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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Shoppinglist (Making a T notch filter) (W3AB/GEO)
2. Re: FUNcube-1/AO73 Operations (Jim Heck)
3. Re: ISS APRS? (Kevin Zari)
4. Re: SatPC32 Kep Update Failure (Paul Stoetzer)
5. Re: Portable operation from travel trailer/truck camper
(Stephen E. Belter)
6. Re: Portable operation from travel trailer/truck camper
(S?ren Straarup)
7. AO-92 (Frank Staffa Jr.)
8. Re: AO-92 (R.T.Liddy)
9. Re: AO-92 (Bob Meyers)
10. ANS-076 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne K9JKM)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:46:23 -0700
From: W3AB/GEO <w3ab@?????.???>
To: Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt@???.?????.???>
Cc: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Shoppinglist (Making a T notch filter)
Message-ID: <9fb7e203-9539-41ce-89ea-a6f86ec76805@?????.???>
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How about rolling your own?
https://qrznow.com/145-mhz-low-loss-bandpass-helical-filter/
https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/Intermod/No_Tune_Filter.pdf
Or DCI?
http://dci.ca/
?___?
?Sent from my two way wrist watch?
??73 de W3AB/GEOOn Mar 15, 2019, at 07:39, Hans BX2ABT
<?????hans.bx2abt@???.?????.???????> wrote:?
?Hello all,?
?Unfortunately it's not one transmitter, but four of them (I thought 5, ?
?but I just checked. Powers range from 1 - 10 kW), producing a lot of ?
?spurious signals and raising the noise floor by about 10 dB when ?
?pointing the beam into that direction. I don't think stubs will be broad ?
?enough to cover 89 to 106 MHz, but I never worked with them, so I'm ?
?guessing here. I don't have any problems with FM stations leaking onto ?
?70 cm, just the air band, NOAA frequencies and 2 meters. My Airspy mini ?
?also picks up lots of spurious signals? below 50 MHz, often hard enough ?
?to ID.?
?I found this filter from Par Electronics ?
?(??http://www.parelectronics.com/fm-broadcast.php??), but it doesn't ?
?indicate if you can tx through it. Otherwise I will have to use it in ?
?the shack and remove it when I want to tx on 2m, with the risk of ?
?forgetting it and blowing it up. Will a sequencer be a solution then??
?73 de Hans?
?BX2ABT?
?On 03/15/2019 09:42 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:?
?And you can make it without all the connectors at the T if you want.?
?Though it takes some close and inventive soldering of the "T". Since the?
?FM band is 88 to 108 that (I think) is far enough from 145 to add minimum?
?loss. But at UHF, one needs to carefully check to make sure that the FM?
?frequency is not also a multiple of the FM frequency.?
?Tell us the FM broadcast frequency and we can take a quick look.?
?Bob?
?-----Original Message-----?
?From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???> On Behalf Of Wendy and Terry?
?Osborne?
?Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:50 PM?
?To: amsat-bb@?????.???? Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt@???.?????.???>?
?Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Shoppinglist?
?Hi Hans,?
?If you have a plenty of RG213 and suitable connectors, you could try?
?making a Coax stub filter.?
?You need a cable length that is an odd multiple of a quarter wave length?
?long at the FM Tx frequency and an even multiple of a quarter wave at the?
?frequency that you want (2M /70CMs).?
?A single RG213 stub would have about 25dB of rejection and would pass 100?
?Watts OK.?
?You just need a coax T connector and some matching connectors.?
?To trim the stub, use a set of garden secateurs.?
?If you have a Bao feng or similar radio you could use that on the FM band?
?attached to your T and trim the stub for minimum signal on the unwanted Tx?
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:09:51 -0000
From: "Jim Heck" <jim@??????.??.???>
To: "Yahoo! UK" <funcube@???????????.??.??>, "AMSAT BB"
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1/AO73 Operations
Message-ID: <48609DAAC543428E94385767C586F78C@??????>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Hi All,
Just to confirm that AO73 is now in continuous amateur mode. The plan is to
switch back to education mode on Sunday pm or Monday am (UTC)
Enjoy the transponder
73
Jim
G3WGM
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:25:15 -0400
From: Kevin Zari <kk4yel@?????.???>
To: ka3hdo@?????.???
Cc: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS APRS?
