From wa6ara at gmail.com Wed Jan 1 01:05:07 2020 From: wa6ara at gmail.com (Mike Herr) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:05:07 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] SKN on the birds Message-ID: Where are all the CW ops? -- Mike Herr WA6ARA DM-15dp Home of The QRP Ranch No trees were killed in the sending of this message, however, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. "Dad says that anyone who can't use a slide rule is a cultural illiterate and should not be allowed to vote. Mine is a beauty - a K&E 20-inch Log-log Duplex Decitrig." - Robert Heinlein From marklhammond at gmail.com Wed Jan 1 01:47:02 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 20:47:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 in L/v at 0140utc 1/1/2020 for 24 hrs Message-ID: <20200101014703.715D27F50@lansing182.amsat.org> Happy L-band New Year to you all! 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From w5rkn at w5rkn.com Wed Jan 1 01:54:57 2020 From: w5rkn at w5rkn.com (Ronald Parsons) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 19:54:57 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Celebrate New Years with the L Band Boys Message-ID: Or is it the L Boys Band? AO-92 in L/v at 0140utc 1/1/2020 for 24 hrs Ron W5RKN From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Wed Jan 1 02:16:12 2020 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 02:16:12 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite presentation in Sun City AZ (6 January 2020) Message-ID: Hi! I will give a satellite-themed presentation for the West Valley Amateur Radio Club at their meeting on Monday evening, 6 January 2020. The club meets at the Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church on 111th Avenue in Sun City, Arizona. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7pm. More information about the club is available at: https://westvalleyarc.com/ Before the meeting, WD9EWK should be on the air from outside the meeting, demonstrating satellite operating. There are a couple of passes that may work for demonstrations before the meeting: XW-2F at 0052 UTC (5.52pm local time) XW-2B at 0110 UTC (6.10pm local time) I may also work passes after the meeting, depending on when it wraps up. Please check my @WD9EWK Twitter account on Monday evening for that. If you do not use Twitter, you can see my tweets in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK I will tweet out pass information, if I am able to get on after the meeting. The meeting site is in grid DM33. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Wed Jan 1 02:33:04 2020 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 02:33:04 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Thunderbird Hamfest in Glendale AZ (11 January 2020) Message-ID: Hi! AMSAT will be at the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club's annual hamfest on the morning of Saturday, 11 January 2020. The hamfest will be at Glendale Nazarene Church, at the northwest corner of 59th Avenue and Cactus Road in Glendale, Arizona. More information about the hamfest is available at: http://www.tbirdfest.org/ Information about the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club is available at: http://www.w7tbc.org/ WD9EWK will be on the satellites during the hamfest, demonstrating satellite operating. If you hear WD9EWK on a pass that morning, please call and join in the demonstration. The hamfest site is in grid DM33, in Arizona's Maricopa County. QSOs made during the hamfest will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards are available on request (please e-mail me directly with the QSO details). I will tweet updates from the hamfest using my @WD9EWK Twitter account. If you do not use Twitter, you can see the tweets 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 wandtosborne at gmail.com Wed Jan 1 03:41:59 2020 From: wandtosborne at gmail.com (Wendy and Terry Osborne) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 16:41:59 +1300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ground Station Calculator Message-ID: <750CF9817DF14C61B273A9D554F9150F@OsbornesPC> Hi John, While rummaging through my garage looking for old tracking programs for Paul N8HM, I found Orbit magazine from May/June 1983. In it is an article by Hasan N0AN called AO-10 Ground Station Analysis. You can use Hasan?s equations to calculate your ground station performance. I?ve put the equations into a spreadsheet with the numbers for your home station. The article and spreadsheet are here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rvb80ajqcpkc47x/AAAHKhwYaI8UkwBR9sx0fw6Fa?dl=0 Best wishes for the new year and 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC From rjlawn at gmail.com Wed Jan 1 03:57:13 2020 From: rjlawn at gmail.com (Richard Lawn) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:57:13 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 Message-ID: I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's instructions for activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I got to #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. On my copy there is no such menu item. I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm not having any luck. Happy New Year! Rick, W2JAZ From wageners at gmail.com Wed Jan 1 04:23:04 2020 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:23:04 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list. Happy New Year, Stefan On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's instructions for > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I got to > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. On my > copy there is no such menu item. > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm not > having any luck. > > Happy New Year! > Rick, W2JAZ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 zmetzing at pobox.com Wed Jan 1 15:53:15 2020 From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger) Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:53:15 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ground Station Calculator In-Reply-To: <750CF9817DF14C61B273A9D554F9150F@OsbornesPC> References: <750CF9817DF14C61B273A9D554F9150F@OsbornesPC> Message-ID: On January 1, 2020 4:41:59 AM GMT+01:00, Wendy and Terry Osborne via AMSAT-BB wrote: >Hi John, > >While rummaging through my garage looking for old tracking programs for >Paul N8HM, >I found Orbit magazine from May/June 1983. In it is an article by Hasan >N0AN called >AO-10 Ground Station Analysis. >You can use Hasan?s equations to calculate your ground station >performance. Hello Terry, You might let Phil Karn know about that issue. He's been on a mission to digitally preserve the old issues. 73, --- Zach N0ZGO From k9jkm at comcast.net Wed Jan 1 16:33:33 2020 From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne K9JKM) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 10:33:33 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ground Station Calculator In-Reply-To: References: <750CF9817DF14C61B273A9D554F9150F@OsbornesPC> Message-ID: <5E0CC9DD.8050102@comcast.net> > I found Orbit magazine from May/June 1983. In it is an article by > Hasan N0AN called AO-10 Ground Station Analysis. > You might let Phil Karn know about that issue. He's been on a > mission to digitally preserve the old issues. AMSAT already has a digital copy of this issue in our AMSAT Journal Archive DVD (sold out for a couple of years). There has been talk of, but a lack of an able-bodied volunteer, to refresh and re-release an updated DVD archive to the AMSAT Store. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm at amsat.org From w5rkn at w5rkn.com Wed Jan 1 17:52:45 2020 From: w5rkn at w5rkn.com (Ronald Parsons) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 11:52:45 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] VUCC Awards-Endorsements for January 2020 Message-ID: Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period December 3, 2019 through January 1, 2020. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! I hope this is accurate. Thanks to my computer quitting on me, I lost all my old work, including the VUCC Satellite Standings from December 1, 2019. But thanks to K9UO, I was provided the December 3 version. Close enough! AA5PK 1064 1074 AA8CH 620 641 N3GS 601 624 WD9EWK (DM43) 585 597 NS3L 526 551 W5CBF 179 533 K9UO 500 528 AA9LC 416 514 W7QL 451 478 PS8ET 303 326 G0ABI 306 320 WB7VUF 206 319 AA4QE 204 305 KC9VGG 200 228 KC9UQR 172 196 N9FN 103 194 W4AQT 153 179 W5CBF (EM21) New 179 W0NBC 152 176 KJ4M 102 170 W9VNE New 169 VE1VOX 126 155 W4DFU 116 151 AI9IN 125 150 WD9EWK (DM41) 127 148 WD9EWK (DM23) 104 137 N7AME 127 128 WA9JBQ 104 125 VU2LBW 100 114 KC8AMH New 101 N3CAL New 100 YO2CMI New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at @.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 radiomb at bellsouth.net Wed Jan 1 19:42:33 2020 From: radiomb at bellsouth.net (radiomb) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 19:42:33 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV on the birds References: <855940922.5581616.1577907753585.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <855940922.5581616.1577907753585@mail.yahoo.com> A couple of years back when I was getting into satellites was there not an experimental day for SSTV like L band today. I think that would be nice? for us new to the birds. Just dreaming maybe some day have digital video. Uplink to the bird and have it re-transmitted to restrict to 1 minute.? Hope we do get something setup to encourage SSTV on a scheduled day.73 K4MIA?? From dougfaunt at gmail.com Thu Jan 2 19:03:11 2020 From: dougfaunt at gmail.com (Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 11:03:11 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Uni_Trac 200 to give away Message-ID: Hi, I have a printer port Unitrac_2000 that I'd cheerfully send to anyone who can use it. 73, doug N6TQS From ny4i at ny4i.com Thu Jan 2 19:13:12 2020 From: ny4i at ny4i.com (Thomas Schaefer) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 14:13:12 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Question about SatPC32 Auto satellite switching Message-ID: There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have it enabled (A+ in commands). But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change. Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in the list of upcoming passes? Thanks, Tom NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) From marklhammond at gmail.com Thu Jan 2 19:21:56 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 14:21:56 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Question about SatPC32 Auto satellite switching In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Tom, be sure to edit Prior.SQF to have the satellites listed with their priority numbers....that's the file used to list which birds, in what priority... 73, Mark N8MH On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 2:18 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have > it enabled (A+ in commands). > > But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the > idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not > switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change. > > Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in > the list of upcoming passes? > > Thanks, > > Tom NY4I > Blog: www.ny4i.com > Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From kb1pvh at gmail.com Thu Jan 2 19:24:12 2020 From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 14:24:12 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Question about SatPC32 Auto satellite switching In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tom, You need to edit Prior.sql. >From the manual... *3. Prior.SQF* The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as that satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the satellite effectively comes into hearing range. If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite reaches LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is in hearing range. The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite with priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, priority settings in both programs have to be the same. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Galaxy S9 On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have > it enabled (A+ in commands). > > But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the > idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not > switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change. > > Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in > the list of upcoming passes? > > Thanks, > > Tom NY4I > Blog: www.ny4i.com > Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 ny4i at ny4i.com Thu Jan 2 20:27:37 2020 From: ny4i at ny4i.com (Thomas Schaefer) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 15:27:37 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Question about SatPC32 Auto satellite switching In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <22B53211-EED0-45F1-AEEA-5FA5843A1FF8@ny4i.com> Thanks. I believe my mistake was an assumption. I was not looking to assign priorities but rather just wanted the satellites to be the ones I have assigned letters. Given a conflict, I can understand the program needing the prior defined, but short of that, I made the assumption that Auto meant it would automatically switch among the satellites I have defined to letters. Given nothing in prior.sql, I would have assumed the program would just stick on the earlier AOS. To be clear, if I have satellites A - N assigned, I have to list 9 of those satellites in the PRIOR.SQF file (as their names, not letters). Put another way, just assigning satellites to letters and setting Auto is not sufficient for the program to switch. So even though I assign letters, I am limited to 9 satellites to be auto switched. Is that really how it works? Thanks to all! Tom Schaefer, NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) > On Jan 2, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Tom, > > You need to edit Prior.sql. > > From the manual... > > *3. Prior.SQF* > > The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a > priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in > hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as that > satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the > satellite effectively comes into hearing range. > > If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with > higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at > elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite reaches > LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is in > hearing range. > > The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a > priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite > with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite with > priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, > priority settings in both programs have to be the same. > > Dave-KB1PVH > > > Sent from my Galaxy S9 > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have >> it enabled (A+ in commands). >> >> But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the >> idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not >> switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change. >> >> Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in >> the list of upcoming passes? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tom NY4I >> Blog: www.ny4i.com >> Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 marklhammond at gmail.com Thu Jan 2 21:43:26 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 16:43:26 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Question about SatPC32 Auto satellite switching In-Reply-To: <22B53211-EED0-45F1-AEEA-5FA5843A1FF8@ny4i.com> References: <22B53211-EED0-45F1-AEEA-5FA5843A1FF8@ny4i.com> Message-ID: Yes that?s right, Tom. Mark N8MH On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 3:29 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Thanks. I believe my mistake was an assumption. I was not looking to > assign priorities but rather just wanted the satellites to be the ones I > have assigned letters. Given a conflict, I can understand the program > needing the prior defined, but short of that, I made the assumption that > Auto meant it would automatically switch among the satellites I have > defined to letters. Given nothing in prior.sql, I would have assumed the > program would just stick on the earlier AOS. > > To be clear, if I have satellites A - N assigned, I have to list 9 of > those satellites in the PRIOR.SQF file (as their names, not letters). Put > another way, just assigning satellites to letters and setting Auto is not > sufficient for the program to switch. So even though I assign letters, I am > limited to 9 satellites to be auto switched. > > Is that really how it works? > > Thanks to all! > > Tom Schaefer, NY4I > Blog: www.ny4i.com > Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > > Tom, > > > > You need to edit Prior.sql. > > > > From the manual... > > > > *3. Prior.SQF* > > > > The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a > > priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in > > hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as > that > > satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the > > satellite effectively comes into hearing range. > > > > If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with > > higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at > > elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite > reaches > > LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is > in > > hearing range. > > > > The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a > > priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite > > with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite > with > > priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, > > priority settings in both programs have to be the same. > > > > Dave-KB1PVH > > > > > > Sent from my Galaxy S9 > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > >> There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have > >> it enabled (A+ in commands). > >> > >> But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the > >> idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not > >> switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change. > >> > >> Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in > >> the list of upcoming passes? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Tom NY4I > >> Blog: www.ny4i.com > >> Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions > >> expressed > >> are solely those of the author, and 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From erich.eichmann at t-online.de Fri Jan 3 05:37:42 2020 From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 06:37:42 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Question about SatPC32 Auto satellite switching In-Reply-To: <22B53211-EED0-45F1-AEEA-5FA5843A1FF8@ny4i.com> References: <22B53211-EED0-45F1-AEEA-5FA5843A1FF8@ny4i.com> Message-ID: <77c0b845-f70e-d78a-39b7-d98451320784@t-online.de> Tom, that is as it WORKS. 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 02.01.2020 um 21:27 schrieb Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB: > Thanks. I believe my mistake was an assumption. I was not looking to assign priorities but rather just wanted the satellites to be the ones I have assigned letters. Given a conflict, I can understand the program needing the prior defined, but short of that, I made the assumption that Auto meant it would automatically switch among the satellites I have defined to letters. Given nothing in prior.sql, I would have assumed the program would just stick on the earlier AOS. > > To be clear, if I have satellites A - N assigned, I have to list 9 of those satellites in the PRIOR.SQF file (as their names, not letters). Put another way, just assigning satellites to letters and setting Auto is not sufficient for the program to switch. So even though I assign letters, I am limited to 9 satellites to be auto switched. > > Is that really how it works? > > Thanks to all! > > Tom Schaefer, NY4I > Blog:www.ny4i.com > Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) > > > > >> On Jan 2, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> >> Tom, >> >> You need to edit Prior.sql. >> >> From the manual... >> >> *3. Prior.SQF* >> >> The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a >> priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in >> hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as that >> satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the >> satellite effectively comes into hearing range. >> >> If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with >> higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at >> elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite reaches >> LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is in >> hearing range. >> >> The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a >> priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite >> with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite with >> priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, >> priority settings in both programs have to be the same. >> >> Dave-KB1PVH >> >> >> Sent from my Galaxy S9 >> >> On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> >>> There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have >>> it enabled (A+ in commands). >>> >>> But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the >>> idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not >>> switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change. >>> >>> Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in >>> the list of upcoming passes? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Tom NY4I >>> Blog:www.ny4i.com >>> Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent viaAMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >>> expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and 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 viaAMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 viaAMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 ny4i at ny4i.com Fri Jan 3 06:34:07 2020 From: ny4i at ny4i.com (Thomas Schaefer) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 01:34:07 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Question about SatPC32 Auto satellite switching In-Reply-To: <77c0b845-f70e-d78a-39b7-d98451320784@t-online.de> References: <22B53211-EED0-45F1-AEEA-5FA5843A1FF8@ny4i.com> <77c0b845-f70e-d78a-39b7-d98451320784@t-online.de> Message-ID: <901B3E8B-F4FA-4E2F-B1D8-ABC6EE800A0C@ny4i.com> Thanks again to all. I wanted to make sure I was not missing something. Tom Schaefer, NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) > On Jan 3, 2020, at 12:37 AM, Erich Eichmann wrote: > > Tom, > that is as it WORKS. > > 73s, Erich, DK1TB > > Am 02.01.2020 um 21:27 schrieb Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB: >> Thanks. I believe my mistake was an assumption. I was not looking to assign priorities but rather just wanted the satellites to be the ones I have assigned letters. Given a conflict, I can understand the program needing the prior defined, but short of that, I made the assumption that Auto meant it would automatically switch among the satellites I have defined to letters. Given nothing in prior.sql, I would have assumed the program would just stick on the earlier AOS. >> >> To be clear, if I have satellites A - N assigned, I have to list 9 of those satellites in the PRIOR.SQF file (as their names, not letters). Put another way, just assigning satellites to letters and setting Auto is not sufficient for the program to switch. So even though I assign letters, I am limited to 9 satellites to be auto switched. >> >> Is that really how it works? >> >> Thanks to all! >> >> Tom Schaefer, NY4I >> Blog:www.ny4i.com >> Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) >> >> >> >> >>> On Jan 2, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH via AMSAT-BB wrote: >>> >>> Tom, >>> >>> You need to edit Prior.sql. >>> >>> From the manual... >>> >>> *3. Prior.SQF* >>> >>> The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a >>> priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in >>> hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as that >>> satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the >>> satellite effectively comes into hearing range. >>> >>> If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with >>> higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at >>> elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite reaches >>> LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is in >>> hearing range. >>> >>> The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a >>> priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite >>> with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite with >>> priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, >>> priority settings in both programs have to be the same. >>> >>> Dave-KB1PVH >>> >>> >>> Sent from my Galaxy S9 >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>> >>>> There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have >>>> it enabled (A+ in commands). >>>> >>>> But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the >>>> idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not >>>> switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change. >>>> >>>> Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in >>>> the list of upcoming passes? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Tom NY4I >>>> Blog:www.ny4i.com >>>> Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sent viaAMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >>>> expressed >>>> are solely those of the author, and 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 viaAMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings:https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From propgrinder at gmail.com Fri Jan 3 23:15:39 2020 From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 15:15:39 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Where are IC-9700 operators getting the data cable needed to use the spectrum function of SatPC32? I see the ICOM OPC-2350LU for ~$70. I don't see any cable for $25. I thought I did but this one has a 3.5mm plug, not the 2.5mm plug to match the IC-9700: Valley Enterprises Icom CT-17 USB FTDI Chipset CI-V Cat Control Programming Cable, Length 3 Feet Bob On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:25 PM Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list. > > Happy New Year, > > Stefan > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's instructions > for > > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I got > to > > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. On my > > copy there is no such menu item. > > > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm not > > having any luck. > > > > Happy New Year! > > Rick, W2JAZ > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From kb1pvh at gmail.com Fri Jan 3 23:30:49 2020 From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 18:30:49 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Bob, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004L0T4UM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_548dEbWZ7ET5D Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Galaxy S9 On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 6:20 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Where are IC-9700 operators getting the data cable needed to use the > spectrum function of SatPC32? > I see the ICOM OPC-2350LU for ~$70. I don't see any cable for $25. I > thought I did but this one > has a 3.5mm plug, not the 2.5mm plug to match the IC-9700: Valley > Enterprises Icom CT-17 USB FTDI Chipset CI-V Cat Control Programming Cable, > Length 3 Feet > Bob > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:25 PM Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list. > > > > Happy New Year, > > > > Stefan > > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB < > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > > > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's instructions > > for > > > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I > got > > to > > > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. On > my > > > copy there is no such menu item. > > > > > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm > not > > > having any luck. > > > > > > Happy New Year! > > > Rick, W2JAZ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > Opinions > > > expressed > > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of > > > AMSAT-NA. > > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > > program! > > > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From kb2mjeff at att.net Sat Jan 4 00:43:26 2020 From: kb2mjeff at att.net (Jeff ) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 19:43:26 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <048701d5c297$fb10cc50$f13264f0$@att.net> How about 18.97? I left my homebrew CI-V cable in NJ in my move down for the winter so I bought one of these, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076Z8RRJ6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_ s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 works 100%, or you could just try a 3 to 2 1/8 adapter........ 73 Jeff kb2m original Message----- rom: AMSAT-BB On Behalf Of Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB ent: Friday, January 03, 2020 18:16 o: amsat-bb at amsat.org ubject: Re: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 here are IC-9700 operators getting the data cable needed to use the spectrum function of SatPC32? see the ICOM OPC-2350LU for ~$70. I don't see any cable for $25. I thought I did but this one has a 3.5mm plug, t the 2.5mm plug to match the IC-9700: Valley Enterprises Icom CT-17 USB FTDI Chipset CI-V Cat Control ogramming Cable, Length 3 Feet Bob n Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:25 PM Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list. Happy New Year, Stefan On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's > instructions for > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I > got to > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. > On my copy there is no such menu item. > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm > not having any luck. > > Happy New Year! > Rick, W2JAZ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and 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 kb2mjeff at att.net Sat Jan 4 00:43:26 2020 From: kb2mjeff at att.net (Jeff ) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 19:43:26 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <048701d5c297$fb10cc50$f13264f0$@att.net> How about 18.97? I left my homebrew CI-V cable in NJ in my move down for the winter so I bought one of these, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076Z8RRJ6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_ s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 works 100%, or you could just try a 3 to 2 1/8 adapter........ 73 Jeff kb2m original Message----- rom: AMSAT-BB On Behalf Of Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB ent: Friday, January 03, 2020 18:16 o: amsat-bb at amsat.org ubject: Re: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 here are IC-9700 operators getting the data cable needed to use the spectrum function of SatPC32? see the ICOM OPC-2350LU for ~$70. I don't see any cable for $25. I thought I did but this one has a 3.5mm plug, t the 2.5mm plug to match the IC-9700: Valley Enterprises Icom CT-17 USB FTDI Chipset CI-V Cat Control ogramming Cable, Length 3 Feet Bob n Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:25 PM Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list. Happy New Year, Stefan On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's > instructions for > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I > got to > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. > On my copy there is no such menu item. > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm > not having any luck. > > Happy New Year! > Rick, W2JAZ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and 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 Sat Jan 4 00:54:00 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 19:54:00 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Bob, the 9700 uses the 3.5 mm size plug for CAT control, same as the 910 or 9100. The smaller jack 2.5 mm is for something else (GPS DATA). Mark N8MH. On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 6:18 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Where are IC-9700 operators getting the data cable needed to use the > spectrum function of SatPC32? > I see the ICOM OPC-2350LU for ~$70. I don't see any cable for $25. I > thought I did but this one > has a 3.5mm plug, not the 2.5mm plug to match the IC-9700: Valley > Enterprises Icom CT-17 USB FTDI Chipset CI-V Cat Control Programming Cable, > Length 3 Feet > Bob > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:25 PM Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list. > > > > Happy New Year, > > > > Stefan > > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB < > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > > > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's instructions > > for > > > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I > got > > to > > > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. On > my > > > copy there is no such menu item. > > > > > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm > not > > > having any luck. > > > > > > Happy New Year! > > > Rick, W2JAZ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > Opinions > > > expressed > > > are solely those of the author, and 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. 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Hammond [N8MH] From wa7fwf at gmail.com Sat Jan 4 01:10:19 2020 From: wa7fwf at gmail.com (Kevin) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 17:10:19 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 Message-ID: <7c3827d9-3fb9-39af-b673-3d0fc3a53dcd@gmail.com> Is Falconsat-3 down? last couple passes I see a signal but it looks like gibberish. Could be me but just checking. 73 Kevin WA7FWF From vk5qi at rfhead.net Sat Jan 4 01:14:47 2020 From: vk5qi at rfhead.net (Mark Jessop) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 12:14:47 +1100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 In-Reply-To: <7c3827d9-3fb9-39af-b673-3d0fc3a53dcd@gmail.com> References: <7c3827d9-3fb9-39af-b673-3d0fc3a53dcd@gmail.com> Message-ID: Data has been observed from Falconsat-3 as of 01:13Z today (4th Jan 2020), on this SatNOGS observation: https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1483010/ 73 Mark VK5QI On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:11 PM Kevin via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Is Falconsat-3 down? last couple passes I see a signal but it looks like > gibberish. > > Could be me but just checking. > > 73 > Kevin WA7FWF > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From n8hm at arrl.net Sat Jan 4 01:19:23 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 20:19:23 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 In-Reply-To: References: <7c3827d9-3fb9-39af-b673-3d0fc3a53dcd@gmail.com> Message-ID: Packets have been uploaded to AMSAT servers in the past 90 minutes with PacsatGround, though, unlike with the Fox satellites, there's no telemetry details page available for Falconsat-3. http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=TLMDB 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:16 PM Mark Jessop via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Data has been observed from Falconsat-3 as of 01:13Z today (4th Jan 2020), > on this SatNOGS observation: > https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1483010/ > > 73 > Mark VK5QI > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:11 PM Kevin via AMSAT-BB > wrote: > > > Is Falconsat-3 down? last couple passes I see a signal but it looks like > > gibberish. > > > > Could be me but just checking. > > > > 73 > > Kevin WA7FWF > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions > > expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 marklhammond at gmail.com Sat Jan 4 01:22:40 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 20:22:40 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 In-Reply-To: References: <7c3827d9-3fb9-39af-b673-3d0fc3a53dcd@gmail.com> Message-ID: Seems to be working ok here last few passes. Although you get passes I don?t I think?? Mark N8MH On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:20 PM Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Packets have been uploaded to AMSAT servers in the past 90 minutes with > PacsatGround, though, unlike with the Fox satellites, there's no telemetry > details page available for Falconsat-3. > > http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=TLMDB > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:16 PM Mark Jessop via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> > wrote: > > > Data has been observed from Falconsat-3 as of 01:13Z today (4th Jan > 2020), > > on this SatNOGS observation: > > https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1483010/ > > > > 73 > > Mark VK5QI > > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:11 PM Kevin via AMSAT-BB > > wrote: > > > > > Is Falconsat-3 down? last couple passes I see a signal but it looks > like > > > gibberish. > > > > > > Could be me but just checking. > > > > > > 73 > > > Kevin WA7FWF > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > Opinions > > > expressed > > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From marklhammond at gmail.com Sat Jan 4 01:27:23 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 20:27:23 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Congrats WA7FWF on 1M Fox Telemetry frames!! Message-ID: Way to go, Kevin! It?s a big deal passing the 1 million mark. Congratulations and thanks for feeding the frames to the server. Alan WA4SCA is nearly there, too!! Nice. Mark N8MH -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From jhill_81 at yahoo.com Sat Jan 4 01:49:48 2020 From: jhill_81 at yahoo.com (Mr B r a d) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 01:49:48 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] moving my SatPC32 to a new laptop. References: <96828927.6543850.1578102588405.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <96828927.6543850.1578102588405@mail.yahoo.com> Is there a easy way to get my old xp desktop? setup of satPC32 on to my win10 laptop ?73 Brad ko6kL From wageners at gmail.com Sat Jan 4 01:56:36 2020 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 19:56:36 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] moving my SatPC32 to a new laptop. In-Reply-To: <96828927.6543850.1578102588405@mail.yahoo.com> References: <96828927.6543850.1578102588405.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <96828927.6543850.1578102588405@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Run "DataBackup" on your "old" PC and then move the "SatPC32_DataBackup" folder to the new PC in the same location. Do a "Restore Data" in the new SatPC32 from the "Program" - " SatPC32 Data Backup" menu. Hope this helps, 73, Stefan VE4SW On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 7:51 PM Mr B r a d via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Is there a easy way to get my old xp desktop setup of satPC32 on to my > win10 laptop ?73 Brad ko6kL > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 pconver at gmail.com Sat Jan 4 02:01:25 2020 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 23:01:25 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] moving my SatPC32 to a new laptop. In-Reply-To: <96828927.6543850.1578102588405@mail.yahoo.com> References: <96828927.6543850.1578102588405.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <96828927.6543850.1578102588405@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Perhaps setting thru VirtualBox your XP under W10 will do, in case you want to have your XP back to life. 73, lu7abf, Pedro On 1/3/20, Mr B r a d via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Is there a easy way to get my old xp desktop setup of satPC32 on to my > win10 laptop ?73 Brad ko6kL > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 propgrinder at gmail.com Sat Jan 4 03:27:05 2020 From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 19:27:05 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Mark, thanks for clarifying which jack is which. I saw (and read in the manual) DATA and thought it meant the CAT data. Bob W7OTJ On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 4:54 PM Mark L. Hammond wrote: > > Bob, the 9700 uses the 3.5 mm size plug for CAT control, same as the 910 > or 9100. The smaller jack 2.5 mm is for something else (GPS DATA). > > Mark N8MH. > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 6:18 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> Where are IC-9700 operators getting the data cable needed to use the >> spectrum function of SatPC32? >> I see the ICOM OPC-2350LU for ~$70. I don't see any cable for $25. I >> thought I did but this one >> has a 3.5mm plug, not the 2.5mm plug to match the IC-9700: Valley >> Enterprises Icom CT-17 USB FTDI Chipset CI-V Cat Control Programming >> Cable, >> Length 3 Feet >> Bob >> >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:25 PM Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> >> > Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list. >> > >> > Happy New Year, >> > >> > Stefan >> > >> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB < >> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> > >> > > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's instructions >> > for >> > > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I >> got >> > to >> > > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. On >> my >> > > copy there is no such menu item. >> > > >> > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm >> not >> > > having any luck. >> > > >> > > Happy New Year! >> > > Rick, W2JAZ >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> > Opinions >> > > expressed >> > > are solely those of the author, and 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 >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 >> > -- > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > From ad0dx at yahoo.com Sat Jan 4 05:32:44 2020 From: ad0dx at yahoo.com (Ron Bondy) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 05:32:44 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] W5M/MM Expedition to EL58 Postponed to Sunday Jan 5th References: <1006552288.4287738.1578115964532.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1006552288.4287738.1578115964532@mail.yahoo.com> Due to weather concerns tomorrow, the EL58 satellite expedition is being postponed to Sunday Jan 5th. 73 Ron, ad0dx From yono_adisoemarta at yahoo.com Sat Jan 4 11:24:10 2020 From: yono_adisoemarta at yahoo.com (Yono Adisoemarta) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 18:24:10 +0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 References: Message-ID: I built myself. de Yono YD0NXX Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2020, at 6:20 AM, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote: > From grsakai5120 at yahoo.com Sat Jan 4 15:38:41 2020 From: grsakai5120 at yahoo.com (George Sakai) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 15:38:41 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] 6F3A Perez Island DXpedition-EL52 References: <948055427.8006905.1578152321719.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <948055427.8006905.1578152321719@mail.yahoo.com> I received the message below from XE1AY. "From 11 to 17 february, I will be in a dxpedition 6F3A, Perez Island,?EL52dj,?doing cw and satellitealso I will tx from EL50? and xe1ay/mm EL51 I hope to work you 73 de Ismaelxeay " George N3GS From af5at.radio at gmail.com Sat Jan 4 03:38:37 2020 From: af5at.radio at gmail.com (Mike Wilhelm) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 21:38:37 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for posting this question. I needed help too. I just purchased a CT-17 from amazon for $27 this evening. Thanks, Mike AF5AT On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 9:29 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Mark, thanks for clarifying which jack is which. I saw (and read in the > manual) DATA and thought it meant the CAT data. > > Bob W7OTJ > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 4:54 PM Mark L. Hammond > wrote: > > > > > Bob, the 9700 uses the 3.5 mm size plug for CAT control, same as the 910 > > or 9100. The smaller jack 2.5 mm is for something else (GPS DATA). > > > > Mark N8MH. > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 6:18 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB < > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > >> Where are IC-9700 operators getting the data cable needed to use the > >> spectrum function of SatPC32? > >> I see the ICOM OPC-2350LU for ~$70. I don't see any cable for $25. I > >> thought I did but this one > >> has a 3.5mm plug, not the 2.5mm plug to match the IC-9700: Valley > >> Enterprises Icom CT-17 USB FTDI Chipset CI-V Cat Control Programming > >> Cable, > >> Length 3 Feet > >> Bob > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:25 PM Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB < > >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> > >> > Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list. > >> > > >> > Happy New Year, > >> > > >> > Stefan > >> > > >> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB < > >> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> > > >> > > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's > instructions > >> > for > >> > > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I > >> got > >> > to > >> > > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. > On > >> my > >> > > copy there is no such menu item. > >> > > > >> > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm > >> not > >> > > having any luck. > >> > > > >> > > Happy New Year! > >> > > Rick, W2JAZ > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > available > >> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > >> > Opinions > >> > > expressed > >> > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > >> Opinions expressed > >> are solely those of the author, and 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 > >> > > -- > > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 Sun Jan 5 00:02:00 2020 From: mjohns+K0JM at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 18:02:00 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-005 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-005 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. 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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 Member KC9ZJX Receives 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Award * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 2, 2020 * Space Fence nearing operational acceptance by U.S. Air Force * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for January 2020 * Winter Field Day to Include Limited Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-005.01 ANS-005 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 005.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE 2020 Jan 05 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-005.01 AMSAT Member KC9ZJX Receives 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Award Congratulations to AMSAT member Dhruv Rebba, KC9ZJX, winner of the Bloomington and Normal (Illinois) Human Relations Commissions 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. award. The commission chooses people who re- flect the ideology of the late Dr. King. Rebba is a sophomore at Normal Community High School. He is a volun- teer and/or member of YMCA/YWCA, Illinois 4-H, Multicultural Leader- ship Program (MCLP), National Computer Science Honor Society, and First Robotics. He is also Amateur Radio Newsline's 2019 Young Ham Of The Year. Rebba gave the youth presentation at AMSAT 36th Annual Symposium Huntsville, Alabama in 2018 where is also received AMSAT's Presidential Award. The announcement is posted on-line at: https://www.wglt.org/post/bloomington-normal-mlk-awards-announced [ANS thanks WGLT.org, NPR Radio from Illinois State University, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 2, 2020 Correction to the addition of FloripaSat 1 to last week's TLE distri- bution: FloripaSat 1 is NORAD CAT ID 44885. Also the first part of the TLE distribution was left off the orb19360.2l.amsat file sent last week. The second file sent orb19361.2l.amsat contained the full list of satellites. We are still awaiting the identification of CAS-6. Or... Use the keps for FloripaSat 1 (NORAD CAT ID 44885) for CAS-6 per suggestion of Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P. This, of course, assumes that CAS-6 is in fact transmitting??? [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Space Fence nearing operational acceptance by U.S. Air Force According to NASA?s most recent Orbital Debris Quarterly News, NASA calculates about 17.6 million pounds of objects are in earth orbit. That number will only grow as more commercial space projects launch massive constellations with thousands of smallsats, presenting a huge problem for both U.S. government and commercial organizations. That?s where the U.S. Air Force?s Space Fence will play a crucial role. Using advanced solid-state S-band radar technology, the Space Fence radar located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, it will play a critical role in the everyday lives of Americans who are becoming more dependent on space-based technologies for everything from weather forecasting, banking, global communications to GPS navigation. Today, these critical services are being threatened by hundreds of thousands of objects and space debris orbiting the Earth. Frequent col- lisions and deterioration of assets, such as defunct satellites and rocket boosters, have increased the amount of space debris and raised the risk of future collisions in space. The Air Force Space Surveillance Network currently tracks about 25,000 objects. When Space Fence comes online, the catalog will experience significant growth and when fully operational, Space Fence will be the world?s largest and most advanced radar system, providing unprecedented space situational awareness. Beyond cataloging objects, Space Fence will detect closely-spaced ob- jects, breakups, maneuvers, launches and conjunction assessments from LEO through GEO. Space Fence is currently in a trial period and expected to become fully operational in 2020. [ANS thanks Milsat Magazine for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ VUCC Awards-Endorsements for January 2020 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period December 3, 2019 through January 1, 2020. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! DEC JAN AA5PK 1064 1074 AA8CH 620 641 N3GS 601 624 WD9EWK(DM43)585 597 NS3L 526 551 W5CBF 179 533 K9UO 500 528 AA9LC 416 514 W7QL 451 478 PS8ET 303 326 G0ABI 306 320 WB7VUF 206 319 AA4QE 204 305 KC9VGG 200 228 KC9UQR 172 196 N9FN 103 194 W4AQT 153 179 W5CBF(EM21) New 179 W0NBC 152 176 KJ4M 102 170 W9VNE New 169 VE1VOX 126 155 W4DFU 116 151 AI9IN 125 150 WD9EWK(DM41)127 148 WD9EWK(DM23)104 137 N7AME 127 128 WA9JBQ 104 125 VU2LBW 100 114 KC8AMH New 101 N3CAL New 100 YO2CMI New 100 If you find errors or omissions, please contact W5RKN at w5krn.com. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apolo- gies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are rov- ing to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work! [ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter Field Day to Include Limited Satellite Operations Winter Field Day runs for 24 hours during the last full weekend in Jan- uary each year from 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Sunday. For 2020 the dates are January 25th and 26th. Station set-up may commence no earlier than 1900 UTC (2pm EST) on the Friday before. Station setup may consume no more than 12 hours total. All Amateur bands, HF, VHF, & UHF except 12, 17, 30 and 60 meters. Any mode that can faithfully transmit the exchange intact without a conver- sion table... CW, SSB, AM, FM, DStar, C4FM, DMR, Packet, PSK, SSTV, RTTY, Olivia, Satellite, etc... (note FT8 is excluded). Satellite contacts do not count as a new mode/band multiplier. Satel- lite contacts are limited to ONE ONLY per entry so as to not tie up satellite frequencies with stations calling CQ WFD. Three operating categories are available: Indoor: Operation from inside a remote, insulated, heated, and weather- protected structure where an Amateur station is normally not available. Outdoor: Operation from a location partly or fully exposed to the ele- ments and at least 30 feet away from your normal station location and not using any part of a previously erected antenna system or station. Home: Operation from inside a home or inside another structure attach- ed to a home that could or would be the usual location of an Amateur station. For additional information, see: https://www.winterfieldday.com/ [ANS thanks the Winter Field Day Association for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events Want to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space? AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meet- ings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. Current schedule: January 6, 2020 West Valley Amateur Radio Club, Sun City, AZ January 11, 2020 Thunderbird ARC Hamfest, Glendale, AZ January 17-18, 2020 Cowtown Hamfest, Fort Worth, TX February 7-9, 2020 Hamcation, Orlando, FL March 6, 2020 Irving Hamfest, Irving, TX May 15-17, 2020 Hamvention, Xenia, OH June 12-13, 2020 Ham-Con, Plano, TX A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download at: https://tinyurl.com/yx7lc7m8 This color brochure is designed to be printed double-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout. To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration, please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org. For additional information on the AMSAT Ambassador Program, see: https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/ [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, Director, AMSAT Ambassadors for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Due to weather concerns, the W5M/MM satellite expedition to EL58 is being postponed to Sunday Jan 5th. For updates, follow on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ad0dx Lucas Gusher Special Event (EM20) January 11-12, 2020 The Beaumont Amateur Radio Club will be operating using the call- sign K5S on various HF bands including as many CAS-4A, CAS-4B, AO-91, AO-92 passes that we can. SO-50 and XW-2A also possible. More information about K5S can be found on qrz.com. Labrador (GO11 +) January 19-27, 2020 Chris VE3FU, Dave VE9CB, and Frank VO1HP will be active as VO2AC in the 2020 CQ160 CW contest, January 24-26, from Point Armour Lighthouse, in Labrador. If time permits before the contest, they may be active on FM satellites from GO11 as VO2AC or VO2AAA. Depending on weather and timing of passes, you might catch them on FM satellites as they make their way from FO93 to GO-11, passing through FO92, GO02, GO13, GO12, and GO22 along the way, but no promises. They will also make the reverse trek on January 27. Big Bend National Park (DL88) March 16-17, 2020 Ron AD0DX, Doug N6UA, and Josh W3ARD will operate from Big Bend National Park to put grid DL88 on the air. Details will be added here, as they come available, but you are more than welcome to keep an eye on their individual Twitter feeds: https://twitter.com/ad0dx, https://twitter.com/dtabor, and https://twitter.com/W3ARDstroke5 Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP User Services for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Satellite Shorts From All Over + TAPR PSR Digital Journal Winter 2020 Edition Available at: http://tapr.org/psr/psr143.pdf (ANS thanks TAPR for the above information) + The January/February 2020 SARC Communicator newsletter is available at: http://bit.ly/SARC20JanFeb This edition has 75 pages of projects, news, views, and reviews from the SW corner of Canada. Find out about the northernmost amateur radio station: "VY0ERC: What is life like at the farthest north Amateur Radio Club in Canada?" starting on page 14. (ANS thanks Surrey Amateur Radio Communications for the above info) + A CBC Hamilton news feature on John David, VA3JHD, and his work with the Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio Systems (CFARS), briefly mentions amateur satellites. See the article at: https://tinyurl.com/rmbpfxa (ANS thanks CBC Hamilton for the above information) + Work is going "smoothly" on the Chandrayaan-3 mission to put a rover probe on the moon's surface, Indian Space Research Organisation chairman K. Sivan told a press conference. India is seeking to become only the fourth nation after Russia, the United States and China to put a mission on the moon's surface and boost its credentials as a low-cost space power. The country's Chandrayaan-2 module crashed on the moon's surface in September. (ANS thanks spacedaily.com for the above information) + China has just released the first batch of #ChangE4 science data! The first ever mission to land on the the far side of the Moon. This is actually a really cool and user friendly website. To access in En- glish visit: http://moon.bao.ac.cn/index_en.jsp + E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the December 2019 edition of OSCAR News, issue 228. For details, see: https://amsat-uk.org/2019/12/31/december-2019-oscar-news/ Also, a video on a recent moonbounce and satellite expedition to Botswana may be found on the AMSAT-UK website: https://amsat-uk.org/2019/12/27/a21eme-moonbounce-qo100/ (ANS thank AMSAT-UK and Trevor Essex, M5AKA, for the above informa- tion) + Congratulations to Chris Taron, NK1K, on the achievement of DXCC via LEO satellite! This is a remarkable achievement matched by few. (ANS thanks Twitter @NK1K for the above information) + Congratulations to WA7FWF on uploading 1 million Fox Telemetry frames to the server. For more information on capturing telemetry from the Fox satellites, see: https://www.amsat.org/foxtelem-software-for-windows-mac-linux/ (ANS thanks Mark Hammond, N8MH, AMSAT Board Member, for the above information --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, K0JM at amsat dot org From kk5do at arrl.net Sun Jan 5 03:31:42 2020 From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 21:31:42 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards Update References: <2f0c21f9-4edc-ea4d-42c7-a1345e97d4bc.ref@arrl.net> Message-ID: <2f0c21f9-4edc-ea4d-42c7-a1345e97d4bc@arrl.net> Now that 2019 is behind us, I thought I would catch up with the awards issued the last half of the year. AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO Daniel Rahn, K8EC Bernd Peters, KB7AK Shane Hale, KE5HSS Benny Chandra, YD0SPU Martin Lipert, OK1UM Helene Charbonneau, VE2AQM Spiro Andy Loizos, VE2LZS Stelios Alex Loizos, VA2LZS Souly Loizos, VE2FFS Adam Warrix, KD9NRT Steffen Gross, DM3CW (had to include his submission today) ------ AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Jonathan Zylstra, KL2DN #620 Robert Bankston, KE4AL #621 Sloan Davis, KN4GQB #622 Walter Mercado Vazquez, KP4T #623 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Satellite Communications Achievement Award Robert Bankston, KE4AL #184 ------ AMSAT Century Club Award Robert Bankston, KE4AL #54 ------ AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award Jonathan Zylstra, KL2DN #US222 Robert Bankston, KE4AL #US223 Sloan Davis, KN4GQB #US224 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award (1,000-4,000) Ron Parsons, W5RKN upgrade to 4000 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award 5,000 Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA #35 Ron Parsons, W5RKN #36 ------ AMSAT Rover Award Rover Call ===== ======== #043 N7EGY #044 CU2ZG #045 K9EI #046 KR5Z #047 N4DCW #048 KC9VGG #049 W3ZM/9 (OP KC9VGG) #050 W5PFG (had to include his submission today) To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org and click on Services then Awards. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat From burns at fisher.cc Sun Jan 5 19:47:45 2020 From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 14:47:45 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-in-a-box download is updated Message-ID: The download website, http://burnsfisher.com/AMSAT/FoxInABox now contains the SD card image, FIAB-distro8-V1.08w.zip. This file, when unzipped and written to a 16Gb SD card will give you the latest software for FoxTelem and will run on a Raspberry Pi 4. This is an image of the same SD card that has been shipping from the AMSAT store for several weeks. (It should work on an 8Gb card as well with less room to spare of course). 1.08w has a few fixes from 1.08r, the previous download version, and will capture data a bit better. Remember that the later 1.08 versions (including r and w) know how to switch bands between listening on VHF and UHF based on which of Fox and Husky satellites are overhead at the time. We expect HuskySat to be released from the ISS relatively soon, so be prepared! 73, Burns Fisher WB1FJ From g0kla at arrl.net Mon Jan 6 01:53:46 2020 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 20:53:46 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 In-Reply-To: References: <7c3827d9-3fb9-39af-b673-3d0fc3a53dcd@gmail.com> Message-ID: Kevin, I uploaded 4 and a half files across the passes today so it is working in Brooklyn. Is the gibberish displaying on your screen? Maybe the TNC is not in the right mode?? 73 Chris On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:25 PM Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Seems to be working ok here last few passes. Although you get passes I > don?t I think?? > > Mark N8MH > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:20 PM Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > Packets have been uploaded to AMSAT servers in the past 90 minutes with > > PacsatGround, though, unlike with the Fox satellites, there's no > telemetry > > details page available for Falconsat-3. > > > > http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=TLMDB > > > > 73, > > > > Paul, N8HM > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:16 PM Mark Jessop via AMSAT-BB < > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Data has been observed from Falconsat-3 as of 01:13Z today (4th Jan > > 2020), > > > on this SatNOGS observation: > > > https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1483010/ > > > > > > 73 > > > Mark VK5QI > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:11 PM Kevin via AMSAT-BB > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Is Falconsat-3 down? last couple passes I see a signal but it looks > > like > > > > gibberish. > > > > > > > > Could be me but just checking. > > > > > > > > 73 > > > > Kevin WA7FWF > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > available > > > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > > Opinions > > > > expressed > > > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions > > expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > -- > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net Mon Jan 6 02:11:53 2020 From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 10:11:53 +0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] FS-3 (PacSat Ground Station) - holes not filled Message-ID: <444905a2-2ad2-dcea-22e0-4dd0dab1b905@msa.hinet.net> Hello Chris and others, I've got a hole dated Jan 3, that doesn't want to be filled and I can't find my notes on how to deal with that. What files do need to be deleted or altered? Who can help me out with some advice here? Thanks. --Hans (BX2ABT) From wa7fwf at gmail.com Mon Jan 6 02:40:53 2020 From: wa7fwf at gmail.com (Kevin) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 18:40:53 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 In-Reply-To: References: <7c3827d9-3fb9-39af-b673-3d0fc3a53dcd@gmail.com> Message-ID: Chris, ? both wisp and pacsat sat quietly and ignored everything, a open terminal showed the gibberish. A reboot of windows cleared it up. ?? I had been getting tired of USB to serial converters that change their comm numbers at times, or suddenly stop working after a windows update so I have gone to some PCI-X serial cards. ?And like most PC things not all cards are created equal, the name brand more expensive card has quirks and has been removed now, the $12 quad port Chinese card? is working perfectly, so I will see how it goes from here on out, more than likely on both those cards it's not so much the hardware but the drivers for 10 that makes all the difference. 73 Kevin wa7fwf On 1/5/2020 17:53, Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Kevin, I uploaded 4 and a half files across the passes today so it is > working in Brooklyn. Is the gibberish displaying on your screen? Maybe > the TNC is not in the right mode?? > > 73 > Chris > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:25 PM Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> Seems to be working ok here last few passes. Although you get passes I >> don?t I think?? >> >> Mark N8MH >> >> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:20 PM Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> >>> Packets have been uploaded to AMSAT servers in the past 90 minutes with >>> PacsatGround, though, unlike with the Fox satellites, there's no >> telemetry >>> details page available for Falconsat-3. >>> >>> http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=TLMDB >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Paul, N8HM >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:16 PM Mark Jessop via AMSAT-BB < >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Data has been observed from Falconsat-3 as of 01:13Z today (4th Jan >>> 2020), >>>> on this SatNOGS observation: >>>> https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1483010/ >>>> >>>> 73 >>>> Mark VK5QI >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:11 PM Kevin via AMSAT-BB >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is Falconsat-3 down? last couple passes I see a signal but it looks >>> like >>>>> gibberish. >>>>> >>>>> Could be me but just checking. >>>>> >>>>> 73 >>>>> Kevin WA7FWF >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >> available >>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>>> Opinions >>>>> expressed >>>>> are solely those of the author, and 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 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions >>> expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and 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 >>> >> -- >> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 Mon Jan 6 15:16:14 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 10:16:14 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] FS-3 (PacSat Ground Station) - holes not filled In-Reply-To: <444905a2-2ad2-dcea-22e0-4dd0dab1b905@msa.hinet.net> References: <444905a2-2ad2-dcea-22e0-4dd0dab1b905@msa.hinet.net> Message-ID: Hello Hans, Glad you're using Falconsat-3. Which client are you using---Wisp or Pacsat Ground Station? The answers are different... For Wisp, there is a utility program in Wisp where you can reset the holes; Poking around you'll find it. For PacSat Ground Station---I *highly* recommend updating to the latest release (0.36). Chris AC2CZ has made some great improvements, and directory information function (including requesting/filling holes!) is among them. I think the new code will resolve your hole issue, if that's your client... https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php 73! Mark N8MH On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Hello Chris and others, > > I've got a hole dated Jan 3, that doesn't want to be filled and I can't > find my notes on how to deal with that. What files do need to be deleted > or altered? Who can help me out with some advice here? Thanks. > > --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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From aj9n at aol.com Mon Jan 6 16:57:14 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 16:57:14 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-06 16:30 UTC References: <211344898.4821628.1578329834976.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <211344898.4821628.1578329834976@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-06 16:30 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Sayama Mizutomi Community Center, Sayama, Japan, direct via 8J1SS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP (***) Contact is go: Mon 2020-01-13 11:58:07 UTC 84 deg (***) ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-06 16:30 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. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-12-21 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? ? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1374. Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1307. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? From heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com Mon Jan 6 19:41:35 2020 From: heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 12:41:35 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] API for the information displayed on the amsat.org status page? Message-ID: Hi all, hope this in not the wrong forum to ask this question. Is the data shown on the amsat.org/status page somehow available through an API? I'm asking because I would like to be able to show this valuable information to the users of my Android app in close to real time. It is not easy to browse this page on a small mobile device, and I would also just need to show one satellite at a time. Thank you, /Heimir, W1ANT From heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com Mon Jan 6 20:10:12 2020 From: heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 13:10:12 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] API for the information displayed on the amsat.org status page? Message-ID: Hi all, hope this in not the wrong forum to ask this question. Is the data shown on the amsat.org/status page somehow available through an API? I'm asking because I would like to be able to show this valuable information to the users of my Android app in close to real time. It is not easy to browse this page on a small mobile device, and I would also just need to show one satellite at a time. Thank you, /Heimir, W1ANT From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Mon Jan 6 20:49:46 2020 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joseph B. Fitzgerald) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 20:49:46 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] API for the information displayed on the amsat.org status page? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is a fine forum for this question. At present there is no API, but that could change with a little effort. There was some discussion about building a RESTful API a few months ago. While this forum is fine for the question, we should move the minutia of design off list. Send me a note and we will see what we can come up with. I de KM1P Joe ________________________________ From: AMSAT-BB on behalf of Heimir Thor Sverrisson via AMSAT-BB Sent: Monday, January 6, 2020 3:10 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] API for the information displayed on the amsat.org status page? Hi all, hope this in not the wrong forum to ask this question. Is the data shown on the amsat.org/status page somehow available through an API? I'm asking because I would like to be able to show this valuable information to the users of my Android app in close to real time. It is not easy to browse this page on a small mobile device, and I would also just need to show one satellite at a time. Thank you, /Heimir, W1ANT _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and 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 Mon Jan 6 20:54:32 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 15:54:32 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] FS-3 (PacSat Ground Station) - holes not filled In-Reply-To: <475109547.7342519.1578330337569@mail.yahoo.com> References: <444905a2-2ad2-dcea-22e0-4dd0dab1b905@msa.hinet.net> <475109547.7342519.1578330337569@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hi Robert, Please check out the Falconsat-3 webpage at AMSAT, located here. It has the links and some helpful information as well. https://www.amsat.org/falconsat-3/ Also, I suggest you try this site--a very useful page with some good instructions! http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/wispinsv.htm 73-- Mark N8MH On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:05 PM Robert Switzer wrote: > Mark, > > I always see references to Wisp, but is there a current version (source or > binary) actually available? > > The amsat link is broken > > http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/software/win32/wisp/ > > On Monday, January 6, 2020, 10:19:36 AM EST, Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > Hello Hans, > > Glad you're using Falconsat-3. Which client are you using---Wisp or > Pacsat Ground Station? The answers are different... > > For Wisp, there is a utility program in Wisp where you can reset the > holes; Poking around you'll find it. > > For PacSat Ground Station---I *highly* recommend updating to the latest > release (0.36). Chris AC2CZ has made some great improvements, and > directory information function (including requesting/filling holes!) is > among them. I think the new code will resolve your hole issue, if that's > your client... > > https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php > > 73! > > Mark N8MH > > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> > wrote: > > > Hello Chris and others, > > > > I've got a hole dated Jan 3, that doesn't want to be filled and I can't > > find my notes on how to deal with that. What files do need to be deleted > > or altered? Who can help me out with some advice here? Thanks. > > > > --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 > > > > > -- > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From propgrinder at gmail.com Mon Jan 6 22:04:49 2020 From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 14:04:49 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] A9JBQ? Message-ID: I made contact with, I think, A9JBQ this morning at ~1921 UTC on AO-91. I can't find that call in the QRZ or FCC database. Anyone? From k8bl at ameritech.net Mon Jan 6 22:31:28 2020 From: k8bl at ameritech.net (Bob Liddy (K8BL)) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 22:31:28 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] A9JBQ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1581978480.7541272.1578349888810@mail.yahoo.com> W in front works. 73, Bob K8BL On Monday, January 6, 2020, 5:05:44 PM EST, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote: I made contact with, I think, A9JBQ this morning at ~1921 UTC on AO-91.? I can't find that call in the QRZ or FCC database. Anyone? _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and 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 propgrinder at gmail.com Mon Jan 6 22:44:39 2020 From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 14:44:39 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] A9JBQ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Solved. I missed the W as in WA9JBQ. Thanks all. Bob W7OTJ On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 2:04 PM Bob Hammond wrote: > I made contact with, I think, A9JBQ this morning at ~1921 UTC on AO-91. I > can't find that call in the QRZ or FCC database. > > Anyone? > From wa7fwf at gmail.com Mon Jan 6 23:20:49 2020 From: wa7fwf at gmail.com (Kevin) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 15:20:49 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Version 0.36 pacsat Message-ID: <3f3f0144-b2a3-eb47-a510-dc586158d204@gmail.com> Big shout out to Chris for version 0.36, I had a 10K file go up quickly and with no issue, especially like that the percentage complete is shown in the upload process. 73 Kevin WA7FWF From michael at n4dcw.com Tue Jan 7 04:22:15 2020 From: michael at n4dcw.com (Michael N4DCW) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 23:22:15 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Needed Home Grids ~EM58 Message-ID: <868A7896-E813-48F3-9A39-53B5D5EB424B@n4dcw.com> Good evening, AMSAT, *Hypothetically*, if I were to plan a roving trip around EM58 on MLK weekend, are there any stations that are in need of their home grids adjoining EM58? That would be any station whose QTH is within EM47-49, EM57-59, or 67-69. Thanks in advance, Michael, N4DCW From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net Tue Jan 7 08:12:59 2020 From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 16:12:59 +0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] FS-3 (PacSat Ground Station) - holes not filled In-Reply-To: References: <444905a2-2ad2-dcea-22e0-4dd0dab1b905@msa.hinet.net> Message-ID: <2cdff258-f8cb-8a7e-20c6-167d4678c5ac@msa.hinet.net> Hi Mark, Using PacSat Ground Station (as per subject title) on Linux. I upgraded to v0.36 but that didn't help. As a temporary solution I turned the option to automatically fill holes off, but that still leaves the holes. I now know the culprit, which is a WOD file with hex ID 2C40 from Jan 3rd. I know I had some notes saved on how to remove the offending holes, but I can't find them. Removing the files named 2C40.act and 2C40.act.hol doesn't help. 73 and see you on FS-3. Hans BX2ABT On 1/6/20 11:16 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > Hello Hans, > > Glad you're using Falconsat-3.?? Which client are you using---Wisp or > Pacsat Ground Station?? The answers are different... > > For Wisp, there is a utility program in Wisp where you can reset the > holes;? Poking around you'll find it. > > For? PacSat Ground Station---I *highly* recommend updating to the > latest release (0.36).? Chris AC2CZ has made some great improvements, > and directory information function (including requesting/filling > holes!) is among them.??? I think the new code will resolve your hole > issue, if that's your client... > > https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php > > 73! > > Mark N8MH > > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB > > wrote: > > Hello Chris and others, > > I've got a hole dated Jan 3, that doesn't want to be filled and I > can't > find my notes on how to deal with that. What files do need to be > deleted > or altered? Who can help me out with some advice here? Thanks. > > --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 > > > > -- > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From marklhammond at gmail.com Tue Jan 7 11:38:36 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 06:38:36 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] FS-3 (PacSat Ground Station) - holes not filled In-Reply-To: <2cdff258-f8cb-8a7e-20c6-167d4678c5ac@msa.hinet.net> References: <444905a2-2ad2-dcea-22e0-4dd0dab1b905@msa.hinet.net> <2cdff258-f8cb-8a7e-20c6-167d4678c5ac@msa.hinet.net> Message-ID: Hi Hans, Hmmm. Are you seeing a hole in the file or a directory hole? I get the impression it's maybe a hole in the file. Can you mark the file "N" to never download? Maybe Chris will speak up and point you in the right direction. It might be necessary to delete the directory file and rebuild it. That is located ....Documents\pacsat_data\FalconSat-3\directory.db Sorry I can't think of anything else! 73, Mark N8MH On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:13 AM Hans BX2ABT wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Using PacSat Ground Station (as per subject title) on Linux. I upgraded to > v0.36 but that didn't help. As a temporary solution I turned the option to > automatically fill holes off, but that still leaves the holes. I now know > the culprit, which is a WOD file with hex ID 2C40 from Jan 3rd. I know I > had some notes saved on how to remove the offending holes, but I can't find > them. Removing the files named 2C40.act and 2C40.act.hol doesn't help. > > 73 and see you on FS-3. > > Hans > > BX2ABT > > > On 1/6/20 11:16 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > > Hello Hans, > > Glad you're using Falconsat-3. Which client are you using---Wisp or > Pacsat Ground Station? The answers are different... > > For Wisp, there is a utility program in Wisp where you can reset the > holes; Poking around you'll find it. > > For PacSat Ground Station---I *highly* recommend updating to the latest > release (0.36). Chris AC2CZ has made some great improvements, and > directory information function (including requesting/filling holes!) is > among them. I think the new code will resolve your hole issue, if that's > your client... > > https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php > > 73! > > Mark N8MH > > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> Hello Chris and others, >> >> I've got a hole dated Jan 3, that doesn't want to be filled and I can't >> find my notes on how to deal with that. What files do need to be deleted >> or altered? Who can help me out with some advice here? Thanks. >> >> --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 >> > > > -- > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net Tue Jan 7 14:30:08 2020 From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 22:30:08 +0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] FS-3 (PacSat Ground Station) - holes not filled In-Reply-To: References: <444905a2-2ad2-dcea-22e0-4dd0dab1b905@msa.hinet.net> <2cdff258-f8cb-8a7e-20c6-167d4678c5ac@msa.hinet.net> Message-ID: Hi Mark, It's a directory hole. I never tried the "N" option, but I'll try it tomorrow anyway. Cheers for that hint. I'll also try to play with the directory.db file (don't worry, I have backups of everything, hi hi). Cheers, Hans BX2ABT On 1/7/20 7:38 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > Hi Hans, > > Hmmm.?? Are you seeing a hole in the file or a directory hole? I get > the impression it's maybe a hole in the file.? Can you mark the file > "N" to never download? Maybe Chris will speak up and point you in the > right direction.? It might be necessary to delete the directory file > and rebuild it.? That is located > ....Documents\pacsat_data\FalconSat-3\directory.db > > Sorry I can't think of anything else! > > 73, > Mark N8MH > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:13 AM Hans BX2ABT > wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > Using PacSat Ground Station (as per subject title) on Linux. I > upgraded to v0.36 but that didn't help. As a temporary solution I > turned the option to automatically fill holes off, but that still > leaves the holes. I now know the culprit, which is a WOD file with > hex ID 2C40 from Jan 3rd. I know I had some notes saved on how to > remove the offending holes, but I can't find them. Removing the > files named 2C40.act and 2C40.act.hol doesn't help. > > 73 and see you on FS-3. > > Hans > > BX2ABT > > > On 1/6/20 11:16 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: >> Hello Hans, >> >> Glad you're using Falconsat-3.?? Which client are you >> using---Wisp or Pacsat Ground Station?? The answers are different... >> >> For Wisp, there is a utility program in Wisp where you can reset >> the holes;? Poking around you'll find it. >> >> For? PacSat Ground Station---I *highly* recommend updating to the >> latest release (0.36).? Chris AC2CZ has made some great >> improvements, and directory information function (including >> requesting/filling holes!) is among them.??? I think the new code >> will resolve your hole issue, if that's your client... >> >> https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php >> >> 73! >> >> Mark N8MH >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB >> > wrote: >> >> Hello Chris and others, >> >> I've got a hole dated Jan 3, that doesn't want to be filled >> and I can't >> find my notes on how to deal with that. What files do need to >> be deleted >> or altered? Who can help me out with some advice here? Thanks. >> >> --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 >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > > > -- > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From hamdan at ix.netcom.com Tue Jan 7 17:41:51 2020 From: hamdan at ix.netcom.com (Bernie and Cheryl) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 10:41:51 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Problem with SatPC32 Doppler Frequency Control Message-ID: Dear Folks: I can't get Doppler correction to work on my SatPC32 program /for most of the satellites./? Let me be clear that, for SO-50, my Doppler frequency correction works just fine.? That tells me that the hardware, and some of the software, is set up properly. Here's the difference that I see.? On the top of the SatPC32 screen, there is a section that shows "Downlink" and "Uplink" frequencies, right next to the portion where the pushbuttons exist to shift frequencies by 20khz, etc.? When I bring up SO-50 on SatPC32, the box below the "Downlink" and "Uplink" sections is populated with the actual frequencies, and they change during the course of a pass.? On the other satellites, that box is a complete blank.? What do I need to do to get the data to populate in that box, since I suspect that's what needs to happen in order for Doppler correction to occur? Thanks and 73 de Bernie, KF0QS From wageners at gmail.com Tue Jan 7 17:50:45 2020 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 11:50:45 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Problem with SatPC32 Doppler Frequency Control In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Did you enter the frequencies in your doppler.sqf file? Please read the manual. It explains exactly what you need to do. 73, Stefan VE4SW On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 11:46 AM Bernie and Cheryl via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Dear Folks: > > I can't get Doppler correction to work on my SatPC32 program /for most > of the satellites./ Let me be clear that, for SO-50, my Doppler > frequency correction works just fine. That tells me that the hardware, > and some of the software, is set up properly. > > Here's the difference that I see. On the top of the SatPC32 screen, > there is a section that shows "Downlink" and "Uplink" frequencies, right > next to the portion where the pushbuttons exist to shift frequencies by > 20khz, etc. When I bring up SO-50 on SatPC32, the box below the > "Downlink" and "Uplink" sections is populated with the actual > frequencies, and they change during the course of a pass. On the other > satellites, that box is a complete blank. What do I need to do to get > the data to populate in that box, since I suspect that's what needs to > happen in order for Doppler correction to occur? > > Thanks and 73 de Bernie, KF0QS > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 g0kla at arrl.net Tue Jan 7 19:34:23 2020 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 14:34:23 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Version 0.36 pacsat In-Reply-To: <3f3f0144-b2a3-eb47-a510-dc586158d204@gmail.com> References: <3f3f0144-b2a3-eb47-a510-dc586158d204@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks Kevin! For anyone that wants to download the new version or read about what changed, it is here: https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/ 73 Chris On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 6:22 PM Kevin via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Big shout out to Chris for version 0.36, I had a 10K file go up quickly > and with no issue, especially like that the percentage complete is shown > in the upload process. > > 73 > Kevin WA7FWF > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 g0kla at arrl.net Tue Jan 7 19:45:56 2020 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 14:45:56 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] FS-3 (PacSat Ground Station) - holes not filled In-Reply-To: References: <444905a2-2ad2-dcea-22e0-4dd0dab1b905@msa.hinet.net> <2cdff258-f8cb-8a7e-20c6-167d4678c5ac@msa.hinet.net> Message-ID: Hans, There should not be a situation where there is a hole that can not be filled. All those bugs are fixed :) So please zip up your Falconsat-3 folder if you can, and send it to me. I'd like to see what is going on. Are the symptoms that the dir hole request is sent over and over? If the spacecraft responds with the file header and it is still not filled, then that would be a bug of some sort. Deleting the file and the .hol file won't change the directory hole unfortunately. Marking it as N won't prevent PSGS from trying to fill the directory hole. The hole is a gap in the From and To dates of the pacsat file headers to either side of the file. It's not a hole in the file itself. Strange holes can get created because the files grows on the server and the From/To dates change. So you can have an old header that does not match what is on FS-3. But trying to fill the hole should get you the new header. If the file is from Jan 3rd, then set the Age of your directory to 3 days and then the hole will no longer be requested. You can lengthen out the directory age later as the file fades into the distance. You set the requested age from the menu Spacecraft > Falconsat-3. It's on the window that opens up. 73 Chris On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 9:33 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Hi Mark, > > It's a directory hole. I never tried the "N" option, but I'll try it > tomorrow anyway. Cheers for that hint. > > I'll also try to play with the directory.db file (don't worry, I have > backups of everything, hi hi). > > Cheers, > > Hans > > BX2ABT > > On 1/7/20 7:38 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > > Hi Hans, > > > > Hmmm. Are you seeing a hole in the file or a directory hole? I get > > the impression it's maybe a hole in the file. Can you mark the file > > "N" to never download? Maybe Chris will speak up and point you in the > > right direction. It might be necessary to delete the directory file > > and rebuild it. That is located > > ....Documents\pacsat_data\FalconSat-3\directory.db > > > > Sorry I can't think of anything else! > > > > 73, > > Mark N8MH > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:13 AM Hans BX2ABT > > wrote: > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > Using PacSat Ground Station (as per subject title) on Linux. I > > upgraded to v0.36 but that didn't help. As a temporary solution I > > turned the option to automatically fill holes off, but that still > > leaves the holes. I now know the culprit, which is a WOD file with > > hex ID 2C40 from Jan 3rd. I know I had some notes saved on how to > > remove the offending holes, but I can't find them. Removing the > > files named 2C40.act and 2C40.act.hol doesn't help. > > > > 73 and see you on FS-3. > > > > Hans > > > > BX2ABT > > > > > > On 1/6/20 11:16 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > >> Hello Hans, > >> > >> Glad you're using Falconsat-3. Which client are you > >> using---Wisp or Pacsat Ground Station? The answers are different... > >> > >> For Wisp, there is a utility program in Wisp where you can reset > >> the holes; Poking around you'll find it. > >> > >> For PacSat Ground Station---I *highly* recommend updating to the > >> latest release (0.36). Chris AC2CZ has made some great > >> improvements, and directory information function (including > >> requesting/filling holes!) is among them. I think the new code > >> will resolve your hole issue, if that's your client... > >> > >> https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php > >> > >> 73! > >> > >> Mark N8MH > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB > >> > wrote: > >> > >> Hello Chris and others, > >> > >> I've got a hole dated Jan 3, that doesn't want to be filled > >> and I can't > >> find my notes on how to deal with that. What files do need to > >> be deleted > >> or altered? Who can help me out with some advice here? Thanks. > >> > >> --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 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 marklhammond at gmail.com Wed Jan 8 02:20:13 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 21:20:13 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 in L/v at 0218 utc for 24 hours 8 Jan 2019 Message-ID: <20200108022014.E560780EC@lansing182.amsat.org> Happy L-band! Subject says it all. 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From vk5qi at rfhead.net Wed Jan 8 00:29:47 2020 From: vk5qi at rfhead.net (Mark Jessop) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 11:29:47 +1100 Subject: [amsat-bb] CAS-6/TIANQIN-1 TT&C Frequency or Object Number? Message-ID: Hi all, >From this article, it looks like the CAS-6 payload V/UHF antennas on TIANQIN-1 haven't yet been deployed: http://www.arrl.org/news/view/camsat-says-cas-6-activation-for-amateur-use-has-been-delayed I'm wondering if TIANQIN-1 is beaconing on any other frequency? Clearly the controllers are getting data from the sat somehow. I have identified a few objects from the same launch transmitting on the 400-403 MHz TT&C band, though none of these have been named in the catalogues (as seems to be typical for Chinese launches). In particular, I have seen: Object 44884 - 401.548 MHz Object 44886 - 401.951 MHz (This is apparently a rocket body) Object 44887 - 401.951 MHz Object 44889 - 401.750 MHz I'm wondering if any of these are TIANQIN-1 .. if the operators of the sat have an object number, it would be great if they could share it, so we can at least point our antennas in the right direction! 73 Mark VK5QI From hamdan at ix.netcom.com Wed Jan 8 06:32:16 2020 From: hamdan at ix.netcom.com (Bernie and Cheryl) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 23:32:16 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] How do I reply to a message on here. Message-ID: I just got a reply to a prior post of mine and I'd like to thank the author (VE4SW).? But I don't see any link on the reply where I can send a reply. I checked out the FAQ's and couldn't find the answer. Thanks and 73 de Bernie, KF0QS From hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net Wed Jan 8 11:42:44 2020 From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 19:42:44 +0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] FS-3 (PacSat Ground Station) - holes not filled In-Reply-To: References: <444905a2-2ad2-dcea-22e0-4dd0dab1b905@msa.hinet.net> <2cdff258-f8cb-8a7e-20c6-167d4678c5ac@msa.hinet.net> Message-ID: <7247aa22-e245-6861-077a-6ce14d45e8d9@msa.hinet.net> Hello Chris and the list, On 1/8/20 3:45 AM, Chris Thompson wrote: > Hans, > > There should not be a situation where there is a hole that can not be > filled.? All those bugs are fixed :)? So please zip up your > Falconsat-3 folder if you?can, and send it to me.? I'd like to see > what is going on. I'll send you a link to my site for you to download. If you don't get my mail by tomorrow please contact me (we had mail issues before, so I'm afraid you'll miss my mail again). > Are the symptoms that the dir hole request is sent over and over?? If > the spacecraft responds with the file header and it is still not > filled, then that would be a bug of some sort. Yes, those are exactly the symptoms. > If the file is from Jan 3rd, then set the Age of your directory to 3 > days and then the hole will no longer be requested.? You can lengthen > out the directory age later as the file fades into the distance.? You > set the requested age from the menu Spacecraft > Falconsat-3.? It's on > the window that opens up. The age of the directory was already set to 3 days, and yesterday (Jan 7) the hole was still there to be filled. Today it wasn't!!! I changed the age to 4 days and it was scheduled to be filled again. Jan 8 minus 4 is either 5 or 4 depending if you count the current day as one, so that should mean PSGS shouldn't ask for it to be filled. So how does the math for the age of the directory work? I caught up with all the mail now, although I can't see the mail with a photo of your Manhattan antenna setup. Trying to upload an image myself now since yesterday (60k). Today had only one pass with consistent strong signals and the upload continued from yesterday. At this rate it will take 4 days to upload it, but at least it remembers now where it left off. No more passes today, so we'll have to wait till Thursday. 73 de Hans BX2ABT > > 73 > Chris > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 9:33 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB > > wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > It's a directory hole. I never tried the "N" option, but I'll try it > tomorrow anyway. Cheers for that hint. > > I'll also try to play with the directory.db file (don't worry, I have > backups of everything, hi hi). > > Cheers, > > Hans > > BX2ABT > > On 1/7/20 7:38 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > > Hi Hans, > > > > Hmmm.?? Are you seeing a hole in the file or a directory hole? I > get > > the impression it's maybe a hole in the file.? Can you mark the > file > > "N" to never download? Maybe Chris will speak up and point you > in the > > right direction.? It might be necessary to delete the directory > file > > and rebuild it.? That is located > > ....Documents\pacsat_data\FalconSat-3\directory.db > > > > Sorry I can't think of anything else! > > > > 73, > > Mark N8MH > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:13 AM Hans BX2ABT > > > >> wrote: > > > >? ? ?Hi Mark, > > > >? ? ?Using PacSat Ground Station (as per subject title) on Linux. I > >? ? ?upgraded to v0.36 but that didn't help. As a temporary > solution I > >? ? ?turned the option to automatically fill holes off, but that > still > >? ? ?leaves the holes. I now know the culprit, which is a WOD > file with > >? ? ?hex ID 2C40 from Jan 3rd. I know I had some notes saved on > how to > >? ? ?remove the offending holes, but I can't find them. Removing the > >? ? ?files named 2C40.act and 2C40.act.hol doesn't help. > > > >? ? ?73 and see you on FS-3. > > > >? ? ?Hans > > > >? ? ?BX2ABT > > > > > >? ? ?On 1/6/20 11:16 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > >>? ? ?Hello Hans, > >> > >>? ? ?Glad you're using Falconsat-3.?? Which client are you > >>? ? ?using---Wisp or Pacsat Ground Station?? The answers are > different... > >> > >>? ? ?For Wisp, there is a utility program in Wisp where you can > reset > >>? ? ?the holes;? Poking around you'll find it. > >> > >>? ? ?For? PacSat Ground Station---I *highly* recommend updating > to the > >>? ? ?latest release (0.36).? Chris AC2CZ has made some great > >>? ? ?improvements, and directory information function (including > >>? ? ?requesting/filling holes!) is among them.??? I think the > new code > >>? ? ?will resolve your hole issue, if that's your client... > >> > >> https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php > >> > >>? ? ?73! > >> > >>? ? ?Mark N8MH > >> > >> > >> > >>? ? ?On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB > >>? ? ? > >> wrote: > >> > >>? ? ? ? ?Hello Chris and others, > >> > >>? ? ? ? ?I've got a hole dated Jan 3, that doesn't want to be filled > >>? ? ? ? ?and I can't > >>? ? ? ? ?find my notes on how to deal with that. What files do > need to > >>? ? ? ? ?be deleted > >>? ? ? ? ?or altered? Who can help me out with some advice here? > Thanks. > >> > >>? ? ? ? ?--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 > >> > >> > >> > >>? ? ?-- > >>? ? ?Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org . AMSAT-NA > makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 kdcarlso at gmail.com Wed Jan 8 16:45:00 2020 From: kdcarlso at gmail.com (Dave) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 11:45:00 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] How do I reply to a message on here. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just choose reply all in your email client. Dave N2OA On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 1:35 AM Bernie and Cheryl via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > I just got a reply to a prior post of mine and I'd like to thank the > author (VE4SW). But I don't see any link on the reply where I can send > a reply. > > I checked out the FAQ's and couldn't find the answer. > > Thanks and 73 de Bernie, KF0QS > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 skristof at etczone.com Wed Jan 8 19:03:53 2020 From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com) Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:03:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Suggestion for beginners on FM sats Message-ID: <3a4a9303113ac0c27d14b37308a1e8cb@etczone.com> Just sending out a friendly reminder to anyone who is just beginning on the FM satellites that there is a standard operating procedure that helps to ensure that everyone gets a chance at a QSO or two on a pass. (Calling "CQ Saudisat" is not standard operating procedure, especially if you are transmitting over someone else.) Please take the time read the following very helpful document from the amsat.org website: https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FM-Satellites-Best-Practices.pdf Following these procedures makes the satellite more fun for everybody. 73! Steve AI9IN From aj9n at aol.com Thu Jan 9 03:37:58 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 03:37:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-09 03:30 UTC References: <1970940849.5789801.1578541078641.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1970940849.5789801.1578541078641@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-09 03:30 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Sayama Mizutomi Community Center, Sayama, Japan, direct via 8J1SS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go: Mon 2020-01-13 11:58:07 UTC 84 deg ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-09 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. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-12-21 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? ? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1374. Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1307. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? From dquagliana at gmail.com Thu Jan 9 05:17:47 2020 From: dquagliana at gmail.com (Douglas Quagliana) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 23:17:47 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Did anyone ever publish the results of the KURSK experiment from ARISSat-1? Message-ID: Did anyone ever interpret and/or publish the results of the KURSK experiment from ARISSat-1? I know we collected a lot of telemetry from the KURSK experiment. Was anything ever published regarding that data? 73, Douglas KA2UPW/5 From erich.eichmann at t-online.de Thu Jan 9 08:10:30 2020 From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 09:10:30 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Spectrum Scope Version, new setup files Message-ID: <83685cda-72f8-6595-829c-44e1fa892145@t-online.de> I have uploaded new setup files for the Spectrum Scope version. Some minor bugs have been fixed. In addition, the program can now optionally open the spectrum scope window at program start. 73s, Erich, DK1TB From josepharmbruster at gmail.com Thu Jan 9 10:45:58 2020 From: josepharmbruster at gmail.com (Joseph Armbruster) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 05:45:58 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Did anyone ever publish the results of the KURSK experiment from ARISSat-1? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Not AFAIK. On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 12:19 AM Douglas Quagliana via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Did anyone ever interpret and/or publish the results of the KURSK > experiment from ARISSat-1? I know we collected a lot of telemetry from > the KURSK experiment. Was anything ever published regarding that data? > 73, > Douglas KA2UPW/5 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 propgrinder at gmail.com Thu Jan 9 16:20:21 2020 From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 08:20:21 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Spectrum Scope Version, new setup files In-Reply-To: <83685cda-72f8-6595-829c-44e1fa892145@t-online.de> References: <83685cda-72f8-6595-829c-44e1fa892145@t-online.de> Message-ID: Nice! I like the Spectrum Scope feature. Thanks Erich. Bob W7OTJ On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 12:12 AM Erich Eichmann via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > I have uploaded new setup files for the Spectrum Scope version. Some > minor bugs have been fixed. In addition, the program can now optionally > open the spectrum scope window at program start. > > 73s, Erich, DK1TB > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Fri Jan 10 13:25:33 2020 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joseph B. Fitzgerald) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:25:33 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] API for satellite status now being tested. Message-ID: Thanks to the efforts of Heimir, W1ANT, an API has been added to retrieve satellite status data as used in the amsat.org/status page. Send a query like : amsat.org/status/api/v1/sat_info.php?name=AO-91&hours=24 and you will get the last 24 hours of reports for AO-91 in JSON format. The hours parameter is optional, if you omit it you will get the last 96 hours of reports. The name of the satellite must match the string shown on amsat.org/status , i.e AO-91 works, but AO-92 does not ... use AO-92_L/v or AO-92_U/v instead. This API is not stable yet ... we are still working on the time, and it seems a query for the list of available satellites is in order. For the moment, all reports show half past the hour that they were in. de KM1P Joe From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Sat Jan 11 05:03:22 2020 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:03:22 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Sayama Mizutomi Community Center, Sayama, Japan References: Message-ID: An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Sayama Mizutomi Community Center, Sayama, Japan on 13 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:58 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8J1SS. The contact should be audible over Japan 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 Mizutomi Community Center is located in the center of the Mizutomi area in the northwestern part of the Sayama city, and is a community center surrounded by greenery and greenery where colorful carp swim. This Center has Mizutomi elementary school, Hirose elementary school and Nishi junior high school in area. The center gathers students of those schools and performs various events. Recently, we have held a training course for amateur license. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How did you feel when you got to space? 2. Do you feel hot or cold in the space station? 3. What is the most beautiful place on Earth that you can see from the space station? 4. How fast are you moving now? 5. Can you see rainbows in space, if so what do they look like? 6. How do astronauts navigate space, find positions and directions? 7. Can you see meteor showers from the i.s.s.? 8. Do you have animals in the ISS now? 9. Do you see morning or night from the space station? 10. When and how do you contact your family? 11. How do you wash yourself in space? 12. Why did you become an astronaut? 13. What is the most crucial thing for astronauts? 14. In space what has been a difficult work for you? 15. What space food do you like the most? 16. Are there any other food but space food. 17. Can you see a super nova from ISS? 18. Do you want your own house in space? 19. What do you want to do first when you return to Earth? 20. In space, what has surprised you the most? 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 ISS National Lab 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN From ki6wj at yahoo.com Sat Jan 11 19:15:04 2020 From: ki6wj at yahoo.com (James Brown) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 19:15:04 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] 9700 scope References: <1553819348.10130290.1578770104245.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1553819348.10130290.1578770104245@mail.yahoo.com> I want to thank all for the presentation and setup procedure for the ic9700 scope...Well Done!! being computer illiterate it was perfect for me. I tried to download today's revision of sat 32 and was blocked with a red slash thru the dk1... site. I have never experienced this before and will assume something at the site. My scope is all "red"? changing the reference level and filter does not change the colors.Any suggestions.I will try another day to update sat 32 to todays revision. ThanksJim KI6WJ From marklhammond at gmail.com Sat Jan 11 19:37:17 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 14:37:17 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Re: 9700 scope Message-ID: <20200111193719.9FFBC851B@lansing182.amsat.org> >Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 14:37:00 -0500 >To: James Brown >From: "Mark L. Hammond" >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 9700 scope >Bcc: ?\_AMSAT > >Great, Jim. Stefan's VE4SW document is super helpful for sure. The scope is a nice addition, thanks again to Erich DK1TB! You can change the colors if you'll click the Setup button (top, left area) of the spectrum window. You'll see the various options... > >73, > >Mark N8MH > >At 07:15 PM 1/11/2020 +0000, you wrote: >>I want to thank all for the presentation and setup procedure for the ic9700 scope...Well Done!! being computer illiterate it was perfect for me. I tried to download today's revision of sat 32 and was blocked with a red slash thru the dk1... site. I have never experienced this before and will assume something at the site. My scope is all "red"? changing the reference level and filter does not change the colors.Any suggestions.I will try another day to update sat 32 to todays revision. ThanksJim 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 > > >Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com Sat Jan 11 21:46:15 2020 From: heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 14:46:15 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Android app now using the new Status API Message-ID: Hi all, Last year I wrote an app to help me operate LEO satellites and in December I decided to make it available in the Google Play Store. The app has information on the satellites I've found interesting, including the radio transponders and beacons on board, in addition to the Keps, that I fetch automatically on occasion over the Internet. In order to plan activity, the app will show a list of passes coming up for your QTH in the next 18 hours. Once you select a bird you are interested in you will get an Overview Page for it. From there you can select a link taking you to a web page about it, you can also see its Location in real time and its trajectory for the next hour. All passes for this satellite for the next 48 hours are also available from the Overview Page. >From the overview page you can also select Status Reports, that will display a list based on the Status API that I helped Joe KM1P to set up earlier this week. Finally if you select a Beacon or Transponder from the overview page you will land on the Aiming View that uses the built in sensors of the phone to point at where in the sky the satellite is in real-time. This view also shows the Uplink and Downlink frequencies with the Doppler shift included. I use this view with my phone mounted on a tripod behind the reflectors on my Arrow beam in portable operations. I would really appreciate any and all feedback on the app and thanks for making this hobby even more interesting. Heimir W1ANT P.S. The app called 'W1ANT Satellite Tracker' is available for free here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coolprimes.sattrack From lu9cbl at gmail.com Sat Jan 11 23:59:53 2020 From: lu9cbl at gmail.com (LU9CBL) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:59:53 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] API for satellite status now being tested. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <542b6708-a24c-76a8-3fa9-d962473d411e@gmail.com> Hi Joe! the API will be permit to upload data too??? or only download the info that the stations load from the webpage???. Thanks Mati LU9CBL El 10/01/2020 a las 10:25 a. m., Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB escribi?: > Thanks to the efforts of Heimir, W1ANT, an API has been added to retrieve satellite status data as used in the amsat.org/status page. Send a query like : amsat.org/status/api/v1/sat_info.php?name=AO-91&hours=24 and you will get the last 24 hours of reports for AO-91 in JSON format. The hours parameter is optional, if you omit it you will get the last 96 hours of reports. The name of the satellite must match the string shown on amsat.org/status , i.e AO-91 works, but AO-92 does not ... use AO-92_L/v or AO-92_U/v instead. > > This API is not stable yet ... we are still working on the time, and it seems a query for the list of available satellites is in order. For the moment, all reports show half past the hour that they were in. > > > de KM1P Joe > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 k9jkm at comcast.net Sun Jan 12 00:03:18 2020 From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne K9JKM) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:03:18 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-012 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for January 12 Message-ID: <9a266fd2-fb26-aff8-8aaa-7c4d1daa0745@comcast.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-012 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT, 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 commun- icating 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: * Virgin Orbit Plans Flight Test of LauncherOne Rocket in February * AMSAT Awards Update * AMSAT at Cowtown Hamfest - Ft. Worth - January 17-18 * JARL Announces FO-29 Activation Schedule * CAMSAT Says CAS-6 Activation for Amateur Use has been Delayed * Telemetry Dashboard Available for SMOG-P and ATL PocketQubes * MIT Radio Society W1MX January Lecture Series on ?Everything Radio? * AMSAT-DL Announces a New QO-100 DownConverter V3d * AMSAT South Africa Space Symposium 2020 First Call for Papers * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-012.01 ANS-012 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 012.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE January 12, 2020 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-012.01 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ If you missed the live HamTalkLive podcast featuring Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive VP on January 9 you can listen on demand any- time at hamtalklive.com; or a podcast version on nearly all podcast sites a few minutes after the live show is over including Apple Pod- casts, Stitcher, Google Play, SoundCloud, and iHeart Podcasts; and it's also available on YouTube. A replay is also broadcast on WTWW 5085 AM on Saturday nights at approximately 6:30 pm Eastern. Look for Episode 195 - AMSAT 50th Anniversary Recap 09 Jan +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Virgin Orbit Plans Flight Test of LauncherOne Rocket in February Virgin Orbit, AMSAT's launch for RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E, has announced they expect to have their first test launch of LauncherOne, their airborne-launched rocket, sometime in the second half of February. The LauncherOne rocket is carried on the VO 747 Cosmic Girl aircraft. If this first test flight is successful RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E is planned for launch on the second flight of LauncherOne during 1Q 2020 on the ELaNa XX mission. RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E ----------------- Uplink:???? 145.860 MHz - 145.890 MHz LSB/CW Downlink:?? 435.790 MHz - 435.760 MHz USB/CW (inverting) Telemetry:? 