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Today's Topics:
1. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-31 14:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
2. Re: FO-98 OrigamiSat-1 5.84 GHz downlink (Hiraku Sakamoto)
3. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-31 20:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
4. Upcoming ARISS contact with Moriah Central School - Pt.
Henry, NY (n4csitwo@?????????.????
5. SatPC32 Antenna Swapping with SDR (Lists_01@????.????
6. Re: SatPC32 Antenna Swapping with SDR (Erich Eichmann)
7. Re: SatPC32 Antenna Swapping with SDR (Lists_01@????.????
8. Completion: Re: SatPC32 Antenna Swapping with SDR
(Erich Eichmann)
9. QO-100 meets HAM RADIO 2019 in Friedrichshafen (Peter Guelzow)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 14:04:23 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-31
14:00 UTC
Message-ID: <988439819.7170788.1559311463806@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-31 14:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Moriah Central School, Port Henry, NY, telebridge via ON4ISS (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-06-04 16:22:11 UTC 85 deg
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Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Aleksey Ovchinin
Contact is a go for Wed 2019-06-05 07:50 UTC
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D?m d?t? a ml?de?e Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc), Olomouc,
Czech Republic, direct via OK2KWX
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact is go for: Sat 2019-06-08 13:05:59 UTC 90 deg
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Watch for these upcoming events:?
MAI-75 SSTV Event:? Wed 2019-06-05 12:00 UTC to 16:00 UTC
MAI-75 SSTV Event:? Thu 2019-06-06 11:30 UTC to 15:30 UTC
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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?2019-05-31 14:00 UTC.? (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
?
The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-05-28 21:00 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
?
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The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
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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, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to:
ve3tbd@?????.???
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to:
ariss@???????.???? Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?
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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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******************************************************************************
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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.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS??
Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for
troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest
news on the troubleshooting efforts.? (***)
?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details.?
Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.????????????
http://www.ariss-eu.org/?
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/
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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 116
****************************************************************************
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.
Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1312.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1255.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is?47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please?feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and
the Virgin Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL?information may be found at:??
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?
ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
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
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 58 on orbit
Oleg Konenenko
David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Anne McClain
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Exp. 59 on orbit
Christina Koch
Aleksey Ovchinin
Nick Hague KG5TMV
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 22:49:27 +0900
From: Hiraku Sakamoto <sakamoto.h.aa@?.??????.??.??>
To: n1jez@?????????????????.???? AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>,
AMSAT/MSS Mission <phase4@?????.???>, Douglas Quagliana
<dquagliana@?????.???>
Cc: report@???????.??????.??.??
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FO-98 OrigamiSat-1 5.84 GHz downlink
Message-ID: <39d7acff-caaf-901e-ad36-535aba5ec4ed@?.??????.??.??>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Dear all,
As we have twitted from our Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/OrigamiSat1/status/1134025376936579079
We have send the command for the FO-98 (OrigamiSat-1) to activate
5.84GHz transmission for 10 minutes during the following window.
> 31.05.2019 14:30-14:40 (UTC)
But please note that, since our satellite is losing UHF downlink
capability, we do not know if the satellite really received the command
or not.
We will try to send the command for the following windows, too.
> 01.06.2019 01:10-01:19 (UTC)
> 01.06.2019 14:11-14:20 (UTC)
We will update the command sending status via Twitter, so please follow
our account.
If you received anything, please send us the reception report asap via
either of the following methods:
Report form: http://www.origami.titech.ac.jp/archives/722
Email: report@???????.??????.??.??
or Twitter.
Thank you very much again for your amazing cooperation.
Sincerely,
Hiraku Sakamoto, Tokyo Tech, JQ1YCZ
On 2019/05/31 10:40, Mike Seguin wrote:
> Very sorry to hear of the failure. I will be ready for the next pass.
>
> Let's hope for success!
>
> On 5/30/2019 8:42 PM, Hiraku Sakamoto wrote:
>> Dear Mike,
>>
>> We, OrigamiSat-1/FO-98 team, are very sorry to inform you that we have
>> just failed to uplink the command to the satellite for the 1st trial:
>>>> ? 31.05.2019? FO-98??????? 01:29 01:39??? 10?? 59? 157 - 351
>> because of the server error in our ground station.
>>
>> We will try again for the next window, a half day later.
>>>> ? 31.05.2019? FO-98??????? 14:30 14:40??? 10?? 59? 015 - 188
>>
>> We deeply appreciate your cooperation.
>> Sincerely,
>> Hiraku Sakamoto, Tokyo Tech, JQ1YCZ
>>
>> On 2019/05/30 20:12, Mike Seguin via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>> I apologize for the short notice.....
>>>
>>> The OrigamiSat-1 Team will remotely activate the 5.84 GHz downlink on
>>> FO-98 for four upcoming passes over the Northeastern US. The times
>>> listed are based on my QTH here in Vermont at FN34jm.