Message-ID: <1CF9E48E-BA20-432A-94E3-F2359BB8D1C0@?????.???>
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If you mean the TM-D701Ga, it has the ability to have custom configurations
stored in different PM (Programmable Memory). So I set up the radio for
normal repeater use, and save it to PM0. Then set up for APRS 1200 for ISS
and PSAT and save to PM1. Then finally set for Falconsat 9.6k and save to PM3.
Not sure if your version of the radio has this feature.
Hope that helps
-Kevin (KK4YEL)
-----
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
>
>> On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 11:54 AM Roy Dean <royldean@?????.???> wrote:
>>
>> The ISS digipeater has been unreliable in the last couple of years.
>> Firstly, it is turned off whenever there is a special event happening on
>> the space station (space walks, re-supplies, etc). Secondly, the packet
>> module and radio are really old, and we've been seeing erratic behavior
>> from the pair (sometimes it's not on at all, sometimes it's on but weak,
>> sometimes it's deaf, etc.). There is a fancy new ARISS transceiver
>> slated to go up to the station soon, and we all hope that will remedy the
>> situation. Of course, sending a few bucks to ARISS can't hurt that
>> timeline. :)
>>
>> Regarding the switch between the 1200 and 9600 packet sats - there is no
>> easy way. I also use a D710 and it would be nice if you could select a
>> "profile" to swap in all of the path, modem speed, and duplex options -
> but
>> to my knowledge this is not possible. If you are connected via KISS
>> serial connection, you could automate this - but I'm not sure if there are
>> any software packages out there that would do that - at least without
>> having to manually change all the values via individual KISS commands
>> (which doesn't seem to be any better than using the built-in D710 UI).
>>
>> --Roy
>> K3RLD
>>
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:25:25 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@????.???>
To: amsat-bb@??????.???
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Kep Update Failure
Message-ID:
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This should now be fixed.
Sorry for any inconvenience!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 12:24 PM Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@????.???> wrote:
>
> Our IT volunteers implemented a change to redirect all http requests to
https for security reasons. That change will be rolled back in the next
couple of hours due to the impact on SatPC32 and other tracking applications.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 12:07 Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
<amsat-bb@??????.???> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I see the same issue when I try to update the keps in
>> AmsatDroid Free. When I select "Amateur (amsat.org)"
>> as the set I want, a pop up "Could not download file from
>> network. Kept existing element data." appears. It worked
>> yesterday afternoon. Unlike with SatPC32, the URL where
>> the kep files are located aren't accessible in this app.
>> Is it possible the updated file wasn't stored on the AMSAT
>> server in the right place, or with the right file name in the
>> appropriate place on the server?
>>
>> 73!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
>> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>> Twitter: @?????? or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>>
>>
>> On Friday, March 15, 2019, JoAnne K9JKM <joanne.k9jkm@?????.???> wrote:
>>
>> > The service seems to have down all morning at this QTH. So it is not just
>> > you!
>> >
>> > --
>> > 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
>> > k9jkm@?????.???
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 22:47:08 +0000
From: "Stephen E. Belter" <seb@??????.???>
To: Bob Hammond <propgrinder@?????.???>
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Portable operation from travel trailer/truck
camper
Message-ID: <2047A87A-8C16-4C0D-9469-5A19B0EEA842@??????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Bob,
Tripod allows you to move the antenna to a spot with the best horizon,
independent of the truck or trailer. You can carry it to the top of the
nearest hill.
Mast allows you to get above the truck, trailer, and the neighboring
trailers. May work better if you?re working multiple passes.
FYI: I have a really nice tripod setup, but I?ve switched to hand holding
my Arrow because it allows me to adjust polarity by twisting my wrist. With
polarity adjustment, my handheld Arrow hears better than my tripod setup
with Yaesu G-5500 ax/el setup.
Your mileage may vary.
Good luck and have fun!
73, Steve N9IP
--
Steve Belter, seb@??????.???
> On Mar 15, 2019, at 9:52 AM, Bob Hammond <propgrinder@?????.???> wrote:
>
> I've about completed Mark Spencer's WRAPS (tricked out version) AZ/EL
> rotator system. And I plan to use it with my small travel trailer or truck
> camper with my IC-9700......whenever IT GETS HERE!
>
> My question: should I set up a small extendable mast (I have several
> fiberglass sections of MGS mast left over from my permanent mast setup) I
> can mount to the trailer/camper?
>
> Or should I go with a tripod setup?
>
> Suggestions?
