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Today's Topics:
1. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-10-28 20:30 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
2. wtb..2m sat beam (willmarbrowns@xxxxxxx.xxxx
3. Re: wtb..2m sat beam (Selwyn Cathcart)
4. Upcoming ARISS contact with Primaria e Secondaria di primo
grado Istituto comprensivo Via XVI settembre, Civitavecchia,
Italy (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
5. Upcoming ARISS contact with Asociaci?n Civil Instituto Maria
Montessori, San Crist?bel, Venezuela (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
6. QIKCOM-1 pass predictions (skristof@xxxxxxx.xxxx
7. Re: QIKCOM-1 pass predictions (Alan)
8. ANS-302 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (E.Mike McCardel)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 19:04:10 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-10-28
20:30 UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-10-28 20:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico ?Enzo Ferrari?, Borgo A Mozzano, Italy and
Liceo Statale ?G. D. Cassini?, Sanremo, Italy direct via IQ5LU and IQ1SM
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact was successful: Sat 2017-10-28 08:13:31 UTC 24 deg (***)
Watch for Ham TV
Primaria e Secondaria di primo grado Istituto comprensivo Via XVI
settembre, Civitavecchia, Italy direct via IK?WGF
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-10-30 11:20:34 UTC 65 deg
Watch for HamTV
Asociaci?n Civil Instituto Maria Montessori, San Crist?bel, Venezuela,
direct via YY2CMR
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR
Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-10-31 18:23:28 UTC 35 deg
Liceo Scientifico ?Francesco Cecioni?, Livorno, Italy and Liceo Artistico
Melotti, Lomazzo, Italy, direct via IQ5LI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-11-03 09:27:26 UTC 87 deg
Watch for HamTV
Istituto di Istruzione Superiore ?Leonardo Da Vinci?, Lanusei, Italy,
direct via IS?BWM
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-11-04 10:12:16 UTC 34 deg
Watch for HamTV
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**
International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ?
ARISS-US program education proposal deadline is November 15, 2017
September 18, 2017: The Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals from U.S. schools,
museums, science centers and community youth organizations to host
radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International
Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 31, 2018.
Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with oppor-
tunities to learn about space technologies and space communications
through the exploration of Amateur Radio. The program provides
learning opportunities by connecting students to astronauts aboard
the International Space Station (ISS) through a partnership between
NASA, the American Radio Relay League, the Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation and other Amateur Radio organizations and worldwide
space agencies. The program?s goal is to inspire students worldwide,
to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) through Amateur Radio.
Educators overwhelmingly report that student participation in the
ARISS program inspires an interest in STEM subjects and in STEM
careers. Ninety-two percent of educators who have participated in
the program have indicated that ARISS provided ideas for encourag-
ing student exploration, discussion, and participation, and 78
percent said that ARISS was effective in stimulating student
interest in STEM.
ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers
of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed
education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications,
wireless technology, science research conducted on the space
station, what it is like to work in space, radio science, and any
related STEM subject. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk
directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions.
ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio
groups who can assist with equipment for this once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for students.
The proposal deadline for 2018 contacts is November 15, 2017.
The ARISS website has additional details on expectations, proposal
guidelines, and the proposal form. See:
http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html
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**
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
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***
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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***
Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed to
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete
details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124
Francesco IK?WGF with 124 (***)
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 100
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The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are
additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2017-10-28 20:30 UTC.
(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1176. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1131. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern
Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-10-28 20:30 UTC.
(***)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 52 on orbit
Randy Bresnik
Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Sergey Ryazanskiy
Exp. 53 on orbit
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Alexander Misurkin
Joe Acaba KE5DAR
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 18:20:03 -0500
From: willmarbrowns@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: "'amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] wtb..2m sat beam
Message-ID: <TBL31w0033dWHhQ01BL3Ws@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
WTB-2M SATELLITE BEAM CIR POLARIZED looking for something like M2
2mcp14...cushcraft a144-20t ...a148-20t
possibly other brands that are circular polarized or could be made cp.
tnx es 73
Bruce ke0lx
willmar, mn 56201
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:35:11 +1300
From: Selwyn Cathcart <zl2bjo@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <willmarbrowns@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] wtb..2m sat beam
Message-ID: <027101d3504d$ca9b36f0$5fd1a4d0$@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hello,
You may wish to consider the WiMo range of antennas? They also have
polarisation switching hardware etc.
http://www.wimo.com/xquad-antennas_e.html
http://www.wimo.com/yagi-antennas-wimo_e.html#dk7zbyagi144
SHF-Elektronik range of Mast head preamplifiers?
http://www.shf-elektronik.de/en/
Be interested in your thoughts, looking to go this way myself.
