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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Modulating UHF Retro Reflector at RF? (Zach Leffke)
2. Nusat-1 and Nusat2 (Vincenzo Mone)
3. Trackbox and 2 meters problem (Vincenzo Mone)
4. wsjt help (James Brown)
5. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-08 22:30 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
6. Uplink frequency of FM satellites (Ronald G. Parsons)
7. Re: Nusat-1 and Nusat2 (Scott)
8. Upcoming ARISS contact with OK2KJT Radioclub, Valasska
Polanka, Czech Republic (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
9. Upcoming ARISS contact with U.S. Space & Rocket Center,
Huntsville AL (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
10. Re: Call for Technical Papers: ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital
Communications Conference), St. Petersburg, FL, September 16 -
18, 2006 (Mark Thompson)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 17:02:53 -0400
From: Zach Leffke <zleffke@xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Modulating UHF Retro Reflector at RF?
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I seem to recall a while back that Arecibo was having funding
difficulties and was looking for new programs. There is another
'something that shoots straight up' with a little bit of ability to tilt
the beam. They have to move the feed around to change pointing angles,
no idea if they can track fast enough for a cubesat or what their
lateral limits are. I think they can at least track as fast as the moon
moves because they've done EME stuff in the past.
using a quick online dish gain calculator, and i know arecibo is
spherical not parabolic,
(http://www.satsig.net/pointing/antenna-beamwidth-calculator.htm) at 437
MHz, with 50% efficiency and a 300m diameter, your looking at almost
60dB gain on boresight. So 1W at the feed gets you a Megawatt EIRP.
The price you pay for that though is a 0.2 degree 3dB beam with probably
minimal tracking capability.
could be a neat experiment though to try to time things right with the
orbit and give it a go. I'm pretty sure Arecibo is 'ham-friendly' and
would probably be open to the idea. I think the folks at Greenbank are
similarly 'ham-friendly' because I've heard stories about the use of old
systems there (not the 100m telescope that is actively used) for EME as
well (maybe a better tracking capability?).
Also, I cant remember clearly, but I think there was a program back in
the 60s (maybe 70s?) to deploy little X shaped dipoles into orbit. I
think these were designed to resonate at microwave (possibly X-Band)
frequencies and the idea was to create a 'cloud' of them and bounce
comms off them between ground stations (maybe it was an initial
investigation into X-band for satcom work? I can't remember, I think i
read it in the history of the DSN or something like that). I bet a
cubesat could be a handy little 'deployment mechanism' for something
like this (1u's worth of rolled up thin tape measurers or piano wire cut
for 70cm, pop the door just like a PPOD and now you've got a cloud of
70cm dipoles). There was a lot of concern even back then about causing
significant orbital debris problems, but as predicted the little tiny
hair-like X's decayed relatively quickly after a few weeks. If you
deployed at a low altitude (maybe 350-400km or less?) I bet you could
get past the orbital debris mitigation requirements. Slap a transponder
on the thing too, so it can be used while we wait for the orbit to decay
low enough for the filament deployment.
Fun mind game.
-Zach, KJ4QLP
Research Associate
Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Work Phone: 540-231-4174
Cell Phone: 540-808-6305
On 8/8/2016 4:05 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> At the SMALLSAT conference there are always presentations on modulating
> optical retroreflectors so very low power passive pspacecraft can still
> communicate telemetry by simply modulating the mirror of a laser reflector.
>
> Can we do this at RF? Unfortunately the 218 MHz megawatt radar fence in
> Texas is now shut down... But, now with the amateur radio announcement of
> the return of the HAARP ionosphere transmitters in Alaska, there too is
> another high power CW system. But it is at HF.
>
http://www.arrl.org/news/haarp-facility-to-reopen-in-2017-under-new-ownership
>
> So what other HUGE power continuous RF emitters are there that transmits
> straight up that could be used by a passivle ON/OFF modulation of a
> resonant dipole in space to convey a few bits of data from a piece of wire
> in space?
>
> I assume this is a 1/R^4 range equation. If I do the numbers right, a
> passive dipole only 200 miles up with a 10 megawatts ERP transmitter at 300
> MHz could be detected by a good low noise CW receiver using a 15 dBi
> receive antenna at -128 dBm in a CW bandwidth? How many dB can this be
> improved with DSP processing?
>
> Its just a mind game. A small matchbox size satellite with dipole antenna
> could at least report a few bits of data per pass over the radar beam?
>
> I think the Airforce is re-building the radar fence but at S band. At that
> frequency some gain can be added with multi passive dipoles on a cubesat
> size satellite gravity gradient stabilized to keep it pointed down. If it
> could be made to work, what could we do with it?
>
> Just thinking...