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:04:34 -0500
From: S?ren Straarup <straarup@?????.???>
To: "Stephen E. Belter" <seb@??????.???>
Cc: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Portable operation from travel trailer/truck
camper
Message-ID:
<CAPq=p5F+58s122vGV8DUy=BKSTMKQ_wS2cV9RMYhAa5DbOTHCQ@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi all,
Arm strong rotor is recommended, to go further a portable setup like
FT-1634 makes it even easier to move to keep line of sight.
The "twist of the wrist" for optimal polarity is often the game changer
between getting heard and hear.
Vy 73 de AK4WQ/OZ2DAK, Soren Straarup
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 17:48 Stephen E. Belter <seb@??????.???> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Tripod allows you to move the antenna to a spot with the best horizon,
> independent of the truck or trailer. You can carry it to the top of the
> nearest hill.
>
> Mast allows you to get above the truck, trailer, and the neighboring
> trailers. May work better if you?re working multiple passes.
>
> FYI: I have a really nice tripod setup, but I?ve switched to hand holding
> my Arrow because it allows me to adjust polarity by twisting my wrist.
> With polarity adjustment, my handheld Arrow hears better than my tripod
> setup with Yaesu G-5500 ax/el setup.
>
> Your mileage may vary.
>
> Good luck and have fun!
>
> 73, Steve N9IP
> --
> Steve Belter, seb@??????.???
>
>
> > On Mar 15, 2019, at 9:52 AM, Bob Hammond <propgrinder@?????.???> wrote:
> >
> > I've about completed Mark Spencer's WRAPS (tricked out version) AZ/EL
> > rotator system. And I plan to use it with my small travel trailer or
> truck
> > camper with my IC-9700......whenever IT GETS HERE!
> >
> > My question: should I set up a small extendable mast (I have several
> > fiberglass sections of MGS mast left over from my permanent mast setup) I
> > can mount to the trailer/camper?
> >
> > Or should I go with a tripod setup?
> >
> > Suggestions?
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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> AMSAT-NA.
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> program!
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 15:59:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Frank Staffa Jr." <kb2cwn@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92
Message-ID: <732179477.5434646.1552751974334@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I apologize to everyone trying to come back to my call just now but we had a
CLOWN on there constantly throwing a dead carrier and also whistling on top
of everyone. Don't know if anyone else heard him/her but it was annoying and
one reason why FM sats can be discouraging.?Again I apologize to everyone
trying to come back to my call.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:25:32 +0000 (UTC)
From: "R.T.Liddy" <k8bl@?????????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92
Message-ID: <183248298.6548886.1552753532759@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Frank.....? What is your Call???? ....GL/73,? ? Bob K8BL
P.S. Don't get discouraged. These situations usually clear up? ? ? ? on
their own when the newbies get more experience and? ? ? ? the troublemakers
get bored or ID'd.
On Saturday, March 16, 2019, 11:59:46 AM EDT, Frank Staffa Jr. via
AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
I apologize to everyone trying to come back to my call just now but we had
a CLOWN on there constantly throwing a dead carrier and also whistling on
top of everyone. Don't know if anyone else heard him/her but it was annoying
and one reason why FM sats can be discouraging.?Again I apologize to
everyone trying to come back to my call.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 11:33:16 -0500
From: Bob Meyers <meyersb@???????.???>
To: "kb2cwn@?????.???? <kb2cwn@?????.???>, Amsat <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92
Message-ID: <E355D4F3-EBA9-4392-85F3-95D8E4AAA61A@???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
The same thing happens on FO-29. By looking at the footprints over many
passes it appears that he is on the east coast somewhere near New York or
Boston. If you have a SDR and look at the input, someone should be able to
determine his location. It could be kind of long range fox hunt. Good luck
finding him.
Bob
WA8FXQ
> On Mar 16, 2019, at 10:59 AM, Frank Staffa Jr. via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> I apologize to everyone trying to come back to my call just now but we had
a CLOWN on there constantly throwing a dead carrier and also whistling on
top of everyone. Don't know if anyone else heard him/her but it was annoying
and one reason why FM sats can be discouraging. Again I apologize to
everyone trying to come back to my call.
