
>>> up too quickly would lose lock and seemed to have trouble re-locking, so
>>> I ignored this as being on my end and manual tuning.
>>>     I now have it running on a funcube dongle and still see it, I'm still
>>> getting a feel for the real downlink and doppler swings so my range may
>>> be set a little wide, I will try closing it in and see if that helps.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/7/2018 12:44 PM, Hasan al-Basri wrote:
>>>> Hi Kevin,
>>>> I did a TLM run with JY1SAT about 90 min ago and left the decoder
>>> running
>>>> (as I do with all my TLM programs)
>>>> AOS in about 9 minutes here, and assuming the TLM is on, I'll let you
>>> know
>>>> if JY1 Dashboard takes off or not.
>>>>
>>>> 17:19z , JY1SAT came right up, and it Dashboard is locked and decoding
>>>> fine. I have about 11 frames and am at 9 deg EL.
>>>>
>>>> Just for comparison purposes, I have my AutoTune range enabled, and set
>>> for
>>>> 0 and 3500
>>>> 73, N0AN
>>>>
>>>> Also, the signal has been considerably weaker and with a lot more QSB
>>> than
>>>> I see on either AO-73 or EO-88. I'm seeing a LOT of polarization fading
>>> as
>>>> I switch back and forth between a RHC Eggbeater and an X200 Colllnear.
>>> Even
>>>> at 40 deg EL, seeing polarization fading on the RHC EB.
>>>>
>>>> Also noted, doppler tracking is not as "perfect" as it i s on AO-73 and
>>>> EO-88. I assume this is due to some slight error in the TLE's
>>>>
>>>> I also just adjusted my tracking Auto-Tune high end to 6000, as it lost
>>>> some decodes with the high end set to 3500
>>>>
>>>> Hasan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 9:39 AM christy hunter <cchunter3 at mindspring.com
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Kevin,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes,  I was also running simultaneously the telem software latest
>>> version.
>>>>> 73 Christy KB6LTY
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Kevin* wa7fwf at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:amsat-bb%40amsat.org
>>>>>
>>> ?Subject=Re%3A%20%5Bamsat-bb%5D%20JY1-sat%20dashboard&In-Reply-To=%3Ce3eb2ee8-a2ef-097a-c556-1ff77b689b2f%
>>>>> 40gmail.com%3E>
>>>>> /Fri Dec 7 07:41:06 UTC 2018/
>>>>>
>>>>>     * Previous message: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch for NASA ElaNa-19
>>> due
>>>>>       next week
>>>>>       <
>>> http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2018-December/070698.html>
>>>>>     * Next message: [amsat-bb] Test
>>>>>       <
>>> http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2018-December/070701.html>
>>>>>     * *Messages sorted by:* [ date ]
>>>>>       <
>>> http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2018-December/date.html#70700
>>>>>       [ thread ]
>>>>>       <
>>>>>
>>> http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2018-December/thread.html#70700>
>>>>>       [ subject ]
>>>>>       <
>>>>>
>>> http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2018-December/subject.html#70700>
>>>>>       [ author ]
>>>>>       <
>>>>>
>>> http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2018-December/author.html#70700>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>        Is anyone else noticing any  issues with the JY1-sat dashboard? I
>>>>> can start it with the sat present and it will instantly lock and track,
>>>>> next pass it will ignore the signal, kill it and restart it and bam
>>>>> instant lock.
>>>>>
>>>>>      73 Kevin WA7FWF
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
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>>>>>
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From bkeating1954 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 15 14:14:46 2019
From: bkeating1954 at gmail.com (Bob Keating)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 08:14:46 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] Roving DM58
Message-ID: <7FD59D23-ECFE-48A9-8484-2662A678A0E8@gmail.com>

Greetings All,
I?m going mountain biking this morning. Should be back in time to work the 18:50 UTC pass of AO-91 and 19:00 pass of SO-50 from DM58. Not sure if I?ll make the 1747 pass of AO-92. Hope to hear you. Will be working as N6REK/7. 
73,
Bob. 

Sent from my iPhone

From bruninga at usna.edu  Mon Apr 15 14:23:14 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:23:14 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <73fb02fd-3a8c-ea86-c5ef-54c01d17788a@gmail.com>
References: <602c7916-bd06-e33d-53e7-3e03650bc8e6@w5pfg.us>
	<CALdCfNJitBPd3cx68pSgPPtHY8W83kGTw677Vz3bkmX9mYkw5A@mail.gmail.com>
	<73fb02fd-3a8c-ea86-c5ef-54c01d17788a@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <099865ef42bf287304b0ea41e405c32a@mail.gmail.com>

I guess the difference is that I was thinking in terms of efficient
channel use while making a demo contact or so.  It does take more work.
But if your goal is only to make a demo contact, then it is easy enough.

On the other hand, those trying to maximize contacts per pass will find
messaging easier, though adding a significant load of ACKS on the channel.
Fortunately,  Patrick's guidance does attempt to manage that.  The key
being, to CANCEL a message as soon as one knows it has been digipeated and
NEVER wait on an ACK.

Say the channel is running at 25% success, then the chance of an ACK is
25% of that or only 8% or meaning the ACK might need 16 transmissions to
be heard. (though the APRS radios stop at 5).

To answer Greg's question, the first press is Menu,  Select APRS, Select
status, Select number, Select Rate, begin editing.  But all of those are
already in line since the last time it was used, so it is just 4 rapid
presses of the SEL (ok) key. But then you have to manually enter the other
persons call (while remembering it).

Bob, WB4APR

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2019 11:58 PM
To: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood
TM-D710

Hi Bob,

For those of us with a non-D710 radio (e.g. the D74A), what are those 5
menu items you're pressing through?

Greg  KO6TH


Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Each time you want to
> QSL another contact you see in the STATIONLIST, you use the MENU
> button and
> 5 presses to then edit in the new call in place of the XXXXXX.  Press
> BCON and wait for a response.

From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Mon Apr 15 18:02:45 2019
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:02:45 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <099865ef42bf287304b0ea41e405c32a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <602c7916-bd06-e33d-53e7-3e03650bc8e6@w5pfg.us>
	<CALdCfNJitBPd3cx68pSgPPtHY8W83kGTw677Vz3bkmX9mYkw5A@mail.gmail.com>
	<73fb02fd-3a8c-ea86-c5ef-54c01d17788a@gmail.com>
	<099865ef42bf287304b0ea41e405c32a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <e951b7a5-8614-4774-f1a5-c5591ca51087@gmail.com>

So, on a Kenwood TH-D74 it would be Menu, APRS, Basic Settings, Status
Text, Enter (use up/dn to pick the one you want first), then the Down
arrow to move from Rate to the Text, and Enter to edit.  Hit Enter to
finish the editing, then Menu to clear all the way out. 

I presume you'd want a Tx Rate of 1/1, in order to improve your chances
:).  Default is 1/4.

Thanks,

Greg  KO6TH


Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> To answer Greg's question, the first press is Menu,  Select APRS, Select
> status, Select number, Select Rate, begin editing.  But all of those are
> already in line since the last time it was used, so it is just 4 rapid
> presses of the SEL (ok) key. But then you have to manually enter the other
> persons call (while remembering it).


From bruninga at usna.edu  Mon Apr 15 19:08:44 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:08:44 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood TM-D710
In-Reply-To: <e951b7a5-8614-4774-f1a5-c5591ca51087@gmail.com>
References: <602c7916-bd06-e33d-53e7-3e03650bc8e6@w5pfg.us>
	<CALdCfNJitBPd3cx68pSgPPtHY8W83kGTw677Vz3bkmX9mYkw5A@mail.gmail.com>
	<73fb02fd-3a8c-ea86-c5ef-54c01d17788a@gmail.com>
	<099865ef42bf287304b0ea41e405c32a@mail.gmail.com>
	<e951b7a5-8614-4774-f1a5-c5591ca51087@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <91db49fda4adb6c1982f296984e61035@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, definitely  1/1
bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2019 2:03 PM
To: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>; AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Tutorial on Working APRS Contacts on Kenwood
TM-D710

So, on a Kenwood TH-D74 it would be Menu, APRS, Basic Settings, Status
Text, Enter (use up/dn to pick the one you want first), then the Down
arrow to move from Rate to the Text, and Enter to edit.  Hit Enter to
finish the editing, then Menu to clear all the way out.

I presume you'd want a Tx Rate of 1/1, in order to improve your chances
:).  Default is 1/4.

Thanks,

Greg  KO6TH


Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> To answer Greg's question, the first press is Menu,  Select APRS,
> Select status, Select number, Select Rate, begin editing.  But all of
> those are already in line since the last time it was used, so it is
> just 4 rapid presses of the SEL (ok) key. But then you have to
> manually enter the other persons call (while remembering it).

From aj9n at aol.com  Mon Apr 15 19:26:25 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:26:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
References: <282983677.2261144.1555356385139.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <282983677.2261144.1555356385139@mail.yahoo.com>

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?

The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

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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.

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For the application, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

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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.

****************************************************************************
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/? ?

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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
****************************************************************************
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 114 (***)


****************************************************************************
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?2019-04-15 20:00 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 1302. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1245. (***)
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

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-04-15 20:00 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

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From w3ab at yahoo.com  Mon Apr 15 21:21:38 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 21:21:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV weekend
In-Reply-To: <CAEWsTrPo6MwenR2HOZQwXGgikyHn3WJ+W+JnV_aoj57Hgu8LSQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <C693DF8A-508B-4D53-BA3E-0F743AD39A7B@verizon.net>
	<CAEWsTrOV8jbT5PKn7BBfOhr5jqyHGWQ854cxwMhSk9BuD4YWiA@mail.gmail.com>
	<19C796D0-604F-4FBE-BCFB-208763747CE8@verizon.net>
	<CAEWsTrPo6MwenR2HOZQwXGgikyHn3WJ+W+JnV_aoj57Hgu8LSQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <130364902.1924359.1555363298995@mail.yahoo.com>

Don't know, decoded a bunch, some fuzzy, some not.
However, I have an automated system that steers the antenna, and records the pix. I could hear it clicking away on the roof in the middle of the night.
---? 
 Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
 GEO ??? 

 http://www.w3ab.org

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

    On Sunday, April 14, 2019, 4:13:57 PM PDT, sean fay via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Entitled choosing beggars the lot of you

On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 6:03 PM Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler at verizon.net>
wrote:

> The only time I got to listen this weekend was on a 1455z AOS for me this
> morning and as reported have the BB all weekend long modulation levels were
> down in the dirt. I had my HT volume cranked almost all the way up. That?s
> not normal for these activities. Just trying to understand why a whole
> weekend can go with that situation and not a solution was to be had.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 14, 2019, at 15:26, sean fay <spatrickfay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sometimes it's the Wizard not the wand... I had no issues decoding
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 1:44 PM Tom Schuessler via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Quoting the news release promoting the transmissions this weekend.
>>
>> ?This event uses a computer in the ISS Russian Segment, which stores
>> images that are then transmitted to Earth using the ARISS amateur radio
>> station located in the Service Module which employs the Kenwood TM D710E
>> transceiver.?
>>
>> Well while trying fruitlessly this morning to decode cleanly, the images
>> from the ISS, I heard the collective scream of hams all over the world,
>> ?TURN THAT COMPUTER SOUND CARD OUTPUT VOLUME UP PLEASE!?
>>
>> Next time.
>>
>>
>> Tom, N5HYP
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
  

From ka3hdo at gmail.com  Mon Apr 15 21:24:27 2019
From: ka3hdo at gmail.com (ka3hdo at gmail.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:24:27 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 14, Issue 146
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3443.1555355327.32327.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
References: <mailman.3443.1555355327.32327.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <02c101d4f3d1$9b2b2f00$d1818d00$@gmail.com>

Responding to this and other e-mails on the SSTV event this weekend:

> The only time I got to listen this weekend was on a 1455z AOS for me 
> this morning and as reported have the BB all weekend long modulation 
> levels were down in the dirt. I had my HT volume cranked almost all 
> the way up. That?s not normal for these activities. Just trying to 
> understand why a whole weekend can go with that situation and not a
solution was to be had.
>

Please remember that ARISS is not the prime activity on ISS.  There are over
300 international experiments currently operational on ISS on this
expedition.  I just heard in a teleconference last week that that number
will go to about 500 experiments in the next 1-2 years.  

Because of the vast number of experiments going on at the same time, we can
only occasionally get suggestions to the crew to make changes to our
payload.  Any work arounds on any experiment/payload will compete with the
crew's already fully booked schedule.  Several ARISS team members,
particularly our teammate in Russia, were out of pocket this past weekend.
Our Russian colleague was informed of the issue early-on and acknowledged
the issue.  But he also needs to get tied into Mission Control.  That is
difficult from afar.  And even if we ask for a change, it is challenging to
get the crew time to make this happen.  Especially if it is outside the
flight planning stage.  

Once we have the Interoperable Radio System on ISS, we plan to augment our
radio system with a ground commandable capability.  We have already
developed a concept for this capability.  Once in place, we will be able to
do many things with our radio without crew intervention, including mode
changes to support SSTV, APRS, Voice Repeater, etc..  This capability will
also be important if we fly ham radio on the Lunar Gateway, which will not
have crew on it 24/7.

Please note that to keep ARISS alive and implementing new capabilities
requires a great deal of funding.  As an example, ARISS currently has two
individuals on travel to NASA Johnson running tests for the interoperable
radio system.  This is one of three travel trips required to get the radio
system ready for flight.  Each one of these trips will cost ARISS about
$3000 in travel---nearly $10,000 for these three testing events.  Also, this
past week, we spent $1,100 to transport the HamTV that was returned from ISS
back to Italy to undergo troubleshooting to potentially repair the anomaly
we experienced on ISS.  We have a Fundrazr activity right now to prepare the
Interoperable Radio System for Launch.  We need $150,000 by the end of this
year and are well short of our goal right now.  If you really want to see
improvements in the ISS radio system from where it is today, please strongly
consider donating to ARISS.  Push the donate button at www.ariss.org.  You
can donate at several levels and even a little at a time on a monthly basis.
At some donation levels, your callsign and name will be included on the
interoperable radio system that will fly to ISS!

Thanks for all your interest and support to ARISS.  I hope this helps
explain a little about what is happening on ISS.  

73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
ARISS International Chair
AMSAT VP for Human Spaceflight Programs 


From w3ab at yahoo.com  Mon Apr 15 21:31:10 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 21:31:10 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 14, Issue 146
In-Reply-To: <02c101d4f3d1$9b2b2f00$d1818d00$@gmail.com>
References: <mailman.3443.1555355327.32327.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
	<02c101d4f3d1$9b2b2f00$d1818d00$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1189322266.4093519.1555363870135@mail.yahoo.com>

Frank,
Thanks for letting all know what takes place on the ISS, and priorities. I'm VERY impressed that they are able to accomplish all that they do.
---? 
 Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
 GEO ??? 

 http://www.w3ab.org

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

    On Monday, April 15, 2019, 2:26:02 PM PDT, Frank Bauer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Responding to this and other e-mails on the SSTV event this weekend:

> The only time I got to listen this weekend was on a 1455z AOS for me 
> this morning and as reported have the BB all weekend long modulation 
> levels were down in the dirt. I had my HT volume cranked almost all 
> the way up. That?s not normal for these activities. Just trying to 
> understand why a whole weekend can go with that situation and not a
solution was to be had.
>

Please remember that ARISS is not the prime activity on ISS.? There are over
300 international experiments currently operational on ISS on this
expedition.? I just heard in a teleconference last week that that number
will go to about 500 experiments in the next 1-2 years.? 

Because of the vast number of experiments going on at the same time, we can
only occasionally get suggestions to the crew to make changes to our
payload.? Any work arounds on any experiment/payload will compete with the
crew's already fully booked schedule.? Several ARISS team members,
particularly our teammate in Russia, were out of pocket this past weekend.
Our Russian colleague was informed of the issue early-on and acknowledged
the issue.? But he also needs to get tied into Mission Control.? That is
difficult from afar.? And even if we ask for a change, it is challenging to
get the crew time to make this happen.? Especially if it is outside the
flight planning stage.? 

Once we have the Interoperable Radio System on ISS, we plan to augment our
radio system with a ground commandable capability.? We have already
developed a concept for this capability.? Once in place, we will be able to
do many things with our radio without crew intervention, including mode
changes to support SSTV, APRS, Voice Repeater, etc..? This capability will
also be important if we fly ham radio on the Lunar Gateway, which will not
have crew on it 24/7.

Please note that to keep ARISS alive and implementing new capabilities
requires a great deal of funding.? As an example, ARISS currently has two
individuals on travel to NASA Johnson running tests for the interoperable
radio system.? This is one of three travel trips required to get the radio
system ready for flight.? Each one of these trips will cost ARISS about
$3000 in travel---nearly $10,000 for these three testing events.? Also, this
past week, we spent $1,100 to transport the HamTV that was returned from ISS
back to Italy to undergo troubleshooting to potentially repair the anomaly
we experienced on ISS.? We have a Fundrazr activity right now to prepare the
Interoperable Radio System for Launch.? We need $150,000 by the end of this
year and are well short of our goal right now.? If you really want to see
improvements in the ISS radio system from where it is today, please strongly
consider donating to ARISS.? Push the donate button at www.ariss.org.? You
can donate at several levels and even a little at a time on a monthly basis.
At some donation levels, your callsign and name will be included on the
interoperable radio system that will fly to ISS!

Thanks for all your interest and support to ARISS.? I hope this helps
explain a little about what is happening on ISS.? 

73,? Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
ARISS International Chair
AMSAT VP for Human Spaceflight Programs 

_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
  

From rjlawn at gmail.com  Mon Apr 15 22:20:59 2019
From: rjlawn at gmail.com (Richard Lawn)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:20:59 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Icom 9700
Message-ID: <CADQmrTHXG_jp2BnhA+SbHT+x38RNF9fVC14y+P-guucAFpL+9A@mail.gmail.com>

I'd love to hear from anyone who already has their hands on the new Icom
radio and any early impressions they have of it.

73
Rick, W2JAZ

From bruninga at usna.edu  Mon Apr 15 22:24:31 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:24:31 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT restored to normal operations - Seems OK
In-Reply-To: <000001d4f3c9$7985b990$6c912cb0$@de>
References: <CALdCfN+FBH4ZJ4ENQXFZxb-se1_rfZtGvUbpFHFWp+4szKYAOw@mail.gmail.com>
	<000001d4f3c9$7985b990$6c912cb0$@de>
Message-ID: <CALdCfN+A-ujz2y-XnR+4bncsaQOyJ-v7qQU-i8cr6vuYvcSp5g@mail.gmail.com>

Mike Rupprecht DK3WN control operator has restored PSAT digipeater
operations

From cswiger at gmail.com  Mon Apr 15 19:42:13 2019
From: cswiger at gmail.com (Chuck Swiger)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:42:13 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
In-Reply-To: <282983677.2261144.1555356385139@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <282983677.2261144.1555356385139.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<282983677.2261144.1555356385139@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAFX2DxAnm2wJgGcohb_aLFR+PwWB6Fj2=6VFmNi8+eQtthuJMw@mail.gmail.com>

For  Huntington High School, Huntington, TX, direct via KI5AJL   -- there
is pretty good audio saved at my ground station observation that
corresponds to the time (I did not know who the contact school was,
thanks!)    Mon 2019-04-15 15:39:46 UTC
https://network.satnogs.org/observations/594654/

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 3:26 PM aj9n--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-15 20:00 UTC
>
>
>
> Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
>
>
>
> Sorry, I didn't post this sooner but we just found out today. (***)
>
> About Gagarin From Space.  Conducting The Session Of The Radio Loving
> Communication With SUSU Students (G.Celyabinsk),  South Ural State
> University, Chelyabinsk, Russia, direct via RY9AAA (***)
>
> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS (***)
>
> The scheduled astronaut is Aleksey Ovchinin (***)
>
> Contact was successful for 2019-04-15 08:06 UTC (***)
>
> Congratulations to the SUSU students and Aleksey! (***)
>
>
>
> Huntington High School, Huntington, TX, direct via KI5AJL
>
> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
>
> The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
>
> Contact was successful: Mon 2019-04-15 15:39:46 UTC 52 deg (***)
>
>
>
> Park Co. Public Library with Boys & Girls Club of the High Rockies,
> Fairplay, CO, direct via W?W
>
> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
>
> The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
>
> Contact was successful: Mon 2019-04-15 17:15:53 UTC 51 deg (***)
>
>
>
> ?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada,
> direct via VE2GHO
>
> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
>
> The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
>
> Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 UTC 69 deg
>
>
>
>
>
> The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/
>
> Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
>
>
>
> The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
> http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html
>
>
>
> ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
>
>
>
> The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/
>
> Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
>
>
>
> International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students
>
> ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019
>
>
>
> March 24, 2019:  The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
> (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1,
> 2020 and June 30, 2020.
>
>
>
> 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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May
> 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to:
> http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com
>
> Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be
> offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm
> Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to
> https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:  http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.
>
> ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email
> to: ve3tbd at gmail.com
>
> ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to:
> ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/
>
>
> ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ******************************************************************************
>
> 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 114 (***)
>
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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 2019-04-15 20:00 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 1302. (***)
> Each school counts as 1 event.
> Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1245. (***)
> 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 2019-04-15 20:00 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
>
> Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
>
> https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
>
> ****************************************************************************
>
>
> Exp. 58 on orbit
>
> Oleg Konenenko
>
> David St-Jacques KG5FYI
>
> Anne McClain
>
>
>
> Exp. 59 on orbit
>
> Christina Koch
>
> Aleksey Ovchinin
>
> Nick Hague KG5TMV
>
>
>
> ****************************************************************************
>
> 73,
> Charlie Sufana AJ9N
> One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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From spatrickfay at gmail.com  Mon Apr 15 23:42:04 2019
From: spatrickfay at gmail.com (sean fay)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:42:04 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV weekend
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Im out there with my hand held arrow with zero issues.  Would like to know
who all is doing automated vs manual?

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 4:23 PM GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Don't know, decoded a bunch, some fuzzy, some not.
> However, I have an automated system that steers the antenna, and records
> the pix. I could hear it clicking away on the roof in the middle of the
> night.
> ---
>  Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side.
>  GEO
>
>  http://www.w3ab.org
>
> Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
>
>     On Sunday, April 14, 2019, 4:13:57 PM PDT, sean fay via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>  Entitled choosing beggars the lot of you
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 6:03 PM Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > The only time I got to listen this weekend was on a 1455z AOS for me this
> > morning and as reported have the BB all weekend long modulation levels
> were
> > down in the dirt. I had my HT volume cranked almost all the way up.
> That?s
> > not normal for these activities. Just trying to understand why a whole
> > weekend can go with that situation and not a solution was to be had.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Apr 14, 2019, at 15:26, sean fay <spatrickfay at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes it's the Wizard not the wand... I had no issues decoding
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 1:44 PM Tom Schuessler via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Quoting the news release promoting the transmissions this weekend.
> >>
> >> ?This event uses a computer in the ISS Russian Segment, which stores
> >> images that are then transmitted to Earth using the ARISS amateur radio
> >> station located in the Service Module which employs the Kenwood TM D710E
> >> transceiver.?
> >>
> >> Well while trying fruitlessly this morning to decode cleanly, the images
> >> from the ISS, I heard the collective scream of hams all over the world,
> >> ?TURN THAT COMPUTER SOUND CARD OUTPUT VOLUME UP PLEASE!?
> >>
> >> Next time.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom, N5HYP
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From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Mon Apr 15 23:47:54 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:47:54 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV weekend
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I'm working the Armstrong rotor too!

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 19:44 sean fay via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Im out there with my hand held arrow with zero issues.  Would like to know
> who all is doing automated vs manual?
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 4:23 PM GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Don't know, decoded a bunch, some fuzzy, some not.
> > However, I have an automated system that steers the antenna, and records
> > the pix. I could hear it clicking away on the roof in the middle of the
> > night.
> > ---
> >  Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side.
> >  GEO
> >
> >  http://www.w3ab.org
> >
> > Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
> >
> >     On Sunday, April 14, 2019, 4:13:57 PM PDT, sean fay via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >  Entitled choosing beggars the lot of you
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 6:03 PM Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler at verizon.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The only time I got to listen this weekend was on a 1455z AOS for me
> this
> > > morning and as reported have the BB all weekend long modulation levels
> > were
> > > down in the dirt. I had my HT volume cranked almost all the way up.
> > That?s
> > > not normal for these activities. Just trying to understand why a whole
> > > weekend can go with that situation and not a solution was to be had.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > On Apr 14, 2019, at 15:26, sean fay <spatrickfay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sometimes it's the Wizard not the wand... I had no issues decoding
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 1:44 PM Tom Schuessler via AMSAT-BB <
> > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Quoting the news release promoting the transmissions this weekend.
> > >>
> > >> ?This event uses a computer in the ISS Russian Segment, which stores
> > >> images that are then transmitted to Earth using the ARISS amateur
> radio
> > >> station located in the Service Module which employs the Kenwood TM
> D710E
> > >> transceiver.?
> > >>
> > >> Well while trying fruitlessly this morning to decode cleanly, the
> images
> > >> from the ISS, I heard the collective scream of hams all over the
> world,
> > >> ?TURN THAT COMPUTER SOUND CARD OUTPUT VOLUME UP PLEASE!?
> > >>
> > >> Next time.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Tom, N5HYP
> > >> _______________________________________________
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> > >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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> of
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From mstyne at k2mts.org  Tue Apr 16 01:32:22 2019
From: mstyne at k2mts.org (Michael Styne)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 21:32:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV weekend
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Sean,

When I?m not using it, my station is controlled by the SatNOGS project. They scheduled ISS observations all weekend, which automated the process.

https://network.satnogs.org/observations/?norad=25544&observer=&station=356&start-time=&end-time=

73,
Mike

Michael Styne K2MTS
mstyne at k2mts.org

> On Apr 15, 2019, at 19:42, sean fay via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Im out there with my hand held arrow with zero issues.  Would like to know
> who all is doing automated vs manual?
> 
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 4:23 PM GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Don't know, decoded a bunch, some fuzzy, some not.
>> However, I have an automated system that steers the antenna, and records
>> the pix. I could hear it clicking away on the roof in the middle of the
>> night.
>> ---
>> Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side.
>> GEO
>> 
>> http://www.w3ab.org
>> 
>> Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
>> 
>>    On Sunday, April 14, 2019, 4:13:57 PM PDT, sean fay via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Entitled choosing beggars the lot of you
>> 
>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 6:03 PM Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> The only time I got to listen this weekend was on a 1455z AOS for me this
>>> morning and as reported have the BB all weekend long modulation levels
>> were
>>> down in the dirt. I had my HT volume cranked almost all the way up.
>> That?s
>>> not normal for these activities. Just trying to understand why a whole
>>> weekend can go with that situation and not a solution was to be had.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Apr 14, 2019, at 15:26, sean fay <spatrickfay at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sometimes it's the Wizard not the wand... I had no issues decoding
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 1:44 PM Tom Schuessler via AMSAT-BB <
>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Quoting the news release promoting the transmissions this weekend.
>>>> 
>>>> ?This event uses a computer in the ISS Russian Segment, which stores
>>>> images that are then transmitted to Earth using the ARISS amateur radio
>>>> station located in the Service Module which employs the Kenwood TM D710E
>>>> transceiver.?
>>>> 
>>>> Well while trying fruitlessly this morning to decode cleanly, the images
>>>> from the ISS, I heard the collective scream of hams all over the world,
>>>> ?TURN THAT COMPUTER SOUND CARD OUTPUT VOLUME UP PLEASE!?
>>>> 
>>>> Next time.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Tom, N5HYP
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>>>> Opinions expressed
>>>> are solely those of the 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
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From va6bmj at gmail.com  Tue Apr 16 02:49:18 2019
From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 02:49:18 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] W5LFL (SK)
Message-ID: <CAP7QzkOkzzTs7R-YiH8Z+g+kAvQ7aGpxvGCT7vCoNeaXAL=f3Q@mail.gmail.com>

Dr. Owen Garriott W5LFL becomes a silent key:

http://parabolicarc.com/2019/04/15/nasa-astronaut-owen-garriott-passes-88/

73s

Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

From hb9wdf at bluewin.ch  Tue Apr 16 12:38:35 2019
From: hb9wdf at bluewin.ch (hb9wdf at bluewin.ch)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:38:35 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Icom 9700
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Hi Rick

I have the TRX for two weeks now. After over 20 years experience with the FT-736 is the new radio a very big step for me. (The FT-736 works now exclusively for QO-100 ;-) 
The receiver is very sensitive and I like the panoramic spectrum. Now, I have better overview, whats going on in the sat band. At the beginning, it was a little bit difficult for me, to understand the sat mode. But this just the mind change between the old FT-736 philosophy and the new IC-9700.
The radio works with sat-pc32 (IC-9100). But when the band mode changes from U/V to V/U or otherwise, then I have to do the change manualy. 

What I really miss is a N-connector for VHF and connectors for Transverter or Converter. And for the moment, I didn't figured out, how the ACC connector work. I search for band indicators for steering my different sequencers in the logic of fullduplex. (for each band a sequencer).

So that's my first impression about the IC-9700. Over all: A great new radio.

73s Michael
hb9wdf 

----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----
Von : amsat-bb at amsat.org
Datum : 16/04/2019 - 00:20 (MS)
An : amsat-bb at amsat.org
Betreff : [amsat-bb] Icom 9700

I'd love to hear from anyone who already has their hands on the new Icom
radio and any early impressions they have of it.

73
Rick, W2JAZ
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From aj9n at aol.com  Tue Apr 16 14:09:06 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:09:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-16 14:00
	UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-16 14:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:



?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 UTC 69 deg

?

To be streamed live via the following link - please visit - click on remind me!! (***)

https://youtu.be/93ZXfu5P40g

?

D?m d?t? a ml?de?e Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc), Olomouc, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KWX

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-24 10:01:33 UTC 89 deg (***)

?

Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via N9CHA (***)

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI (***)

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-24 17:46:31 UTC 52 deg (***)

?

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

?

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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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

?

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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
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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 114


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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?2019-04-16 14:00 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 1302. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1245. 
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

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-04-15 20:00 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

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From bkeating1954 at gmail.com  Tue Apr 16 14:33:05 2019
From: bkeating1954 at gmail.com (Bob Keating)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 08:33:05 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM58 Rove
Message-ID: <65C80311-2395-446D-B7F3-B5B1C0C008FD@gmail.com>

I?m going to try and work the 1910 UTC pass of AO-91 and the 1924 UTC pass of SO-50 today, sandwiching then in between sightseeing in Canyonlands NP and another mountain bike ride. Travel day tomorrow, DM48 on Thursday. 
73,
Bob N6REK 

Sent from my iPhone

From m-arai at a.email.ne.jp  Tue Apr 16 17:11:03 2019
From: m-arai at a.email.ne.jp (Masahiro Arai)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 02:11:03 +0900
Subject: [amsat-bb] BIRDS-3 deliver to ISS by Cygnus NG-11
Message-ID: <03687b33-4ae7-8fa1-2c46-139338cc1afa@a.email.ne.jp>

BIRDS-3 satellites which are Uguisu (Japan), Raavana-1 (Sri Lanka) and
NepaliSat-1 (Nepal) deliver to ISS by Cygnus NG-11. Its launch is set
17th April.
BIRDS-3 deploy with JSSOD form ISS. The deployment will be in one or
two month.

NG-11 is also carrying EntrySat?Swiatowid and KrakSat. EntrySat
deploys with NanoRack deployer from ISS. Swiatowid and KrakSat are
seemed to deploy from NG-11.


73

Masa  JN1GKZ     Tokyo Japan

From ka3hdo at gmail.com  Tue Apr 16 20:08:22 2019
From: ka3hdo at gmail.com (ka3hdo at gmail.com)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:08:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Owen Garriott, W5LFL (SK)
Message-ID: <069a01d4f490$24b3d420$6e1b7c60$@gmail.com>

All,



It is with great sadness that the ARISS team recognizes the passing of our
great friend and colleague Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL (SK).  Owen
Garriott died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on April 15, 2019.



A passionate amateur radio operator and ionospheric physics researcher, Owen
inspired the amateur radio community to reach for the stars.  His
multi-decade vision to bring amateur radio with him as part of his journey
in space was realized in 1983 on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission,
where hams the world over for the first time heard a fellow ham call CQ from
space.  As the first to operate ham radio in space, Owen blazed a trail that
has enabled countless people from around the world to experience what it is
like to journey into space and explore our universe. As a result, he
inspired the international amateur radio community to extend his modest ham
station on STS-9 into an international human spaceflight ham radio program
that has spanned the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station, and International
Space Station.



A member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, Owen Garriott was a pioneer and
innovator in all his endeavors?including amateur radio.  Selected as a NASA
scientist-astronaut in 1965, Garriott was the science-pilot for Skylab 3,
the second crewed Skylab mission.  Skylab was the first U.S. space station,
housing 3 different crew expeditions from May 1973-February 1974.  Owen
spent approximately 60 days on Skylab, doing solar physics research, human
physiological research and conducting 3 spacewalks to repair Skylab and
extend its research capabilities.



Owen?s next flight into space, as part of an international crew on the
STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission, cemented amateur radio?s future as
part of the human spaceflight experience.  STS-9 was launched from the
Kennedy Space Center, Florida on November 28, 1983.  Onboard Columbia was an
internationally developed space laboratory, Spacelab-1, which pioneered
international spaceflight research with over 70 separate experiments---a
precursor to the research currently being accomplished on the International
Space Station (ISS).  Onboard also was a Motorola 2-meter handheld radio
with a window mounted antenna to facilitate ham radio contacts between W5LFL
and hams on the ground.  On December 1, the third day of his mission, Owen
donned his headset and made history by communicating with Lance Collister,
WA1JXN, in Frenchtown, Montana. In W5LFL?s own words, here is an excerpt of
his first contact: ?W5LFL in Columbia is calling CQ and standing by. Go
ahead.  Hello WA1JXN, WA1 Juliet X?ray November, this is W5LFL. I picked up
your signals fairly weakly. I think our attitude is not really the best as
yet, but you're our first contact from orbit. WA1 Juliet X?ray November,
how do you read? Over.?



Owen?s ham contacts on STS-9 were trailblazing for many reasons. They
represented the first ham radio contact from a human in space to someone on
Earth.  They allowed the general public to directly listen and communicate
with an on-orbit crew where, prior to this, only NASA mission control
personnel or heads of State (U.S. Presidents, etc.) could talk to astronauts
from space. And the mission also demonstrated that a group of volunteers
could successfully build a ham radio station for a human spaceflight vehicle
and get it formally approved by a space agency.



Owen spent decades attempting to carry out ham radio on one of his missions,
employing gentle assertiveness and steadfast patience to realize his dream.
In 1965, when NASA was considering Owen for a planned lunar flight on Apollo
18, 19 or 20, Project MOONRAY was proposed by the Project OSCAR team.
Project MOONRAY would support amateur radio operations from the surface of
the moon.  This initiative was scuttled when Apollo lunar expeditions ended
at Apollo-17.  Prior to his flight on Skylab, AMSAT submitted a proposal to
NASA called SKYLARC (Skylab Amateur Radio Communications).  Unfortunately,
this proposal was turned down.  But, as they say, the 3rd time was a charm
on STS-9 and ham radio is now a human spaceflight reality.  Also, it should
be noted that an ARISS/AMSAT international team is pursuing Owen?s plans to
fly ham radio to the moon via several lunar proposal initiatives, including
the Lunar Gateway.



Owen inspired legions of amateur radio operators, world-wide, to support
human spaceflight amateur radio endeavors and for countless individuals to
become ham radio operators.  This includes his son, Richard, W5KWQ, who
together with Owen became the first multi-generational American ham radio
operators to communicate from space.



On behalf of the ARISS International Team, we would like to extend our
sincere condolences to the Garriott family, including Owen?s son Richard,
W5KWQ and Owen?s wife Eve.  As Owen has inspired the amateur radio
community to reach for the stars may we wish Owen Garriott Godspeed and a
wonderful journey amongst the stars.



Ad Astra!



73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

ARISS International Chair

AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs


From ingejack at cox.net  Tue Apr 16 20:59:44 2019
From: ingejack at cox.net (alex weimer)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:59:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 and LOTW
Message-ID: <816898190.1765095.1555448384318@myemail.cox.net>

I was wondering when AISAT-1 will be on TQSL/LOTW ?  Digipeater has been working now and qso's made . It would be nice if we could enter them in LOTW .. Thank You  JACK  KC7MG

From glasbrenner at mindspring.com  Tue Apr 16 23:51:31 2019
From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:51:31 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FW:  AISAT-1 and LOTW
References: <816898190.1765095.1555448384318@myemail.cox.net> 
Message-ID: <051601d4f4af$51608080$f4218180$@mindspring.com>

Sorry, I meant to reply to the -bb as well.

73, Drew KO4MA

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:08 PM
To: 'alex weimer' <ingejack at cox.net>
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 and LOTW

I'm in contact with LOTW. If AISAT-1 receives IARU coordination it will be
eligible for an OSCAR number. I'm waiting until after the next IARU
coordination meeting to ask the ARRL to move ahead with adding it to LOTW.

73, Drew KO4MA

-----Original Message-----
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AMSAT-BB
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:00 PM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 and LOTW

I was wondering when AISAT-1 will be on TQSL/LOTW ?  Digipeater has been
working now and qso's made . It would be nice if we could enter them in LOTW
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From n8hm at arrl.net  Wed Apr 17 02:11:57 2019
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:11:57 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-107 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - First Ham
 in Space, AMSAT Life Member, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK
Message-ID: <CABzOSOpwO0t1ufqvC3j+NaPLfqy132_uvZULBvUgCNGmJLonDA@mail.gmail.com>

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-107.01

In this Special Bulletin:

* First Ham in Space, AMSAT Life Member, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.01
ANS-107 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin

AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 107.01
 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD
DATE April 17, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.01

It is with great sadness that the ARISS team recognizes the passing of
our great friend and colleague Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL (SK).
Owen Garriott died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on April 15,
2019.

A passionate amateur radio operator and ionospheric physics re-
searcher, Owen inspired the amateur radio community to reach for the
stars.  His multi-decade vision to bring amateur radio with him as
part of his journey in space was realized in 1983 on the STS-9 Space
Shuttle Columbia mission, where hams the world over for the first time
heard a fellow ham call CQ from space.  As the first to operate ham
radio in space, Owen blazed a trail that has enabled countless people
from around the world to experience what it is like to journey into
space and explore our universe. As a result, he inspired the inter-
national amateur radio community to extend his modest ham station on
STS-9 into an international human spaceflight ham radio program that
has spanned the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station, and International
Space Station.

A member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, Owen Garriott was a
pioneer and innovator in all his endeavors?including amateur radio.
Selected as a NASA scientist-astronaut in 1965, Garriott was the
science-pilot for Skylab 3, the second crewed Skylab mission.  Skylab
was the first U.S. space station, housing 3 different crew expeditions
from May 1973-February 1974.  Owen  spent approximately 60 days on
Skylab, doing solar physics research, human physiological research and
conducting 3 spacewalks to repair Skylab and extend its research cap-
abilities.

Owen?s next flight into space, as part of an international crew on
the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission, cemented amateur radio?s
future as part of the human spaceflight experience.  STS-9 was
launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on November 28, 1983.
Onboard Columbia was an internationally developed space laboratory,
Spacelab-1, which pioneered  international spaceflight research with
over 70 separate experiments---a precursor to the research currently
being accomplished on the International Space Station (ISS).  Onboard
also was a Motorola 2-meter handheld radio with a window mounted
antenna to facilitate ham radio contacts between W5LFL and hams on the
ground.  On December 1, the third day of his mission, Owen donned his
headset and made history by communicating with Lance Collister,
WA1JXN, in Frenchtown, Montana. In W5LFL?s own words, here is an
excerpt of his first contact: ?W5LFL in Columbia is calling CQ and
standing by. Go ahead.  Hello WA1JXN, WA1 Juliet X?ray November, this
is W5LFL. I picked up your signals fairly weakly. I think our attitude
is not really the best as yet, but you're our first contact from
orbit. WA1 Juliet X?ray November, how do you read? Over.?

Owen?s ham contacts on STS-9 were trailblazing for many reasons. They
represented the first ham radio contact from a human in space to
someone on Earth.  They allowed the general public to directly listen
and communicate with an on-orbit crew where, prior to this, only NASA
mission control personnel or heads of State (U.S. Presidents, etc.)
could talk to astronauts from space. And the mission also demonstrated
that a group of volunteers could successfully build a ham radio
station for a human spaceflight vehicle and get it formally approved
by a space agency.

Owen spent decades attempting to carry out ham radio on one of his
missions, employing gentle assertiveness and steadfast patience to
realize his dream. In 1965, when NASA was considering Owen for a
planned lunar flight on Apollo 18, 19 or 20, Project MOONRAY was
proposed by the Project OSCAR team. Project MOONRAY would support
amateur radio operations from the surface of the moon.  This init-
iative was scuttled when Apollo lunar expeditions ended at Apollo 17.
Prior to his flight on Skylab, AMSAT submitted a proposal to NASA
called SKYLARC (Skylab Amateur Radio Communications).  Unfortunately,
this proposal was turned down.  But, as they say, the 3rd time was a
charm on STS-9 and ham radio is now a human spaceflight reality.
Also, it should be noted that an AMSAT/ARISS International team is
pursuing Owen?s plans to fly ham radio to the moon via several lunar
proposal initiatives, including the Lunar Gateway.

Owen inspired legions of amateur radio operators, world-wide, to sup-
port human spaceflight amateur radio endeavors and for countless
individuals to become ham radio operators.  This includes his son,
Richard, W5KWQ, who together with Owen became the first multi-
generational American ham radio operators to communicate from space.

On behalf of the ARISS International Team, we would like to extend our
sincere condolences to the Garriott family, including Owen?s son
Richard, W5KWQ and Owen?s wife Eve.  As Owen has inspired the amateur
radio community to reach for the stars may we wish Owen Garriott God-
speed and a wonderful journey amongst the stars.

Ad Astra!

73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
ARISS International Chair
AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs

[ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair / AMSAT
Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs for the above
information]

The above article, with accompanying pictures, is available on the
AMSAT website at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-107

/EX

In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships,
and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to
receive additional 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
student 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 help keep Amateur Radio in space,

This week's ANS Contributing Editor,

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Wed Apr 17 03:39:00 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:39:00 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-08
Message-ID: <C4F419B3DE5441D192457ADFA5CD3A5A@DHJ>

 


 

ARISS News Release                                                               No. 19-08

Dave Jordan, AA4KN 

ARISS PR

aa4kn at amsat.org

April 16, 2019

 

All,
It is with great sadness that the ARISS team recognizes the passing of our
great friend and colleague Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL (SK).  Owen
Garriott died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on April 15, 2019.

A passionate amateur radio operator and ionospheric physics researcher, Owen
inspired the amateur radio community to reach for the stars.  His
multi-decade vision to bring amateur radio with him as part of his journey
in space was realized in 1983 on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission,
where hams the world over for the first time heard a fellow ham call CQ from
space.  As the first to operate ham radio in space, Owen blazed a trail that
has enabled countless people from around the world to experience what it is
like to journey into space and explore our universe. As a result, he
inspired the international amateur radio community to extend his modest ham
station on STS-9 into an international human spaceflight ham radio program
that has spanned the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station, and International
Space Station.

A member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, Owen Garriott was a pioneer and
innovator in all his endeavors.including amateur radio.  Selected as a NASA
scientist-astronaut in 1965, Garriott was the science-pilot for Skylab 3,
the second crewed Skylab mission.  Skylab was the first U.S. space station,
housing 3 different crew expeditions from May 1973-February 1974.  Owen
spent approximately 60 days on Skylab, doing solar physics research, human
physiological research and conducting 3 spacewalks to repair Skylab and
extend its research capabilities.

Owen's next flight into space, as part of an international crew on the
STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission, cemented amateur radio's future as
part of the human spaceflight experience.  STS-9 was launched from the
Kennedy Space Center, Florida on November 28, 1983.  Onboard Columbia was an
internationally developed space laboratory, Spacelab-1, which pioneered
international spaceflight research with over 70 separate experiments---a
precursor to the research currently being accomplished on the International
Space Station (ISS).  Onboard also was a Motorola 2-meter handheld radio
with a window mounted antenna to facilitate ham radio contacts between W5LFL
and hams on the ground.  On December 1, the third day of his mission, Owen
donned his headset and made history by communicating with Lance Collister,
WA1JXN, in Frenchtown, Montana. In W5LFL's own words, here is an excerpt of
his first contact: "W5LFL in Columbia is calling CQ and standing by. Go
ahead.  Hello WA1JXN, WA1 Juliet X-ray November, this is W5LFL. I picked up
your signals fairly weakly. I think our attitude is not really the best as
yet, but you're our first contact from orbit. WA1 Juliet X-ray November,
how do you read? Over."

Owen's ham contacts on STS-9 were trailblazing for many reasons. They
represented the first ham radio contact from a human in space to someone on
Earth.  They allowed the general public to directly listen and communicate
with an on-orbit crew where, prior to this, only NASA mission control
personnel or heads of State (U.S. Presidents, etc.) could talk to astronauts
from space. And the mission also demonstrated that a group of volunteers
could successfully build a ham radio station for a human spaceflight vehicle
and get it formally approved by a space agency.

Owen spent decades attempting to carry out ham radio on one of his missions,
employing gentle assertiveness and steadfast patience to realize his dream.
In 1965, when NASA was considering Owen for a planned lunar flight on Apollo
18, 19 or 20, Project MOONRAY was proposed by the Project OSCAR team.
Project MOONRAY would support amateur radio operations from the surface of
the moon.  This initiative was scuttled when Apollo lunar expeditions ended
at Apollo-17.  Prior to his flight on Skylab, AMSAT submitted a proposal to
NASA called SKYLARC (Skylab Amateur Radio Communications).  Unfortunately,
this proposal was turned down.  But, as they say, the 3rd time was a charm
on STS-9 and ham radio is now a human spaceflight reality.  Also, it should
be noted that an ARISS/AMSAT international team is pursuing Owen's plans to
fly ham radio to the moon via several lunar proposal initiatives, including
the Lunar Gateway.

Owen inspired legions of amateur radio operators, world-wide, to support
human spaceflight amateur radio endeavors and for countless individuals to
become ham radio operators.  This includes his son, Richard, W5KWQ, who
together with Owen became the first multi-generational American ham radio
operators to communicate from space.

On behalf of the ARISS International Team, we would like to extend our
sincere condolences to the Garriott family, including Owen's son Richard,
W5KWQ and Owen's wife Eve.  As Owen has inspired the amateur radio
community to reach for the stars may we wish Owen Garriott Godspeed and a
wonderful journey amongst the stars.

Ad Astra!
73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

ARISS International Chair

AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs

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From k5zm at comcast.net  Wed Apr 17 03:51:05 2019
From: k5zm at comcast.net (K5ZM)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:51:05 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] TQSL and mult grid roves
Message-ID: <0e6401d4f4d0$c91c0a60$5b541f20$@comcast.net>

Hi all.

 

I posted this to the AMSAT FB page before thinking it might have been better
to post here. I'll soon be making my first multi grid rove and am looking
for insight on how best to set up TQSL. How complex do my rules/qso sets
need to be for this? Can I/should I consider using the and/any rule for
neighboring grids? Been pondering this for a couple days now and not really
making a lot of progress. 

 

Tnx es 73

 

Ian, K5ZM 


From les at highnoonfilm.com  Wed Apr 17 07:46:26 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 02:46:26 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Noise on 2 Meter Attic Antenna
Message-ID: <8960D6F2-8609-4DEE-8288-536587EC71B8@highnoonfilm.com>

I live in a very crowded, suburban neighborhood with a strict HOA. No outside antennas allowed. 

Luckily, I have a large attic with plenty of height. This has allowed me to mount a Az-El rotor with a 4 element 2 Meter Yagi, and an 11 Element 432 Yagi. Also found room a 15 element loop Yagi for 1.2 GHz. 

Everything works great except when I?m operating birds with a 2 Meter downlink. Noise in some directions can be very high on that band. I?ve eliminated all noise sources inside my own home, but have neighbors that are putting out a lot of noise across the VHF spectrum. 

This basically limits me to passes above about 20 degrees for those birds. Once I get up to a high enough elevation angle, the noise goes away. 

Anything else I can try? Would a 2 Meter band filter help? 

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From g4bbh at btinternet.com  Wed Apr 17 09:59:59 2019
From: g4bbh at btinternet.com (g4bbh at btinternet.com)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:59:59 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and IC-9700
Message-ID: <000001d4f504$518aeb40$f4a0c1c0$@btinternet.com>

I have an IC-9700 and set up SatPC32 for the IC-9100 as it is the nearest
option  and simply changed the CI-V address.  It seems to work OK on cross
band duplex but I don't seem to be able to find a way to handle the simplex
satellites.  Sometimes I have been able to get the radio to switch to the
downlink frequency it does not apply the doppler correction on transmit.
Any Ideas?

Dick G4BBH


From kb1pvh at gmail.com  Wed Apr 17 10:34:26 2019
From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:34:26 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and IC-9700
In-Reply-To: <000001d4f504$518aeb40$f4a0c1c0$@btinternet.com>
References: <000001d4f504$518aeb40$f4a0c1c0$@btinternet.com>
Message-ID: <CAEMY9Fd148NoosQ4+XdqRwjXRv-d3auU-5GXp9UN8juOGrO_9Q@mail.gmail.com>

Did you try using SatPC32 ISS instead of the regular SatPC32 for simplex/in
band satellites?

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019, 6:03 AM Richard Ferryman via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I have an IC-9700 and set up SatPC32 for the IC-9100 as it is the nearest
> option  and simply changed the CI-V address.  It seems to work OK on cross
> band duplex but I don't seem to be able to find a way to handle the simplex
> satellites.  Sometimes I have been able to get the radio to switch to the
> downlink frequency it does not apply the doppler correction on transmit.
> Any Ideas?
>
> Dick G4BBH
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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 kb2ysi at gmail.com  Wed Apr 17 10:41:40 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:41:40 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] TQSL and mult grid roves
In-Reply-To: <0e6401d4f4d0$c91c0a60$5b541f20$@comcast.net>
References: <0e6401d4f4d0$c91c0a60$5b541f20$@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8P9xRAjV7MgdPLwq0KPuDnE14Aa3vdjfBO1hDvW7AbeRQ@mail.gmail.com>

I think you might be crossing a few thought streams here.

TSQL needs to have a location for every different operating location. You
can go as specific as you would like, i.e. 6 digit grid squares, counties,
parks, etc... Or stop at 4 digits and the State, this would be faster if
you do multiple locations in the same grid+state. For grid lines I only
have tried 4 digit grid squares, not sure if it will take longer ones.

As for Rules, that is, as far as I know, setup in thebLoTW award area. I
have a few ands & ors in my VUCC award account because I operate portable
and might not be in my 6 digit grid square for each QSO.


I hpe this was helpful and on topic for your question. At least this is
information that would have saved me some time when I got started.

Feel free to email me off list if you (or anyone else) want.


On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 23:51 K5ZM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
>
>
> I posted this to the AMSAT FB page before thinking it might have been
> better
> to post here. I'll soon be making my first multi grid rove and am looking
> for insight on how best to set up TQSL. How complex do my rules/qso sets
> need to be for this? Can I/should I consider using the and/any rule for
> neighboring grids? Been pondering this for a couple days now and not really
> making a lot of progress.
>
>
>
> Tnx es 73
>
>
>
> Ian, K5ZM
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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From walterh at k5wh.net  Wed Apr 17 14:25:54 2019
From: walterh at k5wh.net (walterh at k5wh.net)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:25:54 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
Message-ID: <008201d4f529$78620120$69260360$@k5wh.net>

Does anyone happen to know the operational status of PO-101?

 

I see that it's getting reported as working from several stations in Japan,
but it seems to be very silent over the US on multiple passes.

 

Perhaps it's only available during certain locations?

 

Many thanks,

 

Walter/K5WH

 


From n8hm at arrl.net  Wed Apr 17 14:28:48 2019
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:28:48 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
In-Reply-To: <008201d4f529$78620120$69260360$@k5wh.net>
References: <008201d4f529$78620120$69260360$@k5wh.net>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOr5iQrfeNh715DumOqMdsicsCRKGpL1vcUgBxkG5xQ3dw@mail.gmail.com>

It's only in testing right now and has been activated for just a few passes
over the United States. There should be a regular operating schedule in
place fairly soon from what I understand.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 10:26 AM Walter Holmes via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Does anyone happen to know the operational status of PO-101?
>
>
>
> I see that it's getting reported as working from several stations in Japan,
> but it seems to be very silent over the US on multiple passes.
>
>
>
> Perhaps it's only available during certain locations?
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> Walter/K5WH
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
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From walterh at k5wh.net  Wed Apr 17 14:31:24 2019
From: walterh at k5wh.net (walterh at k5wh.net)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:31:24 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOr5iQrfeNh715DumOqMdsicsCRKGpL1vcUgBxkG5xQ3dw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <008201d4f529$78620120$69260360$@k5wh.net>
	<CABzOSOr5iQrfeNh715DumOqMdsicsCRKGpL1vcUgBxkG5xQ3dw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <008f01d4f52a$3d097ad0$b71c7070$@k5wh.net>

Ahh, thanks for the update Paul..

 

 

Walter/K5WH

 

From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:29 AM
To: Walter Holmes <walterh at k5wh.net>
Cc: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?

 

It's only in testing right now and has been activated for just a few passes over the United States. There should be a regular operating schedule in place fairly soon from what I understand.

 

73,

 

Paul, N8HM

 

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 10:26 AM Walter Holmes via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org> > wrote:

Does anyone happen to know the operational status of PO-101?



I see that it's getting reported as working from several stations in Japan,
but it seems to be very silent over the US on multiple passes.



Perhaps it's only available during certain locations?



Many thanks,



Walter/K5WH



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From royldean at gmail.com  Wed Apr 17 14:48:33 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:48:33 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
Message-ID: <CADGPg2v9y_kaQemAWfkra82MXYcMkEwZ=o2H5o1w-MyP7jCq4g@mail.gmail.com>

Paul (Drew?),

Any news if it's been submitted to ARRL for LotW? (last check, it wasn't an
option - but I've been pretty bad in updating TQSL)

--Roy
K3RLD


> It's only in testing right now and has been activated for just a few passes
> over the United States. There should be a regular operating schedule in
> place fairly soon from what I understand. 73, Paul, N8HM

From dave at g4dpz.me.uk  Wed Apr 17 14:53:19 2019
From: dave at g4dpz.me.uk (David Johnson)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:53:19 +0100
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Warehouse Changes
Message-ID: <67DBDC7F-4EE7-4677-A13D-AC8AE78BB585@g4dpz.me.uk>

Hi,

ALL data (and rankings) are now being directed to data.amsat-uk.org

I will update the scores on http://data.amsat-uk.org/ranking <http://data.amsat-uk.org/ranking> over the next couple of days.
I will also create a page similar to that which you are familiar: http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ranking.html?satelliteId=2 <http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ranking.html?satelliteId=2>

73

Dave, G4DPZ

From ki7unj at gmail.com  Wed Apr 17 14:54:57 2019
From: ki7unj at gmail.com (KI7UNJ Tucker)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:54:57 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] TQSL and mult grid roves
In-Reply-To: <CAAJiE8P9xRAjV7MgdPLwq0KPuDnE14Aa3vdjfBO1hDvW7AbeRQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <0e6401d4f4d0$c91c0a60$5b541f20$@comcast.net>
	<CAAJiE8P9xRAjV7MgdPLwq0KPuDnE14Aa3vdjfBO1hDvW7AbeRQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPFr_UmTY-K7LwJmRGWcWQmfSu=EE1_R-2Ogvtj1hz3uamLGag@mail.gmail.com>

+1 for what KB2YSI said.

Yes gridlines and grid corners it will take 6 digit grids, an Example from
my DM Rove here is the location in TQSL (DM16xa,DM15xx,DM26aa,DM25ax).

As for VUCC/WAS award rules, the biggest thing is figuring out your
VUCC/WAS circle and knowing what locations would be in or out of your
circle. Keep in mind VUCC circle is bigger then WAS.







On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 3:42 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I think you might be crossing a few thought streams here.
>
> TSQL needs to have a location for every different operating location. You
> can go as specific as you would like, i.e. 6 digit grid squares, counties,
> parks, etc... Or stop at 4 digits and the State, this would be faster if
> you do multiple locations in the same grid+state. For grid lines I only
> have tried 4 digit grid squares, not sure if it will take longer ones.
>
> As for Rules, that is, as far as I know, setup in thebLoTW award area. I
> have a few ands & ors in my VUCC award account because I operate portable
> and might not be in my 6 digit grid square for each QSO.
>
>
> I hpe this was helpful and on topic for your question. At least this is
> information that would have saved me some time when I got started.
>
> Feel free to email me off list if you (or anyone else) want.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 23:51 K5ZM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> >
> >
> > I posted this to the AMSAT FB page before thinking it might have been
> > better
> > to post here. I'll soon be making my first multi grid rove and am looking
> > for insight on how best to set up TQSL. How complex do my rules/qso sets
> > need to be for this? Can I/should I consider using the and/any rule for
> > neighboring grids? Been pondering this for a couple days now and not
> really
> > making a lot of progress.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tnx es 73
> >
> >
> >
> > Ian, K5ZM
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> > AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: https://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 bruninga at usna.edu  Wed Apr 17 15:07:38 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:07:38 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 no showing on PCSAT.FINDU.COM
Message-ID: <7a42b844852d7ee8385aa73de5261654@mail.gmail.com>

AISAT-1 and user digipeats are now showing on PCSAT.FINDU.COM.

Thanks to Steve Dimse, K4HG for setting that up.

Bob, Wb4aPR

From glasbrenner at mindspring.com  Wed Apr 17 15:10:00 2019
From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:10:00 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
In-Reply-To: <CADGPg2v9y_kaQemAWfkra82MXYcMkEwZ=o2H5o1w-MyP7jCq4g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2v9y_kaQemAWfkra82MXYcMkEwZ=o2H5o1w-MyP7jCq4g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <052d01d4f52f$a0c155c0$e2440140$@mindspring.com>

On April 11th it was submitted.

73, Drew KO4MA

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Roy Dean via
AMSAT-BB
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 10:49 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?

Paul (Drew?),

Any news if it's been submitted to ARRL for LotW? (last check, it wasn't an
option - but I've been pretty bad in updating TQSL)

--Roy
K3RLD


> It's only in testing right now and has been activated for just a few 
> passes over the United States. There should be a regular operating 
> schedule in place fairly soon from what I understand. 73, Paul, N8HM
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From bkeating1954 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 17 15:24:35 2019
From: bkeating1954 at gmail.com (Bob Keating)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:24:35 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM48
Message-ID: <FAB7AFD2-413D-44D1-B6FA-C33C9333C888@gmail.com>

Planning on working mid-day passes (1800 to 2000 UTC) on SO-50, AO-91 and AO-92 tomorrow from DM48
Bob N6REK 

Sent from my iPhone

From cchunter3 at mindspring.com  Wed Apr 17 16:16:24 2019
From: cchunter3 at mindspring.com (christy hunter)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:16:24 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 no showing on PCSAT.FINDU.COM
In-Reply-To: <7a42b844852d7ee8385aa73de5261654@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a42b844852d7ee8385aa73de5261654@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ceb69a4e-9e5e-3abc-6b41-428b384079e1@mindspring.com>

the location tracking for AISAT-1 on the PCSAT.FINDU.COM map does not? 
appear to match tracking using nasabare TLEs

Christy KB6LTY


From airrj1 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 17 18:41:03 2019
From: airrj1 at gmail.com (Robert Bragg)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:41:03 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] TQSL and mult grid roves
In-Reply-To: <CAPFr_UmTY-K7LwJmRGWcWQmfSu=EE1_R-2Ogvtj1hz3uamLGag@mail.gmail.com>
References: <0e6401d4f4d0$c91c0a60$5b541f20$@comcast.net>
	<CAAJiE8P9xRAjV7MgdPLwq0KPuDnE14Aa3vdjfBO1hDvW7AbeRQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAPFr_UmTY-K7LwJmRGWcWQmfSu=EE1_R-2Ogvtj1hz3uamLGag@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJ9ASBGQB83tFThwpNH5k9qkjuncxLR1k=Ut5WQ4HweZkvq_Ow@mail.gmail.com>

The one other note that I will add, is that when logging multiple grids
either a line or a corner, the proper syntax to use in TQSL is grid/grid
with no spaces.  For example DN71/DN72.  That will get everyone the proper
credit for both/all of the grids that you activated.

Hope to catch you in some NW grids this summer.
R.J.
WY7AA

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 8:56 AM KI7UNJ Tucker via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> +1 for what KB2YSI said.
>
> Yes gridlines and grid corners it will take 6 digit grids, an Example from
> my DM Rove here is the location in TQSL (DM16xa,DM15xx,DM26aa,DM25ax).
>
> As for VUCC/WAS award rules, the biggest thing is figuring out your
> VUCC/WAS circle and knowing what locations would be in or out of your
> circle. Keep in mind VUCC circle is bigger then WAS.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 3:42 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I think you might be crossing a few thought streams here.
> >
> > TSQL needs to have a location for every different operating location. You
> > can go as specific as you would like, i.e. 6 digit grid squares,
> counties,
> > parks, etc... Or stop at 4 digits and the State, this would be faster if
> > you do multiple locations in the same grid+state. For grid lines I only
> > have tried 4 digit grid squares, not sure if it will take longer ones.
> >
> > As for Rules, that is, as far as I know, setup in thebLoTW award area. I
> > have a few ands & ors in my VUCC award account because I operate portable
> > and might not be in my 6 digit grid square for each QSO.
> >
> >
> > I hpe this was helpful and on topic for your question. At least this is
> > information that would have saved me some time when I got started.
> >
> > Feel free to email me off list if you (or anyone else) want.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 23:51 K5ZM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I posted this to the AMSAT FB page before thinking it might have been
> > > better
> > > to post here. I'll soon be making my first multi grid rove and am
> looking
> > > for insight on how best to set up TQSL. How complex do my rules/qso
> sets
> > > need to be for this? Can I/should I consider using the and/any rule for
> > > neighboring grids? Been pondering this for a couple days now and not
> > really
> > > making a lot of progress.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tnx es 73
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ian, K5ZM
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> > Opinions
> > > expressed
> > > are solely those of the 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 k8bl at ameritech.net  Wed Apr 17 20:30:36 2019
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:30:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] TQSL and mult grid roves
In-Reply-To: <CAJ9ASBGQB83tFThwpNH5k9qkjuncxLR1k=Ut5WQ4HweZkvq_Ow@mail.gmail.com>
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 RJ,
I've used GRID(comma)GRID with good success. Maybe both?ways work.
73,? ? Bob? K8BL
(119 Grids Roved, 3 Countries and counting which pales? in comparison to King Gabe!)
    On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 2:41:34 PM EDT, Robert Bragg via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 The one other note that I will add, is that when logging multiple grids
either a line or a corner, the proper syntax to use in TQSL is grid/grid
with no spaces.? For example DN71/DN72.? That will get everyone the proper
credit for both/all of the grids that you activated.

