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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Yaesu FT-857D and Doppler (Hasan al-Basri)
2. Lilacsat 2 beacon (johnv@????????.????
3. Re: Lilacsat 2 beacon (Scott)
4. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-02 17:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
5. ANS-306 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Live Video
Stream from the 2018 William A. Tynan W3XO, Memorial Space
Symposium (JoAnne K9JKM)
6. Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 361 (Albert van Deursen)
7. Time Setting for SATPC32 (HUGH EMPEY)
8. Re: Time Setting for SATPC32 (Mark L. Hammond)
9. Changshagaoxin (TY 4-01) identified (Nico Janssen)
10. ANS-308 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (E.Mike McCardel)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 17:28:29 -0500
From: Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6@?????.???>
To: danielh@???????????.???
Cc: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-857D and Doppler
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Thanks to all of you. Now I can stop chasing my tail and concentrate on
becoming skilled at manually changing my uplink VFO while PTT is asserted,
and drop PTT to let doppler recover.
..and N8MH, no that won't solve it. This is a hardware issue in the
FT-857D/817/818 series. I don't know if it applies to any others.
As it turns out, while a bit klunky, the 857d works very well. Participated
in a 5 way SSB qso on CAS-4A earlier today and had 5 consecutive SSB qsos
with VE3ECO on various birds, using the manual uplink adjustment, with snap
back after PTT release.
I am using the FT-857d with M2 Eggbeaters up only seven feet, with a LOT
of vegetation loss on the uplink.
thanks for the info, 73, N0AN
Hasan
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 12:44 PM Daniel Holmes <danielh@???????????.???>
wrote:
> Yep, it works the same way. Not sure about the FT-818, but I have no
> reason to believe it won?t behave the same as well.
>
> Dan
> --
> Daniel Holmes, danielh@???????????.???
> "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin
>
>
> > On Nov 1, 2018, at 9:47 AM, w0km@???.??? wrote:
> >
> > I'm curious, does the ft-817 behave the same way??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:15 AM -0400, "Mark L. Hammond" <
> marklhammond@?????.???> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hasan, is this a possible solution?
> >
> > https://www.arrl.org/shop/files/pdfs/Satellite%2520Kit.pdf
> >
> >
> > Mark N8MH
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 9:09 AM John wrote:
> >
> >> Hasan,
> >>
> >> It's a "design feature". As you said, you've been told correctly. It
> >> doesn't
> >> accept CAT commands for changing frequency whilst in TX.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> John (M5ET)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: AMSAT-BB On Behalf Of Hasan al-Basri
> >> Sent: 01 November 2018 13:54
> >> To: amsat-bb@?????.???
> >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-857D and Doppler
> >>
> >> I have been told that this radio will not accept CAT doppler adjustments
> >> while it is transmitting. I definitely see that it doesn't, but don't
> know
> >> if I might be doing something wrong.
> >>
> >> Here is how it behaves:
> >>
> >> If not transmitting, doppler correction works perfectly. As I assert
> PTT,
> >> doppler adjustment stops and I slide up the band...pretty quickly on
> high
> >> passes. If I hold the ptt for more than a couple of seconds, I will go
> >> right
> >> out of the passband of my 2.2 kHz filter...and of course become
> >> unintelligible.
> >>
> >> As soon as I drop PTT, and key the mike again, I'm dead on freq...and as
> >> long as I hold the PTT on, I drift up the band. *It appears the the
> FT-857D
> >> will not accept CAT commands while PTT is asserted.*
> >>
> >> At this point I need to know that there is no real solution to this
> problem
> >> with this radio. If that's true, I can get pretty good at doing this:
> >>
> >> 1. Assert PTT and start talking.
> >>
> >> 2. Grab VFO knob, adjust as I talk to keep sounding good.
> >>
> >> 3. Drop PTT and begin to listen to other station. (at the drop of PTT,
> tx
> >> freq snaps to "proper" place that it couldn't get to when PTT was
> asserted)
> >>
> >> 4. My turn to talk: Assert PTT and I'm dead on freq where I belong.
> >>
> >> Basically, I'm doing manual uplink adjustment to freq while I'm talking
> and
> >> letting the CAT adjustment for doppler to take place (to the uplink
> freq)
> >> while I'm listening.
> >>
> >> *If there is a better way to do this, please advise*.