Best 73's
Selwyn
ZL2BJO ? M?IHF
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willmarbrowns@xxxxxxx.xxx
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 12:20 PM
To: 'amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] wtb..2m sat beam
WTB-2M SATELLITE BEAM CIR POLARIZED looking for something like M2
2mcp14...cushcraft a144-20t ...a148-20t possibly other brands that are
circular polarized or could be made cp.
tnx es 73
Bruce ke0lx
willmar, mn 56201
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:48:37 -0400
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-edu" <amsat-edu@xxxxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Primaria e Secondaria
di primo grado Istituto comprensivo Via XVI settembre, Civitavecchia,
Italy
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Primaria e Secondaria di primo grado Istituto comprensivo
Via XVI settembre, Civitavecchia, Italy on 30 Oct. The event is scheduled to
begin at approximately 11:20 UTC. The duration of the contact is
approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between
IR0ISS and IK0WGF 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 Italian.
Primaria e Secondaria di primo grado - Istituto comprensivo Via XVI
settembre, is attended about 300 pupils aged 6 -11. The school was build in
1926 and named "Alessandro Cialdi", a Civitavecchia renowned citizen who
lived from 1807 to 1882 and he was famous as Papal Navy commander, Head of
the prestigious "Accademia dei Lincei". Besides curricular subjects
(italian, maths, science, english, etc.) our pupils take part in specific
projects, for the duration of one year, for instance the "Comenius" project
called " Save the Planet", in cooperation with seven european schools.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. La tua missione si chiama VITA, c'? un motivo particolare per aver scelto
questa parola?
2. Tu non sei il solo Italiano ad andare nello spazio, come mai cos? tanti
astronauti Italiani?
3. Perch? sulla luna c'? il "Mare della tranquillit?" se concretamente non
c'? acqua?
4. La ISS orbita intorno alla terra, ma ? possibile una stazione spaziale in
orbita sulla Luna?
5. Se si scoprisse che c'era anticamente la vita su Marte, vi spingereste a
scoprire perch? ? terminata?
6. Avete mai trovato qualcosa di raro e unico nello spazio?
7. Avete ed usate dei droni sulla ISS?
8. Avete mai visto un meteorite passarvi vicino la ISS?
9. Coltivate qualcosa in orbita? Avete delle piantagioni?
10. Come ? stato possibile costruire la ISS a circa 400 Km dalla Terra e a
quella velocit??
11. Quanto tempo ? stato impiegato per costruire la ISS?
12. Nella ISS, in assenza di peso, l'aria circola come sulla Terra?
13. Sulla ISS il giorno e la notte hanno la stessa durata che hanno sulla
Terra?
14. Se la Terra gira, come fanno gli astronauti ad atterrare al posto giusto
e al momento giusto?
15. Qual ? lo scopo della sua missione?
16. Puoi fare una foto della mia citt? dalla ISS?
Translated:
1. Your mission is called VITA, is there a particular reason for choosing
this word?
2. You are not the only Italian to go to space, how come so many Italian
astronauts?
3. Why is called the "Sea of Tranquility" on the moon if there is no water?
4. ISS orbits around the earth, but is it possible for a space station to
orbit the moon?
5. If you discovered that there was life on Mars in ancient times, would you
go and find out why it was over?
6. Have you ever found something rare and unique in space?
7. Do you use drones on the ISS?
8. Have you ever seen a meteorite passing near the ISS?
9. Cultivate something in orbit? Do you have plantations?
10. How could ISS be built about 400 km from Earth and at that speed?
11. How long has it been spent to build the ISS?
12. In the ISS, in the absence of weight, does air circulate as on Earth?
13. On the ISS, do day and night have the same duration they have on Earth?
14. If Earth turns, how do the astronauts land at the right place and at the
right time?