>>>
>>> 5.84GHz transmission from OrigamiSat-1 (FO-98)
>>> ??----------------------------------------------------------
>>> ????? Day???? Objects????? AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl?? AZ
>>> ??----------------------------------------------------------
>>> ??31.05.2019? FO-98??????? 01:29 01:39??? 10?? 59? 157 - 351
>>> ??31.05.2019? FO-98??????? 14:30 14:40??? 10?? 59? 015 - 188
>>> ??01.06.2019? FO-98??????? 01:10 01:19??? 09?? 35? 144 - 357
>>> ??01.06.2019? FO-98??????? 14:11 14:20??? 09?? 37? 022 - 176
>>>
>>> The latest kep data is here:
>>>
>>> FO-98
>>> 1 43933U 19003B?? 19150.08119722? .00000607? 00000-0? 29789-4 0? 9993
>>> 2 43933? 97.2825 208.2757 0018888 149.0302 270.2283 15.21599516 20077
>>>
>>> I manually updated my nasa.all file in SatPC32 to use these.
>>>
>>> 5.8GHz specifications:
>>> http://www.origami.titech.ac.jp/archives/722
>>>
http://www.origami.titech.ac.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OP-S1-0117_5R8GD
ownLinkDataFormat_20190111b.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>> If you have 5.8 GHz receive capability and are in the Eastern US,
>>> please consider trying to detect the downlink.
>>>
>>> The equipment I am using is the same that I used to successfully
>>> detect NIWAKA in 2012 on 5.84 GHz.
>>>
>>> DEMI 5.760 GHz transverter with a 2' dish and Directive Systems
>>> linear feed (Horizontal). I also have a DEMI preamp inline. The IF
>>> I'll be using is a Funcube Dongle Pro+ set for 224 MHz. This
>>> equipment is my terrestrial 5.760 GHz system which works quite well
>>> out of band at 5.84 GHz.
>>>
>>> Please report any success here and you can also use the reception
>>> report on their website. The OrigamiSat-1 team is also on Twitter.
>>> @???????????
>>>
>>
>
--
Hiraku Sakamoto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Structural Dynamics Design Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan
Phone: +81-(0)3-5734-2502
sakamoto.h.aa@?.??????.??.??
http://www.sddl.mech.e.titech.ac.jp/sakamoto/
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 20:01:56 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-31
20:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1456351638.6540467.1559332916820@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-31 20:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Moriah Central School, Port Henry, NY, telebridge via VK6MJ (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***)
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI (***)
Contact is go for Option #13: Thu 2019-06-06 16:54:12 UTC 71 deg (***)
?
Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Aleksey Ovchinin
Contact is a go for Wed 2019-06-05 07:50 UTC
?
D?m d?t? a ml?de?e Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc), Olomouc,
Czech Republic, direct via OK2KWX
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact is go for: Sat 2019-06-08 13:05:59 UTC 90 deg
?
?
Watch for these upcoming events:?
MAI-75 SSTV Event:? Wed 2019-06-05 12:00 UTC to 16:00 UTC
MAI-75 SSTV Event:? Thu 2019-06-06 11:30 UTC to 15:30 UTC
?
?
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?2019-05-31 20:00 UTC.? (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
?
The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-05-28 21:00 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
******************************************************************************
******************************************************************************
****************
ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
?
Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board
the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from
September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at
www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email
to:? school.selection.manager@????????.???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and
Australia and Russia)
?
Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by
filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate
regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically
listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are
unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada
representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate
coordinator.
?
For the application, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to:
ve3tbd@?????.???
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to:
ariss@???????.???? Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?
?
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******************************************************************************
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.?
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@?????.??? or aj9n@???.???.
?
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
?
******************************************************************************
*
?
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
?
******************************************************************************
*
Several?of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able?to get in.? That has now been changed to?
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this?site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS??
Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for
troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest
news on the troubleshooting efforts.? (***)
?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details.?
Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.????????????
http://www.ariss-eu.org/?
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/
?
?
****************************************************************************
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 116
****************************************************************************
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.
Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1312.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1255.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is?47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please?feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and
the Virgin Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL?information may be found at:??
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?
ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
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
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 58 on orbit
Oleg Konenenko
David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Anne McClain
?
Exp. 59 on orbit
Christina Koch
Aleksey Ovchinin
Nick Hague KG5TMV
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 16:24:14 -0400
From: <n4csitwo@?????????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>, <ariss-press@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Moriah Central School
- Pt. Henry, NY
Message-ID: <F8D8EB11D4084E54AFFA8B8EFA497438@???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
NOTE: There has been a reschedule for the Moriah Central School - Pt. Henry,
NY ARISS contact. This is a corrected reissue of the original press release
for the school. The contact is now scheduled for June 6:
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Moriah Central School, Port Henry, NY on 06 Jun. The event
is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:54 UTC. It is recommended that you
start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of
the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a
telebridge between OR4ISS and VK6MJ. The contact should be audible over
Australia 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.