> >>
> >> Note, it is not practical to drop PTT quickly enough and often enough to
> >> prevent the problem...I can only speak a couple syllables at best,
> before I
> >> slide away.
> >>
> >> Equipment and Setup:
> >>
> >> Rx: SDRPlay RSP2 Sofware Defined Radio with SDR Console v 3.03 providing
> >> Doppler to Rx
> >>
> >> Tx: Yaesu FT-857D controlled as External Radio by SDR Console v 3.03
> >> providing doppler correction to the External Radio.
> >>
> >> p.s. I have tried other doppler control programs and they behave the
> same
> >> way.
> >>
> >> Any and all help would be most appreciated, even simply: You are stuck
> with
> >> the way you are currently doing it.
> >>
> >> 73, N0AN
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hasan
> >> _______________________________________________
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> > --
> > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 02:48:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: "johnv@????????.???? <johnv@????????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 beacon
Message-ID: <1247107088.21540644.1541126935879@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
This evening at 0000 utc I listened and taped the beacon as the satellite
passed my qth and it wasn't loud but very audible.????? So my question is...
What software will interpret it and is it available to amsat members.
Also, I use My Sats app on my phone and the up links and down links seem to
confuse me and I would like to work it if possible.??? Is it FM???? And are
there two sets of frequencies.
Thanks for any information.???
JohnN7AME
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 23:37:20 -0400
From: Scott <scott23192@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 beacon
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Hey John!
LilacSat-2 is really unique... there are multiple telemetry formats on a
couple of different frequencies & then there's an FM voice transponder with
yet another telemetry stream sub-audio.
If you scroll down to the "LilacSat-2" section on this page:
https://github.com/daniestevez/gr-satellites
... there is a great technical explanation. The most thorough decoders are
available in the GNU-Radio platform at the link above and the original
software from the project team is at:
https://github.com/bg2bhc/gr-lilacsat
However, if you prefer Windows, the "HS" (high-speed) version of the UZ7HO
sound modem software includes a demodulator for the 4800 baud stream. A
.KSS file from that type of demod can be provided to the appropriate
decoder at the following page and you can turn it into human-readable
"real" telemetry:
http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?page_id=29535
Finally, be sure to try the 144.350 FM voice uplink (no CTCSS) from time to
time (downlink 437.200)... it's been active several evenings recently and
I've only caught a couple of people on. Understandable, of course, since
it's not been operational all the time. But when the transponder is
active, the range is good and the noise bursts on the downlink disappear
when someone transmits on the uplink.
I hope that little overview plus the technical detail on Dani's github
repository prove helpful to you.
-Scott, K4KDR
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On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:50 PM johnv@????????.??? <johnv@????????.???>
wrote:
> This evening at 0000 utc I listened and taped the beacon as the satellite
> passed my qth and it wasn't loud but very audible. So my question
> is... What software will interpret it and is it available to amsat members.
> Also, I use My Sats app on my phone and the up links and down links seem
> to confuse me and I would like to work it if possible. Is it FM? And
> are there two sets of frequencies.
> Thanks for any information.
>
> JohnN7AME
>
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 17:11:00 +0000 (UTC)
From: <aj9n@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-02
17:00 UTC
Message-ID: <573137773.21067791.1541178660233@????.?????.???>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-02 17:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-02 17:00 UTC
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct via
KB1MDS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT
Contact was successful: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC 36 deg (***)
?
Bishop O?Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT
Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56:28 UTC 51 deg
?
?
?
If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to
http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html
?
The information below is from the ARISS webpage:
?
International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students
??? ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018
?
September 25, 2018:? ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018
from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations
(working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an
orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between
July 1 and December 30, 2019.
?
Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning
opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more
through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased
of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during
NASA?s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month
presence of a teacher aboard the ISS.? The ARISS program connects students
to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio
Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other
Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The
program?s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio.
?
Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program
stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote,
?Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS
contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that
contact.?? Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning
centers because of students? interest.
?
ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of
participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting
education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless
technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other
STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an
astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational
organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students.
?
The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is
November 30, 2018.
For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit:
http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html
?
Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be
offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance
registration is necessary. To sign up, go to:
ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/
?
?
ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
?
Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board
the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from
September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at
www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email
to:? school.selection.manager@????????.???
?
?
?
ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and
Australia and Russia)
?
Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by
filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate
regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically
listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are
unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada
representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate
coordinator.
?