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:57:14 -0500
From: JoAnne K9JKM <k9jkm@???????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-076 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <5411bfee-acd0-e21b-3649-95bf23d29889@???????.???>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-076
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including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
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You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
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* AMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention -- Call for volunteers
* Out of This World Auction Sponsored by ARISS
* 50th Anniversary AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Communications
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* Lilacsat-1 LO-90 Re-entry Commemorative Competition
* ARRL TI-2 Teachers Institute Includes Amateur Satellite Telemetry
* ARRL Supports No Change to Table of Allocations for 45.5 -
? 47 and 47 - 47.2 GHz Bands
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* AMSAT-DL QO-100 Up- and Downconverter Kit Modifications Announcement
* Changes to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution This Week
* Satellite/AMSAT Presentation at Phoenix AZ - March 21, 2019
* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for February 2019
* GPS Network May Experience Errors in "Week Number" Rollover
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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AMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention -- Call for volunteers
Last year, we had about 40 people assist with the AMSAT booth at
the Hamvention. It was the efforts of those volunteers that made
the 2018 Dayton Hamvention a success for AMSAT.
The interaction with AMSAT members, satellite operators, designers,
and builders makes the whole experience a lot of fun.
The 2019 Hamvention is May 17-19 at the Greene County Fairgrounds
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Out of This World Auction Sponsored by ARISS
March 6, 2019? ? The ARISS-US team (Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station) will auction two very unusual items in its first-ever
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Bidding starts April 8th at 12:00 UTC and ends April 14th at 22:00 UTC.
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JVC Kenwood, a proud supporter of ARISS, generously gave a brand new
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The limited edition 2019 ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications sold
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ARRL, an ARISS sponsor along with AMSAT and NASA, saved back one boxed
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When you bid in this auction you could be the crucial person who helps
ARISS launch its new custom-built higher-power radio system in 2019
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More auction details will soon be posted at www.ariss.org including
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tive 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
public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educa-
tors, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies,
and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.
Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn at amsat.org
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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???????????? 2019 marks AMSAT?s 50th Anniversary
????????????? of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
?????????? To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the
??????????? AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program.
??????????????? Full details are available at
??? https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/
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50th Anniversary AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement Award
Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards says the
50th Anniversary AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement
Award is now online:
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/
Unlike the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award, the
50th Anniversary AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award
will be issued on one of the original goldenrod paper stock certi-
ficates and signed by AMSAT?s founding President, Perry Klein,
K3JTE (now W3PK). With only 20 original certificates available,
this award will certainly become a collector?s item.
The first 20 applicants to successfully submit 20 confirmed, qual-
ifying contacts on any satellite will receive this award.
A qualifying contact is defined as the establishment of two-way
communication on any amateur radio satellite, with another station
in a U.S. state, Canadian call area, or DXCC entity, no two of
which may be the same. A U.S. state shall mean any state of the
United States and the District of Columbia.
All contacts must be made between March 03, 2019 00:00 UTC and
December 31, 2019 23:59 UTC. Refer to the 50th Anniversary Awards
program page (above) for the complete set of requirements and sub-
mission instructions.
As of March 15 Bruce says he issued 50th Anniversary Satellite
Communication Achievement Awards to these satellite operators:
Award #? Callsign
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?590???? W5RKN
?591???? K7TAB
?592???? KG5GJT
?593???? KB6LTY
?594???? KC9VGG
?595???? K6FW
?596???? N1RCN
?597???? K5IX
?598???? WD9EWK
?599???? KI7UNJ
?601???? VA3NNA
(Award #600 was not a 50th certificate and went to W5RTX.) There
are 9 more 50th Anniversary Anniversary Satellite Communication
Achievement Awards still available.
[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
?for the above information]
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Lilacsat-1 LO-90 Re-entry Commemorative Competition
Wei Mingchuan, BG2BHC, at the Harbin Institute of Technology in
China says LO-90 (Lilacsat-1) is about to re-enter so the LO-90
team has announced the Lilacsat-1 Commemorative Competition (LOCC).
Use Google translate to learn more of Lilacsat-1 at:
http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/wp/
The contest period begins on March 16, 2019 at 00:00 UTC and con-
tinues until Lilacsat-1 re-enters. The competition consists of two
operating categories:
+ Amateur Radio Telemetry Group
? - Receive and upload as many telemetry packets as possible
??? within the competition period.
+ Amateur Radio Communication Group
? - Make as many bidirectional QSO as possible in as many grid
??? locator as possible within the competition period.
For the telemetry competition each successfully uploaded telemetry
packet to the Harbin Institute of Technology server counts as one
point. BG2BHC advises there is a change to the Lilacsat-1 telemetry
upload proxy address. Those using http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn should
change it to http://data.lilacsat.online in proxy window of the
dashboard.
