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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay (Jim Jerzycke)
2. ANS-096 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Mark D. Johns)
3. Re: 2 meter antenna wanted (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL)
4. ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-06 (n4csitwo@?????????.????
5. Re: AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA (k6vug@?????????.????
6. Skeds SSB Sats (cl.rudi@?????.????
7. A Modern Oscar Locator (Chris Thompson)
8. Re: AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA (alex weimer)
9. Re: A Modern Oscar Locator (Don KB2YSI)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 19:16:08 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@???????.???>
To: les@????????????.???? propgrinder@?????.???
Cc: amsat-bb@?????.???? Work-Sat@???????????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay
Message-ID: <2044023544.17775441.1554578168710@????.?????.???>
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I keep getting closer and closer to buying one of these.
73, Jim? KQ0EA
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From: Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
To: Bob Hammond <propgrinder@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>; Work-Sat <Work-Sat@???????????.???>
Sent: Sat, Apr 6, 2019 6:44 pm
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay
I should have said that the satellite overlay ships already loaded into the
software. You merely have to select the overlay during set-up. In addition
to the amateur birds, you can overlay military satellites, GPS, Irridium, etc.
Since the overlays are live from the Internet, keps are updated
automatically. I compared the orbits to the data from SatPC32 and everything
tracks correctly.
At the moment, the overlay only includes the track of the satellite and some
other data points like altitude but new live data overlays are being
produced frequently. I won?t be surprised to find one soon that includes the
footprint of each satellite.
Also Geochron is going to offer an SDK for those who want to develop their
own overlays. Virtually any real-time data can be used to create new layers
to go over the maps.
I will try to take some photos tomorrow and share them.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 17:43:42 -0500
From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns+K0JM@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-096 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-096
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:
* AMSAT India AISAT APRS Payload Operational on 145.825 MHz
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* UT1FG/MM QSL Procedure Announced
* Hamvention Booth Announcement
* AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019
* The Case of the Unknown Satellites
* Upcoming ARISS Contacts
* International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students
* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for March 2019
* Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi Features Ham Radio
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-096.01
ANS-096 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 096.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE YYY
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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AMSAT India AISAT APRS Payload Operational on 145.825 MHz
An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA was successfully launched on April 1,
2019 at 03:57 GMT on the PSLV-C45 mission. The payload was powered up
on schedule over Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Poland and Moscow.
AMSAT India requested stations at these locations to report the first
signals on 145.825 MHz from the payload.
The first beacon from AISAT-1 was received by R4UAB and DK3WN was able
to digipeat through the satellite. Mike posted information on his
blog at: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=94180
AMSAT India requests that the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide use
the payload and Satgates to feed the traffic.
More details about this unique project as well as the pre-launch TLE
are available at http://www.amsatindia.org/ Their twitter feed is at
https://twitter.com/amsatindia AMSAT Argentina's web-based satellite
pass page passes at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=aisa1 provides use-
ful tracking information based on the pre-launch TLE.
The 4th stage of the PSLV rocket (PS4) will become an orbital plat-
form in a 485 km orbit hosting three payloads:
+ Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) digipeater from
AMSAT INDIA
+ Automatic Identification System (AIS) from ISRO
+ Advanced Retarding Potential Analyzer for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS)
from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST).
https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c45-emisat-mission
[ANS thanks Nitin, VU3TYG, Secretary, AMSAT INDIA for the above
information]
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AMSAT relies on your donations to Keep Amateur Radio in Space. Please
consider a donation to the AMSAT General Fund, the GOLF Program, or
ARISS today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Defrosting Trip (EM90, EL99) ? April 7-9, 2019
Paul, KE0PBR, has plans to escape the Land of the 10,000 Frozen Lakes
and head down to Florida, to enjoy a little Global Warming. Will most
likely be FM only, and holiday style. Paul will post announcements on
his Twitter account: https://twitter.com/KE0PBR
Utah (DM37, DM48, DM58) ? April 13-19, 2019
Bob, N6REK, will be roving in Utah from April 13 to the 19th. He
plans to be in DM37 April 13, DM58 from April 14-17, and then DM48
from April 17-19. Bob will be FM satellites only, and he will post the
specific passes on the amsat-bb when we get closer to those dates.
