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Today's Topics:
1. AMSAT Droid Developer (Paul Overn)
2. Re: AMSAT Droid Developer (Don KB2YSI)
3. Re: AMSAT Droid Developer (David Johnson)
4. SO-50 1920Z Pass (Chris Pohlad-Thomas)
5. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-01-05 22:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
6. Re: Arrow modification (Gary)
7. Upcoming ARISS contact with Pembroke Junior Senior High
School, Corfu, NY (n4csitwo@?????????.????
8. ANS-006 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne K9JKM)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 13:10:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: Paul Overn <povern@?????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Droid Developer
Message-ID: <1021261768.14754791.1546693859757@????.?????.???>
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Hello,
Does anyone know who the developer is for AMSAT droid? Im looking to edit
the SAT file to limit it to just the ones I use, and I cant find it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Paul Overn
KE0PBR
Twitter: @??????
`?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?><((((?>`?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 09:18:30 -0500
From: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???>
To: Povern <povern@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Droid Developer
Message-ID:
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Paul,
I remember a while ago that he mentioned stopping development but released
the code: https://github.com/g4dpz/AmsatDroidFree
On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 08:13 Paul Overn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???
wrote:
> Hello,
> Does anyone know who the developer is for AMSAT droid? Im looking to edit
> the SAT file to limit it to just the ones I use, and I cant find it.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Paul Overn
> KE0PBR
> Twitter: @??????
> `?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?><((((?>`?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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> AMSAT-NA.
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 16:40:14 +0000
From: David Johnson <dave@?????.??.??>
To: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>, Povern <povern@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Droid Developer
Message-ID: <B4FD8019-21D6-4543-9952-49AD6B680470@?????.??.??>
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Hi
Yes, it?s me.
Somewhat busy with software for the FUNcube payloads at the moment!
Dave, G4DPZ
Sent from my iPhone
> On 5 Jan 2019, at 14:18, Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Paul,
> I remember a while ago that he mentioned stopping development but released
> the code: https://github.com/g4dpz/AmsatDroidFree
>
> On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 08:13 Paul Overn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Does anyone know who the developer is for AMSAT droid? Im looking to edit
>> the SAT file to limit it to just the ones I use, and I cant find it.
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Paul Overn
>> KE0PBR
>> Twitter: @??????
>> `?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?><((((?>`?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
>> expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
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> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
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AMSAT-NA.
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 16:42:00 -0500
From: Chris Pohlad-Thomas <chrispohladthomas@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-50 1920Z Pass
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Just checking to see if anyone could hear me on this pass a little while
ago. I don't yet have an extra BNC to hook my scanner up to my arrow for
full duplex, so running off a VX-7R.
--
Chris Pohlad-Thomas
KC1E
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 21:55:02 +0000 (UTC)
From: <aj9n@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-01-05
22:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1146499048.13619544.1546725302477@????.?????.???>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-01-05 22:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
Pembroke Junior Senior High School, Corfu, NY, telebridge via LU8YY
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-01-08 15:28:49 UTC 32 deg
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The ISS Fan Club website has now changed. (***)
The ISS Fan Club website is:
http://www.issfanclub.eu ??(***)
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
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The ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018
has now closed.? The next window should go open in the spring of 2019.
The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
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Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board
the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from
September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at
www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email
to:? school.selection.manager@????????.???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and
Australia and Russia)
?
Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by
filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate
regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically
listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are
unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada
representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate
coordinator.
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For the application, 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@???.???.
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Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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Several?of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able?to get in.? That has now been changed to?
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this?site.
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Looking?for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS???
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete?
details.? Look for the buttons indicating Ham?Video.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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http://www.ariss-eu.org/? ?
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If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
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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?2018-12-31 19:30 UTC.? (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??
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 1285.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1228.