Hope to catch you in some NW grids this summer.
R.J.
WY7AA

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 8:56 AM KI7UNJ Tucker via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> +1 for what KB2YSI said.
>
> Yes gridlines and grid corners it will take 6 digit grids, an Example from
> my DM Rove here is the location in TQSL (DM16xa,DM15xx,DM26aa,DM25ax).
>
> As for VUCC/WAS award rules, the biggest thing is figuring out your
> VUCC/WAS circle and knowing what locations would be in or out of your
> circle. Keep in mind VUCC circle is bigger then WAS.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 3:42 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I think you might be crossing a few thought streams here.
> >
> > TSQL needs to have a location for every different operating location. You
> > can go as specific as you would like, i.e. 6 digit grid squares,
> counties,
> > parks, etc... Or stop at 4 digits and the State, this would be faster if
> > you do multiple locations in the same grid+state. For grid lines I only
> > have tried 4 digit grid squares, not sure if it will take longer ones.
> >
> > As for Rules, that is, as far as I know, setup in thebLoTW award area. I
> > have a few ands & ors in my VUCC award account because I operate portable
> > and might not be in my 6 digit grid square for each QSO.
> >
> >
> > I hpe this was helpful and on topic for your question. At least this is
> > information that would have saved me some time when I got started.
> >
> > Feel free to email me off list if you (or anyone else) want.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 23:51 K5ZM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I posted this to the AMSAT FB page before thinking it might have been
> > > better
> > > to post here. I'll soon be making my first multi grid rove and am
> looking
> > > for insight on how best to set up TQSL. How complex do my rules/qso
> sets
> > > need to be for this? Can I/should I consider using the and/any rule for
> > > neighboring grids? Been pondering this for a couple days now and not
> > really
> > > making a lot of progress.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tnx es 73
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ian, K5ZM
> > >
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From aj9n at aol.com  Wed Apr 17 20:39:21 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:39:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-17 20:30
	UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-17 20:30 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:



?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact failed: Wed 2019-04-17 18:55:09 UTC 69 deg (***)

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-18 18:04:24 UTC 50 deg (***)

David was working some issue on the ISS and was not available for the contact. (***)

?

To be streamed live via the following link - please visit - click on remind me!!

https://youtu.be/93ZXfu5P40g

?

D?m d?t? a ml?de?e Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc), Olomouc, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KWX

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Tue 2019-04-23 09:15:38 UTC 59 deg (***)

?

Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via N9CHA

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-24 17:46:31 UTC 52 deg

?

?

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

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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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

?

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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/? ?

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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 114


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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?2019-04-17 20:30 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 1302. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1245. 
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 2019-04-15 20:00 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

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From va3ma.va3ma at gmail.com  Wed Apr 17 18:43:58 2019
From: va3ma.va3ma at gmail.com (VA3MA - Dan Howard)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:43:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 14, Issue 149
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3631.1555512910.32327.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
References: <mailman.3631.1555512910.32327.amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Message-ID: <CAJLn2fN0XbuUDRbi1XRyPv=no3yHTgU482mt3GCZR-UUnF7YLQ@mail.gmail.com>

Question...
why doesn't the bulletin board number the actual emails relative to the
numbers that  appear in the short list up front??
Sure would make it easier to find a particular subject your interested in
instead of having to list thru everything
Dan VA3MA
Life Member 1399

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>    2. ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-08 (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
>    3. TQSL and mult grid roves (K5ZM)
>    4. Noise on 2 Meter Attic Antenna (Les Rayburn)
>    5. SatPC32 and IC-9700 (g4bbh at btinternet.com)
>    6. Re: SatPC32 and IC-9700 (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
>    7. Re: TQSL and mult grid roves (Don KB2YSI)
>    8. PO-101 Working? (walterh at k5wh.net)
>    9. Re: PO-101 Working? (Paul Stoetzer)
>   10. Re: PO-101 Working? (walterh at k5wh.net)
>   11. Re: PO-101 Working? (Roy Dean)
>   12. FUNcube Warehouse Changes (David Johnson)
>   13. Re: TQSL and mult grid roves (KI7UNJ Tucker)
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net>
> To: ans at amsat.org, AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:11:57 -0400
> Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-107 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - First
> Ham in Space, AMSAT Life Member, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK
> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
> ANS-107.01
>
> In this Special Bulletin:
>
> * First Ham in Space, AMSAT Life Member, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK
>
> SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.01
> ANS-107 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
>
> AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 107.01
>  From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD
> DATE April 17, 2019
> To All RADIO AMATEURS
> BID: $ANS-107.01
>
> It is with great sadness that the ARISS team recognizes the passing of
> our great friend and colleague Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL (SK).
> Owen Garriott died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on April 15,
> 2019.
>
> A passionate amateur radio operator and ionospheric physics re-
> searcher, Owen inspired the amateur radio community to reach for the
> stars.  His multi-decade vision to bring amateur radio with him as
> part of his journey in space was realized in 1983 on the STS-9 Space
> Shuttle Columbia mission, where hams the world over for the first time
> heard a fellow ham call CQ from space.  As the first to operate ham
> radio in space, Owen blazed a trail that has enabled countless people
> from around the world to experience what it is like to journey into
> space and explore our universe. As a result, he inspired the inter-
> national amateur radio community to extend his modest ham station on
> STS-9 into an international human spaceflight ham radio program that
> has spanned the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station, and International
> Space Station.
>
> A member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, Owen Garriott was a
> pioneer and innovator in all his endeavors?including amateur radio.
> Selected as a NASA scientist-astronaut in 1965, Garriott was the
> science-pilot for Skylab 3, the second crewed Skylab mission.  Skylab
> was the first U.S. space station, housing 3 different crew expeditions
> from May 1973-February 1974.  Owen  spent approximately 60 days on
> Skylab, doing solar physics research, human physiological research and
> conducting 3 spacewalks to repair Skylab and extend its research cap-
> abilities.
>
> Owen?s next flight into space, as part of an international crew on
> the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission, cemented amateur radio?s
> future as part of the human spaceflight experience.  STS-9 was
> launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on November 28, 1983.
> Onboard Columbia was an internationally developed space laboratory,
> Spacelab-1, which pioneered  international spaceflight research with
> over 70 separate experiments---a precursor to the research currently
> being accomplished on the International Space Station (ISS).  Onboard
> also was a Motorola 2-meter handheld radio with a window mounted
> antenna to facilitate ham radio contacts between W5LFL and hams on the
> ground.  On December 1, the third day of his mission, Owen donned his
> headset and made history by communicating with Lance Collister,
> WA1JXN, in Frenchtown, Montana. In W5LFL?s own words, here is an
> excerpt of his first contact: ?W5LFL in Columbia is calling CQ and
> standing by. Go ahead.  Hello WA1JXN, WA1 Juliet X?ray November, this
> is W5LFL. I picked up your signals fairly weakly. I think our attitude
> is not really the best as yet, but you're our first contact from
> orbit. WA1 Juliet X?ray November, how do you read? Over.?
>
> Owen?s ham contacts on STS-9 were trailblazing for many reasons. They
> represented the first ham radio contact from a human in space to
> someone on Earth.  They allowed the general public to directly listen
> and communicate with an on-orbit crew where, prior to this, only NASA
> mission control personnel or heads of State (U.S. Presidents, etc.)
> could talk to astronauts from space. And the mission also demonstrated
> that a group of volunteers could successfully build a ham radio
> station for a human spaceflight vehicle and get it formally approved
> by a space agency.
>
> Owen spent decades attempting to carry out ham radio on one of his
> missions, employing gentle assertiveness and steadfast patience to
> realize his dream. In 1965, when NASA was considering Owen for a
> planned lunar flight on Apollo 18, 19 or 20, Project MOONRAY was
> proposed by the Project OSCAR team. Project MOONRAY would support
> amateur radio operations from the surface of the moon.  This init-
> iative was scuttled when Apollo lunar expeditions ended at Apollo 17.
> Prior to his flight on Skylab, AMSAT submitted a proposal to NASA
> called SKYLARC (Skylab Amateur Radio Communications).  Unfortunately,
> this proposal was turned down.  But, as they say, the 3rd time was a
> charm on STS-9 and ham radio is now a human spaceflight reality.
> Also, it should be noted that an AMSAT/ARISS International team is
> pursuing Owen?s plans to fly ham radio to the moon via several lunar
> proposal initiatives, including the Lunar Gateway.
>
> Owen inspired legions of amateur radio operators, world-wide, to sup-
> port human spaceflight amateur radio endeavors and for countless
> individuals to become ham radio operators.  This includes his son,
> Richard, W5KWQ, who together with Owen became the first multi-
> generational American ham radio operators to communicate from space.
>
> On behalf of the ARISS International Team, we would like to extend our
> sincere condolences to the Garriott family, including Owen?s son
> Richard, W5KWQ and Owen?s wife Eve.  As Owen has inspired the amateur
> radio community to reach for the stars may we wish Owen Garriott God-
> speed and a wonderful journey amongst the stars.
>
> Ad Astra!
>
> 73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
> ARISS International Chair
> AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
>
> [ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair / AMSAT
> Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs for the above
> information]
>
> The above article, with accompanying pictures, is available on the
> AMSAT website at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-107
>
> /EX
>
> In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships,
> and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to
> receive additional 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
> student 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 help keep Amateur Radio in space,
>
> This week's ANS Contributing Editor,
>
> Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
> n8hm at amsat dot org
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <n4csitwo at bellsouth.net>
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:39:00 -0400
> Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-08
>
>
>
>
>
> ARISS News Release
>        No. 19-08
>
> Dave Jordan, AA4KN
>
> ARISS PR
>
> aa4kn at amsat.org
>
> April 16, 2019
>
>
>
> All,
> It is with great sadness that the ARISS team recognizes the passing of our
> great friend and colleague Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL (SK).  Owen
> Garriott died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on April 15, 2019.
>
> A passionate amateur radio operator and ionospheric physics researcher,
> Owen
> inspired the amateur radio community to reach for the stars.  His
> multi-decade vision to bring amateur radio with him as part of his journey
> in space was realized in 1983 on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission,
> where hams the world over for the first time heard a fellow ham call CQ
> from
> space.  As the first to operate ham radio in space, Owen blazed a trail
> that
> has enabled countless people from around the world to experience what it is
> like to journey into space and explore our universe. As a result, he
> inspired the international amateur radio community to extend his modest ham
> station on STS-9 into an international human spaceflight ham radio program
> that has spanned the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station, and International
> Space Station.
>
> A member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, Owen Garriott was a pioneer
> and
> innovator in all his endeavors.including amateur radio.  Selected as a NASA
> scientist-astronaut in 1965, Garriott was the science-pilot for Skylab 3,
> the second crewed Skylab mission.  Skylab was the first U.S. space station,
> housing 3 different crew expeditions from May 1973-February 1974.  Owen
> spent approximately 60 days on Skylab, doing solar physics research, human
> physiological research and conducting 3 spacewalks to repair Skylab and
> extend its research capabilities.
>
> Owen's next flight into space, as part of an international crew on the
> STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission, cemented amateur radio's future as
> part of the human spaceflight experience.  STS-9 was launched from the
> Kennedy Space Center, Florida on November 28, 1983.  Onboard Columbia was
> an
> internationally developed space laboratory, Spacelab-1, which pioneered
> international spaceflight research with over 70 separate experiments---a
> precursor to the research currently being accomplished on the International
> Space Station (ISS).  Onboard also was a Motorola 2-meter handheld radio
> with a window mounted antenna to facilitate ham radio contacts between
> W5LFL
> and hams on the ground.  On December 1, the third day of his mission, Owen
> donned his headset and made history by communicating with Lance Collister,
> WA1JXN, in Frenchtown, Montana. In W5LFL's own words, here is an excerpt of
> his first contact: "W5LFL in Columbia is calling CQ and standing by. Go
> ahead.  Hello WA1JXN, WA1 Juliet X-ray November, this is W5LFL. I picked up
> your signals fairly weakly. I think our attitude is not really the best as
> yet, but you're our first contact from orbit. WA1 Juliet X-ray November,
> how do you read? Over."
>
> Owen's ham contacts on STS-9 were trailblazing for many reasons. They
> represented the first ham radio contact from a human in space to someone on
> Earth.  They allowed the general public to directly listen and communicate
> with an on-orbit crew where, prior to this, only NASA mission control
> personnel or heads of State (U.S. Presidents, etc.) could talk to
> astronauts
> from space. And the mission also demonstrated that a group of volunteers
> could successfully build a ham radio station for a human spaceflight
> vehicle
> and get it formally approved by a space agency.
>
> Owen spent decades attempting to carry out ham radio on one of his
> missions,
> employing gentle assertiveness and steadfast patience to realize his dream.
> In 1965, when NASA was considering Owen for a planned lunar flight on
> Apollo
> 18, 19 or 20, Project MOONRAY was proposed by the Project OSCAR team.
> Project MOONRAY would support amateur radio operations from the surface of
> the moon.  This initiative was scuttled when Apollo lunar expeditions ended
> at Apollo-17.  Prior to his flight on Skylab, AMSAT submitted a proposal to
> NASA called SKYLARC (Skylab Amateur Radio Communications).  Unfortunately,
> this proposal was turned down.  But, as they say, the 3rd time was a charm
> on STS-9 and ham radio is now a human spaceflight reality.  Also, it should
> be noted that an ARISS/AMSAT international team is pursuing Owen's plans to
> fly ham radio to the moon via several lunar proposal initiatives, including
> the Lunar Gateway.
>
> Owen inspired legions of amateur radio operators, world-wide, to support
> human spaceflight amateur radio endeavors and for countless individuals to
> become ham radio operators.  This includes his son, Richard, W5KWQ, who
> together with Owen became the first multi-generational American ham radio
> operators to communicate from space.
>
> On behalf of the ARISS International Team, we would like to extend our
> sincere condolences to the Garriott family, including Owen's son Richard,
> W5KWQ and Owen's wife Eve.  As Owen has inspired the amateur radio
> community to reach for the stars may we wish Owen Garriott Godspeed and a
> wonderful journey amongst the stars.
>
> Ad Astra!
> 73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
>
> ARISS International Chair
>
> AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
>
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>
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> 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
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: K5ZM <k5zm at comcast.net>
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:51:05 -0700
> Subject: [amsat-bb] TQSL and mult grid roves
> Hi all.
>
>
>
> I posted this to the AMSAT FB page before thinking it might have been
> better
> to post here. I'll soon be making my first multi grid rove and am looking
> for insight on how best to set up TQSL. How complex do my rules/qso sets
> need to be for this? Can I/should I consider using the and/any rule for
> neighboring grids? Been pondering this for a couple days now and not really
> making a lot of progress.
>
>
>
> Tnx es 73
>
>
>
> Ian, K5ZM
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
> To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 02:46:26 -0500
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Noise on 2 Meter Attic Antenna
> I live in a very crowded, suburban neighborhood with a strict HOA. No
> outside antennas allowed.
>
> Luckily, I have a large attic with plenty of height. This has allowed me
> to mount a Az-El rotor with a 4 element 2 Meter Yagi, and an 11 Element 432
> Yagi. Also found room a 15 element loop Yagi for 1.2 GHz.
>
> Everything works great except when I?m operating birds with a 2 Meter
> downlink. Noise in some directions can be very high on that band. I?ve
> eliminated all noise sources inside my own home, but have neighbors that
> are putting out a lot of noise across the VHF spectrum.
>
> This basically limits me to passes above about 20 degrees for those birds.
> Once I get up to a high enough elevation angle, the noise goes away.
>
> Anything else I can try? Would a 2 Meter band filter help?
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <g4bbh at btinternet.com>
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:59:59 +0100
> Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and IC-9700
> I have an IC-9700 and set up SatPC32 for the IC-9100 as it is the nearest
> option  and simply changed the CI-V address.  It seems to work OK on cross
> band duplex but I don't seem to be able to find a way to handle the simplex
> satellites.  Sometimes I have been able to get the radio to switch to the
> downlink frequency it does not apply the doppler correction on transmit.
> Any Ideas?
>
> Dick G4BBH
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com>
> To: Richard Ferryman <g4bbh at btinternet.com>, AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org
> >
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:34:26 -0400
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and IC-9700
> Did you try using SatPC32 ISS instead of the regular SatPC32 for simplex/in
> band satellites?
>
> Dave-KB1PVH
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy S9
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019, 6:03 AM Richard Ferryman via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > I have an IC-9700 and set up SatPC32 for the IC-9100 as it is the nearest
> > option  and simply changed the CI-V address.  It seems to work OK on
> cross
> > band duplex but I don't seem to be able to find a way to handle the
> simplex
> > satellites.  Sometimes I have been able to get the radio to switch to the
> > downlink frequency it does not apply the doppler correction on transmit.
> > Any Ideas?
> >
> > Dick G4BBH
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the 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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> >
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi at gmail.com>
> To: K5ZM <k5zm at comcast.net>
> Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:41:40 -0400
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] TQSL and mult grid roves
> I think you might be crossing a few thought streams here.
>
> TSQL needs to have a location for every different operating location. You
> can go as specific as you would like, i.e. 6 digit grid squares, counties,
> parks, etc... Or stop at 4 digits and the State, this would be faster if
> you do multiple locations in the same grid+state. For grid lines I only
> have tried 4 digit grid squares, not sure if it will take longer ones.
>
> As for Rules, that is, as far as I know, setup in thebLoTW award area. I
> have a few ands & ors in my VUCC award account because I operate portable
> and might not be in my 6 digit grid square for each QSO.
>
>
> I hpe this was helpful and on topic for your question. At least this is
> information that would have saved me some time when I got started.
>
> Feel free to email me off list if you (or anyone else) want.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 23:51 K5ZM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> >
> >
> > I posted this to the AMSAT FB page before thinking it might have been
> > better
> > to post here. I'll soon be making my first multi grid rove and am looking
> > for insight on how best to set up TQSL. How complex do my rules/qso sets
> > need to be for this? Can I/should I consider using the and/any rule for
> > neighboring grids? Been pondering this for a couple days now and not
> really
> > making a lot of progress.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tnx es 73
> >
> >
> >
> > Ian, K5ZM
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> > AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <walterh at k5wh.net>
> To: <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:25:54 -0500
> Subject: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
> Does anyone happen to know the operational status of PO-101?
>
>
>
> I see that it's getting reported as working from several stations in Japan,
> but it seems to be very silent over the US on multiple passes.
>
>
>
> Perhaps it's only available during certain locations?
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> Walter/K5WH
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net>
> To: Walter Holmes <walterh at k5wh.net>
> Cc: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:28:48 -0400
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
> It's only in testing right now and has been activated for just a few passes
> over the United States. There should be a regular operating schedule in
> place fairly soon from what I understand.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 10:26 AM Walter Holmes via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone happen to know the operational status of PO-101?
> >
> >
> >
> > I see that it's getting reported as working from several stations in
> Japan,
> > but it seems to be very silent over the US on multiple passes.
> >
> >
> >
> > Perhaps it's only available during certain locations?
> >
> >
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Walter/K5WH
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> > AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <walterh at k5wh.net>
> To: "'Paul Stoetzer'" <n8hm at arrl.net>
> Cc: "'AMSAT BB'" <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:31:24 -0500
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
> Ahh, thanks for the update Paul..
>
>
>
>
>
> Walter/K5WH
>
>
>
> From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:29 AM
> To: Walter Holmes <walterh at k5wh.net>
> Cc: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
>
>
>
> It's only in testing right now and has been activated for just a few
> passes over the United States. There should be a regular operating schedule
> in place fairly soon from what I understand.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 10:26 AM Walter Holmes via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org> > wrote:
>
> Does anyone happen to know the operational status of PO-101?
>
>
>
> I see that it's getting reported as working from several stations in Japan,
> but it seems to be very silent over the US on multiple passes.
>
>
>
> Perhaps it's only available during certain locations?
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> Walter/K5WH
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Roy Dean <royldean at gmail.com>
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:48:33 -0400
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PO-101 Working?
> Paul (Drew?),
>
> Any news if it's been submitted to ARRL for LotW? (last check, it wasn't an
> option - but I've been pretty bad in updating TQSL)
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
>
>
> > It's only in testing right now and has been activated for just a few
> passes
> > over the United States. There should be a regular operating schedule in
> > place fairly soon from what I understand. 73, Paul, N8HM
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Johnson <dave at g4dpz.me.uk>
> To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:53:19 +0100
> Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Warehouse Changes
> Hi,
>
> ALL data (and rankings) are now being directed to data.amsat-uk.org
>
> I will update the scores on http://data.amsat-uk.org/ranking <
> http://data.amsat-uk.org/ranking> over the next couple of days.
> I will also create a page similar to that which you are familiar:
> http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ranking.html?satelliteId=2 <
> http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ranking.html?satelliteId=2>
>
> 73
>
> Dave, G4DPZ
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: KI7UNJ Tucker <ki7unj at gmail.com>
> To: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi at gmail.com>
> Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:54:57 -0700
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] TQSL and mult grid roves
> +1 for what KB2YSI said.
>
> Yes gridlines and grid corners it will take 6 digit grids, an Example from
> my DM Rove here is the location in TQSL (DM16xa,DM15xx,DM26aa,DM25ax).
>
> As for VUCC/WAS award rules, the biggest thing is figuring out your
> VUCC/WAS circle and knowing what locations would be in or out of your
> circle. Keep in mind VUCC circle is bigger then WAS.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 3:42 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I think you might be crossing a few thought streams here.
> >
> > TSQL needs to have a location for every different operating location. You
> > can go as specific as you would like, i.e. 6 digit grid squares,
> counties,
> > parks, etc... Or stop at 4 digits and the State, this would be faster if
> > you do multiple locations in the same grid+state. For grid lines I only
> > have tried 4 digit grid squares, not sure if it will take longer ones.
> >
> > As for Rules, that is, as far as I know, setup in thebLoTW award area. I
> > have a few ands & ors in my VUCC award account because I operate portable
> > and might not be in my 6 digit grid square for each QSO.
> >
> >
> > I hpe this was helpful and on topic for your question. At least this is
> > information that would have saved me some time when I got started.
> >
> > Feel free to email me off list if you (or anyone else) want.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 23:51 K5ZM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I posted this to the AMSAT FB page before thinking it might have been
> > > better
> > > to post here. I'll soon be making my first multi grid rove and am
> looking
> > > for insight on how best to set up TQSL. How complex do my rules/qso
> sets
> > > need to be for this? Can I/should I consider using the and/any rule for
> > > neighboring grids? Been pondering this for a couple days now and not
> > really
> > > making a lot of progress.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tnx es 73
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ian, K5ZM
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> > Opinions
> > > expressed
> > > are solely those of the 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.
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> > expressed
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> > AMSAT-NA.
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>
>
> --
>
>
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> >
>
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From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Thu Apr 18 02:08:43 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:08:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and IC-9700
In-Reply-To: <CAEMY9Fd148NoosQ4+XdqRwjXRv-d3auU-5GXp9UN8juOGrO_9Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <000001d4f504$518aeb40$f4a0c1c0$@btinternet.com>
	<CAEMY9Fd148NoosQ4+XdqRwjXRv-d3auU-5GXp9UN8juOGrO_9Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1827499686.1277010.1555553323391@mail.yahoo.com>

 I have an Icom-7000 and I have set the same CI-V address for both in SatPC32.? It works fine on simplex and provides the right doppler for TX as well as RX.? 

FYI - it should also automatically turn-on the Split mode in the radio to update both VFOs periodically, if not just turn on the Split mode yourself. 

I use it for ISS APRS and recently the AISat-1.? Hope that helps. 

73!Umesh, k6vug 




    On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 3:35:13 AM PDT, Dave Webb KB1PVH via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Did you try using SatPC32 ISS instead of the regular SatPC32 for simplex/in
band satellites?

Dave-KB1PVH


Sent from my Galaxy S9

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019, 6:03 AM Richard Ferryman via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I have an IC-9700 and set up SatPC32 for the IC-9100 as it is the nearest
> option? and simply changed the CI-V address.? It seems to work OK on cross
> band duplex but I don't seem to be able to find a way to handle the simplex
> satellites.? Sometimes I have been able to get the radio to switch to the
> downlink frequency it does not apply the doppler correction on transmit.
> Any Ideas?
>
> Dick G4BBH
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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 vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in  Thu Apr 18 04:32:56 2019
From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 04:32:56 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 no showing on PCSAT.FINDU.COM
In-Reply-To: <7a42b844852d7ee8385aa73de5261654@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a42b844852d7ee8385aa73de5261654@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <259912951.1145623.1555561976509@mail.yahoo.com>

This is good news, Thanks Robert and Steve for considering the request and the hand holding.
73
Nitin [VU3TYG] 

    On Wednesday, 17 April, 2019, 8:39:18 pm IST, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 AISAT-1 and user digipeats are now showing on PCSAT.FINDU.COM.

Thanks to Steve Dimse, K4HG for setting that up.

Bob, Wb4aPR
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Thu Apr 18 12:49:53 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:49:53 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and satellite demos at RARSfest on Saturday
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMCcy+e+ku60VGM8SDWmdV8QLM-OMO8q_PjDoieOX-3BQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi folks,

Philip, N4HF and I will be representing our hobby at the Raleigh
Amateur Radio Society hamfest on Saturday, April 20th. Philip will be
heading up the AMSAT booth and I'll be doing a couple sat demos on the
following passes:

CAS-4A - 1312 UTC - 70 degrees max elevation
AO-91   -  1719 UTC - 61 degrees max elevation

I will be using my callsign, KG4AKV.

Please respond and/or call me if you can. Depending on how the day
goes, it's possible I'll work additional passes.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Thu Apr 18 14:50:51 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 22:50:51 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Mystery sat --> sat lists
Message-ID: <ab9af450-5af2-6569-347b-5d9c4869185c@msa.hinet.net>

Was testing my new LNA today and saw digital signals for a few minutes 
on 437.492 MHz 
(http://bx2abt.com/main/data/_uploaded/image/20190418_1344-mystery.png). 
I usually use amsat.ar page to see what's floating above me, otherwise 
check sat info on DK3WN's site. At 5:44 UTC there was nothing in my sky 
that was using a frequency around 437.492. On DK3WN's site I also 
couldn't find anything.

So my question: what other sources of sat info or frequency lists are 
you using that could be helpful in my case?

Also, are there other sites that show what spacecrafts are located above 
you, right now, but can also show you that for a date/time in the past?

Cheers,

Hans

BX2ABT


From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Thu Apr 18 14:50:07 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:50:07 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT and satellite demos at RARSfest on Saturday
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKMCcy+e+ku60VGM8SDWmdV8QLM-OMO8q_PjDoieOX-3BQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMCcy+e+ku60VGM8SDWmdV8QLM-OMO8q_PjDoieOX-3BQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUea5KdB8903FLHEy-_wLHMEONRiO_MD5c4Yr+Kaw4efqg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi John!

I will be at a hamfest in Phoenix on Saturday morning. I don't
think the AO-91 pass is workable out here, but I will be in
the footprint for the earlier CAS-4A pass. Hope to work
you then.

73!




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




On Thursday, April 18, 2019, John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Philip, N4HF and I will be representing our hobby at the Raleigh
> Amateur Radio Society hamfest on Saturday, April 20th. Philip will be
> heading up the AMSAT booth and I'll be doing a couple sat demos on the
> following passes:
>
> CAS-4A - 1312 UTC - 70 degrees max elevation
> AO-91   -  1719 UTC - 61 degrees max elevation
>
> I will be using my callsign, KG4AKV.
>
> Please respond and/or call me if you can. Depending on how the day
> goes, it's possible I'll work additional passes.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
>

From n8hm at arrl.net  Thu Apr 18 14:53:51 2019
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:53:51 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Mystery sat --> sat lists
In-Reply-To: <ab9af450-5af2-6569-347b-5d9c4869185c@msa.hinet.net>
References: <ab9af450-5af2-6569-347b-5d9c4869185c@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOqCv++TutL1opnjSV6CdB+wbaQUxCm9+MUaLuz8bXhbmg@mail.gmail.com>

JE9PEL maintains the most comprehensive list at
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm

There are a number of satellites around 437.480-437.500 that might be what
you heard.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 10:51 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Was testing my new LNA today and saw digital signals for a few minutes
> on 437.492 MHz
> (http://bx2abt.com/main/data/_uploaded/image/20190418_1344-mystery.png).
> I usually use amsat.ar page to see what's floating above me, otherwise
> check sat info on DK3WN's site. At 5:44 UTC there was nothing in my sky
> that was using a frequency around 437.492. On DK3WN's site I also
> couldn't find anything.
>
> So my question: what other sources of sat info or frequency lists are
> you using that could be helpful in my case?
>
> Also, are there other sites that show what spacecrafts are located above
> you, right now, but can also show you that for a date/time in the past?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
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From pconver at gmail.com  Thu Apr 18 15:58:07 2019
From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 12:58:07 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] Mystery sat --> sat lists
In-Reply-To: <ab9af450-5af2-6569-347b-5d9c4869185c@msa.hinet.net>
References: <ab9af450-5af2-6569-347b-5d9c4869185c@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <CANTZqK=TaahyFRX27wJ5TaD5TM6PFna7MLjJgz7dJX_gN4Bing@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Hans,

Congrats on your new LNA, thanks for your report on received signals.

There are plenty of satellites above us that can be around 437.492
KHz, most digital.

Some of them are SWISSSAT, JUNGNU, ESTCUBE, MO-76, CHALLENGER, D-SAT
CO-57, CO-66, STARS, M-CUB, GRIFEX, ATHENOXAT, ESTAR, LO-87,
STEP-CUBE, FO-98, a good place to check frequencies is on
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm .

amsat.ar shows by default most popular & active satellites, next time
to show all over your location either click on 'show all sats' or use:

http://amsat.org.ar/pass?type=all&z=3

Good luck on mistery sats investigation !.

73, lu7abf, Pedro

On 4/18/19, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> Was testing my new LNA today and saw digital signals for a few minutes
> on 437.492 MHz
> (http://bx2abt.com/main/data/_uploaded/image/20190418_1344-mystery.png).
> I usually use amsat.ar page to see what's floating above me, otherwise
> check sat info on DK3WN's site. At 5:44 UTC there was nothing in my sky
> that was using a frequency around 437.492. On DK3WN's site I also
> couldn't find anything.
>
> So my question: what other sources of sat info or frequency lists are
> you using that could be helpful in my case?
>
> Also, are there other sites that show what spacecrafts are located above
> you, right now, but can also show you that for a date/time in the past?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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 martha at amsat.org  Thu Apr 18 18:48:32 2019
From: martha at amsat.org (Martha)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:48:32 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Office Closed
Message-ID: <CAPk0USzcegTWdksMDjkHPceM_TgWeXL6oodWsP5K9M6-Jupbng@mail.gmail.com>

The AMSAT Office will be closed on Friday, April 19th

-- 
73- Martha

From dfine100 at sbcglobal.net  Thu Apr 18 23:06:45 2019
From: dfine100 at sbcglobal.net (David Fine)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 23:06:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lunar Oscarbox J
References: <1293069103.1713678.1555628805153.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1293069103.1713678.1555628805153@mail.yahoo.com>

I'm looking for information (possibly a schematic) for a Lunar Electronics Oscarbox J that I picked up from an estate sale.? I'm not sure exactly what it is and haven't been able to find any information on it.? Looks like it might be a 432-436 mHz converter?? Any help please?? Dave, W0DF

From mstyne at k2mts.org  Fri Apr 19 00:17:11 2019
From: mstyne at k2mts.org (Michael Styne)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 20:17:11 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lunar Oscarbox J
In-Reply-To: <1293069103.1713678.1555628805153@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1293069103.1713678.1555628805153.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1293069103.1713678.1555628805153@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <6B01F168-0F6F-45A8-A560-C729F73A6067@k2mts.org>

David,

Page 35 of the January 1980 73 Magazine has an ad for it. 

https://archive.org/details/73-magazine-1980-01

73
Mike

Michael Styne K2MTS
mstyne at k2mts.org

> On Apr 18, 2019, at 19:06, David Fine via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for information (possibly a schematic) for a Lunar Electronics Oscarbox J that I picked up from an estate sale.  I'm not sure exactly what it is and haven't been able to find any information on it.  Looks like it might be a 432-436 mHz converter?  Any help please?  Dave, W0DF
> _______________________________________________
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From aj9n at aol.com  Fri Apr 19 01:35:43 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 01:35:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-19 01:30
	UTC
References: <2061146456.478449.1555637743037.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2061146456.478449.1555637743037@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-19 01:30 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:



?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, direct via VE2GHO

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact was succesful: Thu 2019-04-18 18:04:24 UTC 50 deg (***)

?

To be streamed live via the following link - please visit - click on remind me!!

https://youtu.be/93ZXfu5P40g

?

D?m d?t? a ml?de?e Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc), Olomouc, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KWX

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Tue 2019-04-23 09:15:38 UTC 59 deg

?

Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via N9CHA

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-24 17:46:31 UTC 52 deg

?

?

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

?

?

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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 114


****************************************************************************
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?2019-04-19 01:30 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 1303. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1246. (***)
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 2019-04-19 01:30 UTC. (***)

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

?

Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From quadpugh at bellsouth.net  Fri Apr 19 12:09:47 2019
From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 07:09:47 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Cubesat work shop
Message-ID: <e45e01d4f6a8$c9535f90$5bfa1eb0$@bellsouth.net>

Hello Amsat-ers

 

If you plan to go to Cubesat workshop next week less's tag up for dinner
possibility Tuesday or Thursday?

 

Please RSVP to all on this email

 

73's de Nick k5qxj


From mfncooper at gmail.com  Thu Apr 18 23:21:25 2019
From: mfncooper at gmail.com (Martin Cooper)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 16:21:25 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lunar Oscarbox J
In-Reply-To: <1293069103.1713678.1555628805153@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1293069103.1713678.1555628805153.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1293069103.1713678.1555628805153@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAGEtHiKsd++ewrYr7YWqwNfBQ=3w4VDQi_emgvThg9p=EivBqA@mail.gmail.com>

Google found an ad for it in the April 1978 (!) issue of Ham Radio Magazine.

http://mirror.thelifeofkenneth.com/lib/ham_radio_magazine/Ham%20Radio%20Magazine%201978/04%20April%201978.pdf

See page 94. It looks like it's intended for listening to Mode J on a
Mode A receiver, so down-converting 435MHz to 29MHz. This would be for
the "new" Oscar 8 satellite. :-)

Martin.
KD6YAM

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 4:07 PM David Fine via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> I'm looking for information (possibly a schematic) for a Lunar Electronics Oscarbox J that I picked up from an estate sale.  I'm not sure exactly what it is and haven't been able to find any information on it.  Looks like it might be a 432-436 mHz converter?  Any help please?  Dave, W0DF
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the 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 daneggert at hughes.net  Fri Apr 19 02:04:05 2019
From: daneggert at hughes.net (Dan Eggert)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 20:04:05 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Demo in Deming, NM
Message-ID: <76233781-F5CA-4880-9BBE-A1B6F5CA09DC@hughes.net>

I will be doing satellite demo at a ham fest in Deming, NM on Saturday in grid DM62. I will work the AO-91, AO-92 and SO-50 passes.  

Dan - AC9E

Sent from my iPad

From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Fri Apr 19 13:56:53 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 21:56:53 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Mystery sat --> sat lists
In-Reply-To: <CANTZqK=TaahyFRX27wJ5TaD5TM6PFna7MLjJgz7dJX_gN4Bing@mail.gmail.com>
References: <ab9af450-5af2-6569-347b-5d9c4869185c@msa.hinet.net>
	<CANTZqK=TaahyFRX27wJ5TaD5TM6PFna7MLjJgz7dJX_gN4Bing@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9dc2931f-6a6a-d4f4-e76d-79336fdbd487@msa.hinet.net>

Hello Pedro,

Thanks for the tip to show all sats on amsat.org.ar. I will certainly 
bookmark that on my shack PC.

I forgot about the JE9PEL list, but after consulting that I am still not 
sure what it was. The problem with doppler shift is that you are not 
sure what the base frequency of the signal is. It could be as high as 
437.505 or 437.510, who knows? It was definitely not Athenoxat-1, 
because they have a very different data burst look and timing, plus CW 
ID. I'll keep on looking, though. Who knows, maybe it's a pirate 
satellite, hi hi.

73 and good DX.

Hans

BX2ABT


On 04/18/2019 11:58 PM, Pedro Converso wrote:
> Hello Hans,
>
> Congrats on your new LNA, thanks for your report on received signals.
>
> There are plenty of satellites above us that can be around 437.492
> KHz, most digital.
>
> Some of them are SWISSSAT, JUNGNU, ESTCUBE, MO-76, CHALLENGER, D-SAT
> CO-57, CO-66, STARS, M-CUB, GRIFEX, ATHENOXAT, ESTAR, LO-87,
> STEP-CUBE, FO-98, a good place to check frequencies is on
> http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm .
>
> amsat.ar shows by default most popular & active satellites, next time
> to show all over your location either click on 'show all sats' or use:
>
> http://amsat.org.ar/pass?type=all&z=3
>
> Good luck on mistery sats investigation !.
>
> 73, lu7abf, Pedro
>
> On 4/18/19, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> Was testing my new LNA today and saw digital signals for a few minutes
>> on 437.492 MHz
>> (http://bx2abt.com/main/data/_uploaded/image/20190418_1344-mystery.png).
>> I usually use amsat.ar page to see what's floating above me, otherwise
>> check sat info on DK3WN's site. At 5:44 UTC there was nothing in my sky
>> that was using a frequency around 437.492. On DK3WN's site I also
>> couldn't find anything.
>>
>> So my question: what other sources of sat info or frequency lists are
>> you using that could be helpful in my case?
>>
>> Also, are there other sites that show what spacecrafts are located above
>> you, right now, but can also show you that for a date/time in the past?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Hans
>>
>> BX2ABT
>>
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>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
>> expressed
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>


From kx9x at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 19 15:07:07 2019
From: kx9x at yahoo.com (Sean K.)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:07:07 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] KX9X & W1PY From FN56-57-66-67 Grid Intersection April 27
References: <665286553.1953539.1555686427181.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <665286553.1953539.1555686427181@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi gang-
On Saturday April 27, W1PY and I will be on satellite from the intersection of grids FN 56-57-66-67 from 1200z - 0200z April 28.
We will be on as many FM and SSB passes as we can during that time period.


We'll be looking for Europe and the US West coast at these times:
Europe:?AO7: 1605z, 1753z
FO29: 1928z



USA West Coast:
AO7: 1946z, 2144z
FO29: 2259z




FO29 Transmit freq: 145.970AO7 Transmit freq: 432.160


The last anticipated pass from the intersection will be AO92 0144z April 28.Will also be on sats Friday 4/26 and Sunday, 4/28 from FN 43/53/54/55/65 as we travel to and from Caribou, ME. We have no set schedule for specific grids on Friday and Sunday. If you need one of these grids, please contact me and let me know; we will do our best to get you in the log.
We will also transmit on HF from state parks in Maine, any roadside attractions we find interesting, as well as HF mobile. We have no set schedule for HF.?
Complete info on our shenanegans is on Facebook at:?https://www.facebook.com/events/805477656486634
Follow me on Twitter at @seankutzko or Matt at @Whiskey1PY for real-time info during our trip. We will tweet any activity plans there.
Thanks to Clayton W5PFG for pass info and support.

Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X

From bruninga at usna.edu  Fri Apr 19 17:15:51 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:15:51 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Hawaii APRS Satellite Operations?
Message-ID: <001778d17660d50c8ee71d604ab24cc3@mail.gmail.com>

Are there any APRS satellite operators in Hawaii?

I never see anything from them on the downlinks.
http://ariss.net and
http://pcsat.findu.com

Curious.
Bob
WB4AAPR

From w3ab at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 19 17:59:36 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (GEO Badger)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:59:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lunar Oscarbox J
In-Reply-To: <6B01F168-0F6F-45A8-A560-C729F73A6067@k2mts.org>
References: <1293069103.1713678.1555628805153.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1293069103.1713678.1555628805153@mail.yahoo.com>
	<6B01F168-0F6F-45A8-A560-C729F73A6067@k2mts.org>
Message-ID: <180434324.2044521.1555696776465@mail.yahoo.com>

This any help?https://www.qsl.net/va3rr/lunar80p/lunar80P.html

---? 
 Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. ?? 
 GEO ??? 

 http://www.w3ab.org

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

    On Thursday, April 18, 2019, 5:19:21 PM PDT, Michael Styne via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 David,

Page 35 of the January 1980 73 Magazine has an ad for it. 

https://archive.org/details/73-magazine-1980-01

73
Mike

Michael Styne K2MTS
mstyne at k2mts.org

> On Apr 18, 2019, at 19:06, David Fine via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for information (possibly a schematic) for a Lunar Electronics Oscarbox J that I picked up from an estate sale.? I'm not sure exactly what it is and haven't been able to find any information on it.? Looks like it might be a 432-436 mHz converter?? Any help please?? Dave, W0DF
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From wmc_jx at 163.com  Fri Apr 19 17:52:16 2019
From: wmc_jx at 163.com (=?GBK?B?zqTD97So?=)
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 01:52:16 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan
Message-ID: <477d6519.8cb.16a36ba3d86.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>

Hi OMs,


Here is the DSLWP-B UHF plan for the following days:


UTC 20 Apr 06:00 to 08:00
UTC 21 Apr 00:00 to 02:00



GMSK and JT4G will be on both 435.4 and 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 bkeating1954 at gmail.com  Sat Apr 20 00:20:52 2019
From: bkeating1954 at gmail.com (Bob Keating)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:20:52 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM58/48 rove
Message-ID: <E40EE4E6-7D98-42AB-ACF6-D69AB100F252@gmail.com>

Thanks to all that responded to my calls this past week. I am sorry that I didn?t make the passes yesterday that I posted on the BB. At least I did have 2 good western passes on AO-91 and SO-50 a little later. All qsos from our trip will be posted to LoTW as N6REK/7 by Monday. 
73,
Bob N6REK 

Sent from my iPhone

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Fri Apr 19 16:05:44 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:05:44 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Demo in Deming, NM
In-Reply-To: <76233781-F5CA-4880-9BBE-A1B6F5CA09DC@hughes.net>
References: <76233781-F5CA-4880-9BBE-A1B6F5CA09DC@hughes.net>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUe8B4LE=0sh56dKAtQn6Len69RNpBFsHQCX_SzZssqLHw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Dan!

Looking forward to hearing you tomorrow morning. I'll be at
a hamfest in Phoenix, and it would be fun to make a contact
with you during these hamfests.

73!



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



On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 1:33 PM Dan Eggert via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I will be doing satellite demo at a ham fest in Deming, NM on Saturday in
> grid DM62. I will work the AO-91, AO-92 and SO-50 passes.
>
> Dan - AC9E
>
>
>

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Fri Apr 19 20:41:34 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:41:34 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Demo in Deming, NM
In-Reply-To: <76233781-F5CA-4880-9BBE-A1B6F5CA09DC@hughes.net>
References: <76233781-F5CA-4880-9BBE-A1B6F5CA09DC@hughes.net>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUdha8kwgPFiaRr1kE4BxxQ4zmakzAgHE4RWsmpHru7LCA@mail.gmail.com>

(Reposting... tried to post this at 1605 UTC Friday)

Hi Dan!

Looking forward to hearing you tomorrow morning. I'll be at
a hamfest in Phoenix, and it would be fun to make a contact
with you during these hamfests.

73!



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

On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 1:33 PM Dan Eggert via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I will be doing satellite demo at a ham fest in Deming, NM on Saturday in
> grid DM62. I will work the AO-91, AO-92 and SO-50 passes.
>
> Dan - AC9E
>
> Sent from my iPad
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From royldean at gmail.com  Sat Apr 20 16:03:51 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 12:03:51 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 no showing on PCSAT.FINDU.COM
Message-ID: <CADGPg2tiYaS2bYZ_mXp+yhqcNoL8gb8_zdeh6nQA2O8G=81Vpg@mail.gmail.com>

Has anybody that has successfully decoded a packet from Aisat been using a
Kenwood aprs-ready transceiver with a built in TNC (such as a D700, D710,
D7, D72, or D74)?   I just attempted to work a 20 degree pass, and the
packets were very strong (full "s meter" - D710 doesn't actually have an S
meter), full quieting - however the radio couldn't decode any of the
packets.   Even using the "packet monitor" function yielded nothing.

I know people have had success using pc software based systems, but haven't
heard any first hand accounts of using a Kenwood TNC.

--Roy
K3RLD

From k9jkm at comcast.net  Sun Apr 21 00:14:06 2019
From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne K9JKM)
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 19:14:06 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-111 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <6a8b62d8-e6dd-40f6-af45-ef11c404b39e@comcast.net>

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
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* Reminder: May 14 Deadline to Order Tickets for TAPR/AMSAT Banquet
* First Ham in Space, AMSAT Life Member, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK
* AMSAT VP for Human Spaceflight Programs Explains
 ? Operations Onboard the ISS
* Seats Still Available for AMSAT Academy
* Amateur Radio Cubesats Aboard Cygnus Launch: BIRDS-3, Swiatowid,
 ? KrakSat, EntrySat
* Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz
* 2M0SQL Releases Pass Recorder Version 1.5
* FUNcube Data Warehouse URL Change
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* AMSAT-India's ISS Demonstration and Outreach Success
* NASA Hosts University Students to Discuss Future of Space Exploration
* SpaceDaily.com Reports Virgin Orbital Adds Guam to Launch Sites
* Satellite Shorts From All Over


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Reminder: May 14 Deadline to Order Tickets for TAPR/AMSAT Banquet

TAPR has announced that the after-dinner speaker at this year's
TAPR/AMSAT Banquet on Friday, May 17th will be Dr. P. J. Erickson,
W1PJE, from the MIT Haystack Observatory. Dr. Erickson will will give
a presentation entitled ?New Frontiers in Human Understanding of
Geospace: Radio Explorations of Near-Earth Space from Top to Bottom
Through Joint Amateur ? Scientist Partnerships.?

Tickets for the 2019 TAPR/AMSAT Banquet are $40 and can be purchased
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Tickets must be purchased by 18:00 EDT / 22:00 UTC on May 14th.

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First Ham in Space, AMSAT Life Member, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK

It is with great sadness that the ARISS team recognizes the passing
of our great friend and colleague Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL (SK).
Owen Garriott died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on April 15,
2019.

A passionate amateur radio operator and ionospheric physics research-
er, Owen inspired the amateur radio community to reach for the stars.
His multi-decade vision to bring amateur radio with him as part of
his journey in space was realized in 1983 on the STS-9 Space Shuttle
Columbia mission, where hams the world over for the first time heard
a fellow ham call CQ from space. As the first to operate ham radio in
space, Owen blazed a trail that has enabled countless people from
around the world to experience what it is like to journey into space
and explore our universe. As a result, he inspired the international
amateur radio community to extend his modest ham station on STS-9
into an international human spaceflight ham radio program that has
spanned the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station, and International
Space Station.

A member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, Owen Garriott was a
pioneer and innovator in all his endeavors?including amateur radio.
Selected as a NASA scientist-astronaut in 1965, Garriott was the
science-pilot for Skylab 3, the second crewed Skylab mission. Sky-
lab was the first U.S. space station, housing 3 different crew
expeditions from May 1973-February 1974. Owen? spent approximately
60 days on Skylab, doing solar physics research, human physiological
research and conducting 3 spacewalks to repair Skylab and extend
its research capabilities.

Owen?s next flight into space, as part of an international crew on
the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission, cemented amateur radio?s
future as part of the human spaceflight experience. STS-9 was
launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on November 28, 1983.
Onboard Columbia was an internationally developed space laboratory,
Spacelab-1, which pioneered? international spaceflight research with
over 70 separate experiments---a precursor to the research currently
being accomplished on the International Space Station (ISS). Onboard
also was a Motorola 2-meter handheld radio with a window mounted
antenna to facilitate ham radio contacts between W5LFL and hams on the
ground. On December 1, the third day of his mission, Owen donned his
headset and made history by communicating with Lance Collister,
WA1JXN, in Frenchtown, Montana. In W5LFL?s own words, here is an
excerpt of his first contact: ?W5LFL in Columbia is calling CQ and
standing by. Go ahead. Hello WA1JXN, WA1 Juliet X?ray November, this
is W5LFL. I picked up your signals fairly weakly. I think our attitude
is not really the best as yet, but you're our first contact from
orbit. WA1 Juliet X?ray November, how do you read? Over.?

Owen?s ham contacts on STS-9 were trailblazing for many reasons. They
represented the first ham radio contact from a human in space to
someone on Earth. They allowed the general public to directly listen
and communicate with an on-orbit crew where, prior to this, only NASA
mission control personnel or heads of State (U.S. Presidents, etc.)
could talk to astronauts from space. And the mission also demonstrated
that a group of volunteers could successfully build a ham radio
station for a human spaceflight vehicle and get it formally approved
by a space agency.

Owen spent decades attempting to carry out ham radio on one of his
missions, employing gentle assertiveness and steadfast patience to
realize his dream. In 1965, when NASA was considering Owen for a
planned lunar flight on Apollo 18, 19 or 20, Project MOONRAY was
proposed by the Project OSCAR team. Project MOONRAY would support
amateur radio operations from the surface of the moon. This init-
iative was scuttled when Apollo lunar expeditions ended at Apollo 17.
Prior to his flight on Skylab, AMSAT submitted a proposal to NASA
called SKYLARC (Skylab Amateur Radio Communications). Unfortunately,
this proposal was turned down. But, as they say, the 3rd time was a
charm on STS-9 and ham radio is now a human spaceflight reality.
Also, it should be noted that an AMSAT/ARISS International team is
pursuing Owen?s plans to fly ham radio to the moon via several lunar
proposal initiatives, including the Lunar Gateway.

Owen inspired legions of amateur radio operators, world-wide, to sup-
port human spaceflight amateur radio endeavors and for countless
individuals to become ham radio operators. This includes his son,
Richard, W5KWQ, who together with Owen became the first multi-
generational American ham radio operators to communicate from space.

On behalf of the ARISS International Team, we would like to extend our
sincere condolences to the Garriott family, including Owen?s son
Richard, W5KWQ and Owen?s wife Eve. As Owen has inspired the amateur
radio community to reach for the stars may we wish Owen Garriott God-
speed and a wonderful journey amongst the stars.

Ad Astra!

73,? Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
ARISS International Chair
AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs

[ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair / AMSAT
Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs for the above
information]

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AMSAT VP for Human Spaceflight Programs Explains
Operations Onboard the ISS

As a result of the recent SSTV event onboard the ISS, a large number
of questions arose. The questions mainly centered on the crew's
ability to troubleshoot equipment and make adjustments to the station.

Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair and AMSAT VP for
Human Spaceflight Programs posted a thorough explanation of how
Amateur Radio fits into the operation of the ISS and the astronauts
ability to service and operate it.

Frank says, "Please remember that ARISS is not the prime activity on
ISS. There are over 300 international experiments currently
operational on ISS on this expedition. I just heard in a tele-
conference last week that that number will go to about 500
experiments in the next 1-2 years.

"Because of the vast number of experiments going on at the same time,
we can only occasionally get suggestions to the crew to make changes
to our payload. Any work arounds on any experiment/payload will
compete with the crew's already fully booked schedule. Several ARISS
team members, particularly our teammate in Russia, were out of pocket
this past weekend. Our Russian colleague was informed of the issue
early-on and acknowledged the issue. But he also needs to get tied
into Mission Control. That is difficult from afar. And even if we
ask for a change, it is challenging to get the crew time to make
this happen. Especially if it is outside the flight planning stage.

"Once we have the Interoperable Radio System on ISS, we plan to
augment our radio system with a ground commandable capability. We
have already developed a concept for this capability. Once in place,
we will be able to do many things with our radio without crew
intervention, including mode changes to support SSTV, APRS, Voice
Repeater, etc.. This capability will also be important if we fly
ham radio on the Lunar Gateway, which will not have crew on it 24/7.

"Please note that to keep ARISS alive and implementing new
capabilities requires a great deal of funding. As an example, ARISS
currently has two individuals on travel to NASA Johnson running
tests for the interoperable radio system. This is one of three
travel trips required to get the radio system ready for flight.
Each one of these trips will cost ARISS about $3000 in travel---
nearly $10,000 for these three testing events. Also, this past
week, we spent $1,100 to transport the HamTV that was returned from
ISS back to Italy to undergo troubleshooting to potentially repair
the anomaly we experienced on ISS.

"We have a Fundrazr activity right now to prepare the Interoperable
Radio System for Launch. We need $150,000 by the end of this year
and are well short of our goal right now. If you really want to see
improvements in the ISS radio system from where it is today, please
strongly consider donating to ARISS. Push the donate button at
www.ariss.org. You can donate at several levels and even a little
at a time on a monthly basis. At some donation levels, your
callsign and name will be included on the interoperable radio
system that will fly to ISS!

"Thanks for all your interest and support to ARISS. I hope this helps
explain a little about what is happening on ISS."

[ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair and
AMSAT VP for Human Spaceflight Programs for the above information.]

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Seats Still Available for AMSAT Academy

Come join us the day before Hamvention for AMSAT Academy ? a unique
opportunity to learn all about amateur radio in space and working the
FM, linear transponder, and digital satellites currently in orbit.

AMSAT Academy will be held Thursday, May 16, 2019, from 9:00am to
5:00pm, at the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) Clubhouse,
located at 6619 Bellefontaine Rd, Dayton, Ohio.

Registration Fee includes:

+ Full day of instruction, designed for both beginners and advanced
 ? amateur radio satellite operators, and taught by some of the most
 ? accomplished AMSAT operators.
+ Digital copy of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites, 2019 Edition
 ?($15 value)
+ One-Year, AMSAT Basic Membership ($44 value)
+ Pizza Buffet Lunch
+ Invitation to the Thursday night AMSAT get together at Ticket Pub
 ? and Eatery in Fairborn

AMSAT Academy 2019 Registration Fee: $85.00. Registration closes
May 10, 2019. No sign ups at the door. No refunds, No cancellations.

Registration may be purchased on the AMSAT Store.
https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-academy-registration/

[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]

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Amateur Radio Cubesats Aboard Cygnus Launch: BIRDS-3, Swiatowid, 
KrakSat, EntrySat

Masa, JN1GKZ, reports from Tokyo, Japan that the Cygnus NG-11 resupply
mission to the ISS, launched on Wednesday, April 17 will also deliver
three cubesats of the BIRDS-3 constellation by the Kyushu Institute of
Technology.

Three additional cubesat missions aboard the Cygnus launch include
Swiatowid, KrakSat, and EntrySat.

BIRDS-3 Cubesats
-----------------

All of the BIRDS-3 cubesats have been coordinated for operation on the
same downlink frequency of 435.375 MHz. Each will transmit a CW beacon
and 9k6 GMSK telemetry downlink. JAXA's J-SSOD-11 deployer in the the
Kibo module will deploy the BIRDS Project ("BIRDS-3") cubesats at a
later date.

Cubesats from three countries are represented in the BIRDS-3
constellation:

+ NepaliSat-1 (Nepal)
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=618
 ? http://tinyurl.com/ANS-111-KathmanduPost (Nepali press report)

+ Uguisu (Japan)
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=617

+ Raavana-1 (Sri Lanka)
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=616

The main mission of the constellation is to provide ciphered short
messages in its beacon on 435.375 MHz giving the opportunity for
the amateur radio community to decipher the messages through the
publicly available key that will be provided in the BIRDS-3 official
website: http://birds3.birds-project.com/document/amateur/

Stations who are able to successfuly decipher the message will be
recognized on the BIRDS-3 website and will also receive a special
BIRDS-3 QSL card.

BIRDS-3 will also have a remote Data Collection Mission based on
low powered LoRa modulation for demonstration of remote data col-
lection and processing onboard each CubeSat. The collected data
will be published on the BIRDS-3 website in an open format. Amateur
radio stations contributing to receiving this data will be given a
special QSL card, unique from the amateur message deciphering mission
showing the nature of data collected.

Other objectives of the BIRDS-3 mission include:
+ An imaging mission for public outreach and awareness
+ Earth Magnetic Field measurement
+ COTS component investigation
+ Active Attitude Stabilization as precursor to active pointing
 ? control for future CubeSat missions.

Swiatowid
---------
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=609
https://satrevolution.com/

V/U FM transponder (no activation information at this time)
Uplink:???? 436.000 MHz
Downlink:?? 145.850 MHz
Telemetry:? 435.500 MHz 1k2 AFSK with AX25 format
 ?????????? 2435.000 MHz 1 Mbps 2GFSK

KrakSat
-------
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=608
https://www.kraksat.pl/space/

Downlink:? 435.500 MHz 9k6 and 1k2 AFSK with AX25 format

EntrySat
--------
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=334

A 3U CubeSat which will measure thermosphere parameters during the
orbital phase (alt. > 200 km), and study satellite re-entry during
the re-entry phase (alt. < 200 km)

Uplink:?? Amateur FM relay - frequency unpublished at this time
Downlink: 436.950 MHz voice and 9K6 packet

[ANS thanks Masa, JN1GKZ, the IARU, and the BIRDS-3, Swiatowid,
 ?KrakSat, EntrySat teams for the above information]

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Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz

The IARU Satellite Coordination Panel has announced the amateur
radio frequencies for the Australian CubeSat CUAVA-1 which will
utilize several frequencies:

+ Downlinks: 437.075 MHz, 2404.000 MHz, 5840 MHz and 76.800 GHz
+ Uplinks: 145.875 MHz, 2404.000 MHz and 5660.000 MHz
+ http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=671

At press time launch is expected in July 2019 from Japan into a
400km orbit.

CUAVA-1 is a 3U CubeSat and the first CubeSat project of the new
University of Sydney ARC Training Centre for CubeSats, Uncrewed
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and their Applications (CUAVA), whose
primary aim is the education and training of people, mostly PhD
students, for the space sector.

This mission addresses issues of radio technique interesting to
the radio amateur community in the following ways:

+ Global radio amateur participation in mission and data down
 ? linking to receive and decode the spacecraft beacon and down-
 ? linked data, with subsequent transfer to an internet database.

+ Transmit recent images over the terrestrial footprint.

+ Training for student round station setup and operation.

+ Radio wave propagation studies for the ionosphere, thermosphere,
 ? and lower atmosphere to examine multiple effects on the propag-
 ? ation and absorption of radio waves and microwaves.

+ Studies involving the electron number density as a function of
 ? position, time of day, and space weather events using the radio
 ? occultation of GPS signals and their associated refraction and
 ? attenuation.

+ Communication Protocols Modulation techniques will be investigated
 ? for the high-speed communications experiment including QPSK, 16-QAM
 ? and CPFM. If successful, this technology for wavelengths below 10 cm
 ? will increase the data transfer rates by at least 4 orders of magni-
 ? tude while also decreasing the sizes of antennas and the associated
 ? spacecraft.

+ Radiation effects on electronic components in the Low Earth Orbit
 ?(LEO) environment.

+ Attitude and position determination reception and analysis of GPS
 ? signals by the onboard GPS receiver will determine the spacecraft?s
 ? attitude and location as a function of time to determine the satel-
 ? lite?s orbit.

More information on CUAVA-1 can be found at
https://www.cuava.com.au/
https://twitter.com/Arc_Cuava

[ANS thanks the IARU and the CUACA-1 cubesat team for the above information]

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2M0SQL Releases Pass Recorder Version 1.5

Pass Recorder is a small application that records audio from satel-
lite passes based on tracking data it receives from the commonly
used SatPC32 application. Pass recorder will sit in the background
waiting for a pass to be above 0 degrees and record the audio to a
wav file which you can use for logging purposes or just for storing
passes to listen to later for enjoyment.

SatPC32 tracking software setup for DDE via the DIVOptions.SQF file
is required. Make sure this has been completed before starting to
install Pass Recorder. Recordings are stored within the active users?
profile in Documents/Satellite Recordings, you can set your favourite
cloud backup tools to access this folder or keep it for private usage.

Version 1.5 released on April 15, 2019 includes bug fixes and adds
the following functionality:

+ User selectable sample rate which allows you to reduce the
 ? audio quality to improve file size.

+ Allows you to select the save location of audio files

+ Added Limited support for WXTrack

The download files, additional information, and installation instruct-
tions are available on Peter's web page:
https://www.2m0sql.com/pass-recorder/

[ANS thanks eter Goodhall, 2M0SQL for the above information]

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FUNcube Data Warehouse URL Change

The FUNcube Team announced as part of the migration of the FUNcube
Data Warehouse migration to a new server a new URL is being used.
They are now redirecting all dashboard data submissions to:
http://data.amsat-uk.org (there is no need to change your dashboard
settings)

Looking forward,? all information at http://warehouse.funcube.org
will no longer be updated. The Leader Board scores will be merged
at: http://data.amsat-uk.org/ranking

You will be able to search for your site name (or callsign) and order
the columns by clicking on the column header. Features as showing the
color coded age of submitted data will be added soon.

If you have lost your Dashboard credentials please visit:
http://data.amsat-uk.org/recover-authcode

AMSAT-UK reminds FUNcube telemetry stations to keep an eye on their
FUNcube Dashboard Summary Update page. Each satellite carrying a FUN-
cube payload has a dedicated dashboard. AMSAT-UK has updated the one
page summary (FUNcube Dashboard Summary v2) of those dashboards, their
current version number and a dedicated download link:
https://funcube.org.uk/2019/01/21/funcube-dashboard-summary-update/

Hope you like the new site and and feedback will be welcome.

[ANS thanks the FUNcube Team and Dave Johnson, G4DPZ for the above
 ?information]

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

+ GB5SM will activate Saint Mary's Island, Isles of Scilly, between
 ? April 20-27. Operators are Steve, G4EDG; Jeff, G4ELZ; and Pete,
 ? G4GSA on 160-10m (CW, SSB, digital modes) and maybe also via
 ? satellites. QSL via LZ1JZ (d), LoTW or ClubLog OQRS. Locators
 ? include IOTA EU-011 and WLOTA 0408 (via DXNL 2141)

+ Omar, XE1AO, April 21-23
 ? Will be on vacations in Acapulco Guerrero grid EK06, if family
 ? activities allow it I will try FM satellites at night as XE1AO.

+ Central and Northern Maine (FN53, FN54, FN55, FN56, FN57, FN65,
 ? FN66< FN67) ? April 26-28, 2019. Join Matt, W1PY and Sean, KX9X
 ? as they team up for a weekend of ham radio through the Pine Tree
 ? State! Follow them as they activate the Potato Field grids of
 ? central and northern Maine for the satellite community, and hit
 ? some state parks on HF for the Parks on the Air and WWFF commun-
 ? ities. There will also be spontaneous activations of curious
 ? roadside attractions as they roll through. Grids to be activated
 ? on satellite:? FN53 ? 54 ? 55 ? 56 ? 57 ? 65 -66 ? 67. A special
 ? effort will be made to activate the grid intersection of FN56-57-
 ? 66-67 in the potato field north of Caribou. Detailed satellite
 ? operations schedule to be announced ASAP. For more information,
 ? check out https://t.co/2irvAUBvAu and keep an eye on Sean?s
 ? Twitter feed https://twitter.com/SeanKutzko.

+ California (DM15) ? April 27, 2019
 ? Dave, AD7DB, will be in DM15 in the high desert town of North
 ? Edwards CA, just outside Edwards AFB. Planned passes are AO-91,
 ? AO-92 and SO-50. More exact details on Twitter:
 ? https://twitter.com/ad7db as the time approaches.

+ Huatulco, Oaxaca State, Mexico (EK15) ? May 2-5, 2019
 ? XE1R will activate the rare Oaxaca State grid EK15, May 2-5.
 ? This will be a portable FM-only activation using the call sign
 ? XE1R/XE3. Keep on eye on his Twitter feed for further updates
 ? https://twitter.com/XE1R

+ Northern Border Security Check (Minnesota to Washington)
 ? April 29 to May 4 or 5th, 2019 - Alex, N7AGF, is all set for his
 ? semiannual rover trip to activate rare and somewhat rare grids.
 ? Alex will fly into Minneapolis and drive back home to grid CN88,
 ? activating as many ENx8,ENx7,DNx8,and DNx7 grids as possible
 ? along the route. The hope is to hit many corners and lines. Alex
 ? will be on both linear and FM birds. As always, activations and
 ? route details will be posted to his Twitter @N7AGF at
 ? https://twitter.com/N7AGF . Alex will also be on APRS at
 ? https://aprs.fi/N7AGF-10 . In areas of limited cell service,
 ? he?ll be using inReach. Email or hit Alex on twitter with grid
 ? requests, route suggestions, or hot tourist attractions in Minot.

+ Northeast North Dakota (EN06/EN07/EN08/EN16/EN17/EN18) ? May 2-5
 ? Mitch, AD0HJ, is heading out to the Grand Forks, ND Hamfest on
 ? May 4th, but also just goofing off for a few days in the general
 ? area. Mitch will be limited to working the FM Satellites only
 ? (SO-50, AO-91, AO-92). Plans are to work EN17/18 on May 2, EN07/08
 ? on May 3, EN17/18 again on May 4 (day of hamfest), and then EN06/16
 ? on May 5. A full pass schedule will be viewable on the Twitter
 ? announcement
 ? https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama/status/1116524856781230080, and
 ? up-to-date pass info on Mitch?s Twitter feed
 ? https://twitter.com/AD0HJ.