435.750 MHz 1K2 bps BPSK Investigate the excitement at: https://virginorbit.com/ - and - https://twitter.com/Virgin_Orbit/status/1214605925228482560 [ANS thanks Virgin Orbit for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Awards Update Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, reported, "Now that 2019 is behind us, I thought I would catch up with the awards issued the last half of the year." AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO + Daniel Rahn, K8EC + Bernd Peters, KB7AK + Shane Hale, KE5HSS + Benny Chandra, YD0SPU + Martin Lipert, OK1UM + Helene Charbonneau, VE2AQM + Spiro Andy Loizos, VE2LZS + Stelios Alex Loizos, VA2LZS + Souly Loizos, VE2FFS + Adam Warrix, KD9NRT + Steffen Gross, DM3CW ---------- AMSAT Communications Achievement Award + Jonathan Zylstra, KL2DN #620 + Robert Bankston, KE4AL #621 + Sloan Davis, KN4GQB #622 + Walter Mercado Vazquez, KP4T #623 ---------- AMSAT Sexagesimal Satellite Communications Achievement Award + Robert Bankston, KE4AL #184 ---------- AMSAT Century Club Award + Robert Bankston, KE4AL #54 ---------- AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award + Jonathan Zylstra, KL2DN #US222 + Robert Bankston, KE4AL #US223 + Sloan Davis, KN4GQB #US224 ---------- AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award (1,000-4,000) + Ron Parsons, W5RKN upgrade to 4000 ---------- AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award 5,000 + Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA #35 + Ron Parsons, W5RKN #36 ---------- AMSAT Rover Award + #043 N7EGY + #044 CU2ZG + #045 K9EI + #046 KR5Z + #047 N4DCW + #048 KC9VGG + #049 W3ZM/9 (OP KC9VGG) + #050 W5PFG ---------- The next batch of AMSAT 50th Anniversary Satellite Friends of 50 awards are hot off the presses. Congratulations to: + BH4IWK + F4HVO + K0CFI + KC9VGG + VE2FFS + WP4T Visit https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org and click on Services then Awards. [ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and ?Awards, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT at Cowtown Hamfest - Ft. Worth - January 17-18 AMSAT will be represented at the 2020 Cowtown Hamfest in Fort Worth, TX on January 17 and 18 with a table, demos and presentations. If you live in the North Texas area, this is a great event, well attended and lots of vendors. Please put it on your calendar. Info posted at http://www.cowtownhamfest.com/ AMSAT Ambassador Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, says he has openings to staff the table, do the demos and assist with the presentations. The Cowtown amateur Radio Club was a home for our dearly beloved and SK, Keith Pugh, W5IU.? The organizers offered AMSAT a no charge table space in the market area so a big thank you to them is in order. Tom hopes you can plan to be a part of this fine event. If you can assist in any way for AMSAT, please drop Tom an email at: N5HYP at arrl.net Keep an eye on https://www.amsat.org/other-events/ for updates on coming AMSAT events. [ANS thanks AMSAT Ambassador Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, for the above ?information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ??? Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, ?? and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through ????????? AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards ???????????????? Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. ?????? https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ JARL Announces FO-29 Activation Schedule Due to battery problems FO-29 has been largely inactive - usually activated over Japan while in range of the command station. Akira Kaneko, JA1OGZ, FO-29 Command Station has posted an activation schedule for additional access: FO-29 Transponder Active (UTC) ------------------------------ 1/12 05:05- 17:00 1/13 04:10- 05:55 1/18 04:50- 06:35 1/19 03:55- 05:40 1/26 04:30- 06:15 2/1? 06:00- 2/2? 06:50- 2/8? 04:50-15:00 2/9? 03:55-15:50 2/11 03:50-05:35 2/23 03:20-05:05 2/24 04:10-5:55-14:20 3/1? 04:00-05:40-15:55 3/2? 04:45-14:55 FO-29 ----- Uplink:?? 145.900 - 146.000 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 435.900 - 435.800 MHz USB/CW (inverting) Beacon:?? 435.795 MHz [ANS thanks Akira Kaneko, JA1OGZ, FO-29 Command Station for the above ?information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMSAT Says CAS-6 Activation for Amateur Use has been Delayed 01/07/2020 - via ARRL Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) CEO Alan Kung, BA1DU, tells ARRL that some problems with the precise attitude determination of the newly launched CAS-6 amateur radio satellite have delayed deploy- ment of the antennas. The satellite was to have been put into service within 3 days. ?If the V/UHF antennas are deployed now, additional torque may affect determination of the satellite attitude,? Kung said. ?Engineers need to modify and upload the software, which will take some time.? He said that taking into consideration the upcoming long Chinese New Year holiday, the test work is planned to be completed sometime in late February or early March. At that time, VHF/UHF antennas will be deployed, and the amateur radio payload will be available for use. Kung points out that the satellite?s CW beacon has been turned on, although the antenna has not yet been deployed. ?If you have a ?big ear,? you may be able to receive weak signal leaked from an undeploy- ed antenna on 145.910 MHz,? he said. ?A polyimide cover on the anten- na chassis can help to leak some RF signal.? CAS-6 launched successfully on December 20, piggybacked on a TIANQIN-1 technology test satellite. The microsatellite will be known as CAS-6/TIANQIN-1, and the call sign is BJ1SO. The primary launch pay- load was the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite, CBERS-4A. CAS-6 is in a sun-synchronous orbit with an apogee of 390 miles. It carries a U/V linear transponder, with a downlink of 145.925, 20 kHz passband (inverted) and an uplink of 435.28 MHz. The CW telemetry beacon is on 145.910 MHz, while 4k9 baud GMSK telemetry will be trans- mitted on 145.890 MHz. [ANS thanks CAMSAT and the ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Telemetry Dashboard Available for SMOG-P and ATL PocketQubes The SMOG-P and ATL PocketQube team at the Budapest University of Tech- nology and Economics has released additional information about their satellites recently launched by RocketLab from New Zealand. SMOG-P digital downlink:? 437.150 MHz ATL??? digital downlink:? 437.175 MHz More information on both satellites is posted at: http://gnd.bme.hu SMOG-P (MO-105) is a 1p PocketQube (5x5x5 cm, 250 grams), a fully re- dundant tiny satellite with an actual scientific payload: a flying spectrum analyzer. It measures the scattered RF energy over the UHF band (specifically, in the digital terrestrial TV band) that can be detected in space. ATL-1 (MO-106) is a larger 2p PocketQube featuring the same spectrum analyzer experiment. Both satellites transmit almost identical telemetry data. In addition to basic CW telemetry carrying callsign, battery voltage and tempera- ture, there is digital telemetry with variable data rate and coding scheme. Most frequently, modulation is 1250 or 5000 bps GMSK. The data is encoded either by the well-known "AO-40" FEC, or a shorter, pro- prietary variant of it, but they can also use a more powerful, state- of-art repeat-accumulate (RA) coding scheme. Some practical information about receiving the telemetry: A GUI telemetry receiver is available for Windows and Linux (soon for OS X as well), and a command line receiver can also be used (Linux only). Both can be downloaded from: https://gnd.bme.hu:8080/index The programs are able to submit the received packets to the central telemetry data base. This requires a quick registration, the login credentials can be used with either of the decoders. There are some issues with the GUI software that hopefully will be resolved within a few days. These decoders assume either a USB receiver connected through the sound card or an rtl-sdr receiver. Thanks to Daniel Estevez, EA4GPZ, a high quality, full decoder and packet uploader is also available for GNU Radio 3.8 within the out- of-tree module gr-satellites. For uploading to the received packets, it uses the same login as the "official" programs do: https://github.com/daniestevez/gr-satellites/tree/maint-3.8 This decoder can unleash the full potential of the RA FEC. You'll need to put an FM demodulator in front of the flowgraph. The team is looking forward to seeing many submissions on the "Leader- board" from around the world: https://gnd.bme.hu:8080/leaderboard Having many receiving stations around the globe could greatly improve the global picture the spectrum analyzer payload can offer. [ANS thanks the PocketQube team at the Budapest University of Tech- ?nology and Economics for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- MIT Radio Society W1MX January Lecture Series on ?Everything Radio? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radio Society (W1MX) and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science are hosting a lecture series in January that may answer? some of your questions about such topics as radar techniques, interferometry, imaging, and radio astronomy, to antenna design and? modern chip- scale RF devices. No prior experience with radio is necessary, and all are welcome. All lectures will take place in the Green Building ? MIT?s tallest academic building. Sessions will be live streamed and archived for later viewing. The lectures have already kicked off on January 10 ?with ?The Next Generation of Weather Radar.? Other topics include ?Lightning Interferometry? (January 13); ?Radio Noises from the Sky? (January 15); ?EDGES:? Measuring the Early Universe? (January 22); ?Antennas? (January 24), and ?Chip-Scale THz Circuits and Sensors? (January 29). Lectures begin at 5? PM ET and conclude at 7 PM. MIT has posted details at: http://w1mx.mit.edu/iap/2020/ [ANS thanks the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the above ?information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-DL Announces a New QO-100 DownConverter V3d The first version of the AMSAT-DL down converter was built in early 2019, enabling many stations to become active on QO-100 for the first time. Since then, a lot of operating experience and new insights have been gained, which have flowed into the new board V3d. The AMSAT-DL DownConverter V3d is a completely new development. It offers important functions for all QO-100 stations, no matter if you work with VHF/UHF, HF transceiver, or an SDR. This new board can be used as a central frequency converter assembly for your QO-100 sta- tion providing stable clocks for all components meaning that addi- tional external GPS modules are not required. The specification for the AMSAT-DL DownConverter V3d includes: + Centralized clock generation with GPS or OCXO + Reference clock for the PLL in the LNB + Reference clock for a transmit mixer + Reference clock for an SDR + Short-circuit proof LNB phantom power + Connection for a dual LNB (for simultaneous NB and WB reception) + Downward mixing of the NB transponder into an amateur band ? (UHF/VHF or HF) + OLED display for displaying the operating status and the station ? coordinates The full specification and list of features is posted at: https://amsat-dl.org/der-neue-amsat-dl-qo-100-downconverter-v3d and you can order your unit at: https://shop.amsat-dl.org/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ????????? The digital download version of the 2019 edition of ???? Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a ??????? DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store.? Get yours today! ?????????? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT South Africa Space Symposium 2020 First Call for Papers Papers are invited for presentation at the conference and publi- cation on the web. Please send your synopsis by 28 February 2020 in a word document of no more than 300 words to: admin at amsatsa.org.za. Please tell us if you will be available to present your paper at the conference ... speakers attend free. The Symposium date is July 18, 2020 at the Premier Hotel Midrand. The theme this year is "Amateur Radio in Space ? exploring VHF, UHF and Microwaves". Watch http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ for the latest information. [ANS thanks AMSAT SA for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ?? AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur ?? radio package, including two-way communication capability, to ???????? be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. ? Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: + Sayama Mizutomi Community Center, Sayama, Japan, direct via 8J1SS ? The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS ? The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP ? Contact is go: Mon 2020-01-13 11:58:07 [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, and David Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS opera- tion team members, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ????????? Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. ???????? 25% of the purchase price of each product goes ?????????? towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space ???????????? https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations Satellite Shorts + January 17-19 EM17 KN6DBC? AO-91 & AO-92 night passes (@KN6DBC) New Orleans, LA (EL49, EL58, EM59, EM40, EM50, EM60) ??? January 14 ? February 1, 2020. Adam, KC3OBS, will be roving ??? EM40, EM50, EL49, EL59, January 14th ? Feb 1. In between, ??? Adam will be EL58, January 18th or 19th depending on weather, ??? and in EM60 January 29. Adam will announce passes and updates ??? on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparky_husky Lucas Gusher Special Event (EM20) January 11-12, 2020 ??? The Beaumont Amateur Radio Club will be operating using the call- ??? sign K5S on various HF bands including as many CAS-4A, CAS-4B, ??? AO-91, AO-92 passes that we can. SO-50 and XW-2A also possible. ??? More information about K5S can be found on qrz.com. Labrador (GO11 +) January 19-27, 2020 ??? Chris VE3FU, Dave VE9CB, and Frank VO1HP will be active as VO2AC ??? in the 2020 CQ160 CW contest, January 24-26, from Point Armour ??? Lighthouse, in Labrador. If time permits before the contest, they ??? may be active on FM satellites from GO11 as VO2AC or VO2AAA. ??? Depending on weather and timing of passes, you might catch them on ??? FM satellites as they make their way from FO93 to GO-11, passing ??? through FO92, GO02, GO13, GO12, and GO22 along the way, but no ??? promises. They will also make the reverse trek on January 27. Brennan Price, M/N4QX, will be active from grid square IO91 *as work ??? permits* January 20-24. QSL *exclusively* via Logbook of the World. Montserrat, January 26 to February 2 ??? Mel, W8MV, will be working the FM satellites using the callsign ??? VP2MCV. He will then be operating from Antigua from February 2 to ??? February 9. Mel is still waiting for the license so it is not yet ??? known what the callsign will be from Antigua. QSL via LoTW. Isla Perez, Mexico - EL52dj February 11-17 ??? Members of Radio Club Puebla DX will be active as 6F3A from Isla ??? Perez (grid EL52dj), Mexico, between February 11-17. The operators ??? mentioned are Patricia/XE1SPM (Team Leader), Ismael/XE1AY, Rey/ ??? XE1SRD and Ricardo/XE1SY. Activity will be on 80/40/20/17/15/12/ ??? 10/6 meters, and include the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 15-16). ??? QSL via XE1SY. ADDED NOTE: Ismael, XE1AY, reports that he doing ??? CW and the satellites, and will also TX from EL50 and XE1AY/mm ??? from EL51. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1446) Big Bend National Park (DL88)? March 16-17, 2020 ??? Ron AD0DX, Doug N6UA, and Josh W3ARD will operate from Big Bend ??? National Park to put grid DL88 on the air.? Details will be added ??? here, as they come available, but you are more than welcome to ??? keep an eye on their individual Twitter feeds: ??? https://twitter.com/ad0dx, https://twitter.com/dtabor, and ??? https://twitter.com/W3ARDstroke5 Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP User Services for ?the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Need help getting your Icom IC-9700 working with SatPC32? Check ? out this guide written by Stefan Wagener, VE4SW posted on at: ? http://www.amsat.org --> Satellite Info --> Station and Operating ? Hints --> "The new Icom IC-9700 is a great satellite radio ..." ? document is at the bottom of the page. The direct URL to the PDF ? document is: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-012-IC9700-SatPC32 + NASA's Texas Space Grant Consortium announced the summer program ? for STEM Educators (grades 5-12), LiftOff 2020: Moon to Mars, a ? weeklong professional development training for teachers, June 21-26, ? 2020. The application deadline is March 2, 2020. Workshops include ? learning experiences by incorporating a space science theme support- ? ed by NASA missions. Teacher participants are provided with infor- ? mation and experiences through speakers, hands-on activities and ? field investigations that promote space science and enrichment ? activities for themselves and others. Visit the program website ? at: http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/liftoff/ + A new distance record has been set on the PO-101 (Diwata2H) FM ? transponder. F4DXV worked R9LR on 08-Jan-2020 at 22:57 UTC for ? a distance of 4,542 km. More posted at: ? https://twitter.com/PRStoetzer/status/1215441267976523777 ? https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/ + The AMSAT-DL radome to house their QO-100 antenna made it to Ant- ? arctica and is installed on top of Neumayer-Station III. Further ? work will be needed to be install it permanently. The station is ? also waiting for the AMSAT-UK FUNcube relay to arrive, pending wea- ? ther conditions for flying there. See the photo posted by HB9HCF: ? https://twitter.com/pa3weg/status/1215642731336404995 + A tweet from @AlbaOrbital reports that AMSAT Spain is signed up to ? fly on Alba Cluster 3. The Spanish satellite is a 1.5p PocketQube ? called Hades which is a satellite for amateur communications imple- ? menting a Bent-Pipe type repeater and with Store & Forward capabil- ? ities. See: ? https://twitter.com/AlbaOrbital/status/1214932730045194240 + AMSAT-EA (Vocal?a de Satellites de URE) has registered with IARU ? and the Spanish administration their G?NESIS-L and G?NESIS-N sat- ? ellites for launch in mid-2020. An introduction to the project: ? https://www.ure.es/satelites-genesis-de-amsat-ea/ - and - ? https://twitter.com/ure_es/status/1214911584927133701 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=698 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=699 + A 3-axis rotor based on the Celestron NexStar telescope mount with ? hamlib and rotctl drivers is demonstrated at: ? https://youtu.be/Avp1ROEkgeA -and- https://youtu.be/BDTjnJm41mc + Stuart Thomas, KB1HQS, author of the ARRL book, "Portable Operating ? for Amateur Radio", describes construction of a Hiking Pole Yagi ? Antenna for Extreme Environments" on his web page: https://kb1hqs.com/2019/12/26/ultralight-hiking-pole-yagi-antenna/ + Amateur radio talks featured at the popular DEF CON 27 event in ? Las Vegas during August 8-11, 2019. Watch Mark KR6ZY - Hunting tape ? measure yagis and offset attenuators - DEF CON 27 Ham Radio Village: ? https://youtu.be/KGQDQZT9lRQ - and - feast on the videos of hundreds ? of additional DEF CON talks posted at: ? https://www.youtube.com/user/DEFCONConference/videos ? (via Southgate) + In April 2020, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate ? 30 years since its launch. ESA/Hubble has produced a commemorative ? calendar of the telescope?s Hidden Gems that is now available for ? everyone to use and enjoy. 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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 WB4SON at gmail.com Sun Jan 12 00:43:17 2020 From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 19:43:17 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] JSON API for Satellite Prediction? Message-ID: I think Heimir's (W1ANT) work on the JSON Satellite Status API is fantastic! Nothing like rewarding hard work with another request... How about a JSON Next Orbit API? Query would include the satellite name and a grid location. Response would be the time of the next pass information (AOS/Time/Az, Max El/Time/Az, LOS/Time/Az). That would make a small IoT gizmo pretty darned simple to implement and remind us when satellites will be overhead 73, Bob, WB4SON From kb2ysi at gmail.com Sun Jan 12 01:41:39 2020 From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:41:39 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] JSON API for Satellite Prediction? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I do not see it on the list, but I would have thought that the https://wiki.satnogs.org/Satnogs_DB would have the needed information to make a 'next pass', since they schedule pass recordings... On Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 20:04 Bob via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I think Heimir's (W1ANT) work on the JSON Satellite Status API is > fantastic! Nothing like rewarding hard work with another request... > > How about a JSON Next Orbit API? Query would include the satellite name > and a grid location. Response would be the time of the next pass > information (AOS/Time/Az, Max El/Time/Az, LOS/Time/Az). > > That would make a small IoT gizmo pretty darned simple to implement and > remind us when satellites will be overhead > > 73, Bob, WB4SON > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com Sun Jan 12 01:47:11 2020 From: heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:47:11 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] JSON API for Satellite Prediction? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Bob, Your idea is very interesting. Let me think about it. I happen to have all the code needed already written in Java for my Android app. It's only a question of prioritization of the limited resource which is my free time :-) Heimir W1ANT On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 6:03 PM Bob via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I think Heimir's (W1ANT) work on the JSON Satellite Status API is > fantastic! Nothing like rewarding hard work with another request... > > How about a JSON Next Orbit API? Query would include the satellite name > and a grid location. Response would be the time of the next pass > information (AOS/Time/Az, Max El/Time/Az, LOS/Time/Az). > > That would make a small IoT gizmo pretty darned simple to implement and > remind us when satellites will be overhead > > 73, Bob, WB4SON > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 chris at nart.org Sun Jan 12 00:19:42 2020 From: chris at nart.org (Chris Prosser) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 16:19:42 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] LNA or reduce noise first? Message-ID: <8d3dbac5-4e0e-4efc-bffe-64be9ce1f1f1@www.fastmail.com> Hi Folks, I would love your opinion on my next steps. I've been slowly putting together a station. I finally got it operational and I'm having a really hard time hearing anything other than morse code off satellites (mainly the XW birds). I can pick up some voices from the linear transponder, but it's too buried in noise for me to make out. Key Facts: * For an antenna I'm using a yagi I built from "Cheap Antennas for the AMSAT LEO's Kent Britain -- WA5VJB" * fixed elevation of 15% on a rotator. * 50 feet of LMR-400 (in 30/10/10 segments) running from my shack on the first floor up to the 3rd floor balcony where the antenna is. * UHF Connectors * SDRPlay RSPdx for receive. * no common mode chokes on either end of the transmission line * Live in north seattle, so bunch of noise already * ton of computer equipment in my shack with more switching power supplies than I can count. * LED lights, though I think I already sleuthed out the really bad ones. So...what are people's thoughts? Would an LNA help drown out the noise in my house and compensate for cable loss? Or should I start by doing the lengthy process of finding and ameliorating as many noise sources as I can first? Thanks, Chris -- Chris Prosser chris at nart.org From n8hm at arrl.net Sun Jan 12 02:51:34 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 21:51:34 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] LNA or reduce noise first? In-Reply-To: <8d3dbac5-4e0e-4efc-bffe-64be9ce1f1f1@www.fastmail.com> References: <8d3dbac5-4e0e-4efc-bffe-64be9ce1f1f1@www.fastmail.com> Message-ID: To determine if an LNA will help, I'd try listening to a few passes using a short run of coax (<10 feet) right at the antenna if it's on a balcony. Drag a laptop and the SDRplay up there. If you get significantly better reception, then yes, an LNA will help. Reducing noise sources is always something that should be done, but if you're in a city, realistically you probably won't make a huge dent without turning off almost everything in the house. And if you have the room to build a bigger yagi, that will always help too. 73, Paul, N8HM On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 9:45 PM Chris Prosser via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I would love your opinion on my next steps. > > I've been slowly putting together a station. I finally got it operational and I'm having a really hard time hearing anything other than morse code off satellites (mainly the XW birds). I can pick up some voices from the linear transponder, but it's too buried in noise for me to make out. > > Key Facts: > * For an antenna I'm using a yagi I built from "Cheap Antennas for the AMSAT LEO's Kent Britain -- WA5VJB" > * fixed elevation of 15% on a rotator. > * 50 feet of LMR-400 (in 30/10/10 segments) running from my shack on the first floor up to the 3rd floor balcony where the antenna is. > * UHF Connectors > * SDRPlay RSPdx for receive. > * no common mode chokes on either end of the transmission line > * Live in north seattle, so bunch of noise already > * ton of computer equipment in my shack with more switching power supplies than I can count. > * LED lights, though I think I already sleuthed out the really bad ones. > > So...what are people's thoughts? Would an LNA help drown out the noise in my house and compensate for cable loss? Or should I start by doing the lengthy process of finding and ameliorating as many noise sources as I can first? > > Thanks, > Chris > -- > Chris Prosser > chris at nart.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 dave at g4dpz.me.uk Sun Jan 12 11:05:51 2020 From: dave at g4dpz.me.uk (David Johnson) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 11:05:51 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] JSON API for Satellite Prediction? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <19742668-7151-4681-9B5F-415F23F3B9A0@g4dpz.me.uk> Chip N2YO already has one and I do for the FUNcube fleet. Dave, G4DPZ Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Jan 2020, at 01:52, Heimir Thor Sverrisson via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?Hi Bob, > Your idea is very interesting. Let me think about it. > > I happen to have all the code needed already written in Java for my Android > app. > It's only a question of prioritization of the limited resource which is my > free time :-) > > Heimir W1ANT > >> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 6:03 PM Bob via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> >> I think Heimir's (W1ANT) work on the JSON Satellite Status API is >> fantastic! Nothing like rewarding hard work with another request... >> >> How about a JSON Next Orbit API? Query would include the satellite name >> and a grid location. Response would be the time of the next pass >> information (AOS/Time/Az, Max El/Time/Az, LOS/Time/Az). >> >> That would make a small IoT gizmo pretty darned simple to implement and >> remind us when satellites will be overhead >> >> 73, Bob, WB4SON >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com Sun Jan 12 14:49:41 2020 From: heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 07:49:41 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] JSON API for Satellite Prediction? In-Reply-To: <19742668-7151-4681-9B5F-415F23F3B9A0@g4dpz.me.uk> References: <19742668-7151-4681-9B5F-415F23F3B9A0@g4dpz.me.uk> Message-ID: Hi Bernd, Yes I am using a Java version of the old sgp4 library that uses the standard TLE's for the orbital calculations, and then I added my own code for transformations and stuff to get to AZ/EL for a given location and time. Heimir W1ANT On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 4:05 AM David Johnson wrote: > Chip N2YO already has one and I do for the FUNcube fleet. > > Dave, G4DPZ > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 12 Jan 2020, at 01:52, Heimir Thor Sverrisson via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > > ?Hi Bob, > > Your idea is very interesting. Let me think about it. > > > > I happen to have all the code needed already written in Java for my > Android > > app. > > It's only a question of prioritization of the limited resource which is > my > > free time :-) > > > > Heimir W1ANT > > > >> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 6:03 PM Bob via AMSAT-BB > wrote: > >> > >> I think Heimir's (W1ANT) work on the JSON Satellite Status API is > >> fantastic! Nothing like rewarding hard work with another request... > >> > >> How about a JSON Next Orbit API? Query would include the satellite name > >> and a grid location. Response would be the time of the next pass > >> information (AOS/Time/Az, Max El/Time/Az, LOS/Time/Az). > >> > >> That would make a small IoT gizmo pretty darned simple to implement and > >> remind us when satellites will be overhead > >> > >> 73, Bob, WB4SON > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions > >> expressed > >> are solely those of the author, and 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 ki6wj at yahoo.com Sun Jan 12 17:53:33 2020 From: ki6wj at yahoo.com (James Brown) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:53:33 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 ? References: <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561@mail.yahoo.com> I now have sat32/scope working nicely. last week before I added the cat v?? cable and upgraded to the scope? version, I had set up wstj to the ic 9700. I had not actually used it or decoded any signals. It occurred to me that WSJT is controlled only thru usb. I dont see any option to run cat to the wsjt and get audio to it just like? sat32 scope? I hope some one has accomplished this. I am hoping to try at least to hear /decode something from Reno on WSJT, but I expect it will be a tall order. Thanks Jim KI6WJ From marklhammond at gmail.com Sun Jan 12 18:09:01 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 13:09:01 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 ? In-Reply-To: <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Nice progress, Jim. For WSJT, Just be sure SatPC32 is exited, then run WSJT. Configure to use only the USB port, and it will use that for both audio and rig control! It?s easy. Just don?t run them both (SatPC32 and WSJT) at the same time and it all works great. Back and forth between them is nice. Mark N8MH On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 12:54 PM James Brown via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > I now have sat32/scope working nicely. last week before I added the cat > v cable and upgraded to the scope version, I had set up wstj to the ic > 9700. I had not actually used it or decoded any signals. > It occurred to me that WSJT is controlled only thru usb. I dont see any > option to run cat to the wsjt and get audio to it just like sat32 scope? > I hope some one has accomplished this. > I am hoping to try at least to hear /decode something from Reno on WSJT, > but I expect it will be a tall order. > Thanks > 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From wageners at gmail.com Sun Jan 12 18:12:07 2020 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:12:07 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 ? In-Reply-To: <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hi James, Glad you got SatPC32 working. By using the separate CAT cable you still will be able to use computer control of frequencies etc, even with other programs if they use CI-V commands. Just specify the CAT com port and speed and radio address (if needed). Now, the scope function will occupy your usb port and if you try to use other software at the same time with the IC-9700 you will create conflicts. You might try virtual serial port (VSP) software to split that port. Not sure if that will work. However, help me understand why you would want to run SatPC32 together with WSJT? Are you planning to use weak signal digital communication over satellites? If you are just interested in the "scope" function for the IC-9700 got to: https://icom.va2fsq.com/win4icomsuite-overview/ and try the software. It will work with WSJT and gives you a scope. 73, Stefan VE4SW On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 11:55 AM James Brown via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > I now have sat32/scope working nicely. last week before I added the cat > v cable and upgraded to the scope version, I had set up wstj to the ic > 9700. I had not actually used it or decoded any signals. > It occurred to me that WSJT is controlled only thru usb. I dont see any > option to run cat to the wsjt and get audio to it just like sat32 scope? > I hope some one has accomplished this. > I am hoping to try at least to hear /decode something from Reno on WSJT, > but I expect it will be a tall order. > Thanks > 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 ny4i at NY4I.com Sun Jan 12 18:13:02 2020 From: ny4i at NY4I.com (Tom Schaefer) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 13:13:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 ? In-Reply-To: <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1002593268.10420494.1578851613561@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <13A432EB-D15B-4FEA-8D2E-83AEA9102A18@NY4I.com> I may have misunderstood your question but the scope data to SatPC32 is not audio. It?s data sent via the CAT connection on the USB cable. You can use the USB audio Device the USB connection also offers to connect to the sound card in the radio from WSJT-X. Tom NY4I Principal Solutions Architect Better Software Solutions, Inc. 727-437-2771 > On Jan 12, 2020, at 12:55 PM, James Brown via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?I now have sat32/scope working nicely. last week before I added the cat v cable and upgraded to the scope version, I had set up wstj to the ic 9700. I had not actually used it or decoded any signals. > It occurred to me that WSJT is controlled only thru usb. I dont see any option to run cat to the wsjt and get audio to it just like sat32 scope? > I hope some one has accomplished this. > I am hoping to try at least to hear /decode something from Reno on WSJT, but I expect it will be a tall order. > Thanks > 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 diehl.mike.a at gmail.com Mon Jan 13 01:21:23 2020 From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 20:21:23 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] API for satellite status now being tested. In-Reply-To: <542b6708-a24c-76a8-3fa9-d962473d411e@gmail.com> References: <542b6708-a24c-76a8-3fa9-d962473d411e@gmail.com> Message-ID: <95D45EA7-0351-4EB3-8602-29C9D09E088A@gmail.com> You can already do this with GET parameters in the submission URL. Look at this for example. https://amsat.org/status/submit.php?SatSubmit=yes&Confirm=yes&SatName=AO-85&SatYear=2020&SatMonth=01&SatDay=13&SatHour=1&SatPeriod=1&SatCall=W8LID-TEST&SatReport=Not+Heard&SatGridSquare=EN82ge 73, Mike Diehl W8LID/VE6LID > On Jan 11, 2020, at 19:02, LU9CBL via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?Hi Joe! the API will be permit to upload data too??? or only download the info that the stations load from the webpage???. > > Thanks > > Mati LU9CBL > >> El 10/01/2020 a las 10:25 a. m., Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB escribi?: >> Thanks to the efforts of Heimir, W1ANT, an API has been added to retrieve satellite status data as used in the amsat.org/status page. Send a query like : amsat.org/status/api/v1/sat_info.php?name=AO-91&hours=24 and you will get the last 24 hours of reports for AO-91 in JSON format. The hours parameter is optional, if you omit it you will get the last 96 hours of reports. The name of the satellite must match the string shown on amsat.org/status , i.e AO-91 works, but AO-92 does not ... use AO-92_L/v or AO-92_U/v instead. >> >> This API is not stable yet ... we are still working on the time, and it seems a query for the list of available satellites is in order. For the moment, all reports show half past the hour that they were in. >> >> >> de KM1P Joe >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 diehl.mike.a at gmail.com Mon Jan 13 01:30:16 2020 From: diehl.mike.a at gmail.com (Mike Diehl) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 20:30:16 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] API for satellite status now being tested. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0133CD32-CF9A-4218-884B-AD3AFD2DE165@gmail.com> Thanks, Heimir and Joe. I?ve been playing with this today on a ESP8266 module and it works great so far. An array of all available sat names would definitely be welcome, look forward to that. I do have one wishlist item though. Something like name=ALL would be nice so that we wouldn?t have to hammer the AMSAT server with many requests just to get all the data for all available satellites. Thanks again for adding JSON support, it?s definitely appreciated. 73, Mike Diehl W8LID/VE6LID > On Jan 10, 2020, at 08:27, Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?Thanks to the efforts of Heimir, W1ANT, an API has been added to retrieve satellite status data as used in the amsat.org/status page. Send a query like : amsat.org/status/api/v1/sat_info.php?name=AO-91&hours=24 and you will get the last 24 hours of reports for AO-91 in JSON format. The hours parameter is optional, if you omit it you will get the last 96 hours of reports. The name of the satellite must match the string shown on amsat.org/status , i.e AO-91 works, but AO-92 does not ... use AO-92_L/v or AO-92_U/v instead. > > This API is not stable yet ... we are still working on the time, and it seems a query for the list of available satellites is in order. For the moment, all reports show half past the hour that they were in. > > > de KM1P Joe > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Mon Jan 13 13:44:30 2020 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joseph B. Fitzgerald) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:44:30 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] API for satellite status now being tested. In-Reply-To: <0133CD32-CF9A-4218-884B-AD3AFD2DE165@gmail.com> References: , <0133CD32-CF9A-4218-884B-AD3AFD2DE165@gmail.com> Message-ID: Mike Diehl wrote: >I?ve been playing with this today on a ESP8266 module and it works great so far. Glad to hear it. The server logs show several folks exercising it over the weekend. >I do have one wishlist item though. Something like name=ALL would be nice so that we > wouldn?t have to hammer the AMSAT server with> many requests just to get all the data >for all available satellites. That is a good idea Mike. I don't see why that can't be added. de KM1P Joe From badencapecod at gmail.com Mon Jan 13 14:37:18 2020 From: badencapecod at gmail.com (Wes Baden) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 09:37:18 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Need for 2M antenna preamp with Icom 9700?, Receive tip for what it's worth Message-ID: (1) Preamp question: AMSAT newbie here, just having made my first contacts with an Icom 9700 and small yagis on tripods on my deck, fixed in place due to Maine weather. Come Spring, I plan to install the M2 LEO Package on an existing tower, with a rotor. I'm interested primarily in Mode B, and so here is my question. Do I really need a mast-mounted preamp with this set up? I'll be using a 100 foot run of LMR 400, by the way. Right now, with a 2M 4 element yagi and a 30 foot run of LMR 400, I have no trouble copying a lot of signals on receive when satellites are in the one yagi's beamwidth, given the 9700's extraordinary sensitivity and built in preamp. Would a 2M mast mounted preamp be overkill and an unneeded expense? (2) Receive tip: For what it's worth (and probably old news to most SAT ops, so I apologize in advance)?. When using CW on the 70 cm uplink, I've kept the 9700 on USB while listening on 2M. The SSB filter is almost 2 KHz wider than the CW filter. This has enabled me to listen to Doppler shifted CW signals with little or no RX tuning, hear any adjacent QRM and avoid it, and just have one button to hit when I switch from CW to SSB, transmitting on 70 cm. Thanks in advance for feedback about the need for a 2M mast mounted preamp. Wes NA1ME, FN54 From WB4SON at gmail.com Mon Jan 13 19:08:38 2020 From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:08:38 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] API for satellite status now being tested. In-Reply-To: References: <0133CD32-CF9A-4218-884B-AD3AFD2DE165@gmail.com> Message-ID: Now that the JSON API is running for this, adding another one for pass predictions would go a long way to making small desktop widgets based on Circuit Python and the ESP chip possible. Imagine a tiny $30 device that lets you know when your favorite satellites will be crossing overhead. Glad folks are exercising the status port. I'll be adding it to one of my desktop devices soon! 73, Bob, WB4SON On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 8:49 AM Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Mike Diehl wrote: > > >I?ve been playing with this today on a ESP8266 module and it works great > so far. > > Glad to hear it. The server logs show several folks exercising it over > the weekend. > > >I do have one wishlist item though. Something like name=ALL would be nice > so that we > > wouldn?t have to hammer the AMSAT server with> many requests just to get > all the data > >for all available satellites. > > That is a good idea Mike. I don't see why that can't be added. > > de KM1P Joe > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 zmetzing at pobox.com Mon Jan 13 19:31:42 2020 From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:31:42 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Need for 2M antenna preamp with Icom 9700?, Receive tip for what it's worth In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9f87ba69-47db-6f6a-738e-b9529de4e28f@pobox.com> On 2020-01-13 08:37, Wes Baden via AMSAT-BB wrote: > given the 9700's extraordinary sensitivity and built in preamp. Would > a 2M mast mounted preamp be overkill and an unneeded expense? Hello Wes, The built-in preamp doesn't make any sense unless you connect your antenna directly at the rig (inches) or have super-expensive zero-loss coax. As I outlined a few months ago on this list, a fairly inexpensive LNA at the antenna is the best way to improve your station noise figure. Once the system noise figure has been set, the coax back to the shack doesn't really matter too much other than wasting a bit of transmit power if you use the same coax for TX and RX. Original message included here: > If you have a big spool of RG-8X (or even RG-8) and some few dollars > for a preamp (LNA), go for the preamp! 100' of LMR400 has a loss of > 2.7dB at 70cm. Without a preamp, you now have an instant 2.7dB (or > worse) noise figure, even before you get to the radio's front-end, > and you've spent 3x on coax. > > Yes, RG-8X loss at 70cm is 8.1dB, which means your radio's 100W > signal is only ~15W at the antenna, but that's more than enough to > reach a satellite before antenna directional gain is accounted for. > > One can always make more TX power (and today's radios are overpowered > anyway), but one can never recover signals already lost. --- Zach N0ZGO From n8hm at arrl.net Mon Jan 13 21:03:07 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:03:07 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] FOR SALE -- Fiberglass crossboom Message-ID: >From Glenn, K3SWZ (please do not reply, email Glenn directly) Heavy Fiberglass Cross Boom for OSCAR antenna array or small EME array This started life as an 8 ft. piece, but was cut into two 4 ft. pieces. They can be joined at the Elevation Rotor with a metal splice. Two pieces 4 ft. long 2.0 in. OD 0.25 in. wall thickness Very little outside use, indicated by the still very ?green? color of the fiberglass $50 for both pieces, plus shipping from PA U.S. only Money Order only, no PayPal 73 Glenn, K3SWZ (AMSAT LM-326) K3swz at arrl.net From aj9n at aol.com Tue Jan 14 03:22:48 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 03:22:48 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-14 03:00 UTC References: <343437604.7356320.1578972168392.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <343437604.7356320.1578972168392@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-14 03:00 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Sayama Mizutomi Community Center, Sayama, Japan, direct via 8J1SS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Mon 2020-01-13 11:58:07 UTC 84 deg (***) ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-14 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. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-14 03:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? ? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 137 (***) Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1375. (***) Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1308. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? From aj9n at aol.com Wed Jan 15 03:06:00 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 03:06:00 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-15 03:00 UTC References: <378924624.7770843.1579057560434.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <378924624.7770843.1579057560434@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-15 03:00 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP (***) Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg (***) ? Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP (***) Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg (***) ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-15 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. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-14 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? ? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 137 Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1375. Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1308. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Wed Jan 15 03:27:51 2020 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:27:51 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 mode L/v Message-ID: <004e01d5cb53$c4e195a0$4ea4c0e0$@mindspring.com> AO-92 was switched to Mode L/v at 0253 UTC and will automatically revert to Mode U/v after 24 hours. Uplink is 1267.359 MHz, downlink is 145.880 MHz. Enjoy. 73, Drew KO4MA From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Wed Jan 15 04:39:23 2020 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joseph B. Fitzgerald) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 04:39:23 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] A couple of tracking API's under test now on www.amsat.org Message-ID: I was at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus with my kid today for transfer student orientation. I played hooky from the family and friends tour when I discovered that we did not get to visit anything interesting like the steam plant, They were supposed to feed us, but I was busy cutting code. Somebody owes me lunch at the next Symposium. Use www.amsat.org/track/api/v1/passes.php?objects to get a list of object name/object number pairs. Select a name from the list returned from above and use a Maidenhead grid square to specify the location. This will give you summary info on the next 10 passes for that location. www.amsat.org/track/api/v1/passes.php?location=II42&object=ISS de KM1P Joe From heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com Wed Jan 15 18:07:21 2020 From: heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:07:21 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] A couple of tracking API's under test now on www.amsat.org In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Awesome work Joe! Glad UMA has such a lousy orientation :-) /Heimir W1ANT On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 9:41 PM Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > I was at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus with my kid today > for transfer student orientation. I played hooky from the family and > friends tour when I discovered that we did not get to visit anything > interesting like the steam plant, They were supposed to feed us, but I > was busy cutting code. Somebody owes me lunch at the next Symposium. > > Use www.amsat.org/track/api/v1/passes.php?objects< > http://www.amsat.org/track/api/v1/passes.php?objects> to get a list of > object name/object number pairs. > > Select a name from the list returned from above and use a Maidenhead grid > square to specify the location. This will give you summary info on the > next 10 passes for that location. > www.amsat.org/track/api/v1/passes.php?location=II42&object=ISS< > http://www.amsat.org/track/api/v1/passes.php?location=fn42&object=ISS> > > de KM1P Joe > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 mountain.michelle at gmail.com Wed Jan 15 22:35:50 2020 From: mountain.michelle at gmail.com (Michelle Thompson) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:35:50 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Open Research Institute technical workshop - invitation Message-ID: Reminder - please RSVP to our workshop 3pm-7pm 9 February 2020 in Orlando. This is immediately following HamCation. Tickets (free) available! Location is Start Studio on Garland Ave. Detailed directions upon RSVP. Contact me directly to reserve or if you have any questions. https://openresearch.institute/2020/01/07/invitation-digital-multiplexing-transponder-working-meeting-at-hamcation-2020/ We're going to do a deep dive at a really nice venue into the Digital Multiplexing Transponder project during the first segment, take a break, then talk about finance and other issues in the second part. ORI will have a booth and will give three open source amateur satellite presentations during HamCation. Looking forward to seeing you there! -Michelle W5NYV From aj9n at aol.com Thu Jan 16 02:19:46 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:19:46 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-16 02:00 UTC References: <975881960.8155155.1579141186375.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <975881960.8155155.1579141186375@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-16 02:00 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg ? Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg ? ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-16 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. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-14 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? ? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 137 Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1375. Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1308. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Thu Jan 16 13:36:49 2020 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joseph B. Fitzgerald) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:36:49 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] A couple of tracking API's under test now on www.amsat.org In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Awesome work Joe! Glad UMass has such a lousy orientation :-) Thanks, Heimir. K1JT did some work there a few years back that got a bit of notice, so I'm glad to get noticed also. I am considering adjusting the response to the APIs in case something goes wrong: { "payload": [], "errors": [{ "code": 1, "description": "Resource is bad" }, ] } Additionally, HTTP Status Codes in the 400-599 range are sent as a secondary indication of a problem. Speaking of things going wrong, QO-100 has no "passes" as such. Except at the very edge of the footprint it never rises and sets. I'd love to hear ideas on how to handle this case. de KM1P Joe From ruthwillet at icloud.com Thu Jan 16 14:17:24 2020 From: ruthwillet at icloud.com (Ruth Willet) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:17:24 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] EM81/82 rove today (01/16) Message-ID: Good morning! I will be roving today, January 16th. My goal is to make the EM81/EM82 grid line for the following passes: 16:49z SO50 17:11z AO-92 17:23 CAS-4B 17:55z AO-91. However, if I'm unable to get to the gridline itself in time, I will plan on operating two passes in EM82 & two in EM81. All logs will be uploaded to LOTW. 73, Ruth KM4LAO Sent from my iPhone From lu7aa at yahoo.com Thu Jan 16 14:36:02 2020 From: lu7aa at yahoo.com (Amsat Argentina) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:36:02 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] LU-PicoBalloon References: <462795855.304299.1579185362526.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <462795855.304299.1579185362526@mail.yahoo.com> AMSAT-LU LU1ESY Picoballoon launched 01/09 from Argentina flying now over Australia. Tracking: http://lu7aa.org/wspr.asp 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina From heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com Thu Jan 16 15:46:16 2020 From: heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:46:16 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] A couple of tracking API's under test now on www.amsat.org In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Joe, I really like your suggestion for the API response format. As it is a breaking change, it would be most convenient to implement it as /v2/ of the API, so everybody can migrate to it in a timely manner. Let me know when you have something to test, and I will start working on a new version of my app to use it. The QO-100 cannot be treated as a LEO satellite because it does not fit the computing model. The AOS happened just once, when it came operational and LOS will not happen until it is turned off to die! For us over here in the Americas AOS will never happen :-( But it's Azimuth and Elevation can of course be computed, but it is just a function of the location of the observer. /Heimir W1ANT On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:36 AM Joseph B. Fitzgerald < jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > > Awesome work Joe! > Glad UMass has such a lousy orientation :-) > > > Thanks, Heimir. K1JT did some work there a few years back that got a > bit of notice, so I'm glad to get noticed also. > > I am considering adjusting the response to the APIs in case something goes > wrong: > > { > > "payload": [], > > "errors": [{ > > "code": 1, > > "description": "Resource is bad" > > }, > > ] > > } > Additionally, HTTP Status Codes in the 400-599 range are sent as a > secondary indication of a problem. > > Speaking of things going wrong, QO-100 has no "passes" as such. Except at > the very edge of the footprint it never rises and sets. I'd love to hear > ideas on how to handle this case. > > > de KM1P Joe > > From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Thu Jan 16 21:31:59 2020 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:31:59 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan References: <57605BDFB8C44BB7AE09AC7931955717.ref@DHJ> Message-ID: <57605BDFB8C44BB7AE09AC7931955717@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan on 22 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:00 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8J9MO. The contact should be audible over Japan 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. Fukui Prefecture is a Japanese administrative division and local government that faces the Sea of Japan and Wakasa Bay. The prefectural capital and the largest city is Fukui City. Morita Junior High school was established in 1947 at Fukui city. Our students are learning many knowledge of science and engineering through various experiments. The number of students is 332. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What happens when you heat water in space? 2. What does the Earth look like from space? 3. When you are in space, how much does your body weight change? 4. What is your favorite space food? 5. What is the most fun thing to do in space? 6. What do you do, when you have a toothache a disease on the ISS? 7. How far does your saliva go when you sneeze in the ISS? 8. Have you ever had a serious disease in space? 9. What is the first thing you want to do when you come back to earth? 10. When you were in junior high school, what did you want to be in the future? 11. How big does the Earth look the ISS? 12. What is the biggest inconvenience on the ISS? 13. What experiment do you do in space? 14. What makes you the most excited in space? 15. How do you talk during outboard activities? 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. Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21 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 ISS National Lab 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Thu Jan 16 21:57:14 2020 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:57:14 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada References: Message-ID: An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada on 22 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:21 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Story: Jean Moffet has volunteered at the Ontario Science Centre's amateur radio station VE3OSC for more than 30 years, sharing her knowledge of and passion for ham radio with countless visitors. Having recently celebrated her 96th birthday, Jean indicated one of her bucket list items is to speak to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS). To honour her invaluable contribution, the Science Centre is working with the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Canada to help Jean check this item off her list. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Did you have an opinion about extra-terrestrial life before being on the ISS; has being on the ISS changed your views? 2. Being a mature woman, I have done a lot of cleaning. Has seeing Earth from near-space given you any thoughts on modifying existing technology, say attachments to airplanes, to help with excess greenhouse gas clean-up? 3. Have you seen space junk? How bad is the problem? 4. Did you always want to be an astronaut? What did your parents think? 5. What personal item did you bring with you and why? 6. What do you miss most about your usual life? 7. What is the most stressful situation in space you have experienced and how did it turn out? 8. What life lesson have you brought back that you can share with us from your most stressful situation in space? 