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 2018-12-14 18:00 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 58 on orbit
Oleg Konenenko
David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Anne McClain
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 15:54:38 +0000
From: Gary <gary_mayfield@???????.???>
Cc: AMSAT -BB <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Arrow modification
Message-ID:
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At the risk of expanding the conversation... Has anyone looked at
insulating the elements from the boom. An article from an antenna guru
stated years ago mentioned the elements appeared to be the proper length for
being insulated from the boom.
73,
Joe kk0sd
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From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???> On Behalf Of k6vug@?????????.???
Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 1:56 AM
To: saguaroastro <saguaroastro@???.???>
Cc: AMSAT -BB <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Arrow modification
Thanks for sharing Rick, it helps to compare notes.? I have experienced the
problem with a single coax feeding a full duplex Icom W32A HT as well as two
separate coaxes feeding two radios.? The front-end gets severely de-sensed
esp when the V/U frequencies get close to harmonic relationship.? I guess I
need to investigate further.?
73!Umesh, k6vug
On Wednesday, January 2, 2019, 5:00:36 PM PST, saguaroastro
<saguaroastro@???.???> wrote:
Umesh, I have not experienced any of that in either mode. In fact most of
my contact with it were V/u. This is using a KW D7A or D72a 73Rick Tejera
(K7TEJ)Saguaro Astronomy ClubWww.saguaroastro.orgThunderbird Astronomy
ClubWww.w7tbc.org
-------- Original message --------From: k6vug@?????????.??? Date: 1/2/19
17:09 (GMT-07:00) To: Kenneth P Alexander <ve3hls@?????.???> Cc: AMSAT -BB
<AMSAT-BB@?????.???> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Arrow modification The WA5VJB
models are great for UHF up and VHF down (assuming duplex ops), but get
severe RX overload for VHF up and UHF down.
73!
Umesh, k6vug
??? On Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 5:53:01 PM PST, Douglas Quagliana
<dquagliana@?????.???> wrote:?
I'm not sure if anyone has modified an Arrow to put the elements in the
same plane.
However, Kent's "cheap LEO" yagi puts the 2m and 70cm elements all in the
same plane, so it can be done (if you know what you are doing.) See
http://www.wa5vjb.com/references/Cheap%20Antennas-LEOs.pdf
73,
Douglas KA2UPW/5
> On Dec 31, 2018, at 9:37 PM, Kenneth P Alexander <ve3hls@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Hi Doug,
>
> Simply moving them into the same plane will likely cause problems
> because the bands are harmonically related.? The 2m elements will make
> a mess of the 70cm radiation pattern if they're in the same plane.?
> That said, I did just stumble across a satellite yagi design where the
> elements were intentionally in the same plane.? Only the 2m yagi is
> fed and a passive 70 cm driven element is placed close to the 2m
> driven element so the 2m element excites the 70 cm passive element,
causing it to radiate on 70 cm.
> I believe it's called an open sleeve design.? I think it was 3
> elements on 2m and 3 or 4 elements on 70 cm.? Sorry I didn't bookmark
> the page.? I don't remember where I saw it.? Hopefully someone else saw it
and remembers.
>
> Happy New Year,
>
> Ken
> bueng-ken.com
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 10:20 AM Douglas B Tabor via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
>> I?ve been using my well faded Arrow for 4 years. The boom is a much
>> appreciated LIDstick so the old man can swing it as well as a 3 year old.
>>
>> Has anyone modified the Arrow to have 2m and 70cm elements in the
>> same plane (instead of stock 90 degrees)? I?m just curious what the
>> performance result might be - I know it would be easier to get in and
>> out of the RoverMobile instead of doing the twist-and-angle it out.
>>
>> HNY and 73,
>>
>> Doug, N6UA
>>
>> Douglas Tabor
>> dtabor52@??????.???
>>
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 17:36:13 -0500
From: <n4csitwo@?????????.???>
To: <ariss-press@?????.???>, <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Pembroke Junior Senior
High School, Corfu, NY
Message-ID: <FF4D41FFC5154E068F71FAECD641E240@???>
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Pembroke Junior Senior High School, Corfu, NY
on 08 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:28 UTC. It is
recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this
time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds.