>
> Bob, WB4APR
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 23:22:56 +0200
From: "Vincenzo Mone" <vimone@xxxxx.xx>
To: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Nusat-1 and Nusat2
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Hi folks,
I want to know if the Nusat-1 and Nusat-2 are active.
Also I read that Nusat-1 and Nusat-2 has a beacon at 38k4 baud.
I would like to know if it is the same 38k4 baud of the old satellites
Like MO-46 and UO-36 or if there anyone active at that velocity.
Thanks
73 de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
EasyLog PDA BetaTester
WinBollet BetaTester
D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
Skype: ik8ozv8520
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 23:39:39 +0200
From: "Vincenzo Mone" <vimone@xxxxx.xx>
To: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Trackbox and 2 meters problem
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Hi folks,
I own from a long time the Trackbox for satellites tracking.
>From a while I cannot work any 3 meter downlink satellite when it is
switched on
as I can hear on the 2 meters downlink a noise like a ciuf ciuf train coming
from
the Trackbox CPU clock.
Please anybody can tell me how to eliminate the problem or can suggest me
something like a trackbox
that do not have the CPU clock problem like the trackbox has?
Any help will be really appreciated
73 de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
EasyLog PDA BetaTester
WinBollet BetaTester
D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
Skype: ik8ozv8520
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 22:12:19 +0000 (UTC)
From: James Brown <jimki6wj@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx " <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] wsjt help
Message-ID:
<2134110604.14340010.1470694339633.JavaMail.yahoo@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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I am looking for help? with set up of wsjt-10 with signalink? and IC-910H.
Thanks
Jim KI6WJ
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 20:00:28 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-08
22:30 UTC
Message-ID: <19f29b.275fe382.44da771c@xxx.xxx>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-08 22:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
OK2KJT Radioclub, Valasska Polanka, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KET
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS
Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-08-10 18:56:17 UTC 90 deg
U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL, telebridge via IK1SLD (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***)
The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-11 14:48:24 UTC 83 deg (***)
Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ (***)
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC 29 deg (***)
Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS
Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC 42 deg (***)
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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 Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted.
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***
Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed to
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete
details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 120
Francesco IK?WGF with 117
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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 2016-08-08 22:30 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
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1076.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1041.
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
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-08-06 20:00 UTC.
(***)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
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. 47 on orbit
Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Aleksey Ovchinin
Exp. 48 on orbit
Anatoly Ivanishin
Kate Rubins KG5FYJ
Takuya Onishi KF5LKS
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 21:24:37 -0500
From: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Uplink frequency of FM satellites
Message-ID: <7CBC8E0E95A54CC396C9D93BD0C4B9C2@xxxxxxxxx>
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Is there any good current data on the actual center uplink frequency at the
satellite of the current crop of FM satellites such as SO-50 and AO-85?
Ron W5RKN
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 22:31:30 -0400
From: "Scott" <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Nusat-1 and Nusat2
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reply-type=original
Telemetry from both of those satellites is quite active; while it's fun
receiving the RF and pulling out the raw hex data, unfortunately there is
currently NOT a decoder that I am aware of to display meaningful values.
The bulk of the work to get us this far was done by Dani Estevez. His work
is extraordinary and is documented at:
http://destevez.net/2016/06/trying-to-decode-data-from-nusat/
... and while both my hardware and knowledge lags way behind Dani's, here is
an example of the signal & data that is possible:
https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/751649344084971520
-Scott, K4KDR
Montpelier, VA USA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vincenzo Mone
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 5:22 PM
To: Amsat - BBs
Subject: [amsat-bb] Nusat-1 and Nusat2
Hi folks,
I want to know if the Nusat-1 and Nusat-2 are active.
Also I read that Nusat-1 and Nusat-2 has a beacon at 38k4 baud.
I would like to know if it is the same 38k4 baud of the old satellites
Like MO-46 and UO-36 or if there anyone active at that velocity.
Thanks
73 de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
EasyLog PDA BetaTester
WinBollet BetaTester
D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
Skype: ik8ozv8520
*******************************************
****** GSM +39 328 7244294 ******
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 23:30:42 -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 OK2KJT Radioclub,
Valasska Polanka, Czech Republic
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at OK2KJT Radioclub, Valasska Polanka, Czech Republic on 10
Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:56 UTC. The
duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The
contact will be direct between OR1ISS and OK2KJT. The contact should be
audible over the Czech Republic and adjacent areas. Interested parties are
invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to
be conducted in English.
The International Electronic and Ham Radio Camp is a volunteer project led
by the members of three radio clubs: OK2KJT, OK2KFJ and OK2KDJ. The summer
camp is located in the Czech Republic (locator: JN78XW) and lasts 11 days.
The objective is to get 44 children between 10 and 16 years interested in
electronics and to demonstrate to them a fantastic world of amateur radio.
The camp stuff is composed of experienced and enthusiastic semiconductor
industry professionals who are also volunteer during the school year,
leading children's free time electronic groups every week.