Liechtenstein (JN47) ? April 17-19, 2019
Phillippe, EA4NF, is off on another DXpedition. This time, he is
heading to HB0/Lichtenstein. Phillippe will operate under the call
sign HB0/EA4NF from Leichtenstein and HB9/EA4NF from Switzerland
(JN47s, on both FM and SSB satellites. QSL via LoTW. Updated info &
Pass announcements (Time+Frequencies) available on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT
Northern Border Security Check (Minnesota to Washington) ? April 29 to
May 4 or 5th, 2019 Alex, N7AGF, is all set for his semiannual rover
trip to activate rare and somewhat rare grids, from April 29th to
May 4th or 5th (or longer depending on how things go). Alex will fly
into Minneapolis and drive back to my home grid CN88, activating as
many ENx8,ENx7,DNx8,and DNx7 grids as possible along the route. The
hope is to hit many corners and lines. Alex will be on both linear
and FM birds. As always, activations and route details will be posted
to his Twitter @????? at https://twitter.com/N7AGF Alex will also be
on APRS at https://aprs.fi/N7AGF-10 In areas of limited cell service,
he?ll be using inReach.
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS thanks KE4AL for the above information]
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UT1FG/MM QSL Procedure Announced
Yuri, UT1FG/mm, is headed to Kalningrad (UA2) and according to
marinetraffic.com, he will be there around 16April. Yuri will
leave the ship there and go on vacation until next season.
Yuri would like those who want to confirm their contacts, to
do so by following the procedure to create a .pdf file that
he can print, confirm and mail out from Kaliningrad. Instructions
for creating the .pdf file are on papays.com/sat Please do not
forget to include your mailing address in the header per the example.
He would like to receive the qsl logsheets about one week before
he arrives in port. You can send them to me later than that, but
he may not have time to process them as he approaches port. That
decision is up to you. I will forward them to Yuri as long as
he is still underway. Send your logsheets to my qrz.com email
address.
Yuri was in HL90 on the 1818z 04April pass of AO-7.
[ANS thanks John Papay, K8YSE for the above information]
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Hamvention Booth Announcement
Join us as AMSAT celebrates our Golden Jubilee at the 2019 Hamvention
with a 1969 theme and an "OSCAR Park" display. The satellite lineup
includes appearances by OSCAR-1, AO-7, Phase-3A, ARISSat, Fox, and
GOLF. Join up or renew your AMSAT membership. Updated for 2019,
AMSAT's book, "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites" is available.
Get one-on-one guidance on setting up your satellite station and
making contacts at our "Beginner's Corner". Participate in live demon-
strations of contacts through FM and linear satellites with station
and operating tips from some of the best satellite operators in the
country.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Hamvention Team for the above information]
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AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019
For a complete list of AMSAT activities at the 2019 Hamvention, see
www.amsat.org/other-events/amsat-activities-at-hamvention-2019/
Below, two of these activities are highlighted:
AMSAT Forum, Forum Room 2
Saturday, 18 May 2019, 12:10 ? 13:40 EDT
Moderated by Robert Bankston KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President?User Services
AMSAT Status Report ? Joseph Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT President, will high-
light recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of our
challenges, accomplishments, projects, and any late breaking news.
AMSAT Engineering ? Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President?
Engineering, will talk about the Fox-1 and Golf (Greater Orbit, Larger
Footprint) Projects.
AMSAT Education ? Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT Vice President?Education-
al Relations will introduce the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator.
AMSAT User Services ? Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President?
User Services, will discuss AMSAT?s 50th Anniversary Operating Event
and the new AMSAT Ambassadors Program.
Amateur Satellite Demonstrations
Outside Main Entrance ? Maxim Hall (Building 1)
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 16 ? 19 May 2019, 08:00 ? 16:30 EDT
Amateur Satellite operation demonstrations will be held outside the
main Maxim Hall (Building 1 or E1) entrance. Every day, AMSAT will be
demonstrating actual contacts with the operational amateur satellites.
We especially want to invite youth to make a contact via an amateur
satellite. All are invited to observe, participate and ask questions.
Satellite pass times will be posted at the AMSAT booth (1007-1010 &
1107-1110) and in the demo area.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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The Case of the Unknown Satellites
On December 3, 2018, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from California,
lofting the largest haul of individual satellites the vehicle had ever
transported. All 64 satellites deployed into space as designed. But
nearly four months later, more than a dozen satellites from the launch
have yet to be identified in space. We know that they?re up there, and
where they are, but it?s unclear which satellites belong to which
satellite operator on the ground. They are, truly, unidentified flying
objects.
An article by Loren Grush details the difficulties presented to the
Air Force in sorting out objects from multiple launches.
To read the full article, see https://tinyurl.com/y6rgkfn6
[ANS thanks The Verge for the above information]
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Upcoming ARISS Contacts
58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via
VE3DC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg
Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via
VK6MJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg
?cole des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz. 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@???.???.