+ Southwest South Dakota (DN83++) ? May 19-23, 2019
 ? Clayton, W5PFG, will be operating from DN83 on all FM/SSB satel-
 ? lites holiday-style, May 19-23. Open to schedules with EU. In
 ? the days proceeding he?ll be on from DN91 and in the days follow-
 ? ing from DN74, DN71, potentially DN70, and lastly DM99. Twitter
 ? @w5pfg

+ Pacific Northwest (CN85, CN83/CN84, CN76/CN86) ? May 31 to June 2
 ? Casey, KI7UNJ, will be on in CN83/84 Friday, May 31st, CN85 Satur-
 ? day, June 1st, and CN76/86 Sunday, June 2nd. Pass list to come in
 ? next few weeks.

+ Iceland (HP95 IP15 IP25 IP03 HP03) ? July 13-19, 2019
 ? Adam, K0FFY, is taking his family (and his radios) to Iceland.
 ? Tentative schedule is HP95 July 13, IP13 and IP15 July 14-15,
 ? IP25 July 16, IP03 or HP93 July 17-18, and HP94 July 19. There?s
 ? a lot to see, so passes will be best effort and announced on
 ? Twitter shortly prior. https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio

Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org

[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]

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AMSAT-India's ISS Demonstration and Outreach Success

Rajesh, VU2EXP, who is a Regional Coordinator for AMSAT-INDIA,
reported on his successful event to spread awareness of Amateur
Radio, Satellites & ARISS activities in India during an April 12
presentation and live SSTV demonstration during the latest ARISS
SSTV event. The session also included a visible ISS pass.

More than 50 students & citizens assembled to hear a brief talk
on Amateur Radio, ISS, OSCAR Satellites, Life of Astronauts, ARISS
SSTV event, Student Outreach Program. SSTV signals on 145.800 MHz
were recorded for two images. After the pass the recordings were
decoded using MMSSTV. The images were shared with the students as
a souvenir.

A leading newspaper, Divyabhakshar, published an article. Google
translate can be used to read the original article in Gujarati:
http://tinyurl.com/iss-sstv-demo-news

[ANS thanks Rajesh, VU2EXP, who is a Regional Coordinator for
 ?AMSAT-INDIA for the above information]

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NASA Hosts University Students to Discuss Future of Space Exploration

MEDIA ADVISORY M19-031? April 18, 2019
Access the press release with live URL links at:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-11-NASA-STEM-PressRelease

NASA is giving university students an opportunity to interact with
agency leadership, including NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine,
as well as astronauts abroad the International Space Station, dur-
ing a live event 2 p.m. EDT Monday, April 29, at the agency?s head-
quarters in Washington.

The event, intended to inspire the next generation of STEM explorers
skilled in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math,
will air live on NASA Television and the agency?s website. It also
will stream live on Facebook and Twitter. Viewers can submit ques-
tions during the event using the hashtag #askNASA.

Participants at NASA Headquarters include:
+ Administrator Bridenstine
+ Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations
 ? Mission Directorate Willliam Gerstenmaier
+ Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate
 ? Thomas Zurbuchen
+ In addition, students will be able to ask questions during a live
 ? Earth-to-space call with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Nick
 ? Hague, currently serving as part of the Expedition 59 crew aboard
 ? the International Space Station.

As NASA plans a return of American astronauts to the Moon by 2024
and eventually going on to Mars, the agency is looking to the next
generation of STEM explorers to help achieve its goals. Going for-
ward to the Moon will create new economic opportunities, a sustain-
able exploration campaign, and a foundation to go on to Mars.

Media interested in attending the event should contact Katherine
Brown at katherine.m.brown at nasa.gov or 202-358-1288 no later than
noon, Thursday, April 25. Media interested in how local Space Grant
Program colleges and universities are participating in the event
should contact Colleen Fava at colleenf at lsu.edu or Susie Johnson
at susiej at uidaho.edu.

The event is hosted by NASA?s Office of STEM Engagement. Partners
for the event include the Space Grant Consortium, the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Students for the
Exploration and Development of Space.

For more information about NASA STEM engagement, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/stem -and- https://twitter.com/nasaedu

[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]

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SpaceDaily.com Reports Virgin Orbital Adds Guam to Launch Sites
Staff Writers, April 12, 2019
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-111-VirginOrbital

Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson's small satellite launch company,
announced that the Pacific island of Guam will become an additional
launch site for the company's LauncherOne service. This will be in
addition to the Mojave Air and Space Port-the California launch site
that will be home to the company's first orbital launch in the mid-
dle of this year. Virgin Orbit is also making preparations for future
missions of LauncherOne from the Launch and Landing Facility at the
Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Spaceport Cornwall in the United
Kingdom, the Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in Italy.

The largest commercial airport on Guam, A.B. Won Pat International
Airport, has begun the process of? seeking its launch site operator's
license from the Federal Aviation Authority's (FAA) Office of Commer-
cial Space Transportation, in order to serve as a future launch site
for Virgin Orbit.

Virgin Orbit uses a customized 747-400 aircraft as its "flying launch
pad," providing the ability to quickly transport the entire launch
site to new locations around the world, launching each satellite from
the optimal location. This mobile approach to launch more than 450 kg
to a 500 km equatorial orbit.

[ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for the above information]

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Satellite Shorts From All Over

+ If you missed AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
 ? on Ham Talk Live which aired on Thursday, April 18 at 9:00 PM EDT,
 ? you can catch the podcast on-line at:
 ? https://www.spreaker.com/show/ham-talk-live and select Episode 161.
 ? Paul presented AMSAT's plans for the 2019 Hamvention.

+ Students from various schools in Park County, Colorado studied
 ? radio communications and space operations as part of their STEAM
 ? curriculum for almost a year before getting the chance to talk
 ? to an astronaut on Monday aboard the International Space Station.
 ? Read the news story and watch local television coverage of the
 ? ARISS contact at:
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/04/15/fairplay-students-talk-iss-space/

+ AMSAT-UK shared - Great feature on Space by Jo Hinchliffe, MW6CYK
 ? in issue 18 of HackSpace magazine. Build your own SatNOGS satellite
 ? ground station, Track the ISS. Full magazine PDF available Free at
 ? HackSpace Mag https://hackspace.raspberrypi.org/issues/18 (click on
 ? 'download free pdf')

+ The IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel typically meets
 ? every two to three weeks. The next panel meeting will be held on
 ? 22 April 2019. Coordination requests for consideration received by
 ? 20 April will be on the agenda: http://www.iaru.org/satellite.html

+ Paul Wade, W1GHZ says he has updated his HDL_ANT antenna software so
 ? it will run on Windows 10 (and 7). It can be downloaded from:
 ? http://w1ghz.org/software/HDL_ANT32_V4.exe? Paul also updated his
 ? attenuator calculator program: http://w1ghz.org/QEX/QEXPAD32.zip
 ? (W1GHz via the Microwave list)

+ Watch as Bob Plank, KK4DIV demonstrates on his YouTube videos how
 ? to build a log-periodic satellite antenna:
 ? Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsER1yKa9MI
 ? Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_yGdl-vwxA

+ 2007 OR10 is the largest minor planet in our solar system without a
 ? name, and the 3 astronomers who discovered it want the public's help
 ? to change that. In an article published by The Planetary Society Meg
 ? Schwamb, a planetary scientist who helped discover 2007 OR10, announ-
 ? ced a campaign inviting the public to pick the best name to submit
 ? to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) for official recogn-
 ? ition. Vote by May 10 at: https://2007or10.name/

+ For those who have access to the Roku Channel streaming TV a new
 ? four-part series, "Make It Work, True Stories about S.T.E.M.",
 ? This documentary series is about discovering your genius. It is
 ? streaming free only on The Roku Channel.

[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 n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net  Sun Apr 21 11:32:19 2019
From: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net (Mike Seguin)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 07:32:19 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] OrigamiSat-1 5.84 GHz tests
Message-ID: <675b1115-f1c6-5c38-42ef-b1c2fca25183@burlingtontelecom.net>

OrigamiSat-1's 5.84 GHz downlink will be tested over Japan over the next 
month according to their schedule posted on Twitter.

I wish them success and look forward to trying to detect the 5.84 GHz 
downlink over the eastern US in the future.

Twitter @OrigamiSat1
-- 

73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"

From bruninga at usna.edu  Sun Apr 21 14:43:58 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:43:58 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 now showing on PCSAT.FINDU.COM
In-Reply-To: <CADGPg2tiYaS2bYZ_mXp+yhqcNoL8gb8_zdeh6nQA2O8G=81Vpg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2tiYaS2bYZ_mXp+yhqcNoL8gb8_zdeh6nQA2O8G=81Vpg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALdCfNK30QqR+cDE_wcdqT2_G_7snV7Ru3z86XtxfURPAGu7Yg@mail.gmail.com>

I am totally confused.  Some say there are packet errors, some say format
errors, some say their radio decodes nothing.   Some say someone is
"fixing" packets and re-injecting them.  Some say they receiv fine...

Yet no one has posted what a raw packt looks like in standard TAPR-2 format
*with* a description of how they got it!

I see good AISAT packets, but have they been fixed by someone first?

Could it simply be TONE skew?  The packets are good, but because of
toneskew some radios are not decoding anything?

Inquiring minds need to know.
Bob, Wb4APR

On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 12:04 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Has anybody that has successfully decoded a packet from Aisat been using a
> Kenwood aprs-ready transceiver with a built in TNC (such as a D700, D710,
> D7, D72, or D74)?   I just attempted to work a 20 degree pass, and the
> packets were very strong (full "s meter" - D710 doesn't actually have an S
> meter), full quieting - however the radio couldn't decode any of the
> packets.   Even using the "packet monitor" function yielded nothing.
>
> I know people have had success using pc software based systems, but haven't
> heard any first hand accounts of using a Kenwood TNC.
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Sun Apr 21 19:17:55 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 15:17:55 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] My best satellite demo ever - 18 QSOs
Message-ID: <CALn0fKMLUfEpsDiSjWsGH=FY1kfnjJ2cL=DA_gZPAC6T4=iEpg@mail.gmail.com>

https://youtu.be/QWtdyT4PYMw

A few days before my satellite demo at the Raleigh Amateur Radio
Society hamfest (RARSfest), I put the word out to satellite operators
on mailing lists, Facebooks, Twitters, and even good old fashioned web
forums, and boy did they come calling!

Without a doubt, I have never made so many QSOs (contacts) on one
satellite pass. What a great demo. Thanks to all the hams that
contacted me:

01- HP2VX - Virgilo- Panama
02 - 9Y4D - Christopher - Trinidad and Tobago
03 - N3JNX - Joseph - Pennsylvania
04- W5PFG - Clayton - Texas
05 - WH6ETF - Brandon - Florida
06 - NA1SA - Loon - Pennsylvania
07 - N4DCW - Michael - Kentucky
08 - W5RRR - Johnson Space Center - operated by John AB5SS
09 - W5CBF - Hector - Louisiana
10 - NS3L - Steve - Pennsylvania
11 - KJ4EU - Jerald - Kentucky
12 - K3RRR - Robert - Maryland
13 - K9KFX - Dru - Indiana
14 - AB1OC - Fred - New Hampshire
15 - VE2OTA - Donald - Quebec Canada
16 - N9LQ - Joel - Illonois
17 - K3RLD - Roy - Pennsylvania
18 - KE2QI - Robert - New York

This was on the 2019-04-20 - 1719 UTC - AO-91 pass.

Equipment:

Alaskan Arrow antenna with two of three boom sections assembled.
Kenwood TM-V71A
Bioenno 12V 9aH LiFePO4

You can see my FM mobile radio body support system here:

https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/mobile-radio-body-support/

RARSfest:
https://www.rarsfest.org/

Sponsored by Nordic PC, M2 Antenna Systems, Arrow Antenna, and Dog
Park Software.

https://nordicpc.com
https://m2inc.com
https://dogparksoftware.com
http://arrowantennas.com

Vertical video ;-) courtesy Jelmer Tiete @jelmt, also the thumbnail is
from him. Thanks Jelmer!

73, John Brier KG4AKV

From ke6blr.robert at gmail.com  Sun Apr 21 17:45:34 2019
From: ke6blr.robert at gmail.com (KE6BLR Robert)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:45:34 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT Downlink Issues -- Defined
Message-ID: <CABaTVVbPxVSz6TPT4Y=vKQ-gOH+9rWsq5zmheFUrQpbjy1=EJQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Satellite APRS Operators,

I am new to this SIG. And, this is my first post. So, I hope it arrives as
intended.

As you know, AISAT became available recently for Satellite APRS. One of the
nice things about having an APRS Digipeater mounted to the Stage 4 Rocket
platform is this equipment inherits solar panels, batteries, and antennas.

Unfortunately, the design team was given only 6 days to build and deliver
the satellite. Apparently, end to end testing of the Digipeater was not
possible. So, I believe they deserve a lot of slack.

Now, there are many (4ish) quirks in the downlink.

NOTE: the AISAT uplink appears nominal.

To explain the downlink issue we need to examine a sample packet. For this
we can thank K4KDR for transmitting the packet and KG4PID for receiving the
packet. If I remember this correctly, KG4PID is running PI-TNC and APRX
while K4KDR is running Direwolf and UISS. The main thing to note here is
that displaying packets may require more flexible software.

Sample packet from the APRX error log via KG4PID:

2019-04-11 02:06:38.961 ax25_to_tnc2(KG4PID-14,len=112) rejected the
message: 00 86 a2 40 40 40 40 60|96 68 96 88 a4 40 6c 82|92 a6 82 a8 54 60
40 40|40 40 40 40 61 03 f0 3a|43 51 2d 30 20 20 20 20|20 3a 3d 33 37 34 37
2e|36 36 4e 2f 30 37 37 33|36 2e 36 37 57 60 64 65|20 4b 34 4b 44 52 20
73|63 6f 74 74 32 33 31 39|32 40 67 6d 61 69 6c 2e|63 6f 6d 20 56 69 72
67|69 6e 69 61 20 20 46 4d|31 37 65 73 7b 31 39 35| = .CQ    0|K4KDR
6A|ISAT*0  |    a..:|CQ-0    | :=3747.|66N/0773|6.67W`de| K4KDR
s|cott2319|2 at gmail.|com Virg|inia  FM|17es{195|

This same packet after byte by byte parsing with a simple Python script on
my Mac laptop:

@@@

robertmachale at ucrwpa-2-1-10-25-34-138 ~/Documents/SCC/AISAT-EXPLAIN $
python explainAisat.py

Space Communcator Club
Las Flores, California 92688
http://www.spaceCommunicator.club/igates/


1: byteAsHex: 00, byteAsText: 0, byteAsAScii: 0, byteAsChar: ,
endOfDigipath: 0
1: SSID: 0, Digipeated: 0
2: byteAsHex: 86, byteAsText: 134, byteAsAScii: 67, byteAsChar: C,
endOfDigipath: 0
3: byteAsHex: a2, byteAsText: 162, byteAsAScii: 81, byteAsChar: Q,
endOfDigipath: 0
4: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
5: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
6: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
7: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
8: byteAsHex: 60, byteAsText: 96, byteAsAScii: 48, byteAsChar: 0,
endOfDigipath: 0
8: SSID: 0, Digipeated: 0
9: byteAsHex: 96, byteAsText: 150, byteAsAScii: 75, byteAsChar: K,
endOfDigipath: 0
10: byteAsHex: 68, byteAsText: 104, byteAsAScii: 52, byteAsChar: 4,
endOfDigipath: 0
11: byteAsHex: 96, byteAsText: 150, byteAsAScii: 75, byteAsChar: K,
endOfDigipath: 0
12: byteAsHex: 88, byteAsText: 136, byteAsAScii: 68, byteAsChar: D,
endOfDigipath: 0
13: byteAsHex: a4, byteAsText: 164, byteAsAScii: 82, byteAsChar: R,
endOfDigipath: 0
14: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
15: byteAsHex: 6c, byteAsText: 108, byteAsAScii: 54, byteAsChar: 6,
endOfDigipath: 0
15: SSID: 12, Digipeated: 0
16: byteAsHex: 82, byteAsText: 130, byteAsAScii: 65, byteAsChar: A,
endOfDigipath: 0
17: byteAsHex: 92, byteAsText: 146, byteAsAScii: 73, byteAsChar: I,
endOfDigipath: 0
18: byteAsHex: a6, byteAsText: 166, byteAsAScii: 83, byteAsChar: S,
endOfDigipath: 0
19: byteAsHex: 82, byteAsText: 130, byteAsAScii: 65, byteAsChar: A,
endOfDigipath: 0
20: byteAsHex: a8, byteAsText: 168, byteAsAScii: 84, byteAsChar: T,
endOfDigipath: 0
21: byteAsHex: 54, byteAsText: 84, byteAsAScii: 42, byteAsChar: *,
endOfDigipath: 0
22: byteAsHex: 60, byteAsText: 96, byteAsAScii: 48, byteAsChar: 0,
endOfDigipath: 0
22: SSID: 0, Digipeated: 0
23: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
24: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
25: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
26: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
27: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
28: byteAsHex: 40, byteAsText: 64, byteAsAScii: 32, byteAsChar:  ,
endOfDigipath: 0
29: byteAsHex: 61, byteAsText: 97, byteAsAScii: 48, byteAsChar: 0,
endOfDigipath: 1
29: SSID: 0, Digipeated: 0
robertmachale at ucrwpa-2-1-10-25-34-138 ~/Documents/SCC/AISAT-EXPLAIN $

@@@

Notice 3 issues with the Digipath:

1) SSIDs arrive as ASCII rather than 4 bits in the AX.25 subfield
2) The Digipeated flag arrives as * rather than 1 bit in the AX.25 subfield
3) One extra (blank) callsign field exists at the end of the Digipath

Although the Kenwood will pickup the packet we may need to tap into the TNC
raw output to decipher the packet manually. I can only imagine the Kenwood
display will reject the packets as malformed. So, this leaves us with
APRSDroid, UISS, and custom APRS software for displaying packets received.

Feel free to follow APRS packets from AISAT on our iGate report:
http://www.spaceCommunicator.club/igates/

Also, you will find a note on this AISAT issue including helpful screen
shots here: http://www.spaceCommunicator.club

Let me know your feedback and how I can help.

Happy Easter + Passover + Holiday!

73s

Robert MacHale
KE6BLR
(949) 371-6319
robert.machale at yahoo.com

From matt.hornsby at gmail.com  Sun Apr 21 18:30:18 2019
From: matt.hornsby at gmail.com (Matt Hornsby)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:30:18 -1000
Subject: [amsat-bb]  Hawaii APRS Satellite Operations?
Message-ID: <CAFSeife=amLjk8ws6FhMRkGVk2u4nkv+Z_F7jgxcO9xXsSW-cg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bob,

I?m on Oahu this week and will see if I can get any aprs packets to one of
the birds. Anecdotally I don?t see much terrestrial APRS activity in the
times I?ve visited this island, so I?m skeptical that there will be many
igates listening on 145.825.

73,
Matt KS9O

From n4hf.philip at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 01:17:49 2019
From: n4hf.philip at gmail.com (Philip Jenkins)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 21:17:49 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] My best satellite demo ever - 18 QSOs
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKMLUfEpsDiSjWsGH=FY1kfnjJ2cL=DA_gZPAC6T4=iEpg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMLUfEpsDiSjWsGH=FY1kfnjJ2cL=DA_gZPAC6T4=iEpg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAGdEbNa+cKWSEtkaZhM5p3jU6Vug8ov+6whg=B-t5x8nopU+DQ@mail.gmail.com>

No, thank YOU, John!

Our efforts at RARSFEST wouldn't be nearly as successful, wouldn't draw
nearly as much interest, if it weren't for your demos in 2018 and 2019 (and
additionally Tucker W4FS in 2017).

I can't thank you enough for helping me (and AMSAT) at RARSFest.

Philip N4HF

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 3:18 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> https://youtu.be/QWtdyT4PYMw
>
> A few days before my satellite demo at the Raleigh Amateur Radio
> Society hamfest (RARSfest), I put the word out to satellite operators
> on mailing lists, Facebooks, Twitters, and even good old fashioned web
> forums, and boy did they come calling!
>
> Without a doubt, I have never made so many QSOs (contacts) on one
> satellite pass. What a great demo. Thanks to all the hams that
> contacted me:
>
> 01- HP2VX - Virgilo- Panama
> 02 - 9Y4D - Christopher - Trinidad and Tobago
> 03 - N3JNX - Joseph - Pennsylvania
> 04- W5PFG - Clayton - Texas
> 05 - WH6ETF - Brandon - Florida
> 06 - NA1SA - Loon - Pennsylvania
> 07 - N4DCW - Michael - Kentucky
> 08 - W5RRR - Johnson Space Center - operated by John AB5SS
> 09 - W5CBF - Hector - Louisiana
> 10 - NS3L - Steve - Pennsylvania
> 11 - KJ4EU - Jerald - Kentucky
> 12 - K3RRR - Robert - Maryland
> 13 - K9KFX - Dru - Indiana
> 14 - AB1OC - Fred - New Hampshire
> 15 - VE2OTA - Donald - Quebec Canada
> 16 - N9LQ - Joel - Illonois
> 17 - K3RLD - Roy - Pennsylvania
> 18 - KE2QI - Robert - New York
>
> This was on the 2019-04-20 - 1719 UTC - AO-91 pass.
>
> Equipment:
>
> Alaskan Arrow antenna with two of three boom sections assembled.
> Kenwood TM-V71A
> Bioenno 12V 9aH LiFePO4
>
> You can see my FM mobile radio body support system here:
>
> https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/mobile-radio-body-support/
>
> RARSfest:
> https://www.rarsfest.org/
>
> Sponsored by Nordic PC, M2 Antenna Systems, Arrow Antenna, and Dog
> Park Software.
>
> https://nordicpc.com
> https://m2inc.com
> https://dogparksoftware.com
> http://arrowantennas.com
>
> Vertical video ;-) courtesy Jelmer Tiete @jelmt, also the thumbnail is
> from him. Thanks Jelmer!
>
> 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 02:00:47 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 22:00:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] My best satellite demo ever - 18 QSOs
In-Reply-To: <CAGdEbNa+cKWSEtkaZhM5p3jU6Vug8ov+6whg=B-t5x8nopU+DQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMLUfEpsDiSjWsGH=FY1kfnjJ2cL=DA_gZPAC6T4=iEpg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAGdEbNa+cKWSEtkaZhM5p3jU6Vug8ov+6whg=B-t5x8nopU+DQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKOgoq-rEiBTkRLsgAoj3bN70FSR-5pYR3T2qFhpHjA8RQ@mail.gmail.com>

Aww shucks :-)

I'm glad to help. I know RARS does appreciate it. They advertise it well.

Go team #AMSAT!

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 9:17 PM Philip Jenkins <n4hf.philip at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, thank YOU, John!
>
> Our efforts at RARSFEST wouldn't be nearly as successful, wouldn't draw nearly as much interest, if it weren't for your demos in 2018 and 2019 (and additionally Tucker W4FS in 2017).
>
> I can't thank you enough for helping me (and AMSAT) at RARSFest.
>
> Philip N4HF
>
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 3:18 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>> https://youtu.be/QWtdyT4PYMw
>>
>> A few days before my satellite demo at the Raleigh Amateur Radio
>> Society hamfest (RARSfest), I put the word out to satellite operators
>> on mailing lists, Facebooks, Twitters, and even good old fashioned web
>> forums, and boy did they come calling!
>>
>> Without a doubt, I have never made so many QSOs (contacts) on one
>> satellite pass. What a great demo. Thanks to all the hams that
>> contacted me:
>>
>> 01- HP2VX - Virgilo- Panama
>> 02 - 9Y4D - Christopher - Trinidad and Tobago
>> 03 - N3JNX - Joseph - Pennsylvania
>> 04- W5PFG - Clayton - Texas
>> 05 - WH6ETF - Brandon - Florida
>> 06 - NA1SA - Loon - Pennsylvania
>> 07 - N4DCW - Michael - Kentucky
>> 08 - W5RRR - Johnson Space Center - operated by John AB5SS
>> 09 - W5CBF - Hector - Louisiana
>> 10 - NS3L - Steve - Pennsylvania
>> 11 - KJ4EU - Jerald - Kentucky
>> 12 - K3RRR - Robert - Maryland
>> 13 - K9KFX - Dru - Indiana
>> 14 - AB1OC - Fred - New Hampshire
>> 15 - VE2OTA - Donald - Quebec Canada
>> 16 - N9LQ - Joel - Illonois
>> 17 - K3RLD - Roy - Pennsylvania
>> 18 - KE2QI - Robert - New York
>>
>> This was on the 2019-04-20 - 1719 UTC - AO-91 pass.
>>
>> Equipment:
>>
>> Alaskan Arrow antenna with two of three boom sections assembled.
>> Kenwood TM-V71A
>> Bioenno 12V 9aH LiFePO4
>>
>> You can see my FM mobile radio body support system here:
>>
>> https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/mobile-radio-body-support/
>>
>> RARSfest:
>> https://www.rarsfest.org/
>>
>> Sponsored by Nordic PC, M2 Antenna Systems, Arrow Antenna, and Dog
>> Park Software.
>>
>> https://nordicpc.com
>> https://m2inc.com
>> https://dogparksoftware.com
>> http://arrowantennas.com
>>
>> Vertical video ;-) courtesy Jelmer Tiete @jelmt, also the thumbnail is
>> from him. Thanks Jelmer!
>>
>> 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

From bruninga at usna.edu  Mon Apr 22 02:35:06 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 22:35:06 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Hawaii APRS Satellite Operations?
In-Reply-To: <CAFSeife=amLjk8ws6FhMRkGVk2u4nkv+Z_F7jgxcO9xXsSW-cg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAFSeife=amLjk8ws6FhMRkGVk2u4nkv+Z_F7jgxcO9xXsSW-cg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALdCfNJ6QiaFqF1EJOcNRG-SuWaTQRGMTv7O7ywi0=EEPf2Hiw@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks,

Talk it up.  It would really be great to get a IGate there, because it has
nearly zero terrestrial interference, and fills a big hole in worldwide
telemetry capture.
.
thanks
Bob, WB4APR

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 9:37 PM Matt Hornsby via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> I?m on Oahu this week and will see if I can get any aprs packets to one of
> the birds. Anecdotally I don?t see much terrestrial APRS activity in the
> times I?ve visited this island, so I?m skeptical that there will be many
> igates listening on 145.825.
>
> 73,
> Matt KS9O
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 02:50:25 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 21:50:25 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
Message-ID: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>

Lady & Gentlemen,

Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in cyberspace. 

In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award. 

Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients. 

My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art. 

Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for your service to the hobby. 



73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From mountain.michelle at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 04:27:12 2019
From: mountain.michelle at gmail.com (Michelle Thompson)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 21:27:12 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <CACvjz2WeYb53VYzo5A5eZbB_Mojj8F7uLa_0F7_X+OtUiEZhTg@mail.gmail.com>

Intrigued! I'll share this with the local microwave contesting group (San
Diego/LA) and try and get you some feedback.

I'm in favor of any increase in microwave band contests.

-Michelle W5NYV




On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 7:51 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Lady & Gentlemen,
>
> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in
> cyberspace.
>
> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like
> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>
> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of
> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>
> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and
> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more
> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances
> the state of the radio art.
>
> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could
> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for
> your service to the hobby.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Mon Apr 22 05:02:23 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 05:02:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] My best satellite demo ever - 18 QSOs
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKMLUfEpsDiSjWsGH=FY1kfnjJ2cL=DA_gZPAC6T4=iEpg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALn0fKMLUfEpsDiSjWsGH=FY1kfnjJ2cL=DA_gZPAC6T4=iEpg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <739722819.2736623.1555909343164@mail.yahoo.com>

 Congrats on a wonderfully long demonstration in front of a large gathering !!!Nice harness too..
- Umesh, k6vug 




    On Sunday, April 21, 2019, 12:18:37 PM PDT, John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 https://youtu.be/QWtdyT4PYMw

A few days before my satellite demo at the Raleigh Amateur Radio
Society hamfest (RARSfest), I put the word out to satellite operators
on mailing lists, Facebooks, Twitters, and even good old fashioned web
forums, and boy did they come calling!

Without a doubt, I have never made so many QSOs (contacts) on one
satellite pass. What a great demo. Thanks to all the hams that
contacted me:

01- HP2VX - Virgilo- Panama
02 - 9Y4D - Christopher - Trinidad and Tobago
03 - N3JNX - Joseph - Pennsylvania
04- W5PFG - Clayton - Texas
05 - WH6ETF - Brandon - Florida
06 - NA1SA - Loon - Pennsylvania
07 - N4DCW - Michael - Kentucky
08 - W5RRR - Johnson Space Center - operated by John AB5SS
09 - W5CBF - Hector - Louisiana
10 - NS3L - Steve - Pennsylvania
11 - KJ4EU - Jerald - Kentucky
12 - K3RRR - Robert - Maryland
13 - K9KFX - Dru - Indiana
14 - AB1OC - Fred - New Hampshire
15 - VE2OTA - Donald - Quebec Canada
16 - N9LQ - Joel - Illonois
17 - K3RLD - Roy - Pennsylvania
18 - KE2QI - Robert - New York

This was on the 2019-04-20 - 1719 UTC - AO-91 pass.

Equipment:

Alaskan Arrow antenna with two of three boom sections assembled.
Kenwood TM-V71A
Bioenno 12V 9aH LiFePO4

You can see my FM mobile radio body support system here:

https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/mobile-radio-body-support/

RARSfest:
https://www.rarsfest.org/

Sponsored by Nordic PC, M2 Antenna Systems, Arrow Antenna, and Dog
Park Software.

https://nordicpc.com
https://m2inc.com
https://dogparksoftware.com
http://arrowantennas.com

Vertical video ;-) courtesy Jelmer Tiete @jelmt, also the thumbnail is
from him. Thanks Jelmer!

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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
  

From les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 06:10:53 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 01:10:53 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAEGYLCvr0SRWDrDzRB3jn+8AM_YUy2S=yCE9jydtHN8brum4Sg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAEGYLCvr0SRWDrDzRB3jn+8AM_YUy2S=yCE9jydtHN8brum4Sg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4A817A59-47B7-4C2F-8F33-C6F85FE66614@highnoonfilm.com>


Gabe,

Excellent, and I mean excellent point. It?s high time the ARRL did something to recognize rovers when it comes to VUCC. 

BTW, I need Alaska on satellite! :-) 

Thanks for all the roving you do. Those of us at home are grateful more than you can know. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member




> On Apr 22, 2019, at 12:18 AM, Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I?d personally be much more interested if there was a similar award for rovers. I think a lot of the work rovers do is overlooked while the guys who sit at home are ?honored?. 
> 
> 73,
> Gabe
> AL6D/VE6NJH the insane guy who flies a Cessna 150 around Alaska and driven about 80,000 miles in three years to activate grids 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 6:50 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> Lady & Gentlemen,
> 
> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in cyberspace. 
> 
> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award. 
> 
> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients. 
> 
> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art. 
> 
> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for your service to the hobby. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From bryan at kl7cn.net  Mon Apr 22 06:22:50 2019
From: bryan at kl7cn.net (Bryan KL7CN)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:22:50 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <4A817A59-47B7-4C2F-8F33-C6F85FE66614@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAEGYLCvr0SRWDrDzRB3jn+8AM_YUy2S=yCE9jydtHN8brum4Sg@mail.gmail.com>
	<4A817A59-47B7-4C2F-8F33-C6F85FE66614@highnoonfilm.com>
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+1 from me for the ARRL-sponsored roving awards -- Reverse VUCC,  for instance, or a Activated Grids award similar to VUCC with a starting point of, say, 5 grids with stickers every 5 after leading up to VUCC/R. It would also be nice for there to be a Satellite 488 sponsored by the league.

Well done on the concept!

-- bag

Bryan KL7CN/W6
Location: CM98, usually
E-Mail: bryan at KL7CN.net
Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279

> On Apr 21, 2019, at 23:10, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Gabe,
> 
> Excellent, and I mean excellent point. It?s high time the ARRL did something to recognize rovers when it comes to VUCC. 
> 
> BTW, I need Alaska on satellite! :-) 
> 
> Thanks for all the roving you do. Those of us at home are grateful more than you can know. 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL 
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 22, 2019, at 12:18 AM, Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I?d personally be much more interested if there was a similar award for rovers. I think a lot of the work rovers do is overlooked while the guys who sit at home are ?honored?. 
>> 
>> 73,
>> Gabe
>> AL6D/VE6NJH the insane guy who flies a Cessna 150 around Alaska and driven about 80,000 miles in three years to activate grids 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 6:50 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>> 
>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in cyberspace. 
>> 
>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award. 
>> 
>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients. 
>> 
>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art. 
>> 
>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for your service to the hobby. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> EM63nf
>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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From ke6blr.robert at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 03:15:06 2019
From: ke6blr.robert at gmail.com (KE6BLR Robert)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 20:15:06 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT Downlink Issues -- Expected Behavior
Message-ID: <CABaTVVZEReivu9wO925=P9ebf-G4-PZOYi6Gv0eyj4W-qxbKhg@mail.gmail.com>

As a followup to the earlier thread, I wrote a simple Python script that
provides the actual behavior side-by-side the expected behavior. Notice
this contains only 22 bytes in the Digipath compared to 29 bytes in the
actual Digipath. This is due to removing the extra blank field at the end
of the actual Digipath.

1: byteAsInt: 0, byteAsChar: , byteAsBits: 0b0, byteAsIntFixed: 0,
byteAsCharFixed: , byteAsBitsFixed: 0b0
2: byteAsInt: 134, byteAsChar: C, byteAsBits: 0b10000110, byteAsIntFixed:
134, byteAsCharFixed: C, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10000110
3: byteAsInt: 162, byteAsChar: Q, byteAsBits: 0b10100010, byteAsIntFixed:
162, byteAsCharFixed: Q, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10100010
4: byteAsInt: 64, byteAsChar:  , byteAsBits: 0b1000000, byteAsIntFixed: 64,
byteAsCharFixed:  , byteAsBitsFixed: 0b1000000
5: byteAsInt: 64, byteAsChar:  , byteAsBits: 0b1000000, byteAsIntFixed: 64,
byteAsCharFixed:  , byteAsBitsFixed: 0b1000000
6: byteAsInt: 64, byteAsChar:  , byteAsBits: 0b1000000, byteAsIntFixed: 64,
byteAsCharFixed:  , byteAsBitsFixed: 0b1000000
7: byteAsInt: 64, byteAsChar:  , byteAsBits: 0b1000000, byteAsIntFixed: 64,
byteAsCharFixed:  , byteAsBitsFixed: 0b1000000
8: byteAsInt: 96, byteAsChar: 0, byteAsBits: 0b1100000, byteAsIntFixed: 0,
byteAsCharFixed: 0, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b0
9: byteAsInt: 150, byteAsChar: K, byteAsBits: 0b10010110, byteAsIntFixed:
150, byteAsCharFixed: K, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10010110
10: byteAsInt: 104, byteAsChar: 4, byteAsBits: 0b1101000, byteAsIntFixed:
104, byteAsCharFixed: 4, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b1101000
11: byteAsInt: 150, byteAsChar: K, byteAsBits: 0b10010110, byteAsIntFixed:
150, byteAsCharFixed: K, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10010110
12: byteAsInt: 136, byteAsChar: D, byteAsBits: 0b10001000, byteAsIntFixed:
136, byteAsCharFixed: D, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10001000
13: byteAsInt: 164, byteAsChar: R, byteAsBits: 0b10100100, byteAsIntFixed:
164, byteAsCharFixed: R, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10100100
14: byteAsInt: 64, byteAsChar:  , byteAsBits: 0b1000000, byteAsIntFixed:
64, byteAsCharFixed:  , byteAsBitsFixed: 0b1000000
15: byteAsInt: 108, byteAsChar: 6, byteAsBits: 0b1101100, byteAsIntFixed:
12, byteAsCharFixed: 6, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b1100
16: byteAsInt: 130, byteAsChar: A, byteAsBits: 0b10000010, byteAsIntFixed:
130, byteAsCharFixed: A, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10000010
17: byteAsInt: 146, byteAsChar: I, byteAsBits: 0b10010010, byteAsIntFixed:
146, byteAsCharFixed: I, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10010010
18: byteAsInt: 166, byteAsChar: S, byteAsBits: 0b10100110, byteAsIntFixed:
166, byteAsCharFixed: S, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10100110
19: byteAsInt: 130, byteAsChar: A, byteAsBits: 0b10000010, byteAsIntFixed:
130, byteAsCharFixed: A, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10000010
20: byteAsInt: 168, byteAsChar: T, byteAsBits: 0b10101000, byteAsIntFixed:
168, byteAsCharFixed: T, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10101000
21: byteAsInt: 84, byteAsChar: *, byteAsBits: 0b1010100, byteAsIntFixed:
64, byteAsCharFixed:  , byteAsBitsFixed: 0b1000000
22: byteAsInt: 96, byteAsChar: 0, byteAsBits: 0b1100000, byteAsIntFixed:
129, byteAsCharFixed: 0, byteAsBitsFixed: 0b10000001
robertmachale at Roberts-MacBook-Pro-484 ~/Documents/SCC/AISAT-EXPLAIN $

Notice bytes 8, 15, and 22 should be treated as SubFields where the SSID
occupies 4 bits rather than a fill ASCII single digit number.

Notice byte 21 should be a space because byte 22 in bit position 7 contains
the Digipeated "H" bit.

Byte 22 in bit position 0 should contain the "Dnd of Digipath" bit.

Let me know your feedback and how I can help.

73s

Robert

From waisean at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 04:36:55 2019
From: waisean at gmail.com (Sean Waite)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:36:55 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CACvjz2WeYb53VYzo5A5eZbB_Mojj8F7uLa_0F7_X+OtUiEZhTg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CACvjz2WeYb53VYzo5A5eZbB_Mojj8F7uLa_0F7_X+OtUiEZhTg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAGz_XJyb7SLb9Zkh55yMUo=EnTdihbcKnFWi9Us6pR+Y9RLRxw@mail.gmail.com>

Interesting. I'll also spread it to a few lists. The VHF Superconference 2
is happening soon and may be a good place to talk about this.

73,
Sean WA1TE

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 00:29 Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Intrigued! I'll share this with the local microwave contesting group (San
> Diego/LA) and try and get you some feedback.
>
> I'm in favor of any increase in microwave band contests.
>
> -Michelle W5NYV
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 7:51 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Lady & Gentlemen,
> >
> > Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> > the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost
> in
> > cyberspace.
> >
> > In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> like
> > to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> > closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> >
> > Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more
> of
> > the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> >
> > My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and
> > higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of
> more
> > gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances
> > the state of the radio art.
> >
> > Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could
> > do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for
> > your service to the hobby.
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > 121 Mayfair Park
> > Maylene, AL 35114
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the 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 gabrielzeifman at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 05:18:51 2019
From: gabrielzeifman at gmail.com (Gabriel Zeifman)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 21:18:51 -0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <CAEGYLCvr0SRWDrDzRB3jn+8AM_YUy2S=yCE9jydtHN8brum4Sg@mail.gmail.com>

I?d personally be much more interested if there was a similar award for
rovers. I think a lot of the work rovers do is overlooked while the guys
who sit at home are ?honored?.

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH the insane guy who flies a Cessna 150 around Alaska and driven
about 80,000 miles in three years to activate grids


On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 6:50 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Lady & Gentlemen,
>
> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in
> cyberspace.
>
> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like
> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>
> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of
> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>
> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and
> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more
> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances
> the state of the radio art.
>
> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could
> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for
> your service to the hobby.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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From n9hfontheair at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 11:01:13 2019
From: n9hfontheair at gmail.com (David Kerl)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 07:01:13 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <CANyTfWtvKDpJPaXQk0zPev33x0Z98T7nZdjwWqm=3kNmczB6_g@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Les,
That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I would
certainly work towards that end.
Dave
N9HF
el99

"Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.


On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
wrote:

> Lady & Gentlemen,
>
> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in
> cyberspace.
>
> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like
> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>
> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of
> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>
> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and
> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more
> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances
> the state of the radio art.
>
> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could
> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for
> your service to the hobby.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> VHF mailing list
> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu
> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf
>

From w2ev at yahoo.com  Mon Apr 22 11:41:53 2019
From: w2ev at yahoo.com (Ev Tupis)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:41:53 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Rethink -- Re:  5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAGz_XJyb7SLb9Zkh55yMUo=EnTdihbcKnFWi9Us6pR+Y9RLRxw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CACvjz2WeYb53VYzo5A5eZbB_Mojj8F7uLa_0F7_X+OtUiEZhTg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAGz_XJyb7SLb9Zkh55yMUo=EnTdihbcKnFWi9Us6pR+Y9RLRxw@mail.gmail.com>
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[This reply-all will not be delivered to "VHF Contesting", "PackRats-Members", "AMSAT BB" or "NEWS", as I do not belong to those groups]

The concept is sound, the approach is somewhat flawed in that VHF/UHF is not HF.? "ARRL.ORG" should re-read that last sentence, as historically, they have treated it similarly with less-than-optimal result.
One example: DXCC requires 100 entities without regard to band.? VUCC's requirements are "weighted" by band.? Example: VUCC on 10 GHz lacks much challenge.

A multi-band VUCC may be an interesting concept.? I ask that "ARRL.ORG" think this through before just duplicating it for VHF/UHF.

As for "This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art."? I would suggest that it does not as single-band VUCC's already exist for every VHF+ band with little impact.
HOWEVER...the following changes would do so:
1. Change the LIMITED MULTI-OP category to be limited in the number of operators, not the number of bands.
2. Change the FM ONLY category to include ALL bands, not just ABCD.
3. Eliminate the SINGLE OPERATOR, 3-BAND category
4. Change the ROVER, LIMITED category to be limited to a SINGLE operator and driver rather than limited to the "bottom 4" bands.

I find it odd that the ARRL asks for support to a "Spectrum Defense" fund while limiting spectrum use in their own events.

Ev, W2EV

  On Monday, April 22, 2019, 12:37:12 AM EDT, Sean Waite waisean at gmail.com [OntVHFAssoc_reflector] <OntVHFAssoc_reflector-noreply at yahoogroups.com> wrote: 

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 7:51 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat..org>
wrote:

> Lady & Gentlemen,
>
> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in
> cyberspace.
>
> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like
> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>
> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of
> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>
> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and
> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more
> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances
> the state of the radio art.
>
> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could
> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for
> your service to the hobby.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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From ke8cad at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 11:44:43 2019
From: ke8cad at gmail.com (David Mossor)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 07:44:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Cushcraft 416-TB Oscar Satellite Boomer Antenna System
Message-ID: <CABXeRTb+N0dazCbL5HHLRuv48NxsYXmZimHaZya=1kCin0pKKA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello All,

I picked up a OSCAR antenna system that I have brought back to life. It
consist of a 416-TB 70cm antenna, A144-20T 2 meter twist yagi - 144-148
mhz,, 4' boom assembly, Two U-100 alliance rotors for azimuth and elev.
control. Everything is to factory specs. and the rotors work smooth. Not
sure if I am going to have time for SAT work at this time since I have two
tower projects to get done. Can anyone tell me if this is still a viable
antenna system and what would something like that be worth today? Planning
on taking it to an Upcoming Hamfest to see if anyone is interested. Can
send pictures via email.
I am good on QRZ.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.
--
KE8CAD
DAVID B. MOSSOR
908 W. MAIN ST.
HARRISVILLE, WV 26362

From N12614 at aol.com  Mon Apr 22 12:23:07 2019
From: N12614 at aol.com (Donald M. Ross)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 07:23:07 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHF]  5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <4A817A59-47B7-4C2F-8F33-C6F85FE66614@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAEGYLCvr0SRWDrDzRB3jn+8AM_YUy2S=yCE9jydtHN8brum4Sg@mail.gmail.com>
	<4A817A59-47B7-4C2F-8F33-C6F85FE66614@highnoonfilm.com>
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Les,

Central States VHF Society has the Reverse VUCC (VUCC/r) award (http://csvhfs.org/index.php/awards-and-programs/reverse-vucc) .

Don, AC5D

-----Original Message-----
From: VHF <vhf-bounces at w6yx.stanford.edu> On Behalf Of Les Rayburn via VHF
Sent: Monday, 22 April, 2019 01:11
To: Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Sarratt W4OZK <w4ozk at arrl.org>; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>; W3IZ at arrl.org; VHF Contesting Reflector <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>; Taratula, Sharon <staratula at arrl.org>
Subject: Re: [VHF] [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award


Gabe,

Excellent, and I mean excellent point. It?s high time the ARRL did something to recognize rovers when it comes to VUCC. 

BTW, I need Alaska on satellite! :-) 

Thanks for all the roving you do. Those of us at home are grateful more than you can know. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member




> On Apr 22, 2019, at 12:18 AM, Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I?d personally be much more interested if there was a similar award for rovers. I think a lot of the work rovers do is overlooked while the guys who sit at home are ?honored?. 
> 
> 73,
> Gabe
> AL6D/VE6NJH the insane guy who flies a Cessna 150 around Alaska and driven about 80,000 miles in three years to activate grids 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 6:50 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> Lady & Gentlemen,
> 
> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in cyberspace. 
> 
> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award. 
> 
> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients. 
> 
> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art. 
> 
> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for your service to the hobby. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From n8hm at arrl.net  Mon Apr 22 12:58:22 2019
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 08:58:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAGz_XJyb7SLb9Zkh55yMUo=EnTdihbcKnFWi9Us6pR+Y9RLRxw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CACvjz2WeYb53VYzo5A5eZbB_Mojj8F7uLa_0F7_X+OtUiEZhTg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAGz_XJyb7SLb9Zkh55yMUo=EnTdihbcKnFWi9Us6pR+Y9RLRxw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOrAu+Rhc68cY+D3NsVL+4AgODjHhgyotD35YD3L=330KQ@mail.gmail.com>

If this were to be implemented, "Satellite" should count as one of the band
choices for a 5-Band VUCC.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 8:55 AM Sean Waite via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Interesting. I'll also spread it to a few lists. The VHF Superconference 2
> is happening soon and may be a good place to talk about this.
>
> 73,
> Sean WA1TE
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 00:29 Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > Intrigued! I'll share this with the local microwave contesting group (San
> > Diego/LA) and try and get you some feedback.
> >
> > I'm in favor of any increase in microwave band contests.
> >
> > -Michelle W5NYV
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 7:51 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Lady & Gentlemen,
> > >
> > > Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> > > the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost
> > in
> > > cyberspace.
> > >
> > > In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> > like
> > > to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> > > closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> > >
> > > Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more
> > of
> > > the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > > certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> > >
> > > My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > > VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296,
> and
> > > higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of
> > more
> > > gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> advances
> > > the state of the radio art.
> > >
> > > Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> could
> > > do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful
> for
> > > your service to the hobby.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > 121 Mayfair Park
> > > Maylene, AL 35114
> > > EM63nf
> > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> > Opinions
> > > expressed
> > > are solely those of the 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 johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 13:11:22 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 09:11:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CANyTfWtvKDpJPaXQk0zPev33x0Z98T7nZdjwWqm=3kNmczB6_g@mail.gmail.com>
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	<CANyTfWtvKDpJPaXQk0zPev33x0Z98T7nZdjwWqm=3kNmczB6_g@mail.gmail.com>
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Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Les,
> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I would
> certainly work towards that end.
> Dave
> N9HF
> el99
>
> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Lady & Gentlemen,
> >
> > Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> > the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in
> > cyberspace.
> >
> > In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like
> > to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> > closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> >
> > Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of
> > the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> >
> > My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and
> > higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more
> > gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances
> > the state of the radio art.
> >
> > Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could
> > do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for
> > your service to the hobby.
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > 121 Mayfair Park
> > Maylene, AL 35114
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > VHF mailing list
> > VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu
> > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the 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 johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 13:16:36 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 09:16:36 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOrAu+Rhc68cY+D3NsVL+4AgODjHhgyotD35YD3L=330KQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CACvjz2WeYb53VYzo5A5eZbB_Mojj8F7uLa_0F7_X+OtUiEZhTg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAGz_XJyb7SLb9Zkh55yMUo=EnTdihbcKnFWi9Us6pR+Y9RLRxw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CABzOSOrAu+Rhc68cY+D3NsVL+4AgODjHhgyotD35YD3L=330KQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Good idea Paul.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:14 AM Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> If this were to be implemented, "Satellite" should count as one of the band
> choices for a 5-Band VUCC.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 8:55 AM Sean Waite via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Interesting. I'll also spread it to a few lists. The VHF Superconference 2
> > is happening soon and may be a good place to talk about this.
> >
> > 73,
> > Sean WA1TE
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 00:29 Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Intrigued! I'll share this with the local microwave contesting group (San
> > > Diego/LA) and try and get you some feedback.
> > >
> > > I'm in favor of any increase in microwave band contests.
> > >
> > > -Michelle W5NYV
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 7:51 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> > > amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Lady & Gentlemen,
> > > >
> > > > Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> > > > the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost
> > > in
> > > > cyberspace.
> > > >
> > > > In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> > > like
> > > > to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> > > > closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> > > >
> > > > Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more
> > > of
> > > > the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > > > certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> > > >
> > > > My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > > > VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296,
> > and
> > > > higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of
> > > more
> > > > gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> > advances
> > > > the state of the radio art.
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> > could
> > > > do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful
> > for
> > > > your service to the hobby.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > >
> > > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > > 121 Mayfair Park
> > > > Maylene, AL 35114
> > > > EM63nf
> > > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> > > Opinions
> > > > expressed
> > > > are solely those of the 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 barry at k7bwh.com  Mon Apr 22 13:42:03 2019
From: barry at k7bwh.com (barry at k7bwh.com)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 06:42:03 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF]  5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <007a01d4f906$25ddf450$7199dcf0$@aol.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>	<CAEGYLCvr0SRWDrDzRB3jn+8AM_YUy2S=yCE9jydtHN8brum4Sg@mail.gmail.com>	<4A817A59-47B7-4C2F-8F33-C6F85FE66614@highnoonfilm.com>
	<007a01d4f906$25ddf450$7199dcf0$@aol.com>
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Pacific Northwest VHF Society has 'Lewis & Clark Grid Explorer' awards for both rovers and base stations in WA, OR, ID and BC. http://www.pnwvhfs.org/LewisAndClark.html  

 

Barry K7BWH

 

-----Original Message-----
From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Donald M. Ross via VHFcontesting
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 5:23 AM
To: 'Les Rayburn' <les at highnoonfilm.com>; 'Gabriel Zeifman' <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com>
Cc: W3IZ at arrl.org; 'Taratula, Sharon' <staratula at arrl.org>; 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb at amsat.org>; 'VHF Contesting Reflector' <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>; 'Greg Sarratt W4OZK' <w4ozk at arrl.org>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [VHF] [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award

 

Les,

 

Central States VHF Society has the Reverse VUCC (VUCC/r) award ( http://csvhfs.org/index.php/awards-and-programs/reverse-vucc ). 

 

Don, AC5D

 

-----Original Message-----

From: VHF < <mailto:vhf-bounces at w6yx.stanford.edu> vhf-bounces at w6yx.stanford.edu> On Behalf Of Les Rayburn via VHF

Sent: Monday, 22 April, 2019 01:11

To: Gabriel Zeifman < <mailto:gabrielzeifman at gmail.com> gabrielzeifman at gmail.com>

Cc: Greg Sarratt W4OZK < <mailto:w4ozk at arrl.org> w4ozk at arrl.org>;  <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu> vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu; AMSAT BB < <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org> amsat-bb at amsat.org>;  <mailto:W3IZ at arrl.org> W3IZ at arrl.org; VHF Contesting Reflector < <mailto:vhfcontesting at contesting.com> vhfcontesting at contesting.com>; Taratula, Sharon < <mailto:staratula at arrl.org> staratula at arrl.org>

Subject: Re: [VHF] [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award

 

Gabe,

 

Excellent, and I mean excellent point. It?s high time the ARRL did something to recognize rovers when it comes to VUCC. 

 

BTW, I need Alaska on satellite! :-) 

 

Thanks for all the roving you do. Those of us at home are grateful more than you can know. 

 

Les Rayburn, N1LF

Maylene, AL 

EM63nf

AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member

 

> On Apr 22, 2019, at 12:18 AM, Gabriel Zeifman < <mailto:gabrielzeifman at gmail.com> gabrielzeifman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 

> I?d personally be much more interested if there was a similar award for rovers. I think a lot of the work rovers do is overlooked while the guys who sit at home are ?honored?. 

> 

> 73,

> Gabe

> AL6D/VE6NJH the insane guy who flies a Cessna 150 around Alaska and driven about 80,000 miles in three years to activate grids 

> 

> 

> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 6:50 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB < <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org%20%3cmailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org> amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:

> Lady & Gentlemen,

> 

> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in cyberspace. 

> 

> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award. 

> 

> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients. 

> 

> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art. 

> 

> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for your service to the hobby. 

> 

> Les Rayburn, N1LF

> 121 Mayfair Park

> Maylene, AL 35114

> EM63nf

> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member

> _______________________________________________

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From w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 14:15:27 2019
From: w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com (Paul Andrews)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:15:27 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
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There is an ongoing effort to formalize a 5 band VHF/UHF WAC.

Obviously, microwave WAC would require EME.

I have a personal goal of completing VUCC and WAC on all bands 50 MHz and
above.

I would apply for any 5 Band Certificate is available.

73 - Paul - W2HRO




















On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 8:57 AM Sean Waite via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Interesting. I'll also spread it to a few lists. The VHF Superconference 2
> is happening soon and may be a good place to talk about this.
>
> 73,
> Sean WA1TE
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 00:29 Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > Intrigued! I'll share this with the local microwave contesting group (San
> > Diego/LA) and try and get you some feedback.
> >
> > I'm in favor of any increase in microwave band contests.
> >
> > -Michelle W5NYV
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 7:51 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Lady & Gentlemen,
> > >
> > > Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> > > the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost
> > in
> > > cyberspace.
> > >
> > > In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> > like
> > > to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> > > closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> > >
> > > Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more
> > of
> > > the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > > certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> > >
> > > My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > > VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296,
> and
> > > higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of
> > more
> > > gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> advances
> > > the state of the radio art.
> > >
> > > Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> could
> > > do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful
> for
> > > your service to the hobby.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > 121 Mayfair Park
> > > Maylene, AL 35114
> > > EM63nf
> > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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From les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 15:32:29 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:32:29 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
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John,

My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The idea is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement. 

So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than 12 hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who supports this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know about the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented. 

In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as our representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to get him on the satellites more though! 

:-)



73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member




> On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
> 
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Les,
>> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I would
>> certainly work towards that end.
>> Dave
>> N9HF
>> el99
>> 
>> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>>> 
>>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
>>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in
>>> cyberspace.
>>> 
>>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like
>>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
>>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>>> 
>>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of
>>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
>>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>>> 
>>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
>>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and
>>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more
>>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances
>>> the state of the radio art.
>>> 
>>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could
>>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for
>>> your service to the hobby.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>>> 121 Mayfair Park
>>> Maylene, AL 35114
>>> EM63nf
>>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
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From les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 15:44:35 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:44:35 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <a5ca5db7-bb73-08ee-09ce-6f0f37192832@amsat.org>
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Bruce,

Correct. For those of us ?Back East?, 6 Meter VUCC and Satellite VUCC are probably the easiest to earn. 2 Meters is certainly achievable especially using WSJT meteor scatter and EME. 

Those in most parts of the West have an advantage on microwave?since high spots with five grids within range are most plentiful. 

222 and 432 are within each of most?especially if we have increased activity on these bands. 

Microwave about 2.3 GHz is tougher but if you?re willing to travel the five (5) grids required could be worked by yourself and a partner in a weekend. 

For the record, I just achieved my second VUCC. This one on 2 Meters?a feat that took over a decade to complete. I?m limited to an indoor antenna due to HOA. Closing in on Satellite VUCC which would give me three of the awards. 

Completing 432 would be possible?but likely would require a single Yagi EME effort from the driveway at night. My HOA will allow portable operations?but everything has to be back inside when the sun comes up. 

That would give me four bands?anything else will require microwave and travel. A considerable expense. But one that I?d be willing to make if the reward was not only 10 GHz VUCC but also the new Five Band VUCC Award. 

I really hope the ARRL will seriously consider the proposal. If you?re supportive of it, please contact your Section Manager and let them know. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member




> On Apr 22, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> So, I could do my 100 on satellite, 100 on 6m, then 100 on 2m and  50 on 70cm and be done. 
> 
> The higher frequencies are impossible from the Houston area as we have no mountains. Those in mountainous regions have a distinct advantage in the higher frequencies. That is why you see a large group of high frequency use in Europe, East Coast and West Coast. I am not saying it does not present a challenge everywhere
> 
> 73...bruce
> 
> On 4/22/2019 1:20 AM, Les Rayburn wrote:
>> Bruce,
>> 
>> Thank you for your input. Current VUCC rules would apply: 
>> 
>> 6 Meters, 2 Meters, and Satellite require 100 grids confirmed. 
>> 222 and 432 require 50 grids
>> 902 and 1296 require 25 grids
>> 2304 requires 10 grids
>> All higher bands including 5 GHz, 10Ghz, and laser require only five. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> Maylene, AL 
>> EM63nf
>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 10:07 PM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org <mailto:kk5do at amsat.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 100 grids terrestrial on 1296 or 2400.  that is a bit rough.  what 5 bands would it be? 222, 2m, 70cm, 1296 and ??? 2400?
>>> 
>>> 73...bruce
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 9:50 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>>> 
>>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in cyberspace. 
>>> 
>>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would                 closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award. 
>>> 
>>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients. 
>>> 
>>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art. 
>>> 
>>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for your service to the hobby. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>>> 121 Mayfair Park
>>> Maylene, AL 35114
>>> EM63nf
>>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Mon Apr 22 16:21:34 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:21:34 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Dum_det=ED_?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?a_ml=E1deze_Olomouc_=28House_of_Children_and_Youth_?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?Olomouc=29=2C_Olomouc=2C_Czech_Republic?=
Message-ID: <25DF71B8BCF7404DAB7B18199FE2EC5E@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Dum det? a ml?deze Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc), Olomouc, Czech Republic on 23 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 19:15 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and OK2KMX. The contact should be audible over the Czech Republic 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.

 

 

Story: 

 

D?m d?t? a ml?deze Olomouc (eng.: House of Children and Youth, abbr. DDM Olomouc) - a leisure time center which operates in 5 buildings, whereas four are situated in Olomouc. Since April 2001 the DDM is constituted by Olomouc Regional Authority. For the whole public DDM offered both regular clubs and interest groups as well as occasional and stay events.

Over 150 interest groups started to work every year, regularly - once, twice or three times a week - attended by 2602 children and youth at the age from 3 to 25 years only during the last school year (2017/2018). These activities were provided by 150 employees, external and voluntary workers.

During the summer holidays, DDM Olomouc organized more than 30 summer camps for almost 800 children. In summer furthermore, as during the whole year, DDM Olomouc offers cheap accommodation both right in Olomouc and in Ochoz u Konice both locations are up to 30 km away from Olomouc.

 

 

 

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

 

1. How many solar panels are powering the entire station and do you have any 

   other power sources?

2. What voltage are your instruments using aboard the ISS?

3. What would you tell the people who believe that the Earth is flat?

4. How often do you check the social networks and have you any time to watch 

   Youtube?

5. Did the ASTROBEE's already arrive and do you use them already?

6. How far from the station can you go and can you move outside untethered?

7. How long does it take to get from Earth to the ISS?

8. What does being in a spacesuit feel like and what is outside temperature?

9. How long do the spacesuit's energy and oxygen supplies last?

10. Do you feel any changes to your muscular system during your mission, or 

    is it a bit of a shock after your return back to Earth?

11. Do you need to strap in when you sleep and how do you enjoy sleeping in 

    zero gravity?

12. How often do you eat and do you enjoy the taste of the food?

13. Have you experienced any accidents while on the station, for example, a 

    device failure?

14. How do you fight a fire if it breaks out onboard the ISS?

15. How much waste is generated on the ISS and what are you doing with it?

16. Can you play any computer games and how much free time do you have?

17. What does it feel like to fly a rocket up into space?

18. How much time do you spend exercising each day?

19. How would you deal with a serious injury, for example, hand fracture?

20. How and how often do you communicate with your family?

 

 

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. Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via N9CHA

                  The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

                  The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

                  Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-24 17:46:31 UTC 52 deg

 

 

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 les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 16:36:21 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:36:21 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Five Band VUCC (5BVUCC) Award Proposal
Message-ID: <DC4939E3-5807-46ED-A8EF-4EF17459CF80@highnoonfilm.com>

I completely misspoke, and apologize. 

The Southeast Division of the ARRL is represented on the league?s Boar of Directors by Greg Sarratt, W4OZK who is active on weak signal VHF/UHF. 

We?ve been informed that the creation of new awards falls to the Board of Directors. If you?re supportive of the proposal to create a new Five Band VUCC Award (5BVUCC) please contact your director. Currently, these are: 

Tom Abernethy, W3TOM, Atlantic Division 

Kermit Carlson, W9XA, Central Division 

Matt Holden, K?BBC, Dakota Division 

David Norris, K5UZ, Delta Division

Dale Williams, WA8EFK, Great Lakes Division 

Ria Jairam, N2RJ, Hudson Division

Rod Blocksome, K?DAS, Midwest Division 

Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, New England Division 

Mike Ritz, W7VO, Northwestern Division

Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, Pacific Division

George ?Bud? Hippisley, W2RU, Roanoke Division

Jeff Ryan, K?RM, Rocky Mountain Division

Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, Southeastern Division

Dick Norton, N6AA, Southwestern Division

David Woolweaver, K5RAV, West Gulf Division Director 

The proposal is for the league to create a new Five Band VUCC Award that would be earned by achieving five individual band VUCC Awards. This would be similar to the Five Band DXCC Award which has proven to be very popular. 

This award would be relatively easy to implement within Logbook of the World, and require no significant changes to existing VUCC Rules. 

Six Meter VUCC and Satellite VUCC are probably the easiest to achieve regardless of geography. Those of us in the East will find 2 Meters, 222, and 432 easier to earn, though WSJT Meteor Scatter and EME open these up to large parts of the country as well. 

Those in the Western states have easier access to high peaks within range of the five grids required to earn the award on Microwaves. 

With effort, this award should be achievable to almost any amateur willing to make the necessary commitment. 

So far, the idea has received a lot of support within the VHF/UHF Community. 

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From ae5b at ae5b.net  Mon Apr 22 16:51:23 2019
From: ae5b at ae5b.net (AE5B)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:51:23 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <2E798884-81FF-43EE-A2A4-6C0D601947D0@highnoonfilm.com>
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Lee,
This would be a policy issue. Supportive information should go to your Director and the ARRL Awards Committee. I do not know who currently is on the Awards Committee. Maybe someone on the list can advise? Your Director can also provide you with that information. The Section Manager and his Field Service organization has no input into matters such as this. 

?If you?re supportive of it, please contact your Section Manager and let them know.? 


John Dyer
AE5B

WTX ARRL Section Manager (retired)
ARRL President?s Award 2014


Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 10:45 AM
To: Bruce
Cc: AMSAT BB; Greg Sarratt W4OZK; VHF Contesting Reflector; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award

Bruce,

Correct. For those of us ?Back East?, 6 Meter VUCC and Satellite VUCC are probably the easiest to earn. 2 Meters is certainly achievable especially using WSJT meteor scatter and EME. 

Those in most parts of the West have an advantage on microwave?since high spots with five grids within range are most plentiful. 

222 and 432 are within each of most?especially if we have increased activity on these bands. 

Microwave about 2.3 GHz is tougher but if you?re willing to travel the five (5) grids required could be worked by yourself and a partner in a weekend. 