Children make electronic equipment, build antennas, participate in HF and
VHF ham radio contests, listen to amateur satellites and try the Amateur
Radio Direction Finding (abr. ARDF). Except a technical programme, sport,
games, competitions and various activities promoting sense of community and
team spirit - these activities are performed in the camp and its surrounding
forest. Some children had already been interested in amateur radio and
obtained their own licenses.
The camp started in 2012 and this year, it is already its 5th edition. It is
a completely self-financed venture (no grants, no funding needed). A lot of
photos from the last year(s) can be seen on this website:
http://www.elektrotabor.cz/2015.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What is the temperature inside and outside the ISS?
2. What would you compare the smell of the stations recycled air which you
breathe to?
3. What percentage of all the buttons, keypads and switches on the ISS do
you perfectly know in terms of functionality?
4. Could the human eye see a strong light source, like a car high beam, from
Earth pointing out the ISS at night?
5. Is there any component or device currently deployed in operation on the
ISS which has been completely made by 3D printing?
6. How often do you operate a ham radio station, except the ARISS project?
7. Based on your personal experience, do you believe people could
successfully sustain very long space travels, for example to Mars, in
small spacecrafts?
8. Do you work on changing shifts on the ISS?
9. If necessary, how do you scratch your face while you are in the space
suit in the open space?
10. Is the taste of food on the ISS as on Earth or synthetic?
11. Is the travel from Earth to the ISS and back survivable for an ordinary
person?
12. What is your opinion about the progress in the space industry since the
first Moon landing 50 years ago, up till now when humans are just
orbiting Earth?
13. Do you have any program for making and growing own food on the ISS?
14. How long would it take to prepare for the emergency exit?
15. Do you believe that today or in nearest future there could be
manufactured and launched new generation satellite entirely made by 3D
printing?
16. How much free time do you have every day?
17. When you are watching Earth from the ISS window, have you changed your
mind regarding your personal opinions on humans, human society, ecology
and other local and global problems?
18. Do you feel the infinite size of the space?
19. How much exercise do you need to keep yourself fit?
20. How do you communicate from the space with your family?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @xxxxxxxxxxxx
Next planned event(s):
1. U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-11 14:48:24 UTC
2. Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC
3. Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS
Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in
Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts
via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in
classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced
amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a
variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students,
teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies,
and amateur radio. For more
information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 23:56:35 -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 U.S. Space & Rocket
Center, Huntsville AL
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL on 11 Aug. The
event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:48 UTC. It is recommended
that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The
duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The
contact will be a telebridge between 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.
Since 1982, Space Camp? at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville,
Alabama has been inspiring people of all ages about space science, space
flight, and space exploration. Among the 750,000 Space Camp graduates
worldwide are five astronaut alumnae, including Dr. Kate Rubins, slated to
launch on expedition 48/49 to the ISS this summer. Her presence on the space
station provides an incredible opportunity for young people currently
attending Space Camp to be able to talk to someone who was once in their
shoes who went on to become an astronaut. It is also very likely that
international students will be taking part in Space Camp during the link.
These students will have a unique opportunity while visiting the United
States to take part in an active exchange with the largest multi-national
laboratory on-or off-the planet! In addition to Space Camp trainees, museum
guests will have the opportunity to take part in the activity. As the
original NASA visitor center, the U.S. Sp
ace & Rocket Center has been telling NASA's story since 1970. And with over
650,000 visitors annually, the Space and Rocket Center is Alabama's top
tourism attraction. And depending on when the event falls in the summer, the
USSRC may also bring in educators attending Space Academy for Educators, an
immersive professional development program conducted throughout the summer
months annually. In short, the USSRC hope to maximize both camp and museum
guest participation to promote the scientific activities taking place on the
ISS, as well as highlight the technology that allows such an exchange to
take place.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What was your favorite subject in school?
2. What was your toughest subject in school?
3. Who were your heroes growing up?
4. What is something you learned at Space Camp you are using in space?
5. What advice would you give a student who wants to become an astronaut?
6. What advice would you give to someone at Space Camp this week?
7. Were you afraid when your rocket launched?
8. What was the hardest thing in astronaut training?
9. How often do you talk to your family?
10. Do you speak Russian with the Russian cosmonauts?
11. What does it smell like on the ISS?
12. What is the coolest thing that you have seen in space?
13. What is your favorite food to eat in space?
14. What medical research are you working on while you're on the Space
Station?
15. What other cool research projects are you helping with?
16. As a researcher, do you think NASA's biological space research will one
day lead to a cure for diseases like HIV or cancer?
17. Do you work with research projects from other countries?
18. What do you think is the biggest effect on an astronaut's body from long-
term spaceflight?