15. What is the purpose of your mission?
16. Can you take a picture of my city from the ISS?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @xxxxxxxxxxxx
Next planned event(s):
1. Asociaci?n Civil Instituto Maria Montessori, San Crist?bel, Venezuela,
direct via YY2CMR
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR
Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-10-31 18:23 UTC
2. Liceo Scientifico 'Francesco Cecioni", Livorno, Italy and Liceo Artistico
Melotti, Lomazzo, Italy, direct via IQ5LI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-11-03 09:27 UTC
Watch for HamTV
3. Istituto di Istruzione Superiore "Leonardo Da Vinci", Lanusei, Italy,
direct via IS?BWM
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-11-04 10:12 UTC
Watch for HamTV
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in
Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts
via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in
classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced
amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a
variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students,
teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies,
and amateur radio. For more informa
tion, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:25:38 -0400
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-edu" <amsat-edu@xxxxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Asociaci?n Civil
Instituto Maria Montessori, San Crist?bel, Venezuela
Message-ID: <0EF2B35E7ED346BAABB385C75C91EF69@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Asociaci?n Civil Instituto Maria Montessori, San Crist?bel,
Venezuela on 31 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:23
UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds.
The contact will be direct between NA1SS and YY2CMR. The contact should be
audible over Venezuela 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.
La Unidad Educativa Instituto Mar?a Montessori, ubicada en San Crist?bal,
Venezuela fue fundado en el a?o 1969 por las ideas innovadoras de dos
psic?logas de vanguardia y una artista pl?stico. En sus inicios fue un
Preescolar, de los primeros del pa?s. Es un colegio privado, sin fines de
lucro, humanista y constructivista. Atiende una matr?cula de 332
estudiantes, en los niveles de Educaci?n Inicial, Primaria y Media General.
Con un promedio de 25 estudiantes por aula, un Docente Titular y un Auxiliar
Docente. Se favorece la inclusi?n, la atenci?n individualizada y la
promoci?n del aprender haciendo con respeto hacia las diferencias y los
procesos de aprendizaje.
Es una instituci?n cuyos principios direccionan la formaci?n de los
estudiantes en: el desarrollo de su inteligencia emocional, los valores, lo
deportivo y cultural, lo cient?fico, la innovaci?n y la creatividad. Se
estimula la formaci?n permanente del docente a trav?s de un Programa
Institucional y se promueve el dise?o e implementaci?n de proyectos
pedag?gicos innovadores. Para ampliar la participaci?n y compromiso de los
padres y docentes se cre? la Fundaci?n Montessori, que apoya las iniciativas
y propuestas pedag?gicas de la instituci?n.
Para el instituto la experiencia escolar acerca de la ense?anza y el
aprendizaje de los contenidos referidos al espacio y la exploraci?n espacial
implican un ?rea de inter?s por la importancia que nos planteamos en el
presente y a futuro en el desarrollo de personas conscientes de las grandes
capacidades tecnol?gicas y cient?ficas que los seres humanos tenemos; as?
como la valoraci?n de nuestro planeta y de su entorno. Otro aspecto
fundamental, es poder aproximar a nuestros ni?os y j?venes a la riqueza que
implica el contacto con otros pa?ses y los avances que en desarrollo
cient?fico y de exploraci?n espacial tienen a fin de estimular sus intereses
y motivaciones vocacionales futuras.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. ?Cu?l es su funci?n en la Estaci?n Espacial?
2. ?Por qu? decidi? ser astronauta?
3. ?Qu? pueden comer en el espacio?
4. ?Qu? est?n estudiando en esta misi?n?
5. ?Cu?ndo tienen que usar el traje espacial?
6. ?Qu? siente cuando esta realizando una caminata espacial?
7. ?Se detiene en alg?n momento la Estaci?n Espacial?
8. ?Cu?l es el protocolo para un hipot?tico caso de encuentro con vida
extraterrestre?
9. ?C?mo logr? ser parte de la NASA?