9. How do you relieve boredom on ISS? Do you play with fidget toys, Silly Putty, games, music? 10. Does food taste different on the space station? How do you deal with food cravings? 11. What effects of microgravity have been the hardest to adjust to? 12. What are your thoughts on the portrayal of space in movies? 13. What does space look like from the International Space Station? 14. What is your favourite view of Earth from the space station? 15. What are your three favourite things about being on the space station? 16. Do you miss being able to go out for a walk whenever you want? 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 ISS National Lab 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN From mountain.michelle at gmail.com Thu Jan 16 22:13:13 2020 From: mountain.michelle at gmail.com (Michelle Thompson) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:13:13 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute Message-ID: Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the Google Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit the amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for suggesting this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support and approval. Details about the program can be found here: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least once a week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of achieving technical goals. This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working with students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that cover a wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB is full of truly wonderful and qualified people. The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us know! -Michelle W5NYV From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Thu Jan 16 22:56:21 2020 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:56:21 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 20-01 References: <64DDF6D3504B4BF39004C0B7CA273FEB.ref@DHJ> Message-ID: <64DDF6D3504B4BF39004C0B7CA273FEB@DHJ> ARISS News Release No. 20-01 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR January 16, 2020 Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window which will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 2021 and June 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The proposal window for contacts between January 2021. and June 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31. 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on two different date and times. The first is at January 23 at 2100 ET and the second is at Jan 27 at 1800 ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2020.eventbrite.com . The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. More Information For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education at gmail.com . 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. Media Contact: Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn at amsat.org From lu7aa at yahoo.com Thu Jan 16 23:54:11 2020 From: lu7aa at yahoo.com (Amsat Argentina) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:54:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] LUSAT 30 YEARS References: <162827286.188567.1579218851722.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <162827286.188567.1579218851722@mail.yahoo.com> On Feb-22-1990 LUSAT/LO-19 was launched along with AO-16, DO-17, WO-18, UO-14 & UO-15. It's our first Argentina Satellite, and one of firsts to use PACSAT protocol. LUSAT is still calling home with her carrier at +/-437.125 saying hey! I am here, http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=lusat AMSAT-LU invites to share & celebrate this 30th anniversary, due Jan-22 2020. >From Jan 18 thru 26 several Club Stations and amateurs will be active by radio. Granting thru one contact on any band or mode or Sat a QSL and/or a Certificate. Details: http://amsat.org.ar/?f=30e ? 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina From ki7unj at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 00:23:58 2020 From: ki7unj at gmail.com (KI7UNJ Tucker) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:23:58 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: While I applaud your efforts, exactly how is this relevant to amateur satellites and being sent to the AMSAT-BB? Last time I checked we were AMSAT not ORI? Was spamming the physical mailing list with ORI letter headed "propaganda" not enough? Certainly, you have other means of publicizing, rather than spamming us on the AMSAT-BB and violating the terms of use For someone who throws a lot of unfounded accusations at others, you seem to do a lot of shady stuff. I thought a Board member would know better. KI7UNJ On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the Google > Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit the > amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for suggesting > this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support and > approval. > > Details about the program can be found here: > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > > If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least once a > week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of achieving > technical goals. > > This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really > interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. > > In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working with > students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that cover a > wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB is full > of truly wonderful and qualified people. > > The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us know! > > -Michelle W5NYV > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 > -- Casey Tucker KI7UNJ AMSAT Ambassador https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ https://www.qrz.com/db/KI7UNJ http://bit.do/ki7unj From af5cc2 at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 02:03:32 2020 From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:03:32 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] LUSAT 30 YEARS In-Reply-To: <162827286.188567.1579218851722@mail.yahoo.com> References: <162827286.188567.1579218851722.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <162827286.188567.1579218851722@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Congratulations on your anniversary and successful satellite! UO-14 was the very first satellite I made a QSO through, back in 2002. That was a great sat, unfortunately we lost it a couple of years after that. Never would have guessed that UO-14 would lead me into 18 years of satellite operating with a satellite VUCC and satellite WAS! 73 John W5TD On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:24 PM Amsat Argentina via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > On Feb-22-1990 LUSAT/LO-19 was launched along with AO-16, DO-17, WO-18, > UO-14 & UO-15. > > It's our first Argentina Satellite, and one of firsts to use PACSAT > protocol. > > LUSAT is still calling home with her carrier at +/-437.125 saying hey! I > am here, http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=lusat > > AMSAT-LU invites to share & celebrate this 30th anniversary, due Jan-22 > 2020. > > From Jan 18 thru 26 several Club Stations and amateurs will be active by > radio. > > Granting thru one contact on any band or mode or Sat a QSL and/or a > Certificate. > > Details: http://amsat.org.ar/?f=30e > > 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 lu7aa at yahoo.com Fri Jan 17 02:28:36 2020 From: lu7aa at yahoo.com (Amsat Argentina) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:28:36 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] LUSAT 30 YEARS In-Reply-To: References: <162827286.188567.1579218851722.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <162827286.188567.1579218851722@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1669922154.56000.1579228116338@mail.yahoo.com> Hello John, Thanks for your comment on amsat-bb, and congratulations on your VUCC & WAS at those early times. We are very proud to participate with LUSAT, driven during the 80's and 90's by W3GEY, Jan King, dealing us into that adventure. Looking forward to keep the excitement of those times. 73, lu7abf, PedroAMSAT Argentina member. On Friday, January 17, 2020, 2:04:08 AM UTC, John Geiger wrote: Congratulations on your anniversary and successful satellite!? UO-14 was the very first satellite I made a QSO through, back in 2002. That was a great sat, unfortunately we lost it a couple of years after that.? Never would have guessed that UO-14 would lead me into 18 years of satellite operating with a satellite? VUCC and satellite WAS! 73 John W5TD On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:24 PM Amsat Argentina via AMSAT-BB wrote: On Feb-22-1990 LUSAT/LO-19 was launched along with AO-16, DO-17, WO-18, UO-14 & UO-15. It's our first Argentina Satellite, and one of firsts to use PACSAT protocol. LUSAT is still calling home with her carrier at +/-437.125 saying hey! I am here, http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=lusat AMSAT-LU invites to share & celebrate this 30th anniversary, due Jan-22 2020. >From Jan 18 thru 26 several Club Stations and amateurs will be active by radio. Granting thru one contact on any band or mode or Sat a QSL and/or a Certificate. Details: http://amsat.org.ar/?f=30e ? 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and 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 wageners at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 02:41:50 2020 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:41:50 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Michelle, What a great opportunity for amateur radio folks to make a real difference in young people and introduce them to our part of the hobby that involves coding, SDR, etc. Thanks for doing this and making us aware of these opportunities. That's right in line with "services that present an opportunity for self-training, intercommunication, and technical investigations a foundation of amateur radio" plus all the STEM that comes with it. Very nice and since it is open, it is accessible. As with all great ideas, you will unfortunately be confronted with personal attacks and unfounded accusations. Glad you are sticking with it! 73, Stefan VE4SW On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:31 PM KI7UNJ Tucker via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > While I applaud your efforts, exactly how is this relevant to amateur > satellites and being sent to the AMSAT-BB? > > Last time I checked we were AMSAT not ORI? > > Was spamming the physical mailing list with ORI letter headed "propaganda" > not enough? Certainly, you have other means of publicizing, rather than > spamming us on the AMSAT-BB and violating the terms of use For someone who > throws a lot of unfounded accusations at others, you seem to do a lot of > shady stuff. I thought a Board member would know better. > > > KI7UNJ > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the Google > > Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit the > > amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for suggesting > > this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support and > > approval. > > > > Details about the program can be found here: > > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > > > > If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least once a > > week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of achieving > > technical goals. > > > > This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really > > interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. > > > > In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working with > > students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that cover a > > wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB is > full > > of truly wonderful and qualified people. > > > > The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us know! > > > > -Michelle W5NYV > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions > > expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > > > -- > > > Casey Tucker KI7UNJ > AMSAT Ambassador > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 ny4i at NY4I.com Fri Jan 17 03:00:34 2020 From: ny4i at NY4I.com (Tom Schaefer) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:00:34 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Wow! The AMSAT ambassador program clearly needs a course in people skills. Who manages that program? I love supporting AMSAT ( I?m a life member) but that can?t stand. To turn a phrase, I would think an AMSAT Ambassador would know better. Keep at it Michelle. That?s a great idea. Tom NY4I > On Jan 16, 2020, at 9:45 PM, Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?Thanks Michelle, > > What a great opportunity for amateur radio folks to make a real difference > in young people and introduce them to our part of the hobby that involves > coding, SDR, etc. Thanks for doing this and making us aware of these > opportunities. That's right in line with "services that present an > opportunity for self-training, intercommunication, and technical > investigations a foundation of amateur radio" plus all the STEM that comes > with it. Very nice and since it is open, it is accessible. > > As with all great ideas, you will unfortunately be confronted with personal > attacks and unfounded accusations. Glad you are sticking with it! > > 73, Stefan VE4SW > > > > >> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:31 PM KI7UNJ Tucker via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> >> While I applaud your efforts, exactly how is this relevant to amateur >> satellites and being sent to the AMSAT-BB? >> >> Last time I checked we were AMSAT not ORI? >> >> Was spamming the physical mailing list with ORI letter headed "propaganda" >> not enough? Certainly, you have other means of publicizing, rather than >> spamming us on the AMSAT-BB and violating the terms of use For someone who >> throws a lot of unfounded accusations at others, you seem to do a lot of >> shady stuff. I thought a Board member would know better. >> >> >> KI7UNJ >> >> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> >>> Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the Google >>> Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit the >>> amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for suggesting >>> this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support and >>> approval. >>> >>> Details about the program can be found here: >>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ >>> >>> If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least once a >>> week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of achieving >>> technical goals. >>> >>> This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really >>> interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. >>> >>> In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working with >>> students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that cover a >>> wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB is >> full >>> of truly wonderful and qualified people. >>> >>> The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us know! >>> >>> -Michelle W5NYV >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions >>> expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and 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 >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Casey Tucker KI7UNJ >> AMSAT Ambassador >> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 w3ab at yahoo.com Fri Jan 17 03:43:40 2020 From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:43:40 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7d81fb9d-c2cf-42f0-8c0f-fe52652f6536@yahoo.com> KI7UNJ, what's your problem dude? If you aren't interested in furthering tech, please shut your pie hole. ?___ Sent from my two way wrist watch 73 de W3AB/GEO? On Jan 16, 2020, 19:05, at 19:05, Tom Schaefer via AMSAT-BB wrote: >Wow! The AMSAT ambassador program clearly needs a course in people >skills.? Who manages that program? I love supporting AMSAT ( I?m a life >member) but that can?t stand. To turn a phrase, I would think an AMSAT >Ambassador would know better. > >Keep at it Michelle. That?s a great idea. > >Tom NY4I > >> On Jan 16, 2020, at 9:45 PM, Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB > wrote: >> >> ?Thanks Michelle, >> >> What a great opportunity for amateur radio folks to make a real >difference >> in young people and introduce them to our part of the hobby that >involves >> coding, SDR, etc. Thanks for doing this and making us aware of these >> opportunities. That's right in line with "services that present an >> opportunity for self-training, intercommunication, and technical >> investigations a foundation of amateur radio" plus all the STEM that >comes >> with it. Very nice and since it is open, it is accessible. >> >> As with all great ideas, you will unfortunately be confronted with >personal >> attacks and unfounded accusations. Glad you are sticking with it! >> >> 73, Stefan VE4SW >> >> >> >> >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:31 PM KI7UNJ Tucker via AMSAT-BB < >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>> >>> While I applaud your efforts, exactly how is this relevant to >amateur >>> satellites and being sent to the AMSAT-BB? >>> >>> Last time I checked we were AMSAT not ORI? >>> >>> Was spamming the physical mailing list with ORI letter headed >"propaganda" >>> not enough?? Certainly, you have other means of publicizing, rather >than >>> spamming us on the AMSAT-BB and violating the terms of use? For >someone who >>> throws a lot of unfounded accusations at others, you seem to do a >lot of >>> shady stuff. I thought a Board member would know better. >>> >>> >>> KI7UNJ >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the >Google >>>> Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit >the >>>> amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for >suggesting >>>> this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support >and >>>> approval. >>>> >>>> Details about the program can be found here: >>>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ >>>> >>>> If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least >once a >>>> week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of >achieving >>>> technical goals. >>>> >>>> This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really >>>> interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. >>>> >>>> In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working >with >>>> students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that >cover a >>>> wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB >is >>> full >>>> of truly wonderful and qualified people. >>>> >>>> The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us >know! >>>> >>>> -Michelle W5NYV >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >available >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>> Opinions >>>> expressed >>>> are solely those of the author, and 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Casey Tucker? KI7UNJ >>> AMSAT Ambassador >>> 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 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >Opinions >>> expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and 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 > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >Opinions expressed >are solely those of the author, and 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 jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Fri Jan 17 03:54:06 2020 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joseph B. Fitzgerald) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:54:06 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] A couple of tracking API's under test now on www.amsat.org In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Heimir W1ANT wrote: > Let me know when you have something to test, and I will start working on a new version of my app to use >it. I wasn't paying attention and didn't realize your app was released. I considere v1 still under test ?. How about we leave the spec for v2 open for comment until Feb 15, then freeze an release it March 1. v1 will be deprecated in the sense that documentation won't be available and developers admonished not to write new apps against it. >The QO-100 cannot be treated as a LEO satellite Clearly not, but we shouldn't ignore it either. I am considering a response with AOS at query time and duration 99years. With v2 and its provision for error codes and messages we could simply say spacecraft never rises (sets) at this location. This also helps with LEO sats with low inclinations that never rise at high latitudes. de KM1P Joe From penguin359 at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 10:19:01 2020 From: penguin359 at gmail.com (Loren M. Lang) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:19:01 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] JY1-Sat shows incorrect callsign on ranking Message-ID: Hello, A while back, I requested a callsign change for the FUNcube data warehouse. It was decided to leave my Site Id as my old callsign, AG7NC, and just change the callsign presented on the warehouse rankings to show as K7IW. However, it still seems that there are some places my Site Id is leaking through. My uploads for JY1-Sat report using my old callsign/site id. If I do a search on the rankings for K7IW, it only shows my contributions for FUNcube-1 and Nayif-1. If I do a search for AG7NC, it returns back two rows, the same K7IW contributions and also a row for AG7NC showing only my JY1-Sat contributions. Can those be moved to show under K7IW with the others? - Loren K7IW From jarvideo at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 06:57:29 2020 From: jarvideo at gmail.com (Joshua Abraham) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:57:29 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: <7d81fb9d-c2cf-42f0-8c0f-fe52652f6536@yahoo.com> References: <7d81fb9d-c2cf-42f0-8c0f-fe52652f6536@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <70CBCE37-5D5B-4345-97E0-52E3A677DD48@gmail.com> I?m inclined to agree that a hateful response such as that does not belong on this list. What?s worse is to see it coming from someone who represents the organization. KI7UNJ, I?m not sure where this frustration is coming from, but friend, this was not the place to let it out. Let?s all try to remember why we are here and why we became hams to begin with. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2020, at 10:43 PM, W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > KI7UNJ, what's your problem dude? If you aren't interested in furthering tech, please shut your pie hole. > > ?___ > Sent from my two way wrist watch > 73 de W3AB/GEO? > >> On Jan 16, 2020, 19:05, at 19:05, Tom Schaefer via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> Wow! The AMSAT ambassador program clearly needs a course in people >> skills. Who manages that program? I love supporting AMSAT ( I?m a life >> member) but that can?t stand. To turn a phrase, I would think an AMSAT >> Ambassador would know better. >> >> Keep at it Michelle. That?s a great idea. >> >> Tom NY4I >> >>> On Jan 16, 2020, at 9:45 PM, Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB >> wrote: >>> >>> ?Thanks Michelle, >>> >>> What a great opportunity for amateur radio folks to make a real >> difference >>> in young people and introduce them to our part of the hobby that >> involves >>> coding, SDR, etc. Thanks for doing this and making us aware of these >>> opportunities. That's right in line with "services that present an >>> opportunity for self-training, intercommunication, and technical >>> investigations a foundation of amateur radio" plus all the STEM that >> comes >>> with it. Very nice and since it is open, it is accessible. >>> >>> As with all great ideas, you will unfortunately be confronted with >> personal >>> attacks and unfounded accusations. Glad you are sticking with it! >>> >>> 73, Stefan VE4SW >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:31 PM KI7UNJ Tucker via AMSAT-BB < >>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> While I applaud your efforts, exactly how is this relevant to >> amateur >>>> satellites and being sent to the AMSAT-BB? >>>> >>>> Last time I checked we were AMSAT not ORI? >>>> >>>> Was spamming the physical mailing list with ORI letter headed >> "propaganda" >>>> not enough? Certainly, you have other means of publicizing, rather >> than >>>> spamming us on the AMSAT-BB and violating the terms of use For >> someone who >>>> throws a lot of unfounded accusations at others, you seem to do a >> lot of >>>> shady stuff. I thought a Board member would know better. >>>> >>>> >>>> KI7UNJ >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < >>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the >> Google >>>>> Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit >> the >>>>> amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for >> suggesting >>>>> this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support >> and >>>>> approval. >>>>> >>>>> Details about the program can be found here: >>>>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ >>>>> >>>>> If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least >> once a >>>>> week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of >> achieving >>>>> technical goals. >>>>> >>>>> This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really >>>>> interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. >>>>> >>>>> In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working >> with >>>>> students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that >> cover a >>>>> wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB >> is >>>> full >>>>> of truly wonderful and qualified people. >>>>> >>>>> The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us >> know! >>>>> >>>>> -Michelle W5NYV >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >> available >>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>>> Opinions >>>>> expressed >>>>> are solely those of the author, and 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> Casey Tucker KI7UNJ >>>> AMSAT Ambassador >>>> 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 >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >> available >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions >>>> expressed >>>> are solely those of the author, and 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 josepharmbruster at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 11:41:14 2020 From: josepharmbruster at gmail.com (Joseph Armbruster) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:41:14 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: <7d81fb9d-c2cf-42f0-8c0f-fe52652f6536@yahoo.com> References: <7d81fb9d-c2cf-42f0-8c0f-fe52652f6536@yahoo.com> Message-ID: W3AB/GEO. Honestly, this struck me as a little odd as well. . . ? Though, my reaction is a little less disgruntled. """Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the Google Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit the amateur satellite service""". My question is, why isn't this being promoted as an AMSAT program? On the bb, I would have expected to see "AMSAT is looking to apply as a mentor in..." According to AMSATs articles of incorporation, this is part of what AMSAT is all about (ref: https://www.amsat.org/articles-of-incorporation/). Michelle, you're on the AMSAT BOD, correct? Why are you suggesting OSI act as a mentor and not AMSAT? Was this kind of collaboration program attempted through AMSAT, first, and if-so, did it fall through for some reason? I had no clue who OSI is, so I just looked them up. https://openresearch.institute/board-of-directors/. The poster and volunteers; Bruce Perens, Ben Hilburn and Michelle Thompson are all on the BOD of the OSI organization. Which is cool, it seems like they are into science. On the projects side, I noticed this listed on the website: "Phase 4 Ground is an Open Source satellite ground station project primarily intended for AMSAT as the flight customer and the Radio Amateur community as users. It is being developed by Open Research Institute in order to manage the ITAR and EAR issues of a pure Open Source (and Open Hardware) project. Michelle Thompson is the chief scientist on the project. AMSAT online facilities are still being used and we?ll migrate over time." Was AMSAT and OSI partnered at all on this work? I'm a bit out of the loop, so my apologies in advance if this is a silly question. W3AB, furthering tech is cool... But as an AMSAT member, if it was promoted and fell through at AMSAT for some reason, then I'm OK with it. But, as a member, i'd still wonder why and would be worried. On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 10:50 PM W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB wrote: > KI7UNJ, what's your problem dude? If you aren't interested in furthering > tech, please shut your pie hole. > > ?___ > Sent from my two way wrist watch > 73 de W3AB/GEO? > > On Jan 16, 2020, 19:05, at 19:05, Tom Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >Wow! The AMSAT ambassador program clearly needs a course in people > >skills. Who manages that program? I love supporting AMSAT ( I?m a life > >member) but that can?t stand. To turn a phrase, I would think an AMSAT > >Ambassador would know better. > > > >Keep at it Michelle. That?s a great idea. > > > >Tom NY4I > > > >> On Jan 16, 2020, at 9:45 PM, Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB > > wrote: > >> > >> ?Thanks Michelle, > >> > >> What a great opportunity for amateur radio folks to make a real > >difference > >> in young people and introduce them to our part of the hobby that > >involves > >> coding, SDR, etc. Thanks for doing this and making us aware of these > >> opportunities. That's right in line with "services that present an > >> opportunity for self-training, intercommunication, and technical > >> investigations a foundation of amateur radio" plus all the STEM that > >comes > >> with it. Very nice and since it is open, it is accessible. > >> > >> As with all great ideas, you will unfortunately be confronted with > >personal > >> attacks and unfounded accusations. Glad you are sticking with it! > >> > >> 73, Stefan VE4SW > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:31 PM KI7UNJ Tucker via AMSAT-BB < > >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> While I applaud your efforts, exactly how is this relevant to > >amateur > >>> satellites and being sent to the AMSAT-BB? > >>> > >>> Last time I checked we were AMSAT not ORI? > >>> > >>> Was spamming the physical mailing list with ORI letter headed > >"propaganda" > >>> not enough? Certainly, you have other means of publicizing, rather > >than > >>> spamming us on the AMSAT-BB and violating the terms of use For > >someone who > >>> throws a lot of unfounded accusations at others, you seem to do a > >lot of > >>> shady stuff. I thought a Board member would know better. > >>> > >>> > >>> KI7UNJ > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < > >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the > >Google > >>>> Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit > >the > >>>> amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for > >suggesting > >>>> this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support > >and > >>>> approval. > >>>> > >>>> Details about the program can be found here: > >>>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > >>>> > >>>> If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least > >once a > >>>> week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of > >achieving > >>>> technical goals. > >>>> > >>>> This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really > >>>> interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. > >>>> > >>>> In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working > >with > >>>> students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that > >cover a > >>>> wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB > >is > >>> full > >>>> of truly wonderful and qualified people. > >>>> > >>>> The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us > >know! > >>>> > >>>> -Michelle W5NYV > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > >available > >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > >>> Opinions > >>>> expressed > >>>> are solely those of the author, and 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 > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> > >>> Casey Tucker KI7UNJ > >>> AMSAT Ambassador > >>> 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 > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > >available > >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > >Opinions > >>> expressed > >>> are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > >Opinions expressed > >are solely those of the author, and 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 josh_ward at me.com Fri Jan 17 05:36:24 2020 From: josh_ward at me.com (Joshua Ward) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:36:24 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Google_Summer_of_Code_-_mentorship_applicati?= =?utf-8?q?on_from_Open_Research_Institute?= Message-ID: <3732f229-37ec-4f33-86bb-118a84d09846@me.com> I?m new to the board but I follow along. I guess I can make the??long time listener, first time caller joke?. I know that you follow me on twitter and you know that I?m active in the community, I?m not sure that I recognize any other other posters in this thread and I?m not sure some/most of you have ever uploaded to LOTW. ?So, greetings I guess. One of my passions is flying high-altitude balloons and the whole reason I got my tech license was to legally carry APRS for tracking. From there I blundered into amsats and was hooked almost instantly.? My first launch was Kickstarter funded and I kind of made a promise to my backers that I?d talk to schools and involve myself in promoting STEM though my HAB passion. I genuinely feel I?ve lived up to my end but I still sponsor the occasional senior design project here at the university school of engineering.? This usually comes in the form of an ME or EE design and I?ve never dabbled in sponsoring a CS project although I?ve got ideas. Frankly, I?m not sure I have the kind of time it takes to mentor a student right now but can you elaborate when you say: "I believe participation can greatly benefit the amateur satellite service.? And ?we have plenty of really interesting and meaningful options for students to work on." -J W3ARD From mountain.michelle at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 04:04:07 2020 From: mountain.michelle at gmail.com (Michelle Thompson) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:04:07 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Greetings Tucker, The work we would enable through GSoC, by mentoring students, would be amateur satellite communications work. Open Research Institute is a Member Society of AMSAT-NA. -Michelle W5NYV On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:24 PM KI7UNJ Tucker wrote: > While I applaud your efforts, exactly how is this relevant to amateur > satellites and being sent to the AMSAT-BB? > > Last time I checked we were AMSAT not ORI? > > Was spamming the physical mailing list with ORI letter headed "propaganda" > not enough? Certainly, you have other means of publicizing, rather than > spamming us on the AMSAT-BB and violating the terms of use For someone > who throws a lot of unfounded accusations at others, you seem to do a lot > of shady stuff. I thought a Board member would know better. > > > KI7UNJ > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the Google >> Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit the >> amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for suggesting >> this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support and >> approval. >> >> Details about the program can be found here: >> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ >> >> If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least once a >> week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of achieving >> technical goals. >> >> This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really >> interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. >> >> In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working with >> students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that cover a >> wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB is >> full >> of truly wonderful and qualified people. >> >> The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us know! >> >> -Michelle W5NYV >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 >> > > > -- > > > Casey Tucker KI7UNJ > AMSAT Ambassador > https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ > https://www.qrz.com/db/KI7UNJ > http://bit.do/ki7unj > > > From ke4al at yahoo.com Fri Jan 17 14:22:13 2020 From: ke4al at yahoo.com (Robert Bankston) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:22:13 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Acceptable Use References: <688827202.216670.1579270933393.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <688827202.216670.1579270933393@mail.yahoo.com> Last night, the AMSAT-BB was placed on Emergency Moderation, meaning all posts had to be reviewed before released for public distribution.? This was a precautionary measure taken to allow a "cooling off" period. ?? I remind all AMSAT-BB subscribers that while strong disagreements on issues are inevitable, the AMSAT-BB list is not the place for exchanges which become spiteful, unproductive exchanges. If you must have a heated exchange, it should be conducted privately and not in public on a mailing list. ?? Posts must contain appropriate content and are respectful of the members and readers of the AMSAT-BB.? All posts should include the author's first name and call sign, or full name if not currently licensed.? In general, posts should be related to amateur radio satellites. Examples of on-topic posts include: ? ? ?(1) Announcements of general interest, including, but not limited to, AMSAT news, meetings, satellite availability, and DXpeditions.? AMSAT Mailing List AUP; ? ? ?(2) Technical discussions, including the physics of space flight, modulation techniques, satellite design, RF path loss calculations, noise figure, etc.; ? ? ?(3) Inquiries and suggestions about choosing equipment, learning operating techniques, and troubleshooting problems; ? ? ?(4) Discussion of AMSAT plans and policies in ways that foster better understanding of the opportunities, trade-offs, and limitations that AMSAT faces, and constructive suggestions for improvement; and ? ? ?(5) Posting of amateur radio satellite-related equipment and software available for sale.? ?? What occurred last night was to the contrary and will not be tolerated.? Further violations will result from removal from further use of AMSAT-BB. ?? Please take a moment to review AMSAT's Acceptable Use Policy for the AMSAT Public Mailing Lists (https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AMSAT_AUP_061819.pdf). ?? 73, Robert Bankston, KE4AL Vice-President, User Services Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) From k8bl at ameritech.net Fri Jan 17 16:55:48 2020 From: k8bl at ameritech.net (Bob Liddy (K8BL)) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:55:48 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Acceptable Use In-Reply-To: <688827202.216670.1579270933393@mail.yahoo.com> References: <688827202.216670.1579270933393.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <688827202.216670.1579270933393@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1035628096.289567.1579280148033@mail.yahoo.com> Robert, I'm glad I missed whatever the objectionable things were that causedthe warranted action to take place. Thank you for taking quick actionto save us from the irritation. And, I'm glad you reminded all Users that they should include their Nameand Callsign whenever making a post. We too often see a post where someoneis asking for all kinds of help with an issue and do not have the courtesy tolet us know who they are. Maybe it's just an oversight, but it's poor formnonetheless. I enjoy helping folks, but it's nice to know who they are. Thanks for keeping our BB a helpful, professional and friendly resource forall Users. 73,? ? Bob? K8BL? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (AMSAT #6593, since 1979) On Friday, January 17, 2020, 11:14:20 AM EST, Robert Bankston via AMSAT-BB wrote: Last night, the AMSAT-BB was placed on Emergency Moderation, meaning all posts had to be reviewed before released for public distribution.? This was a precautionary measure taken to allow a "cooling off" period. ?? I remind all AMSAT-BB subscribers that while strong disagreements on issues are inevitable, the AMSAT-BB list is not the place for exchanges which become spiteful, unproductive exchanges. If you must have a heated exchange, it should be conducted privately and not in public on a mailing list. ?? Posts must contain appropriate content and are respectful of the members and readers of the AMSAT-BB.? All posts should include the author's first name and call sign, or full name if not currently licensed.? In general, posts should be related to amateur radio satellites. Examples of on-topic posts include: ? ? ?(1) Announcements of general interest, including, but not limited to, AMSAT news, meetings, satellite availability, and DXpeditions.? AMSAT Mailing List AUP; ? ? ?(2) Technical discussions, including the physics of space flight, modulation techniques, satellite design, RF path loss calculations, noise figure, etc.; ? ? ?(3) Inquiries and suggestions about choosing equipment, learning operating techniques, and troubleshooting problems; ? ? ?(4) Discussion of AMSAT plans and policies in ways that foster better understanding of the opportunities, trade-offs, and limitations that AMSAT faces, and constructive suggestions for improvement; and ? ? ?(5) Posting of amateur radio satellite-related equipment and software available for sale.? ?? What occurred last night was to the contrary and will not be tolerated.? Further violations will result from removal from further use of AMSAT-BB. ?? Please take a moment to review AMSAT's Acceptable Use Policy for the AMSAT Public Mailing Lists (https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AMSAT_AUP_061819.pdf). ?? 73, Robert Bankston, KE4AL Vice-President, User Services Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. 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 Fri Jan 17 16:41:51 2020 From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (tjschuessler at verizon.net) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:41:51 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Cowtown Hamfest References: <013801d5cd55$05276600$0f763200$.ref@verizon.net> Message-ID: <013801d5cd55$05276600$0f763200$@verizon.net> All, Look for me, N5HYP, on air from the Cowtown Hamfest in Fort Worth, Texas, this weekend. I will be trying all available FM passes on Saturday 1/18 between 7A and 3P central time and hope to have some bystanders along with me. Please give a good showing to allow for a healthy promotion of this exciting part of the hobby.. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms From propgrinder at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 15:21:52 2020 From: propgrinder at gmail.com (Bob Hammond) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:21:52 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think this is a great opportunity for AMSAT, ORI, students, and amateur radio. I strongly encourage and support this outreach effort. Bob, W7OTJ On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:05 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the Google > Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit the > amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for suggesting > this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support and > approval. > > Details about the program can be found here: > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > > If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least once a > week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of achieving > technical goals. > > This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really > interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. > > In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working with > students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that cover a > wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB is full > of truly wonderful and qualified people. > > The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us know! > > -Michelle W5NYV > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 mountain.michelle at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 17:18:21 2020 From: mountain.michelle at gmail.com (Michelle Thompson) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:18:21 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: <3732f229-37ec-4f33-86bb-118a84d09846@me.com> References: <3732f229-37ec-4f33-86bb-118a84d09846@me.com> Message-ID: Welcome! Great questions. Participation in academia has a long history in amateur radio. From significant atmospheric research accomplished with amateur collaboration in the 1920s to enormous contributions from amateurs in software defined radio, today. There are a large number of university teams doing spacecraft. More interaction at earlier stages with the teams wanting to authentically include amateur radio will improve those payloads. That directly benefits the amateur service. There?s a large number of academic payloads with very poorly thought out ground systems. Lots of opportunities there! Directly benefits all of us if using a payload is not unnecessarily challenging, frustrating, or ineffective. Advanced digital microwave work is a gold mine of projects and possibilities. FPGA design, power amplifiers, feed design, user interface, accessibility design, cognitive radio, machine learning, genetic algorithms to speed decoding... and lots more. Why should proprietary interests have all the fruits of academic labor, and have all the fun? Amateur radio has a unique position in the regulatory landscape and is an excellent partner for academia. I believe we should take full advantage of it whenever we can. GSoC is a good match. It helps us by (potentially) producing modern work for amateur satellites. I say potentially because some students will fail. That is the nature of any creative endeavor. We can all learn from failures too. I argue that there is only upside for us in participation. Thank you, Michelle W5NYV On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 06:57 Joshua Ward via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I?m new to the board but I follow along. I guess I can make the ?long time > listener, first time caller joke?. > I know that you follow me on twitter and you know that I?m active in the > community, I?m not sure that I recognize any other other posters in this > thread and I?m not sure some/most of you have ever uploaded to LOTW. So, > greetings I guess. > One of my passions is flying high-altitude balloons and the whole reason I > got my tech license was to legally carry APRS for tracking. From there I > blundered into amsats and was hooked almost instantly. > My first launch was Kickstarter funded and I kind of made a promise to my > backers that I?d talk to schools and involve myself in promoting STEM > though my HAB passion. I genuinely feel I?ve lived up to my end but I still > sponsor the occasional senior design project here at the university school > of engineering. > This usually comes in the form of an ME or EE design and I?ve never > dabbled in sponsoring a CS project although I?ve got ideas. > Frankly, I?m not sure I have the kind of time it takes to mentor a student > right now but can you elaborate when you say: "I believe participation can > greatly benefit the amateur satellite service.? And ?we have plenty of > really interesting and meaningful options for students to work on." > > > -J > W3ARD > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 > -- -Michelle W5NYV "Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis." From mountain.michelle at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 16:53:50 2020 From: mountain.michelle at gmail.com (Michelle Thompson) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:53:50 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute In-Reply-To: References: <7d81fb9d-c2cf-42f0-8c0f-fe52652f6536@yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thank you for the interest and questions. Since ORI is a Member Society of AMSAT-NA, and since ORI is entirely open source, applying to Google Summer of Code (GSOC) directly promotes AMSAT-NA and ensures the work can be immediately used by any AMSAT organization. All ORI work - from all the projects - is freely given to AMSAT, no exceptions, on a permanent and ongoing basis. It?s an unconditional partnership by design. AMSAT-NA hasn?t had a board meeting or teleconference since Symposium. None are scheduled, despite multiple requests from me and Patrick Stoddard. If AMSAT had regular or scheduled board meetings, then this would have undoubtedly been discussed and It would be in the published meeting minutes. The exact sponsoring organization (ARISS, ARRL, AMSAT, ORI, etc) is a means to an end. The work enabled is the critical item. The work is what gets publicized, and the work is what helps our mission. GSoC is one of several really neat technical opportunities that would really help advance the state of the art and engage new volunteers. I did not want us to miss out! Involving universities and technical organizations was a campaign promise. Expect more of this. There?s opportunities with IEEE this summer at IMS2020 shaping up. My goal is to advance the state of the art for a community I love. ORI is very well suited for helping with GSoC because it is set up and focused as a research institute. It?s not a member society, radio club, or publishing house. The point is to supercharge open source engineering development in AMSAT. GSoC is one of many ways to do that. I have just enough mentor volunteers and more than enough technical problems in order to apply. I am looking for more mentors and more input on technical needs in order to *Ensure* the best possible fit between student and problem. Good engineering doesn?t happen by accident or in isolation. I am very much looking forward to applying. Our community and technical needs would be in good company. If we didn?t get in this year, then I think we should try again next year. There is also an equivalent ESA program that might be something ARISS could participate in. :+) -Michelle W5NYV On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 06:39 Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > W3AB/GEO. Honestly, this struck me as a little odd as well. . . ? Though, > my reaction is a little less disgruntled. > > """Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the Google > Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit the > amateur satellite service""". > > My question is, why isn't this being promoted as an AMSAT program? On the > bb, I would have expected to see "AMSAT is looking to apply as a mentor > in..." According to AMSATs articles of incorporation, this is part of > what AMSAT is all about (ref: > https://www.amsat.org/articles-of-incorporation/). Michelle, you're on > the > AMSAT BOD, correct? Why are you suggesting OSI act as a mentor and not > AMSAT? Was this kind of collaboration program attempted through AMSAT, > first, and if-so, did it fall through for some reason? > > I had no clue who OSI is, so I just looked them up. > https://openresearch.institute/board-of-directors/. The poster and > volunteers; Bruce Perens, Ben Hilburn and Michelle Thompson are all on the > BOD of the OSI organization. Which is cool, it seems like they are into > science. On the projects side, I noticed this listed on the website: > > "Phase 4 Ground is an Open Source > satellite ground station project primarily intended for AMSAT as the flight > customer and the Radio Amateur community as users. It is being developed by > Open Research Institute in order to manage the ITAR and EAR issues of a > pure Open Source (and Open Hardware) project. Michelle Thompson is the > chief scientist on the project. AMSAT online facilities are still being > used and we?ll migrate over time." > > Was AMSAT and OSI partnered at all on this work? I'm a bit out of the > loop, so my apologies in advance if this is a silly question. > > W3AB, furthering tech is cool... But as an AMSAT member, if it was promoted > and fell through at AMSAT for some reason, then I'm OK with it. But, as a > member, i'd still wonder why and would be worried. > > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 10:50 PM W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB > > wrote: > > > KI7UNJ, what's your problem dude? If you aren't interested in furthering > > tech, please shut your pie hole. > > > > ?___ > > Sent from my two way wrist watch > > 73 de W3AB/GEO? > > > > On Jan 16, 2020, 19:05, at 19:05, Tom Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > >Wow! The AMSAT ambassador program clearly needs a course in people > > >skills. Who manages that program? I love supporting AMSAT ( I?m a life > > >member) but that can?t stand. To turn a phrase, I would think an AMSAT > > >Ambassador would know better. > > > > > >Keep at it Michelle. That?s a great idea. > > > > > >Tom NY4I > > > > > >> On Jan 16, 2020, at 9:45 PM, Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> ?Thanks Michelle, > > >> > > >> What a great opportunity for amateur radio folks to make a real > > >difference > > >> in young people and introduce them to our part of the hobby that > > >involves > > >> coding, SDR, etc. Thanks for doing this and making us aware of these > > >> opportunities. That's right in line with "services that present an > > >> opportunity for self-training, intercommunication, and technical > > >> investigations a foundation of amateur radio" plus all the STEM that > > >comes > > >> with it. Very nice and since it is open, it is accessible. > > >> > > >> As with all great ideas, you will unfortunately be confronted with > > >personal > > >> attacks and unfounded accusations. Glad you are sticking with it! > > >> > > >> 73, Stefan VE4SW > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:31 PM KI7UNJ Tucker via AMSAT-BB < > > >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> While I applaud your efforts, exactly how is this relevant to > > >amateur > > >>> satellites and being sent to the AMSAT-BB? > > >>> > > >>> Last time I checked we were AMSAT not ORI? > > >>> > > >>> Was spamming the physical mailing list with ORI letter headed > > >"propaganda" > > >>> not enough? Certainly, you have other means of publicizing, rather > > >than > > >>> spamming us on the AMSAT-BB and violating the terms of use For > > >someone who > > >>> throws a lot of unfounded accusations at others, you seem to do a > > >lot of > > >>> shady stuff. I thought a Board member would know better. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> KI7UNJ > > >>> > > >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < > > >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the > > >Google > > >>>> Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit > > >the > > >>>> amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for > > >suggesting > > >>>> this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support > > >and > > >>>> approval. > > >>>> > > >>>> Details about the program can be found here: > > >>>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > > >>>> > > >>>> If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least > > >once a > > >>>> week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of > > >achieving > > >>>> technical goals. > > >>>> > > >>>> This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really > > >>>> interesting and meaningful options for students to work on. > > >>>> > > >>>> In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working > > >with > > >>>> students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that > > >cover a > > >>>> wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB > > >is > > >>> full > > >>>> of truly wonderful and qualified people. > > >>>> > > >>>> The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us > > >know! > > >>>> > > >>>> -Michelle W5NYV > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > > >available > > >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > >>> Opinions > > >>>> expressed > > >>>> are solely those of the author, and 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 > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Casey Tucker KI7UNJ > > >>> AMSAT Ambassador > > >>> 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 > > >>>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > > >available > > >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > >Opinions > > >>> expressed > > >>> are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > >Opinions expressed > > >are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 > -- -Michelle W5NYV "Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis." From josh_ward at me.com Fri Jan 17 16:02:14 2020 From: josh_ward at me.com (Joshua Ward) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:02:14 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Google_Summer_of_Code_-_mentorship_applicati?= =?utf-8?q?on_from?= Message-ID: Guess I'll follow up to your question Joseph: "Was AMSAT and ORI partnered at all on this work? I'm a bit out of the loop, so my apologies in advance if this is a silly question. W3AB, furthering tech is cool... But as an AMSAT member, if it was promoted and fell through at AMSAT for some reason, then I'm OK with it. But, as a member, i'd still wonder why and would be worried." Why is an AMSAT director is holding your own forums and booth at Hamcation? Has there been any disclosure anything about the projects you are apparently working on to the AMSAT board or officers? You understand the concern we might have not knowing which of two masters you are serving? Furthering your own interests at the expense of ours? Or side-stepping the organization you're on the board at expense to further a passion project of your own. Seems kind of antithetical. I'm just trying to understand the map and your path and it's not clear. At all. From aj9n at aol.com Fri Jan 17 16:28:16 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-17 16:30 UTC References: <1347946624.8691665.1579278496811.