For the record, I just achieved my second VUCC. This one on 2 Meters?a feat that took over a decade to complete. I?m limited to an indoor antenna due to HOA. Closing in on Satellite VUCC which would give me three of the awards. 

Completing 432 would be possible?but likely would require a single Yagi EME effort from the driveway at night. My HOA will allow portable operations?but everything has to be back inside when the sun comes up. 

That would give me four bands?anything else will require microwave and travel. A considerable expense. But one that I?d be willing to make if the reward was not only 10 GHz VUCC but also the new Five Band VUCC Award. 

I really hope the ARRL will seriously consider the proposal. If you?re supportive of it, please contact your Section Manager and let them know. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member




> On Apr 22, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> So, I could do my 100 on satellite, 100 on 6m, then 100 on 2m and  50 on 70cm and be done. 
> 
> The higher frequencies are impossible from the Houston area as we have no mountains. Those in mountainous regions have a distinct advantage in the higher frequencies. That is why you see a large group of high frequency use in Europe, East Coast and West Coast. I am not saying it does not present a challenge everywhere
> 
> 73...bruce
> 
> On 4/22/2019 1:20 AM, Les Rayburn wrote:
>> Bruce,
>> 
>> Thank you for your input. Current VUCC rules would apply: 
>> 
>> 6 Meters, 2 Meters, and Satellite require 100 grids confirmed. 
>> 222 and 432 require 50 grids
>> 902 and 1296 require 25 grids
>> 2304 requires 10 grids
>> All higher bands including 5 GHz, 10Ghz, and laser require only five. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> Maylene, AL 
>> EM63nf
>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 10:07 PM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org <mailto:kk5do at amsat.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 100 grids terrestrial on 1296 or 2400.  that is a bit rough.  what 5 bands would it be? 222, 2m, 70cm, 1296 and ??? 2400?
>>> 
>>> 73...bruce
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 9:50 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>>> 
>>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in cyberspace. 
>>> 
>>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would                 closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award. 
>>> 
>>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients. 
>>> 
>>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art. 
>>> 
>>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for your service to the hobby. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>>> 121 Mayfair Park
>>> Maylene, AL 35114
>>> EM63nf
>>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> 
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From af5cc2 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 17:23:50 2019
From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:23:50 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHF]  5 Band VUCC Award
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An idea I have been kicking around would be a VUCC challenge, like the DXCC
Challenge on HF, 160, and 6 meters. You add together your grid totals from
all VHF and UHF bands, and include satellites, and the higher score each
year would get a trophy.  This should get people interested in adding
additional bands to their setup.

There could be a plaque issued when you reach some level of grid totals.
For the DXCC Challenge is it 1000 band countries, with endorsements being
added to that at specific levels.  May 500 band grids would be the plaque
level.   I think that there should be some stipulation added that you must
have worked say 20 grids on 3 different bands to get the initial plaque.
This would keep someone from getting the initial plaque just by using 6
meters or the satellites.  I love 6 meters and the satellites, but doing it
on 1 band would kind of violate the spirit of the award. Also, for the DXCC
Challenge you would have to use 3 bands minimum to get to 1000 band
countries.  You couldn't do it on just 20 meters.

Any thoughts  on this idea?

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 10:45 AM Les Rayburn via VHF <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
wrote:

> Bruce,
>
> Correct. For those of us ?Back East?, 6 Meter VUCC and Satellite VUCC are
> probably the easiest to earn. 2 Meters is certainly achievable especially
> using WSJT meteor scatter and EME.
>
> Those in most parts of the West have an advantage on microwave?since high
> spots with five grids within range are most plentiful.
>
> 222 and 432 are within each of most?especially if we have increased
> activity on these bands.
>
> Microwave about 2.3 GHz is tougher but if you?re willing to travel the
> five (5) grids required could be worked by yourself and a partner in a
> weekend.
>
> For the record, I just achieved my second VUCC. This one on 2 Meters?a
> feat that took over a decade to complete. I?m limited to an indoor antenna
> due to HOA. Closing in on Satellite VUCC which would give me three of the
> awards.
>
> Completing 432 would be possible?but likely would require a single Yagi
> EME effort from the driveway at night. My HOA will allow portable
> operations?but everything has to be back inside when the sun comes up.
>
> That would give me four bands?anything else will require microwave and
> travel. A considerable expense. But one that I?d be willing to make if the
> reward was not only 10 GHz VUCC but also the new Five Band VUCC Award.
>
> I really hope the ARRL will seriously consider the proposal. If you?re
> supportive of it, please contact your Section Manager and let them know.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> > On Apr 22, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > So, I could do my 100 on satellite, 100 on 6m, then 100 on 2m and  50 on
> 70cm and be done.
> >
> > The higher frequencies are impossible from the Houston area as we have
> no mountains. Those in mountainous regions have a distinct advantage in the
> higher frequencies. That is why you see a large group of high frequency use
> in Europe, East Coast and West Coast. I am not saying it does not present a
> challenge everywhere
> >
> > 73...bruce
> >
> > On 4/22/2019 1:20 AM, Les Rayburn wrote:
> >> Bruce,
> >>
> >> Thank you for your input. Current VUCC rules would apply:
> >>
> >> 6 Meters, 2 Meters, and Satellite require 100 grids confirmed.
> >> 222 and 432 require 50 grids
> >> 902 and 1296 require 25 grids
> >> 2304 requires 10 grids
> >> All higher bands including 5 GHz, 10Ghz, and laser require only five.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> >> Maylene, AL
> >> EM63nf
> >> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 10:07 PM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org <mailto:
> kk5do at amsat.org>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 100 grids terrestrial on 1296 or 2400.  that is a bit rough.  what 5
> bands would it be? 222, 2m, 70cm, 1296 and ??? 2400?
> >>>
> >>> 73...bruce
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 9:50 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
> >>>
> >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone
> on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost
> in cyberspace.
> >>>
> >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
> would                 closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> >>>
> >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
> more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> >>>
> >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and
> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more
> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances
> the state of the radio art.
> >>>
> >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful
> for your service to the hobby.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>>
> >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> >>> 121 Mayfair Park
> >>> Maylene, AL 35114
> >>> EM63nf
> >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> 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.
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> of AMSAT-NA.
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> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > 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*
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> >
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From les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 17:40:32 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:40:32 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5BVUCC Nets Support of
Message-ID: <DE12B4F8-FEB8-4CA2-A92C-FF770B9E0CC2@highnoonfilm.com>

Just heard back from Mike Ritz, W7VO who is the Director of the Northwestern Division. He?s fully supportive of the proposal to create the new award. 

Reach out to your ARRL Director today, and let?s see if we can keep the momentum going! 



73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 18:08:56 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:08:56 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] Five Band VUCC (5BVUCC) Award
	Proposal
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Tim,

I?ve actually operated VHF/UHF/Microwave from the West (mostly in New Mexico and California) during VHF Contests when I?ve been traveling for business. 

Understand well the challenges faced in making contacts on 2 Meters, 432, etc. When it comes to this type of operating, geography is indeed destiny. 

It?s difficult or impossible to mitigate the advantages enjoyed by operators in the Northeast. 

That being said, I still believe 5BVUCC is achievable by any committed amateur in the 48 states. I live in a deed restricted neighborhood and am limited to indoor antennas. This represents a huge disadvantage, but I?ve found ways to overcome them. That?s part of the fun. As your own signature file states, ?Adapt, Overcome,, Succeed!? 

I suspect many operators would achieve 5BVUCC by working with a partner ham. You could take a single dish for 5Ghz and 10Ghz to a high peak in a single grid square, while your partner drove to LOS locations in five grids. Then ?switch? to allow both operators to earn VUCC on these bands. It?s done pretty often now. 

If you added lasers to the mix, you?d have three of the required bands in a weekend. Difficult and expensive perhaps?but certainly something that many have already done successfully. 

As for satellite operation, I have to disagree with you. Earning VUCC on satellites is certainly more difficult than earning it on 6 Meters. It is truly weak-signal operation and requires skill sets that are unique from other types of VHF/UHF operation. 

More importantly, there is already a VUCC Award for Satellites, so it wouldn?t make sense to exclude this ?band? from the award. 

Like 6 Meters, it also makes the 5BVUCC more of a possibility for Western operators. 

But I appreciate your opinions, and having you join the discussion. The best proposals are formed when input is received from many different viewpoints. 



73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member




> On Apr 22, 2019, at 12:52 PM, K7XC Tim Marek <k7xcnv1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Les, 
> 
> Your assumptions about what its like to operate in the West hold no Water as well.
> The Entire West has an Active Weak Signal VHF population equal to that of FN31 alone.
> Yes Tall Mountains are a huge advantage but people to work are far and few between on 2M let alone 10GHz. 
> 
> Tim - K7XC - DM09jh.... sk
> 
> Adapt, Overcome,, Succeed!
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 4:36 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com <mailto:les at highnoonfilm.com>> wrote:
> I completely misspoke, and apologize. 
> 
> The Southeast Division of the ARRL is represented on the league?s Boar of Directors by Greg Sarratt, W4OZK who is active on weak signal VHF/UHF. 
> 
> We?ve been informed that the creation of new awards falls to the Board of Directors. If you?re supportive of the proposal to create a new Five Band VUCC Award (5BVUCC) please contact your director. Currently, these are: 
> 
> Tom Abernethy, W3TOM, Atlantic Division 
> 
> Kermit Carlson, W9XA, Central Division 
> 
> Matt Holden, K?BBC, Dakota Division 
> 
> David Norris, K5UZ, Delta Division
> 
> Dale Williams, WA8EFK, Great Lakes Division 
> 
> Ria Jairam, N2RJ, Hudson Division
> 
> Rod Blocksome, K?DAS, Midwest Division 
> 
> Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, New England Division 
> 
> Mike Ritz, W7VO, Northwestern Division
> 
> Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, Pacific Division
> 
> George ?Bud? Hippisley, W2RU, Roanoke Division
> 
> Jeff Ryan, K?RM, Rocky Mountain Division
> 
> Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, Southeastern Division
> 
> Dick Norton, N6AA, Southwestern Division
> 
> David Woolweaver, K5RAV, West Gulf Division Director 
> 
> The proposal is for the league to create a new Five Band VUCC Award that would be earned by achieving five individual band VUCC Awards. This would be similar to the Five Band DXCC Award which has proven to be very popular. 
> 
> This award would be relatively easy to implement within Logbook of the World, and require no significant changes to existing VUCC Rules. 
> 
> Six Meter VUCC and Satellite VUCC are probably the easiest to achieve regardless of geography. Those of us in the East will find 2 Meters, 222, and 432 easier to earn, though WSJT Meteor Scatter and EME open these up to large parts of the country as well. 
> 
> Those in the Western states have easier access to high peaks within range of the five grids required to earn the award on Microwaves. 
> 
> With effort, this award should be achievable to almost any amateur willing to make the necessary commitment. 
> 
> So far, the idea has received a lot of support within the VHF/UHF Community. 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL 
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> 
> 
> 
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From ko6th.greg at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 18:14:44 2019
From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:14:44 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Cushcraft 416-TB Oscar Satellite Boomer Antenna
	System
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Absolutely can work.  The only issue might be automating the Az / El
rotors, since the U100 controller doesn't have a computer interface. 
Depending on the particular version of the rotor, a computer interface
can be built.  I have one for Elevation, along with some other ham-type
rotor for Azimuth.  Both use a contact "clicker" style connection for
feedback (versus a linear potentiometer).  Easy for a simple controller
to count the clicks and control the relays.  See
http://home.wavecable.com/~ko6th/ at the top of the page for more info. 
The potentiometer-style feedback has been interfaced to by several
others, using an Arduino.

No idea for pricing...

Good luck with the projects!

Greg  KO6TH


David Mossor via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I picked up a OSCAR antenna system that I have brought back to life. It
> consist of a 416-TB 70cm antenna, A144-20T 2 meter twist yagi - 144-148
> mhz,, 4' boom assembly, Two U-100 alliance rotors for azimuth and elev.
> control. Everything is to factory specs. and the rotors work smooth. Not
> sure if I am going to have time for SAT work at this time since I have two
> tower projects to get done. Can anyone tell me if this is still a viable
> antenna system and what would something like that be worth today? Planning
> on taking it to an Upcoming Hamfest to see if anyone is interested. Can
> send pictures via email.
> I am good on QRZ.
>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
> --
> KE8CAD
> DAVID B. MOSSOR
> 908 W. MAIN ST.
> HARRISVILLE, WV 26362
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From framirezferrer at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 18:26:59 2019
From: framirezferrer at gmail.com (Fernando Ramirez)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:26:59 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
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I 100% agree with Gabriel.

On satellites, rovers play a major role on the grid chasing game. They
spend a lot of time and money to work from grids that are never heard over
the air. Unfortunately, as of today, major organizations like the ARRL
don't have an award to honor and incentivise their efforts.

As an AMSAT member and an avid satellite grid chaser (I don't operate
sitting down, though), I would like to see an award for rovers before
focusing on more awards for chasers.

My humble opinion...

73

Fernando, NP4JV

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:59 AM Gabriel Zeifman via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I?d personally be much more interested if there was a similar award for
> rovers. I think a lot of the work rovers do is overlooked while the guys
> who sit at home are ?honored?.
>
> 73,
> Gabe
> AL6D/VE6NJH the insane guy who flies a Cessna 150 around Alaska and driven
> about 80,000 miles in three years to activate grids
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 6:50 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Lady & Gentlemen,
> >
> > Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> > the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost
> in
> > cyberspace.
> >
> > In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> like
> > to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> > closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> >
> > Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more
> of
> > the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> >
> > My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and
> > higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of
> more
> > gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances
> > the state of the radio art.
> >
> > Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could
> > do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for
> > your service to the hobby.
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > 121 Mayfair Park
> > Maylene, AL 35114
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all 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 af5cc2 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 18:56:59 2019
From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:56:59 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] 5BVUCC Nets Support of
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What about EME QSOs?  Those are not terrestrial.

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:58 PM K7XC Tim Marek <k7xcnv1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Adding Satellite QSOs to a Terrestrial Award is something I Can NOT
> Endorse.
>
> They are separate from Terrestrial VUCC awards for a reason.
>
> Create a 5B VUCC award by all means all the reasons stated, just leave
> Assisted QSOS (Repeaters, Satellites, Etc) out of it.
>
> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 5:40 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
>
> > Just heard back from Mike Ritz, W7VO who is the Director of the
> > Northwestern Division. He?s fully supportive of the proposal to create
> the
> > new award.
> >
> > Reach out to your ARRL Director today, and let?s see if we can keep the
> > momentum going!
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > Maylene, AL
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
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From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Mon Apr 22 19:30:24 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:30:24 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Hidden Oaks Middle School,
	Prior Lake, MN
Message-ID: <F08DA69359874264ADB09ADD034FA102@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN on 24 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:46 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and N9CHA. The contact should be audible over the state of Minnesota 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.

 

 

Story: 

 

Hidden Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake, MN has been selected to participate in a program that will have students speaking directly, in real-time to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station using Amateur Radio. ARISS, an acronym for Amateur Radio on the International Space Station is a program created by a consortium of amateur radio organizations and space agencies including National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  ARISS works to connect students worldwide with crewmembers aboard the International Space Station with the hopes of inspiring students to pursue interests in STEM related fields. As an ESTEM school, this is a tremendous opportunity for the students at Hidden Oaks Middle School. Spearheaded by 8th grade science teachers and space enthusiasts, Laura Kuechenmeister and Becky Stark, the project will encompass all 1000 students at Hidden Oaks in a variety of ways. Hidden Oaks has teamed up with Amateur Radio operator Greg Braun (N9CHA) and a team of technicians that he has assembled to draft an equipment plan. HOMS has worked with Greg and his team in the past on projects including high altitude balloon tracking and an ARISS contact in 2014 and have great confidence in his ability to have a successful ARISS contact. In February, Greg's team plans to conduct a proof of performance test on all radio communications equipment that will be used for the contact. Additional setup and testing will be done the week prior to the contact at the contact site--Hidden Oaks Middle School.

 

Additionally, students at Hidden Oaks have been having fun learning about the ISS and amateur radio prior to the contact. Students have been monitoring the station through an ISS Live module that is on display in the entryway of the school. They have been using it to watch the live feed of the Earth from the station and to stay up to date with the crew on the station. Students have also been watching NASA's weekly broadcast about the station called "Space to Ground." They have enjoyed learning about how the astronauts work and live in space. A mission patch (sticker) has been designed and created to celebrate the mission.  Science teachers throughout all 3 grade levels (6, 7, 8) have been working to incorporate space-based curriculum including Space Fact Friday, rocket designing and building, participating in the Sally Ride EarthKAM program and researching a variety of space missions. 8th grade students are also looking forward to a space-themed ESTEM day later in the year where much of the focus will be on the International Space Station.

 

More than 1,000 students will attend the ARISS contact event at Hidden Oaks Middle School. The event will be livestreamed to make it available to school audiences beyond our school. Students are learning about the current astronauts and missions and submitting questions to ask online. To date more than 300 questions have been submitted with more than a week remaining for students to make their submissions. 10-15 will be selected to be asked during the contact.   

 

 

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

 

1. Why did you want to become an astronaut?

2. What kind of training did you have to do to be ready for your mission?

3. What was the hardest part for you about becoming and being an astronaut?

4. What is it like riding in the rocket to and from the space station?

5. What was your first day on the space station like?

6. What things have you had to do on the station to help conserve resources 

   like water?

7. What is a typical day like for you as an astronaut on the space station?

8. What is your favorite food to eat on the space station?  How do you 

   prepare it?

9. What do you do in your spare time on the station?

10. What was the most difficult thing for you to get used to on the space 

    station?

11. What kind of experiments are you currently working on on the space 

    station?

12. How has living in micro-gravity affected your body?

13. What do you miss most about living on Earth?

14. What are some things you will have to do in order to go back to "normal" 

    life when you get back to Earth?

 

 

PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:

 

      Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the 

      International Space Station (ARISS).

 

      To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status

 

 

Next planned event(s):

 

      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 n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Mon Apr 22 19:40:33 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:40:33 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?CORRECTION_for_Upcoming_ARISS_contact_w?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?ith_Dum_det=ED_a_ml=E1deze_Olomouc_=28House_of_Chil?=
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CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS POSTING OF THIS CONTACT EARLIER TODAY. 

Please note that the contact start time is 09:15 UTC instead of 19:15 UTC. 





An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Dum det? a ml?deze Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc), Olomouc, Czech Republic on 23 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:15 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and OK2KMX. The contact should be audible over the Czech Republic 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.

 

 

Story: 

 

D?m d?t? a ml?deze Olomouc (eng.: House of Children and Youth, abbr. DDM Olomouc) - a leisure time center which operates in 5 buildings, whereas four are situated in Olomouc. Since April 2001 the DDM is constituted by Olomouc Regional Authority. For the whole public DDM offered both regular clubs and interest groups as well as occasional and stay events.

Over 150 interest groups started to work every year, regularly - once, twice or three times a week - attended by 2602 children and youth at the age from 3 to 25 years only during the last school year (2017/2018). These activities were provided by 150 employees, external and voluntary workers.

During the summer holidays, DDM Olomouc organized more than 30 summer camps for almost 800 children. In summer furthermore, as during the whole year, DDM Olomouc offers cheap accommodation both right in Olomouc and in Ochoz u Konice both locations are up to 30 km away from Olomouc.

 

 

 

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

 

1. How many solar panels are powering the entire station and do you have any 

   other power sources?

2. What voltage are your instruments using aboard the ISS?

3. What would you tell the people who believe that the Earth is flat?

4. How often do you check the social networks and have you any time to watch 

   Youtube?

5. Did the ASTROBEE's already arrive and do you use them already?

6. How far from the station can you go and can you move outside untethered?

7. How long does it take to get from Earth to the ISS?

8. What does being in a spacesuit feel like and what is outside temperature?

9. How long do the spacesuit's energy and oxygen supplies last?

10. Do you feel any changes to your muscular system during your mission, or 

    is it a bit of a shock after your return back to Earth?

11. Do you need to strap in when you sleep and how do you enjoy sleeping in 

    zero gravity?

12. How often do you eat and do you enjoy the taste of the food?

13. Have you experienced any accidents while on the station, for example, a 

    device failure?

14. How do you fight a fire if it breaks out onboard the ISS?

15. How much waste is generated on the ISS and what are you doing with it?

16. Can you play any computer games and how much free time do you have?

17. What does it feel like to fly a rocket up into space?

18. How much time do you spend exercising each day?

19. How would you deal with a serious injury, for example, hand fracture?

20. How and how often do you communicate with your family?

 

 

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. Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via N9CHA

                  The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

                  The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

                  Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-24 17:46:31 UTC 52 deg

 

 

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 k7xcnv1 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 17:42:59 2019
From: k7xcnv1 at gmail.com (K7XC Tim Marek)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:42:59 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting]  [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
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A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
contacts already in LOTW
to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?

Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs are
NOT allowed,
and that means NO Satellites!

I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
contacts to a Terrestrial award!

If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
disrespecting everyone who in the
past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
fact it was hard made the goal
worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
Water. If you want something
bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.

I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs and
encourage others to do as well.

73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk

Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!




On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:

> John,
>
> My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The idea
> is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
> changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
>
> So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than 12
> hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who supports
> this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know about
> the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
>
> In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as our
> representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to get
> him on the satellites more though!
>
> :-)
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
> > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Les,
> >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I would
> >> certainly work towards that end.
> >> Dave
> >> N9HF
> >> el99
> >>
> >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
> vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
> >>>
> >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on
> >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
> lost in
> >>> cyberspace.
> >>>
> >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> like
> >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would
> >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> >>>
> >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
> more of
> >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> >>>
> >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296,
> and
> >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of
> more
> >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> advances
> >>> the state of the radio art.
> >>>
> >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> could
> >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful
> for
> >>> your service to the hobby.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>>
> >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> >>> 121 Mayfair Park
> >>> Maylene, AL 35114
> >>> EM63nf
> >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>
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From k7xcnv1 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 17:52:42 2019
From: k7xcnv1 at gmail.com (K7XC Tim Marek)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:52:42 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] Five Band VUCC (5BVUCC) Award
	Proposal
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Hi Les,

Your assumptions about what its like to operate in the West hold no Water
as well.
The Entire West has an Active Weak Signal VHF population equal to that of
FN31 alone.
Yes Tall Mountains are a huge advantage but people to work are far and few
between on 2M let alone 10GHz.

Tim - K7XC - DM09jh.... sk

Adapt, Overcome,, Succeed!


On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 4:36 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:

> I completely misspoke, and apologize.
>
> The Southeast Division of the ARRL is represented on the league?s Boar of
> Directors by Greg Sarratt, W4OZK who is active on weak signal VHF/UHF.
>
> We?ve been informed that the creation of new awards falls to the Board of
> Directors. If you?re supportive of the proposal to create a new Five Band
> VUCC Award (5BVUCC) please contact your director. Currently, these are:
>
> Tom Abernethy, W3TOM, Atlantic Division
>
> Kermit Carlson, W9XA, Central Division
>
> Matt Holden, K?BBC, Dakota Division
>
> David Norris, K5UZ, Delta Division
>
> Dale Williams, WA8EFK, Great Lakes Division
>
> Ria Jairam, N2RJ, Hudson Division
>
> Rod Blocksome, K?DAS, Midwest Division
>
> Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, New England Division
>
> Mike Ritz, W7VO, Northwestern Division
>
> Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, Pacific Division
>
> George ?Bud? Hippisley, W2RU, Roanoke Division
>
> Jeff Ryan, K?RM, Rocky Mountain Division
>
> Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, Southeastern Division
>
> Dick Norton, N6AA, Southwestern Division
>
> David Woolweaver, K5RAV, West Gulf Division Director
>
> The proposal is for the league to create a new Five Band VUCC Award that
> would be earned by achieving five individual band VUCC Awards. This would
> be similar to the Five Band DXCC Award which has proven to be very popular.
>
> This award would be relatively easy to implement within Logbook of the
> World, and require no significant changes to existing VUCC Rules.
>
> Six Meter VUCC and Satellite VUCC are probably the easiest to achieve
> regardless of geography. Those of us in the East will find 2 Meters, 222,
> and 432 easier to earn, though WSJT Meteor Scatter and EME open these up to
> large parts of the country as well.
>
> Those in the Western states have easier access to high peaks within range
> of the five grids required to earn the award on Microwaves.
>
> With effort, this award should be achievable to almost any amateur willing
> to make the necessary commitment.
>
> So far, the idea has received a lot of support within the VHF/UHF
> Community.
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
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From wa6azp at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 17:55:08 2019
From: wa6azp at gmail.com (Alan Larson)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:55:08 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] 5 Band VUCC Award
Message-ID: <CALv-U6UZzs1MMM2CWxCj_Y-Z4pxbdCGyGCtia0eSxDhN4k-Zrw@mail.gmail.com>

Les and folks, some thoughts on the 5BVUCC idea:

>In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
>like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
>would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.

It seems a worthwhile award for folks to go for, it would provide a
further step for folks who have already gotten VUCC.  The extra bands
would remain easy for operators in the east, and difficult for those in
the west.

Unfortunately, I don't think it would really provide lasting activity
on the bands - nowdays folks would get on with FT8, exchange encoded
callsigns and a couple more bits of information, and call it a contact.
Then they wourl move on to the next grid or band.  Continuing activity,
ragchewing, even short "It is good to hear from you again", sort of
contacts that don't add additional grids, but do add activity, would
not be encouraged, as competitors would be letting their computers
search out FT8 signals (random or arranged).

Perhaps I am missing something - isn't it possible to get VUCC on
several bands as separate VUCC, so one could have it on 6 meters, 2
meters, and so on?  If it isn't, it seems that it should be.  Then
5BVUCC would just be 5 of these single-band VUCC awards.

I would love to see an approach that left operator skill as more
important than computer processing power -- the only thing I can think
of is mode specific awards.  If by operating SSB or CW I were not
competing against computers exchanging minimal traces of information,
it would not be so disillusioning.

        Alan

From k7xcnv1 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 17:58:39 2019
From: k7xcnv1 at gmail.com (K7XC Tim Marek)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:58:39 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] 5BVUCC Nets Support of
In-Reply-To: <DE12B4F8-FEB8-4CA2-A92C-FF770B9E0CC2@highnoonfilm.com>
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Message-ID: <CAJ8KRCMbXayabP=BCBcDcO=k0VmGA-N4vt1wPgFYtvG_Yg9uaQ@mail.gmail.com>

Adding Satellite QSOs to a Terrestrial Award is something I Can NOT
Endorse.

They are separate from Terrestrial VUCC awards for a reason.

Create a 5B VUCC award by all means all the reasons stated, just leave
Assisted QSOS (Repeaters, Satellites, Etc) out of it.

73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!


On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 5:40 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:

> Just heard back from Mike Ritz, W7VO who is the Director of the
> Northwestern Division. He?s fully supportive of the proposal to create the
> new award.
>
> Reach out to your ARRL Director today, and let?s see if we can keep the
> momentum going!
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
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From rayedbert at comcast.net  Mon Apr 22 18:35:01 2019
From: rayedbert at comcast.net (Ray Albert)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:35:01 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHF] [VHFcontesting] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CALv-U6UZzs1MMM2CWxCj_Y-Z4pxbdCGyGCtia0eSxDhN4k-Zrw@mail.gmail.com>
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I would love to see an approach that left operator skill as more important than computer processing power !!!!
DITTO  !!!
W3BFC

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From: VHF [mailto:vhf-bounces at w6yx.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Larson via VHF
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 1:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [VHF] [VHFcontesting] 5 Band VUCC Award

Les and folks, some thoughts on the 5BVUCC idea:

>In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
>like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
>would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.

It seems a worthwhile award for folks to go for, it would provide a
further step for folks who have already gotten VUCC.  The extra bands
would remain easy for operators in the east, and difficult for those in
the west.

Unfortunately, I don't think it would really provide lasting activity
on the bands - nowdays folks would get on with FT8, exchange encoded
callsigns and a couple more bits of information, and call it a contact.
Then they wourl move on to the next grid or band.  Continuing activity,
ragchewing, even short "It is good to hear from you again", sort of
contacts that don't add additional grids, but do add activity, would
not be encouraged, as competitors would be letting their computers
search out FT8 signals (random or arranged).

Perhaps I am missing something - isn't it possible to get VUCC on
several bands as separate VUCC, so one could have it on 6 meters, 2
meters, and so on?  If it isn't, it seems that it should be.  Then
5BVUCC would just be 5 of these single-band VUCC awards.

I would love to see an approach that left operator skill as more
important than computer processing power -- the only thing I can think
of is mode specific awards.  If by operating SSB or CW I were not
competing against computers exchanging minimal traces of information,
it would not be so disillusioning.

        Alan
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From w7mem at msn.com  Mon Apr 22 19:14:55 2019
From: w7mem at msn.com (Mark W7MEM McMillan)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:14:55 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] 5BVUCC Nets Support of
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Eme is of natural processes. I E E skip. With out EME NO award could be possible!

Sent from my iPhone !

> On Apr 22, 2019, at 11:56 AM, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> What about EME QSOs?  Those are not terrestrial.
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:58 PM K7XC Tim Marek <k7xcnv1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Adding Satellite QSOs to a Terrestrial Award is something I Can NOT
>> Endorse.
>> 
>> They are separate from Terrestrial VUCC awards for a reason.
>> 
>> Create a 5B VUCC award by all means all the reasons stated, just leave
>> Assisted QSOS (Repeaters, Satellites, Etc) out of it.
>> 
>> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 5:40 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just heard back from Mike Ritz, W7VO who is the Director of the
>>> Northwestern Division. He?s fully supportive of the proposal to create
>> the
>>> new award.
>>> 
>>> Reach out to your ARRL Director today, and let?s see if we can keep the
>>> momentum going!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>>> Maylene, AL
>>> EM63nf
>>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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From k7xcnv1 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 19:51:20 2019
From: k7xcnv1 at gmail.com (K7XC Tim Marek)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:51:20 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] Five Band VUCC (5BVUCC) Award
	Proposal
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Hi Les,

To give you an idea where my perspective come from....

I have been active on Weak Signal VHF since 1990, starting on 2M, branching
out to 6M, then 432 and finally 222. For 20+ yrs I was a competitive
Mountaintop Contester, active each year from a different grid to help
others with their VUCC efforts as well as taking advantage of great
locations in rare grids in an effort to add to the score. Over the years I
have activated 100+ grids from various mountaintops in CA, NV. AZ, UT, NM,
TX, OR, UT, WY, WA, ID, and MT as well as operating a Competitive 5 band
ROVER in VHF contests, often placing in the top 5 Nationally. I wrote the
"Weak Signal News" Column for CQ VHF Magazine for 5 yrs in the 1990s. Trust
me when I say I do understand what it means to operate Weak Signal VHF from
anywhere in North America.

I have logged hundreds of hours operating 144 and 432 EME with 4 bay arrays
on each band as well as using the same antennas
on AO-10 and AO-13, which was like shooting fish in a barrel as tracking
software tells you when the bird will be available.

That is vastly different than operating Terrestrially on  6, 2, 222, 432,
etc, where you have to be present and ready to take advantage of any
propagation that happens along... A greater commitment of time, money and
resources than making contacts with a satellite!

Which is why for awards purposes, Satellite QSOs have NO Place being mixed
in with Terrestrial QSOs as their completely different animals.
They have their own Equal but Separate VUCC standings as making an assisted
contact with an airborne repeater/transponderis is Dramatically easier than
MS, ES, or EME contacts. Mixing them together in the same award pollutes
the integrity and effort of Terrestrial QSOs.

73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk

Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 6:09 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:

> Tim,
>
> I?ve actually operated VHF/UHF/Microwave from the West (mostly in New
> Mexico and California) during VHF Contests when I?ve been traveling for
> business.
>
> Understand well the challenges faced in making contacts on 2 Meters, 432,
> etc. When it comes to this type of operating, geography is indeed destiny.
>
> It?s difficult or impossible to mitigate the advantages enjoyed by
> operators in the Northeast.
>
> That being said, I still believe 5BVUCC is achievable by any committed
> amateur in the 48 states. I live in a deed restricted neighborhood and am
> limited to indoor antennas. This represents a huge disadvantage, but I?ve
> found ways to overcome them. That?s part of the fun. As your own signature
> file states, ?Adapt, Overcome,, Succeed!?
>
> I suspect many operators would achieve 5BVUCC by working with a partner
> ham. You could take a single dish for 5Ghz and 10Ghz to a high peak in a
> single grid square, while your partner drove to LOS locations in five
> grids. Then ?switch? to allow both operators to earn VUCC on these bands.
> It?s done pretty often now.
>
> If you added lasers to the mix, you?d have three of the required bands in
> a weekend. Difficult and expensive perhaps?but certainly something that
> many have already done successfully.
>
> As for satellite operation, I have to disagree with you. Earning VUCC on
> satellites is certainly more difficult than earning it on 6 Meters. It is
> truly weak-signal operation and requires skill sets that are unique from
> other types of VHF/UHF operation.
>
> More importantly, there is already a VUCC Award for Satellites, so it
> wouldn?t make sense to exclude this ?band? from the award.
>
> Like 6 Meters, it also makes the 5BVUCC more of a possibility for Western
> operators.
>
> But I appreciate your opinions, and having you join the discussion. The
> best proposals are formed when input is received from many different
> viewpoints.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 22, 2019, at 12:52 PM, K7XC Tim Marek <k7xcnv1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Les,
>
> Your assumptions about what its like to operate in the West hold no Water
> as well.
> The Entire West has an Active Weak Signal VHF population equal to that of
> FN31 alone.
> Yes Tall Mountains are a huge advantage but people to work are far and few
> between on 2M let alone 10GHz.
>
> Tim - K7XC - DM09jh.... sk
>
> Adapt, Overcome,, Succeed!
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 4:36 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
>
>> I completely misspoke, and apologize.
>>
>> The Southeast Division of the ARRL is represented on the league?s Boar of
>> Directors by Greg Sarratt, W4OZK who is active on weak signal VHF/UHF.
>>
>> We?ve been informed that the creation of new awards falls to the Board of
>> Directors. If you?re supportive of the proposal to create a new Five Band
>> VUCC Award (5BVUCC) please contact your director. Currently, these are:
>>
>> Tom Abernethy, W3TOM, Atlantic Division
>>
>> Kermit Carlson, W9XA, Central Division
>>
>> Matt Holden, K?BBC, Dakota Division
>>
>> David Norris, K5UZ, Delta Division
>>
>> Dale Williams, WA8EFK, Great Lakes Division
>>
>> Ria Jairam, N2RJ, Hudson Division
>>
>> Rod Blocksome, K?DAS, Midwest Division
>>
>> Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, New England Division
>>
>> Mike Ritz, W7VO, Northwestern Division
>>
>> Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, Pacific Division
>>
>> George ?Bud? Hippisley, W2RU, Roanoke Division
>>
>> Jeff Ryan, K?RM, Rocky Mountain Division
>>
>> Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, Southeastern Division
>>
>> Dick Norton, N6AA, Southwestern Division
>>
>> David Woolweaver, K5RAV, West Gulf Division Director
>>
>> The proposal is for the league to create a new Five Band VUCC Award that
>> would be earned by achieving five individual band VUCC Awards. This would
>> be similar to the Five Band DXCC Award which has proven to be very popular.
>>
>>
>> This award would be relatively easy to implement within Logbook of the
>> World, and require no significant changes to existing VUCC Rules.
>>
>> Six Meter VUCC and Satellite VUCC are probably the easiest to achieve
>> regardless of geography. Those of us in the East will find 2 Meters, 222,
>> and 432 easier to earn, though WSJT Meteor Scatter and EME open these up to
>> large parts of the country as well.
>>
>> Those in the Western states have easier access to high peaks within range
>> of the five grids required to earn the award on Microwaves.
>>
>> With effort, this award should be achievable to almost any amateur
>> willing to make the necessary commitment.
>>
>> So far, the idea has received a lot of support within the VHF/UHF
>> Community.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> Maylene, AL
>> EM63nf
>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
>

From gabrielzeifman at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 20:08:39 2019
From: gabrielzeifman at gmail.com (Gabriel Zeifman)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:08:39 -0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAJ8KRCOozKUMjDNr_paED=fwiCybb_-C5RH0uMKj1PQMqNk=FQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
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This is an intriguing observation, considering satellite VUCC has been
around for years. I don?t think I?ve ever heard you on one of our ?repeater
like? satellites?

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 11:55 AM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
> contacts already in LOTW
> to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
>
> Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs are
> NOT allowed,
> and that means NO Satellites!
>
> I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
> contacts to a Terrestrial award!
>
> If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
> disrespecting everyone who in the
> past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
> fact it was hard made the goal
> worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
> Water. If you want something
> bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
>
> I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs and
> encourage others to do as well.
>
> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>
> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
> idea
> > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
> > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
> >
> > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than 12
> > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who supports
> > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
> about
> > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
> >
> > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as our
> > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
> get
> > him on the satellites more though!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > Maylene, AL
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
> > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hello Les,
> > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
> would
> > >> certainly work towards that end.
> > >> Dave
> > >> N9HF
> > >> el99
> > >>
> > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
> > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
> > >>>
> > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone
> on
> > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
> > lost in
> > >>> cyberspace.
> > >>>
> > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> > like
> > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
> would
> > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> > >>>
> > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
> > more of
> > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> > >>>
> > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296,
> > and
> > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale
> of
> > more
> > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> > advances
> > >>> the state of the radio art.
> > >>>
> > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> > could
> > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful
> > for
> > >>> your service to the hobby.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> 73,
> > >>>
> > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
> > >>> Maylene, AL 35114
> > >>> EM63nf
> > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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> > >>>
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From w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 20:23:47 2019
From: w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com (Paul Andrews)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:23:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAJ8KRCOozKUMjDNr_paED=fwiCybb_-C5RH0uMKj1PQMqNk=FQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
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	<CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
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With regards to 5 Band VUCC.   I think that satellite VUCC (100 QSOs) is
just another band.  (more accurate - Sat is a mode)

The ARRL identifies 10 VUCC bands between 50 MHz and 10 GHz.  Satellite is
just the 11th VUCC band.

Complete VUCC in any 5 bands and earn the 5BVUCC.  Am I missing something?

Has anyone completed VUCC in all 11 bands?

73 - Paul - W2HRO















On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:58 PM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
> contacts already in LOTW
> to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
>
> Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs are
> NOT allowed,
> and that means NO Satellites!
>
> I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
> contacts to a Terrestrial award!
>
> If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
> disrespecting everyone who in the
> past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
> fact it was hard made the goal
> worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
> Water. If you want something
> bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
>
> I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs and
> encourage others to do as well.
>
> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>
> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
> idea
> > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
> > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
> >
> > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than 12
> > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who supports
> > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
> about
> > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
> >
> > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as our
> > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
> get
> > him on the satellites more though!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > Maylene, AL
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
> > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hello Les,
> > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
> would
> > >> certainly work towards that end.
> > >> Dave
> > >> N9HF
> > >> el99
> > >>
> > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
> > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
> > >>>
> > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone
> on
> > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
> > lost in
> > >>> cyberspace.
> > >>>
> > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> > like
> > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
> would
> > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> > >>>
> > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
> > more of
> > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> > >>>
> > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296,
> > and
> > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale
> of
> > more
> > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> > advances
> > >>> the state of the radio art.
> > >>>
> > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> > could
> > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful
> > for
> > >>> your service to the hobby.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> 73,
> > >>>
> > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
> > >>> Maylene, AL 35114
> > >>> EM63nf
> > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> _______________________________________________
> > >>> VHF mailing list
> > >>> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>
> > >>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <
> > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>
> > >>>
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> 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.
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From k7xcnv1 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 20:28:06 2019
From: k7xcnv1 at gmail.com (K7XC Tim Marek)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 20:28:06 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAEGYLCs1HwFoheq1YuLDgz-Gst3i_nxWBRd4zUUCsKK-8phZNQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
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	<CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8E21B87F-A1BC-44F7-90B5-E5135D765698@highnoonfilm.com>
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Hi Gabe,

Please don't think I am am anti satellite,

I was active for years on AO-10 and AO-13 and the Russian LEO birds of 2up
and 10 down, etc.

What I am Against is an Award that allows credits from both in the same
award...

ASSISTED QSOs IE: Satellites, Repeaters, Etc
                          and
UNASSISTED QSOs IE: Tropo, Es, MS, EME, etc

Within the SAME AWARD!

It makes no sense to mix the two in one award as they are Apple and Oranges
IE: Not the same animal.

Weather I have made any recent Satellite contacts or not has no bearing on
my point!


73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh.. sk

Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!





On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 8:08 PM Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is an intriguing observation, considering satellite VUCC has been
> around for years. I don?t think I?ve ever heard you on one of our ?repeater
> like? satellites?
>
> 73,
> Gabe
> AL6D/VE6NJH
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 11:55 AM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
>> contacts already in LOTW
>> to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
>>
>> Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs
>> are
>> NOT allowed,
>> and that means NO Satellites!
>>
>> I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
>> contacts to a Terrestrial award!
>>
>> If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
>> disrespecting everyone who in the
>> past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
>> fact it was hard made the goal
>> worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
>> Water. If you want something
>> bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
>>
>> I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs and
>> encourage others to do as well.
>>
>> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>>
>> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
>>
>> > John,
>> >
>> > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
>> idea
>> > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
>> > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
>> >
>> > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than 12
>> > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who supports
>> > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
>> about
>> > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
>> >
>> > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as our
>> > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
>> get
>> > him on the satellites more though!
>> >
>> > :-)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 73,
>> >
>> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> > Maylene, AL
>> > EM63nf
>> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
>> > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> Hello Les,
>> > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
>> would
>> > >> certainly work towards that end.
>> > >> Dave
>> > >> N9HF
>> > >> el99
>> > >>
>> > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
>> > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from
>> anyone on
>> > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
>> > lost in
>> > >>> cyberspace.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM,
>> I?d
>> > like
>> > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
>> would
>> > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
>> > more of
>> > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
>> > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on
>> the
>> > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222,
>> 1296,
>> > and
>> > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale
>> of
>> > more
>> > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
>> > advances
>> > >>> the state of the radio art.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
>> > could
>> > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always,
>> grateful
>> > for
>> > >>> your service to the hobby.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> 73,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> > >>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> > >>> EM63nf
>> > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> _______________________________________________
>> > >>> VHF mailing list
>> > >>> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>
>> > >>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <
>> > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>
>> > >>>
>> > >> _______________________________________________
>> > >> 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:
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>> > <https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>
>> >
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>> >
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>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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From gabrielzeifman at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 20:46:34 2019
From: gabrielzeifman at gmail.com (Gabriel Zeifman)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:46:34 -0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAJ8KRCN+RC_fYmXydCO7=KFjR8ALgyN6nvG3YACDutKe7pv7dg@mail.gmail.com>
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	<CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8E21B87F-A1BC-44F7-90B5-E5135D765698@highnoonfilm.com>
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	<CAEGYLCs1HwFoheq1YuLDgz-Gst3i_nxWBRd4zUUCsKK-8phZNQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAEGYLCtKO3WJyww9UWv4UP0QPb4mGKsuj6k+V0M=r+c42abgnA@mail.gmail.com>

I don?t like the idea of them being in the same award, I don?t see why they
couldn?t be considered another band. I see satellites as different but
equal. I?ve done a bit of 2m/70cm roving during contests, but I definitely
wouldn?t consider myself qualified to talk about the intricacies of it.
Same with working AO-10/13 decades ago. Not all satellite QSOs are
comparable to throwing an antenna on a tripod and parking it there for
hours and working the world on a HEO sat. While it?s incredibly easy to
work an FM sat overhead, a monkey could do it on a baofeng blindfolded,
it?s equally easy to work a simplex QSO over a few miles. All domains have
their areas of difficulty, and what I personally enjoy in satellites is the
short windows at or below the horizon, where a theoretical window may not
even exist or where it?s there for a matter of seconds. Over the three
years I?ve been licensed, I?ve activated 417 grids and 28 DXCCs on
satellites, flying my little plane around Alaska and driving over 80,000
miles for it, so don?t underestimate the efforts and the costs rovers go
through to put grids on the air on satellites. And we don?t even have
contests. Making contacts beyond the maximum theoretical range of a
satellite is no easy feat. So go ahead and say we?re different, we sure
are, but don?t say we aren?t worthy.

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH


On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:28 PM K7XC Tim Marek <k7xcnv1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Gabe,
>
> Please don't think I am am anti satellite,
>
> I was active for years on AO-10 and AO-13 and the Russian LEO birds of 2up
> and 10 down, etc.
>
> What I am Against is an Award that allows credits from both in the same
> award...
>
> ASSISTED QSOs IE: Satellites, Repeaters, Etc
>                           and
> UNASSISTED QSOs IE: Tropo, Es, MS, EME, etc
>
> Within the SAME AWARD!
>
> It makes no sense to mix the two in one award as they are Apple and
> Oranges IE: Not the same animal.
>
> Weather I have made any recent Satellite contacts or not has no bearing on
> my point!
>
>
> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh.. sk
>
> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 8:08 PM Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This is an intriguing observation, considering satellite VUCC has been
>> around for years. I don?t think I?ve ever heard you on one of our ?repeater
>> like? satellites?
>>
>> 73,
>> Gabe
>> AL6D/VE6NJH
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 11:55 AM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>>> A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
>>> contacts already in LOTW
>>> to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
>>>
>>> Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs
>>> are
>>> NOT allowed,
>>> and that means NO Satellites!
>>>
>>> I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
>>> contacts to a Terrestrial award!
>>>
>>> If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
>>> disrespecting everyone who in the
>>> past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
>>> fact it was hard made the goal
>>> worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
>>> Water. If you want something
>>> bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
>>>
>>> I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs
>>> and
>>> encourage others to do as well.
>>>
>>> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>>>
>>> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > John,
>>> >
>>> > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
>>> idea
>>> > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
>>> > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
>>> >
>>> > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than
>>> 12
>>> > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who
>>> supports
>>> > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
>>> about
>>> > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
>>> >
>>> > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as
>>> our
>>> > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
>>> get
>>> > him on the satellites more though!
>>> >
>>> > :-)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 73,
>>> >
>>> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
>>> > Maylene, AL
>>> > EM63nf
>>> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
>>> > >
>>> > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
>>> > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Hello Les,
>>> > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
>>> would
>>> > >> certainly work towards that end.
>>> > >> Dave
>>> > >> N9HF
>>> > >> el99
>>> > >>
>>> > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
>>> > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
>>> > >> wrote:
>>> > >>
>>> > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from
>>> anyone on
>>> > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
>>> > lost in
>>> > >>> cyberspace.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM,
>>> I?d
>>> > like
>>> > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
>>> would
>>> > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
>>> > more of
>>> > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
>>> > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on
>>> the
>>> > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222,
>>> 1296,
>>> > and
>>> > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the
>>> sale of
>>> > more
>>> > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
>>> > advances
>>> > >>> the state of the radio art.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
>>> > could
>>> > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always,
>>> grateful
>>> > for
>>> > >>> your service to the hobby.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> 73,
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>>> > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=121+Mayfair+Park+%0D%0A+Maylene,+AL+35114&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=121+Mayfair+Park+%0D%0A+Maylene,+AL+35114&entry=gmail&source=g>>
>>> >>> Maylene, AL 35114
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=121+Mayfair+Park+%0D%0A+Maylene,+AL+35114&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> > >>> EM63nf
>>> > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> _______________________________________________
>>> > >>> VHF mailing list
>>> > >>> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>
>>> > >>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <
>>> > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >> _______________________________________________
>>> > >> 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:
>>> https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>> > <https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>
>>> >
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> > VHFcontesting mailing list
>>> > VHFcontesting at contesting.com
>>> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
>>> >
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>> to all 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 af5cc2 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 21:13:47 2019
From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:13:47 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAOsf+NQxrOduq9-JxUXDByk3mw2J3xXJrK8vmUwe49-huVwmzw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CANyTfWtvKDpJPaXQk0zPev33x0Z98T7nZdjwWqm=3kNmczB6_g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8E21B87F-A1BC-44F7-90B5-E5135D765698@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAJ8KRCOozKUMjDNr_paED=fwiCybb_-C5RH0uMKj1PQMqNk=FQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NQxrOduq9-JxUXDByk3mw2J3xXJrK8vmUwe49-huVwmzw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHC1P28qkdH3GqBfGGDNH7mMS+B88OUtvTmi9dAuBG5Cq33MQg@mail.gmail.com>

Probably W2SZ/1, except for the satellite VUCC.

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> With regards to 5 Band VUCC.   I think that satellite VUCC (100 QSOs) is
> just another band.  (more accurate - Sat is a mode)
>
> The ARRL identifies 10 VUCC bands between 50 MHz and 10 GHz.  Satellite is
> just the 11th VUCC band.
>
> Complete VUCC in any 5 bands and earn the 5BVUCC.  Am I missing something?
>
> Has anyone completed VUCC in all 11 bands?
>
> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:58 PM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
> > contacts already in LOTW
> > to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
> >
> > Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs
> are
> > NOT allowed,
> > and that means NO Satellites!
> >
> > I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
> > contacts to a Terrestrial award!
> >
> > If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
> > disrespecting everyone who in the
> > past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
> > fact it was hard made the goal
> > worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
> > Water. If you want something
> > bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
> >
> > I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs
> and
> > encourage others to do as well.
> >
> > 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
> >
> > Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
> > idea
> > > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
> > > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
> > >
> > > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than
> 12
> > > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who
> supports
> > > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
> > about
> > > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
> > >
> > > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as
> our
> > > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
> > get
> > > him on the satellites more though!
> > >
> > > :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > Maylene, AL
> > > EM63nf
> > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
> > > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Hello Les,
> > > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
> > would
> > > >> certainly work towards that end.
> > > >> Dave
> > > >> N9HF
> > > >> el99
> > > >>
> > > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
> > > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from
> anyone
> > on
> > > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
> > > lost in
> > > >>> cyberspace.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM,
> I?d
> > > like
> > > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
> > would
> > > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
> > > more of
> > > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on
> the
> > > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222,
> 1296,
> > > and
> > > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale
> > of
> > > more
> > > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> > > advances
> > > >>> the state of the radio art.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> > > could
> > > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always,
> grateful
> > > for
> > > >>> your service to the hobby.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 73,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
> > > >>> Maylene, AL 35114
> > > >>> EM63nf
> > > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> _______________________________________________
> > > >>> VHF mailing list
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> > > >>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <
> > > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>
> > > >>>
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From les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 21:27:05 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:27:05 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
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To my knowledge no U.S. amateur has earned VUCC for laser (light) contacts. Last time I checked, both award recipients were Mexican hams. 

Earning all of them would be quite the challenge (and virtually impossible from a home QTH) 

I fully support a VUCC award for Rovers, administered by the ARRL. But everyone should be aware that would require considerably more programming changes to LoTW. These are not trivial factors. 

Lastly, I completely disagree for anyone who disparages satellite operation for VUCC, or digital modes. This has been discussed at length and resolved long ago. 

There has long been a VHF/UHF Century Club Award for Satellites, and earning it should count towards 5BVUCC. 

The skills required for digital modes and satellites are different than those required for other modes?but they are legitimate skills. Just as the skills required for success on microwaves is very different than the skills needed for 2 Meters. 

Discussions about what is or is not more legitimate are fruitless and distract us from what should be common goals. More activity on VHF/UHF is a good thing. I?ve enjoyed learning about all of it. Hope to keep learning as I explore EME and optical communications. 



73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member




> On Apr 22, 2019, at 4:13 PM, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Probably W2SZ/1, except for the satellite VUCC.
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
> 
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> With regards to 5 Band VUCC.   I think that satellite VUCC (100 QSOs) is
> just another band.  (more accurate - Sat is a mode)
> 
> The ARRL identifies 10 VUCC bands between 50 MHz and 10 GHz.  Satellite is
> just the 11th VUCC band.
> 
> Complete VUCC in any 5 bands and earn the 5BVUCC.  Am I missing something?
> 
> Has anyone completed VUCC in all 11 bands?
> 
> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:58 PM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> 
> > A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
> > contacts already in LOTW
> > to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
> >
> > Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs are
> > NOT allowed,
> > and that means NO Satellites!
> >
> > I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
> > contacts to a Terrestrial award!
> >
> > If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
> > disrespecting everyone who in the
> > past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
> > fact it was hard made the goal
> > worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
> > Water. If you want something
> > bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
> >
> > I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs and
> > encourage others to do as well.
> >
> > 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
> >
> > Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com <mailto:les at highnoonfilm.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
> > idea
> > > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
> > > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
> > >
> > > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than 12
> > > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who supports
> > > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
> > about
> > > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
> > >
> > > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as our
> > > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
> > get
> > > him on the satellites more though!
> > >
> > > :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > Maylene, AL
> > > EM63nf
> > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com <mailto:johnbrier at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
> > > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org> <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>>> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Hello Les,
> > > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
> > would
> > > >> certainly work towards that end.
> > > >> Dave
> > > >> N9HF
> > > >> el99
> > > >>
> > > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
> > > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu> <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone
> > on
> > > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
> > > lost in
> > > >>> cyberspace.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> > > like
> > > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
> > would
> > > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
> > > more of
> > > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296,
> > > and
> > > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale
> > of
> > > more
> > > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> > > advances
> > > >>> the state of the radio art.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> > > could
> > > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful
> > > for
> > > >>> your service to the hobby.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 73,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
> > > >>> Maylene, AL 35114
> > > >>> EM63nf
> > > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> _______________________________________________
> > > >>> VHF mailing list
> > > >>> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu><mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
> > > >>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf> <
> > > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>>
> > > >>>
> > > >> _______________________________________________
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From diehl.mike.a at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 22:47:35 2019
From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 18:47:35 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
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> I fully support a VUCC award for Rovers, administered by the ARRL. But everyone should be aware that would require considerably more programming changes to LoTW. These are not trivial factors. 

I?m curious why this would mean considerable programming changes unless there?s something inherently wrong with LoTW. It literally takes me <10 lines of code to come up with a list of all squares someone has operated from by parsing the ADIF output from a LoTW query, this becomes a one liner with ?SELECT DISTINCT? when you have direct access to the DB. 

TBH, it seems more like ARRL not keeping up with the times. Roving is more popular than ever and they didn?t even have the foresight to create such an award during the great grid challenge. 

The ARRL, where you can get credit for working an op at a specific building or pile of rocks in the ocean but zilch for actually going to those places. And yes that?s part of why all of those ?we want you back!? emails get sent to the bit bucket. 

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

From les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 23:03:48 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 18:03:48 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
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Greg,

Always good to hear from you, my friend. Been too long since we?ve had an eyeball QSO. 

Reading the mail on this proposal, it?s clear that there is also considerable interest and support for a VUCC ?Rover? award?something that I believe would also generate more activity. 

With any proposal, I try to keep it mind how much programming will be required to implement it in terms of administration, and/or programming in LoTW. I understand those considerations are not trivial?alas, I?m not sure everyone gets that. :-)

Thank you for supporting the idea, and taking it to the Programs and Services Committee for consideration. Please let me know if I can do anything to support the effort. I?ll look forward to seeing how it?s viewed by the Committee and the Board. 

Also appreciate all that you do for the hobby. I have some appreciation for how much of your time it consumes. I?m sure you?d rather be operating and enjoying the hobby sometimes. It does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. 

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member




> On Apr 22, 2019, at 5:29 PM, Greg Sarratt <gsarratt at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello Les,
> 
> I just read all the emails sent today and now we have some good information from folks from all around the US.  I like this idea. I am on the ARRL Programs and Services Committee and will bring it to the committee for review. 
> 
> Thank you for bringing this up to help increase activity and I appreciate everyone submitting comments.
> 
> 73,
> Greg Sarratt, W4OZK
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 21, 2019, at 9:50 PM, Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com <mailto:les at highnoonfilm.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>> 
>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in cyberspace. 
>> 
>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award. 
>> 
>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients. 
>> 
>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art. 
>> 
>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for your service to the hobby. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> EM63nf
>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 


From les at highnoonfilm.com  Mon Apr 22 23:13:43 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 18:13:43 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
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Mike,

I?m not a programmer, so I can?t speak to the technical details. I do know that the demands on the LoTW staff are considerable?including routine maintenance, programming changes to support additional awards, server maintenance, etc. 

There are also administrative requirements for new awards that include printing, mailing, record keeping, etc. With a limited staff, these considerations are also a factor. 

That said, I fully support a VHF/UHF Century Club ?Rover? Award from the AARL. Anything that incentivizes and rewards rovers is a great idea. All of us benefit from rovers, and they make contests more exciting too.  

With any organization (or proposal) there will always be things that we might like to change?but you can?t change an organization from the outside. Only by being a member, and being active can you affect change. 

Wish I had your programming skills. I have trouble keeping my own log straight! :-)




73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member




> On Apr 22, 2019, at 5:47 PM, Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I fully support a VUCC award for Rovers, administered by the ARRL. But everyone should be aware that would require considerably more programming changes to LoTW. These are not trivial factors. 
> 
> I?m curious why this would mean considerable programming changes unless there?s something inherently wrong with LoTW. It literally takes me <10 lines of code to come up with a list of all squares someone has operated from by parsing the ADIF output from a LoTW query, this becomes a one liner with ?SELECT DISTINCT? when you have direct access to the DB. 
> 
> TBH, it seems more like ARRL not keeping up with the times. Roving is more popular than ever and they didn?t even have the foresight to create such an award during the great grid challenge. 
> 
> The ARRL, where you can get credit for working an op at a specific building or pile of rocks in the ocean but zilch for actually going to those places. And yes that?s part of why all of those ?we want you back!? emails get sent to the bit bucket. 
> 
> 73,
> Mike Diehl
> W8LID/VE6LID 


From diehl.mike.a at gmail.com  Tue Apr 23 02:37:37 2019
From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 22:37:37 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] Five Band VUCC (5BVUCC) Award
	Proposal
In-Reply-To: <CAJ8KRCNDTh51mQqL_KnMxqtxraKRRt2rqEW_eANUCbGf_j=nzA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <DC4939E3-5807-46ED-A8EF-4EF17459CF80@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAJ8KRCNnVUmgk53OZ6VZaEep1XXLt3YO5U8Cp5tu+xzoo8AVrg@mail.gmail.com>
	<6239968C-0D77-4B26-9963-8721E665ABEA@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAJ8KRCNDTh51mQqL_KnMxqtxraKRRt2rqEW_eANUCbGf_j=nzA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <58D3E63A-5DB5-4048-91F3-B48DFDCC5E9A@gmail.com>


> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!

Tim,

Your take on this seems to be on the curmudgeon side, ?I carried an EME array uphill both ways and so should you? so I decided to quote your signature instead. Consider for a moment that someone with a VUCC Satellite got inspired to try EME or MS because they already have 1 of 5. Also consider the terrestrial op with 4 of 5 who decides to give satellites a try.

Adapt to make your part of the hobby attractive to others. 

Overcome your fears that your accomplishments will somehow be diminished. 

Succeed in drawing attention to a niche market. 

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

From les at highnoonfilm.com  Tue Apr 23 04:28:28 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 23:28:28 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
Message-ID: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>

I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful. 

Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly made a series of newbie mistakes. 

Since becoming involved in satellites, I?ve always relied on the ?Countdown? program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were coming up at my location. 

Tonight I learned that I?ve been missing God knows how many passes per day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming pass for a given satellite at your location until that satellite has disappeared from view. 

In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an hour apart, but only knew about the first one. 

Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What?s the best tool to use to help me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours or so at my location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be able to see multiple passes from the same birds. 

P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna back to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710. DUH! I really need to invest in an IC-9700. 

Thanks Jeff for your patience. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Tue Apr 23 04:37:29 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:37:29 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
In-Reply-To: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <f1e179bc-b69d-43f6-7f5a-39e5d9196320@msa.hinet.net>

If you have an Android phone go for the ISS Detector app. It displays 
only the sats you want to follow and gives you skeds for days in 
advance. Plus it will give an alarm when the next pass is coming up. I 
use it when I walk around the house so I won't miss any pass (I tend to 
get caught up in other stuff and forget to look at the clock).

I know it's not PC based, but it's worth considering.

Hans

BX2ABT


On 04/23/2019 12:28 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful.
>
> Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly made a series of newbie mistakes.
>
> Since becoming involved in satellites, I?ve always relied on the ?Countdown? program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were coming up at my location.
>
> Tonight I learned that I?ve been missing God knows how many passes per day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming pass for a given satellite at your location until that satellite has disappeared from view.
>
> In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an hour apart, but only knew about the first one.
>
> Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What?s the best tool to use to help me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours or so at my location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be able to see multiple passes from the same birds.
>
> P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna back to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710. DUH! I really need to invest in an IC-9700.
>
> Thanks Jeff for your patience.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


From sv1ljj at raag.org  Tue Apr 23 08:21:45 2019
From: sv1ljj at raag.org (Apostolos Kefalas)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:21:45 +0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
In-Reply-To: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <1556007705.4752.1.camel@raag.org>

Hello Les,

the latest release of Gpredict?[1] seems to have a Windows executable
[2]. I do not know if it runs on Win10 but it is worth a try.

73 de SV1LJJ
Apostolos

[1] http://gpredict.oz9aec.net/
[2] https://github.com/csete/gpredict/releases/download/v2.2.1/gpredict
-win32-2.2.1.zip




On Mon, 2019-04-22 at 23:28 -0500, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful.?
> 
> Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly
> made a series of newbie mistakes.?
> 
> Since becoming involved in satellites, I?ve always relied on the
> ?Countdown? program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were
> coming up at my location.?
> 
> Tonight I learned that I?ve been missing God knows how many passes
> per day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming
> pass for a given satellite at your location until that satellite has
> disappeared from view.?
> 
> In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an
> hour apart, but only knew about the first one.?
> 
> Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What?s the best tool to use to
> help me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours
> or so at my location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be
> able to see multiple passes from the same birds.?
> 
> P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna
> back to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710.
> DUH! I really need to invest in an IC-9700.?
> 
> Thanks Jeff for your patience.?
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL?
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> 



From royldean at gmail.com  Tue Apr 23 11:31:42 2019
From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 07:31:42 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
Message-ID: <CADGPg2s-yeuUDELHFVopt2Ua8ah8im=7tx7YjxveOsHFUF86Sg@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.amsat.org.ar/pass

Enter your 6 digit grid, and then select "FM Voice Sats" or "SSB + FM"
sats.    Just click on the pass you want to target and it will pop up a
infographic in the top right, with countdown to AOS.  It will run on any
system, in a browser window.  I zoom into the top right and place my phone
at my feet during a pass, and it will show you the direction and elevation
of the pass, as well as estimated doppler adjustments.

But I'm biased, I was born in Argentina....  No connection to the website
other than that, though.  :)

--Roy
K3RLD

From glasbrenner at mindspring.com  Tue Apr 23 12:53:23 2019
From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 05:53:23 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
In-Reply-To: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <87E0D634-61D3-40D9-8CFA-451E040BE576@mindspring.com>

Go to the programs tab and run WinAOS, select the satellites you wish, and you?ll have what you are looking for.

73, Drew KO4MA 

> On Apr 22, 2019, at 9:28 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful. 
> 
> Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly made a series of newbie mistakes. 
> 
> Since becoming involved in satellites, I?ve always relied on the ?Countdown? program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were coming up at my location. 
> 
> Tonight I learned that I?ve been missing God knows how many passes per day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming pass for a given satellite at your location until that satellite has disappeared from view. 
> 
> In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an hour apart, but only knew about the first one. 
> 
> Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What?s the best tool to use to help me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours or so at my location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be able to see multiple passes from the same birds. 
> 
> P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna back to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710. DUH! I really need to invest in an IC-9700. 
> 
> Thanks Jeff for your patience. 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL 
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


From marklhammond at gmail.com  Tue Apr 23 13:00:23 2019
From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:00:23 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
In-Reply-To: <87E0D634-61D3-40D9-8CFA-451E040BE576@mindspring.com>
References: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
	<87E0D634-61D3-40D9-8CFA-451E040BE576@mindspring.com>
Message-ID: <CAPRXzypF-xgXkF9AGO+R=qxSKPt5GtpxXMYF0dTVMNftfV9NMg@mail.gmail.com>

WinAOS is my preferred method when in the shack or printing on paper to
take along with me.  On my iPhone, I can easily recommend the free app
SatSat.  It's quick and easy to use, can see a couple days of passes for a
bird with a touch.  Virtually no configuration needed...just add the sats
you want.  Nice feature--calendar reminder for upcoming passes!