19. How will research on the Space Station help us get ready to go to Mars?
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. Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC
2. Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS
Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in
Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts
via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in
classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced
amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a
variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students,
teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies,
and amateur radio. For more
information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 06:31:10 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mark Thompson <wb9qzb_groups@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>,
"freetel-codec2@xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Call for Technical Papers: ARRL/TAPR DCC
(Digital Communications Conference), St. Petersburg, FL, September 16
- 18, 2006
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DCC Call for Papers - Deadline Extended to August 12
Technical Papers are being solicited for presentation at the 35th Annual
ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), to be held September
16-18 in St Petersburg, Florida.?
Papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings. Authors do not
need to attend the conference to have their papers included in the
Proceedings.?The submission deadline has been extended to August 12, 2016.?
?The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference is an international forum
for technically minded radio amateurs to meet and present new ideas and
techniques.?
Paper/presentation topic areas include ? but are not limited to ? software
defined radio (SDR), digital voice, digital satellite communication, digital
signal processing (DSP), HF digital modes, adapting IEEE 802.11 systems for
Amateur Radio, Global Positioning System (GPS), Automatic Position Reporting
System (APRS), Linux in Amateur Radio, AX.25 updates and Internet
operability with Amateur Radio networks.?
?Submit papers to via e-mail (maty@xxxx.xxxx or via post to Maty Weinberg,
KB1EIB, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.?Papers will be published
exactly as submitted, and authors will retain all rights.?
http://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers
http://www.tapr.org/dcc
ARRL/TAPR DCC?Saint Petersburg, FL?September 16 - 18, 2016
Call for Technical Papers
Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the ARRL and TAPR Digital
Communications Conference and publication in the Conference Proceedings.
Annual conference proceedings are published by the ARRL.?Presentation at the
conference is not required for publication.
Details on Call for Papers & Submission Guidelines are on TAPR DCC web site. ?
Submission of papers are due by July 31st, 2016 and should be submitted
to:Maty Weinberg, ARRL225 Main StreetNewington, CT 06111or via the Internet
to maty@xxxx.xxx
Note: Papers may continue to be accepted for a short time after deadline?so
please submit your paper as soon as possible if you haven't done so already.
http://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers
Details on Call for Papers
Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the ARRL and TAPR Digital
Communications Conference for publication in the Conference
Proceedings.Annual conference proceedings are published by the ARRL.
Presentation at the conference is not required for publication.The ARRL and
TAPR Digital Communications Conference is an international forum for radio
amateurs to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques.
Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and
learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental
results, and practical applications. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Software Defined Radio (SDR)
- Digital voice (D-Star, P25, WinDRM, FDMDV, DRMDV, G4GUO)
- Digital satellite communications
- Global position system
- Precise Timing
- Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS)
- Short messaging (a mode of APRS)
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
- HF digital modes
- Internet interoperability with Amateur Radio networks
- Spread spectrum
- IEEE 802.11 and other Part 15 license-exempt systems adaptable for
Amateur Radio
- Using TCP/IP networking over Amateur Radio
- Mesh and peer to peer wireless networking
- Emergency and Homeland Defense backup digital communications in Amateur
Radio
- Updates on AX.25 and other wireless networking protocols
- Topics that advanced the Amateur Radio art
Submission Guide Lines
Anyone interested in digital communications is invited to submit a paper for
publication in the Conference Proceedings. Presentation at the Conference is
not required for publication. If you know of someone who is doing great
things with digital communications, be sure to personally tell them about
this!See?above?for deadlines and where to submit your paper.Some quick
guidelines:
- Papers should be on 8-1/2 X 11 inch paper with the following margins:
left and right, 0.75 inch; top, 0.8 inch; and bottom, 1 inch (very important).
- Structure of paper should be (see single column example below, two
column should follow a similar format):
- Title
- Author(s) with affiliation
- Abstract (200 words or less)
- Key words (3-5)
- Body
- Reference List
- Papers can be in one- or two-column format.
- Use 12-point Times Roman for the main body of text;?do not?number pages.
- Photos and drawings should have good contrast. Note: a photocopy gives
a good indication of print quality.
- Electronic submissions can be made in any of the following formats:
- Adobe Acrobat PDF;
- Microsoft Word
- Reference citations and other topics not explicitly discussed in this
list should follow a recognized standard format (?APA?, IEEE, etc).
- A biographical page is to be included with the manuscript. It should
contain Name, Address, Phone, and E-mail for each author as well as a short
descriptive paragraph about the first author. The bio page will be used to
contact authors concerning the conference and presentation schedule.
Release form:
A formal release form is not required, but indicate that the paper is being
sent for use in the Proceedings of the ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications
Conference. You are only giving permission for your paper to be printed in
the Proceedings.Example Single Column Page Layout?
Two column would be similar in nature, but with two columns.?View Paper
Example
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