For the amateur radio communication competition a bidirectional
contact consists on exchange of callsign and grid locator. Each
QSO will count as one point. Each different grid counts as one
multiplier. Duplicate QSOs with the same callsign do not count.
Scoring and Awards
------------------
In the Amateur Radio Telemetry Group: final score = basic point
which is the total number of telemetry packets uploaded. All
telemetry data uploaded qualifies for a LilacSat-1 QSL card.
In the Amateur Radio Communication Group:
final score = basic point * multiplier
+ China: top 3 certificates issued.
+ World: Top 10 certificates issued.
+ The ham who receives the last downlink signal in the world
? and successfully uploads it to the server will receive a
? special gift.
+ Honor stickers - portable stations set up and operated in
? the field for this contest will receive a "Fiel " sticker
? affixed to the certificate. (Include a photo of the portable
? station.)
The LO-90 team will publish the telemetry package list received
from March 16, 2019 00:00 UTC to LilacSat-1 re-entry. Telemetry
participants should send an e-mail with your callsign and address
to: locc@????????.??????. (no later than April 30, 2019 00:00 UTC)
Communication category participants should submit logs in Cabrillo
or Excel XLS format containing your e-mail address, sent/received
exchange information, UTC time of QSO. Send logs and information
to locc@????????.?????? no later than April 30, 2019 00:00 UTC.
Include your photo of portable operation if applicable.
LO-90 (LilacSat-1) operates on an FM uplink with a Codec2 digital
voice downlink. A Linux Live ISO image with the decoder can be
downloaded from:? http://tinyurl.com/ANS-074-LO90-LiveCD
(This will also work on Windows systems by booting off of the
Linux Live CD. Then you reboot back into Windows when the pass is
completed.)
LO-90 Lilacsat-1 (http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/wp/?page_id=594)
Uplink:?? 145.985 MHz FM
Downlink: 436.510 MHz Codec2 digital voice
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, has documented his LO-90 operating setup in
his article, "Digital Voice on Amateur Satellites: Experiences
With Lilacsat-OSCAR 90", published in the January/February 2019
issue of the AMSAT Journal. A PDF copy of this article can also be
accessed on AMSAT's Station and Operating Hints page:
to https://www.amsat.org/station-and-operating-hints/
AMSAT-UK has posted an article about Lilacsat-1 at:
https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/lilacsat-1/
Orbital evolution estimates for Lilacsat-1 posted on DK3WN's page
indicate re-entry around March 31: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=93929
[ANS thanks the LO-90 team and the Harbin Institue of Technolgy
?for the above information]
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????????? Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.
????????? 25% of the purchase price of each product goes
??????????? towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
????????????? https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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ARRL TI-2 Teachers Institute Includes Amateur Satellite Telemetry
The ARRL announced 2019 Teachers Institutes on Wireless Technology
sessions. As part of its educational outreach through the Education
& Technology Program (ETP), ARRL will offer week-long sessions of
the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology in July at ARRL Head-
quarters in Newington, Connecticut.
Applicants to the advanced TI-2 ?Remote Sensing and Data Gathering?
workshop are required to have completed TI-1 and be licensed Amateur
Radio operators. Interested educators can find all the details and
apply online at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-076-ARRL-TI2
The TI-2 ?Remote Sensing and Data Gathering? workshop will concen-
trate on analog-to-digital conversion and data sampling. Partici-
pants will receive telemetry from Amateur Radio satellites and apply
it to math and science topics. TI-2 participants are also introduced
to a marine research buoy equipped with environmental sensors and
taught how to create a similar design with a microcontroller to sample
the data, configure it for Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS)
transmission, and receive and upload data to a spreadsheet for analysis.
For more information, contact ARRL Lifelong Learning Manager Kris
Bickell, K1BIC, at ARRL Headquarters.
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]
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ARRL Supports No Change to Table of Allocations for 45.5 -
47 and 47 - 47.2 GHz Bands
The FCC has opened a brief window for public comment on
recommendations approved by the World Radiocommunication Conference
Advisory Committee (WAC). Comments are due March 18 on International
Bureau Docket 16-185. The FCC said the short comment period was
necessary to allow time to finalize the US position for submission
to the upcoming meeting of the Inter-American Telecommunication
Commission (CITEL).
The Public Notice can be found in PDF format at,
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-19-172A1.pdf .