Mark N8MH

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 8:55 AM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Go to the programs tab and run WinAOS, select the satellites you wish, and
> you?ll have what you are looking for.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
> > On Apr 22, 2019, at 9:28 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful.
> >
> > Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly
> made a series of newbie mistakes.
> >
> > Since becoming involved in satellites, I?ve always relied on the
> ?Countdown? program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were coming
> up at my location.
> >
> > Tonight I learned that I?ve been missing God knows how many passes per
> day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming pass for a
> given satellite at your location until that satellite has disappeared from
> view.
> >
> > In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an hour
> apart, but only knew about the first one.
> >
> > Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What?s the best tool to use to help
> me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours or so at my
> location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be able to see multiple
> passes from the same birds.
> >
> > P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna back
> to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710. DUH! I really
> need to invest in an IC-9700.
> >
> > Thanks Jeff for your patience.
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > Maylene, AL
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: https://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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-- 
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

From jeff30339 at gmail.com  Tue Apr 23 13:11:52 2019
From: jeff30339 at gmail.com (Jeff Johns)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:11:52 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
In-Reply-To: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <7EFD2753-B8BA-498D-A0B3-96D6D2712E49@gmail.com>

No worries. I still made a contact on that pass and you are able to fix something on your end to help you work more passes. It?s a win-win for both of us. 

Jeff WE4B 

> On Apr 22, 2019, at 11:28 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful. 
> 
> Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly made a series of newbie mistakes. 
> 
> Since becoming involved in satellites, I?ve always relied on the ?Countdown? program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were coming up at my location. 
> 
> Tonight I learned that I?ve been missing God knows how many passes per day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming pass for a given satellite at your location until that satellite has disappeared from view. 
> 
> In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an hour apart, but only knew about the first one. 
> 
> Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What?s the best tool to use to help me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours or so at my location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be able to see multiple passes from the same birds. 
> 
> P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna back to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710. DUH! I really need to invest in an IC-9700. 
> 
> Thanks Jeff for your patience. 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL 
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

From jeff30339 at gmail.com  Tue Apr 23 13:14:23 2019
From: jeff30339 at gmail.com (Jeff Johns)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:14:23 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAEGYLCtKO3WJyww9UWv4UP0QPb4mGKsuj6k+V0M=r+c42abgnA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CANyTfWtvKDpJPaXQk0zPev33x0Z98T7nZdjwWqm=3kNmczB6_g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8E21B87F-A1BC-44F7-90B5-E5135D765698@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAJ8KRCOozKUMjDNr_paED=fwiCybb_-C5RH0uMKj1PQMqNk=FQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEGYLCs1HwFoheq1YuLDgz-Gst3i_nxWBRd4zUUCsKK-8phZNQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAJ8KRCN+RC_fYmXydCO7=KFjR8ALgyN6nvG3YACDutKe7pv7dg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEGYLCtKO3WJyww9UWv4UP0QPb4mGKsuj6k+V0M=r+c42abgnA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CE685F39-193D-403C-8675-46C890F6684A@gmail.com>

Long live Harambe! 

With that said, Gabe is correct. I and my daughter keep three local grids active but could only hope to aspire to the grids that others put on the air. There definitely should be an award for that. 

If anyone ever needs EM61/62/72, feel free to reach out to me. If you ever need exotic grids, you?ll need to reach out to those like Gabe and those in his class of roving. 73!

Jeff WE4B 

> On Apr 22, 2019, at 3:46 PM, Gabriel Zeifman via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> I don?t like the idea of them being in the same award, I don?t see why they
> couldn?t be considered another band. I see satellites as different but
> equal. I?ve done a bit of 2m/70cm roving during contests, but I definitely
> wouldn?t consider myself qualified to talk about the intricacies of it.
> Same with working AO-10/13 decades ago. Not all satellite QSOs are
> comparable to throwing an antenna on a tripod and parking it there for
> hours and working the world on a HEO sat. While it?s incredibly easy to
> work an FM sat overhead, a monkey could do it on a baofeng blindfolded,
> it?s equally easy to work a simplex QSO over a few miles. All domains have
> their areas of difficulty, and what I personally enjoy in satellites is the
> short windows at or below the horizon, where a theoretical window may not
> even exist or where it?s there for a matter of seconds. Over the three
> years I?ve been licensed, I?ve activated 417 grids and 28 DXCCs on
> satellites, flying my little plane around Alaska and driving over 80,000
> miles for it, so don?t underestimate the efforts and the costs rovers go
> through to put grids on the air on satellites. And we don?t even have
> contests. Making contacts beyond the maximum theoretical range of a
> satellite is no easy feat. So go ahead and say we?re different, we sure
> are, but don?t say we aren?t worthy.
> 
> 73,
> Gabe
> AL6D/VE6NJH
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:28 PM K7XC Tim Marek <k7xcnv1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Gabe,
>> 
>> Please don't think I am am anti satellite,
>> 
>> I was active for years on AO-10 and AO-13 and the Russian LEO birds of 2up
>> and 10 down, etc.
>> 
>> What I am Against is an Award that allows credits from both in the same
>> award...
>> 
>> ASSISTED QSOs IE: Satellites, Repeaters, Etc
>>                         and
>> UNASSISTED QSOs IE: Tropo, Es, MS, EME, etc
>> 
>> Within the SAME AWARD!
>> 
>> It makes no sense to mix the two in one award as they are Apple and
>> Oranges IE: Not the same animal.
>> 
>> Weather I have made any recent Satellite contacts or not has no bearing on
>> my point!
>> 
>> 
>> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh.. sk
>> 
>> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 8:08 PM Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> This is an intriguing observation, considering satellite VUCC has been
>>> around for years. I don?t think I?ve ever heard you on one of our ?repeater
>>> like? satellites?
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Gabe
>>> AL6D/VE6NJH
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 11:55 AM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
>>>> contacts already in LOTW
>>>> to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
>>>> 
>>>> Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs
>>>> are
>>>> NOT allowed,
>>>> and that means NO Satellites!
>>>> 
>>>> I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
>>>> contacts to a Terrestrial award!
>>>> 
>>>> If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
>>>> disrespecting everyone who in the
>>>> past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
>>>> fact it was hard made the goal
>>>> worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
>>>> Water. If you want something
>>>> bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
>>>> 
>>>> I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs
>>>> and
>>>> encourage others to do as well.
>>>> 
>>>> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>>>> 
>>>> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> John,
>>>>> 
>>>>> My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
>>>> idea
>>>>> is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
>>>>> changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than
>>>> 12
>>>>> hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who
>>>> supports
>>>>> this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
>>>> about
>>>>> the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as
>>>> our
>>>>> representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
>>>> get
>>>>> him on the satellites more though!
>>>>> 
>>>>> :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>>>>> Maylene, AL
>>>>> EM63nf
>>>>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
>>>>>> <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello Les,
>>>>>>> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
>>>> would
>>>>>>> certainly work towards that end.
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>> N9HF
>>>>>>> el99
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
>>>>> vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from
>>>> anyone on
>>>>>>>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
>>>>> lost in
>>>>>>>> cyberspace.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM,
>>>> I?d
>>>>> like
>>>>>>>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
>>>> would
>>>>>>>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
>>>>> more of
>>>>>>>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
>>>>>>>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on
>>>> the
>>>>>>>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222,
>>>> 1296,
>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the
>>>> sale of
>>>>> more
>>>>>>>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
>>>>> advances
>>>>>>>> the state of the radio art.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
>>>>> could
>>>>>>>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always,
>>>> grateful
>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> your service to the hobby.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 73,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>>>>>>>> 121 Mayfair Park
>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=121+Mayfair+Park+%0D%0A+Maylene,+AL+35114&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>> 
>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=121+Mayfair+Park+%0D%0A+Maylene,+AL+35114&entry=gmail&source=g>>
>>>>>>> Maylene, AL 35114
>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=121+Mayfair+Park+%0D%0A+Maylene,+AL+35114&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>>>>> EM63nf
>>>>>>>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>> VHF mailing list
>>>>>>>> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>
>>>>>>>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <
>>>>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>
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>>>>> makes this open forum available
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From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Tue Apr 23 15:04:19 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:04:19 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
In-Reply-To: <7EFD2753-B8BA-498D-A0B3-96D6D2712E49@gmail.com>
References: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
	<7EFD2753-B8BA-498D-A0B3-96D6D2712E49@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8O-cLN_a-jcRqgV9nCCZ76XX900xZLTwzT1935qrpO_-A@mail.gmail.com>

Another option is to use satmatch.com.

By modifing the URL you can get all of the passes between 2 locations for a
number of satellites, example:

https://www.satmatch.com/satellite/SO-50,AO-91,AO-92,CAS-4B,XW-2A/obs1/DM01/obs2/FN22?search_start_time=2019-02-23T12:00Z&duration_hrs=24

Add/change the satellite names as needed, change the grid squares, more
western is 1st, and set date & duration as required.

There is a GUI available, but I find it is easier to do manually; at least
for me.

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 09:14 Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> No worries. I still made a contact on that pass and you are able to fix
> something on your end to help you work more passes. It?s a win-win for both
> of us.
>
> Jeff WE4B
>
> > On Apr 22, 2019, at 11:28 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful.
> >
> > Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly
> made a series of newbie mistakes.
> >
> > Since becoming involved in satellites, I?ve always relied on the
> ?Countdown? program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were coming
> up at my location.
> >
> > Tonight I learned that I?ve been missing God knows how many passes per
> day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming pass for a
> given satellite at your location until that satellite has disappeared from
> view.
> >
> > In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an hour
> apart, but only knew about the first one.
> >
> > Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What?s the best tool to use to help
> me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours or so at my
> location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be able to see multiple
> passes from the same birds.
> >
> > P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna back
> to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710. DUH! I really
> need to invest in an IC-9700.
> >
> > Thanks Jeff for your patience.
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > Maylene, AL
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
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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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From pconver at gmail.com  Tue Apr 23 16:40:15 2019
From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:40:15 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
In-Reply-To: <CADGPg2s-yeuUDELHFVopt2Ua8ah8im=7tx7YjxveOsHFUF86Sg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADGPg2s-yeuUDELHFVopt2Ua8ah8im=7tx7YjxveOsHFUF86Sg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANTZqKneK+jTnebDewCOYqiYjWaX7cuNQerGGT8AihBt+xVO4A@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Roy,

THANKS! for the nice & rewarding comment on http://amsat.org.ar/pass

Pass intention was to ease and help grow ranks of Satellite hams.

I should thank for all who helped develop, still open for suggestions.

Glad to see in two years plenty users http://lu7aa.org/passlog.asp

Best 73, lu7abf, Pedro

On 4/23/19, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> http://www.amsat.org.ar/pass
>
> Enter your 6 digit grid, and then select "FM Voice Sats" or "SSB + FM"
> sats.    Just click on the pass you want to target and it will pop up a
> infographic in the top right, with countdown to AOS.  It will run on any
> system, in a browser window.  I zoom into the top right and place my phone
> at my feet during a pass, and it will show you the direction and elevation
> of the pass, as well as estimated doppler adjustments.
>
> But I'm biased, I was born in Argentina....  No connection to the website
> other than that, though.  :)
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
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From w7lrd at comcast.net  Tue Apr 23 19:35:46 2019
From: w7lrd at comcast.net (73 Bob W7LRD)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:35:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] sat android
Message-ID: <1858867510.45249.1556048146992@connect.xfinity.com>

The "best" sat tracker for android phone is----

73 Bob W7LRD

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Tue Apr 23 19:44:55 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:44:55 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] sat android
In-Reply-To: <1858867510.45249.1556048146992@connect.xfinity.com>
References: <1858867510.45249.1556048146992@connect.xfinity.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKO6LF67ifw-8Wb0MaDRN5LBGuqwSabefeEV4VkK5UwDsA@mail.gmail.com>

Define best. :-)

I prefer ISS Detector Pro because I can use the filter to select only the
sats I am interested in seeing passes for. Then on the main screen it shows
me each pass for the sats I've selected. Heavens Above you have to see ALL
"radio satellites" or search for an individual sat. All radio sats as they
call it include a lot of sats that I have never even heard of and I assume
are no longer functional.

Here is a table of a bunch of apps and some reviews:

http://sats.wikidot.com/what-apps-can-i-use-to-track-satellites

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:36 PM 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> The "best" sat tracker for android phone is----
>
> 73 Bob W7LRD
> _______________________________________________
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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Tue Apr 23 23:39:00 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 07:39:00 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] sat android
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKO6LF67ifw-8Wb0MaDRN5LBGuqwSabefeEV4VkK5UwDsA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1858867510.45249.1556048146992@connect.xfinity.com>
	<CALn0fKO6LF67ifw-8Wb0MaDRN5LBGuqwSabefeEV4VkK5UwDsA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <00017fce-4056-a245-1068-9568df375502@msa.hinet.net>

Define best?

Best is that an app allows me the freedom to choose what I want to 
display and does that so in a smart way.

Last year I downloaded all the sat apps I could find and tested them one 
by one. Heaven's Above omits some sats because they deem them 
"uninteresting" and of course one of them was on my list to track. Right 
now they still don't have Diwata-2 in their list and no way to add that 
by yourself! (I saw someone on Twitter crying out to HA to pleeeeeease 
include it asap). The way they display is not ideal for portable 
operation and their information is very limited, e.g. no 
frequency/doppler info.

ISS Detector has it all: you can choose the sats you are interested in, 
they are all in there (incl. Diwata-2), displaying them in a clear and 
useful way and they have all the info you need, like frequencies and 
doppler shift. It even has an elevation scale next to the radar plot, so 
you can point your arrow in the same angle as your phone. Plus the alarm 
function for this forgetful old fart is great. I really can't find any 
fault with ISS Detector.

HTH

Hans

BX2ABT


On 04/24/2019 03:44 AM, John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Define best. :-)
>
> I prefer ISS Detector Pro because I can use the filter to select only the
> sats I am interested in seeing passes for. Then on the main screen it shows
> me each pass for the sats I've selected. Heavens Above you have to see ALL
> "radio satellites" or search for an individual sat. All radio sats as they
> call it include a lot of sats that I have never even heard of and I assume
> are no longer functional.
>
> Here is a table of a bunch of apps and some reviews:
>
> http://sats.wikidot.com/what-apps-can-i-use-to-track-satellites
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:36 PM 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> The "best" sat tracker for android phone is----
>>
>> 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. Opinions
>> expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
> _______________________________________________
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>


From kb6ee at galengold.me  Mon Apr 22 21:22:38 2019
From: kb6ee at galengold.me (Galen Gold)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 21:22:38 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting]   [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAHC1P28qkdH3GqBfGGDNH7mMS+B88OUtvTmi9dAuBG5Cq33MQg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CANyTfWtvKDpJPaXQk0zPev33x0Z98T7nZdjwWqm=3kNmczB6_g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8E21B87F-A1BC-44F7-90B5-E5135D765698@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAJ8KRCOozKUMjDNr_paED=fwiCybb_-C5RH0uMKj1PQMqNk=FQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NQxrOduq9-JxUXDByk3mw2J3xXJrK8vmUwe49-huVwmzw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAHC1P28qkdH3GqBfGGDNH7mMS+B88OUtvTmi9dAuBG5Cq33MQg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <JPV8x4Y3v6utSZOEm7fZD6yZOL9VjksFSji1Sg0T2X70xAfDRBkmsFJSGhhlRl7GykNLWliDg0cTNrY8oiYb4CTDWed3b9tzfsThKnSW6u4=@galengold.me>

President of W2SZ (not /1) here, Logbook of the World says we have all of them except Fred Fish, 222, and 2G, but my guess is we got those long enough ago that they aren't on LOTW.

73,
Galen Gold
KB6EE

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 17:13, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Probably W2SZ/1, except for the satellite VUCC.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> With regards to 5 Band VUCC. I think that satellite VUCC (100 QSOs) is
>> just another band. (more accurate - Sat is a mode)
>>
>> The ARRL identifies 10 VUCC bands between 50 MHz and 10 GHz. Satellite is
>> just the 11th VUCC band.
>>
>> Complete VUCC in any 5 bands and earn the 5BVUCC. Am I missing something?
>>
>> Has anyone completed VUCC in all 11 bands?
>>
>> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:58 PM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>> > A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
>> > contacts already in LOTW
>> > to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
>> >
>> > Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs
>> are
>> > NOT allowed,
>> > and that means NO Satellites!
>> >
>> > I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
>> > contacts to a Terrestrial award!
>> >
>> > If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
>> > disrespecting everyone who in the
>> > past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
>> > fact it was hard made the goal
>> > worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
>> > Water. If you want something
>> > bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
>> >
>> > I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs
>> and
>> > encourage others to do as well.
>> >
>> > 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>> >
>> > Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > John,
>> > >
>> > > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
>> > idea
>> > > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
>> > > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
>> > >
>> > > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than
>> 12
>> > > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who
>> supports
>> > > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
>> > about
>> > > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
>> > >
>> > > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as
>> our
>> > > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
>> > get
>> > > him on the satellites more though!
>> > >
>> > > :-)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 73,
>> > >
>> > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> > > Maylene, AL
>> > > EM63nf
>> > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
>> > > >
>> > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
>> > > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Hello Les,
>> > > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
>> > would
>> > > >> certainly work towards that end.
>> > > >> Dave
>> > > >> N9HF
>> > > >> el99
>> > > >>
>> > > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
>> > > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
>> > > >> wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from
>> anyone
>> > on
>> > > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
>> > > lost in
>> > > >>> cyberspace.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM,
>> I?d
>> > > like
>> > > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
>> > would
>> > > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
>> > > more of
>> > > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
>> > > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on
>> the
>> > > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222,
>> 1296,
>> > > and
>> > > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale
>> > of
>> > > more
>> > > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
>> > > advances
>> > > >>> the state of the radio art.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
>> > > could
>> > > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always,
>> grateful
>> > > for
>> > > >>> your service to the hobby.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> 73,
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> > > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> > > >>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> > > >>> EM63nf
>> > > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> _______________________________________________
>> > > >>> VHF mailing list
>> > > >>> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>
>> > > >>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <
>> > > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >> _______________________________________________
>> > > >> 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.
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From n9hfontheair at gmail.com  Mon Apr 22 21:48:07 2019
From: n9hfontheair at gmail.com (David Kerl)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:48:07 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHF]  [VHFcontesting] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <CAHC1P28qkdH3GqBfGGDNH7mMS+B88OUtvTmi9dAuBG5Cq33MQg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CANyTfWtvKDpJPaXQk0zPev33x0Z98T7nZdjwWqm=3kNmczB6_g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8E21B87F-A1BC-44F7-90B5-E5135D765698@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAJ8KRCOozKUMjDNr_paED=fwiCybb_-C5RH0uMKj1PQMqNk=FQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NQxrOduq9-JxUXDByk3mw2J3xXJrK8vmUwe49-huVwmzw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAHC1P28qkdH3GqBfGGDNH7mMS+B88OUtvTmi9dAuBG5Cq33MQg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANyTfWstEx+i6NYP0nTjrRja-Tz5GOonDdSfYJuf0yPDsK2WDg@mail.gmail.com>

I have completed WAS on 11 bands.
Dave
N9HF
el99

"Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.


On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 5:14 PM John Geiger via VHF <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
wrote:

> Probably W2SZ/1, except for the satellite VUCC.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > With regards to 5 Band VUCC.   I think that satellite VUCC (100 QSOs) is
> > just another band.  (more accurate - Sat is a mode)
> >
> > The ARRL identifies 10 VUCC bands between 50 MHz and 10 GHz.  Satellite
> is
> > just the 11th VUCC band.
> >
> > Complete VUCC in any 5 bands and earn the 5BVUCC.  Am I missing
> something?
> >
> > Has anyone completed VUCC in all 11 bands?
> >
> > 73 - Paul - W2HRO
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:58 PM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > > A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
> > > contacts already in LOTW
> > > to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
> > >
> > > Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs
> > are
> > > NOT allowed,
> > > and that means NO Satellites!
> > >
> > > I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non
> Terrestrial
> > > contacts to a Terrestrial award!
> > >
> > > If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
> > > disrespecting everyone who in the
> > > past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
> > > fact it was hard made the goal
> > > worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds
> No
> > > Water. If you want something
> > > bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
> > >
> > > I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs
> > and
> > > encourage others to do as well.
> > >
> > > 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
> > >
> > > Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > John,
> > > >
> > > > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
> > > idea
> > > > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
> > > > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
> > > >
> > > > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than
> > 12
> > > > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who
> > supports
> > > > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
> > > about
> > > > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
> > > >
> > > > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as
> > our
> > > > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need
> to
> > > get
> > > > him on the satellites more though!
> > > >
> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > >
> > > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > > Maylene, AL
> > > > EM63nf
> > > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct
> contacts?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
> > > > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Hello Les,
> > > > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
> > > would
> > > > >> certainly work towards that end.
> > > > >> Dave
> > > > >> N9HF
> > > > >> el99
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
> > > > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
> > > > >> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from
> > anyone
> > > on
> > > > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one
> was
> > > > lost in
> > > > >>> cyberspace.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM,
> > I?d
> > > > like
> > > > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
> > > would
> > > > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five
> or
> > > > more of
> > > > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > > > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on
> > the
> > > > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222,
> > 1296,
> > > > and
> > > > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the
> sale
> > > of
> > > > more
> > > > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> > > > advances
> > > > >>> the state of the radio art.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what
> I
> > > > could
> > > > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always,
> > grateful
> > > > for
> > > > >>> your service to the hobby.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> 73,
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > > > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
> > > > >>> Maylene, AL 35114
> > > > >>> EM63nf
> > > > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> _______________________________________________
> > > > >>> VHF mailing list
> > > > >>> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>
> > > > >>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <
> > > > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> _______________________________________________
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> > > > 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
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From wa2voi at mninter.net  Mon Apr 22 22:01:04 2019
From: wa2voi at mninter.net (WA2VOI, Donn)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:01:04 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHF]  [VHFcontesting]  5 Band VUCC Award
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CANyTfWtvKDpJPaXQk0zPev33x0Z98T7nZdjwWqm=3kNmczB6_g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8E21B87F-A1BC-44F7-90B5-E5135D765698@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAJ8KRCOozKUMjDNr_paED=fwiCybb_-C5RH0uMKj1PQMqNk=FQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NQxrOduq9-JxUXDByk3mw2J3xXJrK8vmUwe49-huVwmzw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAHC1P28qkdH3GqBfGGDNH7mMS+B88OUtvTmi9dAuBG5Cq33MQg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CEB69AEDBFD04696A5452A1BBF94A602@WA2VOI2>

I could be wrong, but I believe Brian, WA1ZMS, holds VUCC on ALL bands through 241 GHz, 
and has since 2012 (?).  Having said that, there was a band changs a few years back... I 
don't know if he's gotten VUCC on the "new" band now that the original band is no longer 
part of our allocations.  (From the east coast, not western mountains, too!)

A remarkable effort !

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger via VHF" <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
To: "Paul Andrews" <w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com>
Cc: "amsat-bb" <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>; "K7XC Tim Marek" <k7xcnv1 at gmail.com>; "VHF Reflector" 
<VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>; <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [VHF] [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] 5 Band VUCC Award


> Probably W2SZ/1, except for the satellite VUCC.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> With regards to 5 Band VUCC.   I think that satellite VUCC (100 QSOs) is
>> just another band.  (more accurate - Sat is a mode)
>>
>> The ARRL identifies 10 VUCC bands between 50 MHz and 10 GHz.  Satellite is
>> just the 11th VUCC band.
>>
>> Complete VUCC in any 5 bands and earn the 5BVUCC.  Am I missing something?
>>
>> Has anyone completed VUCC in all 11 bands?
>>
>> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:58 PM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>> > A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
>> > contacts already in LOTW
>> > to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
>> >
>> > Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs
>> are
>> > NOT allowed,
>> > and that means NO Satellites!
>> >
>> > I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
>> > contacts to a Terrestrial award!
>> >
>> > If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
>> > disrespecting everyone who in the
>> > past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
>> > fact it was hard made the goal
>> > worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
>> > Water. If you want something
>> > bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
>> >
>> > I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs
>> and
>> > encourage others to do as well.
>> >
>> > 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>> >
>> > Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > John,
>> > >
>> > > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
>> > idea
>> > > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
>> > > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
>> > >
>> > > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than
>> 12
>> > > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who
>> supports
>> > > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
>> > about
>> > > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
>> > >
>> > > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as
>> our
>> > > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
>> > get
>> > > him on the satellites more though!
>> > >
>> > > :-)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 73,
>> > >
>> > > Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> > > Maylene, AL
>> > > EM63nf
>> > > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
>> > > >
>> > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
>> > > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Hello Les,
>> > > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
>> > would
>> > > >> certainly work towards that end.
>> > > >> Dave
>> > > >> N9HF
>> > > >> el99
>> > > >>
>> > > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
>> > > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
>> > > >> wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from
>> anyone
>> > on
>> > > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
>> > > lost in
>> > > >>> cyberspace.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM,
>> I?d
>> > > like
>> > > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
>> > would
>> > > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
>> > > more of
>> > > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
>> > > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on
>> the
>> > > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222,
>> 1296,
>> > > and
>> > > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale
>> > of
>> > > more
>> > > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
>> > > advances
>> > > >>> the state of the radio art.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
>> > > could
>> > > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always,
>> grateful
>> > > for
>> > > >>> your service to the hobby.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> 73,
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> > > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> > > >>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> > > >>> EM63nf
>> > > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> _______________________________________________
>> > > >>> VHF mailing list
>> > > >>> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>
>> > > >>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <
>> > > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >> _______________________________________________
>> > > >> 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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>> > >
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>> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions
>> > expressed
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>> > AMSAT-NA.
>> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>> program!
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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 gsarratt at att.net  Mon Apr 22 22:29:48 2019
From: gsarratt at att.net (Greg Sarratt)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:29:48 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award
In-Reply-To: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <7C7F62F7-8481-467B-9BA6-54A77C0C65D3@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <8EB6748E-82BA-4416-AE81-62404EFFA71B@att.net>

Hello Les,

I just read all the emails sent today and now we have some good information from folks from all around the US.  I like this idea. I am on the ARRL Programs and Services Committee and will bring it to the committee for review. 

Thank you for bringing this up to help increase activity and I appreciate everyone submitting comments.

73,
Greg Sarratt, W4OZK



> On Apr 21, 2019, at 9:50 PM, Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
> 
> Lady & Gentlemen,
> 
> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was lost in cyberspace. 
> 
> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award. 
> 
> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients. 
> 
> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and advances the state of the radio art. 
> 
> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful for your service to the hobby. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> 
> 
> 
> 

From w5zn at w5zn.org  Tue Apr 23 11:13:16 2019
From: w5zn at w5zn.org (w5zn at w5zn.org)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:13:16 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF]  5 Band VUCC Award
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A 5-Band VUCC award would be nice however I'm not sure it would increase 
activity on the bands beyond an individual's current effort of achieving 
a VUCC award on each band that currently exists. What 
advantage/incentive does it offer beyond having five separate VUCC 
awards? When the 5-Band DXCC award was created individual band DXCC 
Awards were not available as they are today.

Speaking just strictly from my personal situation, I have 11 single band 
VUCC awards (50 MHz thru 24 GHz). If a 5-Band VUCC award became 
available I would simply submit my existing individual award credits for 
a 5-Band award without getting on the air. If the award required an 
individual to start from scratch to achieve a 5-Band VUCC I have to 
confess I have absolutely no desire to get on the air and pursue that 
all over again and would not do so. From my normal operating perspective 
(and I realize those of you who know me would not certify me as being 
"normal") it would do nothing to increase my on-the-air activity.

What would stimulate me to get on the air more outside of a contest 
weekend is something John, AF5CC, mentions below. A VUCC Challenge Award 
similar to the DXCC Challenge Award where total grid count on all bands 
would come in to play.

Please do not read my comments as poo-pooing a 5-Band VUCC award. I 
believe it would be very nice. I just do not see how it would stimulate 
and increase activity since single band awards are already available.

73 Joel W5ZN



On 2019-04-22 17:23, John Geiger wrote:
> An idea I have been kicking around would be a VUCC challenge, like the 
> DXCC
> Challenge on HF, 160, and 6 meters. You add together your grid totals 
> from
> all VHF and UHF bands, and include satellites, and the higher score 
> each
> year would get a trophy.  This should get people interested in adding
> additional bands to their setup.
> 
> There could be a plaque issued when you reach some level of grid 
> totals.
> For the DXCC Challenge is it 1000 band countries, with endorsements 
> being
> added to that at specific levels.  May 500 band grids would be the 
> plaque
> level.   I think that there should be some stipulation added that you 
> must
> have worked say 20 grids on 3 different bands to get the initial 
> plaque.
> This would keep someone from getting the initial plaque just by using 6
> meters or the satellites.  I love 6 meters and the satellites, but 
> doing it
> on 1 band would kind of violate the spirit of the award. Also, for the 
> DXCC
> Challenge you would have to use 3 bands minimum to get to 1000 band
> countries.  You couldn't do it on just 20 meters.
> 
> Any thoughts  on this idea?
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
> 
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 10:45 AM Les Rayburn via VHF 
> <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Bruce,
>> 
>> Correct. For those of us ?Back East?, 6 Meter VUCC and Satellite VUCC 
>> are
>> probably the easiest to earn. 2 Meters is certainly achievable 
>> especially
>> using WSJT meteor scatter and EME.
>> 
>> Those in most parts of the West have an advantage on microwave?since 
>> high
>> spots with five grids within range are most plentiful.
>> 
>> 222 and 432 are within each of most?especially if we have increased
>> activity on these bands.
>> 
>> Microwave about 2.3 GHz is tougher but if you?re willing to travel the
>> five (5) grids required could be worked by yourself and a partner in a
>> weekend.
>> 
>> For the record, I just achieved my second VUCC. This one on 2 Meters?a
>> feat that took over a decade to complete. I?m limited to an indoor 
>> antenna
>> due to HOA. Closing in on Satellite VUCC which would give me three of 
>> the
>> awards.
>> 
>> Completing 432 would be possible?but likely would require a single 
>> Yagi
>> EME effort from the driveway at night. My HOA will allow portable
>> operations?but everything has to be back inside when the sun comes up.
>> 
>> That would give me four bands?anything else will require microwave and
>> travel. A considerable expense. But one that I?d be willing to make if 
>> the
>> reward was not only 10 GHz VUCC but also the new Five Band VUCC Award.
>> 
>> I really hope the ARRL will seriously consider the proposal. If you?re
>> supportive of it, please contact your Section Manager and let them 
>> know.
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> Maylene, AL
>> EM63nf
>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > On Apr 22, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > So, I could do my 100 on satellite, 100 on 6m, then 100 on 2m and  50 on
>> 70cm and be done.
>> >
>> > The higher frequencies are impossible from the Houston area as we have
>> no mountains. Those in mountainous regions have a distinct advantage 
>> in the
>> higher frequencies. That is why you see a large group of high 
>> frequency use
>> in Europe, East Coast and West Coast. I am not saying it does not 
>> present a
>> challenge everywhere
>> >
>> > 73...bruce
>> >
>> > On 4/22/2019 1:20 AM, Les Rayburn wrote:
>> >> Bruce,
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for your input. Current VUCC rules would apply:
>> >>
>> >> 6 Meters, 2 Meters, and Satellite require 100 grids confirmed.
>> >> 222 and 432 require 50 grids
>> >> 902 and 1296 require 25 grids
>> >> 2304 requires 10 grids
>> >> All higher bands including 5 GHz, 10Ghz, and laser require only five.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 73,
>> >>
>> >> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> >> Maylene, AL
>> >> EM63nf
>> >> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 10:07 PM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org <mailto:
>> kk5do at amsat.org>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> 100 grids terrestrial on 1296 or 2400.  that is a bit rough.  what 5
>> bands would it be? 222, 2m, 70cm, 1296 and ??? 2400?
>> >>>
>> >>> 73...bruce
>> >>>
>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>
>> >>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 9:50 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>> >>>
>> >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone
>> on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was 
>> lost
>> in cyberspace.
>> >>>
>> >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
>> like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
>> would                 closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>> >>>
>> >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
>> more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A 
>> special
>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>> >>>
>> >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, 
>> and
>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale of 
>> more
>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and 
>> advances
>> the state of the radio art.
>> >>>
>> >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
>> could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, 
>> grateful
>> for your service to the hobby.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> 73,
>> >>>
>> >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> >>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> >>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> >>> EM63nf
>> >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> _______________________________________________
>> >>> 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.
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>> program!
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>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > 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 <
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From ve3kh at cogeco.ca  Tue Apr 23 11:29:10 2019
From: ve3kh at cogeco.ca (Kevin Hobbs)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 07:29:10 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF]  5 Band VUCC Award
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Well said Joel ... I concur ! 73 VE3KH


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: April 23, 2019 7:13 AM
To: Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>; Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org>; Greg Sarratt W4OZK <w4ozk at arrl.org>; VHF Contesting Reflector <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [VHF] [amsat-bb] 5 Band VUCC Award

A 5-Band VUCC award would be nice however I'm not sure it would increase activity on the bands beyond an individual's current effort of achieving a VUCC award on each band that currently exists. What advantage/incentive does it offer beyond having five separate VUCC awards? When the 5-Band DXCC award was created individual band DXCC Awards were not available as they are today.

Speaking just strictly from my personal situation, I have 11 single band VUCC awards (50 MHz thru 24 GHz). If a 5-Band VUCC award became available I would simply submit my existing individual award credits for a 5-Band award without getting on the air. If the award required an individual to start from scratch to achieve a 5-Band VUCC I have to confess I have absolutely no desire to get on the air and pursue that all over again and would not do so. From my normal operating perspective (and I realize those of you who know me would not certify me as being
"normal") it would do nothing to increase my on-the-air activity.

What would stimulate me to get on the air more outside of a contest weekend is something John, AF5CC, mentions below. A VUCC Challenge Award similar to the DXCC Challenge Award where total grid count on all bands would come in to play.

Please do not read my comments as poo-pooing a 5-Band VUCC award. I believe it would be very nice. I just do not see how it would stimulate and increase activity since single band awards are already available.

73 Joel W5ZN



On 2019-04-22 17:23, John Geiger wrote:
> An idea I have been kicking around would be a VUCC challenge, like the 
> DXCC Challenge on HF, 160, and 6 meters. You add together your grid 
> totals from all VHF and UHF bands, and include satellites, and the 
> higher score each year would get a trophy.  This should get people 
> interested in adding additional bands to their setup.
> 
> There could be a plaque issued when you reach some level of grid 
> totals.
> For the DXCC Challenge is it 1000 band countries, with endorsements 
> being added to that at specific levels.  May 500 band grids would be 
> the plaque
> level.   I think that there should be some stipulation added that you 
> must
> have worked say 20 grids on 3 different bands to get the initial 
> plaque.
> This would keep someone from getting the initial plaque just by using 
> 6 meters or the satellites.  I love 6 meters and the satellites, but 
> doing it on 1 band would kind of violate the spirit of the award. 
> Also, for the DXCC Challenge you would have to use 3 bands minimum to 
> get to 1000 band countries.  You couldn't do it on just 20 meters.
> 
> Any thoughts  on this idea?
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
> 
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 10:45 AM Les Rayburn via VHF 
> <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Bruce,
>> 
>> Correct. For those of us ?Back East?, 6 Meter VUCC and Satellite VUCC 
>> are probably the easiest to earn. 2 Meters is certainly achievable 
>> especially using WSJT meteor scatter and EME.
>> 
>> Those in most parts of the West have an advantage on microwave?since 
>> high spots with five grids within range are most plentiful.
>> 
>> 222 and 432 are within each of most?especially if we have increased 
>> activity on these bands.
>> 
>> Microwave about 2.3 GHz is tougher but if you?re willing to travel 
>> the five (5) grids required could be worked by yourself and a partner 
>> in a weekend.
>> 
>> For the record, I just achieved my second VUCC. This one on 2 
>> Meters?a feat that took over a decade to complete. I?m limited to an 
>> indoor antenna due to HOA. Closing in on Satellite VUCC which would 
>> give me three of the awards.
>> 
>> Completing 432 would be possible?but likely would require a single 
>> Yagi EME effort from the driveway at night. My HOA will allow 
>> portable operations?but everything has to be back inside when the sun 
>> comes up.
>> 
>> That would give me four bands?anything else will require microwave 
>> and travel. A considerable expense. But one that I?d be willing to 
>> make if the reward was not only 10 GHz VUCC but also the new Five 
>> Band VUCC Award.
>> 
>> I really hope the ARRL will seriously consider the proposal. If 
>> you?re supportive of it, please contact your Section Manager and let 
>> them know.
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> Maylene, AL
>> EM63nf
>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > On Apr 22, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > So, I could do my 100 on satellite, 100 on 6m, then 100 on 2m and  
>> > 50 on
>> 70cm and be done.
>> >
>> > The higher frequencies are impossible from the Houston area as we 
>> > have
>> no mountains. Those in mountainous regions have a distinct advantage 
>> in the higher frequencies. That is why you see a large group of high 
>> frequency use in Europe, East Coast and West Coast. I am not saying 
>> it does not present a challenge everywhere
>> >
>> > 73...bruce
>> >
>> > On 4/22/2019 1:20 AM, Les Rayburn wrote:
>> >> Bruce,
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for your input. Current VUCC rules would apply:
>> >>
>> >> 6 Meters, 2 Meters, and Satellite require 100 grids confirmed.
>> >> 222 and 432 require 50 grids
>> >> 902 and 1296 require 25 grids
>> >> 2304 requires 10 grids
>> >> All higher bands including 5 GHz, 10Ghz, and laser require only five.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 73,
>> >>
>> >> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> >> Maylene, AL
>> >> EM63nf
>> >> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 10:07 PM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org <mailto:
>> kk5do at amsat.org>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> 100 grids terrestrial on 1296 or 2400.  that is a bit rough.  
>> >>> what 5
>> bands would it be? 222, 2m, 70cm, 1296 and ??? 2400?
>> >>>
>> >>> 73...bruce
>> >>>
>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>
>> >>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 9:50 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
>> >>>
>> >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from 
>> >>> anyone
>> on the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was 
>> lost in cyberspace.
>> >>>
>> >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, 
>> >>> I?d
>> like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
>> would                 closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
>> >>>
>> >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five 
>> >>> or
>> more of the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A 
>> special certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
>> >>>
>> >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on 
>> >>> the
>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296, 
>> and higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the 
>> sale of more gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial 
>> interests, and advances the state of the radio art.
>> >>>
>> >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what 
>> >>> I
>> could do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, 
>> grateful for your service to the hobby.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> 73,
>> >>>
>> >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> >>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> >>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> >>> EM63nf
>> >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> _______________________________________________
>> >>> 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: 
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>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > 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 <
>> http://www.amsatnet.com/>
>> > Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml <
>> http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml> or iTunes
>> >
>> > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org 
>> > <http://www.arrl.org/>
>> >
>> > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat <
>> http://www.twitter.com/amsat>
>> 
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From mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu  Tue Apr 23 12:00:58 2019
From: mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 07:00:58 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
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The tool within SatPC32 that you have been using works perfectly well *IF*
you set it up correctly. There is a setting for minimum elevation for the
pass. You should set that no higher than 1, or it will filter out perfectly
good passes that simply aren?t high enough to meet the threshold.

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 03:22 Apostolos Kefalas via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hello Les,
>
> the latest release of Gpredict [1] seems to have a Windows executable
> [2]. I do not know if it runs on Win10 but it is worth a try.
>
> 73 de SV1LJJ
> Apostolos
>
> [1] http://gpredict.oz9aec.net/
> [2] https://github.com/csete/gpredict/releases/download/v2.2.1/gpredict
> -win32-2.2.1.zip
> <https://github.com/csete/gpredict/releases/download/v2.2.1/gpredict-win32-2.2.1.zip>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2019-04-22 at 23:28 -0500, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful.
> >
> > Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly
> > made a series of newbie mistakes.
> >
> > Since becoming involved in satellites, I?ve always relied on the
> > ?Countdown? program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were
> > coming up at my location.
> >
> > Tonight I learned that I?ve been missing God knows how many passes
> > per day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming
> > pass for a given satellite at your location until that satellite has
> > disappeared from view.
> >
> > In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an
> > hour apart, but only knew about the first one.
> >
> > Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What?s the best tool to use to
> > help me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours
> > or so at my location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be
> > able to see multiple passes from the same birds.
> >
> > P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna
> > back to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710.
> > DUH! I really need to invest in an IC-9700.
> >
> > Thanks Jeff for your patience.
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > Maylene, AL
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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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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Brooklyn Park, MN USA   EN35hd
-----------------------------------------------
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   you would stay out and your dog would go in."
    ---Mark Twain

From randydvm at iw.net  Tue Apr 23 12:38:42 2019
From: randydvm at iw.net (Randy Shirbroun)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 07:38:42 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] EN01 operation
Message-ID: <34D68436BB954A808642278DBF5AC677@OwnerPC>

On Thursday, 25 April, I plan to operate from EN01 on the mid-day passes of AO-92 and AO-91 (AOS 1721 Z and 1733 Z respectively).    This is just a quick detour on a business trip, but hopefully I can help out a few folks that need the grid.  Note: I will not use a portable designator while operating or uploading to LotW ? just ND0C.

73,
Randy, ND0C

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 00:08:18 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 20:08:18 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] sat android
In-Reply-To: <00017fce-4056-a245-1068-9568df375502@msa.hinet.net>
References: <1858867510.45249.1556048146992@connect.xfinity.com>
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The only fault is it doesn't have the time at TCA. For that I have to open
up Heavens-Above.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 7:40 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Define best?
>
> Best is that an app allows me the freedom to choose what I want to
> display and does that so in a smart way.
>
> Last year I downloaded all the sat apps I could find and tested them one
> by one. Heaven's Above omits some sats because they deem them
> "uninteresting" and of course one of them was on my list to track. Right
> now they still don't have Diwata-2 in their list and no way to add that
> by yourself! (I saw someone on Twitter crying out to HA to pleeeeeease
> include it asap). The way they display is not ideal for portable
> operation and their information is very limited, e.g. no
> frequency/doppler info.
>
> ISS Detector has it all: you can choose the sats you are interested in,
> they are all in there (incl. Diwata-2), displaying them in a clear and
> useful way and they have all the info you need, like frequencies and
> doppler shift. It even has an elevation scale next to the radar plot, so
> you can point your arrow in the same angle as your phone. Plus the alarm
> function for this forgetful old fart is great. I really can't find any
> fault with ISS Detector.
>
> HTH
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
>
> On 04/24/2019 03:44 AM, John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > Define best. :-)
> >
> > I prefer ISS Detector Pro because I can use the filter to select only the
> > sats I am interested in seeing passes for. Then on the main screen it
> shows
> > me each pass for the sats I've selected. Heavens Above you have to see
> ALL
> > "radio satellites" or search for an individual sat. All radio sats as
> they
> > call it include a lot of sats that I have never even heard of and I
> assume
> > are no longer functional.
> >
> > Here is a table of a bunch of apps and some reviews:
> >
> > http://sats.wikidot.com/what-apps-can-i-use-to-track-satellites
> >
> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:36 PM 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >> The "best" sat tracker for android phone is----
> >>
> >> 73 Bob W7LRD
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Wed Apr 24 00:18:03 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:18:03 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] sat android
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Right, it doesn't state the time, but on the radar plot it is the green 
dot in the middle of the pass. If a pass takes x-minutes then TCA is 
simply OAS + 1/2x, right?

Hans

BX2ABT


On 04/24/2019 08:08 AM, John Brier wrote:
> The only fault is it doesn't have the time at TCA. For that I have to 
> open up Heavens-Above.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 7:40 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB 
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>
>     Define best?
>
>     Best is that an app allows me the freedom to choose what I want to
>     display and does that so in a smart way.
>
>     Last year I downloaded all the sat apps I could find and tested
>     them one
>     by one. Heaven's Above omits some sats because they deem them
>     "uninteresting" and of course one of them was on my list to track.
>     Right
>     now they still don't have Diwata-2 in their list and no way to add
>     that
>     by yourself! (I saw someone on Twitter crying out to HA to
>     pleeeeeease
>     include it asap). The way they display is not ideal for portable
>     operation and their information is very limited, e.g. no
>     frequency/doppler info.
>
>     ISS Detector has it all: you can choose the sats you are
>     interested in,
>     they are all in there (incl. Diwata-2), displaying them in a clear
>     and
>     useful way and they have all the info you need, like frequencies and
>     doppler shift. It even has an elevation scale next to the radar
>     plot, so
>     you can point your arrow in the same angle as your phone. Plus the
>     alarm
>     function for this forgetful old fart is great. I really can't find
>     any
>     fault with ISS Detector.
>
>     HTH
>
>     Hans
>
>     BX2ABT
>
>
>     On 04/24/2019 03:44 AM, John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>     > Define best. :-)
>     >
>     > I prefer ISS Detector Pro because I can use the filter to select
>     only the
>     > sats I am interested in seeing passes for. Then on the main
>     screen it shows
>     > me each pass for the sats I've selected. Heavens Above you have
>     to see ALL
>     > "radio satellites" or search for an individual sat. All radio
>     sats as they
>     > call it include a lot of sats that I have never even heard of
>     and I assume
>     > are no longer functional.
>     >
>     > Here is a table of a bunch of apps and some reviews:
>     >
>     > http://sats.wikidot.com/what-apps-can-i-use-to-track-satellites
>     >
>     > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>     >
>     > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:36 PM 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB <
>     > amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>     >
>     >> The "best" sat tracker for android phone is----
>     >>
>     >> 73 Bob W7LRD
>     >> _______________________________________________
>     >> 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
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From DougPhelps at protonmail.com  Wed Apr 24 00:03:02 2019
From: DougPhelps at protonmail.com (Doug Phelps)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:03:02 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] sat android
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I also use ISS Detector Pro.

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-------- Original Message --------
On Apr 23, 2019, 6:39 PM, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote:

> Define best?
>
> Best is that an app allows me the freedom to choose what I want to
> display and does that so in a smart way.
>
> Last year I downloaded all the sat apps I could find and tested them one
> by one. Heaven's Above omits some sats because they deem them
> "uninteresting" and of course one of them was on my list to track. Right
> now they still don't have Diwata-2 in their list and no way to add that
> by yourself! (I saw someone on Twitter crying out to HA to pleeeeeease
> include it asap). The way they display is not ideal for portable
> operation and their information is very limited, e.g. no
> frequency/doppler info.
>
> ISS Detector has it all: you can choose the sats you are interested in,
> they are all in there (incl. Diwata-2), displaying them in a clear and
> useful way and they have all the info you need, like frequencies and
> doppler shift. It even has an elevation scale next to the radar plot, so
> you can point your arrow in the same angle as your phone. Plus the alarm
> function for this forgetful old fart is great. I really can't find any
> fault with ISS Detector.
>
> HTH
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
> On 04/24/2019 03:44 AM, John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> Define best. :-)
>>
>> I prefer ISS Detector Pro because I can use the filter to select only the
>> sats I am interested in seeing passes for. Then on the main screen it shows
>> me each pass for the sats I've selected. Heavens Above you have to see ALL
>> "radio satellites" or search for an individual sat. All radio sats as they
>> call it include a lot of sats that I have never even heard of and I assume
>> are no longer functional.
>>
>> Here is a table of a bunch of apps and some reviews:
>>
>> http://sats.wikidot.com/what-apps-can-i-use-to-track-satellites
>>
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:36 PM 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>>> The "best" sat tracker for android phone is----
>>>
>>> 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. Opinions
>>> expressed
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>>> AMSAT-NA.
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>>
>>
>
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From xe2at at hotmail.com  Wed Apr 24 00:30:34 2019
From: xe2at at hotmail.com (Alvaro de Leon Romo)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:30:34 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award
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	<CANyTfWtvKDpJPaXQk0zPev33x0Z98T7nZdjwWqm=3kNmczB6_g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMfKCnApSvrjWxHDiNbtXJbTcp1ZUgbd00+pRHGf2-9Lg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8E21B87F-A1BC-44F7-90B5-E5135D765698@highnoonfilm.com>
	<CAJ8KRCOozKUMjDNr_paED=fwiCybb_-C5RH0uMKj1PQMqNk=FQ@mail.gmail.com>,
	<CAOsf+NQxrOduq9-JxUXDByk3mw2J3xXJrK8vmUwe49-huVwmzw@mail.gmail.com>
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And LASER is not incluided ??
Al

Obtener Outlook para Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

________________________________
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> on behalf of Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 3:23:47 PM
To: K7XC Tim Marek
Cc: amsat-bb; Les Rayburn; VHF Reflector; vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] [VHF] 5 Band VUCC Award

With regards to 5 Band VUCC.   I think that satellite VUCC (100 QSOs) is
just another band.  (more accurate - Sat is a mode)

The ARRL identifies 10 VUCC bands between 50 MHz and 10 GHz.  Satellite is
just the 11th VUCC band.

Complete VUCC in any 5 bands and earn the 5BVUCC.  Am I missing something?

Has anyone completed VUCC in all 11 bands?

73 - Paul - W2HRO















On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:58 PM K7XC Tim Marek via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> A 5 Band VUCC award sound interesting. Would it allow existing VUCC
> contacts already in LOTW
> to be used for credit or require all New & Separate ones?
>
> Currently the existing VUCC rules however state that Repeater Like QSOs are
> NOT allowed,
> and that means NO Satellites!
>
> I agree with the rules as written and cant support adding Non Terrestrial
> contacts to a Terrestrial award!
>
> If we allow this to happen it muddies the waters from that point on,
> disrespecting everyone who in the
> past worked their butts off to accomplish something not easy to do. The
> fact it was hard made the goal
> worth chasing. The argument its too hard and discourages others Holds No
> Water. If you want something
> bad enough you will do whats needed to get it.
>
> I reject your proposal to include Satellite QSOs with Terrestrial QSOs and
> encourage others to do as well.
>
> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>
> Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > My proposal would allow ?Satellite VUCC? to count towards 5BVUCC. The
> idea
> > is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming
> > changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to implement.
> >
> > So far, this suggestion has netted over 40 replies to me in less than 12
> > hours. Response has been very positive. I would urge anyone who supports
> > this effort to contact their ARRL Section Managers and let them know
> about
> > the idea?and that you?d like to see it implemented.
> >
> > In the Southeast Section, we?re lucky to have Greg Sarratt, W4OZK as our
> > representative. Greg is active on VHF/UHF weak signal already. Need to
> get
> > him on the satellites more though!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > Maylene, AL
> > EM63nf
> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 22, 2019, at 8:11 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Would this proposed 5 band VUCC allow satellite and direct contacts?
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:01 AM David Kerl via AMSAT-BB
> > > <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hello Les,
> > >> That should generate some incentive for more V/U/uwave activity. I
> would
> > >> certainly work towards that end.
> > >> Dave
> > >> N9HF
> > >> el99
> > >>
> > >> "Back in my day" doesn't have a place in ham radio any more.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM Les Rayburn via VHF <
> > vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Lady & Gentlemen,
> > >>>
> > >>> Not certain if my earlier message was received. No reply from anyone
> on
> > >>> the distribution list. Here it is again, in case the first one was
> > lost in
> > >>> cyberspace.
> > >>>
> > >>> In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, I?d
> > like
> > >>> to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that
> would
> > >>> closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award.
> > >>>
> > >>> Successful applicants would need to achieve VUCC status on five or
> > more of
> > >>> the VHF/UHF bands to be eligible for the larger award. A special
> > >>> certificate and pin could be created to honor recipients.
> > >>>
> > >>> My feeling is that this award would encourage greater activity on the
> > >>> VHF/UHF bands, especially on bands that have less use like 222, 1296,
> > and
> > >>> higher microwave bands. This increased activity encourages the sale
> of
> > more
> > >>> gear, helps protect our spectrum from commercial interests, and
> > advances
> > >>> the state of the radio art.
> > >>>
> > >>> Please let me know if you think this idea has any merit, or what I
> > could
> > >>> do to help support the creation of the new award. As always, grateful
> > for
> > >>> your service to the hobby.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> 73,
> > >>>
> > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
> > >>> Maylene, AL 35114
> > >>> EM63nf
> > >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> _______________________________________________
> > >>> VHF mailing list
> > >>> VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu <mailto:VHF at w6yx.stanford.edu>
> > >>> https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf <
> > https://w6yx.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/vhf>
> > >>>
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From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 00:39:06 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 20:39:06 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] EN01 operation
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Thank you for rovering and  the notice!

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 20:30 Randy Shirbroun via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> On Thursday, 25 April, I plan to operate from EN01 on the mid-day passes
> of AO-92 and AO-91 (AOS 1721 Z and 1733 Z respectively).    This is just a
> quick detour on a business trip, but hopefully I can help out a few folks
> that need the grid.  Note: I will not use a portable designator while
> operating or uploading to LotW ? just ND0C.
>
> 73,
> Randy, ND0C
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From aj9n at aol.com  Wed Apr 24 01:08:18 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 01:08:18 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-24 01:00
	UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-24 01:00 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:



D?m d?t? a ml?de?e Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc), Olomouc, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KWX

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact was unsuccessful: Tue 2019-04-23 09:15:38 UTC 59 deg (***)

ARISS is attempting to determine what happened. (***)

?

?

Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via N9CHA

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-24 17:46:31 UTC 52 deg

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Observatorio Astron?mico de Mallorca (OAM), Costitx (Mallorca-Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain, telebridge via W6SRJ (***)

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

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-29 11:48:40 UTC 36 deg (***)

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Mildred Hall School, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY (***)

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Fri 2019-05-03 18:32:19 UTC 59 deg (***)

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The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

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The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

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March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

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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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

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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 114


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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?2019-04-24 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 1303.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1246.
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 2019-04-19 01:30 UTC.

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 01:23:04 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 21:23:04 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] sat android
In-Reply-To: <moKW3l-W-hDrmhJU5OUEJkznGwIow8bD9EsY6j6C07Wikm4glDBmS7X3cyGCcCj_DVk0U09duvpQAHFaDt7Hvw_V_-a_qcckXjB7JEPVjIQ=@protonmail.com>
References: <1858867510.45249.1556048146992@connect.xfinity.com>
	<CALn0fKO6LF67ifw-8Wb0MaDRN5LBGuqwSabefeEV4VkK5UwDsA@mail.gmail.com>
	<00017fce-4056-a245-1068-9568df375502@msa.hinet.net>
	<moKW3l-W-hDrmhJU5OUEJkznGwIow8bD9EsY6j6C07Wikm4glDBmS7X3cyGCcCj_DVk0U09duvpQAHFaDt7Hvw_V_-a_qcckXjB7JEPVjIQ=@protonmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8Me4ntndtAZCrjoq5V+rBaDUK12nag=N52e+9KB+zK9yQ@mail.gmail.com>

I use ISS Detector as it had the best user experience that I found.

All of the calculations are done in the cloud. No cell service no pass
list. Something to keep in mind if you are roving.

As for the times, if you tap on the radar it shows times.

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 20:45 Doug Phelps via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I also use ISS Detector Pro.
>
> Sent from ProtonMail mobile
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Apr 23, 2019, 6:39 PM, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
> > Define best?
> >
> > Best is that an app allows me the freedom to choose what I want to
> > display and does that so in a smart way.
> >
> > Last year I downloaded all the sat apps I could find and tested them one
> > by one. Heaven's Above omits some sats because they deem them
> > "uninteresting" and of course one of them was on my list to track. Right
> > now they still don't have Diwata-2 in their list and no way to add that
> > by yourself! (I saw someone on Twitter crying out to HA to pleeeeeease
> > include it asap). The way they display is not ideal for portable
> > operation and their information is very limited, e.g. no
> > frequency/doppler info.
> >
> > ISS Detector has it all: you can choose the sats you are interested in,
> > they are all in there (incl. Diwata-2), displaying them in a clear and
> > useful way and they have all the info you need, like frequencies and
> > doppler shift. It even has an elevation scale next to the radar plot, so
> > you can point your arrow in the same angle as your phone. Plus the alarm
> > function for this forgetful old fart is great. I really can't find any
> > fault with ISS Detector.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Hans
> >
> > BX2ABT
> >
> > On 04/24/2019 03:44 AM, John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> >> Define best. :-)
> >>
> >> I prefer ISS Detector Pro because I can use the filter to select only
> the
> >> sats I am interested in seeing passes for. Then on the main screen it
> shows
> >> me each pass for the sats I've selected. Heavens Above you have to see
> ALL
> >> "radio satellites" or search for an individual sat. All radio sats as
> they
> >> call it include a lot of sats that I have never even heard of and I
> assume
> >> are no longer functional.
> >>
> >> Here is a table of a bunch of apps and some reviews:
> >>
> >> http://sats.wikidot.com/what-apps-can-i-use-to-track-satellites
> >>
> >> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:36 PM 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB <
> >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The "best" sat tracker for android phone is----
> >>>
> >>> 73 Bob W7LRD
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> of
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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From jeff30339 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 02:15:39 2019
From: jeff30339 at gmail.com (Jeff Johns)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 21:15:39 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] EM61
Message-ID: <D67AB0E7-5233-4C1B-9AC2-B9F212CF14AC@gmail.com>

I have had many people contact me needing EM61. If the weather agrees, myself and my daughter, W4AQT, will make the 20-30 drive and activate it this weekend. As we get closer to the weekend, I?ll start looking at passes. Most likely, it will be done on one of the linear birds since it will be the weekend and I try to avoid the FM drama on weekends. I?ll send out another post later this week with details. 73!

Jeff WE4B
Marissa W4AQT 

From pconver at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 04:08:09 2019
From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 01:08:09 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question
In-Reply-To: <CAHKCqnArNZ+3smJ=zXwJZWS5K=vk+7Q8ZKrAGGQ+pvPSngJADA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CB9BED94-A018-4E8C-A659-117548988B1C@highnoonfilm.com>
	<1556007705.4752.1.camel@raag.org>
	<CAHKCqnArNZ+3smJ=zXwJZWS5K=vk+7Q8ZKrAGGQ+pvPSngJADA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANTZqK=gfuLLVoWhR-8_uRyEtueYZzhgRqX=7fid-L8ixR10Jw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Apostolous,

YES!, the windows executable of Gpredic works nicely on W10.

73, lu7abf, Pedro

On 4/23/19, Mark D. Johns via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> The tool within SatPC32 that you have been using works perfectly well *IF*
> you set it up correctly. There is a setting for minimum elevation for the
> pass. You should set that no higher than 1, or it will filter out perfectly
> good passes that simply aren?t high enough to meet the threshold.
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 03:22 Apostolos Kefalas via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello Les,
>>
>> the latest release of Gpredict [1] seems to have a Windows executable
>> [2]. I do not know if it runs on Win10 but it is worth a try.
>>
>> 73 de SV1LJJ
>> Apostolos
>>
>> [1] http://gpredict.oz9aec.net/
>> [2] https://github.com/csete/gpredict/releases/download/v2.2.1/gpredict
>> -win32-2.2.1.zip
>> <https://github.com/csete/gpredict/releases/download/v2.2.1/gpredict-win32-2.2.1.zip>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 2019-04-22 at 23:28 -0500, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> > I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful.
>> >
>> > Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly
>> > made a series of newbie mistakes.
>> >
>> > Since becoming involved in satellites, I?ve always relied on the
>> > ?Countdown? program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were
>> > coming up at my location.
>> >
>> > Tonight I learned that I?ve been missing God knows how many passes
>> > per day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming
>> > pass for a given satellite at your location until that satellite has
>> > disappeared from view.
>> >
>> > In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an
>> > hour apart, but only knew about the first one.
>> >
>> > Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What?s the best tool to use to
>> > help me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours
>> > or so at my location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be
>> > able to see multiple passes from the same birds.
>> >
>> > P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna
>> > back to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710.
>> > DUH! I really need to invest in an IC-9700.
>> >
>> > Thanks Jeff for your patience.
>> >
>> >
>> > 73,
>> >
>> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> > Maylene, AL
>> > EM63nf
>> > AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> >
>>
>>
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>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
>> expressed
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>> AMSAT-NA.
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> --
> --
> 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
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From bkeating1954 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 05:04:50 2019
From: bkeating1954 at gmail.com (Bob Keating)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:04:50 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM48 QSOs
Message-ID: <717483f0-13ce-d95e-0d35-fd3aa0ccc682@gmail.com>

To everyone who contacted me while I was roving in Capital Reef NP last 
Thursday, 4/18... I seem to have fouled up my upload to LoTW, all the 
entries are listed in grid DM58 instead of DM48. I tried to correct and 
upload to LoTW again, but it seems that most of our contacts have 
already been confirmed on LoTW. I will be happy to send any and all of 
you a QSL card confirming our contact, unless someone can tell me how to 
correct my mistake so you all can get a QSL out of LoTW.

Bob N6REK


From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 12:58:36 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:58:36 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM48 QSOs
In-Reply-To: <717483f0-13ce-d95e-0d35-fd3aa0ccc682@gmail.com>
References: <717483f0-13ce-d95e-0d35-fd3aa0ccc682@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8P9uWfR=dpPj+AdvqQKdbbsV-Oc_BX_0UYPw_U=HfcGSA@mail.gmail.com>

It should update your end of the QSO when you re-upload the set. It should
be visible in the QSO details.

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 01:05 Bob Keating via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> To everyone who contacted me while I was roving in Capital Reef NP last
> Thursday, 4/18... I seem to have fouled up my upload to LoTW, all the
> entries are listed in grid DM58 instead of DM48. I tried to correct and
> upload to LoTW again, but it seems that most of our contacts have
> already been confirmed on LoTW. I will be happy to send any and all of
> you a QSL card confirming our contact, unless someone can tell me how to
> correct my mistake so you all can get a QSL out of LoTW.
>
> Bob N6REK
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the 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 bkeating1954 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 13:11:06 2019
From: bkeating1954 at gmail.com (Bob Keating)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 06:11:06 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM48 QSOs
In-Reply-To: <CAAJiE8P9uWfR=dpPj+AdvqQKdbbsV-Oc_BX_0UYPw_U=HfcGSA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <717483f0-13ce-d95e-0d35-fd3aa0ccc682@gmail.com>
	<CAAJiE8P9uWfR=dpPj+AdvqQKdbbsV-Oc_BX_0UYPw_U=HfcGSA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B8203E7C-5FE1-44F0-BE2B-5590CC76E850@gmail.com>

Great! Thanks Patrick and Don, will make corrections this evening. 
Bob

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 24, 2019, at 05:58, Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It should update your end of the QSO when you re-upload the set. It should be visible in the QSO details. 
> 
>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 01:05 Bob Keating via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> To everyone who contacted me while I was roving in Capital Reef NP last 
>> Thursday, 4/18... I seem to have fouled up my upload to LoTW, all the 
>> entries are listed in grid DM58 instead of DM48. I tried to correct and 
>> upload to LoTW again, but it seems that most of our contacts have 
>> already been confirmed on LoTW. I will be happy to send any and all of 
>> you a QSL card confirming our contact, unless someone can tell me how to 
>> correct my mistake so you all can get a QSL out of LoTW.
>> 
>> Bob N6REK
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

From chrispohladthomas at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 13:26:12 2019
From: chrispohladthomas at gmail.com (Chris Pohlad-Thomas)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 09:26:12 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
Message-ID: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>

Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an Arrow
II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight and do
a 90 degree turn.