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1347946624.8691665.1579278496811@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-17 16:30 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg ? Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg Watch for a live stream starting about 15 minutes before AOS at: www.ariotti.com?(***) ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-17 16:30 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. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-14 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 137 Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1375. Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1308. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? From heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com Fri Jan 17 16:37:24 2020 From: heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:37:24 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] A couple of tracking API's under test now on www.amsat.org In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Joseph wrote: > I wasn't paying attention and didn't realize your app was released. I considere v1 still under test ?. How about we leave the spec for v2 open for comment until Feb 15, then freeze an release it March 1. > v1 will be deprecated in the sense that documentation won't be available and developers admonished not to write new apps against it. Sounds good to me. When you have a version to test, let me know. There are things I need to test, like is the errors: element always there, but just an empty array when all is fine, or is it nil, etc. > I am considering a response with AOS at query time and duration 99years. I presume for locations where it is visible at all. > With v2 and its provision for error codes and messages we could simply say spacecraft never rises (sets) at this location. This also helps with LEO sats with low inclinations that never rise at high latitudes. Yes, I think this does solve the problem pretty well for places where it never rises. /Heimir W1ANT On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 9:08 PM Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > > Heimir W1ANT wrote: > > Let me know when you have something to test, and I will start working on a new version of my app to use >it. > > I wasn't paying attention and didn't realize your app was released. I considere v1 still under test . How about we leave the spec for v2 open for comment until Feb 15, then freeze an release it March 1. v1 will be deprecated in the sense that documentation won't be available and developers admonished not to write new apps against it. > > >The QO-100 cannot be treated as a LEO satellite > > Clearly not, but we shouldn't ignore it either. I am considering a response with AOS at query time and duration 99years. With v2 and its provision for error codes and messages we could simply say spacecraft never rises (sets) at this location. This also helps with LEO sats with low inclinations that never rise at high latitudes. > > de KM1P Joe > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 ad0dx at yahoo.com Fri Jan 17 22:32:18 2020 From: ad0dx at yahoo.com (Ron Bondy) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 22:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] CN78 Rove Sat Feb 15, 2020 References: <1124253927.8863162.1579300338706.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1124253927.8863162.1579300338706@mail.yahoo.com> I'll be roving to CN78 on Sat Feb 15th, 2020. Will be on FM and linear and post passes closer to the date. Will do my best to be on an AO-7 pass for east coast folks.? I'll be an hour west of Port Angeles WA. Cheers, Ron, ad0dx From martha at amsat.org Fri Jan 17 22:41:46 2020 From: martha at amsat.org (Martha) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:41:46 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Office Closed Message-ID: The AMSAT Office will be closed on Monday, January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- 73- Martha From bruninga at usna.edu Fri Jan 17 23:08:01 2020 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:08:01 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - Hamsats at schools and universities (comment0 Message-ID: <13c6a0b8ef6cca1a36562cb9cd19cdcd@mail.gmail.com> Building Amateur satellites at the Naval Academy using simple AX.25 TNC's as command/control/telemetry using almost off the shelf APRS devices costing maybe $300, it is frustrating to me to see *dozens* of other high schools and universities all wanting to build a cubesat but with most of them having great ideas but little in the way of actual talent to make a radio work. They all want to put Raspberry pies or much much bigger processors on board and want the power of their smart phones on board, but fail to be able to actually build anything that works. So they just buy $5000 xcvrs, $3000 batteries (instead of super reliable and safe NiCd's for $50. And the failure rate of these that actually make it to orbit is quite high! Not counting all the hardware that gets burned up by students having little clue what they are doing during testing and integration. It?s a crying shame to see all this effort thrown away. What? Maybe 1% of these projects have a HAM mentor to encourage a Ham experiment on board. And most such mentors are powerless to lead the students toward something simpler that works as opposed to the stuffing of the most complex CPUs all into the tiny cubesat and wondering why it "doesn?t work" reliably once they unplug it from all their USB cables.... So I endorese any effort to push our expertise out to wherever we can find satellite interest in schools and try to help them to success. But then, I am a modern fossil. Still clinging to robust NiCd's, 1200, and 9600 baud TNC's, SSTV and plain old ham comms. And yes, with 8 successful ham transponders over 18 years, I DID fail on the ax25 of PSAT2 with a stupid mistake, though the SSTV and PSK31 UHF side still works perfectly with plenty of power. Anyway, standby for PSAT3 (a dupe of PSAT2 but without 5 volts on the 4vmax Xcvr!) and then this fossil is out of here by June. Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute Welcome! Great questions. Participation in academia has a long history in amateur radio. From significant atmospheric research accomplished with amateur collaboration in the 1920s to enormous contributions from amateurs in software defined radio, today. There are a large number of university teams doing spacecraft. More interaction at earlier stages with the teams wanting to authentically include amateur radio will improve those payloads. That directly benefits the amateur service. There?s a large number of academic payloads with very poorly thought out ground systems. Lots of opportunities there! Directly benefits all of us if using a payload is not unnecessarily challenging, frustrating, or ineffective. Advanced digital microwave work is a gold mine of projects and possibilities. FPGA design, power amplifiers, feed design, user interface, accessibility design, cognitive radio, machine learning, genetic algorithms to speed decoding... and lots more. Why should proprietary interests have all the fruits of academic labor, and have all the fun? Amateur radio has a unique position in the regulatory landscape and is an excellent partner for academia. I believe we should take full advantage of it whenever we can. GSoC is a good match. It helps us by (potentially) producing modern work for amateur satellites. I say potentially because some students will fail. That is the nature of any creative endeavor. We can all learn from failures too. I argue that there is only upside for us in participation. Thank you, Michelle W5NYV https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From bruninga at usna.edu Fri Jan 17 23:14:32 2020 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:14:32 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - Hamsats at schools and universities (followup) Message-ID: Followup: Below, I am only talking about entry level high schools and first time cubesats to keep it simple. I am 100% behind AMSAT's lead in SDR and digital comms. And ALL the leading edge techniques amsat is pursuing in the digital age. Can't wait to retire and actually play modern tinker radio again. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Robert Bruninga Sent: Friday, January 17, 2020 6:08 PM Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - Hamsats at schools and universities (comment0 Building Amateur satellites at the Naval Academy using simple AX.25 TNC's as command/control/telemetry using almost off the shelf APRS devices costing maybe $300, it is frustrating to me to see *dozens* of other high schools and universities all wanting to build a cubesat but with most of them having great ideas but little in the way of actual talent to make a radio work. They all want to put Raspberry pies or much much bigger processors on board and want the power of their smart phones on board, but fail to be able to actually build anything that works. So they just buy $5000 xcvrs, $3000 batteries (instead of super reliable and safe NiCd's for $50. And the failure rate of these that actually make it to orbit is quite high! Not counting all the hardware that gets burned up by students having little clue what they are doing during testing and integration. It?s a crying shame to see all this effort thrown away. What? Maybe 1% of these projects have a HAM mentor to encourage a Ham experiment on board. And most such mentors are powerless to lead the students toward something simpler that works as opposed to the stuffing of the most complex CPUs all into the tiny cubesat and wondering why it "doesn?t work" reliably once they unplug it from all their USB cables.... So I endorese any effort to push our expertise out to wherever we can find satellite interest in schools and try to help them to success. But then, I am a modern fossil. Still clinging to robust NiCd's, 1200, and 9600 baud TNC's, SSTV and plain old ham comms. And yes, with 8 successful ham transponders over 18 years, I DID fail on the ax25 of PSAT2 with a stupid mistake, though the SSTV and PSK31 UHF side still works perfectly with plenty of power. Anyway, standby for PSAT3 (a dupe of PSAT2 but without 5 volts on the 4vmax Xcvr!) and then this fossil is out of here by June. Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute Welcome! Great questions. Participation in academia has a long history in amateur radio. From significant atmospheric research accomplished with amateur collaboration in the 1920s to enormous contributions from amateurs in software defined radio, today. There are a large number of university teams doing spacecraft. More interaction at earlier stages with the teams wanting to authentically include amateur radio will improve those payloads. That directly benefits the amateur service. There?s a large number of academic payloads with very poorly thought out ground systems. Lots of opportunities there! Directly benefits all of us if using a payload is not unnecessarily challenging, frustrating, or ineffective. Advanced digital microwave work is a gold mine of projects and possibilities. FPGA design, power amplifiers, feed design, user interface, accessibility design, cognitive radio, machine learning, genetic algorithms to speed decoding... and lots more. Why should proprietary interests have all the fruits of academic labor, and have all the fun? Amateur radio has a unique position in the regulatory landscape and is an excellent partner for academia. I believe we should take full advantage of it whenever we can. GSoC is a good match. It helps us by (potentially) producing modern work for amateur satellites. I say potentially because some students will fail. That is the nature of any creative endeavor. We can all learn from failures too. I argue that there is only upside for us in participation. Thank you, Michelle W5NYV https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From ki0g at yahoo.com Fri Jan 17 23:42:01 2020 From: ki0g at yahoo.com (Bob Cutter) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 23:42:01 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - Hamsats at schools and universities (followup) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <470056633.8868108.1579304521441@mail.yahoo.com> Thank you for all your work and effort Bob.? 72, Bob KI0G? From n1uw at gokarns.com Sun Jan 19 00:53:37 2020 From: n1uw at gokarns.com (Frank Karnauskas) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:53:37 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT News Service ANS-019 Weekly Bulletin, January 19, 2020 Message-ID: <003001d5ce62$e2bde3f0$a839abd0$@gokarns.com> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-019 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat dot org. In this edition: * GOLF-TEE Reaches Major Milestones * ARISS Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 * Satellite Status and Tracking API's Added to AMSAT Website * Qarman Beacon Telemetry Information Released * China Telecoms Regulator Proposing to Delete Some Current Amateur Allocations * Memorial Service for Brian Kantor, WB6CYT * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-019.01 ANS-019 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 019.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. January 19, 2020 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-019.01 GOLF-TEE Reaches Major Milestone A group of GOLF-TEE (Greater Orbit Larger Footprint - Technology Evaluation Environment) satellite prototype boards transmitted telemetry for the first time on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. The boards are laid out on a bench as a "flat-sat" with interconnecting wires, bench power supplies, and a dummy load on the transmitter. The interconnected boards include: - An early RT-IHU (Radiation Tolerant Internal Housekeeping Unit (i.e. computer) prototype, - A CIU (Control Interface Unit) prototype, and - A set of spare boards from HuskySat-1 that act as prototypes for the LIHU (Legacy IHU) and legacy VHF/UHF RF components. Now that the development team has reached this point, it has RF to use as a basis for developing a GOLF-TEE decoder for FoxTelem, the ground telemetry receiver software. Thousands of hours of work by many AMSAT volunteers have gone into the hardware and software that got GOLF-TEE this far, with much work yet to be done before flight units are ready. GOLF-TEE is designed as a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) testbed for technologies necessary for a successful CubeSat mission to a wide variety of orbits, including MEO(Medium Earth Orbit) and HEO (High Earth Orbit). To help support the GOLF program, please consider volunteering or donating today. https://www.amsat.org/volunteer-for-amsat/ https://www.amsat.org/donations/amsat-golf-program-donations/ [ANS thanks Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, AMSAT Flight Software, and the entire GOLF team for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window which will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 2021 and June 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The proposal window for contacts between January 2021. and June 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31. 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on two different date and times. The first is at January 23 at 2100 ET and the second is at January 27 at 1800 ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2020.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. For More Information For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education at gmail.com . [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Satellite Status and Tracking API's Added to AMSAT Website Thanks to an initiative by Heimir, W1ANT, AMSAT added Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to the AMSAT web site to make it easy for developers to write apps for mobile devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). For example, the satellite status page www.amsat.org/status does not work well on small screens. By accessing the status data directly developers can easily present the data in a way appropriate for their screens. These APIs also make it easy for IoT homebrewers to do things like build next pass reminder gizmos so they can beep out notices in CW. The developers have set a goal of February 15, 2020 to finalize the APIs, and consider them operational on March 1, 2020. Developers are encouraged to send suggestions or questions to www.amsat.org/webmaster-contact/ For details of API use visit www.amsat.org/status/api/ and www.amsat.org/track/api/ [ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Qarman Beacon Telemetry Information Released QARMAN, a nano-satellite designed and built at VKI, was launched to the International Space Station on December 5, 2019. Deployed is expected to take place in the week of February 12, 2020. QARMAN (Qubesat for Aerothermodynamic Research and Measurements on AblatioN) is the world's first CubeSat designed to survive atmospheric re-entry. Work on it started in 2013 at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI). The aim of the QARMAN mission is to demonstrate the usability of a CubeSat platform as an atmospheric entry vehicle. Spacecraft descending towards a planet with an atmosphere experience very harsh environment including extreme temperatures (several thousand degrees). Information about Qarman's 437.350 MHz 9600 bps GMSK AX.25 beacon has now been released by the team. Download the Qarman Beacon Definition QARMAN_BCNdef_v1.1 at https://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/qarman_bcndef_v1.1.pdf Download the Beacon Decoder spreadsheet QARMAN_BCNdecoder at https://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/qarman_bcndecoder.xlsx Reports can be sent to operations at qarman.eu [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The digital download version of the 2019 edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ China Telecoms Regulator Proposing to Delete Some Current Amateur Allocations China's telecommunications regulator has proposed amending the Measures for the Administration of Amateur Radio Stations, and some amateur bands are in danger of being eliminated. Lide Zhang, BI8CKU, told ARRL that the proposal would prohibit amateur operation on the 2200-meter band as well as on 146 - 148 MHz, 1260 - 1300 MHz, 3400 - 3500 MHz, 5650 - 5725 MHz, and all bands above 10 GHz. Radio communications engineer and Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) CEO Alan Kung, BA1DU, told ARRL that government efforts to eliminate some amateur bands are nothing new, but proposals that have been aired for a while now are on the regulatory agency's schedule. Kung said he does not anticipate that all of the bands proposed will be taken away, but he conceded that the climate will "undoubtedly" become increasingly more dangerous for China's amateur radio community. "The attempt to crowd out the amateur radio bands has a long history throughout the world," he said, "but it may never have become so urgent for the amateur radio community as it is today. We all understand that radio spectrum resources have become a bottleneck for further development." He said today's radio communication industry "is working hard to share spectrum resources." Kung characterized spectrum as "the soil on which amateur radio depends." [ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Memorial Service for Brian Kantor, WB6CYT Phil Karn, KA9Q shares the following announcement: "As you know, Brian Kantor, WB6CYT passed away suddenly on November 21, 2019. We will hold a memorial service for Brian on Saturday, Feb 1 2020 at 1:30 PM in La Jolla, CA (part of San Diego). Please see this link for details: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-019-Kantor-Memorial "Please bring any photos, mementos and (above all) stories and anecdotes about Brian to share. Brian wasn't exactly a highly formal person who stood on ceremony, so we'll keep this informal. If you have a story to tell, it's up to you whether you stand up and relate it to the whole group or just a few others at a time. There will be plenty of time for both. "Everyone who knew Brian is welcome. His friendships spanned at least three distinct social circles, and I know he'd be very happy to see everyone meet and enjoy everyone else's company. Even if he'd be a little embarrassed that we were doing it in his honor. "Free snacks and refreshments will be provided, so please RSVP through the evite link so we can tell the hotel how much to make available. If you have special dietary needs, please say so; the hotel has a menu we can choose from. "Please forward this email to anyone you think might be interested. Hope to see you on the 1st." [ANS thanks Phil Karn, KA9Q for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations New Orleans, LA (EL49, EL58, EM59, EM40, EM50, EM60) January 14 - February 1, 2020 Adam, KC3OBS, will be roving EM40, EM50, EL49, EL59, January 14 - Feb 1. In between, Adam will be EL58, January 18 or 19 depending on weather, and in EM60 January 29. Adam will announce passes and updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparky_husky Labrador (GO11 +) January 19-27, 2019 Chris VE3FU, Dave VE9CB, and Frank VO1HP will be active as VO2AC in the 2020 CQ160 CW contest, January 24-26, from Point Armour Lighthouse, in Labrador. If time permits before the contest, they may be active on FM satellites from GO11 as VO2AC or VO2AAA. Depending on weather and timing of passes, you might catch them on FM satellites as they make their way from FO93 to GO-11, passing through FO92, GO02, GO13, GO12, and GO22 along the way, but no promises. They will also make the reverse trek on January 27. Montserrat (FK86) January 26 - February 2, 2020 Mel, W8MV, will be in Montserrat 26 January until 2 February, operating under the call sign VP2MCV on FM Sats. QSL via LOTW. Antigua (FK97) February 2 - 9, 2020 Mel, W8MV, will be in Antigua 2-9 February. Mel is waiting for his operating license. Will update as soon as it arrives. FM only. QSL via LOTW Isla Perez, Mexico (EL52, EL50, EL51) February 11 - 17, 2020 Members of Radio Club Puebla DX will be active as 6F3A from Isla Perez, Mexico, between February 11-17. The operators mentioned are Patricia/XE1SPM (Team Leader), Ismael/XE1AY, Rey/XE1SRD and Ricardo/XE1SY. Activity will be on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters, and include the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 15-16). QSL via XE1SY. Ismael, XE1AY, reports that he doing CW and the satellites, and will also TX from EL50 and XE1AY/mm from EL51. Big Bend National Park (DL88) March 16-17, 2020 Ron AD0DX, Doug N6UA, and Josh W3ARD will operate from Big Bend National Park to put grid DL88 on the air. Details will be added here, as they come available, but you are more than welcome to keep an eye on their individual Twitter feeds: https://twitter.com/ad0dx, https://twitter.com/dtabor, and https://twitter.com/W3ARDstroke5 [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News (Editor's Note: See school contact opportunity story above.) + Upcoming Contacts Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Shorts from All Over + ARISS-US Educators Review Processes for US Proposal Window A team of educators who are members of the ARISS-US Education Committee is finalizing the last few processes related to the late 2019 ARISS-US Proposal Window. The team had ranked the education proposals and then sent a list to the ARISS-US leaders of the top schools and education groups recommended for hosting an ARISS contact. A news release is in draft stage. The organizations selected will be in the queue for scheduled ARISS contacts during the second half of 2020. A new ARISS-US Proposal Window will open soon and details on this will be forthcoming. [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.] + WIA 2020 Annual Conference Presentations The Wireless Institute of Australia Annual Conference will be held in Hobart, Tasmania May 8-10 2020 and registrations are open. On the Saturday afternoon a wide range of presentations are organized to showcase the conference theme which is the "Antarctic Gateway". Following lunch there will be two presentation streams which can be categorized as the "Antarctic" stream and the "Radio" stream. Complete information can be viewed at: https://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2020/20200111-3/index.php [ANS thanks the Wireless Institute of Australia for the above information.] + AMSAT Argentina Celebrates LO-19 30th Anniversary On Feb-22-1990 LUSAT/LO-19 was launched along with AO-16, DO-17, WO-18, UO-14 & UO-15. It was the first Argentina Satellite, and one of first to use PACSAT protocol. LUSAT is still calling home with its carrier at +/-437.125. Members of AMSAT Argentina (LU7AA) celebrate the 30th anniversary of the LUSAT (LO-19) satellite between Jan. 18 and 26 on HF on SSB, FT8, CW. An award is available as well. QSL via LU7AA (d), eQSL. Find complete information at: http://lu4aao.org/lu7aa/cert_30_aniv_lusat_2020.htm and http://amsat.org.ar/certlusat30.htm [ANS thanks the DARC DX Newsletter and AMSAT-LU for the above information.] + AMSAT-SA Announces A New Date Fre Their Space Symposium The annual AMSAT SA Space symposium date has changed to Saturday, 11 July 2020. While the call for papers is ongoing till the end of February, AMSAT SA is pleased to announce that Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, of AMSAT NA will delivery two papers at the symposium: Fox-in-a-box: Fox telemetry reception using an inexpensive Raspberry Pi and a J-pole antenna including a discussion on the optimal positioning for a J-pole antenna for satellite reception and an overview of what is in orbit currently and expected in the near future and their features. Prospective authors are invited to propose other papers by submitting a brief synopsis to admin at amsatsa.org.za before 28 February 2020. + Cardiff Microwave Roundtable Saturday, March 7, 2020 The Cardiff University ARS will host a meeting of the UK Microwave Group on Saturday March 7, 2020 at our campus in Cardiff. This one day event is a mix of talks, measurements, and socializing about activities in the GHz frequencies. GNU Radio Workshop On the following day, Sunday March 8, there will be a hands on Introduction to GNU Radio and Software Defined Radio. More info coming soon, please send an email to officers at cardiffars.org.uk if you are interested. [ANS thanks the UK Microwave Group for the above information.] + Lockheed Martin Launches First Smart Satellite Enabling Space Mesh Networking Recently, Lockheed Martin launched the Pony Express 1 mission as a hosted payload on Tyvak-0129, a next-generation Tyvak 6U spacecraft. Pony Express 1, an example of rapid prototyping, was developed, built and integrated in nine months. Some of the key technologies being flight-tested include: - Software validates advanced adaptive mesh communications between satellites, shared processing capabilities, and can take advantage, of sensors aboard other smart satellites, - A software-defined radio that allows for high-bandwidth hosting of multiple RF applications, store-and-forward RF collection, data compression, digital signal processing and waveform transmission, - 3D-printed wideband antenna housing. Read the full story at http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=55121 [ANS thanks Spaceref.com for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw at amsat dot org Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From af5cc2 at gmail.com Mon Jan 20 00:47:50 2020 From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 18:47:50 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] 70cm loop on satellites Message-ID: My dualband yagi is having a little trouble with full duplex, and I am wondering if anyone has used a M squared or other 70cm loop for the uplink antenna on the SSB satellites? Does it work well at getting a good signal into the satellites? 73 John W5TD From hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com Mon Jan 20 14:07:45 2020 From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:07:45 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] 70cm loop on satellites In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Are you talking about an M2 Eggbeater? I use one on high passes. It (nor are any other 70cm antennas) worth a darn if surrounded by vegetation or deciduous trees. Up in the clear, it can do pretty well, but still no where nearly as good as a small Yagi with fixed elevation. If you are having full duplex (intermod issues, where your uplink is trashing your downliink), do the following: On the RX side put a *good* 2m/70cm duplexer in the shack. If needed put two back to back for increased isolation. Use the duplexer(s) as bandpass filters, they work great . Comet 514J works VERY well here (I put a 50 ohm load on the unused HF port...it's a triplexer) I am using an EAntenna interlaced dual band yagi (5 EL on 2m, 8 EL on 70cm) and have no intermod in full duplex whatsoever. It has a single common feedpoint at the antenna (no duplexer), and I run two duplexers back to back in the shack. See my web page 73, N0AN Hasan On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 6:50 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB wrote: > My dualband yagi is having a little trouble with full duplex, and I am > wondering if anyone has used a M squared or other 70cm loop for the uplink > antenna on the SSB satellites? Does it work well at getting a good signal > into the satellites? > > 73 John W5TD > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 Mon Jan 20 16:58:04 2020 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:58:04 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ DM23/DM24 tomorrow morning (21 January 2020) Message-ID: Hi! I will be operating from the DM23/DM24 grid boundary in western Arizona tomorrow (Tuesday, 21 January) morning. Depending on traffic, I hope to be out there around 1530-1600 UTC. I will be running APRS as WD9EWK-9, and my location should be visible on web sites like: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 I plan on working FM and SSB satellites, and maybe a FalconSat-3 pass as well. Updates on my operating tomorrow will be posted to my @WD9EWK Twitter account. If you do not use Twitter, you can see these updates in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World when I return home. QSL cards are also available on request. No need to first mail me a QSL card or SASE - just e-mail me the QSO details. If you're in the log, I will send a card. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK From cathryn at junglevision.com Tue Jan 21 05:46:25 2020 From: cathryn at junglevision.com (Cathryn Mataga) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:46:25 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Cubesat projects in the SF Bay area? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <26631b95-2261-1ecc-200a-f7106ff63095@junglevision.com> Are there any Cubesat projects in the SF Bay area, that would be accepting volunteers of any kind? (Asking for a friend.) From aj9n at aol.com Tue Jan 21 15:38:58 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:38:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-21 15:30 UTC References: <475151080.9854049.1579621138127.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <475151080.9854049.1579621138127@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-21 15:30 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg ? Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg Watch for a live stream starting about 15 minutes before AOS at: www.ariotti.com?(***) ? ? Primary School ?Jovan Jovanovi? Zmaj?, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, direct via YU7BPQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2020-01-28 15:51:19 UTC 48 deg (***)? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-21 15:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-14 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 137 Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1375. Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1308. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? From vimone at alice.it Wed Jan 22 12:20:44 2020 From: vimone at alice.it (Vincenzo Mone) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:20:44 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Taurus-1 Status Message-ID: Hi folks, Please anybody can tell me the status of Taurus-1? Is it still alive? Thanks Enzo 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7110193 ***** ********************************* From scott23192 at gmail.com Wed Jan 22 16:43:14 2020 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:43:14 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Taurus-1 Status In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good question! With so many satellites in orbit, they compete for our monitoring time. So, it's been many weeks since I have tried Taurus-1. Up until that time, the digital voice transponder was working fine, but was not really usable as the spacecraft appeared to be experiencing a high rate of spin. After seeing your message, I quickly got setup for the 1546 UTC pass here on 22-Jan even though it was only going to be at 40 deg. max elevation. In the past that had not quite been enough for me to get in reliably. In my hurry to get all the apps running to decode the downlink, I made a mistake so don't have any voice recordings to share. However, looking at the waterfall, there appeared to be a strong downlink each time I transmitted on the 2m FM uplink. Also, on replay, several telemetry packets decoded cleanly and were uploaded to the SatNogs database by the GNU Radio flowgraph: https://www.dropbox.com/s/w9jkyzx5bu6tqdq/satnogs-db.png?raw=1 ... so, while I will need a higher elevation pass (and more careful setup of the downlink decoder!) to see how Taurus-1 is really doing, it's safe to say that it's very much alive! -Scott, K4KDR ================================= On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 7:21 AM Vincenzo Mone via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Please anybody can tell me the status of Taurus-1? > > Is it still alive? > > Thanks > > Enzo > > 73 de Enzo IK8OZV > EasyLog 5 BetaTester > EasyLog PDA BetaTester > WinBollet BetaTester > D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania > Skype: ik8ozv8520 > > ********************************* > ****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ****** > ***** SMS +39 328 7110193 ***** > ********************************* > From mountain.michelle at gmail.com Wed Jan 22 18:09:54 2020 From: mountain.michelle at gmail.com (Michelle Thompson) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:09:54 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application update! Message-ID: Google Summer of Code application is complete! We are not guaranteed to be accepted, but it will be great if we are. Applying is a big step forward in representing amateur radio software, raising awareness of amateur satellite, and involving new audiences. It puts a positive light on AMSAT and ORI. I am looking for additional ideas for achievable summer software projects to add to the list of proposals. We have until 5 February to finalize this list. What do you think needs attention? All organizations will be notified of their status on February 20, 2020. The projects need to be open source. They must support something in or related to the amateur satellite service. They must be appropriate for motivated university students to complete over a summer. The list will be good to have regardless of GSoC acceptance because it can be used to increase involvement and to produce needed software for the community. Ideas too ambitious or open-ended for GSoC will be included in a different list for community reference. Thank you very much to those that have volunteered to mentor! If you are on the fence about it or concerned about the level of commitment, then please know there is a wide range involved. Providing backup support, encouragement, code review, or document review is a welcome and appreciated part of the process. My goal is to make it easy to participate at all levels. -Michelle W5NYV From aj9n at aol.com Wed Jan 22 19:49:24 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-22 19:30 UTC References: <1613889912.10400250.1579722564420.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1613889912.10400250.1579722564420@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-22 19:30 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg (***) ? Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg (***) Watch for a live stream starting about 15 minutes before AOS at: www.ariotti.com ? Agrupamento de Escolas Serafim Leite, S?o Jo?o da Madeira, Portugal, direct via CS2ASL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2020-01-27 16:33:34 UTC 64 deg (***) ? Primary School ?Jovan Jovanovi? Zmaj?, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, direct via YU7BPQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2020-01-28 15:51:19 UTC 48 deg ? Possible Russian supported contact with Ecuador, via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka (***) Contact possibly is go for Fri 2020-02-07 14:00 UTC (***) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-22 19:30 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. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-19 19:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 (***) Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1377. (***) Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1310. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? From badencapecod at gmail.com Thu Jan 23 22:14:08 2020 From: badencapecod at gmail.com (Wes Baden) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:14:08 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Warning Label, One Antenna To Do It All Message-ID: Newbie here--using satellites only for three weeks. I'd appreciate Elmers offering answers to my second question. The first is asked in jest. 1. Shouldn't there be a warning label on AMSAT web sites and publications, to the effect, "WARNING: Satellite operation is highly addictive"? I've been on the air for 63 years, and the fun I'm having is matched only by my first year operating with a Heathkit AT-1 and Hallicrafters S38D on 40 meter CW. 2. More seriously, I currently am using 70cm and 144 MHz small yagis mounted separately on tripods on my snow and ice covered deck, fixed at 230 degrees, which however has enabled me to make many contacts (and 16 states so far). I'm looking to put up "real" antennas in the spring, on a 40 foot tower. I've always been a "one antenna to do it all" guy on HF, and I wonder if that also would be possible for both SAT and terrestrial VHF/UHF QSOs, on CW, SSB and FM. Needless to say, I realize that any such antenna would represent a compromise, getting the job done ideally but certainly not be the best performer on one particular band or mode. Comments about the M2 LEO Package? Great for SAT, and only losing 3 dB, I believe, for terrestrial communications. And what about somewhat longer linear yagis (not phased) on the same cross arm but slanted 90 degrees in relation to each other? So far, in my SAT work, I'm not seeing much in the way of difference between vertical and horizontal polarization. Presumably slant polarization works fine on SAT too, and it also would still do the job on both CW/SSB and FM where you definitely don't want to be 100% vertical (CW/SSB) or 100% horizontal (FM) and therefor lose 20-30 dB of gain. Many thanks for your collective wisdom and experience. Wes NA1ME FN54 From n0jy at amsat.org Fri Jan 24 04:50:42 2020 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 22:50:42 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Warning Label, One Antenna To Do It All In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <13933141-a16b-f56f-d339-757e93874a4c@amsat.org> On 1/23/2020 16:14, Wes Baden via AMSAT-BB wrote: > 1. Shouldn't there be a warning label on AMSAT web sites and publications, > to the effect, "WARNING: Satellite operation is highly addictive"? I've > been on the air for 63 years, and the fun I'm having is matched only by my > first year operating with a Heathkit AT-1 and Hallicrafters S38D on 40 > meter CW. If there were a label I wouldn't have an excuse for why I am doing this now.? Welcome, hop on the wagon but hold on tight! Jerry Buxton, N?JY From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Fri Jan 24 15:52:09 2020 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:52:09 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Warning Label, One Antenna To Do It All In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <043a01d5d2ce$3cc83f70$b658be50$@mindspring.com> For the last 10 years or so I have had M2 antennas for 2m and 70cm, the 2mCP14 and 436CP42, at about 40 feet with mast mounted preamps and LMR400 feedline. Both are fixed right hand circular. In that time I've completed satellite DXCC, am currently at 1750 grids on satellite, 100+ on 2m via tropo, Eskip, and meteor scatter, about 40 grids on 70cm tropo and EME. There are times when the circular polarization is a hindrance, but times I feel it's a benefit as well. My recommendation is to not overthink the problem, but to be on the air often, and pay attention to when tropo, Eskip, and meteor showers occur and take advantage of them. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB On Behalf Of Wes Baden via AMSAT-BB Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2020 5:14 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Warning Label, One Antenna To Do It All Newbie here--using satellites only for three weeks. I'd appreciate Elmers offering answers to my second question. The first is asked in jest. 1. Shouldn't there be a warning label on AMSAT web sites and publications, to the effect, "WARNING: Satellite operation is highly addictive"? I've been on the air for 63 years, and the fun I'm having is matched only by my first year operating with a Heathkit AT-1 and Hallicrafters S38D on 40 meter CW. 2. More seriously, I currently am using 70cm and 144 MHz small yagis mounted separately on tripods on my snow and ice covered deck, fixed at 230 degrees, which however has enabled me to make many contacts (and 16 states so far). I'm looking to put up "real" antennas in the spring, on a 40 foot tower. I've always been a "one antenna to do it all" guy on HF, and I wonder if that also would be possible for both SAT and terrestrial VHF/UHF QSOs, on CW, SSB and FM. Needless to say, I realize that any such antenna would represent a compromise, getting the job done ideally but certainly not be the best performer on one particular band or mode. Comments about the M2 LEO Package? Great for SAT, and only losing 3 dB, I believe, for terrestrial communications. And what about somewhat longer linear yagis (not phased) on the same cross arm but slanted 90 degrees in relation to each other? So far, in my SAT work, I'm not seeing much in the way of difference between vertical and horizontal polarization. Presumably slant polarization works fine on SAT too, and it also would still do the job on both CW/SSB and FM where you definitely don't want to be 100% vertical (CW/SSB) or 100% horizontal (FM) and therefor lose 20-30 dB of gain. Many thanks for your collective wisdom and experience. Wes NA1ME FN54 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and 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 zmetzing at pobox.com Fri Jan 24 17:30:49 2020 From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:30:49 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] DirecTV races to decommission broken Boeing satellite before it explodes Message-ID: <8f9e9dc9-5cc4-9c1c-3fa4-6a7d3f8f1ba3@pobox.com> Here's an interesting article from the newsfeed: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/directv-races-to-decommission-broken-boeing-satellite-before-it-explodes/ --- Zach N0ZGO From WB4SON at gmail.com Fri Jan 24 17:34:48 2020 From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:34:48 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Any chance AO-92 will remain in mode UV this weekend (WFD)? Message-ID: It is Winter Field Day weekend... Is there any chance that AO-92 will remain in Mode UV from Sat 19:00UTC to Sun 19:00UTC? 73, Bob, WB4SON From jim at k6ccc.org Fri Jan 24 17:45:34 2020 From: jim at k6ccc.org (jim at k6ccc.org) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 09:45:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: [amsat-bb] DirecTV races to decommission broken Boeing satellite before it explodes In-Reply-To: <8f9e9dc9-5cc4-9c1c-3fa4-6a7d3f8f1ba3@pobox.com> References: <8f9e9dc9-5cc4-9c1c-3fa4-6a7d3f8f1ba3@pobox.com> Message-ID: <1579887934.37822839@apps.rackspace.com> Zach Metzinger posted: > Here's an interesting article from the newsfeed: > https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/directv-races-to-decommission-broken-boeing-satellite-before-it-explodes/ Odd that they are calling a new orbit 300km above the geo arc as a disposal orbit. That does not sound right to me - as the article pointed out... 73 ----- Jim Walls - K6CCC jim at k6ccc.org From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Jan 24 17:58:02 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:58:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] DirecTV races to decommission broken Boeing satellite before it explodes In-Reply-To: <1579887934.37822839@apps.rackspace.com> References: <8f9e9dc9-5cc4-9c1c-3fa4-6a7d3f8f1ba3@pobox.com> <1579887934.37822839@apps.rackspace.com> Message-ID: The more common term used in this context is "graveyard orbit." Relocation to 300 km above the GEO altitude is what FCC regulations require at the end of life of any geostationary satellite. 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:52 PM jim--- via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Zach Metzinger posted: > > Here's an interesting article from the newsfeed: > > > https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/directv-races-to-decommission-broken-boeing-satellite-before-it-explodes/ > > > Odd that they are calling a new orbit 300km above the geo arc as a > disposal orbit. That does not sound right to me - as the article pointed > out... > > 73 > ----- > Jim Walls - K6CCC > jim at k6ccc.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 twjones85 at gmail.com Fri Jan 24 17:59:18 2020 From: twjones85 at gmail.com (Tanner Jones) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:59:18 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Any chance AO-92 will remain in mode UV this weekend (WFD)? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2726E706-2A18-4845-B415-3165910CF02B@gmail.com> Bob, Yes; it will be. The schedule to flip was changed a few months ago to Tuesday evening. Hope to work you this weekend during WFD! 73, Tanner W9TWJ Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 24, 2020, at 11:40 AM, Bob via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?It is Winter Field Day weekend... > > Is there any chance that AO-92 will remain in Mode UV from Sat 19:00UTC to > Sun 19:00UTC? > > 73, Bob, WB4SON > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 Fri Jan 24 18:16:07 2020 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:16:07 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Agrupamento?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_de_Escolas_Serafim_Leite=2C_S=E3o_Jo=E3o_da_Madeir?= =?iso-8859-1?q?a=2C_Portugal?= References: <146117ED8B10414CA694F57C76682AC3.ref@DHJ> Message-ID: <146117ED8B10414CA694F57C76682AC3@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Agrupamento de Escolas Serafim Leite, S?o Jo?o da Madeira, Portugal on 27 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:33 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and CS2ASL. The contact should be audible over Portugal 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: The Serafim Leite Schools is located in the north of Portugal in the city of S?o Jo?o da madeira. It was born in 1957, and during this 60 years of existence it has been growing. It started by being a school with only the grammar and today has all levels of education: First cycle, Second cycle, Third cycle and Secondary. Currently it has more than 1200 students and 110 teachers that are distributed in three buildings that make up the Serafim Leite schools cluster. Its identity is closely linked to vocational education that is a national reference in vocational education. The training offer includes Electronics, Computer, Mechanical, Audiovisual, Markting, Science and Technology, Socioeconomic Sciences, Visual Arts and recurrent adult education. It is a school where children arrive still small in their parents' arms and leave the school like men and women who are already graduated with a high degree of knowledge. It is in this educational environment where human and social values are privileged that our students grow with the notion that humanity is urgently required to take action to reverse the global warming of the earth, making their own school an Eco-School.The astronaut could be our eyes helping us to look the Earth in another way. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is your daily routine like on board? 2. When you have a health problem what do you do? Are there any doctors on board? 3. When astronauts go to space for how long do they stay there? 4. Do you miss family? 5. Do you remember the very first moment that you look outside de ISS and saw the planet earth? What did you felt and did you think of someone special? 6. How do you bath in a ship? 7. How can you get water in space? 8. What is it like to live in the ISS? 9. What kind of experiences take place from the ISS and what are the advantages of making them from there? 10. How is it possible to create an atmosphere within the ISS? 11. Is the perception of time on board of the ISS different from the one you have on Earth? 12. How many hours of exercise should an astronaut do each day? 13. What effects does space flight have on the human body, and what do you feel? 14. When you are not working what do you do? 15. Being a different profession how old did you realize you wanted to be an astronaut? 16. What do you miss the most about Earth? 17. How can weightlessness influence the health of astronauts? 18. Tell us about your adventure in space? 19. How can you communicate with your family? 20. Do you feel scared when you are in space? 21. How and where do they sleep? 22. How long do astronauts train to perform space missions? 23. Do you have any specific food when you are on missions? 24. In an emergency situation can you all return 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): 1. Primary School "Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj", Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, direct via YU7BPQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2020-01-28 15:51 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 ISS National Lab 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN From danielh at holmesonics.com Fri Jan 24 19:50:35 2020 From: danielh at holmesonics.com (Daniel Holmes) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:50:35 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] DirecTV races to decommission broken Boeing satellite before it explodes In-Reply-To: References: <8f9e9dc9-5cc4-9c1c-3fa4-6a7d3f8f1ba3@pobox.com> <1579887934.37822839@apps.rackspace.com> Message-ID: Stupid question?why put them in a graveyard orbit where they are now debris vs deorbiting satellites? Especially in this case where there?s a non-zero chance it?ll explode and throw more debris in all directions. Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh at holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin > On Jan 24, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > The more common term used in this context is "graveyard orbit." Relocation > to 300 km above the GEO altitude is what FCC regulations require at the end > of life of any geostationary satellite. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:52 PM jim--- via AMSAT-BB > wrote: > >> Zach Metzinger posted: >>> Here's an interesting article from the newsfeed: >>> >> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/directv-races-to-decommission-broken-boeing-satellite-before-it-explodes/ >> >> >> Odd that they are calling a new orbit 300km above the geo arc as a >> disposal orbit. That does not sound right to me - as the article pointed >> out... >> >> 73 >> ----- >> Jim Walls - K6CCC >> jim at k6ccc.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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 n8hm at arrl.net Fri Jan 24 20:27:15 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:27:15 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] DirecTV races to decommission broken Boeing satellite before it explodes In-Reply-To: References: <8f9e9dc9-5cc4-9c1c-3fa4-6a7d3f8f1ba3@pobox.com> <1579887934.37822839@apps.rackspace.com> Message-ID: It doesn't have enough fuel. Even if it hadn't used 14 years worth of propellant for stationkeeping, it would not have enough fuel to deorbit. As far as I know, no geostationary satellite has ever been deorbited because it requires an impractical amount of fuel to do. The satellite should not explode once it gets to the graveyard orbit because the batteries will be disconnected and there will be no load on the batteries. Orbital debris is a very serious concern in the geostationary belt. Old satellites need to be moved out to make way for new ones. This fact is also why there will never be any amateur satellites placed in the geostationary belt. No regulatory body is going to let an amateur group place a satellite there. We are at the mercy of finding a commercial or government host satellite to get an amateur payload into geostationary orbit. 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 3:13 PM Daniel Holmes via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Stupid question?why put them in a graveyard orbit where they are now debris vs deorbiting satellites? Especially in this case where there?s a non-zero chance it?ll explode and throw more debris in all directions. > > Dan > -- > Daniel Holmes, danielh at holmesonics.com > "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin > > > > On Jan 24, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > > > The more common term used in this context is "graveyard orbit." Relocation > > to 300 km above the GEO altitude is what FCC regulations require at the end > > of life of any geostationary satellite. > > > > 73, > > > > Paul, N8HM > > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:52 PM jim--- via AMSAT-BB > > wrote: > > > >> Zach Metzinger posted: > >>> Here's an interesting article from the newsfeed: > >>> > >> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/directv-races-to-decommission-broken-boeing-satellite-before-it-explodes/ > >> > >> > >> Odd that they are calling a new orbit 300km above the geo arc as a > >> disposal orbit. That does not sound right to me - as the article pointed > >> out... > >> > >> 73 > >> ----- > >> Jim Walls - K6CCC > >> jim at k6ccc.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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 wa4sca at gmail.com Fri Jan 24 22:40:44 2020 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:40:44 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] DirecTV races to decommission broken Boeing satellite before it explodes In-Reply-To: References: <8f9e9dc9-5cc4-9c1c-3fa4-6a7d3f8f1ba3@pobox.com> <1579887934.37822839@apps.rackspace.com> Message-ID: <000801d5d307$5077d4c0$f1677e40$@gmail.com> Dan, There is a reasonably accurate discussion here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_orbit Note toward the end the section on dealing with the disposal orbit slowly filling up. I have seen references to companies looking at the economics of pickup and disposal for dead satellites. No idea where that stands, however. There are a few from the earliest days of the Space Age which would be great to have in a museum. 73, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- On Jan 24, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote: <> <> The more common term used in this context is "graveyard orbit." Relocation <> to 300 km above the GEO altitude is what FCC regulations require at the end <> of life of any geostationary satellite. <> <> 73, <> <> Paul, N8HM <> <> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:52 PM jim--- via AMSAT-BB <> wrote: <> <>> Zach Metzinger posted: <>>> Here's an interesting article from the newsfeed: <>>> <>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/directv-races- > <>> <>> Odd that they are calling a new orbit 300km above the geo arc as a <>> disposal orbit. That does not sound right to me - as the article pointed <>> out... <>> <>> 73 <>> ----- <>> Jim Walls - K6CCC <>> jim at k6ccc.org <>> <>> <>> _______________________________________________ <>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > expressed <>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <>> AMSAT-NA. <>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <>> <> _______________________________________________ <> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb < <_______________________________________________ Message-ID: <859278017.11487987.1579972300208@mail.yahoo.com> Greetings, ? Portable and hand-held satellite operation is planned for the Winter Field Day in CM97 between 10am and 2pm PST today (ref http://www.sbara.org).? A couple of operators may try their hand at working the FM birds AO-91 and AO-92.? I expect the passes today to be pretty busy, but would appreciate a come back if you hear the club call KU6S. ? Many thanks and 73! ? Umesh k6vug ? ? From bruninga at usna.edu Sat Jan 25 21:03:16 2020 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:03:16 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march (amsat) Message-ID: WB4APR will be offline till march. I found a soft ball size tumor in Oct. After 22 procedures and Dr visits, they have done ever increasing invasive biopsies and even Cancer center at Johns Hopkins cannot still identify. And they cannot do anything until they can identify the type and how to treat it. But now that it is the size of a football in my lower abdomen, They have scheduled major surgery on Monday to take it out anyway along with other stuff it is touching. I must deliver PSAT3 for launch by 28 Feb. Been working full time plus weekends and holidays but only at 10% body energy level. Its not ready. So I hope recovery is possible quickly so I can finish. It is identical to PSAT2 function but without the stupid 5v/4v power mistake. So, don?t expect any email responses from me till march. Bob, WB4APR From jeff30339 at gmail.com Sat Jan 25 21:21:04 2020 From: jeff30339 at gmail.com (Jeff Johns) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 15:21:04 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march (amsat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8E692F80-58A3-4206-B9AC-6574BBFD4B10@gmail.com> My thoughts and prayers are with you. Your health is more important than a satellite. Get well soon! Jeff WE4B > On Jan 25, 2020, at 3:05 PM, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?WB4APR will be offline till march. > > I found a soft ball size tumor in Oct. After 22 procedures and Dr visits, > they have done ever increasing invasive biopsies and even Cancer center at > Johns Hopkins cannot still identify. And they cannot do anything until they > can identify the type and how to treat it. But now that it is the size of a > football in my lower abdomen, They have scheduled major surgery on Monday to > take it out anyway along with other stuff it is touching. > > I must deliver PSAT3 for launch by 28 Feb. Been working full time plus > weekends and holidays but only at 10% body energy level. Its not ready. So > I hope recovery is possible quickly so I can finish. It is identical to > PSAT2 function but without the stupid 5v/4v power mistake. > > So, don?t expect any email responses from me till march. > > 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 n6rfm1 at gmail.com Sat Jan 25 21:28:12 2020 From: n6rfm1 at gmail.com (Robert Mattaliano) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:28:12 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march (amsat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <881C5AC9-29AF-46B5-BF36-FDF52588DDC4@gmail.com> Best Wishes Bob for a speedy recovery. Get well soon. Bob N6RFM. > On Jan 25, 2020, at 16:04, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?WB4APR will be offline till march. > > I found a soft ball size tumor in Oct. After 22 procedures and Dr visits, > they have done ever increasing invasive biopsies and even Cancer center at > Johns Hopkins cannot still identify. And they cannot do anything until they > can identify the type and how to treat it. But now that it is the size of a > football in my lower abdomen, They have scheduled major surgery on Monday to > take it out anyway along with other stuff it is touching. > > I must deliver PSAT3 for launch by 28 Feb. Been working full time plus > weekends and holidays but only at 10% body energy level. Its not ready. So > I hope recovery is possible quickly so I can finish. It is identical to > PSAT2 function but without the stupid 5v/4v power mistake. > > So, don?t expect any email responses from me till march. > > 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 blkupspilot at mac.com Sun Jan 26 00:27:06 2020 From: blkupspilot at mac.com (Sloan Davis) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 19:27:06 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march (amsat) In-Reply-To: <881C5AC9-29AF-46B5-BF36-FDF52588DDC4@gmail.com> References: <881C5AC9-29AF-46B5-BF36-FDF52588DDC4@gmail.com> Message-ID: God Bless you and your family.. -KN4GQB Sloan > On Jan 25, 2020, at 4:28 PM, Robert Mattaliano via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Best Wishes Bob for a speedy recovery. Get well soon. > > Bob N6RFM. > >> On Jan 25, 2020, at 16:04, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> >> ?WB4APR will be offline till march. >> >> I found a soft ball size tumor in Oct. After 22 procedures and Dr visits, >> they have done ever increasing invasive biopsies and even Cancer center at >> Johns Hopkins cannot still identify. And they cannot do anything until they >> can identify the type and how to treat it. But now that it is the size of a >> football in my lower abdomen, They have scheduled major surgery on Monday to >> take it out anyway along with other stuff it is touching. >> >> I must deliver PSAT3 for launch by 28 Feb. Been working full time plus >> weekends and holidays but only at 10% body energy level. Its not ready. So >> I hope recovery is possible quickly so I can finish. It is identical to >> PSAT2 function but without the stupid 5v/4v power mistake. >> >> So, don?t expect any email responses from me till march. >> >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 aa8ch at aol.com Sun Jan 26 00:53:47 2020 From: aa8ch at aol.com (aa8ch) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:53:47 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] EN77 on Monday 27-Jan References: <1793599947.11570516.1580000027104.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1793599947.11570516.1580000027104@mail.yahoo.com> Hi!So if the wx holds fair, I shall endeavour to be on the following passes 27-Jan from EN77: AO91 1530UTC US East, XW2A 1556UTC US West, AO7 1606UTC EU, AO92 1620UTC US central, AO7 1752UTC EU. AO91 at 1843UTC may be from there or from EN76. QSL to LOTW, logging as AA8CH/VE3. Hope to hear you if you need it. 73, Chris AA8CH From n8hm at arrl.net Sun Jan 26 00:00:06 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:00:06 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-026 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-026 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT, 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 commun- icating 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: * HuskySat-1 With AMSAT VHF/UHF Linear Transponder Planned for Deployment Soon * Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Australis-OSCAR 5 * ARRL to Argue for Continued Access to 3-GHz Spectrum as FCC Sets Comment Deadlines * FO-99 (NEXUS) 1st Anniversary Report * Amateurs in the News: ?96-year-old Amateur Radio operator at Ontario Science Centre speaks with astronaut" * Upcoming ARISS Contacts * Upcoming AMSAT Events * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-026.01 ANS-026 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 026.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE January 26, 2020 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-026.01 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT's GOLF-TEE satellite recently reached a major milestone when prototype boards transmitted telemetry for the first time. Help support AMSAT's path back to HEO by donating today! https://www.amsat.org/donations/amsat-golf-program-donations/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ HuskySat-1 With AMSAT VHF/UHF Linear Transponder Planned for Deployment Soon The University of Washington's HuskySat-1 3U cubesat was launched on the Northrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus supply mission to the ISS on Novem- ber 2. HuskySat-1 has remained stowed aboard Cygnus scheduled for de- ployment after the cargo ship unberths from the International Space Station. Unberthing is scheduled for 1435 UTC (9:35 am EST) on Jan 31 and will be covered live on NASA TV. Within 24 hours after departure from the ISS, HuskySat-1 and SwampSat will be deployed into orbit. After deployment, HuskySat-1?s 1,200 bps BPSK beacon on 435.800 MHz should be active and decodable with the latest release of AMSAT's FoxTelem software. HuskySat-1 is expected to run its primary mission before being turned over to AMSAT for amateur radio operation. HuskySat-1 features a 30 kHz wide 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW. HuskySat-1 ---------- Uplink: 145.910 - 145.940 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 435.840 - 435.810 MHz USB/CW (inverting) Telemetry: 435.800 MHz 1K2 bps BPSK 24049.00 MHz (U of Washington experimental downlink) The latest version of FoxTelem software to decode the 1200 bps BPSK beacon is available at: https://www.amsat.org/tlm The Fox-In-A-Box FoxTelem software has been updated for HuskySat-1 Operation at it's download website: http://burnsfisher.com/AMSAT/FoxInABox This release now contains the SD card image, FIAB-distro8-V1.08w.zip. This file, when unzipped and written to a 16Gb SD card will give you the latest software for FoxTelem and will run on a Raspberry Pi 4. This is an image of the same SD card that has been shipping from the AMSAT store for several weeks. (It should work on an 8Gb card as well with less room to spare of course). Version 1.08w has a few fixes from the previous 1.08r which was the previous download version. Improvements to the decoder will capture data a bit better. Remember that the later 1.08 versions (including r and w) know how to switch bands between listening on VHF and UHF based on which of Fox and Husky satellites are overhead at the time. (Fox-In-A-Box information thanks to Burns Fisher, WB1FJ) The linear transponder and telemetry system carried aboard Fox-1E was designed for use in different CubeSats by merely adding an inter- face adapter for connection to the host bus. Noting the prevalence of CubeSats built and launched by universities and other organizations, AMSAT adopted a goal of ?amateur radio in every CubeSat.? Interested CubeSat programs wanting to fly an amateur radio payload may partner with AMSAT to carry one of these modules on their spacecraft. By pro- viding amateur radio capability, the CubeSat program gets a worldwide ground station network to receive their telemetry and experiment data while the amateur radio community gets a transponder to use in orbit. Additional information is posted on the University of Washington Husky Satellite Lab pages: https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/huskysatellitelab/huskysat-1 https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/huskysatellitelab/huskysat-1/com1 [ANS thanks the HuskySat-1 Team, AMSAT Engineering, AMSAT Operations, the Fox Telemetry Team, and NASA for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Australis-OSCAR 5 January 23, 2020 was the 50th anniversary of the launch of Australis- OSCAR 5. The first satellite built in Australia, arranging its launch was AMSAT's first project following the creation of the organization in 1969. AO-5 launched along with TIROS-M (later ITOS-1) on a Delta rocket from the west pad of Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Built by students at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Battery powered, Australis-OSCAR 5 transmitted telemetry on both 2 meter (144.050 MHz at 50 mW) and 10 meter (29.450 MHz at 250 mW) bands that operated for 23 and 46 days respectively. Passive magnetic attitude stabilization was performed by carrying two bar magnets to align with the Earth's magnetic field in order to provide a favorable antenna footprint. The University of Melbourne compiled tracking reports from hundreds of stations in 27 countries. Australis-OSCAR 5 was the first amateur satellite that was remotely controlled. The control logic is a direct predecessor to the control systems used by AMSAT in AMSAT-OSCAR 6, AMSAT-OSCAR 7, and AMSAT-OSCAR 8. Two of the builders of AO-5, Dr. Owen Mace and Richard Tonkin, spoke at the 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium this past October and participated in a panel on "The Foundations of AMSAT." Video of the panel presentations can be viewed at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-AO-5 On January 22nd, Tonkin appeared on The Space Show Australia Summer Edition on 88.3 Southern FM in Victoria to discuss AO-5. The episode can be heard at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-SpaceShow Mace and Tonkin have written a book about the story of AO-5. The second edition of the book was released in December. More information about the satellite and the book can be found at https://australis-oscar5.weebly.com/ A 50th anniversary celebration will be held on February 27th at the University of Melbourne. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL to Argue for Continued Access to 3-GHz Spectrum as FCC Sets Comment Deadlines At its January meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors instructed the League?s FCC counsel to prepare a strong response to protect amateur access to spectrum in the 3 GHz range. In its Notice of Proposed Rule- making (NPRM) in WT Docket 19-348, the FCC proposed to relocate all non-federal operations, including amateur uses, to spectrum outside the 3.3 ? 3.55 GHz band. The Commission anticipates auctioning this spectrum to expand commercial use of 5G cellular and wireless broad- band services, if agreement can be reached on relocation of ? or sharing with ? the federal incumbents that operate in the same band. Publication of the NPRM in the Federal Register on January 22 established deadlines of February 21 for comments and March 23 for reply comments. The FCC has requested comment on the uses radio amateurs make of the spectrum and appropriate relocation options. Complicating matters is the fact that radio amateurs must consider the possibility that the immediately adjacent 3.1 ? 3.3 GHz band is included in the spectrum that Congress has identified for similar study. FCC Commissioner Michael O?Rielly, in a December statement, referenced the fact that the lower band may also be considered for non-federal reallocation, potentially limiting relocation possibilities. Amateurs make substantial use of the 3.3 ? 3.5 GHz band that would be hard to replicate elsewhere, and they have filed more than 150 comments before the designated comment period even began. Among users looking at options are those who use this spectrum for Earth-Moon- Earth (moonbounce) communication, mesh networks, experiments with communication over long distances, radiosport, and amateur television. A portion of the band also is designated for use by amateur satellites in ITU Regions 2 and 3 (the Americas and Asia/Pacific). A report is due by March 23 from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) evaluating the feasibility of having federal users share all or part of the 3.1 ? 3.55 GHz band with commercial wireless services. This report is required by the Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless (MOBILE NOW) Act. The results of the NTIA report will impact how much spectrum ultimately may be re- allocated for auction to wireless providers. ARRL urges amateurs who comment to inform the FCC about the uses they make of the 3 GHz spectrum. Short comments and longer statements may be filed electronically. Visit the FCC ?How to Comment on FCC Proceedings? page for more information. Commenters should reference WT Docket 19-348. Editor's Note: As this rulemaking would delete the 3.4 - 3.41 GHz amateur satellite service band, AMSAT is also preparing comments to be filed on this matter. Continued access to microwave spectrum is crucial for GOLF and future AMSAT missions to HEO, GEO, and beyond. [ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- FO-99 (NEXUS) 1st Anniversary Report NEXUS, an amateur radio technology demonstration satellite was developed by Japan Amateur Satellite Association (JAMSAT) and NEXUS project team in Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Japan, and launched by Japanese Epsilon#4 rocket from the Uchinoura Space Center at JST 9:50:20, 18 January 2019. We would like to express our deep appreciation to all concerned and report the results of the operation after the launch, i.e. one year?s operation from 18 January 2019 to 18 January 2020. The comprehensive report of operations can be found at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-FO-99 [ANS thanks the NEXUS Project Team at Nihon University for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The digital download version of the 2019 edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Amateurs in the News: ?96-year-old Amateur Radio operator at Ontario Science Centre speaks with astronaut" A successful International Space Station (ISS) contact was held on January 22 with participants at the Ontario Science Centre?s Amateur Radio station VE3OSC in Toronto, Ontario. As described below this was no ordinary ARISS contact. ?Jean Moffet, VE3WAD, has been a volunteer at the VE3OSC station for more than 30 years. Having recently celebrated her 96th birthday, Jean indicated one of her bucket list items is to speak to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS). To honour her invaluable contribution, the Science Centre worked in partnership with the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Canada to help Jean check this item off her list.? The event was featured on Global News at 5:30 Toronto ? in an interview with Anchor/Producer Broadcast Journalist Susan Hay ? and on CTV News Toronto by Videojournalist Scott Lightfoot. Nick Westoll of Global News wrote: ?Jean Moffett crossed an item off her bucket list on Wednesday by speaking with Commander Luca Parmitano, an Italian astronaut from the European Space Agency, aboard the International Space Station. ?Commander Parmitano, I have two questions to ask you: Do you have an opinion about extraterrestrial life before being on the International Space (ISS) Station and has being on the ISS changed your views?? she asked. Moffett was asked how long she has been waiting to do this. ?Since I was 60? I was an amateur radio operator and my voice was going up to satellites and I could hear the astronauts speaking, but I could never speak to them,? she recalled. ?I thought to myself, that?s my bucket wish?.? Scott Lightfoot of CTV News wrote: ?Moffatt grew up in North Bay and moved to Toronto as a young girl with her family hoping that there would be opportunities for a girl interested in science and technology. ?When we moved to Toronto I desperately wanted to go to university, but my mom and dad had bought a house, and there was just enough money for my brother to go to university.? Undeterred, Moffatt said she took a course in Amateur Radio and shortly after, got her licence. More than 30 years ago, after retiring, and the death of her husband, Moffatt started volunteering at the Ontario Science Centre, an endeavor she admits wasn?t successful at first. ?I was working in the greenhouse, killing all the plants because I cannot keep plants alive?. Armed with her radio licence, she helped set up the centre?s first radio shack with the call sign VE3OSC. The idea to connect the nonagenarian with the ISS came just after Moffatt?s 96th birthday. ?She mentioned to me that one of the things she?s always wanted to do was talk to an astronaut? Christine Pigeon, the volunteer coordinator at the Science Centre told CTV News Toronto. It all started with an e-mail, and three months later with the help of ham radio operators and NASA, Moffatt made her connection.? Congratulations and Thank You! Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to congratulate Jean Moffet, VE3WAD, on this significant achievement and thank everyone who was involved with this very special event. We hope to bring you additional information about this event in a future issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine. We would especially like to thank Global News and CTV News for their coverage of this event. For the full story and links to the quoted stories and videos, see https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-RAC [ANS thanks the Radio Amateurs of Canada for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contacts Agrupamento de Escolas Serafim Leite, S?o Jo?o da Madeira, Portugal, direct via CS2ASL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2020-01-27 16:33:34 UTC 64 deg (***) Primary School ?Jovan Jovanovi? Zmaj?, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, direct via YU7BPQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2020-01-28 15:51:19 UTC 48 deg Possible Russian supported contact with Ecuador, via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka (***) Contact possibly is go for Fri 2020-02-07 14:00 UTC (***) The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html 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 and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS [ANS thanks Charlie Sulfana, AJ9N, ARISS Operations, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming AMSAT Events Want to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space? AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. Current schedule: + February 7-9, 2020, Hamcation, Orlando, FL + February 14-15, 2020, Yuma Hamfest and ARRL Southwest Division Convention, Yuma, AZ + February 15, 2020, Cabin Fever Reliever Hamfest, Saint Cloud, MN + March 6, 2020, Irving Hamfest, Irving, TX + March 14-15, 2020, Science City on University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ + March 21, 2020, Midwinter Madness Hamfest, Buffalo, MN + March 21, 2020, Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club Hamfest, Scottsdale, AZ + March 28, 2020, Tucson Spring Hamfest, Tucson, AZ + March 29, 2020, Vienna Wireless Winterfest, Annandale, VA + May 2, 2020, Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest, Sierra Vista, AZ + May 8-9, 2020 Prescott Hamfest, Prescott, AZ + May 15-17, Hamvention, Xenia, OH + June 12-13, 2020, Ham-Con, Plano, TX A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-Hamfest This color brochure is designed to be printed double-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout. To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration, please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP - User Services, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Satellite Shorts Feb 15 CN78 AD0DX FM and Linear (Twitter @ad0dx) Mar 14-15 DN26/36 KC7JPC Linears (and possibly FM) New Orleans, LA (EL49, EL58, EM59, EM40, EM50, EM60) January 14 ? February 1, 2020 Adam, KC3OBS, will be roving EM40, EM50, EL49, EL59, January 14th ? Feb 1st. In between, Adam will be in EM60 January 29th. Adam will announce passes and updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparky_husky Labrador (GO11 +) January 19-27, 2019 Chris VE3FU, Dave VE9CB, and Frank VO1HP will be active as VO2AC in the 2020 CQ 160 CW contest, January 24-26, from Point Armour Light- house, in Labrador. If time permits before the contest, they may be active on FM satellites from GO11 as VO2AC or VO2AAA. Depending on weather and timing of passes, you might catch them on FM satellites as they make their way from FO93 to GO-11, passing through FO92, GO02, GO13, GO12, and GO22 along the way, but no promises. They will also make the reverse trek on January 27. Montserrat (FK86) January 26 ? February 2, 2020 Mel, W8MV, will be in Montserrat 26 January until 2 February, operating under the call sign VP2MCV on FM Sats. QSL via LOTW. #SnowBirdRove (EL79) ? February 1-29, 2020 Joe, KE9AJ, will cross the border into Florida, seeking climatical asylum in EL79 for the entire month of February. Since he will be there for an extended period, with both FM and linear gear, keep an eye on Joe?s Twitter feed for specific pass announcements: https://twitter.com/KE9AJ There is a possibility that Joe may have to make a pit stop in EM54 and EM53 on his way down South on February 1st. Monitor Twitter for updates. Antigua (FK97) February 2 ? 9, 2020 Mel, W8MV, will be in Antigua 2-9 February. Mel is waiting for his operating license. Will update as soon as it arrives. FM only. QSL via LOTW Isla Perez, Mexico (EL52, EL50, EL51) February 11 ? 17, 2020 Members of Radio Club Puebla DX will be active as 6F3A from Isla Perez, Mexico, between February 11-17. The operators mentioned are Patricia/XE1SPM (Team Leader), Ismael/XE1AY, Rey/XE1SRD and Ricardo/XE1SY. Activity will be on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters, and include the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 15-16). QSL via XE1SY. Ismael, XE1AY, reports that he is doing CW and the satellites, and will also TX from EL50 and XE1AY/mm from EL51. Big Bend National Park (DL88) March 16-17, 2020 Ron AD0DX, Doug N6UA, and Josh W3ARD will operate from Big Bend National Park to put grid DL88 on the air. Details will be added here, as they come available, but you are more than welcome to keep an eye on their individual Twitter feeds: https://twitter.com/ad0dx, https://twitter.com/dtabor, and https://twitter.com/W3ARDstroke5 Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP - User Services, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Satellite Shorts From All Over + Want to make a satgate out of your Raspberry Pi? Check out how at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-SatGate + CQ operators of PO-101! If you have successfully operated PO-101, you can request a QSL card from the PO-101 team! Just fill in the necessary info and they will send it to you as a token of appreciation for using PO-101 https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-PO-101 + Peter Goodhall, 2M0SQL, notes that PSK31 transponders on NO-84 and NO-104 are underutilized. If you are looking to try something new this week, why not give it a shot? Uplinks are on 10m and downlinks are on 70cm. More information at http://aprs.org/psat.html and http://aprs.org/psat2.html + Justin McAllister, K5EM, reports that he updated his SatMatch tool with a new advanced search user interface. He has also made the tool more mobile responsive. Check it out at https://www.satmatch.com/ + FO-29 remains operational. However, the batteries on the 23 year old satellite cannot maintain a safe voltage throughout an entire eclipse during this point in its orbit with lengthy eclipse periods. The satellite is commanded on over Japan periodically and will remain active after the command until the battery voltage drops below a set threshold, at which point it is automatically switched off to preserve the batteries. Upcoming command times follow: 2/1 06:00 2/2 06:50 2/8 04:50 15:00 2/9 03:55 15:50 2/11 03:50 05:35 2/23 03:20 05:05 2/24 04:10 05:55 14:20 3/1 04:00 05:40 15:55 3/2 04:45 14:55 + Scott Chapman, K4KDR, reports that AISAT-1 is active again on 2m packet. He reports that the best success at digipeating is achieved using NFM and Doppler correction if possible. iGates should be proxied through KE6BLR to correct the satellite's malformed packets so they are visible to the greater APRS-IS network. + Scott further reports that Taurus-1 remains active. Taurus-1 carries a VHF FM to UHF Codec2 transponder. For more information about this unique analog uplink, digital downlink system, see N8HM's AMSAT Journal article / Symposium paper about LO-90 at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-LO-90 Operation via Taurus-1 is similar to LO-90, except with an uplink of 145.840 MHz and a downlink of 435.840 MHz. For more information, see https://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2019-September/074905.html + Finally, Scott also reports, that despite the telemetry from Duchifat-3 reporting the FM transponder to be on, nothing is heard when uplinking at 145.970 MHz. We await further information about the status of this satellite's FM transponder. + Hackaday featured an article entitled "Lessons Learned from a CubeSat Postmortem" regarding problems encountered by KRAKsat, a 1U CubeSat deployed from the ISS in June 2019. Read the article at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-Hackaday [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio In Space, This week's ANS Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org From jim at k6ccc.org Sun Jan 26 02:04:11 2020 From: jim at k6ccc.org (Jim Walls) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 18:04:11 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march (amsat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <89197f50-e423-76a0-50f9-f7e5ebf3a785@k6ccc.org> Good luck Bob.? I will be praying for you. 73 ------------------------------------- Jim Walls - K6CCC jim at k6ccc.org Ofc: 818-548-4804 http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/ AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395 On 01/25/2020 13:03, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote: > WB4APR will be offline till march. > > I found a soft ball size tumor in Oct. After 22 procedures and Dr visits, > they have done ever increasing invasive biopsies and even Cancer center at > Johns Hopkins cannot still identify. And they cannot do anything until they > can identify the type and how to treat it. But now that it is the size of a > football in my lower abdomen, They have scheduled major surgery on Monday to > take it out anyway along with other stuff it is touching. > From twjones85 at gmail.com Sun Jan 26 02:35:30 2020 From: twjones85 at gmail.com (Tanner Jones) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 20:35:30 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march (amsat) In-Reply-To: <89197f50-e423-76a0-50f9-f7e5ebf3a785@k6ccc.org> References: <89197f50-e423-76a0-50f9-f7e5ebf3a785@k6ccc.org> Message-ID: Best of luck Bob! Get well soon! 73, Tanner W9TWJ Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 25, 2020, at 8:12 PM, Jim Walls via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?Good luck Bob. I will be praying for you. > > 73 > ------------------------------------- > Jim Walls - K6CCC > jim at k6ccc.org > Ofc: 818-548-4804 > http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/ > AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395 > > >> On 01/25/2020 13:03, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> WB4APR will be offline till march. >> >> I found a soft ball size tumor in Oct. After 22 procedures and Dr visits, >> they have done ever increasing invasive biopsies and even Cancer center at >> Johns Hopkins cannot still identify. And they cannot do anything until they >> can identify the type and how to treat it. But now that it is the size of a >> football in my lower abdomen, They have scheduled major surgery on Monday to >> take it out anyway along with other stuff it is touching. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 Sun Jan 26 03:26:15 2020 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 22:26:15 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Primary_Sch?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ool_=22Jovan_Jovanovic_Zmaj=22=2C_Sremska_Mitrovica?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_Serbia?= References: Message-ID: An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Primary School "Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj", Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia on 28 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:51 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and YU7BPQ. The contact should be audible over Serbia 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: Primary school Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj from Sremska Mitrovica, situated on the left bank of the Sava river in the middle of the region of Srem, is a vibrant, friendly and nurturing school with 65 years of tradition and experience. The motto of the school based on the lyrics of a famous Serbian poet Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj: "Where I stopped, you carry on", so at school they try to continue the tradition of open-minded, creative, innovative, child-oriented learning and teaching. Based on the past generations' legacy, the school is striving towards shaping cosmopolitan citizens with highly developed tolerance within a multinational society while employing a spectre of techniques to keep up with the modern, high-tech approaches. The school offers a broad, however, balanced curriculum in a stimulating environment to our 1044 pupils, supported by a wide range of after school clubs and quality school trips. They are always seeking ways to bring to life STEM and foreign language subjects via real-life situations. This year pupils, teachers, and the HAM operators who support them are as busy as bees, or perhaps as the ISS crew, because they want to talk to the astronauts on the ISS so they are learning about space through various subjects and activities. It is a part of their educational proposal with ARISS. There are fun classes, costumes, Milky Way installation, drawings, maths, history geography and more! Their friends from the radio amateur club YU7BPQ are helping them with the radio contact! They made a huge antenna! Radio communication is for most students and teachers a new experience. Furthermore, they are learning how to use an amateur radio station! Just imagine how thrilling it is to press the button and hear some noise before you hear the voice behind it! Old school though good stuff! You can follow all their activities on the project blog page https://022tothemoonandback.zmajsm.edu.rs/home/about-project/ Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Which planet would you like to visit and why? 2. What manmade wonders can you see from space? 3. What is the furthest spot on the horizon and what can you see around you? 4. Why is the temperature at ISS at constant 38 degrees? 5. What do you do when you cut yourself? 6. What do you do when you can't sleep? 7. What kind of music do you listen to and who chooses it? 8. What do you do for fun? 9. What is your favourite thing about space? 10. Is your space suit comfortable? 11. Is life in space difficult? 12. Can you eat ice cream in space? 13. What is on today's menu? 14. Do you prefer taking off or landing and why? 15. What do you miss most about Earth? 16. Can you see thunders and lightening on Earth? 17. What would you do if you happen to drift away from ISS? 18. What do you do when you get ill? 19. What does it feel like when you get back to Earth? 20. How does the Earth look from above? 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 ISS National Lab 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN From cathryn at junglevision.com Sun Jan 26 03:27:14 2020 From: cathryn at junglevision.com (Cathryn Mataga) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 19:27:14 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march (amsat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Take care, and please take care of yourself first. On 1/25/2020 1:03 PM, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote: > WB4APR will be offline till march. > > I found a soft ball size tumor in Oct. After 22 procedures and Dr visits, > they have done ever increasing invasive biopsies and even Cancer center at > Johns Hopkins cannot still identify. And they cannot do anything until they > can identify the type and how to treat it. But now that it is the size of a > football in my lower abdomen, They have scheduled major surgery on Monday to > take it out anyway along with other stuff it is touching. > > I must deliver PSAT3 for launch by 28 Feb. Been working full time plus > weekends and holidays but only at 10% body energy level. Its not ready. So > I hope recovery is possible quickly so I can finish. It is identical to > PSAT2 function but without the stupid 5v/4v power mistake. > > So, don?t expect any email responses from me till march. > > 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 vk4nbl at bigpond.com Sun Jan 26 03:02:40 2020 From: vk4nbl at bigpond.com (VK4NBL) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 13:02:40 +1000 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march Message-ID: <4e97645b-592e-2289-d06c-414edb01d85f@bigpond.com> Best Wishes Bob from Down Under Cheers -- Pete - vk4nbl From quadpugh at bellsouth.net Sun Jan 26 09:26:14 2020 From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 03:26:14 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march (amsat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000901d5d42a$a84fba90$f8ef2fb0$@bellsouth.net> Good luck and god speed nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn From nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com Sun Jan 26 18:06:12 2020 From: nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com (Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 13:06:12 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] WB4APR off line till march (amsat) Message-ID: Best wishes to you and your family on your recovery Bob. You have done so much good for AMSAT over the many years with all the satellites you have gotten into orbit. We all appericate your efforts over the years of trying to get new stuff launched despite all the massive roadblocks in your way of doing so. Looking forward to PSAT-3 with the SSTV downlink of the earth! 73 Nick KE8AKW From af5cc2 at gmail.com Sun Jan 26 21:26:19 2020 From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:26:19 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work Message-ID: Most of the reviews I have seen for the Arrow Antenna dualband yagis are regarding their use on the satellites, which I think is what they are mainly made for. Has anyone on the list used one of their dualband antennas mounted permanently for terrestrial work as well? They do sell a mounting bracket for permanent mounting to a mast. Do they seem well made enough to withstand the outside elements for a few years on end? Do they seem to perform as well as other antennas which have approximately the same boom size and number of elements? 73 John W5TD From kb2ysi at gmail.com Sun Jan 26 23:33:26 2020 From: kb2ysi at gmail.com (Don KB2YSI) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:33:26 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have used mine multiple times for terrestrial contacts, SSB during January VHF contest and FM into repeaters too far away to work with a vertical on my car. There is a mast mount, which I have used, but only as a temporary setup. I could see the gamma matches not working well for a permanent outdoor antenna, and the elements might get loose over time with temperature differences. It is possible that this would not happen as the differences would not be as extreme as going from indoor-outdoors. On Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 18:07 John Geiger via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Most of the reviews I have seen for the Arrow Antenna dualband yagis are > regarding their use on the satellites, which I think is what they are > mainly made for. Has anyone on the list used one of their dualband > antennas mounted permanently for terrestrial work as well? They do sell a > mounting bracket for permanent mounting to a mast. > > Do they seem well made enough to withstand the outside elements for a few > years on end? Do they seem to perform as well as other antennas which have > approximately the same boom size and number of elements? > > 73 John W5TD > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 wandtosborne at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 00:28:34 2020 From: wandtosborne at gmail.com (Wendy and Terry Osborne) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 13:28:34 +1300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Next Rocket Lab Launch Message-ID: <56DFD1C4BA674274A3F4F639E6CD62DD@OsbornesPC> Next Rocket Lab launch scheduled for Friday 31st January 00:00 to 04:00 UTC (13:00 to 17:00 NZDT). See: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/ Cheers, Terry Osborne From seb at wintek.com Mon Jan 27 00:51:36 2020 From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen E. Belter) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:51:36 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: John, K8YSE, has had good luck permanently mounting Arrow satellite antennas outdoors in the deserts of Arizona. It is very dry in his location so almost no corrosion. I wouldn?t recommend mounting them outdoors in a climate with rain, snow, or normal humidity. The studs and all-thread are steel and will rust. They are great for portable use, for either satellites or terrestrial. 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com > On Jan 26, 2020, at 6:35 PM, Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?I have used mine multiple times for terrestrial contacts, SSB during > January VHF contest and FM into repeaters too far away to work with a > vertical on my car. > > There is a mast mount, which I have used, but only as a temporary setup. I > could see the gamma matches not working well for a permanent outdoor > antenna, and the elements might get loose over time with temperature > differences. It is possible that this would not happen as the differences > would not be as extreme as going from indoor-outdoors. > > > >> On Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 18:07 John Geiger via AMSAT-BB >> wrote: >> >> Most of the reviews I have seen for the Arrow Antenna dualband yagis are >> regarding their use on the satellites, which I think is what they are >> mainly made for. Has anyone on the list used one of their dualband >> antennas mounted permanently for terrestrial work as well? They do sell a >> mounting bracket for permanent mounting to a mast. >> >> Do they seem well made enough to withstand the outside elements for a few >> years on end? Do they seem to perform as well as other antennas which have >> approximately the same boom size and number of elements? >> >> 73 John W5TD >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 ai7rogerroger at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 18:01:24 2020 From: ai7rogerroger at gmail.com (Roger - W7TZ) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:01:24 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] TS-2000X For Sale Message-ID: I've decided to let go of my TS-2000x. This radio is just back from MTS, 1/23/20, after a thorough checkout, minor repair and alignment. Excellent condition all around. (Please feel free to ask questions. Pics available). Includes hand mic, power cord and 4 band external acc assy. $1250 shipped conus. Paypal ai7rogerroger at gmail.com Thanks,73,Roger 73, Roger W7TZ CN83ia From paulopv8dx at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 19:21:27 2020 From: paulopv8dx at gmail.com (Paulo PV8DX) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:21:27 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Re: WB4APR off line till march (amsat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It will be in my prayers Come back soon. Good recovery 73? de Paulo PV8DX Em 25/01/2020 17:03, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB escreveu: > WB4APR will be offline till march. > > I found a soft ball size tumor in Oct. After 22 procedures and Dr visits, > they have done ever increasing invasive biopsies and even Cancer center at > Johns Hopkins cannot still identify. And they cannot do anything until they > can identify the type and how to treat it. But now that it is the size of a > football in my lower abdomen, They have scheduled major surgery on Monday to > take it out anyway along with other stuff it is touching. > > I must deliver PSAT3 for launch by 28 Feb. Been working full time plus > weekends and holidays but only at 10% body energy level. Its not ready. So > I hope recovery is possible quickly so I can finish. It is identical to > PSAT2 function but without the stupid 5v/4v power mistake. > > So, don?t expect any email responses from me till march. > > 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 g0kla at arrl.net Mon Jan 27 19:51:13 2020 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:51:13 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Crew packing Cygnus for departure (and launch of HuskySat) Message-ID: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/27/science-soon-resumes-on-cosmic-ray-detector-crew-packs-cargo-ship-for-departure/ The space station blog says that the crew are packing the Cygnus for departure. It's my understanding that it will boost to a higher orbit and release its small sats, including AMSAT-NAs collaboration with the University of Washington - HuskySat. ( http://www.arrl.org/news/huskysat-1-successfully-lifted-into-space) So it you want to collect telemetry on 70cm from a cubesat, using FoxTelem, then this is your chance. Prepare your station for reception. The blog says that the Cygnus spacecraft will depart "at the end of the week". 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From n8hm at arrl.net Mon Jan 27 20:02:24 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:02:24 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Crew packing Cygnus for departure (and launch of HuskySat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yep! Get those 70cm antennas ready to go for your FoxTelem stations! NASA TV will be airing the unberthing live, which is scheduled for 14:35 UTC on Friday. According to the NASA media advisory, deployment of the CubeSats will occur within 24 hours after unberthing. Hopefully we?ll see packets start flowing into the AMSAT server some time on Saturday. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-departure-of-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-from-space-station 73, Paul, N8HM On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 14:52 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/27/science-soon-resumes-on-cosmic-ray-detector-crew-packs-cargo-ship-for-departure/ > > > The space station blog says that the crew are packing the Cygnus for > departure. It's my understanding that it will boost to a higher orbit and > release its small sats, including AMSAT-NAs collaboration with the > University of Washington - HuskySat. ( > http://www.arrl.org/news/huskysat-1-successfully-lifted-into-space) > > So it you want to collect telemetry on 70cm from a cubesat, using FoxTelem, > then this is your chance. Prepare your station for reception. The blog > says that the Cygnus spacecraft will depart "at the end of the week". > > 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 corlissbs at aol.com Mon Jan 27 20:19:43 2020 From: corlissbs at aol.com (Brad Smith) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:19:43 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow For Other Uses References: <1381492307.1204126.1580156383479.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1381492307.1204126.1580156383479@mail.yahoo.com> I have used my Arrow to contact repeaters and for simplex. Works fine. I would replace the studs and screws with stainless and also place bronze wave washers between each element and the boom. But, I don't know about leaving it out in winter weather. Brad Smith KC9UQR From kl7uw at acsalaska.net Mon Jan 27 21:03:51 2020 From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R Cole) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:03:51 -0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work Message-ID: <202001272103.00RL3sC6011215@mail40c28.carrierzone.com> John, Not for permanent home station use, but I have used the six UHF element Arrow as part of a rover in VHF Contest operation: http://www.kl7uw.com/RoverJune06.jpg On the far side of the crossboom. Had to mount facing sideways as the 3-element 6m beam was too wide to be street-legal. No rotator (used truck). Also six element 2m and 18 element 900-MHz loop yagi. Made 81 mile contact using 15w on 927.50 FM from local 400-foot hill. The screw-on elements are subject to coming lose with vibration, so one would need a way to permanently tighten them (lock-tite on threads?). 73, Ed - KL7UW From: John Geiger To: VHF Contesting Reflector , VHF Reflector , AMSAT Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work Most of the reviews I have seen for the Arrow Antenna dualband yagis are regarding their use on the satellites, which I think is what they are mainly made for. Has anyone on the list used one of their dualband antennas mounted permanently for terrestrial work as well? They do sell a mounting bracket for permanent mounting to a mast. Do they seem well made enough to withstand the outside elements for a few years on end? Do they seem to perform as well as other antennas which have approximately the same boom size and number of elements? 73 John W5TD 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Dubus-NA Business mail: dubususa at gmail.com From ko6th.greg at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 22:56:17 2020 From: ko6th.greg at gmail.com (Greg D) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:56:17 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <04c8fcb1-9652-06ca-b538-38e9637a5d18@gmail.com> Besides the mechanical issues that others have noted, one thing to consider is that the 2m / 70cm elements are at 90 degrees from each other. If you want to mix repeater and weak-signal uses, you may need a way to rotate the beam so that the polarization is optimized for the band and use you are engaged in. Greg KO6TH John Geiger via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Most of the reviews I have seen for the Arrow Antenna dualband yagis are > regarding their use on the satellites, which I think is what they are > mainly made for. Has anyone on the list used one of their dualband > antennas mounted permanently for terrestrial work as well? They do sell a > mounting bracket for permanent mounting to a mast. > > Do they seem well made enough to withstand the outside elements for a few > years on end? Do they seem to perform as well as other antennas which have > approximately the same boom size and number of elements? > > 73 John W5TD > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 Mon Jan 27 23:19:26 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:19:26 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-27 23:30 UTC References: <1161790431.31824.1580167166212.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1161790431.31824.1580167166212@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-27 23:30 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Agrupamento de Escolas Serafim Leite, S?o Jo?o da Madeira, Portugal, direct via CS2ASL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Mon 2020-01-27 16:33:34 UTC 64 deg (***) ? Primary School ?Jovan Jovanovi? Zmaj?, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, direct via YU7BPQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2020-01-28 15:51:19 UTC 48 deg ? Possible Russian supported contact with Ecuador, via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka Contact possibly is go for Fri 2020-02-07 14:00 UTC ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-27 23:30 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. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-27 23:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 (***) Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1378. (***) Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1311. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? ? From framirezferrer at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 23:27:43 2020 From: framirezferrer at gmail.com (Fernando Ramirez) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:27:43 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work In-Reply-To: <04c8fcb1-9652-06ca-b538-38e9637a5d18@gmail.com> References: <04c8fcb1-9652-06ca-b538-38e9637a5d18@gmail.com> Message-ID: In my opinion, the Elk Log Periodic is better suited than the Arrow for permanent mounting. The downside is the gain on 70 cm compared to an Arrow. Even then, it will work. I used one during the June VHF contest and was able to work UHF with 20w to the same places I did on VHF with 50w (around 250 miles). A plus is having both bands on the same polarization. 73 Fernando, KF7R On Mon, Jan 27, 2020, 3:58 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Besides the mechanical issues that others have noted, one thing to > consider is that the 2m / 70cm elements are at 90 degrees from each > other. If you want to mix repeater and weak-signal uses, you may need a > way to rotate the beam so that the polarization is optimized for the > band and use you are engaged in. > > Greg KO6TH > > > John Geiger via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Most of the reviews I have seen for the Arrow Antenna dualband yagis are > > regarding their use on the satellites, which I think is what they are > > mainly made for. Has anyone on the list used one of their dualband > > antennas mounted permanently for terrestrial work as well? They do sell > a > > mounting bracket for permanent mounting to a mast. > > > > Do they seem well made enough to withstand the outside elements for a few > > years on end? Do they seem to perform as well as other antennas which > have > > approximately the same boom size and number of elements? > > > > 73 John W5TD > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 g0kla at arrl.net Tue Jan 28 14:29:40 2020 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:29:40 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work In-Reply-To: References: <04c8fcb1-9652-06ca-b538-38e9637a5d18@gmail.com> Message-ID: I had an arrow antenna outside for years on my roof in Brooklyn. So in all weathers. +30C to -20C. You need to seal the matching stub or water can get in. As others have mentioned the elements will seize in place and rust. So you can't take it down later and reuse it. You have to cut the elements off. Otherwise they last a few years for sure. So if you have a spare one that is otherwise going to waste, you can use it. Otherwise an antenna designed for outdoor use is better. 73 Chris On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 6:43 PM Fernando Ramirez via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > In my opinion, the Elk Log Periodic is better suited than the Arrow for > permanent mounting. > > The downside is the gain on 70 cm compared to an Arrow. Even then, it will > work. I used one during the June VHF contest and was able to work UHF with > 20w to the same places I did on VHF with 50w (around 250 miles). > > A plus is having both bands on the same polarization. > > 73 > Fernando, KF7R > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020, 3:58 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB > wrote: > > > Besides the mechanical issues that others have noted, one thing to > > consider is that the 2m / 70cm elements are at 90 degrees from each > > other. If you want to mix repeater and weak-signal uses, you may need a > > way to rotate the beam so that the polarization is optimized for the > > band and use you are engaged in. > > > > Greg KO6TH > > > > > > John Geiger via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > > Most of the reviews I have seen for the Arrow Antenna dualband yagis > are > > > regarding their use on the satellites, which I think is what they are > > > mainly made for. Has anyone on the list used one of their dualband > > > antennas mounted permanently for terrestrial work as well? They do > sell > > a > > > mounting bracket for permanent mounting to a mast. > > > > > > Do they seem well made enough to withstand the outside elements for a > few > > > years on end? Do they seem to perform as well as other antennas which > > have > > > approximately the same boom size and number of elements? > > > > > > 73 John W5TD > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > Opinions expressed > > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 royldean at gmail.com Tue Jan 28 17:33:36 2020 From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:33:36 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Crew packing Cygnus for departure (and launch of HuskySat) Message-ID: Will there be any updates (addiitions) required for FoxTelem to enable HuskySat telemetry reception? Currently I get a spacecraft error when I try to enable HuskySat (understandable, no TLEs, etc.). --Roy K3RLD From johnbrier at gmail.com Tue Jan 28 20:56:13 2020 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:56:13 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update Message-ID: Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build project and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver Research 2 meter preamplifier. https://youtu.be/BNai203eUnI 73, John Brier KG4AKV From johnbrier at gmail.com Tue Jan 28 21:34:30 2020 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:34:30 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: SSB Electronics has mast mount preamps that some people prefer over ARR, that I assume are comparable. But my googling produced a website that has an error loading. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:05 PM Steve A wrote: > > Now that Advanced Receiver Research has stopped production, is there a suitable replacement? I am looking for my ground station. > Steve W2AKK > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:56 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> >> Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build project >> and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver Research >> 2 meter preamplifier. >> >> https://youtu.be/BNai203eUnI >> >> 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 hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com Tue Jan 28 21:39:41 2020 From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:39:41 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi John, You referenced my old article in Amsat so I thought I would make some observations that might help you. First, to evaluate the effect of the preamp on FM you don't use the S-Meter at all, it will tell you have gain, but tell you next to nothing about noise floor. What you need to do is find a weak signal on FM, that has some noise on it that is caused by the weak signal, not by another noise source. Do this with no preamp connected. Get a feel for how much noise is present. Now, connect the preamp and what you should hear is the background noise decreasing (in other words, better quieting on the FM signal). If this happens, then you are benefiting from the preamp. If this doesn't happen, then it is not helping, but we aren't sure why. I will post more info in reply to your message on the amsat list. Let's look at a better way to evaluate your preamp. Do these steps, it will get you in the ballpark, without fancy test equipment: 0. No preamp connected. 1. Turn the agc off on your radio, if you can. If not, we can live with it. 2. Tune your radio to one of the satellite downlink frequencies like 145.733 (upper sideband, noise blanker off) 3. Disconnect your antenna from the radio. 3a. If you have a 50 ohm dummy load, connect it to your antenna. If not, skip this step and leave your antenna connection open (no antenna) 4. Turn your RF Gain to Maximum. Turn your audio up to a reasonably high level so you can clearly hear the noise. 