The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and LU8YY. The contact should
be audible over portions of Argentina 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.
Pembroke Junior Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school
enrolling approximately 450 students in grades 7 through 12. It is located
in the rural community of Pembroke, New York, midway between Buffalo and
Rochester. In 2017, Pembroke was recognized by Business First as 3rd Most
Over-Achieving School in Western New York out of the 96 schools assessed.
We work diligently to provide challenging and rigorous courses that meet the
diverse needs of our students. For a small school, we pride ourselves on
offering an extensive selection of high-level classes and acceleration to
our students. We also offer a variety of extracurricular opportunities for
students in athletics, arts, science, and technology. Many of our students
are very well rounded as a result of being involved in multiple sports,
clubs, and music groups. Many of our students also volunteer and fundraise
for multiple nonprofit organizations in Western New York. We have strong
bonds with our community an
d are known for being able to do a lot with a little. We have enjoyed
working with local amateur radio enthusiasts who have enhanced our STEM
curriculum and have expanded our knowledge outside of the classroom
particularly in sharing the wide range of fields that use radio
communication. We have been eagerly anticipating our contact by keeping up
with the events related to the International Space Station and can't wait to
speak with David Saint-Jacques. We look forward to hearing about his
experience so far as a new crew member on the ISS.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Did you always know that you wanted to become an astronaut?
2. What do you do for fun while you are in space?
3. What items did you bring with you to space?
4. What food do you miss the most?
5. What does it feel like to exit the atmosphere?
6. How do you know if it is day or night on the ISS?
7. What surprised you the most when you arrived at the space station, or has
it been just as you expected?
8. To help us understand the size of the space station, can you compare it
to the size of something on Earth?
9. Do you follow Eastern Standard Time in space?
10. What is the most difficult everyday activity or task to complete in space?
11. How do you clean up spills and messes in space?
12. Does the space station help to predict weather?
13. How do you prepare for the lack of gravity that you experience in space?
14. Which do you enjoy more, being in space or on Earth?
15. Do you celebrate Christmas or other holidays on the space station?
16. How do you maintain your water supply in space?
17. Can you spot specific constellations from space?
18. How would you take care of an open wound in space?
19. What equipment do you use to contact your family?
20. How do you exercise in space?
21. What is your favorite part about being on the ISS?
22. What do you believe is the future for manned spaceflight?
23. Who inspired you to become an astronaut?
24. How does a flame act in space?
25. What is the coolest thing you have seen on Earth from space?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @????????????
Next planned event(s):
TBD
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in
Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts
via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in
classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced
amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a
variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students,
teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies,
and amateur radio. For more informa
tion, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 18:04:01 -0600
From: JoAnne K9JKM <k9jkm@???????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-006 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <c17b4d14-2697-ea8d-dbfe-b175792c8006@???????.???>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-006
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In this edition:
* Recurring Donations Feature Added to AMSAT.org
* D-STAR ONE Launched, Telemetry Received
* Ham Talk Live Podcast Featuring W6RO Satellite Operation
* PW-Sat2 Deorbit Sail Deployment - On-Board Camera Footage
* JAMSAT NEXUS V/U Mode-J CubeSat Scheduled to Launch January 17
* Australian National Scout Jamboree - AJ2019
* DL50AMSAT Callsign IG HamSpirit Satellite Weekend January 18-20
* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for December 2018
* AMSAT South Africa Dual-Band VHF/UHF Yagi
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* AMSAT at Thunderbird Hamfest in Glendale AZ, 12 January 2019
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-006.01
ANS-006 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 006.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE January 6, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-006.01
Recurring Donations Feature Added to AMSAT.org
Would you like to donate to AMSAT and/or ARISS but can only afford a
little at a time? Even small amounts help, especially as they add up
over time! You can now use AMSAT?s recurring donations on the new
donation portal at https://www.amsat.org/donations/
This is a great way for everyone to donate $5-10 a month over time to
make a significant contribution.