Chris
KC1E

-- 
Chris Pohlad-Thomas

From seb at wintek.com  Wed Apr 24 14:56:02 2019
From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen  E. Belter)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:56:02 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5016F291-3487-44C4-926C-2D22C2CD6FD2@wintek.com>

Chris,

Four suggestions on your tripod question, probably too much information:

1.  If you use a tripod, make sure the tripod head allows you to quickly and easily twist the antenna 180 degrees around its axis.  Twisting the antenna allows you to adjust the polarity of the antenna.  In many cases, having the polarity right is more important than having the direction exactly right.  And the tripod needs to be able to hold that twist until you move it.

2.  John, K8YSE, has adapted a speaker stand to hold his Arrow.  There is a nice picture of John and his speaker stand in recent copies of the Getting Started with Amateur Satellites book in Chapter 7, Operating SSB and CW Satellites.  (I'd attach the picture, but the BB doesn't pass attachments.)  John has incorporated a counterweight, friction clutch, and a copper pipe that fits in the handle of the Arrow.  I've used John's setup at the Orlando HamCation when John was giving demonstrations.  I was his rotor/controller and polarity adjuster, and it worked well.

3.  I built a nice portable setup with a surveyor's tripod, a Yaesu G-5500 Az/El rotor, dual Alaska Arrow antennas, switchable polarity, and preamps.  It looks great, but solution #4 (below) works better and takes much less time to setup and pack up.  It is also much less expensive.

4.  This is what works best for me, Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV):  Don't use a tripod.  Hold the Arrow in one hand, twisting your wrist to adjust for polarity and aiming in the general direction of the satellite.  If you find the antenna to be too heavy and uncomfortable, brace your elbow against your body instead of holding your arm out straight.  Adjust your pointing and twisting by listening to the received signal while you wave the antenna in a sweeping or circular motion towards the general direction of the bird.

If the antenna is still too heavy, some hams modify the Arrow to make it lighter.  Clayton, W5PFG has modified his Arrow by using a shorter boom (24-inches long, 2 elements on 2 m, 4 elements on 70 cm).  It has less gain, but is much lighter.  (See a picture of Clayton and his short Arrow in Getting Started.)  Mike, W8LID drills lots of holes along the length of his Arrow boom, removing lots of the aluminum and weight.  A number of pictures of Mike's antennas are on Twitter (@w8lid and @we4bravo), and a picture of the antenna will be included in the 2019 edition of Getting Started.

If your problem is running out of hands, use a recorder for logging, a headset to hold the microphone, and either a footswitch or handswitch for PTT.  Use one hand to aim the antenna (either on a tripod or not), and the second hand (maybe with PTT handswitch) to tune the radios.  This setup works well for a number of people, including me.  There are lots of pictures of operators using this setup in Getting Started.

73, Steve N9IP

P.S.  I'm back to finishing the revisions to the 2019 edition of Getting Started with Amateur Radio.  The remaining 2018 edition copies are on sale at the AMSAT store or you can get a PDF at the store too.  The 2019 edition will be released at the Dayton Hamvention.
--
Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com



?On 4/24/19, 9:27 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

    Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an Arrow
    II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight and do
    a 90 degree turn.
    
    Chris
    KC1E
    
    -- 
    Chris Pohlad-Thomas
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From johnnykludt at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 15:02:03 2019
From: johnnykludt at gmail.com (John Kludt)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:02:03 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
Message-ID: <5cc07a6e.1c69fb81.296a8.9645@mx.google.com>

Chris,

I just use a standard Walmart camera tripod.? There is a drilled and tapped hole under the rubber handle for the camera mounting screw on a camera tripod.

John

Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone
On Apr 24, 2019 06:26, Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an Arrow 
> II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight and do 
> a 90 degree turn. 
>
> Chris 
> KC1E 
>
> -- 
> Chris Pohlad-Thomas 
> _______________________________________________ 
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available 
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed 
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. 
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! 
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb 

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 16:23:38 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:23:38 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <5016F291-3487-44C4-926C-2D22C2CD6FD2@wintek.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<5016F291-3487-44C4-926C-2D22C2CD6FD2@wintek.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKPwNTqv+NXzt0gmkwk_eG-XcFArpWjanoo+bysD8AHJbw@mail.gmail.com>

Here is a video of John, K8YSE's speaker stand based tripod:

https://youtu.be/OzfX94b1gpE

It is from the 2016 hamvention.

I wil admit half the reason I haven't shared this before is because I was
embarrassed I assumed it had ball bearings in it.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 10:58 Stephen E. Belter via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Four suggestions on your tripod question, probably too much information:
>
> 1.  If you use a tripod, make sure the tripod head allows you to quickly
> and easily twist the antenna 180 degrees around its axis.  Twisting the
> antenna allows you to adjust the polarity of the antenna.  In many cases,
> having the polarity right is more important than having the direction
> exactly right.  And the tripod needs to be able to hold that twist until
> you move it.
>
> 2.  John, K8YSE, has adapted a speaker stand to hold his Arrow.  There is
> a nice picture of John and his speaker stand in recent copies of the
> Getting Started with Amateur Satellites book in Chapter 7, Operating SSB
> and CW Satellites.  (I'd attach the picture, but the BB doesn't pass
> attachments.)  John has incorporated a counterweight, friction clutch, and
> a copper pipe that fits in the handle of the Arrow.  I've used John's setup
> at the Orlando HamCation when John was giving demonstrations.  I was his
> rotor/controller and polarity adjuster, and it worked well.
>
> 3.  I built a nice portable setup with a surveyor's tripod, a Yaesu G-5500
> Az/El rotor, dual Alaska Arrow antennas, switchable polarity, and preamps.
> It looks great, but solution #4 (below) works better and takes much less
> time to setup and pack up.  It is also much less expensive.
>
> 4.  This is what works best for me, Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV):  Don't
> use a tripod.  Hold the Arrow in one hand, twisting your wrist to adjust
> for polarity and aiming in the general direction of the satellite.  If you
> find the antenna to be too heavy and uncomfortable, brace your elbow
> against your body instead of holding your arm out straight.  Adjust your
> pointing and twisting by listening to the received signal while you wave
> the antenna in a sweeping or circular motion towards the general direction
> of the bird.
>
> If the antenna is still too heavy, some hams modify the Arrow to make it
> lighter.  Clayton, W5PFG has modified his Arrow by using a shorter boom
> (24-inches long, 2 elements on 2 m, 4 elements on 70 cm).  It has less
> gain, but is much lighter.  (See a picture of Clayton and his short Arrow
> in Getting Started.)  Mike, W8LID drills lots of holes along the length of
> his Arrow boom, removing lots of the aluminum and weight.  A number of
> pictures of Mike's antennas are on Twitter (@w8lid and @we4bravo), and a
> picture of the antenna will be included in the 2019 edition of Getting
> Started.
>
> If your problem is running out of hands, use a recorder for logging, a
> headset to hold the microphone, and either a footswitch or handswitch for
> PTT.  Use one hand to aim the antenna (either on a tripod or not), and the
> second hand (maybe with PTT handswitch) to tune the radios.  This setup
> works well for a number of people, including me.  There are lots of
> pictures of operators using this setup in Getting Started.
>
> 73, Steve N9IP
>
> P.S.  I'm back to finishing the revisions to the 2019 edition of Getting
> Started with Amateur Radio.  The remaining 2018 edition copies are on sale
> at the AMSAT store or you can get a PDF at the store too.  The 2019 edition
> will be released at the Dayton Hamvention.
> --
> Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>
>
>
> ?On 4/24/19, 9:27 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Chris Pohlad-Thomas via
> AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
>     Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an
> Arrow
>     II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight
> and do
>     a 90 degree turn.
>
>     Chris
>     KC1E
>
>     --
>     Chris Pohlad-Thomas
>     _______________________________________________
>     Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>     to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions expressed
>     are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> of AMSAT-NA.
>     Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
>     Subscription settings: https://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 chrispohladthomas at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 16:32:42 2019
From: chrispohladthomas at gmail.com (Chris Pohlad-Thomas)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:32:42 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CAEGYLCu=rpzw0MDLkVNBcVmA1TKTQ2LbhHKP0DiV8T5_RtOa3g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEGYLCu=rpzw0MDLkVNBcVmA1TKTQ2LbhHKP0DiV8T5_RtOa3g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKwvPO-FZDCgO8CbU3H1ZB=55VEGB4PDH_Syb7bKg3jCFSpwug@mail.gmail.com>

Guess I need to work on my antenna-holding exercises :-)

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:26 PM Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think any successful portable operator would highly recommend you ditch
> the tripod and hold the antenna. It allows rapid and accurate polarity
> matching and tracking and it?s really not so difficult.
>
> 73,
> Gabe
> AL6D/VE6NJH
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 5:27 AM Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an
>> Arrow
>> II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight and do
>> a 90 degree turn.
>>
>> Chris
>> KC1E
>>
>> --
>> Chris Pohlad-Thomas
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
>

-- 
Chris Pohlad-Thomas

From dave at druidnetworks.com  Wed Apr 24 17:03:34 2019
From: dave at druidnetworks.com (David Swanson)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:03:34 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvPO-FZDCgO8CbU3H1ZB=55VEGB4PDH_Syb7bKg3jCFSpwug@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEGYLCu=rpzw0MDLkVNBcVmA1TKTQ2LbhHKP0DiV8T5_RtOa3g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAKwvPO-FZDCgO8CbU3H1ZB=55VEGB4PDH_Syb7bKg3jCFSpwug@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANq+eyWHnh2rTqiBEgJ17SiBTAEchwz9on2rJbkwzi=q=Hr+fw@mail.gmail.com>

This. One million times this. I don't know why this is still even a
discussion on [AMSAT-BB] yet it comes up at least once a month. Just search
through the archives and you'll find roughly 500000 topics involving
'tripods'.

If you are physically capable of holding the arrow, do it. Any other
methods are compromises that will impair your ability to hear the bird, and
interfere with other operators if you aren't careful.

-Dave, KG5CCI

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:34 AM Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Guess I need to work on my antenna-holding exercises :-)
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:26 PM Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I think any successful portable operator would highly recommend you ditch
> > the tripod and hold the antenna. It allows rapid and accurate polarity
> > matching and tracking and it?s really not so difficult.
> >
> > 73,
> > Gabe
> > AL6D/VE6NJH
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 5:27 AM Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an
> >> Arrow
> >> II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight and
> do
> >> a 90 degree turn.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >> KC1E
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chris Pohlad-Thomas
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >> Opinions expressed
> >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> >> AMSAT-NA.
> >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> >> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >>
> >
>
> --
> Chris Pohlad-Thomas
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From va7kbm at outlook.com  Wed Apr 24 17:57:15 2019
From: va7kbm at outlook.com (Ken M)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 17:57:15 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CANq+eyWHnh2rTqiBEgJ17SiBTAEchwz9on2rJbkwzi=q=Hr+fw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEGYLCu=rpzw0MDLkVNBcVmA1TKTQ2LbhHKP0DiV8T5_RtOa3g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAKwvPO-FZDCgO8CbU3H1ZB=55VEGB4PDH_Syb7bKg3jCFSpwug@mail.gmail.com>
	<CANq+eyWHnh2rTqiBEgJ17SiBTAEchwz9on2rJbkwzi=q=Hr+fw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <MWHPR01MB2640E3B0D5889478572EA8A1983C0@MWHPR01MB2640.prod.exchangelabs.com>

No doubt that holding the Arrow by hand is best, and often easiest in 
the end, but there are times when a tripod is useful and there are some 
who experiment with portable AzEl rotators and Arrows. No question the 
Arrow gets heavy in the hand after a while and a tripod with a loose 
ball head can let you manipulate the arrow by hand while still using the 
tripod to bear the weight.

One problem with using an Arrow on a tripod is the lack of a 
counter-balance extension. (I wish that Arrow would sell one, but many 
have fabricated their own). With a counter-balance you can use a 
lighter-weight tripod, but without you need a heavier tripod that won't 
fall over when your antenna is pointing lower on the horizon (i.e., more 
horizontal).

73 Ken VA7KBM

On 2019-04-24 10:03 a.m., David Swanson via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> This. One million times this. I don't know why this is still even a
> discussion on [AMSAT-BB] yet it comes up at least once a month. Just search
> through the archives and you'll find roughly 500000 topics involving
> 'tripods'.
>
> If you are physically capable of holding the arrow, do it. Any other
> methods are compromises that will impair your ability to hear the bird, and
> interfere with other operators if you aren't careful.
>
> -Dave, KG5CCI
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:34 AM Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Guess I need to work on my antenna-holding exercises :-)
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:26 PM Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think any successful portable operator would highly recommend you ditch
>>> the tripod and hold the antenna. It allows rapid and accurate polarity
>>> matching and tracking and it?s really not so difficult.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Gabe
>>> AL6D/VE6NJH
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 5:27 AM Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <
>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an
>>>> Arrow
>>>> II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight and
>> do
>>>> a 90 degree turn.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>> KC1E
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Chris Pohlad-Thomas
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>>>> Opinions expressed
>>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>>>> AMSAT-NA.
>>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>> program!
>>>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>>>
>> --
>> Chris Pohlad-Thomas
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
>> expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://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 les at highnoonfilm.com  Wed Apr 24 18:06:48 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:06:48 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
Message-ID: <992601B8-4ECA-4FFF-9852-AB20B362BB1C@highnoonfilm.com>


Several operators recommended the KlaTrack software tool for help with visualizing upcoming passes from amateur satellites. It seems like exactly what I?m looking for. 

Installed it on my Windows X, 64 bit machine without a problem. But I?m having trouble with saving the settings. When I make changes, such as entering my six digit grid square, or changing the theme, etc. Nothing changes on the display. 

Restarting the software has no effect. 

The installation instructions say that both Keps data and settings are stored in the ?Home? directory and that you can also start the software using the command line. But that?s not very helpful. 

Any idea what I?m doing wrong? I?m sure it?s operator error. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From nss at mwt.net  Wed Apr 24 18:26:58 2019
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:26:58 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
In-Reply-To: <992601B8-4ECA-4FFF-9852-AB20B362BB1C@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <992601B8-4ECA-4FFF-9852-AB20B362BB1C@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <6ec49ee3-33c2-5f21-f6b0-edf942cc748c@mwt.net>

You have gotten further than I.? I tried everything and it does nothing 
at all here.

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/24/2019 1:06 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Several operators recommended the KlaTrack software tool for help with visualizing upcoming passes from amateur satellites. It seems like exactly what I?m looking for.
>
> Installed it on my Windows X, 64 bit machine without a problem. But I?m having trouble with saving the settings. When I make changes, such as entering my six digit grid square, or changing the theme, etc. Nothing changes on the display.
>
> Restarting the software has no effect.
>
> The installation instructions say that both Keps data and settings are stored in the ?Home? directory and that you can also start the software using the command line. But that?s not very helpful.
>
> Any idea what I?m doing wrong? I?m sure it?s operator error.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


From joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 18:27:17 2019
From: joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com (JoAnne K9JKM)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:27:17 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CANq+eyWHnh2rTqiBEgJ17SiBTAEchwz9on2rJbkwzi=q=Hr+fw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEGYLCu=rpzw0MDLkVNBcVmA1TKTQ2LbhHKP0DiV8T5_RtOa3g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAKwvPO-FZDCgO8CbU3H1ZB=55VEGB4PDH_Syb7bKg3jCFSpwug@mail.gmail.com>
	<CANq+eyWHnh2rTqiBEgJ17SiBTAEchwz9on2rJbkwzi=q=Hr+fw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5cc0aa83.1c69fb81.57d2.53ee@mx.google.com>

> ... search through the archives and you'll find roughly 500000 
> topics involving 'tripods'.

The amsat-bb archive is open to all at:
https://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/

It is possible to search AMSAT's archives (amsat-bb and ANS) by using 
the "site:" command in Google. For example, to find all mentions of the 
word "tripod" in amsat-bb, type this line into a browser opened to the
Google front page:

   Tripod site:http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb

To restrict the search to a particular year, type:

   Tripod site:http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2014
   
The AMSAT News Service (ANS) archives are searchable in a similar 
manner (for example hamvention in 2016):

   hamvention site:http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2016

--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org



From k8bl at ameritech.net  Wed Apr 24 18:28:49 2019
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (Bob Liddy (K8BL))
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:28:49 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] [amsat-bb} Tripod for Arrow
References: <155796939.625396.1556130529900.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <155796939.625396.1556130529900@mail.yahoo.com>

Chris,

I use a TRIKON Tripod and it has worked very well for me for 6 years of roving
in 3 Countries and 119 Grids. You can see it on my QRZ Page.

https://www.qrz.com/db/K8BL

Notice that I installed a counterweight to balance the Arrow. I built a "foot" for
the Arrow that simulates a camera and quickly attaches to the tripod. The tripod
gives me the capability to swivel the antenna 360 degress and elevate 0-90 degrees
and change polarity 0-90 degrees.

The tripod has collapsible legs and is very lightweight. Everything easily comes
apart and fits in a normal suitcase. Since I operate from the tail end of my vehicle,
the tripod allows me to aim the antenna at AOS and sit and wait for the action.

Some folks like a handheld arrangement and some folks like a tripod and each have
their good reasons. My reasons are that my old arms get tired too quickly waving
the antenna around. And, it's too cumbersome to tune the radio and hold the mic
and fiddle with the recorder and deal with the antenna and watch the pass info on
the cellphone simultaneously. Besides, the SAT doesn't change so quickly that the
antenna needs to be adjusted constantly.

GL/73,    Bob  K8BL    (AMSAT #6593)

--------------------------------------------
On Wed, 4/24/19, Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 9:26 AM

Can anyone please provide a recommendation on
a tripod to use with an Arrow
II? I want to make sure I find
something that can handle the weight and do
a 90 degree turn.

Chris
KC1E

-- 
Chris Pohlad-Thomas

From n4ufo at yahoo.com  Wed Apr 24 06:44:51 2019
From: n4ufo at yahoo.com (Kevin M)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 06:44:51 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb]  DM48 QSOs
References: <778201126.4892828.1556088291203.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <778201126.4892828.1556088291203@mail.yahoo.com>

 Bob, what did you correct? If you upload the EXACT SAME LOG, just sign it with a different location set within TQSL, then it should correct the details of all those already confirmed contacts. I remember making a 'location error' on a grid trip once (might have been county, not grid) and fixed it just as described. The only QSLs that might require some other type of 'fix' beyond that is if the person has already turned in the QSL for VUCC credit (as the incorrect grid) on an application. If you correct things quickly, the likelihood of that is low.




To everyone who contacted me while I was roving in Capital Reef NP last 
Thursday, 4/18... I seem to have fouled up my upload to LoTW, all the 
entries are listed in grid DM58 instead of DM48. I tried to correct and 
upload to LoTW again, but it seems that most of our contacts have 
already been confirmed on LoTW. I will be happy to send any and all of 
you a QSL card confirming our contact, unless someone can tell me how to 
correct my mistake so you all can get a QSL out of LoTW.

Bob N6REK



From gabrielzeifman at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 16:25:49 2019
From: gabrielzeifman at gmail.com (Gabriel Zeifman)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:25:49 -0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEGYLCu=rpzw0MDLkVNBcVmA1TKTQ2LbhHKP0DiV8T5_RtOa3g@mail.gmail.com>

I think any successful portable operator would highly recommend you ditch
the tripod and hold the antenna. It allows rapid and accurate polarity
matching and tracking and it?s really not so difficult.

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 5:27 AM Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an Arrow
> II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight and do
> a 90 degree turn.
>
> Chris
> KC1E
>
> --
> Chris Pohlad-Thomas
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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 robert.machale at yahoo.com  Wed Apr 24 18:02:41 2019
From: robert.machale at yahoo.com (Robert MacHale)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:02:41 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvPO-FZDCgO8CbU3H1ZB=55VEGB4PDH_Syb7bKg3jCFSpwug@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEGYLCu=rpzw0MDLkVNBcVmA1TKTQ2LbhHKP0DiV8T5_RtOa3g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAKwvPO-FZDCgO8CbU3H1ZB=55VEGB4PDH_Syb7bKg3jCFSpwug@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1135379228.574440.1556128961424@mail.yahoo.com>

I like the Amazon Basics tripod w/Pistol Grip:

AmazonBasics 70-Inch Pistol Grip Tripod with Bag

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LQX0P8Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The Arrow comes with a 1/2-20 female thread for mounting with a camera tripod.
73s
Robert MacHaleKE6BLR Ham Radio Licensehttp://spaceCommunicator.club
Supporting Boy Scout Merit Badges in Radio and Space Exploration
 

    On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 9:34:57 AM PDT, Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Guess I need to work on my antenna-holding exercises :-)

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:26 PM Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think any successful portable operator would highly recommend you ditch
> the tripod and hold the antenna. It allows rapid and accurate polarity
> matching and tracking and it?s really not so difficult.
>
> 73,
> Gabe
> AL6D/VE6NJH
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 5:27 AM Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an
>> Arrow
>> II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight and do
>> a 90 degree turn.
>>
>> Chris
>> KC1E
>>
>> --
>> Chris Pohlad-Thomas
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
>

-- 
Chris Pohlad-Thomas
_______________________________________________
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From ke6blr.robert at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 18:09:18 2019
From: ke6blr.robert at gmail.com (KE6BLR Robert)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:09:18 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <MWHPR01MB2640E3B0D5889478572EA8A1983C0@MWHPR01MB2640.prod.exchangelabs.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEGYLCu=rpzw0MDLkVNBcVmA1TKTQ2LbhHKP0DiV8T5_RtOa3g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAKwvPO-FZDCgO8CbU3H1ZB=55VEGB4PDH_Syb7bKg3jCFSpwug@mail.gmail.com>
	<CANq+eyWHnh2rTqiBEgJ17SiBTAEchwz9on2rJbkwzi=q=Hr+fw@mail.gmail.com>
	<MWHPR01MB2640E3B0D5889478572EA8A1983C0@MWHPR01MB2640.prod.exchangelabs.com>
Message-ID: <CABaTVVY33g1vTha+608oVbC7+72YHU4vzrwd69BGnLnhicFTfg@mail.gmail.com>

My favorite tripod for the Arrow is the Amazon Basics tripod w/Pistol Grip:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LQX0P8Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

AmazonBasics 70-Inch Pistol Grip Tripod with Bag

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:58 AM Ken M via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> No doubt that holding the Arrow by hand is best, and often easiest in
> the end, but there are times when a tripod is useful and there are some
> who experiment with portable AzEl rotators and Arrows. No question the
> Arrow gets heavy in the hand after a while and a tripod with a loose
> ball head can let you manipulate the arrow by hand while still using the
> tripod to bear the weight.
>
> One problem with using an Arrow on a tripod is the lack of a
> counter-balance extension. (I wish that Arrow would sell one, but many
> have fabricated their own). With a counter-balance you can use a
> lighter-weight tripod, but without you need a heavier tripod that won't
> fall over when your antenna is pointing lower on the horizon (i.e., more
> horizontal).
>
> 73 Ken VA7KBM
>
> On 2019-04-24 10:03 a.m., David Swanson via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > This. One million times this. I don't know why this is still even a
> > discussion on [AMSAT-BB] yet it comes up at least once a month. Just
> search
> > through the archives and you'll find roughly 500000 topics involving
> > 'tripods'.
> >
> > If you are physically capable of holding the arrow, do it. Any other
> > methods are compromises that will impair your ability to hear the bird,
> and
> > interfere with other operators if you aren't careful.
> >
> > -Dave, KG5CCI
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:34 AM Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Guess I need to work on my antenna-holding exercises :-)
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:26 PM Gabriel Zeifman <
> gabrielzeifman at gmail.com
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think any successful portable operator would highly recommend you
> ditch
> >>> the tripod and hold the antenna. It allows rapid and accurate polarity
> >>> matching and tracking and it?s really not so difficult.
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>> Gabe
> >>> AL6D/VE6NJH
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 5:27 AM Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <
> >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an
> >>>> Arrow
> >>>> II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight
> and
> >> do
> >>>> a 90 degree turn.
> >>>>
> >>>> Chris
> >>>> KC1E
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Chris Pohlad-Thomas
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >>>> Opinions expressed
> >>>> are solely those of the 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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> >>>>
> >> --
> >> Chris Pohlad-Thomas
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> >> expressed
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> >> AMSAT-NA.
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> program!
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> >>
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From bryan at kl7cn.net  Wed Apr 24 18:38:18 2019
From: bryan at kl7cn.net (Bryan KL7CN)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:38:18 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5CE9F974-E184-4B8D-B893-307A5E33A2AF@kl7cn.net>

I started with a tripod I bought at the local thrift store (Goodwill) for $10. It was not suitable for camera work, but did just fine for satellite work.

The tripod helped a lot when I used an HT and attempted to write everything on a notepad.

It was like training wheels on a bicycle! While I was learning, it made all the difference.

I noticed after some time -- and watching YouTube videos of satellite operations -- that all the experienced operators did not use a tripod. They held the antenna in their hand.

So, I thought I would try it.

Getting an inline audio recorder and a head set helped quite a bit. I have heard that a foot switch is also quite helpful.

And, after not much time at all, I became quite comfortable using the Arrow using only one hand. It is much, much better for matching axial rotation. And, it gives you a feel for the satellite when you twist your wrist and hear the difference in the audio signal -- in my case, it is now automatic, like driving a car, to hand-orient the antenna while adjusting for Doppler and glancing at the tracking software on the smartphone.

An improvement I would very much like to make is to modify the Arrow's boom to be a LidStick, a la Mike W8LID's excellent idea:
https://twitter.com/w8lid/status/976267117183033346?lang=en

So, get a tripod but plan on using it only for a while. You will want to switch to full manual after not much time. :)

-- bag

Bryan KL7CN/W6
Location: CM98, usually
E-Mail: bryan at KL7CN.net
Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279

> On Apr 24, 2019, at 06:26, Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Can anyone please provide a recommendation on a tripod to use with an Arrow
> II? I want to make sure I find something that can handle the weight and do
> a 90 degree turn.
> 
> Chris
> KC1E
> 
> -- 
> Chris Pohlad-Thomas

From skristof at etczone.com  Wed Apr 24 18:39:33 2019
From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:39:33 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT on HF
Message-ID: <43070093dfd1f6a0028ac3dfff368a44@etczone.com>

I had a power outage a couple of days ago and I lost part of my "AMSAT
on HF" log. (You don't need to ask if I was keeping a backup.) 

If you have had a 50th anniversary "AMSAT on HF" QSO with me, could you
please send me the info? It was most likely in the first half of April. 

Thank you! 

Steve AI9IN

From nss at mwt.net  Wed Apr 24 18:39:47 2019
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:39:47 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
In-Reply-To: <81D9DCE2-F640-4504-943D-D1C7785B2135@yahoo.com>
References: <992601B8-4ECA-4FFF-9852-AB20B362BB1C@highnoonfilm.com>
	<6ec49ee3-33c2-5f21-f6b0-edf942cc748c@mwt.net>
	<81D9DCE2-F640-4504-943D-D1C7785B2135@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <6c1517b0-cc42-923c-805b-062eef2f6edb@mwt.net>

yup that's always the first thing I try. but nope.

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/24/2019 1:32 PM, Scott wrote:
> Try running it as administrator.  Most of the sat tracking programs you need to run as administrator since Windows 7.  Orbitron is that way or it won't save you keps updates.
>
> 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 Apr 24, 2019, at 11:26, Joe via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>> You have gotten further than I.  I tried everything and it does nothing at all here.
>>
>> Joe WB9SBD
>> Sig
>> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
>> Idle Tyme
>> Idle-Tyme.com
>> http://www.idle-tyme.com
>>> On 4/24/2019 1:06 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>> Several operators recommended the KlaTrack software tool for help with visualizing upcoming passes from amateur satellites. It seems like exactly what I?m looking for.
>>>
>>> Installed it on my Windows X, 64 bit machine without a problem. But I?m having trouble with saving the settings. When I make changes, such as entering my six digit grid square, or changing the theme, etc. Nothing changes on the display.
>>>
>>> Restarting the software has no effect.
>>>
>>> The installation instructions say that both Keps data and settings are stored in the ?Home? directory and that you can also start the software using the command line. But that?s not very helpful.
>>>
>>> Any idea what I?m doing wrong? I?m sure it?s operator error.
>>>
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>>> Maylene, AL
>>> EM63nf
>>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>>> Subscription settings: https://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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>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
>


From ka7fvv at yahoo.com  Wed Apr 24 18:32:25 2019
From: ka7fvv at yahoo.com (Scott)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:32:25 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
In-Reply-To: <6ec49ee3-33c2-5f21-f6b0-edf942cc748c@mwt.net>
References: <992601B8-4ECA-4FFF-9852-AB20B362BB1C@highnoonfilm.com>
	<6ec49ee3-33c2-5f21-f6b0-edf942cc748c@mwt.net>
Message-ID: <81D9DCE2-F640-4504-943D-D1C7785B2135@yahoo.com>

Try running it as administrator.  Most of the sat tracking programs you need to run as administrator since Windows 7.  Orbitron is that way or it won't save you keps updates.

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 Apr 24, 2019, at 11:26, Joe via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> You have gotten further than I.  I tried everything and it does nothing at all here.
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
> Sig
> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> Idle Tyme
> Idle-Tyme.com
> http://www.idle-tyme.com
>> On 4/24/2019 1:06 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> Several operators recommended the KlaTrack software tool for help with visualizing upcoming passes from amateur satellites. It seems like exactly what I?m looking for.
>> 
>> Installed it on my Windows X, 64 bit machine without a problem. But I?m having trouble with saving the settings. When I make changes, such as entering my six digit grid square, or changing the theme, etc. Nothing changes on the display.
>> 
>> Restarting the software has no effect.
>> 
>> The installation instructions say that both Keps data and settings are stored in the ?Home? directory and that you can also start the software using the command line. But that?s not very helpful.
>> 
>> Any idea what I?m doing wrong? I?m sure it?s operator error.
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> Maylene, AL
>> EM63nf
>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


From greg.winterflood at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 19:01:09 2019
From: greg.winterflood at gmail.com (Greg Winterflood)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:31:09 +0930
Subject: [amsat-bb]  KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
Message-ID: <CAPA7SM46B387=Q=8_2JAQtY6tjE4afmxSfVuFav6DgBOsqsDSQ@mail.gmail.com>

Gday Les and Joe,

I wonder if you have installed the Java 1.8 runtime environment which is
required?  You can download it from java.com.

The file  which keeps all your saved preferences can be found in your
"Home" directory here:  C:\Users\winte\KLATrack where "winte" is the first
part of my surname. Of course you will have a different identified.

73s from PG66wh

Greg

*Greg Winterflood VK8KMD*
*5 Burke Street, Alice Springs*
*EAST SIDE*
*Northern Territory    *
*Australia                         0870*

From ai6do at yahoo.com  Wed Apr 24 19:28:14 2019
From: ai6do at yahoo.com (Ryan Noguchi)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:28:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <5016F291-3487-44C4-926C-2D22C2CD6FD2@wintek.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<5016F291-3487-44C4-926C-2D22C2CD6FD2@wintek.com>
Message-ID: <1282105629.2745028.1556134094597@mail.yahoo.com>

 There have already been a lot of good comments on the list on why handheld antennas work a lot better if you can manage it, and I'm definitely in that camp. My experience with my home station (an Elk on a tripod in the attic with an azimuth-only TV rotator and a fixed elevation of about 18 degrees) also corroborates this, as I find that mismatched elevation makes very little difference, but mismatched polarization makes a huge difference.?

When I was confined to a fixed location, one trick that I've found helped is to suspend the tip of the antenna to bear part of its weight. In my back yard, I have strung up some horizontal (non-conductive) lines that are at about the right height for me to hold the Arrow horizontal with my arm extended and the tip of the antenna resting on the line, with line "hooked" on the forward-most element. This saves a lot of fatigue on those long portions of the pass when the elevation angle is low, provides added height to reduce the workable elevation angle, and enables almost complete freedom of rotation for polarization. I've used this approach with both the Elk and the Arrow to good effect. It does require a little more practice and attention with the Arrow due to the crossed geometry, but it was certainly very workable. I have the lines strung out in three directions optimized for different pass geometries, which was more useful for the Arrow than the Elk. I don't use them much any more since I got over my fear of being "outed" and started operating in full view of the public.?


Operating completely pedestrian-portable is also very handy if you have to move during the pass to clear obstructions or distance yourself from (audio) noise sources. Operating writing-hand-free can be very doable, even without VOX. I hold the antenna with one hand, and leave the other hand free for tuning, logging in real time, pressing the earpiece PTT switch, and occasionally holding an umbrella.?


73, Ryan AI6DO

From marklhammond at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 19:45:16 2019
From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:45:16 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
In-Reply-To: <6c1517b0-cc42-923c-805b-062eef2f6edb@mwt.net>
References: <992601B8-4ECA-4FFF-9852-AB20B362BB1C@highnoonfilm.com>
	<6ec49ee3-33c2-5f21-f6b0-edf942cc748c@mwt.net>
	<81D9DCE2-F640-4504-943D-D1C7785B2135@yahoo.com>
	<6c1517b0-cc42-923c-805b-062eef2f6edb@mwt.net>
Message-ID: <CAPRXzypbZE+T37X2H5OiCzyiKpP-HXEqLpM=O7a7rJbLWxEtuw@mail.gmail.com>

Check your Java version and settings.  Mark N8MH

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 2:52 PM Joe via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> yup that's always the first thing I try. but nope.
>
> Joe WB9SBD
> Sig
> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> Idle Tyme
> Idle-Tyme.com
> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> On 4/24/2019 1:32 PM, Scott wrote:
> > Try running it as administrator.  Most of the sat tracking programs you
> need to run as administrator since Windows 7.  Orbitron is that way or it
> won't save you keps updates.
> >
> > 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 Apr 24, 2019, at 11:26, Joe via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> You have gotten further than I.  I tried everything and it does nothing
> at all here.
> >>
> >> Joe WB9SBD
> >> Sig
> >> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> >> Idle Tyme
> >> Idle-Tyme.com
> >> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> >>> On 4/24/2019 1:06 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> >>> Several operators recommended the KlaTrack software tool for help with
> visualizing upcoming passes from amateur satellites. It seems like exactly
> what I?m looking for.
> >>>
> >>> Installed it on my Windows X, 64 bit machine without a problem. But
> I?m having trouble with saving the settings. When I make changes, such as
> entering my six digit grid square, or changing the theme, etc. Nothing
> changes on the display.
> >>>
> >>> Restarting the software has no effect.
> >>>
> >>> The installation instructions say that both Keps data and settings are
> stored in the ?Home? directory and that you can also start the software
> using the command line. But that?s not very helpful.
> >>>
> >>> Any idea what I?m doing wrong? I?m sure it?s operator error.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>>
> >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> >>> Maylene, AL
> >>> EM63nf
> >>> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions expressed
> >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> of AMSAT-NA.
> >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> >>> Subscription settings: https://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: https://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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-- 
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

From winterflood at bigpond.com  Wed Apr 24 19:33:46 2019
From: winterflood at bigpond.com (Greg Winterflood)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:03:46 +0930
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
In-Reply-To: <81D9DCE2-F640-4504-943D-D1C7785B2135@yahoo.com>
References: <992601B8-4ECA-4FFF-9852-AB20B362BB1C@highnoonfilm.com>	<6ec49ee3-33c2-5f21-f6b0-edf942cc748c@mwt.net>
	<81D9DCE2-F640-4504-943D-D1C7785B2135@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002201d4fad4$a3043640$e90ca2c0$@bigpond.com>

Gday Les and Joe,

I wonder if you have installed the Java 1.8 runtime environment which is
required?  You can download it from java.com.

The file which keeps all your saved preferences can be found in your
"Home" directory here:  C:\Users\winte\KLATrack where "winte" is the first
part of my surname. Of course, you will have a different identifier.

73s from PG66wh

Greg

Greg Winterflood VK8KMD
5 Burke Street, Alice Springs
EAST SIDE
Northern Territory    
Australia                         0870



From ke6blr.robert at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 19:48:51 2019
From: ke6blr.robert at gmail.com (KE6BLR Robert)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:48:51 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <1282105629.2745028.1556134094597@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<5016F291-3487-44C4-926C-2D22C2CD6FD2@wintek.com>
	<1282105629.2745028.1556134094597@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CABaTVVaiaD5K=ZyxYOFwbnEWpC-kHUq6dEgDFRSCP+uem0ZVFw@mail.gmail.com>

Here is a link to a photo of the Arrow on the Amazon tripod:

https://twitter.com/MachaleRobert/status/1121138773394255872

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

>  There have already been a lot of good comments on the list on why
> handheld antennas work a lot better if you can manage it, and I'm
> definitely in that camp. My experience with my home station (an Elk on a
> tripod in the attic with an azimuth-only TV rotator and a fixed elevation
> of about 18 degrees) also corroborates this, as I find that mismatched
> elevation makes very little difference, but mismatched polarization makes a
> huge difference.
>
> When I was confined to a fixed location, one trick that I've found helped
> is to suspend the tip of the antenna to bear part of its weight. In my back
> yard, I have strung up some horizontal (non-conductive) lines that are at
> about the right height for me to hold the Arrow horizontal with my arm
> extended and the tip of the antenna resting on the line, with line "hooked"
> on the forward-most element. This saves a lot of fatigue on those long
> portions of the pass when the elevation angle is low, provides added height
> to reduce the workable elevation angle, and enables almost complete freedom
> of rotation for polarization. I've used this approach with both the Elk and
> the Arrow to good effect. It does require a little more practice and
> attention with the Arrow due to the crossed geometry, but it was certainly
> very workable. I have the lines strung out in three directions optimized
> for different pass geometries, which was more useful for the Arrow than the
> Elk. I don't use them much any more since I got over my fear of being
> "outed" and started operating in full view of the public.
>
>
> Operating completely pedestrian-portable is also very handy if you have to
> move during the pass to clear obstructions or distance yourself from
> (audio) noise sources. Operating writing-hand-free can be very doable, even
> without VOX. I hold the antenna with one hand, and leave the other hand
> free for tuning, logging in real time, pressing the earpiece PTT switch,
> and occasionally holding an umbrella.
>
>
> 73, Ryan AI6DO
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From aj9n at aol.com  Wed Apr 24 20:36:11 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:36:11 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-24 20:30
	UTC
References: <1321709836.33638.1556138171818.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1321709836.33638.1556138171818@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-24 20:30 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:



Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via N9CHA

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact was successful: Wed 2019-04-24 17:46:31 UTC 52 deg ?(***)

?

Observatorio Astron?mico de Mallorca (OAM), Costitx (Mallorca-Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain, telebridge via W6SRJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-29 11:48:40 UTC 36 deg

?

Mildred Hall School, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Fri 2019-05-03 18:32:19 UTC 59 deg

?





The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

?

?

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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 114


****************************************************************************
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?2019-04-24 20:30 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 1304. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1247. (***)
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 2019-04-24 20:30 UTC.

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************


Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From les at highnoonfilm.com  Wed Apr 24 21:09:51 2019
From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:09:51 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
Message-ID: <FF9EC131-1C7F-4E10-AC1A-E0828CD86739@highnoonfilm.com>


Thanks (as always) for the great advice received on this forum. 

The problem with KalTrack turned out to be Windows 10 resizing the ?settings? window so that ?SAVE? and ?CANCEL? buttons were not visible. Simply grabbing the lower right corner of the window and stretching it did the trick. 

Everything working great now. 

I had a couple of points of confusion along the way: 

Whenever the author recommends downloading Java Runtime Environment, that really just means ?Java.? Download and install the latest version of Java?and uninstall any older versions.
As many pointed out, ?Run as Administrator? works best. 

This is a great piece of software to help quickly visualize what passes are coming up. Just what I needed. 




73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member





From nss at mwt.net  Wed Apr 24 21:24:52 2019
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:24:52 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
In-Reply-To: <FF9EC131-1C7F-4E10-AC1A-E0828CD86739@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <FF9EC131-1C7F-4E10-AC1A-E0828CD86739@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <63b2a66e-d173-9daa-df38-f96d34b1c372@mwt.net>

java stuff
I downloaded what I think is the right thing for java, but not sure,, it 
was a zip file and no installer just a bunch of folders.

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/24/2019 4:09 PM, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Thanks (as always) for the great advice received on this forum.
>
> The problem with KalTrack turned out to be Windows 10 resizing the ?settings? window so that ?SAVE? and ?CANCEL? buttons were not visible. Simply grabbing the lower right corner of the window and stretching it did the trick.
>
> Everything working great now.
>
> I had a couple of points of confusion along the way:
>
> Whenever the author recommends downloading Java Runtime Environment, that really just means ?Java.? Download and install the latest version of Java?and uninstall any older versions.
> As many pointed out, ?Run as Administrator? works best.
>
> This is a great piece of software to help quickly visualize what passes are coming up. Just what I needed.
>
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


From hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 21:26:46 2019
From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:26:46 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
In-Reply-To: <FF9EC131-1C7F-4E10-AC1A-E0828CD86739@highnoonfilm.com>
References: <FF9EC131-1C7F-4E10-AC1A-E0828CD86739@highnoonfilm.com>
Message-ID: <CAM4UQf0in8iGWUG4BXFy53etDeycVL8i2TftgPfVyo_ggyoynw@mail.gmail.com>

Run As Administrator is NOT required for KLA tracker and in general should
be avoided as it is a security risk.

>From the KLA website:
The installation is simple. You need Java 1.8 or later installed. On
Windows put the program in any directory you like and just double click the
exe to run it. On Linux or Mac double click the KlaTrack bash script to
launch it. Ask me if you need help.

Run As Admin has been discussed at length on the WSJT-X and JTAlert
Lists....very bad idea.

73, N0AN

Hasan


On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 4:10 PM Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

>
> Thanks (as always) for the great advice received on this forum.
>
> The problem with KalTrack turned out to be Windows 10 resizing the
> ?settings? window so that ?SAVE? and ?CANCEL? buttons were not visible.
> Simply grabbing the lower right corner of the window and stretching it did
> the trick.
>
> Everything working great now.
>
> I had a couple of points of confusion along the way:
>
> Whenever the author recommends downloading Java Runtime Environment, that
> really just means ?Java.? Download and install the latest version of
> Java?and uninstall any older versions.
> As many pointed out, ?Run as Administrator? works best.
>
> This is a great piece of software to help quickly visualize what passes
> are coming up. Just what I needed.
>
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From rfhynd at gmail.com  Wed Apr 24 21:36:08 2019
From: rfhynd at gmail.com (Robert Hynd)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:36:08 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] Voice Recorders
Message-ID: <50FE51F9-9D9A-4B75-A9F1-53EB6B20B603@gmail.com>

What voice recorders, currently available, are members using for their portable ops? 

Bob N5URL 

Sent from my iPhone

From w3ab at yahoo.com  Wed Apr 24 22:04:22 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:04:22 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CABaTVVaiaD5K=ZyxYOFwbnEWpC-kHUq6dEgDFRSCP+uem0ZVFw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<5016F291-3487-44C4-926C-2D22C2CD6FD2@wintek.com>
	<1282105629.2745028.1556134094597@mail.yahoo.com>
	<CABaTVVaiaD5K=ZyxYOFwbnEWpC-kHUq6dEgDFRSCP+uem0ZVFw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <618c8264-d4f4-4683-8993-8a9254dbbf76@yahoo.com>

Can files be attached?

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

On Apr 24, 2019, 12:58, at 12:58, KE6BLR Robert via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>Here is a link to a photo of the Arrow on the Amazon tripod:
>
>https://twitter.com/MachaleRobert/status/1121138773394255872
>
>On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <
>amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>>  There have already been a lot of good comments on the list on why
>> handheld antennas work a lot better if you can manage it, and I'm
>> definitely in that camp. My experience with my home station (an Elk
>on a
>> tripod in the attic with an azimuth-only TV rotator and a fixed
>elevation
>> of about 18 degrees) also corroborates this, as I find that
>mismatched
>> elevation makes very little difference, but mismatched polarization
>makes a
>> huge difference.
>>
>> When I was confined to a fixed location, one trick that I've found
>helped
>> is to suspend the tip of the antenna to bear part of its weight. In
>my back
>> yard, I have strung up some horizontal (non-conductive) lines that
>are at
>> about the right height for me to hold the Arrow horizontal with my
>arm
>> extended and the tip of the antenna resting on the line, with line
>"hooked"
>> on the forward-most element. This saves a lot of fatigue on those
>long
>> portions of the pass when the elevation angle is low, provides added
>height
>> to reduce the workable elevation angle, and enables almost complete
>freedom
>> of rotation for polarization. I've used this approach with both the
>Elk and
>> the Arrow to good effect. It does require a little more practice and
>> attention with the Arrow due to the crossed geometry, but it was
>certainly
>> very workable. I have the lines strung out in three directions
>optimized
>> for different pass geometries, which was more useful for the Arrow
>than the
>> Elk. I don't use them much any more since I got over my fear of being
>> "outed" and started operating in full view of the public.
>>
>>
>> Operating completely pedestrian-portable is also very handy if you
>have to
>> move during the pass to clear obstructions or distance yourself from
>> (audio) noise sources. Operating writing-hand-free can be very
>doable, even
>> without VOX. I hold the antenna with one hand, and leave the other
>hand
>> free for tuning, logging in real time, pressing the earpiece PTT
>switch,
>> and occasionally holding an umbrella.
>>
>>
>> 73, Ryan AI6DO
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>Opinions
>> expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
>of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>program!
>> Subscription settings:
>https://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 corlissbs at aol.com  Thu Apr 25 01:02:34 2019
From: corlissbs at aol.com (Corlissbs)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:02:34 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Using an Arrow Antenna With Only Two Hands
Message-ID: <5EF630D2-3386-4EEE-A1A4-FAE728FD47C8@aol.com>

I do not use a tripod with my Arrow antenna. But I do want to record the pass for logging ease. I do not want the outside sounds to be picked up by my recording device, which is my iPhone. So, I hard wire from the radio and my Heil, boom headset directly into my iPhone. I did have to put a mini guitar amp in line, between the radio and the phone  It is called an ?Appoge Jam 96K.? It works perfectly and draws it?s power from the iPhone. A perfect recording that I can use for logging.

Brad Smith KC9UQR


From vu2exp at gmail.com  Thu Apr 25 12:30:54 2019
From: vu2exp at gmail.com (Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:00:54 +0530
Subject: [amsat-bb] Voice Recorders
In-Reply-To: <50FE51F9-9D9A-4B75-A9F1-53EB6B20B603@gmail.com>
References: <50FE51F9-9D9A-4B75-A9F1-53EB6B20B603@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAM2f4JYWnmpQw35JRxQzH+fx0L3y7VomQFLgfoQhhJ9zPcfKhg@mail.gmail.com>

I had very nice experience with Transcend T Sonic 630 (4gb), great quality,
features multiple options of recording & support line-in function too. can
be easily used with audio splitter (one for recording other for headphone).
You may also check MP330 model (8gb).

Since few years I am using my old (spare) trustworthy Redmi 1S smartphone,
gives me decent quality recording. Also we can transfer files with multiple
of connectivity options.

Eager to know about others.

Best 73's
Rajesh VU2EXP
ML52jh

On Thu 25 Apr, 2019, 5:41 PM Robert Hynd via AMSAT-BB, <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> What voice recorders, currently available, are members using for their
> portable ops?
>
> Bob N5URL
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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From nss at mwt.net  Thu Apr 25 13:32:46 2019
From: nss at mwt.net (Joe)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 08:32:46 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
In-Reply-To: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJOf0+v=O1+Ph0sq7VzQ4W-1BbDEGLxHTf9D0aQW+q0yfQWrZA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6d2e69ec-223a-0733-0739-4aaff7ab9e4d@mwt.net>

I GOT IT WORKING! YAY!

And I LOVE IT!

BUT.... And there always is a BUT isn't there.

The "Past Hours" Setting,,

Can we make it have like 10 minute increments?

Zero time and the time it is right now is dead on the end of the window, 
so it's hard to see whats has very recently happened, Yet when in only 2 
hour future mode even just one hour Past setting uses up a LOT of the 
window,

Like in 10 Minutes increments would be awesome!

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/7/2019 8:16 AM, Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be above
> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Rob Bruninga
> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
> built something similar and it looks like this:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
>
> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite passes
> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does a one
> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty efficient
> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
>
> The details and the download are here:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
>
> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
>
> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
> github when I get a chance.
>
> 73
> Chris
>


From airrj1 at gmail.com  Thu Apr 25 13:45:54 2019
From: airrj1 at gmail.com (Robert Bragg)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:45:54 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] Voice Recorders
In-Reply-To: <50FE51F9-9D9A-4B75-A9F1-53EB6B20B603@gmail.com>
References: <50FE51F9-9D9A-4B75-A9F1-53EB6B20B603@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJ9ASBG56EpkOWXe17Pa6FN+f50=M8XVHGZ8HRbRdLnCYTijwg@mail.gmail.com>

The Sony PX Series ICDPX370.  I have been using it for a year now and it
has worked very well for me.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 6:10 AM Robert Hynd via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> What voice recorders, currently available, are members using for their
> portable ops?
>
> Bob N5URL
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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From nanrspm at gmail.com  Thu Apr 25 13:50:20 2019
From: nanrspm at gmail.com (Tanan Rangseeprom)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:50:20 +0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?HS1=C3=98KING/mm=2E?=
Message-ID: <CAMw-yOXwuXhpZm45U9LrddPF4scEwxuzEgfhqLnKCQV_svzDTA@mail.gmail.com>

Dear AMSAT member

To mark the Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (King
Rama X) from May 4 to May 6, 2019 the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand
under the Patronage of His Majesty the King (RAST) will be operating a
special event station from the Royal Thai Navy aircraft carrier, the Chakri
Narubet, in the Gulf of Thailand from May 3 to May 6 using the callsign
HS1?KING/mm.

This station will be making QSOs in the 40, 20, 15 and 10 metre HF bands,
on 2 metres VHF and also using amateur radio satellites, including the
Es'hail 2 / QO-100 satellite.

Consequently, the May meeting of RAST will be postponed to the second
Sunday of the month, and will take place on Sunday May 12 at Sena Place
Hotel when applications to take the upcoming Intermediate Class examination
will be available

As usual all RAST members are welcome to attend this meeting and hopefully
they will be able to have a QSO with HS1?KING/mm.

Sincere 73,

Tony Waltham, HS0ZDX
RAST Vice-President
RAST English-language website: https://www.qsl.net/rast/

From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Thu Apr 25 13:51:39 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 09:51:39 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Voice Recorders
In-Reply-To: <CAJ9ASBG56EpkOWXe17Pa6FN+f50=M8XVHGZ8HRbRdLnCYTijwg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <50FE51F9-9D9A-4B75-A9F1-53EB6B20B603@gmail.com>
	<CAJ9ASBG56EpkOWXe17Pa6FN+f50=M8XVHGZ8HRbRdLnCYTijwg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8NYPd6WrUurq2jSbCdFruRKODkdHuU3GArG21dB6BXmkw@mail.gmail.com>

I have tried a stand-alone recorder but keep falling back to the one in the
D74A. I'm also happier with 2 radio setup then recorder+D72... I'm
certainly the minority in this.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2019, 09:47 Robert Bragg via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> The Sony PX Series ICDPX370.  I have been using it for a year now and it
> has worked very well for me.
>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 6:10 AM Robert Hynd via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > What voice recorders, currently available, are members using for their
> > portable ops?
> >
> > Bob N5URL
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> > AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: https://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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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From wmc_jx at 163.com  Thu Apr 25 14:34:45 2019
From: wmc_jx at 163.com (=?GBK?B?zqTD97So?=)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:34:45 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan
Message-ID: <3014fe7f.13cdb.16a54eb90c1.Coremail.wmc_jx@163.com>

Hi OMs,


Here is the DSLWP-B UHF plan for the following days:


UTC 26 Apr 06:30 to 08:30
UTC 28 Apr 00:00 to 02:00



GMSK and JT4G will be on both 435.4 and 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 seb at wintek.com  Thu Apr 25 20:24:32 2019
From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen  E. Belter)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:24:32 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
Message-ID: <6C28EE56-32B6-4B70-847B-11EE4F1A0F6E@wintek.com>

No, the AMSAT-BB removes file attachments.  

In general, you can include hyperlinks (URL's) to webpages, Twitter posts, or Dropbox locations.

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



?On 4/25/19, 8:13 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

    Can files be attached?
    
    ?___
    Sent from my two way wrist watch
    73 de W3AB/GEO?
    
    On Apr 24, 2019, 12:58, at 12:58, KE6BLR Robert via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
    >Here is a link to a photo of the Arrow on the Amazon tripod:
    >
    >https://twitter.com/MachaleRobert/status/1121138773394255872
    >
    >On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <
    >amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
    >
    >>  There have already been a lot of good comments on the list on why
    >> handheld antennas work a lot better if you can manage it, and I'm
    >> definitely in that camp. My experience with my home station (an Elk
    >on a
    >> tripod in the attic with an azimuth-only TV rotator and a fixed
    >elevation
    >> of about 18 degrees) also corroborates this, as I find that
    >mismatched
    >> elevation makes very little difference, but mismatched polarization
    >makes a
    >> huge difference.
    >>
    >> When I was confined to a fixed location, one trick that I've found
    >helped
    >> is to suspend the tip of the antenna to bear part of its weight. In
    >my back
    >> yard, I have strung up some horizontal (non-conductive) lines that
    >are at
    >> about the right height for me to hold the Arrow horizontal with my
    >arm
    >> extended and the tip of the antenna resting on the line, with line
    >"hooked"
    >> on the forward-most element. This saves a lot of fatigue on those
    >long
    >> portions of the pass when the elevation angle is low, provides added
    >height
    >> to reduce the workable elevation angle, and enables almost complete
    >freedom
    >> of rotation for polarization. I've used this approach with both the
    >Elk and
    >> the Arrow to good effect. It does require a little more practice and
    >> attention with the Arrow due to the crossed geometry, but it was
    >certainly
    >> very workable. I have the lines strung out in three directions
    >optimized
    >> for different pass geometries, which was more useful for the Arrow
    >than the
    >> Elk. I don't use them much any more since I got over my fear of being
    >> "outed" and started operating in full view of the public.
    >>
    >>
    >> Operating completely pedestrian-portable is also very handy if you
    >have to
    >> move during the pass to clear obstructions or distance yourself from
    >> (audio) noise sources. Operating writing-hand-free can be very
    >doable, even
    >> without VOX. I hold the antenna with one hand, and leave the other
    >hand
    >> free for tuning, logging in real time, pressing the earpiece PTT
    >switch,
    >> and occasionally holding an umbrella.
    >>
    >>
    >> 73, Ryan AI6DO
    >> _______________________________________________
    >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
    >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
    >Opinions
    >> expressed
    >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
    >of
    >> AMSAT-NA.
    >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
    >program!
    >> Subscription settings:
    >https://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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    _______________________________________________
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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 ariss.w8aas at gmail.com  Thu Apr 25 20:45:17 2019
From: ariss.w8aas at gmail.com (Dave Taylor)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:45:17 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <CABaTVVY33g1vTha+608oVbC7+72YHU4vzrwd69BGnLnhicFTfg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKwvPO_xCF+7VT_cCwba_Xe26oaX56VG58WFQVWskbpMaOcLvQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEGYLCu=rpzw0MDLkVNBcVmA1TKTQ2LbhHKP0DiV8T5_RtOa3g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAKwvPO-FZDCgO8CbU3H1ZB=55VEGB4PDH_Syb7bKg3jCFSpwug@mail.gmail.com>
	<CANq+eyWHnh2rTqiBEgJ17SiBTAEchwz9on2rJbkwzi=q=Hr+fw@mail.gmail.com>
	<MWHPR01MB2640E3B0D5889478572EA8A1983C0@MWHPR01MB2640.prod.exchangelabs.com>
	<CABaTVVY33g1vTha+608oVbC7+72YHU4vzrwd69BGnLnhicFTfg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <D6E96147-0F43-44A9-B738-A9CADD9DDBF1@gmail.com>

I made a simple antenna mount from a broken camera tripod (no platform on top) and a few pieces of PVC.  The plastic just press-fits together and drops over the tripod shaft, so I have az, el, and polarity rotation at very little expense.  The antenna boom fits through the PVC T-fitting before the elements are attached, making the antenna balanced as well.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kjwtig9tyd7vds/ARROW%20mount.JPG?dl=0

Dave, W8AAS

From w3ab at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 25 21:13:25 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:13:25 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <6C28EE56-32B6-4B70-847B-11EE4F1A0F6E@wintek.com>
References: <6C28EE56-32B6-4B70-847B-11EE4F1A0F6E@wintek.com>
Message-ID: <da180504-0376-481f-9aca-394b7d906414@yahoo.com>

I received it with the attachment.

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

On Apr 25, 2019, 13:24, at 13:24, "Stephen  E. Belter" <seb at wintek.com> wrote:
>No, the AMSAT-BB removes file attachments.  
>
>In general, you can include hyperlinks (URL's) to webpages, Twitter
>posts, or Dropbox locations.
>
>73, Steve N9IP
>--
>Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>
>
>
>?On 4/25/19, 8:13 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB"
><amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>    Can files be attached?
>    
>    ?___
>    Sent from my two way wrist watch
>    73 de W3AB/GEO?
>    
>On Apr 24, 2019, 12:58, at 12:58, KE6BLR Robert via AMSAT-BB
><amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>    >Here is a link to a photo of the Arrow on the Amazon tripod:
>    >
>    >https://twitter.com/MachaleRobert/status/1121138773394255872
>    >
>    >On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <
>    >amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>    >
>  >>  There have already been a lot of good comments on the list on why
>   >> handheld antennas work a lot better if you can manage it, and I'm
> >> definitely in that camp. My experience with my home station (an Elk
>    >on a
>    >> tripod in the attic with an azimuth-only TV rotator and a fixed
>    >elevation
>    >> of about 18 degrees) also corroborates this, as I find that
>    >mismatched
> >> elevation makes very little difference, but mismatched polarization
>    >makes a
>    >> huge difference.
>    >>
>  >> When I was confined to a fixed location, one trick that I've found
>    >helped
> >> is to suspend the tip of the antenna to bear part of its weight. In
>    >my back
>  >> yard, I have strung up some horizontal (non-conductive) lines that
>    >are at
>  >> about the right height for me to hold the Arrow horizontal with my
>    >arm
>  >> extended and the tip of the antenna resting on the line, with line
>    >"hooked"
>   >> on the forward-most element. This saves a lot of fatigue on those
>    >long
>>> portions of the pass when the elevation angle is low, provides added
>    >height
> >> to reduce the workable elevation angle, and enables almost complete
>    >freedom
> >> of rotation for polarization. I've used this approach with both the
>    >Elk and
>>> the Arrow to good effect. It does require a little more practice and
>    >> attention with the Arrow due to the crossed geometry, but it was
>    >certainly
>    >> very workable. I have the lines strung out in three directions
>    >optimized
>  >> for different pass geometries, which was more useful for the Arrow
>    >than the
>>> Elk. I don't use them much any more since I got over my fear of
>being
>    >> "outed" and started operating in full view of the public.
>    >>
>    >>
>  >> Operating completely pedestrian-portable is also very handy if you
>    >have to
>>> move during the pass to clear obstructions or distance yourself from
>    >> (audio) noise sources. Operating writing-hand-free can be very
>    >doable, even
>  >> without VOX. I hold the antenna with one hand, and leave the other
>    >hand
>    >> free for tuning, logging in real time, pressing the earpiece PTT
>    >switch,
>    >> and occasionally holding an umbrella.
>    >>
>    >>
>    >> 73, Ryan AI6DO
>    >> _______________________________________________
>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
>available
>   >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>    >Opinions
>    >> expressed
>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
>views
>    >of
>    >> AMSAT-NA.
>   >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>    >program!
>    >> Subscription settings:
>    >https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>    >>
>    >_______________________________________________
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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!
>>Subscription settings: https://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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>program!
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From k8bl at ameritech.net  Thu Apr 25 21:22:52 2019
From: k8bl at ameritech.net (Bob Liddy (K8BL))
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 21:22:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <da180504-0376-481f-9aca-394b7d906414@yahoo.com>
References: <6C28EE56-32B6-4B70-847B-11EE4F1A0F6E@wintek.com>
	<da180504-0376-481f-9aca-394b7d906414@yahoo.com>
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 Geo,
I didn't see an attachment.? Do you mean the Link?
Bob? K8BL
    On Thursday, April 25, 2019, 5:13:56 PM EDT, W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 I received it with the attachment.

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

On Apr 25, 2019, 13:24, at 13:24, "Stephen? E. Belter" <seb at wintek.com> wrote:
>No, the AMSAT-BB removes file attachments.? 
>
>In general, you can include hyperlinks (URL's) to webpages, Twitter
>posts, or Dropbox locations.
>
>73, Steve N9IP
>--
>Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>
>
>
>?On 4/25/19, 8:13 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB"
><amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>? ? Can files be attached?
>? ? 
>? ? ?___
>? ? Sent from my two way wrist watch
>? ? 73 de W3AB/GEO?
>? ? 
>On Apr 24, 2019, 12:58, at 12:58, KE6BLR Robert via AMSAT-BB
><amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>? ? >Here is a link to a photo of the Arrow on the Amazon tripod:
>? ? >
>? ? >https://twitter.com/MachaleRobert/status/1121138773394255872
>? ? >
>? ? >On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <
>? ? >amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>? ? >
>? >>? There have already been a lot of good comments on the list on why
>? >> handheld antennas work a lot better if you can manage it, and I'm
> >> definitely in that camp. My experience with my home station (an Elk
>? ? >on a
>? ? >> tripod in the attic with an azimuth-only TV rotator and a fixed
>? ? >elevation
>? ? >> of about 18 degrees) also corroborates this, as I find that
>? ? >mismatched
> >> elevation makes very little difference, but mismatched polarization
>? ? >makes a
>? ? >> huge difference.
>? ? >>
>? >> When I was confined to a fixed location, one trick that I've found
>? ? >helped
> >> is to suspend the tip of the antenna to bear part of its weight. In
>? ? >my back
>? >> yard, I have strung up some horizontal (non-conductive) lines that
>? ? >are at
>? >> about the right height for me to hold the Arrow horizontal with my
>? ? >arm
>? >> extended and the tip of the antenna resting on the line, with line
>? ? >"hooked"
>? >> on the forward-most element. This saves a lot of fatigue on those
>? ? >long
>>> portions of the pass when the elevation angle is low, provides added
>? ? >height
> >> to reduce the workable elevation angle, and enables almost complete
>? ? >freedom
> >> of rotation for polarization. I've used this approach with both the
>? ? >Elk and
>>> the Arrow to good effect. It does require a little more practice and
>? ? >> attention with the Arrow due to the crossed geometry, but it was
>? ? >certainly
>? ? >> very workable. I have the lines strung out in three directions
>? ? >optimized
>? >> for different pass geometries, which was more useful for the Arrow
>? ? >than the
>>> Elk. I don't use them much any more since I got over my fear of
>being
>? ? >> "outed" and started operating in full view of the public.
>? ? >>
>? ? >>
>? >> Operating completely pedestrian-portable is also very handy if you
>? ? >have to
>>> move during the pass to clear obstructions or distance yourself from
>? ? >> (audio) noise sources. Operating writing-hand-free can be very
>? ? >doable, even
>? >> without VOX. I hold the antenna with one hand, and leave the other
>? ? >hand
>? ? >> free for tuning, logging in real time, pressing the earpiece PTT
>? ? >switch,
>? ? >> and occasionally holding an umbrella.
>? ? >>
>? ? >>
>? ? >> 73, Ryan AI6DO
>? ? >> _______________________________________________
>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
>available
>? >> to all 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 aa8ch at aol.com  Thu Apr 25 21:26:21 2019
From: aa8ch at aol.com (aa8ch)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 21:26:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] EN84/EN92/EN93
References: <744541351.536407.1556227581319.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <744541351.536407.1556227581319@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi!?Ops AA8CH and WW8W are planning?to activate EN84 Saturday afternoon April 27 and EN92/EN93 Sunday morning/afternoon April 28.? ?QSL to LOTW!?Hope to hear anyone who needs these grids.?73Chris AA8CH

From w3ab at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 25 21:30:36 2019
From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:30:36 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tripod for Arrow
In-Reply-To: <1009352300.626383.1556227372556@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <6C28EE56-32B6-4B70-847B-11EE4F1A0F6E@wintek.com>
	<da180504-0376-481f-9aca-394b7d906414@yahoo.com>
	<1009352300.626383.1556227372556@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <ca9716d7-5ad0-41f7-a958-1b875e86ec1d@yahoo.com>

I guess I didn't. What I saw was direct to me, not through the BB.