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information]
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International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program
is seeking proposals from April 1, through May 15, 2019, from US
schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations
(working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an
orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS)
between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
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. 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 April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is
May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go
to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com
Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will
be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at
9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go
to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for March 2019
Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the
ARRL for the period March 1, 2019 through April 1, 2019. Congratula-
tions to all those who made the list this month!
CALL 01 Mar 01 Apr
WI7P 835 858
N4UFO 729 730
AA8CH 451 500
N3GS 370 409
K9UO 225 265
N6RFM 201 226
WW8W 152 181
PU8RFL 151 157
PS8MT 150 156
K5CIS New 150
K4RGK 133 145
LW2DAF 115 120
KF0QS New 115
KJ4EU 100 101
PP2CC New 101
AD7DB New 100
N7AME New 100
[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information]
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Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi Features Ham Radio
The Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi issue 80 is an Amateur Radio Special
that features articles by Dave Honess M6DNT and Rob Zwetsloot. The PDF
is available free.
The amateur radio articles appear on pages 62-75:
. Pictures from Space via Ham Radio - Have you ever wanted
to receive a radio signal from space? It's fun and a lot
easier than you might think!
. What is Ham Radio?
. Using Ham Radio with Raspberry Pi
. Amazing Ham Radio Projects - 7 projects
Download the Free MagPi magazine issue 80 PDF at
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/80/
The MagPi editorial team say - Got an amazing ham radio project of
your own? Tweet us your photos! @????????
Previous issues of MagPi are at
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/
[ANS thanks raspberrypi.org for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ AMSAT has filed comments in the FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Pro-
ceeding. For details, see ANS special bulletin 095 or visit:
https://tinyurl.com/yywq5jyt
+ From precision GPS to batteries for one of the world?s first com-
mercial all-electric airplanes, NASA technology turns up in nearly
every corner of modern life. The latest edition of NASA?s Spinoff
publication features dozens of commercial technologies that were
developed or improved by the agency?s space program and benefit
people everywhere. The publication provides nearly 50 examples of
how NASA benefits various industries and people around the world.
Print and digital versions of the latest issue of Spinoff are avail-
able at: https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2019/index.html
(ANS thanks NASA HQ News for the above information)
+ XLGTa is a new Excel app which can calculate the antenna Gain/Temper-
ature ratio, similar to the TANT program but with many more features.
It can read 3D pattern data generated by EZNEC, AutoEZ, 4nec2, A.M.
(Teri Software Antenna Model), or MMANA-GAL. In addition to G/Ta the
app will calculate Average Gain, RDF (aka Directivity), and DMF (aka
Rear Hemisphere Mean Sidelobe Level). XLGTa is free but requires
Excel 2000 or later. For complete details and downloads see:
https://ac6la.com/xlgta.html
(ANS thanks Dan, AC6LA, for the above information)
+ Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted the R3D2
satellite for DARPA from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand?s Mahia
Peninsula at 23:27, March 28th UTC (12:27, 29 March NZDT). The
mission launched a prototype reflect array antenna to orbit for the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
(ANS thanks satmagazine.com for the above information)
+ Lockheed Martin has announced a new generation of space
technology that will launch this year that will allow satellites to
change their missions in orbit. This new tech, called SmartSat, is a
software-defined satellite architecture that will boost capability
for payloads on several testbed satellites.
(ANS thanks satmagazine.com for the above information)
+ The Northern Arizona DX Association will celebrate the 50th
anniversary of landing men on the moon with the special callsign
K7M from various locations including the the "Meteor Crater
National Natural Landmark" where astronaut training took place.
http://www.nadxa.com/
(ANS thanks DX Newsletter for the above information)
+ Congratulations to Mike, W8LID for completing his Worked All States
Satellite with his AO-91 contact with RJ, WY7AA roving in South
Dakota.
(W8LID via Twitter)
+ Former NASA astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted
into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Class of 2019 during a ceremony
on April 6, 2019, inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. They unveiled
their plaques, which will be placed in the Hall of Fame at the
visitor complex.
(ANS thanks NASA for the above information)
+ After a long process of testing and judging experiments, the Euro-
pean Space Agency and Raspberry Pi Foundation are happy to announce
that a record number of 135 teams have been granted ?flight status?
for Mission Space Lab 2018/2019! Full release at:
https://tinyurl.com/y3bdqwp3
(ANS thanks the European Space Agency 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 help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
K0JM at amsat dot org
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:58:40 -0700
From: "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 2 meter antenna wanted
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20190406125732.00c58468@???.?????????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
At 06:49 PM 4/6/2019 +0000, mikflathead@???.??? wrote:
>Looking for a M2 2 meter sat antenna. Thanks Mike
I saw some at www.m2inc.com
KB7ADL
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 22:38:17 -0400
From: <n4csitwo@?????????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-06
Message-ID: <1463E1E3A4F04B49B326F03F4C9569D8@???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
ARISS News Release
No. 19-06
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@?????.???