For the application, click here.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan
Amateur Radio League (JARL)
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)
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ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.?
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@?????.??? or aj9n@???.???.
?
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
?
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*
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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*
Several?of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able?to get in.? That has now been changed to?
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this?site.
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Looking?for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS???
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete?
details.? Look for the buttons indicating Ham?Video.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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http://www.ariss-eu.org/? ?
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If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:?
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 108
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The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-10-31 23:00 UTC.? (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1275. ?(***)
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1219. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is?47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please?feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
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The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and
the Virgin Islands.
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QSL?information may be found at:??
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?
ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-11-02 17:00 UTC. (***)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 56 on orbit
Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT
Alexander Gerst KF5ONO
Sergei Propopev
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 14:20:47 -0500
From: JoAnne K9JKM <k9jkm@???????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-306 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Live
Video Stream from the 2018 William A. Tynan W3XO, Memorial Space
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 23:22:39 +0100
From: "Albert van Deursen" <avdeur@????.??>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 361
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Hi Sean,
Plse contact me directly at avdeur@????.?? and will revert to a possible
solution.
73 Albert PD0OXW
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 20:33:38 -0700
From: "HUGH EMPEY" <WA7ETH@????????.???>
To: "Amsat Bulletin Board" <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Time Setting for SATPC32
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I guess I cannot see the forest for the trees. I need help in setting the
time in SATPC32 so that when I run the WinListen program, the time is shown
in local rather than UTC. Anyone got the answer? I have read the manual but
I am obviously missing sometime. Thanks. Ed WA7ETH
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the
airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing.
* Chuck Yeager
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 07:31:22 -0400
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@?????.???>
To: WA7ETH@????????.???
Cc: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Time Setting for SATPC32
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Hi Hugh,
In WinListen, use the menu Setup/Observer to set up where you are located,
which time zone, and if UTC vs. local, etc. The program uses its own
settings unique from the main SatPC32 program.
Mark N8MH
On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 11:49 PM HUGH EMPEY <WA7ETH@????????.???> wrote:
> I guess I cannot see the forest for the trees. I need help in setting the
> time in SATPC32 so that when I run the WinListen program, the time is shown
> in local rather than UTC. Anyone got the answer? I have read the manual
> but
> I am obviously missing sometime. Thanks. Ed WA7ETH
>
>
>
> If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the
> airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing.
>
> * Chuck Yeager
>
>
>
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 21:07:45 +0100
From: Nico Janssen <hamsat@??????.??>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>, Ray Hoad
<ray.hoad@????????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Changshagaoxin (TY 4-01) identified
Message-ID: <4b67dd41-cc4b-bb4e-b86e-a7a640658795@??????.??>
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Doppler measurements show that Changshagaoxin (TY 4-01) is
object 43669 (2018-083H).
Uplink and downlink frequency: 435.925 MHz. For details, see:
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=556
73,
Nico PA0DLO
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 19:48:19 -0400
From: "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm@?????.???>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-308 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-308
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* AMSAT Announces Senior Leadership Positions for 2018
* Recordings and Videos From AMSAT-NA 2018 Symposium
* News From AMSAT South Africa
* Polish Students? Satellite - PW-Sat2
* ARISS Receives Yasme Foundation Grant
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-308.01
ANS-308 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 308.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
November 4, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-308.01
AMSAT Announces Senior Leadership Positions for 2018
The 2018 AMSAT Board of Director's Meeting was held November 1-2,
2018 at the US Space and Rocket Center Marriott Hotel in Huntsville,
Alabama. The following positions were announced during the meeting.