10. ?De existir un planeta habitable, cu?l es el tiempo estimado para un
transporte interplanetario?
11. ?Qu? es lo que m?s le gusta de ser astronauta?
12. ?Qu? descubrimientos importantes ha hecho durante la trayectoria que
lleva como astronauta?
13. ?Qu? temperatura hay en la Estaci?n Espacial?
14. ?C?mo se ven las estrellas en el espacio?
15. ?Por qu? se atan los astronautas para dormir?
16. ?Existe suficiente informaci?n acerca del conocimiento actual sobre el
espacio?
17. ?C?mo se ve la Tierra desde el Espacio?
18. ?De aplicarse las leyes f?sicas en el espacio c?mo afectan al planeta en
lo micro y lo macro?
19. ?Qu? es lo m?s extra?o que le ha sucedido en el espacio?
20. ?La Nasa conoce alg?n planeta capaz de soportar una atm?sfera artificial
con una vertiente de agua y suelos f?rtiles?
Translated:
1. What is your role on the Space Station?
2. Why did you decide to become an astronaut?
3. What can you eat in space?
4. What are you studying in this mission?
5. When do you have to wear the space suit?
6. What do you feel when you are doing a space walk?
7. Does the Space Station stop anytime?
8. What is the protocol for a hypothetical case of encounter with
extraterrestrial life?
9. How did you become part of NASA?
10. If there is a habitable planet, what is the estimated time for an
interplanetary transport?
11. What do you like most about being an astronaut?
12. What important discoveries have you made during your career as an
astronaut?
13. What is the temperature on the Space Station?
14. How do stars look in space?
15. Why are astronauts tied to sleep?
16. Is there enough information about current knowledge about space?
17. What does the Earth look like from Space?
18. Of applying the physical laws in space how they affect the planet in the
micro and the macro?
19. What is the strangest thing that has happened to you in space?
20. Does NASA know of any planet capable of withstanding an artificial
atmosphere with a water slope and fertile soil?
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 @xxxxxxxxxxxx
Next planned event(s):
1. Liceo Scientifico 'Francesco Cecioni", Livorno, Italy and Liceo Artistico
Melotti, Lomazzo, Italy, direct via IQ5LI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-11-03 09:27 UTC
Watch for HamTV
2. Istituto di Istruzione Superiore "Leonardo Da Vinci", Lanusei, Italy,
direct via IS?BWM
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-11-04 10:12 UTC
Watch for HamTV
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in
Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts
via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in
classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced
amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a
variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students,
teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies,
and amateur radio. For more informa
tion, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 07:24:43 -0400
From: skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] QIKCOM-1 pass predictions
Message-ID: <c8129340fd3270415fa2284cbb67bf99@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
I don't see QIKCOM-1 in the pull down menu in the AMSAT online pass
predictions.
Is it reasonable to continue to use the ISS pass predictions for
QIKCOM-1?
Steve AI9IN
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 07:38:36 -0500
From: "Alan" <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] QIKCOM-1 pass predictions
Message-ID: <000001d350b2$d752e090$85f8a1b0$@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
According to Bob's page on it, the host spacecraft is called SIMPL. It is
listed in the new launch Keps on CelesTrak. I plugged those in and looked
at the pass prediction.
29.10.2017 ISS 08:32 08:38 06 09 297 - 034
29.10.2017 SIMPL 08:32 08:38 06 09 300 - 036
29.10.2017 SIMPL 10:10 10:15 05 05 328 - 036
29.10.2017 ISS 10:11 10:16 05 05 335 - 043
29.10.2017 ISS 11:47 11:54 07 11 330 - 079
29.10.2017 SIMPL 11:47 11:54 07 11 332 - 081
29.10.2017 ISS 13:23 13:32 09 57 314 - 125
29.10.2017 SIMPL 13:23 13:32 09 61 315 - 126
29.10.2017 SIMPL 15:00 15:07 07 10 282 - 177
29.10.2017 ISS 15:01 15:07 06 10 277 - 179
So they are still close for now to use the ISS, but not much longer.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-302
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:
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In this edition:
* AMSAT-NA Announces GOLF CubeSat Program
* AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Elects Joe Spier, K6WAO, President
* Jordan?s first satellite ? JY1-SAT
* APRS Satellites QIKCOM-1 Deployed
* FalconSat-3 Video w/ WiSP File Upload/Download
* Special Membership Offer for RadFxSat Launch
* Pope Asks Spacemen Life's Big Questions In ISS Live Chat
* AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Elects Joe Spier, K6WAO, President
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-302.01
ANS-302 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 302.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
October 28, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-302.01
AMSAT-NA Announces GOLF CubeSat Program
At the AMSAT-NA Annual General Meeting in Reno, NV, AMSAT-NA President
Joe Spier, K6WAO, announced the next phase of AMSAT?s CubeSat program:
GOLF. GOLF, an acronym for ?Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint,? is a
crucial step towards fulfilling AMSAT?s strategic goals involving high
altitude, wide access satellite missions.