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

On Apr 25, 2019, 14:25, at 14:25, "Bob Liddy (K8BL) via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> Geo,
>I didn't see an attachment.? Do you mean the Link?
>Bob? K8BL
>On Thursday, April 25, 2019, 5:13:56 PM EDT, W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB
><amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
> 
> I received it with the attachment.
>
>?___
>Sent from my two way wrist watch
>73 de W3AB/GEO?
>
>On Apr 25, 2019, 13:24, at 13:24, "Stephen? E. Belter" <seb at wintek.com>
>wrote:
>>No, the AMSAT-BB removes file attachments.? 
>>
>>In general, you can include hyperlinks (URL's) to webpages, Twitter
>>posts, or Dropbox locations.
>>
>>73, Steve N9IP
>>--
>>Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>>
>>
>>
>>?On 4/25/19, 8:13 AM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB"
>><amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>>? ? Can files be attached?
>>? ? 
>>? ? ?___
>>? ? Sent from my two way wrist watch
>>? ? 73 de W3AB/GEO?
>>? ? 
>>On Apr 24, 2019, 12:58, at 12:58, KE6BLR Robert via AMSAT-BB
>><amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>? ? >Here is a link to a photo of the Arrow on the Amazon tripod:
>>? ? >
>>? ? >https://twitter.com/MachaleRobert/status/1121138773394255872
>>? ? >
>>? ? >On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <
>>? ? >amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>? ? >
>>? >>? There have already been a lot of good comments on the list on
>why
>>? >> handheld antennas work a lot better if you can manage it, and I'm
>> >> definitely in that camp. My experience with my home station (an
>Elk
>>? ? >on a
>>? ? >> tripod in the attic with an azimuth-only TV rotator and a fixed
>>? ? >elevation
>>? ? >> of about 18 degrees) also corroborates this, as I find that
>>? ? >mismatched
>> >> elevation makes very little difference, but mismatched
>polarization
>>? ? >makes a
>>? ? >> huge difference.
>>? ? >>
>>? >> When I was confined to a fixed location, one trick that I've
>found
>>? ? >helped
>> >> is to suspend the tip of the antenna to bear part of its weight.
>In
>>? ? >my back
>>? >> yard, I have strung up some horizontal (non-conductive) lines
>that
>>? ? >are at
>>? >> about the right height for me to hold the Arrow horizontal with
>my
>>? ? >arm
>>? >> extended and the tip of the antenna resting on the line, with
>line
>>? ? >"hooked"
>>? >> on the forward-most element. This saves a lot of fatigue on those
>>? ? >long
>>>> portions of the pass when the elevation angle is low, provides
>added
>>? ? >height
>> >> to reduce the workable elevation angle, and enables almost
>complete
>>? ? >freedom
>> >> of rotation for polarization. I've used this approach with both
>the
>>? ? >Elk and
>>>> the Arrow to good effect. It does require a little more practice
>and
>>? ? >> attention with the Arrow due to the crossed geometry, but it
>was
>>? ? >certainly
>>? ? >> very workable. I have the lines strung out in three directions
>>? ? >optimized
>>? >> for different pass geometries, which was more useful for the
>Arrow
>>? ? >than the
>>>> Elk. I don't use them much any more since I got over my fear of
>>being
>>? ? >> "outed" and started operating in full view of the public.
>>? ? >>
>>? ? >>
>>? >> Operating completely pedestrian-portable is also very handy if
>you
>>? ? >have to
>>>> move during the pass to clear obstructions or distance yourself
>from
>>? ? >> (audio) noise sources. Operating writing-hand-free can be very
>>? ? >doable, even
>>? >> without VOX. I hold the antenna with one hand, and leave the
>other
>>? ? >hand
>>? ? >> free for tuning, logging in real time, pressing the earpiece
>PTT
>>? ? >switch,
>>? ? >> and occasionally holding an umbrella.
>>? ? >>
>>? ? >>
>>? ? >> 73, Ryan AI6DO
>>? ? >> _______________________________________________
>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
>>available
>>? >> to all 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 k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Fri Apr 26 01:19:01 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 01:19:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Voice Recorders
In-Reply-To: <50FE51F9-9D9A-4B75-A9F1-53EB6B20B603@gmail.com>
References: <50FE51F9-9D9A-4B75-A9F1-53EB6B20B603@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1877302284.736894.1556241541572@mail.yahoo.com>

 Can't beat an old smart phone (Android in my case), has tons of free recording apps, easily transfer/post audio files over WiFi, and costs nothing. Leave out the SIM card and be sure to turn ON air-plane mode, helps betteries work longer. An audio splitter, will let you use headphones while recording excellent quality audio without the surrounding noise. 

- Umesh, k6vug


    On Thursday, April 25, 2019, 5:09:46 AM PDT, Robert Hynd via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 What voice recorders, currently available, are members using for their portable ops? 

Bob N5URL 

Sent from my iPhone
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From wandtosborne at gmail.com  Fri Apr 26 04:08:35 2019
From: wandtosborne at gmail.com (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 16:08:35 +1200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Next Rocket Lab launch
Message-ID: <9943CBB6F80A49F8853A12F9995F041D@OsbornesPC>

Hi Folks,

The next Rocket Lab launch window is scheduled to start on May 4th NZST at 18:00 to 22:00 (06:00 to 10:00).
So that will be in the dark.
See: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/next-mission/launch-complex-1/

They should be streaming it from their web site.

73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

From bkeating1954 at gmail.com  Fri Apr 26 04:27:43 2019
From: bkeating1954 at gmail.com (Bob Keating)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 21:27:43 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] EN84/EN92/EN93
In-Reply-To: <744541351.536407.1556227581319@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <744541351.536407.1556227581319.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<744541351.536407.1556227581319@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <bf6fc4f2-0f72-55cf-4a4a-de51d4afe9db@gmail.com>

Which sats?

On 4/25/2019 2:26 PM, aa8ch via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi!?Ops AA8CH and WW8W are planning?to activate EN84 Saturday afternoon April 27 and EN92/EN93 Sunday morning/afternoon April 28.? ?QSL to LOTW!?Hope to hear anyone who needs these grids.?73Chris AA8CH
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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 kx9x at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 26 10:43:02 2019
From: kx9x at yahoo.com (Sean K.)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:43:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] KX9X-W1PY Maine Rove POSTPONED
References: <1845730894.868000.1556275382716.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1845730894.868000.1556275382716@mail.yahoo.com>

Friday - April 26 1000 UTC: We are sorry to announce that we have had to postpone our rove to Maine this weekend. Matt, W1PY, is very ill and is not able to travel. We held out hope that he would get well enough to make the trip, but we have made the decision to cancel Friday morning.

Once Matt is well, we will look to reschedule this rove as soon as possible.

We feed bad and are very sorry we are not able to give you new grids this weekend. Stay tuned for updates in the next few days.


Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X

From kb2ysi at gmail.com  Fri Apr 26 11:14:09 2019
From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:14:09 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] KX9X-W1PY Maine Rove POSTPONED
In-Reply-To: <1845730894.868000.1556275382716@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1845730894.868000.1556275382716.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<1845730894.868000.1556275382716@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAAJiE8NV2Ea3Vt3PwXYiHE5xHrZ1A9wwtVBCEPc-ou7QKgpStA@mail.gmail.com>

Get well Matt!

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019, 06:43 Sean K. via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Friday - April 26 1000 UTC: We are sorry to announce that we have had to
> postpone our rove to Maine this weekend. Matt, W1PY, is very ill and is not
> able to travel. We held out hope that he would get well enough to make the
> trip, but we have made the decision to cancel Friday morning.
>
> Once Matt is well, we will look to reschedule this rove as soon as
> possible.
>
> We feed bad and are very sorry we are not able to give you new grids this
> weekend. Stay tuned for updates in the next few days.
>
>
> Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X
> _______________________________________________
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> expressed
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From ns3l at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 26 15:10:46 2019
From: ns3l at yahoo.com (Steve Nordahl)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:10:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sunday May 5th rove to FN11/FN21 Line and possibly FN12
	to follow.
References: <862378832.984069.1556291446164.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <862378832.984069.1556291446164@mail.yahoo.com>

On Sunday May 5th Mid Morning to early afternoon, I'll be making a run to FN11/FN21 line. I'll also possibly make a run up to FN12 after the FN11/FN21 operation. It will be what ever passes come during that time FM & SSB Linear birds. Note this will be a fair weather trip only. I weather calls for heavy rain I may need to postpone and reschedule. During the trip, I'll be beaconing on APRS (NS3L-9).
Steve NS3L

From fgeraci14 at gmail.com  Fri Apr 26 16:41:12 2019
From: fgeraci14 at gmail.com (Francis Geraci)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:41:12 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Owen Garriot -W5LFL
Message-ID: <CA+QL-dC3pmtrL1OQ7w-ZgFDjr4WWOHcvCvX8iLfJ80LuF1cXtQ@mail.gmail.com>

It was one of the "larger" thrills hearing Owen call "CQ North America"
from STS-9. I still have the "prized" QSL card.
It was dumb luck that I heard Him. I was on my way home from work,
listening to my VHF Micor, when He called CQ. I almost drive off the road.
Anybody remember the frequency ?? Most likely 146.52. My "converted" Micor
only did FM, of course.
And, 1983 were the day's of the "hand tracked" RS series of Sats. Much fun.

RIP,  Owen

W1FXX
Fla. Keys

From images at michaelwhitman.net  Fri Apr 26 19:01:09 2019
From: images at michaelwhitman.net (Michael Whitman)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:01:09 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Rove to EM57/56
Message-ID: <1309C555-63F7-4579-993D-96481B39BB93@michaelwhitman.net>

Heading out to EM57/67 on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Will post satellite passes the week prior but I plan to be on the 15z-21z passes of AO-9x and SO-50, FM only.

73,
Michael, N4DCW


--

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(904) 557-8243
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Louisville, KY, USA


From aj9n at aol.com  Fri Apr 26 20:30:46 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:30:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-26 20:30
	UTC
References: <1739388654.990383.1556310646572.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1739388654.990383.1556310646572@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-26 20:30 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:



Observatorio Astron?mico de Mallorca (OAM), Costitx (Mallorca-Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain, telebridge via W6SRJ

Participating schools: Colegio San Jos? Obrero, Palma de Mallorca(Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain and Colegio Luis Vives, Palma de Mallorca(Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain (***)

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-29 11:48:40 UTC 36 deg

?

Watch for live stream at https://www.youtube.com/user/LuisVivesTV/live (***)

?

Mildred Hall School, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Fri 2019-05-03 18:32:19 UTC 59 deg

?

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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.

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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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

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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 114


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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?2019-04-26 20:30 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 1304. 
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1247.

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 2019-04-24 20:30 UTC.

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From bruninga at usna.edu  Fri Apr 26 23:08:49 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:08:49 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America
Message-ID: <3327fa37638edd61bcfcd97f5311fa2b@mail.gmail.com>

PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America.

See the coverage map for the APRS satellites on 145.825.  There is a hole
in Central America where the telemetry from these satellites can go for
almost three full orbits and not be captured.  All the rest of the world
is covered.

Coverage Map:  http://aprs.org/psat2.html

We'd like to fill that hole!

Contact wb4apr at amsat.org


Thanks
Bob, WB4aPR

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Sat Apr 27 05:04:55 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 01:04:55 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Observatori?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?o_Astron=F3mico_de_Mallorca=2C_Costitx=2C_Spain?=
Message-ID: <1BF902991FA54E878A6AE7EF1EF1BEB3@DHJ>

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Observatorio Astron?mico de Mallorca, Costitx, Spain with participating schools Colegio San Jos? Obrero, Palma de Mallorca(Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain and Colegio Luis Vives, Palma de Mallorca(Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain. on 29 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:48 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 NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

 

Story: 

Sant Josep Obrer School was founded 64 years ago, and has more than 3000 students, ages  ranging from 2 to 21. Luis Vives School was founded 59 years ago, and has more than 1300 students, ages ranging from 2 to 21. Both centers are from Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). The school forms part of the 120 best Spanish schools. 180 pupils of 15 years old have participated in the whole project.

 

 

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

 

1. When did you decide you wanted to be an astronaut and why?

2. Is it uncomfortable to sleep at zero gravity?

3. How did you feel the first time you arrived in space?

4. We have read that the ISS uses gyroscopes. What are they used for?

5. Why is it that from Earth we can see a blue sky and from the ISS you 

   aren't able to?

6. What do you feel when you wake up every morning and see the world so far 

   away with all its colours and its oceans.?

7. Why do you have to modify the ISS orbit on a regular basis?

8. How do you maintain the facilities on board the ISS?

9. How do you recycle water?

10. What type of food do you eat on the ISS?

11. What's an astronaut's daily routine on board the ISS?

12. What impresses you the most about this whole experience?

13. What exercises do you do to maintain a good physical condition?

14. When you are sick, what do you do?

15. What would you like to do that nobody has ever done in space?

16. In your space menu, do you have a favorite dish?

17. What was the most difficult test you had to pass to become an astronaut?

18. Is it hard to adapt to the conditions in outer space?

19. What type of activities can you carry out\do during your free time in 

    space?

20. Does a watch onboard the ISS keep the same time as if it were on Earth?

 

 

PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:

 

      Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS).

 

      To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status

 

 

 

Next planned event(s):

   1.   Mildred Hall School, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY

        The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

        The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

        Contact is go for: Fri 2019-05-03 18:32:19 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 robinsburke at aol.com  Sat Apr 27 05:51:44 2019
From: robinsburke at aol.com (Robin Burke)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 07:51:44 +0200
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?AMSAT-BB_Digest=2C_vol_14=2C_Issue_167_?=
 =?utf-8?b?4oCcUmU6IFZvaWNlIFJlY29yZGVyc+KAnQ==?=
Message-ID: <77225444-2EE1-477A-BE92-0B87474E1F14@aol.com>

There is an excellent video on YouTube by Jerry KG6HQD (https://youtu.be/8n-ANTQTmUU) explaining how to set up a relatively inexpensive (88? here in France on-line) Zoom H1n for use as a voice recorder with his SOTA portable rig. As he points out, one needs to take care to test the levels with your rig. This wasn?t specifically targeted at satellite use but should work great with an HT for sat passes. A mobile phone works just fine but if you use it for pass tracking (as I do) it becomes a hassle. Plus, by taking the audio from the HT directly and using headphones with the recorder (as I do with my TH-d72a) it makes for much better audio.

Rob Burke (W2RSB / F4WCM)

robinsburke at aol.com



Rob Burke
137 bd de la R?publique
92420 Vaucresson FRANCE
Mobile: +33 (0)6 30 33 18 48
eMail: robinsburke at aol.com

From g0kla at arrl.net  Sat Apr 27 15:11:47 2019
From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:11:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] KlaTrack [ Problem Saving Settings ]
In-Reply-To: <002201d4fad4$a3043640$e90ca2c0$@bigpond.com>
References: <992601B8-4ECA-4FFF-9852-AB20B362BB1C@highnoonfilm.com>
	<6ec49ee3-33c2-5f21-f6b0-edf942cc748c@mwt.net>
	<81D9DCE2-F640-4504-943D-D1C7785B2135@yahoo.com>
	<002201d4fad4$a3043640$e90ca2c0$@bigpond.com>
Message-ID: <CAJOf0+t63LzeQiF6weqxP+o0VqS+QVGUkc3oV6QsB2NMqm6g-Q@mail.gmail.com>

Les, did you get it working?  I know Joe did.

Just for reference, nothing I write will require you to run it as
administrator.

It sounds like the program runs but the settings are not saved.  When you
ran it for the first time it popped up a window and said "data will be
stored in C:\Users\XXXX\KLATrack" where XXXX is your username.  Now it's
possible that was a different directory as the program asks the OS for your
home directory and it might return something different depending on how you
have things configured.  But look there and see if there is a directory.
It should contain two files, klatracker.properties and nasabare.txt

Let me know if those files are there.  The timestamp on the properties file
should change if you update the settings.  If that folder does not exist
then I would expect the program to crash rather than just act odd, but you
never know.

73
Chris

Chris

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 3:55 PM Greg Winterflood via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Gday Les and Joe,
>
> I wonder if you have installed the Java 1.8 runtime environment which is
> required?  You can download it from java.com.
>
> The file which keeps all your saved preferences can be found in your
> "Home" directory here:  C:\Users\winte\KLATrack where "winte" is the first
> part of my surname. Of course, you will have a different identifier.
>
> 73s from PG66wh
>
> Greg
>
> Greg Winterflood VK8KMD
> 5 Burke Street, Alice Springs
> EAST SIDE
> Northern Territory
> Australia                         0870
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>


-- 
Chris E. Thompson
chrisethompson at gmail.com
g0kla at arrl.net

From ke6blr.robert at gmail.com  Sat Apr 27 18:26:20 2019
From: ke6blr.robert at gmail.com (KE6BLR Robert)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:26:20 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America
In-Reply-To: <3327fa37638edd61bcfcd97f5311fa2b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3327fa37638edd61bcfcd97f5311fa2b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABaTVVYUNg3CKJc4thMU4X+3667_e6prMLF3poyXzBbGJZvGuA@mail.gmail.com>

For reference, here is a live coverage map showing activity iGated during
the past 7 days.

https://twitter.com/MachaleRobert/status/1121928696611237889

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 4:10 PM Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America.
>
> See the coverage map for the APRS satellites on 145.825.  There is a hole
> in Central America where the telemetry from these satellites can go for
> almost three full orbits and not be captured.  All the rest of the world
> is covered.
>
> Coverage Map:  http://aprs.org/psat2.html
>
> We'd like to fill that hole!
>
> Contact wb4apr at amsat.org
>
>
> Thanks
> Bob, WB4aPR
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From mccardelm at gmail.com  Sat Apr 27 23:16:44 2019
From: mccardelm at gmail.com (E.Mike McCardel)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 19:16:44 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-118 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <CAM5+souS4F6uqAWQ4X+Mo8=HGvSsCreUt_4R5AuFRxqFcEDFuQ@mail.gmail.com>

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-118

The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.

The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.

Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.

In this edition:

* AMSAT 50th Anniversary Issue of AMSAT Journal Available For All
* PHL-Microsat Issues Diwata-2 Amateur Radio Unit Service Announcement
* Coronation Station HS10KING/mm On Geostationary Satellite
* SatNOGS Satellite Ground Station Article in HackSpace Magazine
* AMSAT South Africa Developing AfriCUBE SDR-based CubeSat
* Interview with Peter G?lzow, AMSAT-DL President
* PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Shorts From All Over


SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-118.01
ANS-118 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 118.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
April 28, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-118.01



AMSAT 50th Anniversary Issue of AMSAT Journal Available For All

We have made our special 50th Anniversary Edition of The AMSAT
Journal available to all. If you enjoy this issue, please consider
joining AMSAT today!

https://tinyurl.com/ANS-118-Journal

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Office for the above information.]


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PHL-Microsat Issues Diwata-2 Amateur Radio Unit Service Announcement

On April 26 Philippines PHL-Microsat announced that Diwata-2's ARU
or ham radio is now ready for service.

While Diwata-2 is classified as an Earth-observing microsatellite -
with 4 optical payloads or cameras tasked to gather data from space
in the form of satellite images - it also carries an Amateur Radio
Unit (ARU).

The ARU introduced in Diwata-2 is a spaceborne module designed and
manufactured in the Philippines. It is targeted for amateur radio
communication, emergency and disaster response, and wireless experi-
mentation and training. Operating modes will include:

+ FM voice repeater
  Uplink:    437.500 MHz FM (CTCSS 141.3)
  Downlink:  145.900 MHz FM

+ APRS message digipeater
  Uplink:    437.500 MHz 1K2 AFSK
  Downlink:  145.900 MHz 1K2 AFSK
  Callsign:  DW4TA-1
  By default, the ARU will operate as an APRS digipeater once a
  week on Sunday and can be changed as necessary via command link.

+ Morse-based beacon
  Downlink:  145.900 MHz

+ APRS-based beacon
  Downlink:  145.900 MHz 1K2 AFSK

The ARU will send different beacon formats according to its scheduled/
announced operation. Morse-coded CW beacons are sent when ARU
operates  as FM voice repeater. Morse-coded CW beacons will be
transmitted on a 2 minute cycle with 1 minute of transmission
followed by a 1 minute pause.

APRS beacons are sent when it operates as APRS digipeater. APRS
beacon packets will be transmitted every 30 seconds, with a packet
duration of 1-2 seconds.

For schedule updates, follow @Diwata2PH on Twitter or
via the publicly accessible web page at: https://twitter.com/Diwata2PH

On April 11, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) desig-
nated Diwata-2 as Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101).

For more info on Diwata-2 ARU usage and schedules, follow us on
Twitter: @Diwata2PH -or- follow their blog on-line at:
https://blog.phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/tagged/amateur-radio
http://phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/diwata2

[ANS thanks PHL-Microsat and the Diwata-2 Team for the above
information]


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Coronation Station HS10KING/mm On Geostationary Satellite

To mark the Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn
Bodindradebayavarangkun (King Rama X) from May 4-6, 2019 the Radio
Amateur Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the
King will be operating a special event station

The station will be operated from the Royal Thai Navy aircraft
carrier, the Chakri Narubet, in the Gulf of Thailand from May 3-6
using the callsign HS10KING/mm.

This station will be making QSOs in the 40, 20, 15 and 10 metre HF
bands, on 2 metres VHF and also using amateur radio satellites,
including the Es?hail-2 / QO-100 satellite.

Consequently, the May meeting of RAST will be postponed to the
second Sunday of the month, and will take place on Sunday May 12 at
Sena Place Hotel when applications to take the upcoming Intermediate
Class examination will be available

As usual all RAST members are welcome to attend this meeting and
hopefully they will be able to have a QSO with HS10KING/mm.

[ANS thanks Tony Waltham, HS0ZDX via AMSAT-UK for the above
information.]


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SatNOGS Satellite Ground Station Article in HackSpace Magazine

The May edition of HackSpace magazine, issue 18, featuring articles
by radio amateur Jo Hinchliffe MW6CYK is available as a free PDF.

On pages 34-47 is his special feature on Space, which explains how
you can build a SatNOGS satellite ground station to receive amateur
radio satellites.

Jo?s article Make a Slim Jim Antenna appears on pages 110-111.

Also in the magazine, on pages 96-99, Ben Everard explains how to
build an ISS count-down timer.

You can download the free HackSpace magazine PDF from
https://hackspace.raspberrypi.org/issues/18

Direct link to the PDF
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-118-HackSpace

[ANS thanks Jo Hinchliffe MW6CYK via AMSAT-UK for the above
information.]


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AMSAT South Africa Developing AfriCUBE SDR-based CubeSat

AMSAT SA has announced that parallel to its analogue Kletskous Cube-
Sat, the group is working on a digital project featuring a Software
defined transponder. Called AfriCUBE, the CubeSat will use the same
space frame as KLETSKOUS. Anton Janovsky is current building a proto-
type transponder. AMSATSA is inviting persons interested in becoming
part of the development team to send their details to:
admin at amsatsa.org.za.

Meanwhile the development and final construction of the AMSAT SA
KLETSKOUS is plagued by electronic component obsolescence. This
forces unwanted design changes to be made to ensure that when the
time comes to construct the final launch unit, the main components
are still available.

The KLETSKOUS team decided to freeze the design of KLETSKOUS and pur-
chase a quantity of devices to proactively mitigate future obsolesce.
This decision will also speed up the process of putting a final satel-
lite on the table. "Every time we change designs to mitigate for the
discontinued components, it is like starting the design a fresh,
often
creating new problems that have to be solved", Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
said. "By freezing the design, in other words making a final decision
on the main specialised devices to be used, we will be able to speed
up the process of putting a flight ready unit on the table."

KLETSKOUS is not a textbook design. Most of the sub-components that
will make up KLETSKOUS are designed and being built by the volunteer
team.  "We do not have the finances to go out and purchase sub-units
and simply wire them up.", Coetzee said.

Access the original posting, with photo, at:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/

[ANS thanks AMSAT South Africa for the above information]


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Interview with Peter G?lzow, AMSAT-DL President

On the occasion of the 4th Radio Day in Kassel, which is organized
by DARC for the fourth time, an interview was conducted by the video
portal Fascination Amateur Radio with Peter G?lzow, DB2OS, President
of AMSAT Deutschland e.V., on the topic of QO-100/Es?hail-2.

The video which is in German can be viewed at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS118-ON4WF

AMSAT-UK suggests doing the following to support Closed Caption of
this German Piece:
"Select Closed Caption (CC) then in Settings Auto-Translate->English "

[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.]

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PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America

In a recent email via the AMSAT-BB Bob Bruninga wrote:
PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America.

See the coverage map for the APRS satellites on 145.825.  There is a
hole in Central America where the telemetry from these satellites can
go for almost three full orbits and not be captured.  All the rest of
the world is covered.

Coverage Map:  http://aprs.org/psat2.html

We'd like to fill that hole!

Contact wb4apr (at) amsat.org


[ANS Thanks Bob, WB4APR for the above information]


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Upcoming Satellite Operations

Isles of Scilly (IN69) ? April 20-27, 2019
A team consisting G4EDG, G4ELZ and G4GSA will be active from St
Mary?s, Isles of Scilly EU-011 as GB5SM during April 20-27, 2019. QRV
on HF bands, CW/SSB/Digi. Possible satellite activity too. QSL via
LZ1JZ. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW & Club Log

Vera Cruze State, Mexico (EK19) ? April 25-28, 2019
Ismael, XE1AY, will activate Veracruz State, grid EK19wc, from 25 to
28 April.  This will be a portable FM-only activation.

Central and Northern Maine (FN53, FN54, FN55, FN56, FN57, FN65,
FN66, FN67) ? POSTPONED
Join Matt, W1PY and Sean, KX9X as they team up for a weekend of ham
radio through the Pine Tree State! Follow them as they activate the
Potato Field grids of central and northern Maine for the satellite
community, and hit some state parks on HF for the Parks on the Air
and WWFF communities. There will also be spontaneous activations of
curious roadside attractions as they roll through.

Grids to be activated on satellite:  FN53 ? 54 ? 55 ? 56 ? 57 ? 65 -
66 ? 67. A special effort will be made to activate the grid
intersection of FN56-57-66-67 in the potato field north of Caribou.
Detailed satellite operations schedule to be announced ASAP.

For more information, check out https://t.co/2irvAUBvAu and keep an
eye on Sean?s Twitter feed https://twitter.com/SeanKutzko.

EM61 ? April 26 or 27, 2019
Jeff (WE4B), Marissa (W4AQT) and ?Little Sister? will make a quick
run to EM61 sometime during the weekend of April 26th/27th for anyone
who needs the grid.  Watch for specific date/pass announcements on
Jeff?s Twitter feed https://twitter.com/WE4Bravo

Parque Estadual Canions do Rio Poty (Grid GI94) ? April, 26 to 28,
2019
DXPedition ZV8FF will be active April 26th to 28th. Operators PS8RV,
PS8ACM, PS8NF, and PS8BR announce HF bands in SSB, CW, FT8. In
addition there is the possibility of Satellites FM, SSB and CW, so
stay tuned.

California (DM15) ? April 27, 2019
Dave, AD7DB, will be in DM15 in the high desert town of North
Edwards CA, just outside Edwards AFB.  Planned passes are AO-91, AO-
92 and SO-50.  More exact details on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ad7db as the time approaches.
Northern MI+ (EN84, EN92, EN93 ? April 27-28, 2019
AA8CH and WW8W will be activating EN84 for the afternoon/evening of
Saturday April 27th tentatively starting 1800UTC, then EN92/EN93
Sunday April 28th morning/early afternoon (AO7 looking for EU at
1700UTC).  FM an linears.  Watch Twitter feed for further updates
https://twitter.com/charliehotel10.

Waco, TX (EM11) ? April 28, 2019
Brian, KG5GJT, will be visiting Waco, TX on Sunday, April 28th, and
possibly Saturday night. No planned passes at this time, but keep an
eye on Brian?s Twitter feed for further announcements
https://twitter.com/KG5GJT.

Northern Border Security Check (Minnesota to Washington) ? April 29
to May 4 or 5th, 2019
Alex, N7AGF, is all set for his semiannual rover trip to activate
rare and somewhat rare grids, from April 29th to May 4th or 5th (or
longer depending on how things go).  Alex will fly into Minneapolis
and drive back to his home grid CN88, activating as many
ENx8,ENx7,DNx8,and DNx7 grids as possible along the route.  The hope
is to hit many corners and lines.

Alex  will be on both linear and FM birds.

As always, activations and route details will be posted to his
Twitter @N7AGF at https://twitter.com/N7AGF .  Alex will also be on
APRS at https://aprs.fi/N7AGF-10 . In areas of limited cell service,
he?ll be using inReach.

Email or hit Alex on twitter with grid requests, route suggestions,
or hot tourist attractions in Minot.
Northeast North Dakota (EN06/EN07/EN08/EN16/EN17/EN18) ? May 2-5, 2019
Mitch, AD0HJ, is heading out to the Grand Forks, ND Hamfest on May
4th, but also just goofing off for a few days in the general area.
Mitch will be limited to working the FM Satellites only (SO-50, AO-
91, AO-92). Plans are to work EN17/18 on May 2, EN07/08 on May 3,
EN17/18 again on May 4 (day of hamfest), and then EN06/16 on May 5. A
full pass schedule will be viewable on the Twitter announcement
https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama/status/1116524856781230080, and up-to-
date pass info on Mitch?s Twitter feed https://twitter.com/AD0HJ.

Upstate NY (FN14, FN24) ? May 3, 2019
Robert, KE2QI, activating the FN14/24 gridline Friday evening, May
3rd. Watch for updates on Rober?s Twitter feed
https://twitter.com/skyguydx

Pennsylvania (FN11,FN21) ? May 5, 2019
Steve, NS3L, will activate the FN11/FN21 gridline mid-morning to
early afternoon of May 5th.  In addition, he might go to FN12
afterward. FM & SSB Linear birds. Note, fair weather trip only. If
heavy rain is forecast, he might postpone & reschedule. During the
trip, Steve will be beaconing on APRS NS3L-9.  See Steve?s Twitter
feed for further updates https://twitter.com/NS3L

FN13/FN14 Gridline ? May 11-12, 2019
Michael, K2MTS will be in FN13/14 May 11-12, 2019, operating holiday
style.  Keep an eye on Michael?s Twitter feed
https://twitter.com/k2mts for specific pass announcements.

Pennsylvania (FN00) ? May 13-15, 2019
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be back in FN00 May 13th-15th, if anyone still
needs it. Possible he will also do the 15th in EN90 again. FM evening
passes. Will look into FN01 to see if it?s possible. Watch Tanner?s
Twitter feed for pass details https://twitter.com/twjones85.

Southwest South Dakota (DN83++) ? May 19-23, 2019
Clayton, W5PFG, will be operating from DN83 on all FM/SSB satellites
holiday-style , May 19-23. Open to schedules with EU.  In the days
proceeding he?ll be on from DN91 and in the days following from DN74,
DN71, potentially DN70, and lastly DM99. Twitter @w5pfg
Texas (EM13, EM22, EM23) ? May 19-21, 2019
Ryan, AI6DO, has an upcoming business trip for fried pies and a
satellite rove: Planning EM13 5/20 & 5/21, EM22/23 grid line 0000-
0300 5/20 & 5/22 UTC (5/19 & 5/21 local). Probably FM & APRS only.
Updates via Twitter https://twitter.com/AI6DO

Point Pelee National Park, Canada (EN81, EN82) ? May 25, 2019
KM4LAO, Ruth, will head north of the border to activate Point Pelee
National Park in Ontario EN81, Saturday, May 25th.  Ruth may also do
a pass or two from EN82 as time allows.  Plan is for FM and linear
satellite passes, as well at QRP HF.  Call sign for this activation
and subsequent LoTW upload will be KM4LAO/VE3.  This will also be a
CNPOTA activation, so please upload your log to the CNPOTA website
https://cnpota.ca/.  Further announcements will be posted on Ruth?s
Twitter feed https://twitter.com/KM4Ruth as we get closer to the
activation date.

Pacific Northwest (CN85, CN83/CN84, CN76/CN86) ? May 31 to June 2,
2019
Casey, KI7UNJ, will be on in CN83/84 Friday, May 31st, CN85
Saturday, June 1st, and CN76/86 Sunday, June 2nd.  Pass list to come
in next few weeks.

Iceland (HP95 IP15 IP25 IP03 HP03) ? July 13-19, 2019
Adam, K0FFY, is taking his family (and his radios) to Iceland.
Tentative schedule is HP95 July 13, IP13 and IP15 July 14-15, IP25
July 16, IP03 or HP93 July 17-18, and HP94 July 19.  There?s a lot to
see, so passes will be best effort and announced on Twitter shortly
prior.  https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio

Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
Updated April 26, 2019

See
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/

[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]


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ARISS News

Recent successful ARISS Contacts

+ 2019-04-24 17:46 UTC between David St-Jacques KG5FYI, using ISS
  callsign NA1SS and Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, USA
  Contact was direct via N9CHA. ARISS Mentor was Ryan W4NTR.

+ 2019-04-18 18:04 UTC between David St-Jacques KG5FYI using ISS
  callsign NA1SS and ?cole internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec
  City, Quebec, Canada Contact was direct via VE2GHO. ARISS Mentor
  was Steve VE3TBD.

Editor's Note:
Hidden Oaks Middle School ARISS contact with David Saint-Jacques
aboard the International Space Station, April 24, 2019. This video
highlights the conversation and efforts of the teachers and ham radio
operators who shared the excitement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEf7yURjZg8&feature=player_embedded

[ANS thanks Greg N9CHA for the above information.]

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events as of 2019-04-26 20:30
UTC:

Observatorio Astron?mico de Mallorca (OAM), Costitx (Mallorca-Islas
Baleares-Espa?a), Spain, telebridge via W6SRJ
Participating schools: Colegio San Jos? Obrero, Palma de
Mallorca(Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain and Colegio Luis Vives, Palma
de Mallorca(Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-04-29 11:48:40 UTC
Watch for live stream at
https://www.youtube.com/user/LuisVivesTV/live

Mildred Hall School, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Fri 2019-05-03 18:32:19 UTC

[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above
 information]


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Shorts From All Over

+ F5UII documents receiving the 10 GHz downlink from Qatar Oscar 100
  with SDR Console:
  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-118-F5UII

  [ANS thanks F5UII via Twitter for the above information)

+ What Are CubeSats?

  Space Daily present a look at the brief history of Cube Sats.
  Access here:
  http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/What_Are_CubeSats_999.html

  [ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information]


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EMike McCardel, AA8EM
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From wandtosborne at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 01:41:18 2019
From: wandtosborne at gmail.com (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:41:18 +1200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency calculator
Message-ID: <4F1AE1B0070D44BA809067803447A7C3@OsbornesPC>

Hi Folks,

With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are operational or in the pipeline,
I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies was worth writing.
I?ve written one for Windows.
You can find it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format. 
I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches pending.
Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down menu, 
put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate button.

Let me know if you think this is useful.

73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net  Sun Apr 28 03:37:06 2019
From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 23:37:06 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Observatori?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?o_Astron=F3mico_de_Mallorca_=28OAM=29_in_Costitx=2C?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?_Spain?=
Message-ID: <FE56EB003C214A0980C5B987CF009ECD@DHJ>

The ARISS contact with Observatorio Astron?mico de Mallorca (OAM) in Costitx, Spain scheduled for April 29, 2019 at 11:48 UTC is planned to be live streamed at 
https://www.youtube.com/user/LuisVivesTV/live (***)

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From robert.machale at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 27 01:43:29 2019
From: robert.machale at yahoo.com (Robert MacHale)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 01:43:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America
In-Reply-To: <3327fa37638edd61bcfcd97f5311fa2b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3327fa37638edd61bcfcd97f5311fa2b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <873095335.1304112.1556329410009@mail.yahoo.com>

There is a guy in Trinidad (Tobago) that iGated pSat on 145.825 MHz earlier this week.
https://twitter.com/MachaleRobert/status/1121928696611237889

He iGated 484 pSat telemetry beacons last year.
Let's reach out to him.

73s
Robert MacHaleKE6BLR Ham Radio Licensehttp://spaceCommunicator.club
Supporting Boy Scout Merit Badges in Radio and Space Exploration
 

    On Friday, April 26, 2019, 4:09:32 PM PDT, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America.

See the coverage map for the APRS satellites on 145.825.? There is a hole
in Central America where the telemetry from these satellites can go for
almost three full orbits and not be captured.? All the rest of the world
is covered.

Coverage Map:? http://aprs.org/psat2.html

We'd like to fill that hole!

Contact wb4apr at amsat.org


Thanks
Bob, WB4aPR
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Sat Apr 27 17:17:27 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 17:17:27 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ DM52/DM53 on Friday (3 May 2019)
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUenBzvD8Yn_sCA32OPcGht1uguMZ7PR9-wCEKW3gShHzQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

Next Friday (3 May 2019), I will make a stop on the DM52/DM53 grid line in
Graham County, Arizona, for a few hours. These grids are rarely heard on
the satellites, and I was last on from this area in late December 2018. I
hope to work the AO-91 and AO-92 passes, along with maybe some SSB passes
from this area. If I get out to this spot early enough, I may also be able
to work an SO-50 pass from here. I can't spend all day out here, as I need
to head toward Sierra Vista in southeastern Arizona for a hamfest on the
next day (Saturday, 4 May 2019).

My travel should be visible on APRS as WD9EWK-9:

http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9

Updates on Friday will be available on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. If you do
not use Twitter, please use the link at the bottom of this e-mail to view
my tweets in a web browser. QSOs made from DM52/DM53 will be uploaded to
Logbook of the World, and QSL cards are available on request (please
e-mail me directly with QSO details - no need to first send me a card or
SASE).

73!




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

(sent to AMSAT-BB on Saturday @ 1717 UTC)

From wandtosborne at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 04:03:23 2019
From: wandtosborne at gmail.com (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:03:23 +1200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
	calculator
In-Reply-To: <CAGEtHi+SCd8XF-XZ3MvbdjntERAbn7VRzBNzrPH0GL4QjSuqmw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4F1AE1B0070D44BA809067803447A7C3@OsbornesPC>
	<CAGEtHi+SCd8XF-XZ3MvbdjntERAbn7VRzBNzrPH0GL4QjSuqmw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <E72297DEDE13464FBFB8A9D51D79D7D2@OsbornesPC>

Hi Martin,

Thanks for that.
Just added QO-100 to the list. (same link).

73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

-----Original Message----- 
From: Martin Cooper
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 1:57 PM
To: Wendy and Terry Osborne
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency 
calculator

Just FYI, it runs under Wine on Mac OS X. :-)

Martin.
KD6YAM

On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 6:41 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are operational or 
> in the pipeline,
> I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies was 
> worth writing.
> I?ve written one for Windows.
> You can find it here:
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
> I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format.
> I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches pending.
> Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down menu,
> put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate 
> button.
>
> Let me know if you think this is useful.
>
> 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb 


From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Sun Apr 28 08:10:46 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:10:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Demo planned at "Radio In The Park" event on
	May 4th
References: <752248027.1509784.1556439046814.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <752248027.1509784.1556439046814@mail.yahoo.com>

Each year South Bay Amateur Radio Association (SBARA) hosts a "Radio In The Park" event, at Fremont Central Park. 
The event attracts both hams and public alike and runs generally from 10am to 4pm. Several portable stations are setup and operated, like a tailgate party.? 

I plan to setup a portable satellite station with a tripod and plan to work the FM birds at that time. We will be encouraging and helping hams in making their first satellite contact. 

I'm sure the passes will be quite busy on Saturday, but please look out for operators from CM97.? 
Thanks in advance.? 

73! 
Umesh, K6VUG? 
Fremont, CA [CM97] 
http://www.sbara.org 



From quadpugh at bellsouth.net  Sun Apr 28 08:28:07 2019
From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 03:28:07 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] test
Message-ID: <399a01d4fd9c$4f447900$edcd6b00$@bellsouth.net>


test





nick

Cell      337 258 2527
 
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering  and Educational School
Disagree I Learn




From vu2exp at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 09:37:48 2019
From: vu2exp at gmail.com (Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 15:07:48 +0530
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Demo planned at "Radio In The Park" event
 on May 4th
In-Reply-To: <752248027.1509784.1556439046814@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <752248027.1509784.1556439046814.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<752248027.1509784.1556439046814@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAM2f4JZ95c3B8ReaKxKpGsfLAuK8xcHMqWOfxXAkKmw2ctJc5Q@mail.gmail.com>

Nice event planned for satellite demo, good luck Umeshji K6VUG, surely you
shall be filling good number of logged QSOs.
Best 73's
de VU2EXP Rajesh
ML52jh



On Sun 28 Apr, 2019, 1:42 PM k6vug--- via AMSAT-BB, <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Each year South Bay Amateur Radio Association (SBARA) hosts a "Radio In
> The Park" event, at Fremont Central Park.
> The event attracts both hams and public alike and runs generally from 10am
> to 4pm. Several portable stations are setup and operated, like a tailgate
> party.
>
> I plan to setup a portable satellite station with a tripod and plan to
> work the FM birds at that time. We will be encouraging and helping hams in
> making their first satellite contact.
>
> I'm sure the passes will be quite busy on Saturday, but please look out
> for operators from CM97.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> 73!
> Umesh, K6VUG
> Fremont, CA [CM97]
> http://www.sbara.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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From quadpugh at bellsouth.net  Sun Apr 28 09:48:06 2019
From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 04:48:06 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Karl Janskey call sign
Message-ID: <3c7e01d4fda7$7b9f9a10$72dece30$@bellsouth.net>

Hello  All
Karl Jaskey is the father of radio astronomy . Was Karl Janskey a license
amateur if so what was his call sign?
Tnx nick de k5qxj






From hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 11:48:54 2019
From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 06:48:54 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
	calculator
In-Reply-To: <4F1AE1B0070D44BA809067803447A7C3@OsbornesPC>
References: <4F1AE1B0070D44BA809067803447A7C3@OsbornesPC>
Message-ID: <CAM4UQf0ySNS9-QAc8VcNrEnCP23B-7639fEZ3JpLUCFwAkjM0g@mail.gmail.com>

Very nice Terry, but you forgot CAS-4a  :-)

I work with pre-defined sat pairs to avoid Wifi spikes. Here are the
results for some of the common birds using our downlink and your uplink
(predicted) vs. what our uplinks really are for perfect audio.

CAS-4B 145.918  435.287  Actual: 435.285.900
XW-2A  145.672   435.043  : 435.042.600
XW-2B  145.733   435.107  : 435.106.800
XW-2C  145.798   435.167  : 435.166.800

Very solid agreement, tnx so much. It would have saved  us a lot of time
setting up the first time, had we had you nice program.

Please add CAS-4A when you get time.

73, N0AN


Hasan


On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:41 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are operational or
> in the pipeline,
> I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies was
> worth writing.
> I?ve written one for Windows.
> You can find it here:
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
> I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format.
> I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches pending.
> Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down menu,
> put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate button.
>
> Let me know if you think this is useful.
>
> 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>

From hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 12:00:45 2019
From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:00:45 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
	calculator
In-Reply-To: <4F1AE1B0070D44BA809067803447A7C3@OsbornesPC>
References: <4F1AE1B0070D44BA809067803447A7C3@OsbornesPC>
Message-ID: <CAM4UQf3GTwUjkR0bCZof8mpwF=A89UK9-pjU5Ziih5uJdwAAtg@mail.gmail.com>

Two other points. There is a 1200 Hz error on CAS-4A....a few hundred Hz is
predictable, but I think an additional 1000 Hz may have crept in there, so
check your calcs.

Notice all others are no more than a few hundred Hz...which is as it should
be.

The reference freq are for USB, perfect voice tone and fully doppler
corrected.  The Rx are FunCube Pro+ SDRs, that have been calibrated to
within 0.356 Hz @ 10 MHz and checked against 6 meters to be accurate within
3 Hz. (Compared to GPS Discipline Oscillator)

73, N0AN
Hasan


On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:41 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are operational or
> in the pipeline,
> I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies was
> worth writing.
> I?ve written one for Windows.
> You can find it here:
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
> I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format.
> I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches pending.
> Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down menu,
> put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate button.
>
> Let me know if you think this is useful.
>
> 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.
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From hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 12:08:58 2019
From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:08:58 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
	calculator
In-Reply-To: <CAM4UQf3GTwUjkR0bCZof8mpwF=A89UK9-pjU5Ziih5uJdwAAtg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4F1AE1B0070D44BA809067803447A7C3@OsbornesPC>
	<CAM4UQf3GTwUjkR0bCZof8mpwF=A89UK9-pjU5Ziih5uJdwAAtg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAM4UQf0XPa2yuawAvEs58RY+PUocBKz3NQGN7WtJtjA-4Qkq+w@mail.gmail.com>

The error is in CAS-4B, 4A is missing...too many things going on here,
sorry about that.
73, N0AN
Hasan


On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 7:00 AM Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Two other points. There is a 1200 Hz error on CAS-4A....a few hundred Hz
> is predictable, but I think an additional 1000 Hz may have crept in there,
> so check your calcs.
>
> Notice all others are no more than a few hundred Hz...which is as it
> should be.
>
> The reference freq are for USB, perfect voice tone and fully doppler
> corrected.  The Rx are FunCube Pro+ SDRs, that have been calibrated to
> within 0.356 Hz @ 10 MHz and checked against 6 meters to be accurate within
> 3 Hz. (Compared to GPS Discipline Oscillator)
>
> 73, N0AN
> Hasan
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:41 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are operational or
>> in the pipeline,
>> I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies was
>> worth writing.
>> I?ve written one for Windows.
>> You can find it here:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
>> I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format.
>> I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches pending.
>> Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down
>> menu,
>> put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate
>> button.
>>
>> Let me know if you think this is useful.
>>
>> 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
>

From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Sun Apr 28 13:19:26 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:19:26 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-820H and CTCSS persistency
Message-ID: <9340781b-5ea9-db1d-3339-33e5abd31569@msa.hinet.net>

I have an IC-820H on loan till I can afford my own rig. On it you engage 
the CTCSS tone with a button, but as soon as you turn the tuning knob it 
disengages the tone. This makes it impossible to use Gpredict to control 
the doppler shift. Anyone who knows how to make the tone continuously 
turned on?

73 from Taiwan.

Hans

BX2ABT


From ve6egn at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 13:54:48 2019
From: ve6egn at gmail.com (Egon Backe)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:54:48 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] test
Message-ID: <58A1426BAEBD4BF8B3D245BD42576FD1@EgonPC>

Testing..
Egon VE6EGN/SA3EGN

From jean.marc.momple at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 16:06:23 2019
From: jean.marc.momple at gmail.com (Jean Marc Momple)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 20:06:23 +0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] First 3B8 Ham satellite MIR-SAT1
Message-ID: <781AB8A1-4530-4931-9838-78569CE80639@gmail.com>

Dear All,

I wish to inform you all that the first 3B8 satellite project, MIR-SAT1 is moving in the right direction as follows:

1) A WEB site is now available (in spite in its infancy): https://spacemauritius.com <https://spacemauritius.com/>, it has a HAM page (to be populated).
2) 3B8 Radio Amateurs are deeply involved with the project and this has already created a new generation of potential HAMs, some 7 (+/-) more candidates taking the exams in beginning May with at least 5 only due to the ?bird?. In spite the figure may seems low, there are only about 20 active OM?s in 3B8, thus actually a relative huge progress in terms of potential HAM population.
3) The first secondary school (college) has built a receiving ground station last week and already received their first LEO's signals. This is a pilot project which will be extended to many schools in the coming months and surely create motivation for hundreds of students to become HAMs, hopefully we will see the HAM population grow exponentially in the coming months (this is my personal goal). 
4) This project has the full support of the Mauritius Government and fully financed by the Mauritius Research Council which is a non-profit organization for the development of science and  technological innovation.
5) The satellite will be launch by JAXA end this year from the ISS.
6) The final design is being finalized and details will be in shared to all on above mentioned WEB site.
7) IARU coordination will be applied for shortly, as soon as the final design completed.

I would eventually request the HAM community to help us to collect Telemetry when the ?bird? launched by end of this year, will keep you informed.

73


Jean Marc (3B8DU)

From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Sun Apr 28 14:57:12 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:57:12 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Demo planned at "Radio In The Park" event
 on May 4th
In-Reply-To: <752248027.1509784.1556439046814@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <752248027.1509784.1556439046814.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<752248027.1509784.1556439046814@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUdW-CnOvSorAtWBiw=a9BtBhfFWpkeeh1Abi38C4TMwsA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Umesh!

I hope to hear you next Saturday morning. I will be at a hamfest
in southeastern Arizona, and it would be nice to say "hello" to
you and your audience up there.

73!





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



On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 8:11 AM k6vug--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Each year South Bay Amateur Radio Association (SBARA) hosts a "Radio In
> The Park" event, at Fremont Central Park.
> The event attracts both hams and public alike and runs generally from 10am
> to 4pm. Several portable stations are setup and operated, like a tailgate
> party.
>
> I plan to setup a portable satellite station with a tripod and plan to
> work the FM birds at that time. We will be encouraging and helping hams in
> making their first satellite contact.
>
> I'm sure the passes will be quite busy on Saturday, but please look out
> for operators from CM97.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> 73!
> Umesh, K6VUG
> Fremont, CA [CM97]
> http://www.sbara.org
>
>

From n4ufo at yahoo.com  Sun Apr 28 15:17:36 2019
From: n4ufo at yahoo.com (Kevin M)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 15:17:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Karl Janskey call sign
References: <16942423.1398060.1556464656318.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <16942423.1398060.1556464656318@mail.yahoo.com>

This article was written by a ham and is about hams contribution to radio astronomy. 

https://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/hist_ham.shtmlI think if he was a ham operator, it would have definitely been mentioned in the article.

Side note... daughter and I got to visit the VLA in New Mexico back in 2016. (The Karl G Jansky Very Large Array - named for him) The size and scale of the place is just amazing, pictures don't do it justice. But I do have a couple pictures posted on my rover profile page that were taken while there. One of me 'wishing' I could hook up an HT to a dish and one standing at the foot of a dish. It dwarfs me completely... those dishes are two school bus lengths across! https://www.qrz.com/db/N4UFO/P
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello AllKarl Jaskey is the father of radio astronomy . Was Karl Janskey a licenseamateur if so what was his call sign?Tnx nick de k5qxj





From cswiger at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 16:07:43 2019
From: cswiger at gmail.com (Chuck Swiger)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:07:43 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] FalconSat3 with TH-D72a - not transmitting, like DCD on
Message-ID: <CAFX2DxBhKro4-oPLVGYW0bnOfW2+DY=qARgfKGu+_pEoGvT0fw@mail.gmail.com>

No big issue, just curious if anyone has experienced this.

Now that FalconSat3 is back in Eastern US in late evening before 10PM EDT,
36 minutes earlier every day as Bob pointed out, I'm trying to work aprs
digipeater.

Before, following these excellent guides
https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FalconSAT-Stoddard-pdf.pdf
 and http://andrewbnortham.com/ke8fzt/falconsat/     I had success.

Then something happened and my TH-D72a just sits there after pressing
"BCON" with "STA" on the screen waiting -  I have ensured, doubled checked,
both A&B if that matters, downloaded with MCP and "Ignore DCD" is the
setting, but it sure acts like it is ON!

Having lots of luck decoding with direwolf, but my handset just won't
transmit when signal is good :\

From yarjanee at yahoo.com  Sun Apr 28 16:29:01 2019
From: yarjanee at yahoo.com (Yusuf Arjanee)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:29:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] [3B8Forum] First 3B8 Ham satellite MIR-SAT1
In-Reply-To: <781AB8A1-4530-4931-9838-78569CE80639@gmail.com>
References: <781AB8A1-4530-4931-9838-78569CE80639@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <421774834.1448252.1556468941342@mail.yahoo.com>

Thks for update.
Best Regards
M.Y.ArjaneeMob 230-52557097;Res? Tel 230-4652844; 
Residential Address:-35,Ambrose street, Rose-Hill????????? MauritiusHam Radio Callsign 3B8FO
Areg? Blog

 

    On Sunday, April 28, 2019, 8:06:31 PM GMT+4, Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Dear All,
I wish to inform you all that the first 3B8 satellite project, MIR-SAT1 is moving in the right direction as follows:
1) A WEB site is now available (in spite in its infancy):?https://spacemauritius.com, it has a HAM page (to be populated).2) 3B8 Radio Amateurs are deeply involved with the project and this has already created a new generation of potential HAMs, some 7 (+/-) more candidates taking the exams in beginning May with at least 5 only due to the ?bird?. In spite the figure may seems low, there are only about 20 active OM?s in 3B8, thus actually a relative huge progress in terms of potential HAM population.3) The first secondary school (college) has built a receiving ground station last week and already received their first LEO's signals. This is a pilot project which will be extended to many schools in the coming months and surely create motivation for hundreds of students to become HAMs, hopefully we will see the HAM population grow exponentially in the coming months (this is my personal goal).?4) This project has the full support of the Mauritius Government and fully financed by the Mauritius Research Council which is a non-profit organization for the development of science and ?technological innovation.5) The satellite will be launch by JAXA end this year from the ISS.6) The final design is being finalized and details will be in shared to all on above mentioned WEB site.7) IARU coordination will be applied for shortly, as soon as the final design completed.
I would eventually request the HAM community to help us to collect Telemetry when the ?bird? launched by end of this year, will keep you informed.
73

Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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From rkarroo at gmail.com  Sun Apr 28 16:36:19 2019
From: rkarroo at gmail.com (Rachid Karroo)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 20:36:19 +0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] [3B8Forum] First 3B8 Ham satellite MIR-SAT1
In-Reply-To: <781AB8A1-4530-4931-9838-78569CE80639@gmail.com>
References: <781AB8A1-4530-4931-9838-78569CE80639@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CACOzSbnLr5CwULi2Vi2RzAQLkUvShoad-jBM+Rg+7fNm5E0D2g@mail.gmail.com>

Excellent Jean Marc !!

It feels good to see that there are changes happening in the local Radio
Amateur scene. It is also good to see that this initiative is doing great.
I bet the youngsters are much more excited because they are seeing and
discovering something new.
In today's world either we adapt or we perish. I am quite busy these past
week/days with all the experimentation with VOIP and ROIP building and
testing new electronic interfaces, modifying and fixing bugs in the
software  etc. I do not know how long this will take but I promise as soon
as I get some free time, I sure will join the band wagon.

Keep it up. I am very proud of your achievements for the community
specially that all this got triggered through ARREG not so long ago !!

Kind regards

Rachid


On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 8:06 PM Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I wish to inform you all that the first 3B8 satellite project, MIR-SAT1 is
> moving in the right direction as follows:
>
> 1) A WEB site is now available (in spite in its infancy):
> https://spacemauritius.com, it has a HAM page (to be populated).
> 2) 3B8 Radio Amateurs are deeply involved with the project and this has
> already created a new generation of potential HAMs, some 7 (+/-) more
> candidates taking the exams in beginning May with at least 5 only due to
> the ?bird?. In spite the figure may seems low, there are only about 20
> active OM?s in 3B8, thus actually a relative huge progress in terms of
> potential HAM population.
> 3) The first secondary school (college) has built a receiving ground
> station last week and already received their first LEO's signals. This is a
> pilot project which will be extended to many schools in the coming months
> and surely create motivation for hundreds of students to become HAMs,
> hopefully we will see the HAM population grow exponentially in the coming
> months (this is my personal goal).
> 4) This project has the full support of the Mauritius Government and fully
> financed by the Mauritius Research Council which is a non-profit
> organization for the development of science and  technological innovation.
> 5) The satellite will be launch by JAXA end this year from the ISS.
> 6) The final design is being finalized and details will be in shared to
> all on above mentioned WEB site.
> 7) IARU coordination will be applied for shortly, as soon as the final
> design completed.
>
> I would eventually request the HAM community to help us to collect
> Telemetry when the ?bird? launched by end of this year, will keep you
> informed.
>
> 73
>
>
> Jean Marc (3B8DU)
>
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From k6vug at sbcglobal.net  Sun Apr 28 18:38:52 2019
From: k6vug at sbcglobal.net (k6vug at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 18:38:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] First 3B8 Ham satellite MIR-SAT1
In-Reply-To: <781AB8A1-4530-4931-9838-78569CE80639@gmail.com>
References: <781AB8A1-4530-4931-9838-78569CE80639@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1283176853.1758241.1556476732102@mail.yahoo.com>

 Hello Jean, 

Congratulations to you and everyone involved, in taking the initiative and putting in the effort to make this happen.? There is so much to be discovered, and no child should be left behind.? Wishing you great success, beyond your expectations !?? Nice website too ! 
 
73! 
Umesh, K6VUG 
?
?
?
    On Sunday, April 28, 2019, 9:07:10 AM PDT, Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Dear All,

I wish to inform you all that the first 3B8 satellite project, MIR-SAT1 is moving in the right direction as follows:

1) A WEB site is now available (in spite in its infancy): https://spacemauritius.com <https://spacemauritius.com/>, it has a HAM page (to be populated).
2) 3B8 Radio Amateurs are deeply involved with the project and this has already created a new generation of potential HAMs, some 7 (+/-) more candidates taking the exams in beginning May with at least 5 only due to the ?bird?. In spite the figure may seems low, there are only about 20 active OM?s in 3B8, thus actually a relative huge progress in terms of potential HAM population.
3) The first secondary school (college) has built a receiving ground station last week and already received their first LEO's signals. This is a pilot project which will be extended to many schools in the coming months and surely create motivation for hundreds of students to become HAMs, hopefully we will see the HAM population grow exponentially in the coming months (this is my personal goal). 
4) This project has the full support of the Mauritius Government and fully financed by the Mauritius Research Council which is a non-profit organization for the development of science and? technological innovation.
5) The satellite will be launch by JAXA end this year from the ISS.
6) The final design is being finalized and details will be in shared to all on above mentioned WEB site.
7) IARU coordination will be applied for shortly, as soon as the final design completed.

I would eventually request the HAM community to help us to collect Telemetry when the ?bird? launched by end of this year, will keep you informed.

73


Jean Marc (3B8DU)
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From kawfey at gmail.com  Mon Apr 29 15:47:50 2019
From: kawfey at gmail.com (Sterling Mann)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:47:50 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Karl Janskey call sign
In-Reply-To: <3c7e01d4fda7$7b9f9a10$72dece30$@bellsouth.net>
References: <3c7e01d4fda7$7b9f9a10$72dece30$@bellsouth.net>
Message-ID: <CACxCfFoQJySRm-aAos7oX6JT4C6yA5k_U5=bWHaFR6dDZpQDmw@mail.gmail.com>

Karl Jansky <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Guthe_Jansky> wasn't known
to have an amateur radio license (as far as my googling can tell) but he
was closely connected to Grote Reber
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Reber>, who advanced Janksy's work
into the modern era through his expertise gained from amateur radio
experimentation. Reber's callsign was W9GFZ now held by the NRAO Amateur
radio club (source <https://www.nrao.edu/pr/2002/reber/>).

-Sterling N0SSC
(former VLA RF Engineering intern - https://n0ssc.blogspot.com/)

On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 4:49 AM Nick Pugh via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Hello  All
> Karl Jaskey is the father of radio astronomy . Was Karl Janskey a license
> amateur if so what was his call sign?
> Tnx nick de k5qxj
>
>
>
>
>
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From af5cc2 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 29 18:39:56 2019
From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:39:56 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Good price on Kenwood TS2000X
Message-ID: <CAHC1P2_P+OZ+UQ5F+483JH6rk+zoXPz2vqBwkj1FiY5iiCosaw@mail.gmail.com>

Saw this when I was on ebay, this will get you on all of the satellites,
including AO92 when it goes into L/V mode.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/283464552283?ul_noapp=true

From w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 29 18:54:59 2019
From: w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com (Paul Andrews)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:54:59 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Good price on Kenwood TS2000X
In-Reply-To: <CAHC1P2_P+OZ+UQ5F+483JH6rk+zoXPz2vqBwkj1FiY5iiCosaw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHC1P2_P+OZ+UQ5F+483JH6rk+zoXPz2vqBwkj1FiY5iiCosaw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAOsf+NSN+G28eL7otMP==Ra87qRva4PAGgWH5seH4q8VQsbttA@mail.gmail.com>

John,

The TS-2000 is great for satellites but this unit does not have the 1296
MHz module.

You can expect to pay $1200 for a good TS-2000X with the 1296 module
installed.

73 - Paul - W2HRO






On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:41 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Saw this when I was on ebay, this will get you on all of the satellites,
> including AO92 when it goes into L/V mode.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/283464552283?ul_noapp=true
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Apr 29 18:58:08 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:58:08 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Good price on Kenwood TS2000X
In-Reply-To: <CAOsf+NSN+G28eL7otMP==Ra87qRva4PAGgWH5seH4q8VQsbttA@mail.gmail.com>
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The pics of the back of the radio seem to suggest it has 1.2 GHz.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:56 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> John,
>
> The TS-2000 is great for satellites but this unit does not have the 1296
> MHz module.
>
> You can expect to pay $1200 for a good TS-2000X with the 1296 module
> installed.
>
> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:41 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Saw this when I was on ebay, this will get you on all of the satellites,
> > including AO92 when it goes into L/V mode.
> >
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/283464552283?ul_noapp=true
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all 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 johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Apr 29 19:05:55 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:05:55 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Good price on Kenwood TS2000X
In-Reply-To: <CAOsf+NSBRZuX+_efouj+jwxfV7mjgbxDQ4GgYzVHMmUtCB_M4A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHC1P2_P+OZ+UQ5F+483JH6rk+zoXPz2vqBwkj1FiY5iiCosaw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NSN+G28eL7otMP==Ra87qRva4PAGgWH5seH4q8VQsbttA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMdA6be8ttfx3NjPGw5no1WuVZgKgcTqX==Sk+b1UKxDQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NSBRZuX+_efouj+jwxfV7mjgbxDQ4GgYzVHMmUtCB_M4A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALn0fKO==JDjMZE7r21E_8TYpBF7zwLFuixtx+ss4q5=6pc_Sw@mail.gmail.com>

No same one. Sorry I didn't know it had a pig tail for 1.2 GHz. I just saw
the serial plate said 1200 MHz and assumed the N-connector was for 1.2 GHz.
Thanks for the correction.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:00 PM Paul Andrews <w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> John,
>
> Maybe we are looking at different radios.
>
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kenwood-TS-2000-HF-VHF-UHF-All-Mode-Ham-Transceiver-/293056784404?oid=283464552283
>
> This radio does not have the 1296 pigtail.
>
> 73 - Paul
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:58 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The pics of the back of the radio seem to suggest it has 1.2 GHz.
>>
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:56 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> The TS-2000 is great for satellites but this unit does not have the 1296
>>> MHz module.
>>>
>>> You can expect to pay $1200 for a good TS-2000X with the 1296 module
>>> installed.
>>>
>>> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:41 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <
>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Saw this when I was on ebay, this will get you on all of the
>>> satellites,
>>> > including AO92 when it goes into L/V mode.
>>> >
>>> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/283464552283?ul_noapp=true
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>>> Opinions
>>> > expressed
>>> > are solely those of the 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 af5cc2 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 29 19:13:58 2019
From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:13:58 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Good price on Kenwood TS2000X
In-Reply-To: <CALn0fKO==JDjMZE7r21E_8TYpBF7zwLFuixtx+ss4q5=6pc_Sw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHC1P2_P+OZ+UQ5F+483JH6rk+zoXPz2vqBwkj1FiY5iiCosaw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NSN+G28eL7otMP==Ra87qRva4PAGgWH5seH4q8VQsbttA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMdA6be8ttfx3NjPGw5no1WuVZgKgcTqX==Sk+b1UKxDQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NSBRZuX+_efouj+jwxfV7mjgbxDQ4GgYzVHMmUtCB_M4A@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKO==JDjMZE7r21E_8TYpBF7zwLFuixtx+ss4q5=6pc_Sw@mail.gmail.com>
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Yes, I think the link I sent has become corrupted, sorry for the
bandwidth.  The TS2000X I saw is going for $998 or something like that.