Thank you for helping keep amateur radio in space.
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above information]
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D-STAR ONE Launched, Telemetry Received
German Orbital Systems reports a successful telemetry downlink has
been received. Their web page http://www.d-star.one/ reports D-Star
ONE Sparrow and D-Star ONE iSat were successfully launched on Dec-
ember 27 as part of an ECM smallsat cluster on the Soyuz-2/Fregat
from Russia's Vostochny launch site. Additional details can be
found at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-006-DSTAR-ONE
During the first orbits, beacons were received in the US, Germany,
Czech Republic and Belarus, confirming the successful separations
of the satellites on their target orbit 585 km, 97.73 deg, SSO.
D-Star ONE Sparrow and D-Star ONE iSat are a pair of 3U cubesats
which are equipped with four identical radio modules with D-Star
capabilities, all being operated in a half-duplex mode. At press
time DSTAR One Sparrow was planned to be used for amateur radio.
DK3WN received the first telemetry on December 29, 2018 with more
signals received by Scott, K4KDR and Vladimir, EU1SAT. Check the
German Orbital Systems web page for LEOP status and satellite
availability for contacts.
D-Star ONE Sparrow operates as a half duplex repeater:
Callsign:? DP1GOS
Uplink:??? 437.325 MHz
Downlink:? 435.525 MHz RF-Power: 800-1200 mW
Telemetry: 435.700 MHz 4k8 GMSK Mobitex (CMX990 Mobitex Format)
The telemetry format is documented at:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-006-DSTAR-ONE-Telemetry
A telemetry decoder is available at:
http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?page_id=29535
Technical details for radio amateurs is posted at:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-006-DSTAR-ONE-Amateur
A D-Star voice message beacon transmits once a minute. All mod-
ules are operated in a power save mode. This means that they are
in idle for 40 seconds and then in receive mode for 20 seconds.
Once a signal has been received, the modules switch to receive
mode for five minutes. So it might be necessary to "ping" the
satellite a couple of times until an answer is received. Object
#43879 continues to be a likely fit for tracking at present.
[ANS thanks German Orbital Systems for the above information]
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Ham Talk Live Podcast Featuring W6RO Satellite Operation
If you missed the January 3 Ham Talk Live show featuring Patrick
Stoddard, WD9EWK, Endaf Buckley, N6UTC, and David Akins, N6HHR,
discussing amateur radio and satellite operation on the RMS Queen
Mary you can play back a recording of this episode at:
https://www.spreaker.com/show/ham-talk-live then select
Episode 147 - Aboard the Queen Mary, W6RO.
Patrick and Endaf recently made a trip to the ship to do satel-
lite operations, so they will report on that special event. David
will fill us in on the history of the ship's radio room and the
routine amateur radio operations from W6RO.
Ham Talk Live is also available as a podcast on nearly all podcast
sites: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, SoundCloud, and iHeart
Podcasts; and it's also available on YouTube.
[ANS thanks Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, and Ham Talk Live for the above
information]
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PW-Sat2 Deorbit Sail Deployment - On-Board Camera Footage
PW-Sat2, the second Polish student satellite, also launched on the
SpaceX Falcon 9 SSO-A flight with AMSAT Fox-1Cliff, is a student
project with the goal to test a new deorbit sail. The sail was
deployed on December 29, 2018. On-Board camera footage of the event
can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fbMzI9w4MM
Amateur radio operators are invited to take part in this mission.
Dashboard software to receive, decode and upload PW-Sat2 frames
to the PW-Sat2 cloud is available on their website:
https://radio.pw-sat.pl/
The team has posted additional information at:
https://github.com/PW-Sat2/HAMRadio/wiki
PW-Sat2 transmits on 435.275 MHz using 1k2 and 9k6 BPSK AX25.