As an initial step in the GOLF program, the AMSAT-NA Board of
Directors approved the submission of a NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative
proposal for the GOLF-T satellite project. The GOLF-T project will
serve as a rapidly deployable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) testbed for
technologies necessary for a successful CubeSat mission to a wide
variety of orbits, including LEO, Medium Earth Orbit (MEO),
Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO), Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO), or beyond.
AMSAT-NA Vice-President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, said ?The
GOLF-T project tees off the next phase of our CubeSat program. GOLF-T
provides AMSAT hardware and knowledge for Attitude Determination and
Control (ADAC) capability and the opportunity to develop a 3U
spaceframe with deployable solar panels that can be used in LEO or HEO
missions, two of the major systems required in future GOLF and HEO
missions.?
In addition, GOLF-T provides the opportunity for rapid deployment and
on orbit testing of the AMSAT?s Advanced Satellite Communications and
Exploration of New Technology (ASCENT )program?s technology, including
radiation tolerant transponder and Integrated Housekeeping Unit (IHU)
technologies that will lead the way for low cost commercial
off-the-shelf (COTS) systems that can function in the MEO and HEO
radiation environments. GOLF-T will also provide for the development
of ?Five and Dime? Field-Programmable Gate Array Software Defined
Radio (FPGA SDR) transponders for use on a variety of missions and
orbits.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors and our Engineering Team
for the above information]
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AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Elects Joe Spier, K6WAO, President
At it?s annual meeting, held at the Silver Legacy Resort Hotel in
Reno, NV, the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors elected Joe Spier, K6WAO, of
Reno, NV, President, succeeding Barry Baines, WD4ASW, who has retired
after nine years of service as AMSAT?s President. Joe is a Life Member
of AMSAT-NA and has previously served as Executive Vice President and
Vice-President Educational Relations. He also has Life Memberships in
the ARRL, SARA (Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers) and the AFA (Air
Force Association). He holds an Extra Class license as well as
commercial licenses.
Immediate Past President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, said ?It has been an
honor to serve as President for the past nine years and as a board
member since 1999. I?m confident that the successes of the past nine
years while serving as President will lead to new opportunities in
AMSAT?s future as Joe assumes the helm working with the new Senior
Leadership Team. I?m also thrilled that Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, and
Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, are new voting members on the Board, including
the assumption of my former slot. I?m excited that the new Board
combined with the new Senior Leadership Team will bring insight,
enthusiasm, energy and commitment to move AMSAT forward.?
Other officers elected by the Board were:
* Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, of Washington, DC, as Executive Vice President
* Jerry Buxton, N0JY, of Granbury, TX, as Vice-President Engineering
* Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, of New Port Richey, FL, as
Vice-President Operations
* Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, of Granbury, TX, as Secretary
* Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF, of Corunna, ON, as Treasurer
* Martha Saragovitz of Silver Spring, MD, as Manager
[ANS thanks the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors for the above information]
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Jordan?s first satellite ? JY1-SAT
During the final satellite integration training for Jordan?s first
satellite, JY1-SAT, the team was supported for the final stages of
integration by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin
Abdullah II.
The spacecraft has been given to students of the Masar Initiative at
the Jordan University of Science and Technology as part of the JY1-
SAT mission support and training program under the Crown Prince
Foundation given by ISIS ? Innovative Solutions In Space and AMSAT-UK
and AMSAT Netherlands.