5. Take notice of "how loud" the noise is 6. Now, connect your antenna (replacing the 50 ohm load, or replacing the lack of an antenna. Question: Did the noise level jump up markedly (a lot) when you connected the antenna? (compared to the 50 ohm load or compared to no antenna)? If it didn't, your rx sensitivity is poor. If it did, you can at least hear your ambient noise level with your antenna and existing radio front end. The good news is, if your ambient noise level is low, then you are doing very well. If it is high, then your ambient noise level is artificially killing some of your receiver sensitivity and a preamp won't be of much help. Now, let's evaluate the preamp: Do the same procedure above, with the preamp connected, i.e., Take notice of the noise level with the 50 ohm resistor (or open antenna) Resistor is better, but we use what we have. Set your audio volume so you have a good "feel" for how much noise is from the resistor or open circuit antenna. *Now connect the antenna...did the noise jump up considerably , i.e. is the noise from the antenna/preamp overriding the internal noise of your radio's front end?* If it jumped up, again, that's good. To evaluate whether or not your local ambient noise is ruining the effectiveness of your preamp or not, without fancy equipment you can do this: Have someone generate a weak signal on 2m FM, such that you have some noticeable noise on the FM signal (with no preamp connected, but with your antenna connected). Note how much 'background' noise there is on that deliberately weakened FM signal. Now, turn on or connect your preamp. Did the signal get quieter? If it did, the preamp is helping. If it didn't, it isn't and one of two things is taking place: 1. Your radio front end has as low a noise figure as your preamp. VERY UNLIKELY if that is an ARR 2m GASFET preamp. 2. Your ambient noise is so high that the improved noise figure / noise floor of your system is being masked by the external noise your antenna is picking up. Hope this helps, 73, Hasan, N0AN On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 2:58 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build project > and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver Research > 2 meter preamplifier. > > https://youtu.be/BNai203eUnI > > 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 hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com Tue Jan 28 21:44:53 2020 From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:44:53 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ARR Gasfet preamps for 2m are every bit as good as the SSB Electronics ones. The issue is power handling. The SSB units handle high power, the limit for a switching preamp on ARR's (that were still available) was 25 watts. I believe they stopped making the 160w jobs. I think you can still get the ARR 25w RF switching preamps. I looked last month and they were still available, but perhaps they have thrown in the towel. 73, N0AN Hasan On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:38 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: > SSB Electronics has mast mount preamps that some people prefer over > ARR, that I assume are comparable. But my googling produced a website > that has an error loading. > > 73, John Brier KG4AKV > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:05 PM Steve A wrote: > > > > Now that Advanced Receiver Research has stopped production, is there a > suitable replacement? I am looking for my ground station. > > Steve W2AKK > > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:56 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> > >> Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build project > >> and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver Research > >> 2 meter preamplifier. > >> > >> https://youtu.be/BNai203eUnI > >> > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 WB4SON at gmail.com Tue Jan 28 21:53:00 2020 From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:53:00 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: US Site for SSB-Electronics seems to be down. The German site is still up: https://www.ssb.de/en/amplifiers/preamplifier/vox/100w See SP-200 and SP-70 73, Bob, WB4SON On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:38 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: > SSB Electronics has mast mount preamps that some people prefer over > ARR, that I assume are comparable. But my googling produced a website > that has an error loading. > > 73, John Brier KG4AKV > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:05 PM Steve A wrote: > > > > Now that Advanced Receiver Research has stopped production, is there a > suitable replacement? I am looking for my ground station. > > Steve W2AKK > > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:56 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> > >> Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build project > >> and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver Research > >> 2 meter preamplifier. > >> > >> https://youtu.be/BNai203eUnI > >> > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 Tue Jan 28 22:12:02 2020 From: hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com (Hasan al-Basri) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:12:02 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update In-Reply-To: <73AFBA22-B40B-4456-9CAA-54E999F054FC@gmail.com> References: <73AFBA22-B40B-4456-9CAA-54E999F054FC@gmail.com> Message-ID: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Receive-Preamp-Masthead-RF-Switched-for-2m-type-RP2SM-/282754438832 ...and these are very good, from what I can tell: https://www.minikits.com.au/electronic-kits/rf-amplifiers/rf-preamplifiers/eme220-2m Hasan On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:02 PM Steve A wrote: > I talked to him on the phone, and he says he is done. I even asked for > some, I would pay extra, no reply. > Steve W2AKK > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 28, 2020, at 4:45 PM, Hasan al-Basri > wrote: > > ? > ARR Gasfet preamps for 2m are every bit as good as the SSB Electronics > ones. The issue is power handling. The SSB units handle high power, the > limit for a switching preamp on ARR's (that were still available) was 25 > watts. I believe they stopped making the 160w jobs. > > I think you can still get the ARR 25w RF switching preamps. I looked last > month and they were still available, but perhaps they have thrown in the > towel. > > 73, N0AN > Hasan > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:38 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> SSB Electronics has mast mount preamps that some people prefer over >> ARR, that I assume are comparable. But my googling produced a website >> that has an error loading. >> >> 73, John Brier KG4AKV >> >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:05 PM Steve A wrote: >> > >> > Now that Advanced Receiver Research has stopped production, is there a >> suitable replacement? I am looking for my ground station. >> > Steve W2AKK >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:56 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build project >> >> and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver Research >> >> 2 meter preamplifier. >> >> >> >> https://youtu.be/BNai203eUnI >> >> >> >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 w3ab at yahoo.com Tue Jan 28 22:29:28 2020 From: w3ab at yahoo.com (W3AB/GEO) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:29:28 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update In-Reply-To: References: <73AFBA22-B40B-4456-9CAA-54E999F054FC@gmail.com> Message-ID: I can vouch for the minikits preamp. Easy to build and align. Relatively low noise figure ?___ Sent from my two way wrist watch 73 de W3AB/GEO? On Jan 28, 2020, 14:21, at 14:21, Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB wrote: >https://www.ebay.com/itm/Receive-Preamp-Masthead-RF-Switched-for-2m-type-RP2SM-/282754438832 > >...and these are very good, from what I can tell: >https://www.minikits.com.au/electronic-kits/rf-amplifiers/rf-preamplifiers/eme220-2m > > > > >Hasan > > >On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:02 PM Steve A wrote: > >> I talked to him on the phone, and he says he is done. I even asked >for >> some, I would pay extra, no reply. >> Steve W2AKK >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 28, 2020, at 4:45 PM, Hasan al-Basri > >> wrote: >> >> ? >> ARR Gasfet preamps for 2m are every bit as good as the SSB >Electronics >> ones. The issue is power handling. The SSB units handle high power, >the >> limit for a switching preamp on ARR's (that were still available) was >25 >> watts. I believe they stopped making the 160w jobs. >> >> I think you can still get the ARR 25w RF switching preamps. I looked >last >> month and they were still available, but perhaps they have thrown in >the >> towel. >> >> 73, N0AN >> Hasan >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:38 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> >>> SSB Electronics has mast mount preamps that some people prefer over >>> ARR, that I assume are comparable. But my googling produced a >website >>> that has an error loading. >>> >>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:05 PM Steve A wrote: >>> > >>> > Now that Advanced Receiver Research has stopped production, is >there a >>> suitable replacement? I am looking for my ground station. >>> > Steve W2AKK >>> > >>> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:56 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB < >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build >project >>> >> and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver >Research >>> >> 2 meter preamplifier. >>> >> >>> >> https://youtu.be/BNai203eUnI >>> >> >>> >> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>> Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and 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 zmetzing at pobox.com Tue Jan 28 22:50:37 2020 From: zmetzing at pobox.com (Zach Metzinger) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:50:37 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 2020-01-28 14:56, John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build project > and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver Research > 2 meter preamplifier. Hello John, As others have said, FM is not ideal for this testing. Ideally, you'd want to run SSB and feed that into your rig. Then, take the audio output and put it into Spectrum Lab or similar. For a weak CW signal (less than 1 S unit), you should see a peak at the signal just above the noise. This ensures that AGC is inactive, if it can't be disabled. Now, switch in the LNA. The CW tone should jump by the gain of the preamp. Ideally, the noise floor will not change at all. If it does, then the preamp is not a low-noise type or something else (overload) is going on. Even with low-loss coax, putting the LNA at the antenna is the right way to do it. Use the following calculator to experiment with this lineup: https://www.pasternack.com/t-calculator-noise-figure.aspx (Noise-dB / Gain-dB) Case 1: LNA (1/20) -> Coax (2.5/-2.5) -> Rig (6/90) == 1.2dB Case 2: Coax (2.5/-2.5) -> LNA (1/20) -> Rig (6/90) == 3.6dB You're giving up 2.4dB of NFdB for the convenience of putting it indoors. The numbers above assume LMR-400 at 100' loss. https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tutorial-on-properly-positioning-a-preamp-lna-in-a-radio-system/ Local noise sources, unless they are incredible broadband, won't impact the usefulness of a quality LNA. The thing to look for here is linearity, which is indicated by the 3rd order intercept (IP3) of the LNA. Most modern designs have eye-popping linearity and noise figures as compared to the lowly, ancient U310-based amplifier. https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/design/technical-documents/tutorials/5/5429.html --- Zach N0ZGO From zl2bjo at gmail.com Wed Jan 29 00:12:29 2020 From: zl2bjo at gmail.com (Selwyn Cathcart) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:12:29 +1300 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update In-Reply-To: References: <73AFBA22-B40B-4456-9CAA-54E999F054FC@gmail.com> Message-ID: <01d101d5d638$cddaf850$6990e8f0$@gmail.com> IMHO A good Italian 50, 144 & 432mHz low noise masthead amplifier, at a reasonable price? https://www.jghitechnology.com/gb/30-vox-pole-mount-100w -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:29 AM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update I can vouch for the minikits preamp. Easy to build and align. Relatively low noise figure ?___ Sent from my two way wrist watch 73 de W3AB/GEO? On Jan 28, 2020, 14:21, at 14:21, Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB wrote: >https://www.ebay.com/itm/Receive-Preamp-Masthead-RF-Switched-for-2m-type-RP2SM-/282754438832 > >...and these are very good, from what I can tell: >https://www.minikits.com.au/electronic-kits/rf-amplifiers/rf-preamplifiers/eme220-2m > > > > >Hasan > > >On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:02 PM Steve A wrote: > >> I talked to him on the phone, and he says he is done. I even asked >for >> some, I would pay extra, no reply. >> Steve W2AKK >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 28, 2020, at 4:45 PM, Hasan al-Basri > >> wrote: >> >> ? >> ARR Gasfet preamps for 2m are every bit as good as the SSB >Electronics >> ones. The issue is power handling. The SSB units handle high power, >the >> limit for a switching preamp on ARR's (that were still available) was >25 >> watts. I believe they stopped making the 160w jobs. >> >> I think you can still get the ARR 25w RF switching preamps. I looked >last >> month and they were still available, but perhaps they have thrown in >the >> towel. >> >> 73, N0AN >> Hasan >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:38 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> >>> SSB Electronics has mast mount preamps that some people prefer over >>> ARR, that I assume are comparable. But my googling produced a >website >>> that has an error loading. >>> >>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:05 PM Steve A wrote: >>> > >>> > Now that Advanced Receiver Research has stopped production, is >there a >>> suitable replacement? I am looking for my ground station. >>> > Steve W2AKK >>> > >>> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:56 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB < >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build >project >>> >> and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver >Research >>> >> 2 meter preamplifier. >>> >> >>> >> https://youtu.be/BNai203eUnI >>> >> >>> >> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>> Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and 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 marzo7088 at yahoo.com Wed Jan 29 00:29:30 2020 From: marzo7088 at yahoo.com (RG) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:29:30 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Just curious XW series References: <1929696336.497313.1580257770799.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1929696336.497313.1580257770799@mail.yahoo.com> I have had trouble hearing XW satellites lately.I have a Kenwood ts 2000 and for some reason don't hearing much if anything.I used to hear the beacon pretty loud at least for a few moments and most of the pass okay but not as much.I was wondering if other Op's. are having the same problem.Maybe I need to set up? my 706 as a receive radio,It worked good.I dont have any problems with the Kenwood working other modes.It would be nice to use one radio.I run? a vertical and realize it's not the best set up but again I haven't had this problem in the past.Just looking for some opinions.Thanks a lot73RichKB1FGC marzo7088 at yahoo.com From SaguaroAstro at cox.net Wed Jan 29 01:05:31 2020 From: SaguaroAstro at cox.net (Rick Tejera) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:05:31 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work In-Reply-To: References: <04c8fcb1-9652-06ca-b538-38e9637a5d18@gmail.com> Message-ID: <017201d5d640$3697d9b0$a3c78d10$@cox.net> I agree with Fernando. I used my Elk during the winter VHF contest and for VHF/UHF simplex work on SOTA. The mounting is easily rotated to accommodate vertical or horizontal polarization Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.W7TBC.org -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB On Behalf Of Fernando Ramirez via AMSAT-BB Sent: Monday, January 27, 2020 4:28 PM To: Greg D Cc: AMSAT Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas for terrestrial work In my opinion, the Elk Log Periodic is better suited than the Arrow for permanent mounting. The downside is the gain on 70 cm compared to an Arrow. Even then, it will work. I used one during the June VHF contest and was able to work UHF with 20w to the same places I did on VHF with 50w (around 250 miles). A plus is having both bands on the same polarization. 73 Fernando, KF7R On Mon, Jan 27, 2020, 3:58 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Besides the mechanical issues that others have noted, one thing to > consider is that the 2m / 70cm elements are at 90 degrees from each > other. If you want to mix repeater and weak-signal uses, you may need > a way to rotate the beam so that the polarization is optimized for the > band and use you are engaged in. > > Greg KO6TH > > > John Geiger via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Most of the reviews I have seen for the Arrow Antenna dualband yagis > > are regarding their use on the satellites, which I think is what > > they are mainly made for. Has anyone on the list used one of their > > dualband antennas mounted permanently for terrestrial work as well? > > They do sell > a > > mounting bracket for permanent mounting to a mast. > > > > Do they seem well made enough to withstand the outside elements for > > a few years on end? Do they seem to perform as well as other > > antennas which > have > > approximately the same boom size and number of elements? > > > > 73 John W5TD > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > > available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and 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 jhjipping at gmail.com Wed Jan 29 02:21:18 2020 From: jhjipping at gmail.com (James Jipping) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:21:18 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem Message-ID: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> Good Evening! While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I get an error: LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND.?? An internet search has found mentions of the error but no solutions for my situation.? I am using Windows 10 for the OS on my comupter.?? Any thoughts or suggestions ?? By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio Virtual Cable with GREAT results.? I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE running the antenna rotor controller.? I thought I would try the direct feed FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for "Fox-in-a-Box" One last question, while I'm here:? Is there any way FoxTelem without SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? Thank you for you help. Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512 From marklhammond at gmail.com Wed Jan 29 02:36:22 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:36:22 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 mode L/v at 0236u for 24 hrs 29 Jan 2019 Message-ID: <20200129023624.584B4851C@lansing182.amsat.org> Happy L-band! 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From josepharmbruster at gmail.com Wed Jan 29 02:58:28 2020 From: josepharmbruster at gmail.com (Joseph Armbruster) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:58:28 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> Message-ID: Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) that they were using usb-hid ?!?!? Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? Joseph Armbruster KJ4JIO On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Good Evening! > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I get an > error: > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found mentions of the > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows 10 for the > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio Virtual > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE running > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the direct feed > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for "Fox-in-a-Box" > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem without > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? > > Thank you for you help. > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR > AMSAT # 5512 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 Wed Jan 29 03:01:53 2020 From: hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net (Hans BX2ABT) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:01:53 +0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Preamp test in front of radio / satellite ground station build update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: More budget friendly, especially the mini versions: http://www.shf-elektronik.de/en/index.htm Got the Mini 70 and am very satisfied with it. Can also be ordered from Wimo in Germany. Hans BX2ABT On 1/29/20 6:50 AM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote: > On 2020-01-28 14:56, John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build project >> and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver Research >> 2 meter preamplifier. > > Hello John, > > As others have said, FM is not ideal for this testing. > > Ideally, you'd want to run SSB and feed that into your rig. Then, take > the audio output and put it into Spectrum Lab or similar. > > For a weak CW signal (less than 1 S unit), you should see a peak at > the signal just above the noise. This ensures that AGC is inactive, if > it can't be disabled. > > Now, switch in the LNA. The CW tone should jump by the gain of the > preamp. Ideally, the noise floor will not change at all. If it does, > then the preamp is not a low-noise type or something else (overload) > is going on. > > Even with low-loss coax, putting the LNA at the antenna is the right > way to do it. Use the following calculator to experiment with this > lineup: > > https://www.pasternack.com/t-calculator-noise-figure.aspx > > (Noise-dB / Gain-dB) > > Case 1: LNA (1/20) -> Coax (2.5/-2.5) -> Rig (6/90) == 1.2dB > Case 2: Coax (2.5/-2.5) -> LNA (1/20) -> Rig (6/90) == 3.6dB > > You're giving up 2.4dB of NFdB for the convenience of putting it > indoors. The numbers above assume LMR-400 at 100' loss. > > https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tutorial-on-properly-positioning-a-preamp-lna-in-a-radio-system/ > > > Local noise sources, unless they are incredible broadband, won't > impact the usefulness of a quality LNA. The thing to look for here is > linearity, which is indicated by the 3rd order intercept (IP3) of the > LNA. Most modern designs have eye-popping linearity and noise figures > as compared to the lowly, ancient U310-based amplifier. > > https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/design/technical-documents/tutorials/5/5429.html > > > > --- Zach > N0ZGO > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > From aj9n at aol.com Wed Jan 29 03:40:02 2020 From: aj9n at aol.com (aj9n at aol.com) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-29 03:30 UTC References: <249025893.602042.1580269202404.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <249025893.602042.1580269202404@mail.yahoo.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-29 03:30 UTC ? Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ? Primary School ?Jovan Jovanovi? Zmaj?, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, direct via YU7BPQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Tue 2020-01-28 15:51:19 UTC 48 deg (***) ? Possible Russian supported contact with Ecuador, via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka Contact possibly is go for Fri 2020-02-07 14:00 UTC ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? ? 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?2020-01-29 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. ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt ? ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-29 03:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ? ? ? The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ??? ? ARISS Contact Applications (United States) ? The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ??? Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ? ? Message to US Educators ? Amateur Radio on the International Space Station? ? Contact Opportunity? ? Call for Proposals? ? Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 ? The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.? ? The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?. ? The Opportunity? ? Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.? ? An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.? ? Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.?? ? More Information ? For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. ? Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education at gmail.com.? ? 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. ? ******************************************************************************** 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:? https://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) https://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 https://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?? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.? ? 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 ? ? The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ? ? **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: ? Francesco IK?WGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 Sergey RV3DR with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 ? **************************************************************************** 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. ? ? ? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1379. (***) Each school counts as 1 event.?????????????????????????????????? Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1312. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. ? A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ? ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS ? **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch ? Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA ? Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir ? **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie?Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ? ? ? From seb at wintek.com Wed Jan 29 12:30:38 2020 From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen E. Belter) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:30:38 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> Message-ID: <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com> Joe, I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over the single physical USB port. The IQ stream looks like a standard sound card and is one of the virtual USB interfaces. The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the standard HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID. Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem on my Windows 10 machines. I haven't discovered a solution, yet. 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com ?On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB" wrote: Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) that they were using usb-hid ?!?!? Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? Joseph Armbruster KJ4JIO On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Good Evening! > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I get an > error: > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found mentions of the > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows 10 for the > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio Virtual > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE running > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the direct feed > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for "Fox-in-a-Box" > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem without > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? > > Thank you for you help. > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR > AMSAT # 5512 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 corlissbs at aol.com Wed Jan 29 16:31:18 2020 From: corlissbs at aol.com (Brad Smith) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:31:18 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna and Loctite References: <159005374.995235.1580315478498.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <159005374.995235.1580315478498@mail.yahoo.com> Replace the steel threaded rods with stainless steel threaded rod or studs. Available from local hardware store or McMaster Carr. If you want to use Loctite, only use "Removable Loctite 242" for very obvious reasons. You can buy Loctite at McMaster Carr. By the way, the threaded rods are 8-32 thread size. I like to use stainless steel wave washers at each connection to the square tube, but that is because I don't use Loctite on it and the elements do loosen up. Everything is available at McMaster Carr. The threaded rod is available in one foot pieces that have to be cut or as studs.? Brad Smith KC9UQR From josepharmbruster at gmail.com Wed Jan 29 17:08:43 2020 From: josepharmbruster at gmail.com (Joseph Armbruster) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:08:43 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com> References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com> Message-ID: Stephen, If someone shoots me a link to the foxtelem code, I'll gladly help debug it. I have a Funcube dongle Pro here I can use. Joseph Armbruster On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Stephen E. Belter wrote: > Joe, > > I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over the > single physical USB port. The IQ stream looks like a standard sound card > and is one of the virtual USB interfaces. > > The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the standard > HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID. > > Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem on my > Windows 10 machines. I haven't discovered a solution, yet. > > 73, Steve N9IP > -- > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com > > > ?On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via > AMSAT-BB" > wrote: > > Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) that > they > were using usb-hid ?!?!? > > Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? > > Joseph Armbruster > KJ4JIO > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > Good Evening! > > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I get > an > > error: > > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found mentions of > the > > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows 10 for > the > > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? > > > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio Virtual > > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE > running > > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the direct feed > > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for > "Fox-in-a-Box" > > > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem without > > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? > > > > Thank you for you help. > > > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR > > AMSAT # 5512 > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions > > expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Wed Jan 29 17:11:45 2020 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joseph B. Fitzgerald) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 17:11:45 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com>, Message-ID: FoxTelem is available at https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem de KM1P Joe ________________________________ From: AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 12:08 PM To: Stephen E. Belter Cc: Amsat BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem Stephen, If someone shoots me a link to the foxtelem code, I'll gladly help debug it. I have a Funcube dongle Pro here I can use. Joseph Armbruster On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Stephen E. Belter wrote: > Joe, > > I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over the > single physical USB port. The IQ stream looks like a standard sound card > and is one of the virtual USB interfaces. > > The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the standard > HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID. > > Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem on my > Windows 10 machines. I haven't discovered a solution, yet. > > 73, Steve N9IP > -- > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com > > > ?On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via > AMSAT-BB" > wrote: > > Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) that > they > were using usb-hid ?!?!? > > Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? > > Joseph Armbruster > KJ4JIO > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > Good Evening! > > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I get > an > > error: > > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found mentions of > the > > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows 10 for > the > > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? > > > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio Virtual > > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE > running > > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the direct feed > > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for > "Fox-in-a-Box" > > > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem without > > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? > > > > Thank you for you help. > > > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR > > AMSAT # 5512 > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions > > expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and 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 n8hm at arrl.net Wed Jan 29 17:11:49 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:11:49 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com> Message-ID: The GitHub repository is at https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem 73, Paul, N8HM On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:09 Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Stephen, > > If someone shoots me a link to the foxtelem code, I'll gladly help debug > it. I have a Funcube dongle Pro here I can use. > > Joseph Armbruster > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Stephen E. Belter wrote: > > > Joe, > > > > I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over the > > single physical USB port. The IQ stream looks like a standard sound card > > and is one of the virtual USB interfaces. > > > > The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the standard > > HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID. > > > > Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem on my > > Windows 10 machines. I haven't discovered a solution, yet. > > > > 73, Steve N9IP > > -- > > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com > > > > > > ?On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via > > AMSAT-BB" > > wrote: > > > > Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) that > > they > > were using usb-hid ?!?!? > > > > Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? > > > > Joseph Armbruster > > KJ4JIO > > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > > > Good Evening! > > > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I get > > an > > > error: > > > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found mentions of > > the > > > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows 10 for > > the > > > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? > > > > > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio > Virtual > > > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE > > running > > > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the direct > feed > > > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for > > "Fox-in-a-Box" > > > > > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem > without > > > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? > > > > > > Thank you for you help. > > > > > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR > > > AMSAT # 5512 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > > available > > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > Opinions > > > expressed > > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 lu7aa at yahoo.com Wed Jan 29 18:09:29 2020 From: lu7aa at yahoo.com (Amsat Argentina) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:09:29 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-LU Buoy Jan-30 References: <2067446282.1052950.1580321369608.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2067446282.1052950.1580321369608@mail.yahoo.com> On Jan-30 14:00z AMSAT Argentina will deploy a WSPR/APRS drifting Buoy on South Atlantic Seas. Release will be 100 Km. offshore Mar del Plata coast, seeking west aiming currents/winds. Callsign: LU7AA. Details & photos: http://amsat.org.ar?f=buoy Objective: Sea currents tracking & HF/VHF/SAT QRPp propagation tests. Will appreciate WSPR stations receiving/reporting 20m. 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina From ki6wj at yahoo.com Wed Jan 29 20:54:54 2020 From: ki6wj at yahoo.com (James Brown) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:54:54 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Can sat32 run on a raspberry? References: <1338999891.1041284.1580331294326.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1338999891.1041284.1580331294326@mail.yahoo.com> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From n8hm at arrl.net Wed Jan 29 20:59:29 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:59:29 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Can sat32 run on a raspberry? In-Reply-To: <1338999891.1041284.1580331294326@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1338999891.1041284.1580331294326.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1338999891.1041284.1580331294326@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Short answer: No. You should use Gpredict instead. Long answer: Maybe, using Pi386 and Wine, but getting that configured would not be easy. 73, Paul, N8HM On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 3:55 PM James Brown via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on 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. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From g0kla at arrl.net Thu Jan 30 14:58:21 2020 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:58:21 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com> Message-ID: A couple of people sent out the git repo URL. If you have time to look at this, that would be great. It's not an area where I am a deep expert. The FCD has two USB interfaces, as noted. The Soundcard interface uses standard Audio IO APIs and works fine. USB access is transparent and you don't need to worry about it. But the HID interface has been difficult. It was a great idea to not need any libraries, but the flip side issue is that every platform has its own libraries. Writing a single application that works on the PI (ARM), Linux (x86), Mac, Windows has been difficult in this area. The HID approach is great for the end user, difficult for the developer. I've used three different libraries so far. I started with direct Java wrapping of the C libraries. It worked to a degree in Windows, but I struggled on other platforms. I moved to the PureJavaHID library and that worked across platforms. But it holds the connection so only one program could connect to the device. It did not play well with the Funcube Dashboard for example. And it had issues where commands would not be sent. I'm now using usb4Java which wraps LibUSB. I understand you can talk HID through LibUSB, which is just a lower level library. But I could be wrong. I leveraged code that Denis Sheirer wrote for SDRTRunk. But that also has strange difficult to track down issues, as we can see. So I am open to a better way to do this that works on all the platforms people are using. Any help is really appreciated. 73 Chris On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:13 PM Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > Stephen, > > If someone shoots me a link to the foxtelem code, I'll gladly help debug > it. I have a Funcube dongle Pro here I can use. > > Joseph Armbruster > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Stephen E. Belter wrote: > > > Joe, > > > > I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over the > > single physical USB port. The IQ stream looks like a standard sound card > > and is one of the virtual USB interfaces. > > > > The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the standard > > HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID. > > > > Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem on my > > Windows 10 machines. I haven't discovered a solution, yet. > > > > 73, Steve N9IP > > -- > > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com > > > > > > ?On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via > > AMSAT-BB" > > wrote: > > > > Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) that > > they > > were using usb-hid ?!?!? > > > > Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? > > > > Joseph Armbruster > > KJ4JIO > > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < > > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > > > > > Good Evening! > > > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I get > > an > > > error: > > > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found mentions of > > the > > > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows 10 for > > the > > > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? > > > > > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio > Virtual > > > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE > > running > > > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the direct > feed > > > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for > > "Fox-in-a-Box" > > > > > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem > without > > > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? > > > > > > Thank you for you help. > > > > > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR > > > AMSAT # 5512 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > > available > > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > Opinions > > > expressed > > > are solely those of the author, and 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 g0kla at arrl.net Thu Jan 30 17:26:56 2020 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:26:56 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Crew packing Cygnus for departure (and launch of HuskySat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You should not get a spacecraft error. What does the error look like? If you have an old spacecraft file that has _em in the name, then it is the old engineering model. You should delete that. The main change is that you need to be listening on 70cms and the decoder needs to be set to one of the PSK decoders. You can make it automatically listen to HuskySat if you check the box "Switch bands and modes". Note this is the first time we will have tested that, so report any issues you see. If you are listening to the Fox sats as well, then it would assume you have a dual band antenna setup, which is not normal for many. I personally have setup another machine with a separate SDR listening to 70cms. Note that this may work better through a real radio than the Fox satellites because it does not have the filtering issues for low frequency audio. So that is an option. I understand that the KEPS are available and we are trying to see if they will be published. HuskySat have a facebook page and it may appear there first. 73 Chris On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 12:36 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Will there be any updates (addiitions) required for FoxTelem to enable > HuskySat telemetry reception? Currently I get a spacecraft error when I > try to enable HuskySat (understandable, no TLEs, etc.). > > --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 > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From johnbrier at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 17:52:53 2020 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:52:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Crew packing Cygnus for departure (and launch of HuskySat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Can someone explain why V/u was chosen for the linear Fox (they are all Fox right?) Over U/v that all the FM Foxes are? 2m SSB TX capability is easier to get than 70cm SSB TX capability maybe? 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 12:32 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB wrote: > You should not get a spacecraft error. What does the error look like? If > you have an old spacecraft file that has _em in the name, then it is the > old engineering model. You should delete that. > > The main change is that you need to be listening on 70cms and the decoder > needs to be set to one of the PSK decoders. You can make it automatically > listen to HuskySat if you check the box "Switch bands and modes". Note > this is the first time we will have tested that, so report any issues you > see. If you are listening to the Fox sats as well, then it would assume > you have a dual band antenna setup, which is not normal for many. I > personally have setup another machine with a separate SDR listening to > 70cms. Note that this may work better through a real radio than the Fox > satellites because it does not have the filtering issues for low frequency > audio. So that is an option. > > I understand that the KEPS are available and we are trying to see if they > will be published. HuskySat have a facebook page and it may appear there > first. > > 73 > Chris > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 12:36 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB > > wrote: > > > Will there be any updates (addiitions) required for FoxTelem to enable > > HuskySat telemetry reception? Currently I get a spacecraft error when I > > try to enable HuskySat (understandable, no TLEs, etc.). > > > > --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 > > > > > -- > 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 josepharmbruster at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 22:17:25 2020 From: josepharmbruster at gmail.com (Joseph Armbruster) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:17:25 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com> Message-ID: Chris, What version of the fun cube pro do you have, and does it make a difference which one is used? I have an older v1.1 that I'm going to connect in a few (Serial 3354). Pulling the code down now... Joseph Armbruster KJ4JIO On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 9:58 AM Chris Thompson wrote: > A couple of people sent out the git repo URL. If you have time to look at > this, that would be great. It's not an area where I am a deep expert. The > FCD has two USB interfaces, as noted. The Soundcard interface uses > standard Audio IO APIs and works fine. USB access is transparent and you > don't need to worry about it. But the HID interface has been difficult. > It was a great idea to not need any libraries, but the flip side issue is > that every platform has its own libraries. Writing a single application > that works on the PI (ARM), Linux (x86), Mac, Windows has been difficult in > this area. The HID approach is great for the end user, difficult for the > developer. > > I've used three different libraries so far. I started with direct Java > wrapping of the C libraries. It worked to a degree in Windows, but I > struggled on other platforms. I moved to the PureJavaHID library and that > worked across platforms. But it holds the connection so only one program > could connect to the device. It did not play well with the Funcube > Dashboard for example. And it had issues where commands would not be > sent. I'm now using usb4Java which wraps LibUSB. I understand you can > talk HID through LibUSB, which is just a lower level library. But I could > be wrong. I leveraged code that Denis Sheirer wrote for SDRTRunk. But > that also has strange difficult to track down issues, as we can see. > > So I am open to a better way to do this that works on all the platforms > people are using. Any help is really appreciated. > > 73 > Chris > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:13 PM Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> Stephen, >> >> If someone shoots me a link to the foxtelem code, I'll gladly help debug >> it. I have a Funcube dongle Pro here I can use. >> >> Joseph Armbruster >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Stephen E. Belter wrote: >> >> > Joe, >> > >> > I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over the >> > single physical USB port. The IQ stream looks like a standard sound >> card >> > and is one of the virtual USB interfaces. >> > >> > The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the >> standard >> > HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID. >> > >> > Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem on >> my >> > Windows 10 machines. I haven't discovered a solution, yet. >> > >> > 73, Steve N9IP >> > -- >> > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com >> > >> > >> > ?On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via >> > AMSAT-BB" >> > wrote: >> > >> > Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) >> that >> > they >> > were using usb-hid ?!?!? >> > >> > Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? >> > >> > Joseph Armbruster >> > KJ4JIO >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < >> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> > >> > > Good Evening! >> > > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I >> get >> > an >> > > error: >> > > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found mentions of >> > the >> > > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows 10 >> for >> > the >> > > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? >> > > >> > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio >> Virtual >> > > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE >> > running >> > > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the direct >> feed >> > > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for >> > "Fox-in-a-Box" >> > > >> > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem >> without >> > > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? >> > > >> > > Thank you for you help. >> > > >> > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR >> > > AMSAT # 5512 >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >> > available >> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> > Opinions >> > > expressed >> > > are solely those of the author, and 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 >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 wb3csy at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 22:32:21 2020 From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:32:21 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Help with USB to serial interface to Kenwood TX-200X Message-ID: I have been using the RASCAL R-KW13PD made by BUX COMM CO for years to control my Kenwood TS-2000X via satPC32 software to work the birds.I have been using an HP Windows 7 laptop. Today, I just finally updated that laptop to Windows 10. Everything seems to works great since the upgrade. However, when I try using my normal interface which was always connected to COM 3 -- Sent from Rick's gmail account From wb3csy at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 22:35:41 2020 From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:35:41 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CONTINUATION OF HELP WITH USB TO SERIAL CONTROL OF KENWOOD Message-ID: I have been using the RASCAL R-KW13PD made by BUX COMM CO for years to control my Kenwood TS-2000X via satPC32 software to work the birds.I have been using an HP Windows 7 laptop. Today, I just finally updated that laptop to Windows 10. Everything seems to works great since the upgrade. However, when I try using my normal interface which was always connected to COM 3, The satPC32 software tells me it can't find the radio on COM3. When I check the device manager is claims the device is working. Any ideas? Thank you. 73, Rick - WB3CSY -- Sent from Rick's gmail account From josepharmbruster at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 22:45:00 2020 From: josepharmbruster at gmail.com (Joseph Armbruster) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:45:00 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com> Message-ID: Chris, There's a predict4java source folder and a predict4java.jar? Which is the correct one to use? :-) Joseph Armbruster On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:17 PM Joseph Armbruster < josepharmbruster at gmail.com> wrote: > Chris, > > What version of the fun cube pro do you have, and does it make a > difference which one is used? I have an older v1.1 that I'm going to > connect in a few (Serial 3354). Pulling the code down now... > > Joseph Armbruster > KJ4JIO > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 9:58 AM Chris Thompson wrote: > >> A couple of people sent out the git repo URL. If you have time to look >> at this, that would be great. It's not an area where I am a deep expert. >> The FCD has two USB interfaces, as noted. The Soundcard interface uses >> standard Audio IO APIs and works fine. USB access is transparent and you >> don't need to worry about it. But the HID interface has been difficult. >> It was a great idea to not need any libraries, but the flip side issue is >> that every platform has its own libraries. Writing a single application >> that works on the PI (ARM), Linux (x86), Mac, Windows has been difficult in >> this area. The HID approach is great for the end user, difficult for the >> developer. >> >> I've used three different libraries so far. I started with direct Java >> wrapping of the C libraries. It worked to a degree in Windows, but I >> struggled on other platforms. I moved to the PureJavaHID library and that >> worked across platforms. But it holds the connection so only one program >> could connect to the device. It did not play well with the Funcube >> Dashboard for example. And it had issues where commands would not be >> sent. I'm now using usb4Java which wraps LibUSB. I understand you can >> talk HID through LibUSB, which is just a lower level library. But I could >> be wrong. I leveraged code that Denis Sheirer wrote for SDRTRunk. But >> that also has strange difficult to track down issues, as we can see. >> >> So I am open to a better way to do this that works on all the platforms >> people are using. Any help is really appreciated. >> >> 73 >> Chris >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:13 PM Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >> >>> Stephen, >>> >>> If someone shoots me a link to the foxtelem code, I'll gladly help debug >>> it. I have a Funcube dongle Pro here I can use. >>> >>> Joseph Armbruster >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Stephen E. Belter >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Joe, >>> > >>> > I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over the >>> > single physical USB port. The IQ stream looks like a standard sound >>> card >>> > and is one of the virtual USB interfaces. >>> > >>> > The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the >>> standard >>> > HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID. >>> > >>> > Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem on >>> my >>> > Windows 10 machines. I haven't discovered a solution, yet. >>> > >>> > 73, Steve N9IP >>> > -- >>> > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com >>> > >>> > >>> > ?On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via >>> > AMSAT-BB" >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> > Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) >>> that >>> > they >>> > were using usb-hid ?!?!? >>> > >>> > Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? >>> > >>> > Joseph Armbruster >>> > KJ4JIO >>> > >>> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < >>> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Good Evening! >>> > > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I >>> get >>> > an >>> > > error: >>> > > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found mentions >>> of >>> > the >>> > > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows 10 >>> for >>> > the >>> > > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? >>> > > >>> > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio >>> Virtual >>> > > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE >>> > running >>> > > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the direct >>> feed >>> > > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for >>> > "Fox-in-a-Box" >>> > > >>> > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem >>> without >>> > > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? >>> > > >>> > > Thank you for you help. >>> > > >>> > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR >>> > > AMSAT # 5512 >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >>> > available >>> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>> > Opinions >>> > > expressed >>> > > are solely those of the author, and 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 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>> Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and 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 josepharmbruster at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 22:51:33 2020 From: josepharmbruster at gmail.com (Joseph Armbruster) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:51:33 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com> Message-ID: No GroundStationSatellite in master. Hence why I ask. Joe On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:45 PM Joseph Armbruster < josepharmbruster at gmail.com> wrote: > Chris, > > There's a predict4java source folder and a predict4java.jar? > > Which is the correct one to use? :-) > > Joseph Armbruster > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:17 PM Joseph Armbruster < > josepharmbruster at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Chris, >> >> What version of the fun cube pro do you have, and does it make a >> difference which one is used? I have an older v1.1 that I'm going to >> connect in a few (Serial 3354). Pulling the code down now... >> >> Joseph Armbruster >> KJ4JIO >> >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 9:58 AM Chris Thompson wrote: >> >>> A couple of people sent out the git repo URL. If you have time to look >>> at this, that would be great. It's not an area where I am a deep expert. >>> The FCD has two USB interfaces, as noted. The Soundcard interface uses >>> standard Audio IO APIs and works fine. USB access is transparent and you >>> don't need to worry about it. But the HID interface has been difficult. >>> It was a great idea to not need any libraries, but the flip side issue is >>> that every platform has its own libraries. Writing a single application >>> that works on the PI (ARM), Linux (x86), Mac, Windows has been difficult in >>> this area. The HID approach is great for the end user, difficult for the >>> developer. >>> >>> I've used three different libraries so far. I started with direct Java >>> wrapping of the C libraries. It worked to a degree in Windows, but I >>> struggled on other platforms. I moved to the PureJavaHID library and that >>> worked across platforms. But it holds the connection so only one program >>> could connect to the device. It did not play well with the Funcube >>> Dashboard for example. And it had issues where commands would not be >>> sent. I'm now using usb4Java which wraps LibUSB. I understand you can >>> talk HID through LibUSB, which is just a lower level library. But I could >>> be wrong. I leveraged code that Denis Sheirer wrote for SDRTRunk. But >>> that also has strange difficult to track down issues, as we can see. >>> >>> So I am open to a better way to do this that works on all the platforms >>> people are using. Any help is really appreciated. >>> >>> 73 >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:13 PM Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB < >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Stephen, >>>> >>>> If someone shoots me a link to the foxtelem code, I'll gladly help debug >>>> it. I have a Funcube dongle Pro here I can use. >>>> >>>> Joseph Armbruster >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Stephen E. Belter >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Joe, >>>> > >>>> > I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over >>>> the >>>> > single physical USB port. The IQ stream looks like a standard sound >>>> card >>>> > and is one of the virtual USB interfaces. >>>> > >>>> > The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the >>>> standard >>>> > HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID. >>>> > >>>> > Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem >>>> on my >>>> > Windows 10 machines. I haven't discovered a solution, yet. >>>> > >>>> > 73, Steve N9IP >>>> > -- >>>> > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ?On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via >>>> > AMSAT-BB" >>> > >>>> > wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) >>>> that >>>> > they >>>> > were using usb-hid ?!?!? >>>> > >>>> > Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? >>>> > >>>> > Joseph Armbruster >>>> > KJ4JIO >>>> > >>>> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < >>>> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > Good Evening! >>>> > > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I >>>> get >>>> > an >>>> > > error: >>>> > > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found mentions >>>> of >>>> > the >>>> > > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows 10 >>>> for >>>> > the >>>> > > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? >>>> > > >>>> > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio >>>> Virtual >>>> > > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE >>>> > running >>>> > > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the direct >>>> feed >>>> > > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for >>>> > "Fox-in-a-Box" >>>> > > >>>> > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem >>>> without >>>> > > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? >>>> > > >>>> > > Thank you for you help. >>>> > > >>>> > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR >>>> > > AMSAT # 5512 >>>> > > _______________________________________________ >>>> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >>>> > available >>>> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring >>>> membership. >>>> > Opinions >>>> > > expressed >>>> > > are solely those of the author, and 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 >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>>> Opinions expressed >>>> are solely those of the author, and 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 wb1fj-bb at fisher.cc Thu Jan 30 23:10:05 2020 From: wb1fj-bb at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:10:05 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CONTINUATION OF HELP WITH USB TO SERIAL CONTROL OF KENWOOD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Are you saying that it is more than the COM number just changing, as Windows is wont to do capriciously? I guess I'd just plug and unplug the USB/serial and see which COM port appears and disappears. On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:38 PM Rick Walter via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I have been using the RASCAL R-KW13PD made by BUX COMM CO for years to > control my Kenwood TS-2000X via satPC32 software to work the birds.I > have been using an HP Windows 7 laptop. > Today, I just finally updated that laptop to Windows 10. Everything > seems to works great since the upgrade. However, when I try using my > normal interface which was always connected to COM 3, The satPC32 > software tells me it can't find the radio on COM3. When I check the > device manager is claims the device is working. Any ideas? Thank you. > 73, > Rick - WB3CSY > > > -- > Sent from Rick's gmail account > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 wb3csy at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 00:17:17 2020 From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:17:17 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CONTINUATION OF HELP WITH USB TO SERIAL CONTROL OF KENWOOD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for your reply. The computer says the USB to serial is on Com 3 and the SatPC32 program says it can?t find Com3. Maybe the chip in it is working but there could be a problem in the circuit going to the radio. I have been using that setup since 2010. Maybe another part let the smoke out. I do see on the internet that Win 10 does not like USB to serial. I take the box apart tomorrow (USB to Serial) and look. It is ironic that it worked yesterday on Win 7! Rick Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C. Clarke "Klaatu Barada Nikto" - The Day the Earth Stood Still "I have been, and always shall be, your friend" - Spock > On Jan 30, 2020, at 6:10 PM, Burns Fisher wrote: > > ? > Are you saying that it is more than the COM number just changing, as Windows is wont to do capriciously? I guess I'd just plug and unplug the USB/serial and see which COM port appears and disappears. > >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:38 PM Rick Walter via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> I have been using the RASCAL R-KW13PD made by BUX COMM CO for years to >> control my Kenwood TS-2000X via satPC32 software to work the birds.I >> have been using an HP Windows 7 laptop. >> Today, I just finally updated that laptop to Windows 10. Everything >> seems to works great since the upgrade. However, when I try using my >> normal interface which was always connected to COM 3, The satPC32 >> software tells me it can't find the radio on COM3. When I check the >> device manager is claims the device is working. Any ideas? Thank you. >> 73, >> Rick - WB3CSY >> >> >> -- >> Sent from Rick's gmail account >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 wandtosborne at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 00:48:13 2020 From: wandtosborne at gmail.com (Wendy and Terry Osborne) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:48:13 +1300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Rocketlab Launch Message-ID: <9745645E2FDD46C787B81F3D47DF6834@OsbornesPC> Livestream due to start in about 15 minutes. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDutnzddy4&feature=youtu.be 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC From wb1fj-bb at fisher.cc Fri Jan 31 00:55:57 2020 From: wb1fj-bb at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:55:57 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CONTINUATION OF HELP WITH USB TO SERIAL CONTROL OF KENWOOD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is a particular USB/serial chipset whose driver was removed from Win10 as I recall. But I would think that if that were the problem you could not see COM3 at all. Try running SatPC32 as administrator. It might be that COM3 is protected against unprivileged access. I'm no Windows guru, so I could not tell you how to fix this, but give it a try to find out if that is the problem at least. 73, Burns WB1FJ On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 7:17 PM Rick Walter wrote: > Thanks for your reply. The computer says the USB to serial is on Com 3 and > the SatPC32 program says it can?t find Com3. Maybe the chip in it is > working but there could be a problem in the circuit going to the radio. I > have been using that setup since 2010. Maybe another part let the smoke > out. I do see on the internet that Win 10 does not like USB to serial. I > take the box apart tomorrow (USB to Serial) and look. It is ironic that it > worked yesterday on Win 7! > Rick > > Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S > "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre > minds" - Albert Einstein > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - > Arthur C. Clarke > > "Klaatu Barada Nikto" - The Day the Earth Stood Still > > "I have been, and always shall be, your friend" - Spock > > > On Jan 30, 2020, at 6:10 PM, Burns Fisher wrote: > > ? > Are you saying that it is more than the COM number just changing, as > Windows is wont to do capriciously? I guess I'd just plug and unplug the > USB/serial and see which COM port appears and disappears. > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:38 PM Rick Walter via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> I have been using the RASCAL R-KW13PD made by BUX COMM CO for years to >> control my Kenwood TS-2000X via satPC32 software to work the birds.I >> have been using an HP Windows 7 laptop. >> Today, I just finally updated that laptop to Windows 10. Everything >> seems to works great since the upgrade. However, when I try using my >> normal interface which was always connected to COM 3, The satPC32 >> software tells me it can't find the radio on COM3. When I check the >> device manager is claims the device is working. Any ideas? Thank you. >> 73, >> Rick - WB3CSY >> >> >> -- >> Sent from Rick's gmail account >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 ve3nxk at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 01:00:10 2020 From: ve3nxk at gmail.com (Bill Booth) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:00:10 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CONTINUATION OF HELP WITH USB TO SERIAL CONTROL OF KENWOOD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <39ee16c9-8dde-bf7a-c41b-3a26b57215e5@gmail.com> On 2020-01-30 7:17 p.m., Rick Walter via AMSAT-BB wrote: > It is ironic that it worked yesterday on Win 7! I had lots of problems like this when I upgraded to 10 with the usb/serial port cable. In the end I got a new one that used a FTDI Chip and after I installed the driver it worked like it should. Windows 10 did not like what I was using I guess. -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N FN05ns Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference. From johnbrier at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 01:41:24 2020 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:41:24 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 CountDown can't show multiple passes from the same sat? Message-ID: I just noticed this with two different sats. I got a screencap of it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK9IkhltFJ4 ISS is in view, and while it is in view CountDown doesn't show an upcoming 65 degree ISS pass that should be between SO-50 and AO-91 in the middle of CountDown. After ISS goes out of view the 65 degree pass pops up where I expect it to be the whole time. Watch the local time at 20:23:38, about 10 seconds into the video. Is there a setting to allow multiple passes from the same sat or is this a bug/feature request situation? 73, John Brier KG4AKV From charlieray at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 01:59:56 2020 From: charlieray at gmail.com (Charles Reiche) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:59:56 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 CountDown can't show multiple passes from the same sat? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It would be nice to replace Countdown with WinAos, or at least make WinAos attach to the main window like Countdown does. N3CRT Charles Reiche On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 8:43 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I just noticed this with two different sats. I got a screencap of it too. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK9IkhltFJ4 > > ISS is in view, and while it is in view CountDown doesn't show an > upcoming 65 degree ISS pass that should be between SO-50 and AO-91 in > the middle of CountDown. After ISS goes out of view the 65 degree pass > pops up where I expect it to be the whole time. > > Watch the local time at 20:23:38, about 10 seconds into the video. > > Is there a setting to allow multiple passes from the same sat or is > this a bug/feature request situation? > > 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 marklhammond at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 02:30:07 2020 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:30:07 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 CountDown can't show multiple passes from the same sat? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi John, It?s the way it works. No way to change that I know about. Think of it this way?it is showing the pass, now, but on the main screen. Next pass isn?t until the current one is over, so then it pops up and is visible. Mark N8MH On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 8:42 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I just noticed this with two different sats. I got a screencap of it too. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK9IkhltFJ4 > > ISS is in view, and while it is in view CountDown doesn't show an > upcoming 65 degree ISS pass that should be between SO-50 and AO-91 in > the middle of CountDown. After ISS goes out of view the 65 degree pass > pops up where I expect it to be the whole time. > > Watch the local time at 20:23:38, about 10 seconds into the video. > > Is there a setting to allow multiple passes from the same sat or is > this a bug/feature request situation? > > 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From johnbrier at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 02:47:42 2020 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:47:42 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 CountDown can't show multiple passes from the same sat? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It makes some sense. What happened was I already identified a pass on ISS Detector on my phone and I wanted to keep track of it on my PC, so when I loaded SatPC32 up and didn't see it but CountDown had all the other same sats in the same order as ISS Detector, except the one I was interested in, I was a little confused. I still don't see a problem with showing both/all passses! So I submit this as a Request For Enhancement :-) 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 21:30 Mark L. Hammond wrote: > Hi John, > > It?s the way it works. No way to change that I know about. Think of it > this way?it is showing the pass, now, but on the main screen. Next pass > isn?t until the current one is over, so then it pops up and is visible. > > Mark N8MH > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 8:42 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> I just noticed this with two different sats. I got a screencap of it too. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK9IkhltFJ4 >> >> ISS is in view, and while it is in view CountDown doesn't show an >> upcoming 65 degree ISS pass that should be between SO-50 and AO-91 in >> the middle of CountDown. After ISS goes out of view the 65 degree pass >> pops up where I expect it to be the whole time. >> >> Watch the local time at 20:23:38, about 10 seconds into the video. >> >> Is there a setting to allow multiple passes from the same sat or is >> this a bug/feature request situation? >> >> 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 >> > -- > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > From bkeating1954 at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 03:44:38 2020 From: bkeating1954 at gmail.com (Bob Keating) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:44:38 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] CM94 Rove Message-ID: Greetings everyone , After a bit of a hiatus, I will back on the FM sats from CM94 this weekend. On a holiday schedule, planning to work AO-92 and AO-91 around 10:05 and 10:35 respectively. More to come tomorrow 73, Bob N6REK Sent from my iPhone From tjschuessler at verizon.net Fri Jan 31 13:47:19 2020 From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (tjschuessler at verizon.net) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:47:19 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Montessori School satellite demos References: <007401d5d83c$f54031c0$dfc09540$.ref@verizon.net> Message-ID: <007401d5d83c$f54031c0$dfc09540$@verizon.net> On Saturday, Feb 1, I will be doing several satellite passes for an "International Day" PTA event at Mata Montessori School in far East Dallas, TX, EM12 (Amateur Radio and AMSAT are international, right?) This though, is a non-amateur radio related event but I got involved through connections with the DFW chapter of the National Space Society. The target audience will be families of students attending the school. I think the upper age limit will be 8th grade. I will be attempting three FM passes, 1718Z AO-91, 1743 AO-92 and 1848 AO-91. The first 91 pass may be iffy due to building obstructions, but the last two will be definite. My hope is to have a good crowd in toe for these passes and will probably have them shouting out my call and grid to get them involved. Please look for me, N5HYP and give a call out. Thanks in advance for supporting this outreach. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms From nm3a at mail.com Fri Jan 31 13:59:11 2020 From: nm3a at mail.com (Daniel Walter) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:59:11 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 install issue Message-ID: I had been using an old version 'd' for quite a while with my IC9700. On trying to update to the latest 'd' version, I keep getting an error message: "Error while loading file YaesuIIPar.SQF, program will close" I am using Win7 64bit Pro. Any help would be appreciated. (Of course, SDX still loads and then has to be taken down with Task Manager.) Dan Sent from ARS: NM3A From wb3csy at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 14:04:30 2020 From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:04:30 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CONTINUATION OF HELP WITH USB TO SERIAL CONTROL OF KENWOOD In-Reply-To: <39ee16c9-8dde-bf7a-c41b-3a26b57215e5@gmail.com> References: <39ee16c9-8dde-bf7a-c41b-3a26b57215e5@gmail.com> Message-ID: I appreciate the replies to my problem. It?s solved. The computer kept telling me the USB to serial device was running fine with up to date drivers on Com 3. I finally changed that out with one of the other 2 USB to serial adapters I own, fired every thing up and all is well again! I assume the other adapter was just too old for Windows 10. The interesting thing was the SatPC32 program was updating the sat frequencies on the screen but not talking to the radio with the old adapter. Life is good when you solve an aggravating problem! Thanks to all and 73, Rick WB3CSY Sent from Rick's iPad 3 "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact" - Carl Sagan No trees were killed in the sending of this message, however, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > On Jan 30, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Bill Booth via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > ?On 2020-01-30 7:17 p.m., Rick Walter via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> It is ironic that it worked yesterday on Win 7! > > I had lots of problems like this when I upgraded to 10 with the usb/serial port cable. In the end I got a new one that used a FTDI Chip and after I installed the driver it worked like it should. Windows 10 did not like what I was using I guess. > > -- > Bill Booth VE3NXK > Sundridge ON, Canada > 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N > FN05ns > > Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html > > Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life > Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 wb1fj-bb at fisher.cc Fri Jan 31 14:12:34 2020 From: wb1fj-bb at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:12:34 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] CONTINUATION OF HELP WITH USB TO SERIAL CONTROL OF KENWOOD In-Reply-To: References: <39ee16c9-8dde-bf7a-c41b-3a26b57215e5@gmail.com> Message-ID: Glad you got it going, Rick. I was told some time ago that Windows 10 stopped shipping a driver for the Prolific chipset, although a replacement driver is available somewhere. I don't know why all this happened, but FTDI chipsets seem to be fine. That may be what you have. Good luck and 73, Burns WB1FJ On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 9:08 AM Rick Walter via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I appreciate the replies to my problem. It?s solved. The computer kept > telling me the USB to serial device was running fine with up to date > drivers on Com 3. I finally changed that out with one of the other 2 USB to > serial adapters I own, fired every thing up and all is well again! I assume > the other adapter was just too old for Windows 10. > > The interesting thing was the SatPC32 program was updating the sat > frequencies on the screen but not talking to the radio with the old > adapter. > > Life is good when you solve an aggravating problem! > > Thanks to all and 73, > Rick WB3CSY > > Sent from Rick's iPad 3 > "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out > of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm > for science intact" - Carl Sagan > > No trees were killed in the sending of this message, however, a large > number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > > > > On Jan 30, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Bill Booth via AMSAT-BB > wrote: > > > > ?On 2020-01-30 7:17 p.m., Rick Walter via AMSAT-BB wrote: > >> It is ironic that it worked yesterday on Win 7! > > > > I had lots of problems like this when I upgraded to 10 with the > usb/serial port cable. In the end I got a new one that used a FTDI Chip > and after I installed the driver it worked like it should. Windows 10 did > not like what I was using I guess. > > > > -- > > Bill Booth VE3NXK > > Sundridge ON, Canada > > 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N > > FN05ns > > > > Visit my weather WebCam at > http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html > > > > Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life > > Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference. > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 erich.eichmann at t-online.de Fri Jan 31 14:24:00 2020 From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:24:00 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 CountDown can't show multiple passes from the same sat? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <666c6368-3e72-0dc0-7084-2cc48c1739e3@t-online.de> With satellites in range the program shows the time remaining until LOS. Run WinAos simultaneously with SatPC32, then you will get not only the next one but all passes for the specified period. 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 31.01.2020 um 02:59 schrieb Charles Reiche via AMSAT-BB: > It would be nice to replace Countdown with WinAos, or at least make WinAos > attach to the main window like Countdown does. > > N3CRT > Charles Reiche > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 8:43 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB > wrote: > >> I just noticed this with two different sats. I got a screencap of it too. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK9IkhltFJ4 >> >> ISS is in view, and while it is in view CountDown doesn't show an >> upcoming 65 degree ISS pass that should be between SO-50 and AO-91 in >> the middle of CountDown. After ISS goes out of view the 65 degree pass >> pops up where I expect it to be the whole time. >> >> Watch the local time at 20:23:38, about 10 seconds into the video. >> >> Is there a setting to allow multiple passes from the same sat or is >> this a bug/feature request situation? >> >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 wageners at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 14:25:01 2020 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:25:01 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 install issue In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Dan, A few things to consider. First, it is recommended to fully *uninstall* SatPC32 before updating. To keep customized settings, use the backup utility in the software to save your local settings before uninstalling. SDX normally closes when SatPC32 is terminated in the official way (File - Quit). That also helps saving local window settings etc. The YaesuPar.SQF file contains information for Yaesu radios... I assume you are using a Yaesu radio (?). If the file is corrupted by your installation, I would suggest a complete uninstall and re-install of SatPC32. See if that helps. 73, Stefan VE4SW On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:01 AM Daniel Walter via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > I had been using an old version 'd' for quite a while with my IC9700. On > trying to update to the latest 'd' version, I keep getting an error > message: "Error while loading file YaesuIIPar.SQF, program will close" > > I am using Win7 64bit Pro. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > (Of course, SDX still loads and then has to be taken down with Task > Manager.) > > > Dan > > > Sent from ARS: NM3A > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 n8hm at arrl.net Fri Jan 31 15:01:42 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:01:42 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-031 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Joe Spier, K6WAO, Resigns as AMSAT President Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-031 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: * Joe Spier, K6WAO, Resigns as AMSAT President SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-031.01 ANS-031 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 031.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE January 31, 2020 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-031.01 Joe Spier, K6WAO, Resigns as AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, has tendered his resignation as AMSAT President, citing personal reasons. Spier had served as AMSAT's President since October 2017. Prior to his tenure as President, Spier served as AMSAT's Executive Vice President and Vice President - Educational Relations. He also served as an AMSAT News Service Editor and as a member of the ARISS Education Team. Under the AMSAT bylaws, Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, assumes the office of President until the next meeting of the Board of Directors. Stoetzer said "I want to thank Joe for his many years of service to AMSAT in a variety of roles. I especially want to recognize his efforts to mark AMSAT's 50th Anniversary with special events at the Dayton Hamvention and AMSAT Symposium. His leadership in bringing together a variety of figures from the history of amateur radio in space in Arlington, VA this past fall helped to make the Symposium a very special event." [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 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 kk5do at arrl.net Fri Jan 31 15:18:42 2020 From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:18:42 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 install issue In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5d8eef5f-441d-78c3-1170-03591cca4f16@arrl.net> Also, remember to backup your data with the built in routine. I usually leave the backup/restore program from SATPC32 open. Do the backup, then uninstall SATPC32. Install the new one, then use the restore feature. Ready to go. 73...bruce On 1/31/2020 8:25 AM, Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Hi Dan, > > A few things to consider. First, it is recommended to fully *uninstall* SatPC32 > before updating. To keep customized settings, use the backup utility in the > software to save your local settings before uninstalling. SDX normally > closes when SatPC32 is terminated in the official way (File - Quit). That > also helps saving local window settings etc. The YaesuPar.SQF file contains > information for Yaesu radios... I assume you are using a Yaesu radio (?). > If the file is corrupted by your installation, I would suggest a complete > uninstall and re-install of SatPC32. See if that helps. > > 73, Stefan VE4SW > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:01 AM Daniel Walter via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: > >> I had been using an old version 'd' for quite a while with my IC9700. On >> trying to update to the latest 'd' version, I keep getting an error >> message: "Error while loading file YaesuIIPar.SQF, program will close" >> >> I am using Win7 64bit Pro. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> (Of course, SDX still loads and then has to be taken down with Task >> Manager.) >> >> >> Dan >> >> >> Sent from ARS: NM3A >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat From g0kla at arrl.net Fri Jan 31 16:18:52 2020 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:18:52 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem In-Reply-To: References: <1f6d7e67-9da7-e980-73a9-f7aaf0dc9c46@gmail.com> <8CAFD481-2001-4D02-8E18-34880191E173@wintek.com> Message-ID: There is a "predict" src folder that has FoxTelem specific stuff in it as I remember. There should not be a predict4java folder. You should just need the jar file. It's a slightly custom build of predict4java that includes Doppler calculations. 73 Chris On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:51 PM Joseph Armbruster < josepharmbruster at gmail.com> wrote: > No GroundStationSatellite in master. Hence why I ask. > > Joe > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:45 PM Joseph Armbruster < > josepharmbruster at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Chris, >> >> There's a predict4java source folder and a predict4java.jar? >> >> Which is the correct one to use? :-) >> >> Joseph Armbruster >> >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:17 PM Joseph Armbruster < >> josepharmbruster at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Chris, >>> >>> What version of the fun cube pro do you have, and does it make a >>> difference which one is used? I have an older v1.1 that I'm going to >>> connect in a few (Serial 3354). Pulling the code down now... >>> >>> Joseph Armbruster >>> KJ4JIO >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 9:58 AM Chris Thompson wrote: >>> >>>> A couple of people sent out the git repo URL. If you have time to look >>>> at this, that would be great. It's not an area where I am a deep expert. >>>> The FCD has two USB interfaces, as noted. The Soundcard interface uses >>>> standard Audio IO APIs and works fine. USB access is transparent and you >>>> don't need to worry about it. But the HID interface has been difficult. >>>> It was a great idea to not need any libraries, but the flip side issue is >>>> that every platform has its own libraries. Writing a single application >>>> that works on the PI (ARM), Linux (x86), Mac, Windows has been difficult in >>>> this area. The HID approach is great for the end user, difficult for the >>>> developer. >>>> >>>> I've used three different libraries so far. I started with direct Java >>>> wrapping of the C libraries. It worked to a degree in Windows, but I >>>> struggled on other platforms. I moved to the PureJavaHID library and that >>>> worked across platforms. But it holds the connection so only one program >>>> could connect to the device. It did not play well with the Funcube >>>> Dashboard for example. And it had issues where commands would not be >>>> sent. I'm now using usb4Java which wraps LibUSB. I understand you can >>>> talk HID through LibUSB, which is just a lower level library. But I could >>>> be wrong. I leveraged code that Denis Sheirer wrote for SDRTRunk. But >>>> that also has strange difficult to track down issues, as we can see. >>>> >>>> So I am open to a better way to do this that works on all the platforms >>>> people are using. Any help is really appreciated. >>>> >>>> 73 >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:13 PM Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB < >>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Stephen, >>>>> >>>>> If someone shoots me a link to the foxtelem code, I'll gladly help >>>>> debug >>>>> it. I have a Funcube dongle Pro here I can use. >>>>> >>>>> Joseph Armbruster >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Stephen E. Belter >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > Joe, >>>>> > >>>>> > I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over >>>>> the >>>>> > single physical USB port. The IQ stream looks like a standard sound >>>>> card >>>>> > and is one of the virtual USB interfaces. >>>>> > >>>>> > The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the >>>>> standard >>>>> > HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID. >>>>> > >>>>> > Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem >>>>> on my >>>>> > Windows 10 machines. I haven't discovered a solution, yet. >>>>> > >>>>> > 73, Steve N9IP >>>>> > -- >>>>> > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > ?On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via >>>>> > AMSAT-BB" >>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) >>>>> that >>>>> > they >>>>> > were using usb-hid ?!?!? >>>>> > >>>>> > Howard...? Or was that on the hardware-side? >>>>> > >>>>> > Joseph Armbruster >>>>> > KJ4JIO >>>>> > >>>>> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB < >>>>> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > Good Evening! >>>>> > > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem >>>>> I get >>>>> > an >>>>> > > error: >>>>> > > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. An internet search has found >>>>> mentions of >>>>> > the >>>>> > > error but no solutions for my situation. I am using Windows >>>>> 10 for >>>>> > the >>>>> > > OS on my comupter. Any thoughts or suggestions ?? >>>>> > > >>>>> > > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio >>>>> Virtual >>>>> > > Cable with GREAT results. I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE >>>>> > running >>>>> > > the antenna rotor controller. I thought I would try the >>>>> direct feed >>>>> > > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for >>>>> > "Fox-in-a-Box" >>>>> > > >>>>> > > One last question, while I'm here: Is there any way FoxTelem >>>>> without >>>>> > > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller? >>>>> > > >>>>> > > Thank you for you help. >>>>> > > >>>>> > > Jim Jipping, W8MRR >>>>> > > AMSAT # 5512 >>>>> > > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum >>>>> > available >>>>> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring >>>>> membership. >>>>> > Opinions >>>>> > > expressed >>>>> > > are solely those of the author, and 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 >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>>>> Opinions expressed >>>>> are solely those of the author, and 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 >>>> >>> -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 16:37:51 2020 From: heimir.sverrisson at gmail.com (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:37:51 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] New pro version of Android W1ANT Tracking Software Message-ID: Hi all, for the people asking for being able to edit the list of satellites and get rid of the ads, there are good news. I've now published a paid PRO version of the app at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coolprimes.sattrack.pro . Also let me know if you want me to add satellites. If you do a link to a web page about it that I can link to in the app would be great. 73 /Heimir W1ANT From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Jan 31 17:00:46 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:00:46 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?ANS-031=2E02_AMSAT_News_Service_Special_Bull?= =?utf-8?q?etin_-_Free_Digital_Copy_of_=E2=80=9CGetting_Started_wit?= =?utf-8?q?h_Amateur_Satellites=E2=80=9D_Now_Available_for_New_or_R?= =?utf-8?q?enewing_Members?= Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-031.02 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: * Free Digital Copy of ?Getting Started with Amateur Satellites? Now Available for New or Renewing Members SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-031.02 ANS-031.02 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 031.02 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE January 31, 2020 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-031.02 Free Digital Copy of ?Getting Started with Amateur Satellites? Now Available for New or Renewing Members The University of Washington's HuskySat-1 CubeSat is scheduled to be deployed from the Cygnus NG-12 spacecraft at 22:30 UTC today. HuskySat-1 carries an AMSAT VHF/UHF linear transponder that will be made available for amateur use following its primary mission to test a pulsed plasma thruster and experimental K band (24 GHz) communications system. While the satellite completes it's scientific mission, check out the best resource for learning how to work through linear transponder sat- ellites (and other types of amateur satellites). For a limited time, AMSAT is making the ?Getting Started With Amateur Satellites? book available as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. 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Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 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 wa4sca at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 17:04:59 2020 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:04:59 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 install issue In-Reply-To: <5d8eef5f-441d-78c3-1170-03591cca4f16@arrl.net> References: <5d8eef5f-441d-78c3-1170-03591cca4f16@arrl.net> Message-ID: <000501d5d858$924a1d30$b6de5790$@gmail.com> Dan, Be certain to try the new installation before restoring your data. It is possible there is corruption in your user data. 73, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- Hi Dan, <> <> A few things to consider. First, it is recommended to fully *uninstall* before updating. To keep customized settings, use the backup utility in the <> software to save your local settings before uninstalling. SDX normally <> closes when SatPC32 is terminated in the official way (File - Quit). That <> also helps saving local window settings etc. The YaesuPar.SQF file contains <> information for Yaesu radios... I assume you are using a Yaesu radio (?). <> If the file is corrupted by your installation, I would suggest a complete <> uninstall and re-install of SatPC32. See if that helps. <> <> 73, Stefan VE4SW <> <> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:01 AM Daniel Walter via AMSAT-BB < <> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: <> <>> I had been using an old version 'd' for quite a while with my IC9700. On <>> trying to update to the latest 'd' version, I keep getting an error <>> message: "Error while loading file YaesuIIPar.SQF, program will close" <>> <>> I am using Win7 64bit Pro. <>> <>> Any help would be appreciated. <>> <>> (Of course, SDX still loads and then has to be taken down with Task <>> Manager.) <>> <>> <>> Dan <>> <>> <>> Sent from ARS: NM3A <>> _______________________________________________ <>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > expressed <>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <>> AMSAT-NA. <>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <>> <> _______________________________________________ <> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb < < <-- < References: <2067446282.1052950.1580321369608.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <2067446282.1052950.1580321369608@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <9a73ca26-2582-1784-e674-54c18de7ec4c@coloradosatellite.com> I am seeing WSPR spots now for LU7AA off shore.? Good luck to AMSAT Argentina on this project. Jim On 1/29/2020 11:09 AM, Amsat Argentina via AMSAT-BB wrote: > On Jan-30 14:00z AMSAT Argentina will deploy a WSPR/APRS drifting Buoy on South Atlantic Seas. > > Release will be 100 Km. offshore Mar del Plata coast, seeking west aiming currents/winds. > > Callsign: LU7AA. Details & photos: http://amsat.org.ar?f=buoy > > Objective: Sea currents tracking & HF/VHF/SAT QRPp propagation tests. > > Will appreciate WSPR stations receiving/reporting 20m. > > 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 Fri Jan 31 18:45:56 2020 From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:45:56 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment References: <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086@mail.yahoo.com> Does anyone know if the Huskysat-1 has been deployed from Cygnus. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Jan 31 18:47:44 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:47:44 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment In-Reply-To: <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Per the UW team, deployment is scheduled for 22:30 UTC and the first transmission is expected at 23:05 UTC. 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 1:46 PM Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Does anyone know if the Huskysat-1 has been deployed from Cygnus. > 73 > Nitin [VU3TYG] > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 bkeating1954 at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 18:49:56 2020 From: bkeating1954 at gmail.com (Bob Keating) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:49:56 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] FM sats from CM94 Message-ID: <8DE3ED32-4ACF-4AF0-BA75-42A6F18131C3@gmail.com> I?ll be logging all of my contacts from CM94 as N6REK/P on QRZ.com and LOTW. Hope to catch you on the FM birds this weekend. 73, Bob N6REK Sent from my iPhone From n0jy at amsat.org Fri Jan 31 18:51:49 2020 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:51:49 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Crew packing Cygnus for departure (and launch of HuskySat) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8c8e9b0e-d764-f166-a050-c29b468ce1e4@amsat.org> On 1/30/2020 11:52, John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Can someone explain why V/u was chosen for the linear Fox (they are all Fox > right?) Over U/v that all the FM Foxes are? Hi John, While RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E is a Fox-1 series CubeSat in much of its design, it is also an "extra" Fox-1 in that only four Fox-1 were originally planned, the four FM birds. The intent to build a 5th Fox-1 was first determined in late summer 2014, when I was contacted by Columbus High School asking to partner with us as a STEM payload on a Fox-1 satellite.? After we determined feasibility they submitted a CSLI in November 2014.? Unfortunately, their CSLI was not selected in that round and they chose not to go for another (at least in 2015). The economics of ordering components in larger quantities basically created leftovers, especially PCBs, from the construction of the Fox-1 FM birds.? Too, many of the components of the FM repeater had gone defunct in the years of design, development, and construction of the first four so another FM bird was not possible without a redesign of the RF system.? For Fox-1E, we faced choices in how to proceed with the RF system.? Drew had been suggesting a linear transponder, I took that to the team for consideration, and John Klingelhoeffer, WB4LNM, came up with the linear transponder design.? Originally intended to be U/v as the others, as things progressed and we wound up having "extra time" since the Columbus CSLI was not selected, it was subsequently determined that V/u was a better choice for this bird. The specifics of that choice of mode are best addressed by Drew as he was the protagonist on that choice.? The choice was not arbitrary, there were user input and other considerations, and the link analysis worked.? I recall that urban RFI was a factor, my trip to Colombia back when (2013?) made 2m useful for about 30 degrees of the pass and it had to be above 60 degrees so I was familiar with 2m interference.? I worked Hector a lot, but things got pretty bad by the time a bird got to the U.S.? Signal quality was a reason as well, if I recall correctly.? UHF sounds better.? I was in the midst of getting Fox-1A to launch so without searching for emails, beyond those I don't have any more worthwhile recollection. The decision to go with a linear transponder was driven by two simple facts: We needed to redesign the RF system, the (linear) reasoning was solid, and the Engineering team was capable and interested. There was enough member interest in a linear transponder to get a good ROI. Jerry Buxton, N?JY From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in Fri Jan 31 19:01:03 2020 From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:01:03 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment In-Reply-To: References: <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <852505276.1738710.1580497263754@mail.yahoo.com> Thanks Paul. This helps. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] On Saturday, 1 February, 2020, 12:17:58 AM IST, Paul Stoetzer wrote: Per the UW team, deployment is scheduled for 22:30 UTC and the first transmission is expected at 23:05 UTC. 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 1:46 PM Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Does anyone know if the Huskysat-1 has been deployed from Cygnus. > 73 > Nitin [VU3TYG] > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and 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 pconver at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 19:51:43 2020 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:51:43 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-LU Buoy Jan-30 In-Reply-To: <9a73ca26-2582-1784-e674-54c18de7ec4c@coloradosatellite.com> References: <2067446282.1052950.1580321369608.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <2067446282.1052950.1580321369608@mail.yahoo.com> <9a73ca26-2582-1784-e674-54c18de7ec4c@coloradosatellite.com> Message-ID: Thanks for report Jim, Yes, NEMO-1 Buoy was released drifting now free South Atlantic ocean acompained by albatross. Last photo http://amsat.org.ar/nemo1.jpg Can be tracked thru http://lu7aa.org/buoy.asp along with the over 120 stations reporting. Construction photos at http://amsat.org.ar/?f=buoy Looking also for 145.825 APRS being repeater by satellites. 73, lu7abf, Pedro On 1/31/20, Jim White via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I am seeing WSPR spots now for LU7AA off shore. Good luck to AMSAT > Argentina on this project. > > Jim > > On 1/29/2020 11:09 AM, Amsat Argentina via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> On Jan-30 14:00z AMSAT Argentina will deploy a WSPR/APRS drifting Buoy on >> South Atlantic Seas. >> >> Release will be 100 Km. offshore Mar del Plata coast, seeking west aiming >> currents/winds. >> >> Callsign: LU7AA. Details & photos: http://amsat.org.ar?f=buoy >> >> Objective: Sea currents tracking & HF/VHF/SAT QRPp propagation tests. >> >> Will appreciate WSPR stations receiving/reporting 20m. >> >> 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 johnbrier at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 19:52:21 2020 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:52:21 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment In-Reply-To: <852505276.1738710.1580497263754@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086@mail.yahoo.com> <852505276.1738710.1580497263754@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: And for now is the best way to track it to use ISS? Obviously it is going higher but I haven't seen any other keps. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 14:09 Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Thanks Paul. This helps. > > 73 > Nitin [VU3TYG] > > On Saturday, 1 February, 2020, 12:17:58 AM IST, Paul Stoetzer < > n8hm at arrl.net> wrote: > > Per the UW team, deployment is scheduled for 22:30 UTC and the first > transmission is expected at 23:05 UTC. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 1:46 PM Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB > wrote: > > > > Does anyone know if the Huskysat-1 has been deployed from Cygnus. > > 73 > > Nitin [VU3TYG] > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and 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 johnbrier at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 20:15:02 2020 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:15:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Crew packing Cygnus for departure (and launch of HuskySat) In-Reply-To: <8c8e9b0e-d764-f166-a050-c29b468ce1e4@amsat.org> References: <8c8e9b0e-d764-f166-a050-c29b468ce1e4@amsat.org> Message-ID: Thanks for all the history and information Jerry. It is very interesting and I am sure others appreciate it as well. It is funny you mention interference as that is one of the reasons I was a little surprised the uplink is on VHF. I was told there was more interference from things like cordless phones and taxis on 2 meters than there is on UHF. Obviously it is more of a problem on a single channel FM sat than a linear sat with room to move around. Would love to hear more about why V/u was chosen. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 14:02 Jerry Buxton via AMSAT-BB wrote: > On 1/30/2020 11:52, John Brier via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Can someone explain why V/u was chosen for the linear Fox (they are all > Fox > > right?) Over U/v that all the FM Foxes are? > Hi John, > > While RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E is a Fox-1 series CubeSat in much of its design, > it is also an "extra" Fox-1 in that only four Fox-1 were originally > planned, the four FM birds. > > The intent to build a 5th Fox-1 was first determined in late summer > 2014, when I was contacted by Columbus High School asking to partner > with us as a STEM payload on a Fox-1 satellite. After we determined > feasibility they submitted a CSLI in November 2014. Unfortunately, > their CSLI was not selected in that round and they chose not to go for > another (at least in 2015). > > The economics of ordering components in larger quantities basically > created leftovers, especially PCBs, from the construction of the Fox-1 > FM birds. Too, many of the components of the FM repeater had gone > defunct in the years of design, development, and construction of the > first four so another FM bird was not possible without a redesign of the > RF system. For Fox-1E, we faced choices in how to proceed with the RF > system. Drew had been suggesting a linear transponder, I took that to > the team for consideration, and John Klingelhoeffer, WB4LNM, came up > with the linear transponder design. Originally intended to be U/v as > the others, as things progressed and we wound up having "extra time" > since the Columbus CSLI was not selected, it was subsequently determined > that V/u was a better choice for this bird. > > The specifics of that choice of mode are best addressed by Drew as he > was the protagonist on that choice. > > The choice was not arbitrary, there were user input and other > considerations, and the link analysis worked. I recall that urban RFI > was a factor, my trip to Colombia back when (2013?) made 2m useful for > about 30 degrees of the pass and it had to be above 60 degrees so I was > familiar with 2m interference. I worked Hector a lot, but things got > pretty bad by the time a bird got to the U.S. Signal quality was a > reason as well, if I recall correctly. UHF sounds better. > I was in the midst of getting Fox-1A to launch so without searching for > emails, beyond those I don't have any more worthwhile recollection. > > The decision to go with a linear transponder was driven by two simple > facts: > We needed to redesign the RF system, the (linear) reasoning was solid, > and the Engineering team was capable and interested. > There was enough member interest in a linear transponder to get a good ROI. > > Jerry Buxton, N?JY > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? 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From n0jy at amsat.org Fri Jan 31 21:49:22 2020 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:49:22 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment In-Reply-To: References: <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: TLE will be made available for wide distribution shortly after deployment.? We will share them once I receive them from the HuskySat-1 team. I expect that they will be added to our nasabare.txt file and posted on the usual AMSAT news outlets but the responsibility for that falls to our volunteers who actually do that so I won't speak officially, for them. Check your equipment!? :-) Jerry Buxton, N?JY On 1/31/2020 12:47, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Per the UW team, deployment is scheduled for 22:30 UTC and the first > transmission is expected at 23:05 UTC. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 1:46 PM Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB > wrote: >> Does anyone know if the Huskysat-1 has been deployed from Cygnus. >> 73 >> Nitin [VU3TYG] >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and 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 royldean at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 22:35:01 2020 From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:35:01 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment Message-ID: Last minute question! If I am capturing the signal via SDR (GQRX and an RTL-SDR) and piping into FoxTelem, what modulation should I use? Or is this just not possible with HuskySat? --Roy K3RLD From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Jan 31 22:37:18 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:37:18 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: SSB On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 5:35 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Last minute question! > > If I am capturing the signal via SDR (GQRX and an RTL-SDR) and piping into > FoxTelem, what modulation should I use? Or is this just not possible with > HuskySat? > > --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 jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Fri Jan 31 22:40:09 2020 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joseph B. Fitzgerald) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:40:09 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment In-Reply-To: References: <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1145750778.1741297.1580496356086@mail.yahoo.com> , Message-ID: >I expect that they will be added to our nasabare.txt file and posted on >the usual AMSAT news outlets I will check as the weekend progresses make sure to make the update to nasabare.txt with some temporary Huskysat-1 object number as soon as good TLEs are available. Use ISS elements in the interim - they should be pretty close for at least a day. de KM1P Joe From royldean at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 22:41:43 2020 From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:41:43 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment Message-ID: > > SSB Final question. I have to run out and pick up a pizza, so I'll probably miss the pass (so won't be able to switch on the fly). USB or LSB? Recommendation for filter width? --Roy K3RLD From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Jan 31 22:44:55 2020 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:44:55 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Standard USB at a normal width like 2.4 kHz should work fine for BPSK as far as I know. 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 5:42 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > > > SSB > > > Final question. I have to run out and pick up a pizza, so I'll probably > miss the pass (so won't be able to switch on the fly). USB or LSB? > Recommendation for filter width? > > --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 royldean at gmail.com Fri Jan 31 22:47:20 2020 From: royldean at gmail.com (Roy Dean) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:47:20 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Huskysat-1 Deployment Message-ID: > > Standard USB at a normal width like 2.4 kHz should work fine for BPSK as > far as I know. 73, Paul, N8HM Thanks, Paul. I figured as much but I didn't want to miss out on an opportunity for the first telemetry reception (which will more than likely come after the pass here in SEPA). --Roy K3RLD