Addressing WRC-19 Agenda Item 1.13, which serves to identify
spectrum above 24.25 GHz that may be designated for International
Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), ARRL has recommended no change in
the 45.5 - 47 and 47 - 47.2 GHz bands, with hopes that commenters
will agree. The 47 - 47.2 GHz band is allocated to the Amateur and
Amateur Satellite services.
ARRL and other no-change proponents point out that no sharing and
compatibility studies were performed between IMT-2020 systems and
the relevant incumbent services in the 45.5 - 47 GHz and 47 - 47.2
GHz bands, although sharing and compatibility studies for a number
of incumbent services were required under Resolution 238 of World
Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15).
"In the absence of ITU Radiocommunication Sector studies, the only
sustainable conclusion is that it has not been demonstrated that the
incumbent services in either band - the Mobile-Satellite Service,
the Radionavigation Service, and the Radionavigation-Satellite
Service in the 45.5 - 47 GHz band, and the Amateur and
Amateur-Satellite services in the 47 - 47.2 GHz band - can be
protected, as required by Resolution 238," asserts the proponents of
View B, which sides with no change to the current allocations.
"In this regard, the View A proposal to identify mobile spectrum in
the 45.5 - 47 GHz band for the terrestrial component of IMT, and to
allocate spectrum in the 47 - 47.2 GHz band to the mobile service
and identify the same for the terrestrial component of IMT, is
fatally flawed. The absence of studies in the responsible ITU-R task
group leaves the proposals unsubstantiated and incapable of
adoption."
View B proponents, including ARRL, are urging the FCC to accept the
proposals of the National Telecommunications Information
Administration (NTIA) for no change to the Table of Allocations in
the 45.5 - 47 GHz and 47 - 47.2 GHz bands.
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
+ Eureka Nunavut (ER60, EQ79) ? February 3, to March 29, 2019
? Eureka ARC, VY0ERC, will be QRV from Eureka, NU (NA-008). Time and
? weather permitting, they expect to be on the FM satellites from
? ER60 and EQ79. Announcements will be posted on Twitter at:
? https://twitter.com/vy0erc.
+ Radio Club de Heredia (EK70/EJ79) ? March 17, 2019
? Vic (TI2VLM), Octavio (TI3ATS), and Minor (TI2YO) will activate the
? EK70,EJ79 gridline at the Radio Club de Heredia, TI0RHU 30th Anniver-
? sary Field Day. Planned satellite passes are: AO-92 @ 13:27z, SO-50
? at 16:37z, and AO-91 @ 17:47z. Watch for further announcements on
? Twitter: https://twitter.com/ti2vlm and
? https://twitter.com/OctavioAraya.
+ Key West, FL (EL94) ? March 18-21, 2019
? Adam, K0FFY, will be in Florida Keys on March 18 through 21, activating
? EL94 vacation-style. Adam?s taking his linear gear to see who he can
? hear East and South of that location? If you still need EL94 please
? send direct message or email. Otherwise, he?ll be announcing on
? Twitter https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio
+ Ontario (EN93,EN94,FN03, FN04) ? March 18-21, 2019
? Ron, AD0DX, with his tire still warm from his last roving trip, is
? heading to Ontario, March 28th for a one day, four grid, special.
? Ron will tweet passes the day of the rove, which will most likely
? be morning passes. Follow Ron on his journey at
? https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information]
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AMSAT-DL QO-100 Up- and Downconverter Kit Modifications Announcement
AMSAT-DL has recommended a modification to their QO-100 Upconvert-
er and Downconverter kits which were shipped prior to March 1 to
improve performance of the uplink SSB transmit signal and address
reduced gain of the downlink wide-band DATV reception. Refer to
AMSAT-DL's post at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-076-AMSAT-DL-Converter
Kits being shipped currently will already have the modification.
The changes primarily affect the wide-band DATV signal so the users
of the narrow-band CW/SSB only operations are less affected.
Users able to perform the modification themselves will find the
instructions posted at:
https://amsat-dl.org/en/fix-fuer-qo-100-downconverter
For users unable to make the modification themselves AMSAT-DL says
instructions for exchange of the old kits will be published soon.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information]
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Changes to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution This Week
Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, noted changes to
the AMSAT-NA TLE distribution this week.