The JY1-SAT mission was proposed by Jordanian students who
participated in the first batch of the cooperation program with NASA,
after which the interns had suggested the design and launch of the
first Jordanian satellite CubeSat.
To build up the capability to design and develop such a first
mission, the Crown Prince Foundation signed a support agreement with
ISIS ? Innovative Solutions In Space and the AMSAT Radio Amateur
Societies of the UK and the Netherlands, for hardware and training
support, building on ISIS? and AMSAT?s experience with FUNcube radio
amateur transponder missions.
As a special development for the JY1-SAT mission, AMSAT has expanded
the capabilities of the FUNcube transponder to be able to transmit
stored images reflecting the Jordanian culture and its historical
heritage, along with a voice message recorded by the Crown Prince to
be transmitted in space to receivers around the world.
The launch of the JY1-SAT, scheduled during the first half of next
year, is in memory of His Majesty the late King Hussein, the first
founder of the HAM Radio in Jordan and holder of call sign JY1.
JY1-SAT will have a linear, inverting, transponder downlinking
between 145.855 & 145.875 MHz with the uplink between 435.100 &
435.120 MHz. The telemetry downlink will be on 145.840 MHz and be
FUNcube compatible. A new Dashboard will be made available before the
launch of JY1-SAT.
The Jordan Times ? Crown Prince puts final touch on mini satellite
project http://tinyurl.com/ANS302-JY1-Sat
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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APRS Satellites QIKCOM-1 Deployed
QIKCOM-1 was deployed from the ISS Friday at 0915 UTC attached to
the SIMPL spacecraft. It is an APRS digipeater just like the ISS.
Whereas it also supports the same ARISS alias as the ISS digipeater,
please use the ALIAS of APRSAT on your uplinks instead of ARISS so
that you only hit QIKCOM-1 for these first few passes with your test
uplinks (once a minute).. Or you can be specific via QIKCOM-1
callsign. At 4 Watts, it will be 10 dB stronger than PSAT(84) and
about the same power level as ISS and should be easy to receive on
the 145.825 downlink.
We ask all potential IGates to check your ground stations and make
sure they are ready to IGate packets during those initial orbits from
all over the globe. If you do not have an IGate, just capture
packets and email them to qikcom1 at gmail.com until we see that
everything is making it to the APRS-IS.
The downlink should be available on the original
http://pcsat.findu.com and also on
http://59.167.159.165/satreporter/index2.html
Being released from ISS, QIKCOM-1 will of course have the same
Elements and tracking info as ISS until they begin to separate. This
means passes over the USA every 90 minutes beginning at 0630 EDT in
the Southeast and ending after 1440 PDT in Southern California.
Web page: http://aprs.org/qikcom-1.html
As usual, QIKCOM-1 is not intended for UNATTENDED BEACONS. It is
designed for Live Operations and experiments only.
For the initial passes, do not attempt 2-way contacts. Just set
your STATUS text to indicate your TX power and antenna type and
transmit at 1m intervals ATTENDED as described on the web page
during these first few orbits. So we can get sttistices on uplink
quality.
[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR for the above information]
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FalconSat-3 Video w/ WiSP File Upload/Download
If anyone would like to see how the WiSP software handles uploading &
downloading files to FalconSat-3, I made a video of the highest
elevation
pass tonight:
https://youtu.be/9spO1e8NVj0
... I don't understand it all yet, but am seeing some uploads &
downloads.
I keep UISS open and ready in case anyone is active w/ APRS packets,
but on this pass I didn't transmit from UISS to give the MSPE program
from WiSP maximum time to work.
There's a little explanation in the notes below the video on YouTube
if you click "SHOW MORE" on that page.
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, has scanned and posted the chapter on WISP
from Gould Smith's 2005 Digital Satellite & Telemetry Guide to the
FalconSAT-3 page on amsat.org. He hopes it is helpful to everyone
diving back into this excellent program from the past.