[ANS thanks the PW-Sat2 team for the above information]
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???????? For a limited time, new and renewing AMSAT members
??????????????? will receive a free digital copy of
????????????? "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites"
??????????? Join or renew your AMSAT membership today at
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JAMSAT NEXUS V/U Mode-J CubeSat Scheduled to Launch January 17
The Japan AMSAT Association (JAMSAT) and students at the Nippon
University are jointly developing a CubeSat called NEXUS which will have
a 145 to 435 MHz (Mode-J) transponder and a 38 kbps data downlink.
Nippon University students have previously developed the SEEDS and
SPROUT satellites. NEXUS is an acronym of ?Next Education X (cross)
Unique Satellite?, it will be 1U CubeSat with a mass of between 1 and
1.5 kg.
The NEXUS cubesat will:
+ Provide amateur radio communications via the 145/435 MHz
? transponder and SSTV
+ Download pictures from the 640?480 pixel camera
+ Operate the data downlink at 38400 bps QPSK
+ Compare the performance of the data downlink when using AFSK,
? GMSK and QPSK modes
NEXUS will be launched from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center located in
Kagoshima Prefecture on January 17, 2019 (JST) aboard an Epsilon rocket
together with OrigamiSat-1 and AOBA-Velox-IV into a 500 km sun sync-
hronous orbit.
Linear transponder
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Uplink:?? 145.900-145.930 MHz (CW/LSB)
Downlink: 435.880-435.910 MHz (CW/USB)
CW/Data:? 435.900 MHz & 437.075 MHz
Callsign: JS1YAV
Separation from the rocket is planned for T + 4100 seconds after
launch at which time NEXUS will be powered on. CW telemetry infor-
mation will commence transmission 16 minutes, 40 seconds following
power up.
The NEXUS team has posted a PDF document in English describing the
planned initial operations, telemetry format, and preliminary TLEs
at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-006-Nexus-Initial-Ops
NEXUS website in Google English
http://tinyurl.com/NEXUS-Satellite
NEXUS Blog
http://tinyurl.com/NEXUS-Sat-Blog
JAMSAT in Google English
http://tinyurl.com/JAMSAT
Read the AMSAT-UK posting at:
https://amsat-uk.org/2014/08/24/nexus-cubesat-mode-j-transponder/
[ANS thanks JAMSAT and Nippon University for the above information.]
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Australian National Scout Jamboree - AJ2019
Between January 4-14, 2019, 8400 Scouts from every Australian state
plus representatives from 18 nations will converge in Tailem Bend in
South Australia to participate in the 25th Australian Scout Jamboree
- AJ2019. Their special event station will be active using VI25AJ.
The special event station is expecting to showcase Amateur Radio to
approximately 2000 scouts over the duration of the Jamboree.
They will be active on the satellites as well as HF bands (SSB and
digital modes), IRLP and EchoLink.
They are looking for amateurs to give them a call during the
Jamboree to help give the scouts an amazing experience - and perhaps
take up the hobby on their return home.
Full schedule, modes and planned frequencies will be posted at:
https://www.qrz.com/db/vi25aj
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information.]
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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.
???? We have reached a great milestone with $16,795 raised
??? or about 10% towards our goal. This would not have been
???????? possible without your outstanding generosity!!
????????? For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:
???? https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
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DL50AMSAT Callsign IG HamSpirit Satellite Weekend January 18-20
The IG HamSpirit Satellite Weekend January 18-20 will feature the
new AMSAT-DL callsign DL50AMSAT on the air from Saxony on the Czech
border. Also planned are antenna construction and testing projects
and testing satellite tracking programs on a variety of operating
systems.
IG HamSpirit hosts several radio events during the year with this
event dedicated to amateur satellite operating. AMSAT-DL says you
can track the event on Instagram and Twitter with the hashtag
#satelliteweekend
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information]
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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for December 2018
Ron, W5RKN has provided the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards
issued by the ARRL for the period December 1, 2018 through January 1,
2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!