AMSAT Senior Leadership Team
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President Joe Spier, K6WAO
Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
Secretary Clayton Coleman, W5PFG
Treasurer Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF
Manager Martha Saragovitz
VP Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
VP Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY
VP Educational Relations Alan Johnston, KU2Y
VP for Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
VP Marketing Open
VP User Services Open
Other Appointments announced by the President include:
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AMSAT Ambassador Coordinator Clayton Coleman, W5PFG
AMSAT IARU Representative Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Hamvention Operations Manager Phil Smith, W1EME
AMSAT Journal Editor Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK
ANS Senior Editor EMike McCardel, AA8EM
ARISS International Delegates Dave Taylor, W8AAS
Chet Latawiec, VE3CFK
IT Team Leader Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P
AMSAT Store Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Web Content Manager Open
AMSAT Board of Directors
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Joe Spier, K6WAO
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
Clayton Coleman, W5PFG
Tom Clark, K3IO
Jerry Buxton. N0JY
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Mark Hammond, N8MH
Peter Portanova, W2JV (First Alternate)
Scott Harvey, KA7FVV (Second Alternate)
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Board of Directors for the above information]
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Recordings and Videos From AMSAT-NA 2018 Symposium
A recording of the livestream of the 2018 William A. Tynan W3XO
Memorial Space Symposium, in Huntsville, AL is available at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATNA/
Video of WB8ELK high altitude balloon launch from the Symposium
can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/paul.stoetzer/videos/10113653475736994/
Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA has posted his video of the Symposium ARISS
contact at:
https://www.facebook.com/glasbrenner/videos/10155564640766750/
Patrick Stoddard WD9EWK has posted a raw audio recording of the same
ISS flyover, but from Arizona which can be found at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS308-ISS-Stoddard
[ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM for the above information]
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News From AMSAT South Africa
AN SDR CUBESAT ON THE CARDS
AMSAT SA has announced that parallel to its analogue Kletskous
CubeSat, the group is working on a digital project featuring a
Software defined transponder. Called AfriCUBE, the CubeSat will use
the same space frame as KLETSKOUS. Anton Janovsky is current building
a prototype transponder. AMSATSA is inviting persons interested in
becoming part of the development team to send their details to
admin@???????.???.??.
Meanwhile the development and final construction of the AMSAT SA
KLETSKOUS is plagued by electronic component obsolescence. This
forces unwanted design changes to be made to ensure that when the
time comes to construct the final launch unit, the main components
are still available. The KLETSKOUS team decided to freeze the design
of KLETSKOUS and purchase a quantity of devices to proactively
mitigate future obsolescence. This decision will also speed up the
process of putting a final satellite on the table. "Every time we
change designs to mitigate for the discontinued components, it is
like starting the design afresh, often creating new problems that
have to be solved", Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP said. "By freezing the
design, in other words making a final decision on the main
specialised devices to be used, we will be able to speed up the
process of putting a flight ready unit on the table." KLETSKOUS is
not a textbook design. Most of the sub-components that will make up
KLETS KOUS are designed and being built by the volunteer team. "We do
not have the finances to go out and purchase sub-units and simply
wire them up," Hannes said.
AMSAT SA is holding its 2019 Space Symposium on Saturday 16 March
2019 in Gauteng. The theme of the conference is "Space Science with
Amateur Radio." Paper proposals are invited. Send your synopsis to
admin@???????.???.??.
[ANS thanks SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS for the above information]
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Polish Students? Satellite - PW-Sat2
Polish satellite - PW-Sat2 is scheduled as soon as early as 19th
November 2018 launch of 4. . It?s primary mission is a technological
tests of sail-based deorbit system. The PW-Sat2 is one of the
payloads in
SpaceFlight SSO-A The SmallSat Express mission aboard SpaceX?s Falcon
9 rocket. Please be advised that planned launch date may change since
it?s quite common for orbital rockets launches - be prepared and
follow our socials!
Radio link
The satellite is equipped with full duplex communication module
TRxVU Rev. B from Innovative Solutions in Space BV. It operates in
amateur bands UHF (downlink) and VHF (uplink). Antenna module
consists of two dipole antenna (for uplink/downlink) with linear
polarisation. Downlink power equals to 27 dBm (0.5 W). Downlink
signal utilizes BPSK modulation, data scrambling according to G3RUH
and AX.25 protocol. By default, the satellite transmits its downlink
signal at 1200 bps, however it might be changed on request by the
OPERation team (via uplink telecommand) up to 9600 bps. Currently set
bitrate will be published on PW-Sat2?s Twitter profile, however
determination of actual bitrate should be fairly easy by looking at
signal spectrum.
What data will be transmitted?
Every 60 seconds the satellite transmits a beacon frame full of
telemetric data. 229-bytes long payload of the beacon frame contains
the most important information about satellite?s state - among others
- temperatures of main subsystems, battery voltage, solar power, on-
board computer mission time and experiments state. Other data, such
as historical telemetry, experiments data, photos from cameras will
be send on request from PW-Sat2?s OPERation team. There is one
exception from this rule - deorbit sail experiment will transmit its
results on-line (since after sail deployment random tumbling is
expected to occur resulting in signal loses and solar energy
decrease). Downlink signal of PW-Sat2 will be opened for everyone to
receive, decode and interpret data!