It can be found near the bottom of the page at
https://www.amsat.org/falconsat-3/
[ANS thanks Scott, K4KDR and Drew KO4MA for the above information]
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Special Membership Offer for RadFxSat Launch
As part of the preparations for the launch of RadFxSat on November
10th, AMSAT is making our ?Getting Started With Amateur Satellites?
book available for a limited time 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. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with
the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of
satellite operation. The 182 page book is presented in PDF format, in
full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a
ham radio satellite.
Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store
at https://www.amsat.org/shop/ and selecting any membership option.
While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack
antenna system, Arrow antennas, AMSAT shirts, and other swag.
Thank you, and see you soon on RadFxSat!
[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]
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Pope Asks Spacemen Life's Big Questions In ISS Live Chat
Pope Francis chatted with six astronauts at the International Space
Station (ISS) on Thursday, kicking off the rare interview with a
philosophical question on "man's place in the universe".
Italian Paolo Nespoli, 60, admitted that despite the bird's eye view
of Earth he too remained "perplexed", while American Mark Vande Hei
said seeing the planet from space made them "realise how fragile we
are".
The Argentine pontiff sat at a Vatican desk, facing a wide-screen
television on which the astronauts from America, Russia and Italy
could be seen floating together in their blue suits.
"Good afternoon... or good evening. I imagine time passes
differently at the space station, right?" the pope quipped.
"Astronomy makes us think about the universe's boundless horizons,
and prompts questions such as 'where do we come from, where are we
going?'" he mused.
A 30-second delay in the satellite feed gave Nespoli, Vande Hei,
Americans Randolph (Randy) Bresnik and Joseph Acaba, and Russians
Sergej Nikolaevic Rjazanskij and Alexandr Misirkin time to weigh up
life's biggest questions.
"Our aim here is to spread knowledge, (but) the more we learn, the
more we realise we do not know," admitted Nespoli, who is on his
third trip into space.
"I would like people like you, theologians, philosophers, poets,
writers, to come to space to explore what it means to be a human in
space," he said, as Francis nodded and smiled.
US mission commander Bresnik told the Argentine that from the
visible thinness of the planet's atmosphere shows how fragile life is
on earth.
- 'Future of humanity' -
But the pope had not finished: what, he wanted to know, was their
opinion of love as a force that moves the universe? What was their
source of joy up in the space station, and how did a life without
gravity change their view of the world?
The crew took it in turns to get their philosophical caps on, and
not even a technical hitch which temporarily interrupted the
interview, or the lack of a Russian translator, could throw the space
travellers off course.
"I get the most joy by looking outside every day and seeing God's
creation, maybe a little bit from his perspective," Bresnick said.
Far from wars, famines, pollution or human folly, he said "the
future of humanity looks better from up here".
Bresnik, 50, a former Marine Corps aviator who goes by the nickname
"Komrade", made his fifth career excursion outside the space station
this month to carry out crucial repairs to the ISS's robotic arm with
NASA colleague Acaba.
Acaba, 50, the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to become an
astronaut, cheerfully said hello to the pope in Spanish before
tackling the question on how the men deal with 'up' and 'down' losing
their meaning in space.
Francis is not the only Roman Catholic leader to have put in a call
to the star-covered heavens.
The first pope to get on the line to space was Benedict XVI in 2011,
who rang the ISS -- which has been continuously occupied since 2000 --
when Nespoli was once again among the crew.
[ANS thanks Ella IDE via Space Daily for the above information]
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ARISS News
+ A Successful contact was made between Istituto Scolastico
Comprensivo ?Nardi?, Porto San Giorgio, Italyand Astronaut Paolo
Nespoli IZ?JPA using Callsign IR?ISS. The contact began 2017-10-21
09:31 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was
Direct/Telebridge via I6KZR and IQ5VR.HamTV was active.
ARISS Mentor was Francesco IK?WGF.
+ A Successful contact was made between I.C. Michelangelo
Buonarroti, Marina di Carrara, Italyand Astronaut Paolo Nespoli
IZ?JPA using Callsign IR?ISS. The contact began 2017-10-21 09:31 UTC
and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was
Direct/Telebridge via I6KZR and IQ5VR. HamTV was active.
ARISS Mentor was Francesco IK?WGF.