Exseed, Irvine 2 and VisionCube cubesats are not transmitting. They
are part of the SpaceX SSO-A 12-03-2019 mission. Since they are not
transmitting, the remaining objects listed by Space-Track are either
one of these three non-transmitting amateur satellites or they are
non-amateur satellites. Therefore, the remaining unidentified satel-
lites on the SpaceX AAO-A mission can be removed from the AMSAT-NA
TLE distribution.
The following satellites have been removed from this week's AMSAT
TLE distribution:
OBJECT D - CAT ID 43761
OBJECT P - CAT ID 43771
OBJECT T - CAT ID 43775
OBJECT U - CAT ID 43776
OBJECT W - CAT ID 43778
OBJECT X - CAT ID 43779
OBJECT AH - CAT ID 43789
OBJECT AV - CAT ID 43801
OBJECT BA - CAT ID 43806
OBJECT BD - CAT ID 43809
OBJECT BE - CAT ID 43810
OBJECT BS - CAT ID 43822
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the
?above information]
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Satellite/AMSAT Presentation at Phoenix AZ - March 21, 2019
Patrick, WD9EWK, will give a how-to presentation on working amateur
satellites and AMSAT at the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club's monthly
meeting on Thursday, March 21, 2019.
The meeting site is room 147 at the North Valley campus of Northern
Arizona University, 15451 N. 28th Drive in Phoenix AZ (northwest
corner of I-17 and Greenway Road).
More information is available at:
http://www.w7tbc.org/content.php?128-general
Patrick plans to demonstrate satellite operating depending on how
the meeting goes. Possible passes that evening include SO-50 around
7:55pm (0255 UTC), a low AO-92 pass at 8:42pm (0342 UTC), and another
SO-50 pass at 9:35pm (0435 UTC).
If WD9EWK is on any of those passes, please feel free to give him
a call and be a part of the demonstrations. The meeting site is in
grid DM33. QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL
cards are available on request (please e-mail WD9EWK directly with
QSO details if you would like a QSL card).
[ANS thanks Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, for the above information]
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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for February 2019
Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by
the ARRL for the period February 1, 2019 through March 1, 2019.
Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! There
were lots of new Not-in-my-home-grid awards this month.
CALL??????? 01Feb? 01Mar
-------???? -----? -----
WC7V??????? 1199?? 1200
AA5PK?????? 1049?? 1055
WD9EWK?????? 525??? 537
NS3L???????? 375??? 400
AF5CC??????? 351??? 381
AE5B???????? 342??? 368
KE8FZT?????? 275??? 301
W7JSD??????? 257??? 279
K9UO???????? 202??? 225
WB7VUF?????? 107??? 206
N2NL???????? New??? 179
N1PEB??????? 125??? 138
WD9EWK(DM22) 108??? 131
W5PFG(DM80)? New??? 125
WD9EWK(DM31) New??? 110
W5PFG(DM95)? 100??? 109
TI2VLM?????? New??? 106
W5PFG(DM93)? New??? 105
KS1G???????? New??? 102
PU4JOE?????? New??? 101
W1OH???????? New??? 101
If you find errors or omissions please contact Ron off-list at
<mycall>@<??????>.com and he'll revise the announcement. This list
was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for The two
months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible.
Apologies if your call was not mentioned.
Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on
the birds. They are doing most of the work!
[ANS thanks Ron, W5RKN, for the above information]
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GPS Network May Experience Errors in "Week Number" Rollover
The GPS network will encounter a small millennium bug of its own
in April when the network's "week number" rolls back to zero.
This known issue especially could affect those who use GPS to obtain
accurate Coordinated Universal Time. In the GPS network, the number
of the current week is encoded into the message the GPS receives
using a 10-bit field. This allows for weeks ranging from zero to
1023. The current period began on August 1, 1999.
On April 6, 2019, the week number rolls over to zero and starts
counting back up to 1023.
This should not affect later-model GPS receivers that conform to
IS-GPS-200 and provide UTC, but testing carried out by the
US Department for Homeland Security raised the possibility that
some units may misinterpret the rollover, shifting the date back
to January 6, 1980, or possibly to another incorrect date.
An affected GPS not only may report the incorrect date, but time
accuracy that is critical to precise location data could be
compromised. A nanosecond error in GPS time can equate to 1 foot of
position or ranging error, according to DHS-published guidelines
that explain the issue and suggest how to address it. View the offi-
cial release at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-076-DHS-GPSRollover
[ANS thanks the Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber-
?security & Communications Integration Center 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
???? https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Congratulations to these stations for establishing a new
? distance record via satellite:
? > FalconSAT-3 (V/U Digipeater) ? 3,157 km. KE8AKW in EN80xv
??? with KB6LTY in DM14jl. 15-Mar-2019 at 00:41 UTC.