CALL??????? 01Dec?? 01Jan
KO4MA?????? 1627??? 1656
WC7V??????? 1159??? 1160
W5RKN??????? 634???? 660
WD9EWK?????? 513???? 525
NS3L???????? 350???? 375
PV8DX??????? 313???? 360
AE5B???????? 300???? 342
N3GS???????? 300???? 332
K8BL???????? 252???? 257
PT9BM??????? 176???? 203
AD0HJ??????? 175???? 200
KK4YEL?????? 102???? 200
N7AGF??????? 175???? 200
K9UO???????? 150???? 175
AD0DX??????? 101???? 167
W4AQT??????? 125???? 153
PU8RFL?????? 134???? 146
PS8MT??????? 130???? 145
PU8MRS?????? 100???? 127
LW2DAF?????? 110???? 115
WD9EWK(DM23) New???? 104
F6GLJ??????? New???? 103
WI4T???????? New???? 101
AI9IN??????? New???? 100
If you find errors or omissions please contact Ron off-list at
<W5RKN>@<?????>.com and he'll revise the announcement. This list was
developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for December 1, 2018
and January 1, 2019. It's a visual comparison so omissions are pos-
sible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned.
Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the
birds. They are doing most of the work!
[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information]
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AMSAT South Africa Dual-Band VHF/UHF Yagi
News from South Africa announces AMSAT SA is offering a dual-band
VHF/UHF antenna. AMSAT SA is indebted to Dr Gary Immelman ZS6YI
who has donated 200 units with all proceeds going to the AMSAT SA
Kletskous and AfriCUBE projects.
The antenna has two elements on 145 MHz and 3 elements on 435 MHz.
The Yagi has a unique element called a 'Open Sleeve' which is a
director very close to the driven element. The driven element is
sized for 2M. When operating on 70cm the 'Open Sleeve' acts as
part of the driven element on 70cm (Third harmonic of 2M).
The original concept was developed in 1946 by Dr J T Bolljahn of
the Stanford Research institute but was not introduced into amateur
radio until the 1950s. The AMSAT SA version is based on a design
by DK7ZB with modifications by WB5CXC.
The first South African version was a collaboration between Guy
Eales, ZS6GUY and Dr Gary Immelman, ZS6YI. It was developed for
YOTA 2018 where young people successfully used the antenna oper-
ating satellites using hand-held transceivers.
Although currently only available in South Africa, interested ama-
teur radio operators can access detailed specifications and photos
at: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/DualbandYagi.htm
[ANS thanks AMSAT SA for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
+ Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06, DM07, DM08, DM17, DM18)
? January 5-6, 2019 - Ron, AD0DX will be roving in Central California.
? He plans to activate the DM06/DM16 grid line Saturday morning, the
? DM 07/DM08/DM17/DM18 grid corner Saturday afternoon, and the
? CM95/CM96/DM05/DM06 grid corner on Sunday. Keep an eye on the
? @????? Twitter feed for more updates https://twitter.com/ad0dx
+ Super Road Trip (Wyoming to Tennessee to Florida to Wyoming)
? January 9, 2019 until he gets back home - Starting Jan. 9, RJ, WY7AA,
? will be travelling from Wyoming to Tennessee to Florida, to New York
? and back to Wyoming, staying approximately 10 days in each place and
? activating grids whenever he can.
? - First stop Tennessee ? EM86, and will try roving to EM85, EL87, EL96.
? - Next on to Florida ? EL98, and will try roving to EL88, EL89, EL99.
? - Next on to New York ? FN02, and try try roving to FN01, FN03, FN11,
??? FN12, FN13
? Travelling between each place, RJ will try to stop and work as he can,
? but putting down miles will take priority most often. In addition, RJ
? will be trying to operate mobile from time to time. FM birds for sure,
? but will be trying to learn linears while on the trip. Specific pass
? announcements will be posted to his Twitter feed:
? (https://twitter.com/WY7AA) and to the AMSAT-bb reflector.
+ Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) ? January 12, 2019
? David, AD7DB, will be in the area of Kettleman City CA near a
? convergence of four grids, operating on FM satellites. Grids (maybe
? gridlines) will depend on the satellite passes. Operation expected
? from 1700 UTC through 2300 UTC. Updates will be on Twitter as the
? time approaches: https://twitter.com/ad7db
+ Quartzfest Arizona (DM23) ? January 19-27, 2019
? John, N7JY, will be operating FM satellites on a holiday schedule. He
? may also visit some adjoining grids. There will likely be other hams
? operating from the event, located a few miles south of Quartzsite AZ.
? QSL via LOTW, or you can send your card with SASE.
+ Las Vegas NV and Northwest AZ (DM25, DM26, DM36) ? January 20-22, 2019
? David, AD7DB, will be in Las Vegas at DM25/26 line, operating on FM
? satellites on a holiday schedule. In addition, weather permitting,
? sometime on Monday 01/21/19 he will make a side trip to Beaver Dam AZ
? to activate from DM36aw. Updates will be on Twitter as the time
? approaches: https://twitter.com/ad7db
+ Nevada (DM15, DM16, DM17, DM18, DM25, DM26, DM27, DM28, DM37, DM36)
? February 8-11, 2019 - Casey KI7UNJ and Jonathan KI5BEX are planning
? a joint roving trip to Nevada. Planned activations include the
? DM15/16/25/26 grid corner Friday morning, the DM16/26 gridline Friday
? afternoon, DM17/18 gridline Saturday morning, DM27/28 gridline Saturday
? evening, DM27/37 gridline Sunday morning, and DM36/37 gridline Sunday
? evening. This will be FM only. All contacts uploaded to LoTW upon
? return. Check out @?????? Twitter feed for specific passes
? https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ and follow them on aprs.fi KI7UNJ-7.
+ Turks and Caicos Islands (FL31) ? February 28 ? March 9, 2019
? Adrian, AA5UK, will be heading to Providenciales in the Turks and
? Caicos Islands from Feb 28th through March 9th, 2019. He will be
? operating holiday style on HF and Satellites as VP5/AA5UK from grid
? FL31UU14. Focus will be on the linear satellites, with some FM act-
? ivity depending on pile-up civility. Hope to work some European
? stations as location favors the East. Pass announcements will be
? made via Twitter: https://twitter.com/AA5UK and periodically via
? amsat-bb.
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information]
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??????????????? 2019 is AMSAT's 50th Anniversary!
?? Watch this space for announcements of special events coming in 2019
????????? Get ready to help celebrate with us at the Hamvention
???????????? Symposium 2019 promises to be a special event
??????? Stand by for 50th anniversary operating events and awards
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AMSAT at Thunderbird Hamfest in Glendale AZ, 12 January 2019
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK will have an AMSAT booth at the Thunderbird
Amateur Radio Club's Thunderbird Hamfest 2019 on Saturday, 12 Jan-
uary 2019. The hamfest will be at a new site, at the Glendale Nazarene
Church on the corner of 59th Avenue and Cactus Road in Glendale, Ari-
zona. More information about the hamfest is available at:
http://www.w7tbc.org/content.php?348-hamfest
During the hamfest, Patrick will have demonstrations of satellite
operating. If you hear WD9EWK on any passes, please call and be a
part of the demonstrations. The hamfest is located in grid DM33,
Maricopa County.
All QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after the hamfest.
If you would like to receive a QSL card for working WD9EWK during the
hamfest, please e-mail Patrick directly with the QSO details. If you
are in his log, he will send you a QSL card.
Patrick will post updates from the hamfest on his @?????? Twitter
account. If you do not use Twitter, you can still see these updates
in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
[ANS thanks Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ DK3WN reports that the 145.825 MHz APRS digipeater on NO-84
? (PSAT) has been re-enabled and is available for operations.
? The digipeater is turned off for a recharging period when
? telemetry shows battery voltage is low.