HAM radio tools to receive PW-Sat2
HAM radio community plays important role in almost every cubesat
mission - receiving and sharing acquired signal with satellites?
owners. Our team has prepared set of tools helping in receiving and
demodulation of PW-Sat2 radio signal and upload to cloud-based
service afterwards. We believe that data shared to us by community
will have big impact on our mission.
Prepared desktop application is available on Linux and Windows
platforms (however Ubuntu Linux is the main supported OS). It allows
for signal reception utilizing software defined radio receivers
(SDR): RTL-SDR, FUNcube Dongle Pro+, ADALM-Pluto SDR as well as
?traditional? analogue radio receivers with single sideband
demodulator (SSB) via computer?s line-in. Acquired signal from radio
receiver is demodulated and deframed. Correctly received frames are
classified by means of their type and uploaded to cloud-based
application (radio.pw-sat.pl) prepared thanks to co-operation with
SoftwareMill company. The cloud-based application allows for frames
collection, sharing and telemetry decoding (for beacon frames,
labeled as ?telemetry frame?). There are available additional
features like charts presenting the most important telemetry data.
How to start receiving?
Detailed information are available in our Wiki -
https://github.com/PW-Sat2/HAMRadio/wiki. A good starting point is to
take a look at ?Quick start guide?. The wiki pages will be updated as
new information (e.g. about orbit, TLE data) will be available.
We encourage to try the software (desktop and cloud parts) right
now! In case of any problems - don?t hesitate to mail us (by an e-
mail, Messenger, in comment etc.), create an issue on GitHub
(https://github.com/PW-Sat2/HAMRadio/issues) or simply ask in this
thread!
Mission status information
Up to date information about mission status will be published on our
Twitter profile - don?t miss anything, follow us now!
Contests
To encourage you to listen to PW-Sat2 and honour your contribution
we would like to issue QSL cards for every HAM radio who will send us
(to radio.pw-sat.pl) at least one correct PW-Sat2 frame.
Additionally we?ve prepared contest in three categories:
* the first received and uploaded frame,
* the last received and uploaded frame,
* the most received and uploaded frames.
Shortly after mission we will reveal the winners and honour with
packs of PW-Sat2-related gadgets!
For more about contests see (https://pw-sat.pl/en/ham-contest/).
[ANS thanks MGUMIELA via QRZ.com for the above information]
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ARISS Receives Yasme Foundation Grant
The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation announces that it has
made a significant grant to ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station, <www.ariss.org>) in support of the Critical
Infrastructure Fund.
Yasme has supported this important upgrade to the ISS amateur
station since the effort began and challenges other organizations and
individuals to support it, as well. As of late 2018, ARISS is the
only non-commercial entity being considered for NASA?s Deep Space
Gateway program, indicating the importance with which the space
program views amateur radio. Putting and keeping amateur radio in
space is a significant expense and needs the support of the entire
amateur community.
* * * * *
The Yasme Excellence Award is presented to individuals and groups
who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication,
have made a significant contribution to amateur radio. The
contribution may be in recognition of technical, operating or
organizational achievement, as all three are necessary for amateur
radio to grow and prosper. The Yasme Excellence Award is in the form
of a cash grant and an individually- engraved crystal globe.
The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation is pleased to
announce the latest recipients of the Yasme Excellence Award:
Brian Machesney, K1LI, and Michelle Guenard ? in recognition of
their extraordinary efforts on behalf of Commonwealth of Dominica
communities in the wake of the 2017 hurricane season. Their efforts
included fund-raising, delivery of communications supplies, on-site
support, and application of amateur radio technologies to support the
relief efforts which continue today.
Fred Kleber, K9VV/KP2 ? in recognition of Fred?s leadership and
technical skills that support the Virgin Island?s emergency
communications capabilities. Fred has been a key player long before
hurricanes Irma and Maria devasted the islands. He is hard at work
today re-building and extending the interisland communication systems
even after his own station suffered extensive damage.
Zorro Miyazawa, JH1AJT ? for his extensive promotion of amateur
radio in developing counties. Governments and telecommunications
administrators in Bangladesh (S2), Bhutan (A5), Cambodia (XU),
Eritrea (E3), and Myanmar (XZ) have benefited from Zorro?s patient
and skillful efforts, supporting his own government and his fellow
amateurs in Japan and around the world.