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:07 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> No same one. Sorry I didn't know it had a pig tail for 1.2 GHz. I just saw
> the serial plate said 1200 MHz and assumed the N-connector was for 1.2 GHz.
> Thanks for the correction.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:00 PM Paul Andrews <w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Maybe we are looking at different radios.
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kenwood-TS-2000-HF-VHF-UHF-All-Mode-Ham-Transceiver-/293056784404?oid=283464552283
> >
> > This radio does not have the 1296 pigtail.
> >
> > 73 - Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:58 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The pics of the back of the radio seem to suggest it has 1.2 GHz.
> >>
> >> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:56 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
> >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> John,
> >>>
> >>> The TS-2000 is great for satellites but this unit does not have the
> 1296
> >>> MHz module.
> >>>
> >>> You can expect to pay $1200 for a good TS-2000X with the 1296 module
> >>> installed.
> >>>
> >>> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:41 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <
> >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Saw this when I was on ebay, this will get you on all of the
> >>> satellites,
> >>> > including AO92 when it goes into L/V mode.
> >>> >
> >>> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/283464552283?ul_noapp=true
> >>> > _______________________________________________
> >>> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
> available
> >>> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >>> Opinions
> >>> > expressed
> >>> > are solely those of 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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> >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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From wageners at gmail.com  Mon Apr 29 19:50:30 2019
From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:50:30 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Good price on Kenwood TS2000X
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References: <CAHC1P2_P+OZ+UQ5F+483JH6rk+zoXPz2vqBwkj1FiY5iiCosaw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NSN+G28eL7otMP==Ra87qRva4PAGgWH5seH4q8VQsbttA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMdA6be8ttfx3NjPGw5no1WuVZgKgcTqX==Sk+b1UKxDQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NSBRZuX+_efouj+jwxfV7mjgbxDQ4GgYzVHMmUtCB_M4A@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKO==JDjMZE7r21E_8TYpBF7zwLFuixtx+ss4q5=6pc_Sw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi John et al,

The link still works. Its just that the unit sold now for $998 and you need
to look at the "original listing" and yes, it is a TS2000x, yes it has
1.2GHz and yes someone got a get a great deal. Newer serial number, no bad
filters etc....

Stefan

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:16 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Yes, I think the link I sent has become corrupted, sorry for the
> bandwidth.  The TS2000X I saw is going for $998 or something like that.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:07 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > No same one. Sorry I didn't know it had a pig tail for 1.2 GHz. I just
> saw
> > the serial plate said 1200 MHz and assumed the N-connector was for 1.2
> GHz.
> > Thanks for the correction.
> >
> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:00 PM Paul Andrews <w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > Maybe we are looking at different radios.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kenwood-TS-2000-HF-VHF-UHF-All-Mode-Ham-Transceiver-/293056784404?oid=283464552283
> > >
> > > This radio does not have the 1296 pigtail.
> > >
> > > 73 - Paul
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:58 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> The pics of the back of the radio seem to suggest it has 1.2 GHz.
> > >>
> > >> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:56 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
> > >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> John,
> > >>>
> > >>> The TS-2000 is great for satellites but this unit does not have the
> > 1296
> > >>> MHz module.
> > >>>
> > >>> You can expect to pay $1200 for a good TS-2000X with the 1296 module
> > >>> installed.
> > >>>
> > >>> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:41 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <
> > >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> > Saw this when I was on ebay, this will get you on all of the
> > >>> satellites,
> > >>> > including AO92 when it goes into L/V mode.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/283464552283?ul_noapp=true
> > >>> > _______________________________________________
> > >>> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
> > available
> > >>> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> > >>> Opinions
> > >>> > expressed
> > >>> > are solely those of 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 johnbrier at gmail.com  Mon Apr 29 20:02:41 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:02:41 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Good price on Kenwood TS2000X
In-Reply-To: <CAKu8kHADBE57wmFifrkyrRvrh++NYYHYCkgUYuU1vDmSPWb9Yg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHC1P2_P+OZ+UQ5F+483JH6rk+zoXPz2vqBwkj1FiY5iiCosaw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NSN+G28eL7otMP==Ra87qRva4PAGgWH5seH4q8VQsbttA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKMdA6be8ttfx3NjPGw5no1WuVZgKgcTqX==Sk+b1UKxDQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAOsf+NSBRZuX+_efouj+jwxfV7mjgbxDQ4GgYzVHMmUtCB_M4A@mail.gmail.com>
	<CALn0fKO==JDjMZE7r21E_8TYpBF7zwLFuixtx+ss4q5=6pc_Sw@mail.gmail.com>
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Ah okay I see what you mean. And that one does have the pig tail. Lucky
them!

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:50 PM Stefan Wagener <wageners at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John et al,
>
> The link still works. Its just that the unit sold now for $998 and you
> need to look at the "original listing" and yes, it is a TS2000x, yes it has
> 1.2GHz and yes someone got a get a great deal. Newer serial number, no bad
> filters etc....
>
> Stefan
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:16 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I think the link I sent has become corrupted, sorry for the
>> bandwidth.  The TS2000X I saw is going for $998 or something like that.
>>
>> 73 John AF5CC
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:07 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > No same one. Sorry I didn't know it had a pig tail for 1.2 GHz. I just
>> saw
>> > the serial plate said 1200 MHz and assumed the N-connector was for 1.2
>> GHz.
>> > Thanks for the correction.
>> >
>> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:00 PM Paul Andrews <w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > John,
>> > >
>> > > Maybe we are looking at different radios.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kenwood-TS-2000-HF-VHF-UHF-All-Mode-Ham-Transceiver-/293056784404?oid=283464552283
>> > >
>> > > This radio does not have the 1296 pigtail.
>> > >
>> > > 73 - Paul
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:58 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> The pics of the back of the radio seem to suggest it has 1.2 GHz.
>> > >>
>> > >> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>> > >>
>> > >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:56 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
>> > >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> John,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> The TS-2000 is great for satellites but this unit does not have the
>> > 1296
>> > >>> MHz module.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> You can expect to pay $1200 for a good TS-2000X with the 1296 module
>> > >>> installed.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:41 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <
>> > >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> > >>> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> > Saw this when I was on ebay, this will get you on all of the
>> > >>> satellites,
>> > >>> > including AO92 when it goes into L/V mode.
>> > >>> >
>> > >>> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/283464552283?ul_noapp=true
>> > >>> > _______________________________________________
>> > >>> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
>> > available
>> > >>> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> > >>> Opinions
>> > >>> > expressed
>> > >>> > are solely those of 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 amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Sun Apr 28 18:31:19 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 18:31:19 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] FalconSat3 with TH-D72a - not transmitting,
	like DCD on
In-Reply-To: <CAFX2DxBhKro4-oPLVGYW0bnOfW2+DY=qARgfKGu+_pEoGvT0fw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAFX2DxBhKro4-oPLVGYW0bnOfW2+DY=qARgfKGu+_pEoGvT0fw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUca2iQxXN9_tUYxNHS+m8AN9CsQHkwr=eW+DnCYvSS33Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Chuck!

Sometimes the D72 needs a little help to clear its buffers,
when you are trying to transmit packets. I have a PDF file
in my Dropbox space http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ (look in the
TH-D72A folder) addressing how to deal with seeing STA on
the D72's screen without transmitting packets. I just updated
that PDF with a specific mention for FalconSat-3, along with
the other suggestions.

73!





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





On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 6:08 PM Chuck Swiger via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> No big issue, just curious if anyone has experienced this.
>
> Now that FalconSat3 is back in Eastern US in late evening before 10PM EDT,
> 36 minutes earlier every day as Bob pointed out, I'm trying to work aprs
> digipeater.
>
> Before, following these excellent guides
>
> https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FalconSAT-Stoddard-pdf.pdf
>  and http://andrewbnortham.com/ke8fzt/falconsat/     I had success.
>
> Then something happened and my TH-D72a just sits there after pressing
> "BCON" with "STA" on the screen waiting -  I have ensured, doubled checked,
> both A&B if that matters, downloaded with MCP and "Ignore DCD" is the
> setting, but it sure acts like it is ON!
>
> Having lots of luck decoding with direwolf, but my handset just won't
> transmit when signal is good :\
> _______________________________________________
>
>

From DFox at rwglaw.com  Sun Apr 28 19:39:24 2019
From: DFox at rwglaw.com (D. Craig Fox)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:39:24 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1-decode solution
Message-ID: <a9ec6a54a199415faa48846e627460c9@RWGEX1.RWG.com>

So with the patience of Christy, KB6LTY, I finally had my first contact over AISAT today. I guess for the reasons talked about by others here, it is difficult (or impossible) to decode packets from this sat, at least on my TS2Kx running UZ7HO soundmodem and UISS. However, I did figure out that by putting the rx into NBFM mode, and fine tuning the sat downlink, I can now decode. Im not sure if the sat can digipeat a NBFM signal it receives, so I have been toggling the tx from NBFM to WBFM. SATPC's default for tx is NBFM if I put the rx in that mode. Next step is to modify the Doppler file to see if it will handle entry of NBFM for the rx mode only. Otherwise it's all manual.

I welcome any other suggestions for decoding this sat's downlink.

73s
Craig
N6RSX

From airrj1 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 29 21:47:50 2019
From: airrj1 at gmail.com (Robert Bragg)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:47:50 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] Hot Rod Power Tour ++ Rove. June 2-27
Message-ID: <CAJ9ASBEM_X-z3uMOPiSwuYYj-o9UB8sS31nRsoO3DGQBsM_oAw@mail.gmail.com>

Myself and the Elco will be running the Hot Rod Power Tour again this year
from June 8th ? 14th.  The ++ part of the rove will be the roving before
the Power Tour and the roving following the Power Tour.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hot-rod-power-tour-2019-dates-locations-june-8th-14th/

For the before, I plan to head south and start my roving on the DM77/78
gridline and head east from there on June 2nd ? 5th, covering the line from
DM77/78 all the way to EM87/88.  Then with a stop in EM86 for a few days.

If you are located anywhere near one of the Power Tour cities, please come
out and see the events.  It is a very impressive show.  I will be working
passes in each of the cities that we go to.

For the after, I will be heading to New York for 10 days, and I plan to
light up some of the FN field.  Including FN01/11 gridline at some point.  And
then the trip back to Wyoming as well.

Please watch for me on Twitter and look at my QRZ page for details.  Each
grid that I activate will be on FM, and when I have time, I will try to get
some linear action in as well.  And all contacts will be uploaded to LOTW
as soon as travel schedule allows.

Hope to work you from somewhere good.

Cheers!

R.J. WY7AA

From bruninga at usna.edu  Tue Apr 30 02:30:40 2019
From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:30:40 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSP-12 TNC?
Message-ID: <3ed6e9ac9dfe99ccb70138ec39f8a622@mail.gmail.com>

Is there any market for an old DSP-12 TNC from LL-grace?

Bob, WB4APR

From aj9n at aol.com  Tue Apr 30 02:58:13 2019
From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 02:58:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-30 02:30
	UTC
References: <679305454.2196492.1556593093216.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <679305454.2196492.1556593093216@mail.yahoo.com>

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-30 02:30 UTC



Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:



Observatorio Astron?mico de Mallorca (OAM), Costitx (Mallorca-Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain, telebridge via W6SRJ

Participating schools: Colegio San Jos? Obrero, Palma de Mallorca(Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain and Colegio Luis Vives, Palma de Mallorca(Islas Baleares-Espa?a), Spain (***)

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact was successful: Mon 2019-04-29 11:48:40 UTC 36 deg (***)

?

Watch for live stream at https://www.youtube.com/user/LuisVivesTV/live

?

Mildred Hall School, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Fri 2019-05-03 18:32:19 UTC 59 deg

?

Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada via LU8YY (***)

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

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Mon 2019-05-06 17:35:50 UTC 40 deg (***)

?

Moriah Central School, Port Henry, NY, telebridge via K6DUE (***)

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

The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV

Contact is go for: Tue 2019-05-07 13:15:35 UTC 55 deg (***)

?



The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??



ARISS Contact Applications (United States)

?

The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.



International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students

ARISS-US program?s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019

?

March 24, 2019:? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, 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 January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

?

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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com

?

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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.

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For the application, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.

ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd at gmail.com

ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss at iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?

ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?

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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/? ?

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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
****************************************************************************
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 114


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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?2019-04-30 02:30 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 1305. (***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1248. (***)

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

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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-04-30 02:30 UTC. (***)

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing 
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf

Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 58 on orbit

Oleg Konenenko

David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Anne McClain

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Exp. 59 on orbit

Christina Koch

Aleksey Ovchinin

Nick Hague KG5TMV


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

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From wandtosborne at gmail.com  Tue Apr 30 04:56:34 2019
From: wandtosborne at gmail.com (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:56:34 +1200
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
	calculator
In-Reply-To: <CAM4UQf0ySNS9-QAc8VcNrEnCP23B-7639fEZ3JpLUCFwAkjM0g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4F1AE1B0070D44BA809067803447A7C3@OsbornesPC>
	<CAM4UQf0ySNS9-QAc8VcNrEnCP23B-7639fEZ3JpLUCFwAkjM0g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <68C2AABDD1CD4858976B8C84BCD50FC1@OsbornesPC>

Hi Hassan,

Just added CAS-4A to the list.
I was working off the AMSAT-NA Laminated frequency chart (April 2018).
Should have spotted it.

I have also tweaked the frequency on CAS-4B to track with your measurements.
Use the same link for the updated program.

I?m tempted to add a few hundred Hertz to the conversion numbers to get them spot on but the error
is probably less than the doppler correction required.

Trying to correct for doppler would require a built in tracking program and then you might as well use SatPC32.

73,
Terry ZL2BAC

From: Hasan al-Basri 
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 11:48 PM
To: Wendy and Terry Osborne 
Cc: AMSAT-BB 
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency calculator

Very nice Terry, but you forgot CAS-4a  :-)

I work with pre-defined sat pairs to avoid Wifi spikes. Here are the results for some of the common birds using our downlink and your uplink (predicted) vs. what our uplinks really are for perfect audio.

CAS-4B 145.918  435.287  Actual: 435.285.900
XW-2A  145.672   435.043  : 435.042.600
XW-2B  145.733   435.107  : 435.106.800
XW-2C  145.798   435.167  : 435.166.800

Very solid agreement, tnx so much. It would have saved  us a lot of time setting up the first time, had we had you nice program. 

Please add CAS-4A when you get time.

73, N0AN


Hasan


On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:41 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

  Hi Folks,

  With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are operational or in the pipeline,
  I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies was worth writing.
  I?ve written one for Windows.
  You can find it here:
  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
  I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format. 
  I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches pending.
  Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down menu, 
  put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate button.

  Let me know if you think this is useful.

  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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Tue Apr 30 05:05:23 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:05:23 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
Message-ID: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>

Just had a good pass from Fox-1B, but it seems the bird is in trouble. 
No telemetry and no voices heard, just weird noises. I put a screen shot 
on my website: BX2ABT.com. Let's just hope a reset will cure this bird. 
73 de Hans (BX2ABT)


From scott23192 at gmail.com  Tue Apr 30 05:27:30 2019
From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 01:27:30 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
In-Reply-To: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>
References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <CAJCSnOZ3QfBdJhQzqnCm2BMTZBV4+vbZHZNgstU1D8oukCwXxA@mail.gmail.com>

Unfortunately, same thing observed 0519 UTC off U.S. East Coast, Hans.

Screen shot on my tweet at:
https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1123096104365625344

-Scott,  K4KDR

===================

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:06 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Just had a good pass from Fox-1B, but it seems the bird is in trouble.
> No telemetry and no voices heard, just weird noises. I put a screen shot
> on my website: BX2ABT.com. Let's just hope a reset will cure this bird.
> 73 de Hans (BX2ABT)
>

From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net  Tue Apr 30 05:28:08 2019
From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:28:08 +0800
Subject: [amsat-bb] My first sat QSO
Message-ID: <b5fa5c83-0c16-345e-d8fd-383308889f9b@msa.hinet.net>

It's been over a year since I decided to get busy with amateur 
satellites, and only now I've made my first sat QSO. For the last couple 
of weeks I have been trying to see which satellites I could reach with 
my home brew 2/70 cross yagis fixed at 20 degrees elevation. AO-91/92 
were possible, but my IC-820H on loan has very low audio on FM, so I 
didn't dare to try. For some reason or another I can't get much signal 
from SO-50, but FO-29 was fine with CW and SSB. I tried Falconsat-3, but 
connecting the PC to the IC-820H is problematic, so I gave up for now.

So Sunday night I was checking out a pass from CAS-4A and heard BD5EUA 
calling CQ in CW. At the spur of the moment I decided to answer him, 
just to see if I could. Well, I could get through the bird, but I was 
too late in answering him and the Doppler compensation didn't work, 
because BD5EUA was drifting up instead of down! Then an hour later, or 
so, a pass from CAS-4B and there he was again, still drifting up. So I 
switched off my Doppler correction and tried to get on his frequency. I 
put out my call and he came back to me with a 599, which I returned to 
him as well. So, yay! My first satellite QSO was in CW, not SSB, FM or 
digital. It wasn't a beauty of a QSO, but it counts.

I made a screen recording of the whole ordeal and you can find it on my 
website: BX2ABT.com or here: https://youtu.be/Z7zRI_ALbpQ. I'm not proud 
of my keying, but I found I got fazed by the delay between my keying and 
the audio that came back from the bird. My first try to do CW over a 
satellite I did so with paddles, which was even worse, so this time I 
used a straight key (Chinese army made, kind of approriate), which I am 
more familiar with. Still, the delay wreaked havoc in my brain. Is the 
solution to turn of the side tone of my rig? Or maybe wearing headphones?

Anyway, it was fun and we'll do it again. Heck, I might even become good 
at this!


From wa4sca at gmail.com  Tue Apr 30 07:10:13 2019
From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 02:10:13 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
In-Reply-To: <d4702c38-f354-82b1-9aa0-9b1e8eeec4f1@msa.hinet.net>
References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>
	<000801d4ff16$5ddbdb40$199391c0$@gmail.com>
	<d4702c38-f354-82b1-9aa0-9b1e8eeec4f1@msa.hinet.net>
Message-ID: <000001d4ff23$c261baf0$472530d0$@gmail.com>

Hans,

Looks like if it IDs, the signal is normal and you get the usual 2 telemetry frames.  If the transponder has been brought up, you get the odd signal, with a brief switch to DUV at the end, but no telemetry.  The command staff have been notified.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA


<-----Original Message-----
<From: Hans BX2ABT [mailto:hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net]
<Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 01:14 AM
<To: APBIDDLE at MAILAPS.ORG
<Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
<
<Hello Alan,
<
<Then you were luckier than I was. I couldn't get anything. Let's just
<wait and see.
<
<73 de Hans
<
<BX2ABT
<
<
<On 04/30/2019 01:34 PM, Alan wrote:
<> Hans,
<>
<> Saw your post, and was able to catch part of a pass here.  As you described.
<>
<>
<> There were two periods where the audio switched to the normal DUV
<rumble,
<> and I got 2 frames each time.
<>
<> 73,
<>
<> Alan
<> WA4SCA
<>
<>
<> <-----Original Message-----
<> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of
<Hans
<> <BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB
<> <Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 00:05 AM
<> <To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
<> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
<> <
<> <Just had a good pass from Fox-1B, but it seems the bird is in trouble.
<> <No telemetry and no voices heard, just weird noises. I put a screen shot
<> <on my website: BX2ABT.com. Let's just hope a reset will cure this bird.
<> <73 de Hans (BX2ABT)
<> <
<> <_______________________________________________
<> <Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
<available
<> <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
<Opinions
<> <expressed
<> <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
<> AMSAT-
<> <NA.
<> <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
<> <program!
<> <Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
<>
<>
<>
<>


From glasbrenner at mindspring.com  Tue Apr 30 12:11:18 2019
From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 08:11:18 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
In-Reply-To: <000001d4ff23$c261baf0$472530d0$@gmail.com>
References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>	<000801d4ff16$5ddbdb40$199391c0$@gmail.com>	<d4702c38-f354-82b1-9aa0-9b1e8eeec4f1@msa.hinet.net>
	<000001d4ff23$c261baf0$472530d0$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <02fc01d4ff4d$d10bc080$73234180$@mindspring.com>

My first pass is just after noon. If it hasn't self-corrected by then, I'll
try a reset. 

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Alan via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 3:10 AM
To: 'Hans BX2ABT' <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>; APBIDDLE at MAILAPS.ORG
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?

Hans,

Looks like if it IDs, the signal is normal and you get the usual 2 telemetry
frames.  If the transponder has been brought up, you get the odd signal,
with a brief switch to DUV at the end, but no telemetry.  The command staff
have been notified.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA


<-----Original Message-----
<From: Hans BX2ABT [mailto:hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net]
<Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 01:14 AM
<To: APBIDDLE at MAILAPS.ORG
<Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
<
<Hello Alan,
<
<Then you were luckier than I was. I couldn't get anything. Let's just <wait
and see.
<
<73 de Hans
<
<BX2ABT
<
<
<On 04/30/2019 01:34 PM, Alan wrote:
<> Hans,
<>
<> Saw your post, and was able to catch part of a pass here.  As you
described.
<>
<>
<> There were two periods where the audio switched to the normal DUV
<rumble, <> and I got 2 frames each time.
<>
<> 73,
<>
<> Alan
<> WA4SCA
<>
<>
<> <-----Original Message-----
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<BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <> <Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 00:05 AM <> <To:
amsat-bb at amsat.org <> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
<> <
<> <Just had a good pass from Fox-1B, but it seems the bird is in trouble.
<> <No telemetry and no voices heard, just weird noises. I put a screen shot
<> <on my website: BX2ABT.com. Let's just hope a reset will cure this bird.
<> <73 de Hans (BX2ABT)
<> <
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From hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com  Tue Apr 30 14:00:05 2019
From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:00:05 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
	calculator
In-Reply-To: <68C2AABDD1CD4858976B8C84BCD50FC1@OsbornesPC>
References: <4F1AE1B0070D44BA809067803447A7C3@OsbornesPC>
	<CAM4UQf0ySNS9-QAc8VcNrEnCP23B-7639fEZ3JpLUCFwAkjM0g@mail.gmail.com>
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Absolutelyl, no worries about doppler. The only one of concern was the 1200
Hz error and I think that was a typo. I'll look for the update. Tnx so
much, it is a wonderful asset to sat ops. 73, N0AN
Hasan


On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 11:56 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne <
wandtosborne at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Hassan,
>
> Just added CAS-4A to the list.
> I was working off the AMSAT-NA Laminated frequency chart (April 2018).
> Should have spotted it.
>
> I have also tweaked the frequency on CAS-4B to track with your
> measurements.
> Use the same link for the updated program.
>
> I?m tempted to add a few hundred Hertz to the conversion numbers to get
> them spot on but the error
> is probably less than the doppler correction required.
>
> Trying to correct for doppler would require a built in tracking program
> and then you might as well use SatPC32.
>
> 73,
> Terry ZL2BAC
>
> *From:* Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 28, 2019 11:48 PM
> *To:* Wendy and Terry Osborne <wandtosborne at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
> calculator
>
> Very nice Terry, but you forgot CAS-4a  :-)
>
> I work with pre-defined sat pairs to avoid Wifi spikes. Here are the
> results for some of the common birds using our downlink and your uplink
> (predicted) vs. what our uplinks really are for perfect audio.
>
> CAS-4B 145.918  435.287  Actual: 435.285.900
> XW-2A  145.672   435.043  : 435.042.600
> XW-2B  145.733   435.107  : 435.106.800
> XW-2C  145.798   435.167  : 435.166.800
>
> Very solid agreement, tnx so much. It would have saved  us a lot of time
> setting up the first time, had we had you nice program.
>
> Please add CAS-4A when you get time.
>
> 73, N0AN
>
>
> Hasan
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:41 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are operational or
>> in the pipeline,
>> I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies was
>> worth writing.
>> I?ve written one for Windows.
>> You can find it here:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
>> I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format.
>> I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches pending.
>> Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down
>> menu,
>> put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate
>> button.
>>
>> Let me know if you think this is useful.
>>
>> 73,
>> Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
>> _______________________________________________
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From jhjipping at gmail.com  Tue Apr 30 15:00:49 2019
From: jhjipping at gmail.com (Jim JIpping)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:00:49 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Karl Janskey call sign
In-Reply-To: <3c7e01d4fda7$7b9f9a10$72dece30$@bellsouth.net>
References: <3c7e01d4fda7$7b9f9a10$72dece30$@bellsouth.net>
Message-ID: <80f2ce74-a17d-d7e8-f454-089f926b96c5@gmail.com>

Karl Janski was an electrical engineer employed by Bell Telephone. In 
the 1930's he was given the task to help find a means for trans 
continental communications . While researching the 20 mhz spectrum he 
can across a strange hiss that showed up several minutes earlier each 
day.? He suspected that it came from the Milky Way Galaxy.? He did not 
pursue looking into the phenomenon as his employer had other work for 
him to do.

It was Grote Reber, W9GFZ, who really started researching radio sources 
in the sky.

Both Janski's and Reber's radio telescopes are on display at the 
National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, WV, the home of the 
world's largest steerable radio telescope.? If you ever get near the 
area, a stop at the facility with its many telescopes and excellent 
visitor's center is a MUST.

The observatory's radio club has been granted Reber's call, W9GVZ, They 
use it to commemorate radio astronomy in special events.? I spent 
several summers as a physics teacher studying radio astronomy at Green 
Bank and was able to help operate W9GVZ during a special event? at the 
dedication of the Robert Byrd Telescope in August, 2000.? I have to tell 
you that Green Bank is quite a place.? I get back there as often as I can!

Jim Jipping, W8MRR, AMSAT 5512

On 4/28/2019 5:48 AM, Nick Pugh via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hello  All
> Karl Jaskey is the father of radio astronomy . Was Karl Janskey a license
> amateur if so what was his call sign?
> Tnx nick de k5qxj
>
>
>
>
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From glasbrenner at mindspring.com  Tue Apr 30 16:17:11 2019
From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:17:11 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
In-Reply-To: <02fc01d4ff4d$d10bc080$73234180$@mindspring.com>
References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>	<000801d4ff16$5ddbdb40$199391c0$@gmail.com>	<d4702c38-f354-82b1-9aa0-9b1e8eeec4f1@msa.hinet.net>	<000001d4ff23$c261baf0$472530d0$@gmail.com>
	<02fc01d4ff4d$d10bc080$73234180$@mindspring.com>
Message-ID: <034301d4ff70$2a9eb090$7fdc11b0$@mindspring.com>

I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it should be.
Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be appreciated.

73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner
via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 8:11 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?

My first pass is just after noon. If it hasn't self-corrected by then, I'll
try a reset. 

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Alan via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 3:10 AM
To: 'Hans BX2ABT' <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>; APBIDDLE at MAILAPS.ORG
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?

Hans,

Looks like if it IDs, the signal is normal and you get the usual 2 telemetry
frames.  If the transponder has been brought up, you get the odd signal,
with a brief switch to DUV at the end, but no telemetry.  The command staff
have been notified.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA


<-----Original Message-----
<From: Hans BX2ABT [mailto:hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net]
<Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 01:14 AM
<To: APBIDDLE at MAILAPS.ORG
<Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
<
<Hello Alan,
<
<Then you were luckier than I was. I couldn't get anything. Let's just <wait
and see.
<
<73 de Hans
<
<BX2ABT
<
<
<On 04/30/2019 01:34 PM, Alan wrote:
<> Hans,
<>
<> Saw your post, and was able to catch part of a pass here.  As you
described.
<>
<>
<> There were two periods where the audio switched to the normal DUV
<rumble, <> and I got 2 frames each time.
<>
<> 73,
<>
<> Alan
<> WA4SCA
<>
<>
<> <-----Original Message-----
<> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of <Hans <>
<BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <> <Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 00:05 AM <> <To:
amsat-bb at amsat.org <> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
<> <
<> <Just had a good pass from Fox-1B, but it seems the bird is in trouble.
<> <No telemetry and no voices heard, just weird noises. I put a screen shot
<> <on my website: BX2ABT.com. Let's just hope a reset will cure this bird.
<> <73 de Hans (BX2ABT)
<> <
<> <_______________________________________________
<> <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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From burns at fisher.cc  Tue Apr 30 17:02:00 2019
From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:02:00 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
In-Reply-To: <034301d4ff70$2a9eb090$7fdc11b0$@mindspring.com>
References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>
	<000801d4ff16$5ddbdb40$199391c0$@gmail.com>
	<d4702c38-f354-82b1-9aa0-9b1e8eeec4f1@msa.hinet.net>
	<000001d4ff23$c261baf0$472530d0$@gmail.com>
	<02fc01d4ff4d$d10bc080$73234180$@mindspring.com>
	<034301d4ff70$2a9eb090$7fdc11b0$@mindspring.com>
Message-ID: <CABX7KxXevg-GDfOfkNujHimoF_JA0Q_29DT9sk2ZZpuPZPuVfg@mail.gmail.com>

Looks much better all right.  If cycling the  IHU fixed it, that does imply
it was an IHU problem, although we could have guessed that the tx was ok,
since we were getting telemetry ok.  Since the IHU cycled ok, that implies
that it was not the program memory.  Given that we got telemetry in idle
and for a few seconds after the transponder went off, that means a lot of
stuff was ok.  I'm guessing that probably some bits got flipped in the data
for the software high pass filter, which would explain why there was trash
in what should have been the telemetry audio frequency band (below 200Hz).

73,

Burns WB1FJ
AMSAT Fox Software

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:17 PM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it should
> be.
> Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be
> appreciated.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> AMSAT VP Operations
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Andrew
> Glasbrenner
> via AMSAT-BB
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 8:11 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
>
> My first pass is just after noon. If it hasn't self-corrected by then, I'll
> try a reset.
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Alan via AMSAT-BB
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 3:10 AM
> To: 'Hans BX2ABT' <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>; APBIDDLE at MAILAPS.ORG
> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
>
> Hans,
>
> Looks like if it IDs, the signal is normal and you get the usual 2
> telemetry
> frames.  If the transponder has been brought up, you get the odd signal,
> with a brief switch to DUV at the end, but no telemetry.  The command staff
> have been notified.
>
> 73,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
> <-----Original Message-----
> <From: Hans BX2ABT [mailto:hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net]
> <Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 01:14 AM
> <To: APBIDDLE at MAILAPS.ORG
> <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
> <
> <Hello Alan,
> <
> <Then you were luckier than I was. I couldn't get anything. Let's just
> <wait
> and see.
> <
> <73 de Hans
> <
> <BX2ABT
> <
> <
> <On 04/30/2019 01:34 PM, Alan wrote:
> <> Hans,
> <>
> <> Saw your post, and was able to catch part of a pass here.  As you
> described.
> <>
> <>
> <> There were two periods where the audio switched to the normal DUV
> <rumble, <> and I got 2 frames each time.
> <>
> <> 73,
> <>
> <> Alan
> <> WA4SCA
> <>
> <>
> <> <-----Original Message-----
> <> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of <Hans
> <>
> <BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <> <Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 00:05 AM <> <To:
> amsat-bb at amsat.org <> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
> <> <
> <> <Just had a good pass from Fox-1B, but it seems the bird is in trouble.
> <> <No telemetry and no voices heard, just weird noises. I put a screen
> shot
> <> <on my website: BX2ABT.com. Let's just hope a reset will cure this bird.
> <> <73 de Hans (BX2ABT)
> <> <
> <> <_______________________________________________
> <> <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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From skristof at etczone.com  Tue Apr 30 17:20:28 2019
From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:20:28 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
In-Reply-To: <CABX7KxXevg-GDfOfkNujHimoF_JA0Q_29DT9sk2ZZpuPZPuVfg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>
	<000801d4ff16$5ddbdb40$199391c0$@gmail.com>
	<d4702c38-f354-82b1-9aa0-9b1e8eeec4f1@msa.hinet.net>
	<000001d4ff23$c261baf0$472530d0$@gmail.com>
	<02fc01d4ff4d$d10bc080$73234180$@mindspring.com>
	<034301d4ff70$2a9eb090$7fdc11b0$@mindspring.com>
	<CABX7KxXevg-GDfOfkNujHimoF_JA0Q_29DT9sk2ZZpuPZPuVfg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <cf4d0b34b3fbf04eaa6601174875301f@etczone.com>

Nothing heard from AO-91 on pass over EM79 a few minutes ago. Sometimes
it's me, so if somebody else was able to transmit through the bird, go
with that. 

Steve AI9IN

On 2019-04-30 1:02 pm, Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB wrote:

>> I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it should
>> be.
>> Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be
>> appreciated.
>> 
>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>> AMSAT VP Operations
>> 
>> -Looks much better all right.  If cycling the  IHU fixed it, that does imply
>> it was an IHU problem, although we could have guessed that the tx was ok,
>> since we were getting telemetry ok.  Since the IHU cycled ok, that implies
>> that it was not the program memory.  Given that we got telemetry in idle
>> and for a few seconds after the transponder went off, that means a lot of
>> stuff was ok.  I'm guessing that probably some bits got flipped in the data
>> for the software high pass filter, which would explain why there was trash
>> in what should have been the telemetry audio frequency band (below 200Hz).
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Burns WB1FJ
>> AMSAT Fox Software
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:17 PM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

From n8hm at arrl.net  Tue Apr 30 17:25:32 2019
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:25:32 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
In-Reply-To: <cf4d0b34b3fbf04eaa6601174875301f@etczone.com>
References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>
	<000801d4ff16$5ddbdb40$199391c0$@gmail.com>
	<d4702c38-f354-82b1-9aa0-9b1e8eeec4f1@msa.hinet.net>
	<000001d4ff23$c261baf0$472530d0$@gmail.com>
	<02fc01d4ff4d$d10bc080$73234180$@mindspring.com>
	<034301d4ff70$2a9eb090$7fdc11b0$@mindspring.com>
	<CABX7KxXevg-GDfOfkNujHimoF_JA0Q_29DT9sk2ZZpuPZPuVfg@mail.gmail.com>
	<cf4d0b34b3fbf04eaa6601174875301f@etczone.com>
Message-ID: <CABzOSOpdKyYvd7V_kYxDZTwMPy=NaUeS1nh=QHbbg+d62z4omA@mail.gmail.com>

What time did you have for the pass?

The last pass started around 12:13 pm EDT. Next pass is around 1:48 pm.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:20 PM AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Nothing heard from AO-91 on pass over EM79 a few minutes ago. Sometimes
> it's me, so if somebody else was able to transmit through the bird, go
> with that.
>
> Steve AI9IN
>
> On 2019-04-30 1:02 pm, Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
> >> I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it should
> >> be.
> >> Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> 73, Drew KO4MA
> >> AMSAT VP Operations
> >>
> >> -Looks much better all right.  If cycling the  IHU fixed it, that does
> imply
> >> it was an IHU problem, although we could have guessed that the tx was
> ok,
> >> since we were getting telemetry ok.  Since the IHU cycled ok, that
> implies
> >> that it was not the program memory.  Given that we got telemetry in idle
> >> and for a few seconds after the transponder went off, that means a lot
> of
> >> stuff was ok.  I'm guessing that probably some bits got flipped in the
> data
> >> for the software high pass filter, which would explain why there was
> trash
> >> in what should have been the telemetry audio frequency band (below
> 200Hz).
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Burns WB1FJ
> >> AMSAT Fox Software
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:17 PM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
> >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all 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 Apr 30 17:29:48 2019
From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:29:48 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
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I warned you it might be me. For some reason I used the time for the
pass coming up on Friday. Maybe I need a nap. 

Steve AI9IN

On 2019-04-30 1:25 pm, Paul Stoetzer wrote:

> What time did you have for the pass?  
> 
> The last pass started around 12:13 pm EDT. Next pass is around 1:48 pm. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Paul, N8HM 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:20 PM AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: 
> 
>> Nothing heard from AO-91 on pass over EM79 a few minutes ago. Sometimes
>> it's me, so if somebody else was able to transmit through the bird, go
>> with that. 
>> 
>> Steve AI9IN
>> 
>> On 2019-04-30 1:02 pm, Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> 
>>>> I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it should
>>>> be.
>>>> Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be
>>>> appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>>>> AMSAT VP Operations
>>>> 
>>>> -Looks much better all right.  If cycling the  IHU fixed it, that does imply
>>>> it was an IHU problem, although we could have guessed that the tx was ok,
>>>> since we were getting telemetry ok.  Since the IHU cycled ok, that implies
>>>> that it was not the program memory.  Given that we got telemetry in idle
>>>> and for a few seconds after the transponder went off, that means a lot of
>>>> stuff was ok.  I'm guessing that probably some bits got flipped in the data
>>>> for the software high pass filter, which would explain why there was trash
>>>> in what should have been the telemetry audio frequency band (below 200Hz).
>>>> 
>>>> 73,
>>>> 
>>>> Burns WB1FJ
>>>> AMSAT Fox Software
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:17 PM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
>>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> _______________________________________________
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From dtabor52 at gmail.com  Tue Apr 30 01:43:17 2019
From: dtabor52 at gmail.com (Douglas Tabor)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 19:43:17 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] iOS app Maidenhead
Message-ID: <F20E8F5D-1408-4667-AC3A-657CE945D936@gmail.com>

How much trust does one have WRT state boundaries and what Maidenhead displays? The borders are often not straight nor do they always align with Lat/Lon ... looking at Wyoming, we seem to have 8 more grids than our rectangular shape would have one believe (some from Colorado and others from Montana).

Anyone else see this or similar?

Thanks and 73,

Douglas Tabor,  N6UA 
- Sent from my iPad

From cbs045 at charter.net  Tue Apr 30 03:06:05 2019
From: cbs045 at charter.net (cbs045 at charter.net)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:06:05 -0600
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu GS-232B Rotor Interface to computer RS-232C Port
	Help!
Message-ID: <82428f8d91a41bacf4929efc40b13316172b2f5b@>

Hello list members,
I have a new Yaesu GS-232B I'm having connection issues and could use
some help.
My system is a Dell XPS running Windows 7 Pro. Terminal emulator is
PuTTY.exeThis computer uses a real RS-232C port set to the only choice
of COM1. No COM2 port, parallel or printer ports are used with this
machine.
Port settings are 9600 baud, 8 bit, no parity, hardware control set to
none.
I'm sure my computer, RS-232C port and strait RS-232C cables are good
because I have no trouble connecting to another device. (Juniper
CTP-1002 router)I tried all combinations of hardware control options,
port speeds and always get a blank screen with only a cursor when
connected to the Yaesu GS-232B.

Anybody have any suggestions what I might be overlooking?
Thank You,
N8OCX
Brook Smith


From anthony at diiorio.me  Tue Apr 30 05:41:22 2019
From: anthony at diiorio.me (Anthony Di Iorio)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 01:41:22 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
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I'm seeing the same signal here. The beacon sounds fine, but no audio on
the transponder https://imgur.com/a/UvWxaA2

Anthony VE2HEW

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:29 AM Scott via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Unfortunately, same thing observed 0519 UTC off U.S. East Coast, Hans.
>
> Screen shot on my tweet at:
> https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1123096104365625344
>
> -Scott,  K4KDR
>
> ===================
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:06 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Just had a good pass from Fox-1B, but it seems the bird is in trouble.
> > No telemetry and no voices heard, just weird noises. I put a screen shot
> > on my website: BX2ABT.com. Let's just hope a reset will cure this bird.
> > 73 de Hans (BX2ABT)
> >
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From v at xpctech.com  Tue Apr 30 14:24:07 2019
From: v at xpctech.com (Vinny Stipo)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 07:24:07 -0700
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
	calculator
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Am I missing something? Why not just put this info in a online
worksheet/excel, rather than compile a program with no source code?

-Vinny KM2W

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:01 AM Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Absolutelyl, no worries about doppler. The only one of concern was the 1200
> Hz error and I think that was a typo. I'll look for the update. Tnx so
> much, it is a wonderful asset to sat ops. 73, N0AN
> Hasan
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 11:56 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne <
> wandtosborne at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Hassan,
> >
> > Just added CAS-4A to the list.
> > I was working off the AMSAT-NA Laminated frequency chart (April 2018).
> > Should have spotted it.
> >
> > I have also tweaked the frequency on CAS-4B to track with your
> > measurements.
> > Use the same link for the updated program.
> >
> > I?m tempted to add a few hundred Hertz to the conversion numbers to get
> > them spot on but the error
> > is probably less than the doppler correction required.
> >
> > Trying to correct for doppler would require a built in tracking program
> > and then you might as well use SatPC32.
> >
> > 73,
> > Terry ZL2BAC
> >
> > *From:* Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com>
> > *Sent:* Sunday, April 28, 2019 11:48 PM
> > *To:* Wendy and Terry Osborne <wandtosborne at gmail.com>
> > *Cc:* AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
> > calculator
> >
> > Very nice Terry, but you forgot CAS-4a  :-)
> >
> > I work with pre-defined sat pairs to avoid Wifi spikes. Here are the
> > results for some of the common birds using our downlink and your uplink
> > (predicted) vs. what our uplinks really are for perfect audio.
> >
> > CAS-4B 145.918  435.287  Actual: 435.285.900
> > XW-2A  145.672   435.043  : 435.042.600
> > XW-2B  145.733   435.107  : 435.106.800
> > XW-2C  145.798   435.167  : 435.166.800
> >
> > Very solid agreement, tnx so much. It would have saved  us a lot of time
> > setting up the first time, had we had you nice program.
> >
> > Please add CAS-4A when you get time.
> >
> > 73, N0AN
> >
> >
> > Hasan
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:41 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Folks,
> >>
> >> With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are operational or
> >> in the pipeline,
> >> I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies was
> >> worth writing.
> >> I?ve written one for Windows.
> >> You can find it here:
> >>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
> >> I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format.
> >> I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches
> pending.
> >> Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down
> >> menu,
> >> put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate
> >> button.
> >>
> >> Let me know if you think this is useful.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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> >
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From py5lf at falautomation.com.br  Tue Apr 30 16:06:53 2019
From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:06:53 -0300
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
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Same heard here now .
73

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Em ter, 30 de abr de 2019 ?s 02:29, Scott via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
escreveu:

> Unfortunately, same thing observed 0519 UTC off U.S. East Coast, Hans.
>
> Screen shot on my tweet at:
> https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1123096104365625344
>
> -Scott,  K4KDR
>
> ===================
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:06 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Just had a good pass from Fox-1B, but it seems the bird is in trouble.
> > No telemetry and no voices heard, just weird noises. I put a screen shot
> > on my website: BX2ABT.com. Let's just hope a reset will cure this bird.
> > 73 de Hans (BX2ABT)
> >
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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From eric.n.skoog at gmail.com  Tue Apr 30 17:55:54 2019
From: eric.n.skoog at gmail.com (Eric Skoog)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:55:54 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
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Interesting ......was this the first time we?ve experienced this ?feature? on AO-91?   Or anything else similar?

Eric (K1TVV)

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 30, 2019, at 1:29 PM, AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> I warned you it might be me. For some reason I used the time for the
> pass coming up on Friday. Maybe I need a nap. 
> 
> Steve AI9IN
> 
>> On 2019-04-30 1:25 pm, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>> 
>> What time did you have for the pass?  
>> 
>> The last pass started around 12:13 pm EDT. Next pass is around 1:48 pm. 
>> 
>> 73, 
>> 
>> Paul, N8HM 
>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:20 PM AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: 
>>> 
>>> Nothing heard from AO-91 on pass over EM79 a few minutes ago. Sometimes
>>> it's me, so if somebody else was able to transmit through the bird, go
>>> with that. 
>>> 
>>> Steve AI9IN
>>> 
>>> On 2019-04-30 1:02 pm, Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it should
>>>>> be.
>>>>> Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be
>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>>>>> AMSAT VP Operations
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Looks much better all right.  If cycling the  IHU fixed it, that does imply
>>>>> it was an IHU problem, although we could have guessed that the tx was ok,
>>>>> since we were getting telemetry ok.  Since the IHU cycled ok, that implies
>>>>> that it was not the program memory.  Given that we got telemetry in idle
>>>>> and for a few seconds after the transponder went off, that means a lot of
>>>>> stuff was ok.  I'm guessing that probably some bits got flipped in the data
>>>>> for the software high pass filter, which would explain why there was trash
>>>>> in what should have been the telemetry audio frequency band (below 200Hz).
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Burns WB1FJ
>>>>> AMSAT Fox Software
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:17 PM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
>>>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>> _______________________________________________
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From johnbrier at gmail.com  Tue Apr 30 18:07:13 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:07:13 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
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References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>
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Message-ID: <CALn0fKOwVet5TyODLa2qOjq=o49TKRE4htvN304CaHjqzGqjtQ@mail.gmail.com>

It looks like this email just came through but it was sent many hours ago.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 2:04 PM Anthony Di Iorio via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I'm seeing the same signal here. The beacon sounds fine, but no audio on
> the transponder https://imgur.com/a/UvWxaA2
>
> Anthony VE2HEW
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:29 AM Scott via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, same thing observed 0519 UTC off U.S. East Coast, Hans.
> >
> > Screen shot on my tweet at:
> > https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1123096104365625344
> >
> > -Scott,  K4KDR
> >
> > ===================
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:06 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Just had a good pass from Fox-1B, but it seems the bird is in trouble.
> > > No telemetry and no voices heard, just weird noises. I put a screen
> shot
> > > on my website: BX2ABT.com. Let's just hope a reset will cure this bird.
> > > 73 de Hans (BX2ABT)
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> > AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Tue Apr 30 18:43:21 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 18:43:21 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] iOS app Maidenhead
In-Reply-To: <F20E8F5D-1408-4667-AC3A-657CE945D936@gmail.com>
References: <F20E8F5D-1408-4667-AC3A-657CE945D936@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN6TEUcK3qZnRaqtCKBWN07ZPokSyTCn73h8fJ=+__qPCWvucA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Doug!

I trust the latitude/longitude readings from my GPS receiver
(or GPS in phones or radios), but do not rely on those for
county, state/province, or international boundaries. For these
boundaries, I rely on markers/signs. For example, the boundary
between the states of Arizona and Utah was supposed to follow
37 degres North exactly - but it was surveyed long before we
had GPS. At some points, that boundary is just north of 37
degrees North (DMx6/DMx7 grid boundary). Near Lake Powell, the
grid boundary falls in Arizona. Along US-160 or US-191 further
east, the grid boundary falls in Utah. This is even more
pronounced along portions of the USA/Canada border, especially
the section that is supposed to follow 49 degrees North from
Washington state to Minnesota's Northwest Angle.

73!





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





On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:59 PM Douglas Tabor via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> How much trust does one have WRT state boundaries and what Maidenhead
> displays? The borders are often not straight nor do they always align with
> Lat/Lon ... looking at Wyoming, we seem to have 8 more grids than our
> rectangular shape would have one believe (some from Colorado and others
> from Montana).
>
> Anyone else see this or similar?
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Douglas Tabor,  N6UA
>
>

From wb1fj at fisher.cc  Tue Apr 30 18:49:08 2019
From: wb1fj at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher (AMSAT))
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:49:08 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
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First time I remember with THESE symptoms.  I suspect most times that
memory gets corrupted by a stray electron or proton, it's just as likely to
cause a reset as anything, but this time whatever happened was pretty easy
to isolate.  But the answer is (luckily) usually the same:  Power Cycle.
73,

Burns Fisher, WB1FJ
*AMSAT(R) Flight Software*



On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:55 PM Eric Skoog <eric.n.skoog at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting ......was this the first time we?ve experienced this ?feature?
> on AO-91?   Or anything else similar?
>
> Eric (K1TVV)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 30, 2019, at 1:29 PM, AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > I warned you it might be me. For some reason I used the time for the
> > pass coming up on Friday. Maybe I need a nap.
> >
> > Steve AI9IN
> >
> >> On 2019-04-30 1:25 pm, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> >>
> >> What time did you have for the pass?
> >>
> >> The last pass started around 12:13 pm EDT. Next pass is around 1:48 pm.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Paul, N8HM
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:20 PM AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Nothing heard from AO-91 on pass over EM79 a few minutes ago. Sometimes
> >>> it's me, so if somebody else was able to transmit through the bird, go
> >>> with that.
> >>>
> >>> Steve AI9IN
> >>>
> >>> On 2019-04-30 1:02 pm, Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it
> should
> >>>>> be.
> >>>>> Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be
> >>>>> appreciated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 73, Drew KO4MA
> >>>>> AMSAT VP Operations
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Looks much better all right.  If cycling the  IHU fixed it, that
> does imply
> >>>>> it was an IHU problem, although we could have guessed that the tx
> was ok,
> >>>>> since we were getting telemetry ok.  Since the IHU cycled ok, that
> implies
> >>>>> that it was not the program memory.  Given that we got telemetry in
> idle
> >>>>> and for a few seconds after the transponder went off, that means a
> lot of
> >>>>> stuff was ok.  I'm guessing that probably some bits got flipped in
> the data
> >>>>> for the software high pass filter, which would explain why there was
> trash
> >>>>> in what should have been the telemetry audio frequency band (below
> 200Hz).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 73,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Burns WB1FJ
> >>>>> AMSAT Fox Software
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:17 PM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
> >>>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >>> to all 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 n8hm at arrl.net  Tue Apr 30 18:49:34 2019
From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:49:34 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] iOS app Maidenhead
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And then you have the western states whose borders are determined based on
"degrees west of Washington" which will not fall on grid lines because the
Washington meridian, at the Old Naval Observatory, is about 3 minutes west
of 77 degrees west.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 2:44 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via
AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi Doug!
>
> I trust the latitude/longitude readings from my GPS receiver
> (or GPS in phones or radios), but do not rely on those for
> county, state/province, or international boundaries. For these
> boundaries, I rely on markers/signs. For example, the boundary
> between the states of Arizona and Utah was supposed to follow
> 37 degres North exactly - but it was surveyed long before we
> had GPS. At some points, that boundary is just north of 37
> degrees North (DMx6/DMx7 grid boundary). Near Lake Powell, the
> grid boundary falls in Arizona. Along US-160 or US-191 further
> east, the grid boundary falls in Utah. This is even more
> pronounced along portions of the USA/Canada border, especially
> the section that is supposed to follow 49 degrees North from
> Washington state to Minnesota's Northwest Angle.
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:59 PM Douglas Tabor via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > How much trust does one have WRT state boundaries and what Maidenhead
> > displays? The borders are often not straight nor do they always align
> with
> > Lat/Lon ... looking at Wyoming, we seem to have 8 more grids than our
> > rectangular shape would have one believe (some from Colorado and others
> > from Montana).
> >
> > Anyone else see this or similar?
> >
> > Thanks and 73,
> >
> > Douglas Tabor,  N6UA
> >
> >
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From skristof at etczone.com  Tue Apr 30 19:00:57 2019
From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:00:57 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
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For me, unfortunately, no. 

Steve AI9IN

On 2019-04-30 1:55 pm, Eric Skoog via AMSAT-BB wrote:

> Interesting ......was this the first time we've experienced this "feature" on AO-91?   Or anything else similar?
> 
> Eric (K1TVV)
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 30, 2019, at 1:29 PM, AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> I warned you it might be me. For some reason I used the time for the
> pass coming up on Friday. Maybe I need a nap. 
> 
> Steve AI9IN
> 
> On 2019-04-30 1:25 pm, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> 
> What time did you have for the pass?  
> 
> The last pass started around 12:13 pm EDT. Next pass is around 1:48 pm. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Paul, N8HM 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:20 PM AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: 
> 
> Nothing heard from AO-91 on pass over EM79 a few minutes ago. Sometimes
> it's me, so if somebody else was able to transmit through the bird, go
> with that. 
> 
> Steve AI9IN
> 
> On 2019-04-30 1:02 pm, Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> 
> I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it should
> be.
> Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be
> appreciated.
> 
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> AMSAT VP Operations
> 
> -Looks much better all right.  If cycling the  IHU fixed it, that does imply
> it was an IHU problem, although we could have guessed that the tx was ok,
> since we were getting telemetry ok.  Since the IHU cycled ok, that implies
> that it was not the program memory.  Given that we got telemetry in idle
> and for a few seconds after the transponder went off, that means a lot of
> stuff was ok.  I'm guessing that probably some bits got flipped in the data
> for the software high pass filter, which would explain why there was trash
> in what should have been the telemetry audio frequency band (below 200Hz).
> 
> 73,
> 
> Burns WB1FJ
> AMSAT Fox Software
> 
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:17 PM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
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From mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu  Tue Apr 30 18:58:45 2019
From: mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:58:45 -0500
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
	calculator
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Perhaps I?m missing something, too. Why not use a full-featured tracking
program, such as SatPC32, that has all of this already included?

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 13:06 Vinny Stipo via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Am I missing something? Why not just put this info in a online
> worksheet/excel, rather than compile a program with no source code?
>
> -Vinny KM2W
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:01 AM Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > Absolutelyl, no worries about doppler. The only one of concern was the
> 1200
> > Hz error and I think that was a typo. I'll look for the update. Tnx so
> > much, it is a wonderful asset to sat ops. 73, N0AN
> > Hasan
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 11:56 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne <
> > wandtosborne at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Hassan,
> > >
> > > Just added CAS-4A to the list.
> > > I was working off the AMSAT-NA Laminated frequency chart (April 2018).
> > > Should have spotted it.
> > >
> > > I have also tweaked the frequency on CAS-4B to track with your
> > > measurements.
> > > Use the same link for the updated program.
> > >
> > > I?m tempted to add a few hundred Hertz to the conversion numbers to get
> > > them spot on but the error
> > > is probably less than the doppler correction required.
> > >
> > > Trying to correct for doppler would require a built in tracking program
> > > and then you might as well use SatPC32.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Terry ZL2BAC
> > >
> > > *From:* Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com>
> > > *Sent:* Sunday, April 28, 2019 11:48 PM
> > > *To:* Wendy and Terry Osborne <wandtosborne at gmail.com>
> > > *Cc:* AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > > *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
> > > calculator
> > >
> > > Very nice Terry, but you forgot CAS-4a  :-)
> > >
> > > I work with pre-defined sat pairs to avoid Wifi spikes. Here are the
> > > results for some of the common birds using our downlink and your uplink
> > > (predicted) vs. what our uplinks really are for perfect audio.
> > >
> > > CAS-4B 145.918  435.287  Actual: 435.285.900
> > > XW-2A  145.672   435.043  : 435.042.600
> > > XW-2B  145.733   435.107  : 435.106.800
> > > XW-2C  145.798   435.167  : 435.166.800
> > >
> > > Very solid agreement, tnx so much. It would have saved  us a lot of
> time
> > > setting up the first time, had we had you nice program.
> > >
> > > Please add CAS-4A when you get time.
> > >
> > > 73, N0AN
> > >
> > >
> > > Hasan
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:41 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB <
> > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Folks,
> > >>
> > >> With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are operational
> or
> > >> in the pipeline,
> > >> I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies
> was
> > >> worth writing.
> > >> I?ve written one for Windows.
> > >> You can find it here:
> > >>
> >
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
> > >> I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format.
> > >> I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches
> > pending.
> > >> Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down
> > >> menu,
> > >> put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate
> > >> button.
> > >>
> > >> Let me know if you think this is useful.
> > >>
> > >> 73,
> > >> Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
> > >> _______________________________________________
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--
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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

From johnbrier at gmail.com  Tue Apr 30 19:20:47 2019
From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:20:47 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link frequency
	calculator
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I haven't run it yet and am not on Windows currently so can't, but as to
Vinny's question, it says it's a calculator so I assume it calculates
frequencies with more precision not just every 5khz or something, right?

As for Mark's question, maybe you don't always need or want all the
features of SatPC32.

Finally, maybe it is partly an effort by Terry to see if he could do it ;-)

After all, why don't we all just pick up the phone if we need to talk to
someone who isn't within earshot?

Because we're hams!

With that said I think sharing the source code is almost always a good idea
:-)

73, John Brier KG4AKV



On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 3:12 PM Mark D. Johns via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Perhaps I?m missing something, too. Why not use a full-featured tracking
> program, such as SatPC32, that has all of this already included?
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 13:06 Vinny Stipo via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Am I missing something? Why not just put this info in a online
> > worksheet/excel, rather than compile a program with no source code?
> >
> > -Vinny KM2W
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:01 AM Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Absolutelyl, no worries about doppler. The only one of concern was the
> > 1200
> > > Hz error and I think that was a typo. I'll look for the update. Tnx so
> > > much, it is a wonderful asset to sat ops. 73, N0AN
> > > Hasan
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 11:56 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne <
> > > wandtosborne at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Hassan,
> > > >
> > > > Just added CAS-4A to the list.
> > > > I was working off the AMSAT-NA Laminated frequency chart (April
> 2018).
> > > > Should have spotted it.
> > > >
> > > > I have also tweaked the frequency on CAS-4B to track with your
> > > > measurements.
> > > > Use the same link for the updated program.
> > > >
> > > > I?m tempted to add a few hundred Hertz to the conversion numbers to
> get
> > > > them spot on but the error
> > > > is probably less than the doppler correction required.
> > > >
> > > > Trying to correct for doppler would require a built in tracking
> program
> > > > and then you might as well use SatPC32.
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > > Terry ZL2BAC
> > > >
> > > > *From:* Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com>
> > > > *Sent:* Sunday, April 28, 2019 11:48 PM
> > > > *To:* Wendy and Terry Osborne <wandtosborne at gmail.com>
> > > > *Cc:* AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > > > *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] Linear Transponder Up and Down link
> frequency
> > > > calculator
> > > >
> > > > Very nice Terry, but you forgot CAS-4a  :-)
> > > >
> > > > I work with pre-defined sat pairs to avoid Wifi spikes. Here are the
> > > > results for some of the common birds using our downlink and your
> uplink
> > > > (predicted) vs. what our uplinks really are for perfect audio.
> > > >
> > > > CAS-4B 145.918  435.287  Actual: 435.285.900
> > > > XW-2A  145.672   435.043  : 435.042.600
> > > > XW-2B  145.733   435.107  : 435.106.800
> > > > XW-2C  145.798   435.167  : 435.166.800
> > > >
> > > > Very solid agreement, tnx so much. It would have saved  us a lot of
> > time
> > > > setting up the first time, had we had you nice program.
> > > >
> > > > Please add CAS-4A when you get time.
> > > >
> > > > 73, N0AN
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hasan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:41 PM Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB
> <
> > > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi Folks,
> > > >>
> > > >> With the number of Linear Transponder Satellites that are
> operational
> > or
> > > >> in the pipeline,
> > > >> I thought a simple program to convert uplink to downlink frequencies
> > was
> > > >> worth writing.
> > > >> I?ve written one for Windows.
> > > >> You can find it here:
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4o375h6bygjxkzr/AABi9Ck9Wc6ODrhXwIVHxI-_a?dl=0
> > > >> I?ve put the exe file and the same file in zip format.
> > > >> I have put all the current birds plus the ones that have launches
> > > pending.
> > > >> Just select the satellite of interest from the ?Satellite? drop down
> > > >> menu,
> > > >> put your frequency into the text box and hit the Up or Dn calculate
> > > >> button.
> > > >>
> > > >> Let me know if you think this is useful.
> > > >>
> > > >> 73,
> > > >> Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Tue Apr 30 19:46:44 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 19:46:44 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
In-Reply-To: <034301d4ff70$2a9eb090$7fdc11b0$@mindspring.com>
References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>
	<000801d4ff16$5ddbdb40$199391c0$@gmail.com>
	<d4702c38-f354-82b1-9aa0-9b1e8eeec4f1@msa.hinet.net>
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Drew,

The 1921 UTC pass over the continental USA, a pass that
went virtually over my head here in central Arizona,
sounded like a normal AO-91 pass. I turned the satellite
when the satellite was up a couple of degrees from the
horizon after my AOS time, and it was transmitting for
the rest of the pass here in Arizona. I was using my TH-D72
HT & Elk. I didn't have my SDR receiver going, but it
looks like stations across the continental USA picked up
telemetry. I posted my MP3 recording from the pass in
my Dropbox space http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ - look in the
"Satellite_Audio-2019" folder, and then find the file
"20190430-1921UTC-AO91-DM43bl.mp3".

Next pass here is very shallow around 2100 UTC. If I have
a break, I'll give it a try.

73!






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



On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 4:18 PM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it should
> be.
> Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be
> appreciated.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> AMSAT VP Operations
>
>
>

From jim at k6ccc.org  Tue Apr 30 19:58:19 2019
From: jim at k6ccc.org (jim at k6ccc.org)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:58:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [amsat-bb] iOS app Maidenhead
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References: <F20E8F5D-1408-4667-AC3A-657CE945D936@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1556654299.75716697@apps.rackspace.com>


Off hand on a semi-quick test, the lat-longs for all four corners of Wyoming and a few of the variations from the App match Google Earth as closely as the displayed resolution supported.

Jim
K6CCC



-----Original Message-----
From: "Douglas Tabor via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 18:43
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] iOS app Maidenhead

How much trust does one have WRT state boundaries and what Maidenhead displays? The borders are often not straight nor do they always align with Lat/Lon ... looking at Wyoming, we seem to have 8 more grids than our rectangular shape would have one believe (some from Colorado and others from Montana).

Anyone else see this or similar?

Thanks and 73,

Douglas Tabor,  N6UA 
- Sent from my iPad
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From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net  Tue Apr 30 21:22:07 2019
From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:22:07 +0000
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox -1B / AO-91 in trouble?
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References: <65c8bd8f-9217-9150-1cb0-f79368cf3fd2@msa.hinet.net>
	<000801d4ff16$5ddbdb40$199391c0$@gmail.com>
	<d4702c38-f354-82b1-9aa0-9b1e8eeec4f1@msa.hinet.net>
	<000001d4ff23$c261baf0$472530d0$@gmail.com>
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Drew,

At 2059 UTC Tuesday, I had a 5-degree pass here in central
Arizona. After almost a minute past AOS, I was able to turn
the satellite on. I talked through it for about 4 to 5
minutes. I didn't hear anyone else, but the satelilte sounded
good for a low pass. I also saw telemetry being collected,
and saw the last packet was received at 2110 UTC - a few
minutes after I was out of the footprint. At least there
will be more telemetry from that pass up the US west coast,
by keeping the downlink on.

Not that the audio may be needed for anything, I uploaded two
MP3s from this pass to the "Satellite_Audio-2019" folder in
my http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ space - one starting at 2059
UTC, and the other starting at 2101 UTC.

73!




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



On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 4:18 PM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I cycled the power to the IHU and it popped right back the way it should
> be.
> Should be fine now, but reports for the next day or two will be
> appreciated.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> AMSAT VP Operations
>
>
>

From n4ufo at yahoo.com  Tue Apr 30 22:09:30 2019
From: n4ufo at yahoo.com (Kevin M)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:09:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Karl Janskey call sign
References: <1170003196.2844417.1556662170297.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1170003196.2844417.1556662170297@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Jim,


If you will forgive the correction, Reber's callsign was W9GFZ. And while it may be the same club in both places, the call is assigned to the club's address at the observatory in Socorro NM, not WV. (And that's PO Box 'O'... not PO Box 'zero' for anyone wondering like I did.)

I screwed up the link in my previous message, but here it is again, hopefully it will work correctly this time:


https://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/hist_ham.shtml



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Both Janski's and Reber's radio telescopes are on display at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, WV, the home of the world's largest steerable radio telescope.? If you ever get near the area, a stop at the facility with its many telescopes and excellent visitor's center is a MUST.The observatory's radio club has been granted Reber's call, W9GVZ, They use it to commemorate radio astronomy in special events.? I spent several summers as a physics teacher studying radio astronomy at Green Bank and was able to help operate W9GVZ during a special event? at the dedication of the Robert Byrd Telescope in August, 2000.? I have to tell you that Green Bank is quite a place.? I get back there as often as I can!