? > AO-92 (L/V) ? 3,626 km. WD9EWK in DM43bl with N1JEZ in FN44ar.
??? 15-Apr-2018 at 16:36 UTC.
? Visit the distance records page at:
? https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/
+ The engineering beacon on Es'Hail QO-100 is active. Legacy
? software that decoded the AO-40 beacon will also work on
? QO-100: http://www.moetronix.com/ae4jy/ao40rcv.htm If QO-100
? is out of range for your station use the WebSDR at:
? https://eshail.batc.org/.uk/nb/ and tune the receiver to the
? Upper Beacon.
+ AMSAT's Fox Operating Guide hamfest and demo handout sheet
? has been updated to reflect the current operational status
? of AO-85 and AO-95. The high and low resolution PDF files
? are available on their links at:
? https://www.amsat.org/station-and-operating-hints/
+ It is possible to search AMSAT's archives (amsat-bb and ANS)
? by using the "site:" command in Google. For example, to find
? all mentions of the word "Diplexer" in amsat-bb, type this
? line into a browser opened to the Google front page:
? Diplexer site:http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb
? To restrict the search to a particular year, type
? Diplexer site:http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2014
? The AMSAT News Service (ANS) archives are searchable in
? a similar manner (for example hamvention in 2016):
? hamvention site:http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2016
? (Thanks to Dan Schultz N8FGV)
+ On-line tweets indicate that the Philippine Diwata-2
? satellite carrying an amateur radio FM transponder and
? APRS digipeater may be activated around March 29.
? The IARU has coordinated an FM downlink for voice, APRS
? and telemetry on 145.900 MHz and an FM voice uplink on
? 437.500 MHz. Additional Diwata-2 information is posted at:
? http://phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/diwata2
? https://www.facebook.com/PHLMicrosat
+ If you have lost you authorisation code for the AMSAT-UK
? FUNcube dashboards, there is a page on which you can request
? this code to be sent to your registered email address. See:
? http://data.badgersoft.com/recover-authcode? (via G4DPZ)
+ Check out IZ5RZR's Two SatNOGS Satellite Rotators video posted
? at: https://youtu.be/tcdItBsMnC0
+ The Internet Archive site makes all issues of 73 Magazine
? available: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-074-InternetArchive-73
? Tools at https://mikeyancey.com/73mag/index.php offer indexed
? searches of the archive.
+ The March PDF of the weather satellite publication 'GEO News-
? letter' produced by the Group for Earth Observation is now
? available for free download. The Group for Earth Observation's
? aim is to enable amateur reception of weather and earth imaging
? satellites that are in orbit or planned for launch in the near
? future. Membership in GEO is free. Among the articles in this
? newsletter is How to "Receive X-Band Weather Satellites" by
? Jean-Luc Milette. Download the March 2019 GEO Newsletter from
? http://www.geo-web.org.uk/geoquarterly.php
+ Papers for IARU-R1 Vienna meeting can be accessed at:
? https://vienna.iaru-r1.org/conference-documents/c4/
? > C4-002 bandplanning 15m satellites
? https://vienna.iaru-r1.org/conference-documents/c5/
? > C5-011 @????? Satellite Coordinator?s Report
? > C5-011 Annex to SCR
? > C5-012 2400 MHz satellite bandplanning
? > C5-029 Amateur Satellites
+ On March 14 NASA announced the projects selected in the 10th round
? of candidates for CubeSat space missions:
? http://tinyurl.com/ANS-076-NASA-10th-Round
? None of these satellites were found on the IARU Coordination pages
? at this time.
+ A free PDF of the current Raspberry Pi focused magazine, MagPi,
? issue 79, for March, 2019 is available now at:
? https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/79/
? The next issue of MagPi will feature articles on Amateur Radio
? Projects in issue 80, available for free download starting on
? March 28.
+ The March 2019 Edition of SatMagazine is provided free by Satnews
? Publishers and is available to read online or download at:
? http://www.satmagazine.com/
+ The March 2019 issue of CQ DATV magazine is available for download
? at: https://cq-datv.mobi/69.php
+ The 2019 Cubesat Developers Workshop will be held April 23-25,
? 2019 at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
? The schedule and additional information is posted at:
? http://www.cubesat.org/workshop-information
[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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