Stu Phillips, K6TU ? for contributions to amateur radio through his
Propagation and DX Strategy website, www.k6tu.net. In particular, his
innovative tools, free for amateur use, enhance the use of the High
Frequency Terrain Analysis (HFTA) program developed by Dean Straw,
N6BV, another Excellence Award recipient in 2012.
Randy Wright, W6CUA ? in recognition of his long service to the
Yasme Foundation as our Awards Manager. His steady efforts and
exacting attention to detail and customer service are greatly
appreciated.
* * * * *
The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to
support scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio,
including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction
and promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For
additional information about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website
at <www.yasme.org>.
Ward Silver, N0AX
President The Yasme Foundation
Board of Directors:
Ward Silver, N0AX, President and Director
Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, Vice-President, Secretary and Director
Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Treasurer and Director
Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Director
Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director
Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director
Robert Vallio, W6RGG, Director
Marty Woll, N6VI, Director
[ANS thanks OPDX for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Super Road Trip (EMxx, DMxx, DNxx, ENxx) ? November 8-11, 2018
Wyatt, AC0RA, has a special event call sign W5Q, and he?s heading
out on the road. The primary focus will be on 6m MSK144 and will
also work satellites as time allows. Planned grid stops include
EM08/18, EM07, EM06/16, EM05, DM94/95, DM84/85, DM86/96, DM77,
DM87/97, DM88/98, DM89/99, DN80/90, DN91, and EN00. Wyatt will be
using WSJTX v1.9.1 for MSK144 and will also use Contest Mode. Check
the W5Q QRZ page for more information and follow him on Twitter @
https://twitter.com/WyattAC0RA
South Texas Grid Expedition (EL06, EL07, EL08, EL15, EL16, EL17,
EL18) ? November 11-15, 2018
Glenn, AA5PK, will be travelling through South Texas, November 11th-
15th. Barring unforeseen circumstances, he will activate EL06, EL07,
EL08, EL15, EL16, EL17 and EL15. Glenn will be on both FM and linear
satellites and will post specific pass announcements on Twitter,
https://twitter.com/AA5PK. He will also be position beaconing on
APRS as AA5PK-9.
Bermuda (DXCC NA-005) ? November 12-14, 2018
Tom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-005
vacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few
transponder birds). Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from
the beach. Tom is looking for a 2m ssb tropo path to some US super
station(s). If interested, contact him directly.
Key West, FL (EL94) ? November 27 ? December 1, 2018
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from
November 27th to December 1 , 2018. While there, he will work as many
FM passes as he can (holiday style). Keep an eye on his Twitter feed
for pass announcements, https://twitter.com/twjones85
RMS Queen Mary (DM03) ? December 15, 2018
Patrick , WD9EWK, will be part of a day of satellite operating from
a deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern
California, on Saturday 15 December 2018. Operations will be
portable, almost like a Field Day, and should include FM, SSB, and
possibly packet. All operations from the Queen Mary will be as W6RO,
the call sign for the wireless room on the
ship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach.
Depending on staffing in the W6RO wireless room, there may also be HF
activity during the satellite operation.
QSLing for the W6RO satellite activation will be handled per the
procedure on W6RO?s QRZ page: http://www.qrz.com/db/W6RO
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) yahoo.com
Updated October 25, 2018
[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]
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ARISS News
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* AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign *
* to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades *
* on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to *
* continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. *
* *
* $13,700 raised *
* *
*
* For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit *
* *
* https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 *
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Successful ARISS contacts completed since October 18, 2018
+ 2018-10-22 13:05 UTC between Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor
KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Ashford School, Ashford,
Connecticut, USA. Contact was direct] via KZ1M. ARISS Mentors
were Steve W1HQL and Ryan W4NTR.
+ 2018-10-23 09:14 UTC between Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using
ISS callsign DP?ISS and Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-
Scharmbeck, Osterholz ? Scharmbeck, Germany. Contact was direct via
DN3HB. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ.
+ 2018-10-23 09:14 UTC between Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO
using ISS callsign DP?ISS and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany.
Contact was direct via DN5ABG. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ.