+ A Successful contact was made between Istituto Comprensivo ?Tauro
Viterbo?, Castellana Grotte (Ba), Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli
IZ?JPA using Callsign IR?ISS. The contact began 2017-10-21 14:23 UTC
and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via
IZ7RTN. HamTVC was active.
ARISS Mentor was Francesco IK?WGF.
Event location: Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza, Bari, Italy
+ A Successful contact was made between ?A.Gramsci-N.Pende?,
Noicattaro, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA using Callsign
IR?ISS. The contact began 2017-10-21 14:23 UTC and lasted about nine
and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via IZ7RTN.
ARISS Mentor was Francesco IK?WGF. HamTVC was active.
Event location: Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza, Bari, Italy
+ A Successful contact was made between Chiddix Junior High School,
Normal, IL, USA and Astronaut Joe Acaba KE5DAR using Callsign NA1SS.
The contact began 2017-10-23 15:31 UTC and lasted about nine and a
half minutes. Contact was Direct via W9AML
ARISS Mentor was Joe K6WAO.
+ A Successful contact was made between Beaconsfield State School,
Mackay, Queensland, Australia and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
using Callsign IR?ISS. The contact began 2017-10-26 08:23 UTC and
lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Telebridge via
IK1SLD
ARISS Mentor was Shane VK4KHZ.
+ A Successful contact was made between Colegiul National Calistrat
Hogas Piatra Neamt, Piatra Neamt, Romania and Astronaut Joe Acaba
KE5DAR using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact began 2017-10-26 09:55 UTC
and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Telebridge via
EI1ISS.
ARISS Mentor was Armand SP3QFE.
+ A Successful contact was made between Glanmire Community College,
Cork, Ireland and Astronaut Joe Acaba KE5DAR using Callsign OR4ISS.
The contact began 2017-10-26 09:55 UTC and lasted about nine and a
half minutes. Contact was Direct via EI1ISS.
ARISS Mentor was Seamus EI8BP.
+ A Successful contact was made between Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico
?Enzo Ferrari?, Borgo A Mozzano, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli
IZ?JPA using Callsign IR?ISS. The contact began 2017-10-28 08:13:31
UTC. Contact was Direct via IQ5LU and IQ1SM.
ARISS Mentor was Francesco IK?WGF.
+ A Successful contact was made between Liceo Statale ?G. D.
Cassini?, Sanremo, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA using
Callsign IR?ISS. The contact began 2017-10-28 08:13:31 UTC. Contact
was Direct via IQ5LU and IQ1SM.
ARISS Mentor was Gianpietro IZ2GOJ.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
+ Primaria e Secondaria di primo grado Istituto comprensivo Via XVI
settembre, Civitavecchia, Italy direct via IK?WGF
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-10-30 11:20:34 UTC
Watch for HamTV to be operative.
+ Asociaci?n Civil Instituto Maria Montessori, San Crist?bel,
Venezuela, direct via YY2CMR
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR
Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-10-31 18:23:28 UTC
+ Liceo Scientifico ?Francesco Cecioni?, Livorno, Italy and Liceo
Artistico Melotti, Lomazzo, Italy, direct via IQ5LI.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-11-03 09:27:26 UTC
Watch for HamTV to be operative.
+ Istituto di Istruzione Superiore ?Leonardo Da Vinci?, Lanusei,
Italy, direct via IS?BWM
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZ?JPA
Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-11-04 10:12:16 UTC
Watch for HamTV to be operative.
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Daylight saving time 2017 in the United Kingdom ends at 02:00 on
Sunday, 29 October
[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information.]
+ Curious about when Daylight Savings time begins and ends around
the world? Thank goodness for UTC.
Visit https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2017.html
[ANS thanks EMike AA8EM for the above information]
+ RUSSIAN WAR GAMES SPARK 'BLUE AURORAS'
Around the Arctic Circle, people see green auroras almost every
night. It's nothing to write home about. Blue auroras, on the other
hand, are very unusual.
Photos and more information are highlighted on
Spaceweather.com.
[ANS thanks Spaceweather.com via Southgate ARN for the above
information
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Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
EMike McCardel, AA8EM
aa8em at amsat dot org
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