Russian SSTV Transmission Event Planned
April 6, 2019:
ARISS Russia is planning Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions
from the International Space Station. The transmissions begin Thursday,
April 11, 2019 around 18:00 UTC and run continuously until approximately
18:00 UTC on Sunday, April 14, 2019. This event uses a computer in the ISS
Russian Segment, which stores images that are then transmitted to Earth
using the ARISS amateur radio station located in the Service Module which
employs the Kenwood TM D710E transceiver. Once these images are received by
ham radio operators and other radio enthusiasts on Earth, many participants
will post them for viewing at
http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php . In addition, you
can receive a special SSTV ARISS Award for posting your image. Once the
event begins, see details at https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ . The
transmissions will be broadcast at 145.800 MHz using the PD-120 SSTV mode.
Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, schedules and
crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to change at any time.
Please check for news and the most current information on the AMSAT.org and
ARISS.org websites, the AMSAT-BB@?????.???? the ARISS facebook at Amateur
Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) and ARISS twitter
@????????????.
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 public forms. Before and during these radio contacts,
students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space
technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.
Also join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS)
Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status
Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@?????.???
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 05:18:08 +0000 (UTC)
From: "k6vug@?????????.???? <k6vug@?????????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???? alex weimer <ingejack@???.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
Message-ID: <1930661716.18064535.1554614288191@????.?????.???>
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Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up !
Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :)
73Umesh, k6vug
On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer <ingejack@???.???>
wrote:
Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
14104 19018AC AISAT-1
AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32
On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug@?????????.???? <k6vug@?????????.???>
wrote:
Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ? If
not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
Thanks.
73!
Umesh, k6vug
On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2
12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
No other stations heard throughout pass !
> On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack@???.???> wrote:
>
>
>? ? Great pass at 1642 Z? using both ARISS and AISAT-1? and UISS had no
problem digipeating? from DM42 throughout the pass? 73? JACK? KC7MG? DM42
>
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 08:33:47 +0200
From: <cl.rudi@?????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Skeds SSB Sats
Message-ID: <004d01d4ed0b$db50b630$91f22290$@?????.???>
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Hello FM,
I'm qrv on all FM and SSB sats.
I'm in JO20KT
Looking for some skeds inside but specially outside EU.
Mail private: on7cl@???.?? <mailto:on7cl@???.??>
Thanks in advance.
See you on the birds.
Rudi / ON7CL
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:16:55 -0400
From: Chris Thompson <g0kla@????.???>
To: AMSAT <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
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I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be above
the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Rob Bruninga
posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
built something similar and it looks like this:
http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite passes
as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time. It does a one
time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty efficient
because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
The details and the download are here:
http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
github when I get a chance.
73
Chris
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Chris E. Thompson
chrisethompson@?????.???
g0kla@????.???
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:29:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: alex weimer <ingejack@???.???>
To: k6vug@?????????.???? amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
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Umesh the correct item number is 44104 NOT 114104 Sorry !!
> On April 7, 2019 at 1:18 AM "k6vug@?????????.???? <k6vug@?????????.???>
wrote:
>
> Thank you KC7MG, I'll look that up !
> Good to chat with you via email (hihi) :)
> 73
> Umesh, k6vug
>
>
> On Friday, April 5, 2019, 6:28:49 AM PDT, alex weimer
<ingejack@???.???> wrote:
>
>
> Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1
> 14104 19018AC AISAT-1
> AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER
> Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in
SATPC32
>
>
> > > On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug@?????????.????
<k6vug@?????????.???> wrote:
> >
> > Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ?
> > If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > 73!
> > Umesh, k6vug
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via
AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432
Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power.
> > No other stations heard throughout pass !
> >
> >
> > > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack@???.???
mailto:ingejack@???.??? > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Great pass at 1642 Z using both ARISS and AISAT-1 and
UISS had no problem digipeating from DM42 throughout the pass 73 JACK
KC7MG DM42
> > >
> >
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:31:07 -0400
From: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???>
To: Chris Thompson <g0kla@????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
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That good nice Chris.
On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 09:17 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be above
> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Rob Bruninga
> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I
> built something similar and it looks like this:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
>
> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite passes
> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time. It does a one
> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty efficient
> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
>
> The details and the download are here:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
>
> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
>
> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to
> github when I get a chance.
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> --
> Chris E. Thompson
> chrisethompson@?????.???
> g0kla@????.???
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