+ 2018-10-24 08:22 UT between Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using
ISS callsign DP?ISS and Martin-Andersen-Nex?-Gymnasium
Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Contact was
direct via DL?TSD. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ
+ 2018-10-24 08:22 UT between Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using
ISS callsign DP?ISS and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Ro?lau,
Germany. Contact was direct via DK?LG. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ
+ 2018-10-24 17:48 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using
ISS callsign NA1SS and Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington,
Delaware. USA. Contact was direct via K2CCW. ARISS Mentor was Keith
W5IU
+ 2018-10-31 14:56:40 UTC between Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor
KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Tallmadge Community Learning
Center, Lancaster, Ohio, USA. Contact was direct via K8QIK. ARISS
Mentors were Gordon KD8COJ and John K4SQC.
+ 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC between Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor
KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Pathfinder Regional Vocational
Technical High School, Palmer, MA, USA. Contact was direct via
KB1MDS. ARISS mentors were Steve W1HQL & Ryan W4NTR.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-02 17:00 UTC
Bishop O?Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT
Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56:28 UTC
Want your school to experience an ARISS contact?
The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline
is November 30, 2018.
For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit:
http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above
information]
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Shorts From All Over
+ Ham radio satellites on 5 Euro coin
The Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos bankas) has released a commemorative
gold 5 Euro coin featuring the amateur radio satellites
LituanicaSAT-1 (LO-78) and LitSAT-1.
The two CubeSats were launched to the International Space Station
(ISS) on January 9, 2014 and deployed from the ISS on February 28.
LituanicaSAT-1 carried a FM transponder and a camera while LitSat-1
had a linear (SSB/CW) transponder developed by by William Leijenaar
PE1RAH.
The face of the gold coin features the Lithuanian coat of arms
(Vytis) as a star constellation with LituanicaSAT-1 and LitSAT-1 on
the reverse.
Watch A gold coin of 5 euros for technology education:
https://youtu.be/-R6Q-quon2Y
Numista catalogue entry
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/piec
[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]
+ Soyuz rocket: 'Faulty sensor' led to launch failure
"Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday it hopes to
resume manned missions with a three-person launch to the ISS on 3
December."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46055960
[ANS thanks The BBC for the above information]
+ FCC Satellite Related Filings
For easier navigation of US FCC Satellite related filings Luke
Rehmann has built an RSS feed of the FCC?s ELS and IBFS systems.
The FCC Experimental Licensing System provides companies with
temporary authorization to conduct temporary experimental wireless
communication lab-testing, space launch/recovery communication, and
other short-duration wireless communication needs
https://fcc.report/ELS/
The International Bureau administers international
telecommunications and satellite programs and policies, including
licensing and regulatory functions. The bureau also promotes pro-
competitive policies abroad, coordinates global spectrum activities
and advocates U.S. interests in international communications and
competition
https://fcc.report/IBFS/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
+ Slade Stevens 2E0SQB announced via Twitter, "I?m happy
to announce that I am the new editor for #oscarnews I
look forward to working with the current editors until
they retire at the end of the year.
[ANS thanks Slade 2E0SQB for the above information.]
+ The following satellites have been added to AMSAT's Keplerian
elements distribution:
CubeBel 1 - NORAD CAT ID 43666
Ten-Koh - NORAD CAT ID 43677
Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for the detailed doppler
identification of these two satellites.
[ANS thanks Ray WA5QGD for the above information]
+ New sample edition of NZART Break-In magazine
New Zealand's national amateur radio society, NZART, has made the
Jan/Feb 2018 edition of their magazine Break-In available as a free
PDF
Yes an old edition but well worth the read!
The magazine features the popular columns Digital Modes by
Murray Greenman ZL1BPU and Satellite Orbits by Alan Cresswell ZL2BX.
On pages 28-30 there is an interview with FT8 developer
Joe Taylor K1JT.
Download from
http://www.nzart.org.nz/assets/breakin/sample/BreakIn-JanFeb-2018.pdf
[ANS thanks VK1WIA News for the above information]
+ Recordings and Videos From AMSAT-NA 2018 Symposium
Pass Recorder is a small application that records audio from
satellite passes based on tracking data it receives from the
commonly used SatPC32 application, pass recorder will sit in the
background waiting for a pass to be above 0 degrees and record the
audio to a wav file which you can use for logging purposes or just
for storing passes to listen to later for enjoyment.
Pass Recorder is provided free of charge with a donation request if
you would like to support the author.
Information can be found at https://www.2m0sql.com/pass-recorder/
[ANS thanks Peter 2M0QSL for the above information]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
EMike McCardel, AA8EM
aa8em at amsat dot org
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