? http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=92041
+ AO-73 (FUNcube-1) is now back to "Educational" mode after
? the holiday period (Transponder ON when in eclipse, with
? low power telemetry; High power telemetry when illuminated
? in sunlight.) Please keep tracking and sending in telemetry
? as the FUNcube team tries to better understand the spin
? effects over the next few months of full orbit sun. (AMSAT-UK)
+ AMSAT and radio amateurs extend best wishes and thank you to
? Alain, IZ6BYY and Claudio, IK1SLD for 17 years of service to
? the amateur space community on their ISSFanClub.com web site.
? ISSFanClub.com closed down on January 1, 2019. Alain wrote,
? "I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. Thank you for your
? visits and your attention".
+ A new ISS fan presence has been started at http://issfanclub.eu/
? Blog entries from January 3 and 4 are posted. Many of the pages
? are under construction in the new format.
+ CQ-DATV Magazine for January 2019 is available for download at:
? https://cq-datv.mobi/67.php
? Among the several features the article "Arduino SimpleSat Rotor
? Controller" by Tom Doyle, W9KE may be of particular interest to
? AMSAT satellite stations. Tom's controller uses the Yaesu GS?232
? command set to control a Yaesu G?5500 Az?El rotor. The controller
? was designed to be compatible with the SatPC32 tracking program
? and should work with any tracking program that supports the Yaesu
? GS?232 format. (CQ-DATV Magazine via e-mail)
+ The Nashua Area Radio Society, N1FD has written a blog about
? their work in supporting Hudson Memorial School (HMS) in their
? bid to secure and hold an ISS Crew Contact.
? https://www.n1fd.org/2019/01/01/iss-crew-contact-journey/
+ An NPR radio news feature discusses, "What's Next For Tiny
? Satellites?". about NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab's Marco cubesats
? that accompanied the InSight lander mission to Mars. JPL says
? their next cubesat mission will be a solar sail flight to a
? near Earth asteroid. Read and listen at:
? http://tinyurl.com/ANS-006-NPR-CubeSat-News
+ Good coverage for amateur radio and amateur satellites appeared in
? the Shropshire Star newspaper's ooverage of the Wellington Young-
? sters on the Air event, that saw young people talking to others from
? across the world, all under expert supervision. It was one of the
? events organised by Telford and District Amateur Radio Society to
? help attract younger people to the world of 'ham' radio. Read the
? article at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-006-UK-YOTA (AMSAT-UK)
+ Bookings for the AMSAT SA Space Symposium are now open. The Symposium
? will be held on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Accolade Conference
? Centre in Midrand, South Africa. The rate will be R400 per person
? for AMSAT SA and SARL members and R600 for non-members. There is an
? early bird rate of R350 for AMSATSA and SARL Members, if booked and
? paid for by February 28, 2019. Accommodation is also available at the
? hotel at R855 plus VAT. More details on www.amsatsa.org.za
+ A calendar of upcoming astronomical events, launches, and space-
? craft operations available as Google or iOS calendars:
? http://tinyurl.com/ANS-006-NYTimes-Astro-Calendar
+ Greg, W4GHW, program coordinator for the Coastal Plains ARC, sent
? a request for a presentation on any amateur satellites at their
? club. They meet in Tifton, Georgia on the second Saturday of each
? month. If you can help please e-mail Greg at w4ghw@????.???
+ A paper is available for downloading which may be of interest regard-
? ing telemetry: "Easy-to-Build Satellite Beacon Receiver for Propa-
? gation Experimentation at Millimeter Bands" can be accessed at:
? http://tinyurl.com/ANS-006-Millimeter-Telemetry
+ There are some amateur radio connections with the New Horizons
? probe which had a successful flyby of Ultima Thule on January 1.
? Lee, KT4TZ worked on the launch in 2006. Dan, N8FGV works on the
? New Horizons team now.
[ANS thanks everyone 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 and remember to behave and to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat dot org
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