Moriah Central School is located in the foothills of the Adirondack
Mountains in upstate New York. It is a K-12 public school with nearly 800
students and 50 teachers. Located near the beautiful Lake Champlain, Moriah
Central School is home of the Vikings! With many successful academic and
athletic programs such as football, basketball, cheerleading, drama club,
band, chorus and many student clubs, many opportunities are available for
all students. In addition to a new educational technology center, the
district is proud of our distance learning lab, amateur radio station,
computer programming classes, and other programs designed specifically in
helping the surrounding communities in Essex County. Moriah Central School
District proclaims its mission to be the provision of a safe, supportive,
and academically challenging environment for all students in our community.
We are dedicated to the goals of educational excellence, preparation for
college and careers, and the developmen
t of a high level of citizenship.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What is the purpose of the International Space Station and why is it a
value to all of humanity?
2. What is the most amazing thing you have seen from the space station?
3. What do you get to do in your free time when you are not working?
4. What types of computer programming languages were used to write the
software on board the International Space Station?
5. What is your favorite piece of hardware to use on the space station and
what does it do?
6. What types of computers are you using on board, and what operating systems
do they run?
7. Do you get to listen to music in space, and if so what do you all like to
listen to?
8. What is the most difficult and dangerous thing about living in space?
9. How many people can fit on board the space station safely?
10. What is your favorite science experiment on board?
11. What do you think the importance of future space stations will be?
12. What is the importance of Amateur Radio on the Space Station?
13. What is the status of CIMON (Simon) the Artificially Intelligent robot
that was sent to the ISS?
14. How did you become an Astronaut? Does your training for space start
right away or do you have to move up in ranking?
15. What is your favorite food in space?
16. Are there any manmade objects on earth you can see from the space
station?
17. Do you keep a journal of everything you do on board to remember in the
future?
18. What can scientists do on Earth to help you on the Space Station?
19. What is the best part of working with people from different countries
every day?
20. What have you learned the most from living and working in 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):
1. Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Aleksey Ovchinin
Contact is a go for Wed 2019-06-05 07:50 UTC
2. Dum det? a ml?deze Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc),
Olomouc, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KWX
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact is go for: Sat 2019-06-08 13:05:59 UTC
About ARISS
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab 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.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 16:30:04 -0400
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In reading the SatPC32 manual, section 3.C.bb, I see that SatPC32 provides
an automated way to switch the antenna feeds by outputting a high or low on
the DTR pin of the radio 2 com port through a transistor to switch a coaxial
transfer switch. Is there any other way to do this if you are not using a
traditional serial port but USB ports or virtual ports?
My setup has a Yaesu radio for TX and an SDRplay for receive. When
switching from V/u to U/v, it is necessary to swap the antennas and I would
like to do this automatically with a coaxial transfer switch. As above,
SatPC32 can do this in automated fashion. However, I am not using a DB9 com
port for either radio (USB or internal ports only) and am trying to figure
out how to get access to this DTR signal to use it for the automated
switching. Has anyone used an SDR for the downlink and set up automatic
antenna swapping and if so, how was it accomplished?
Thanks,
Tim
KK9T
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 12:34:42 +0200
From: Erich Eichmann <erich.eichmann@????????.??>
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Antenna Swapping with SDR
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Hi Tim,
I have described the feature on my website www.dk1tb.de, Engl. page
'Downloads', sect. 5g? (Buffer Interfaces).
You don't need a PC with a phyical COM port. The voltage at the DTR pin
of? my USB-to-Serial converter (which generates the Radio 2 COM port)
changes between +6 (high) and -6 V (low), when the user switches
between? v/u and u/v satellites. The corresponding option in menu
'Options' must be checked, of course.
If the DTR pin is low, the buffer interface locks and the relay remains
open. If the pin is 'high', the interface is routed and the relay
closes. I do not have a transfer relay, but have successfully tested the
function with a 12 volt coax relay.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
Am 31.05.2019 um 22:30 schrieb Tim Rife via AMSAT-BB:
> In reading the SatPC32 manual, section 3.C.bb, I see that SatPC32 provides
> an automated way to switch the antenna feeds by outputting a high or low on
> the DTR pin of the radio 2 com port through a transistor to switch a coaxial
> transfer switch. Is there any other way to do this if you are not using a
> traditional serial port but USB ports or virtual ports?
>
>
>
> My setup has a Yaesu radio for TX and an SDRplay for receive. When
> switching from V/u to U/v, it is necessary to swap the antennas and I would
> like to do this automatically with a coaxial transfer switch. As above,
> SatPC32 can do this in automated fashion. However, I am not using a DB9 com
> port for either radio (USB or internal ports only) and am trying to figure
> out how to get access to this DTR signal to use it for the automated
> switching. Has anyone used an SDR for the downlink and set up automatic
> antenna swapping and if so, how was it accomplished?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Tim
>
> KK9T
>
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Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 08:48:57 -0400
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Antenna Swapping with SDR
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Thanks for the reply Erich. I will give that configuration a try.
73,
Tim
KK9T
Hi Tim,
I have described the feature on my website www.dk1tb.de
<http://www.dk1tb.de> , Engl. page 'Downloads', sect. 5g (Buffer Interfaces).
You don't need a PC with a phyical COM port. The voltage at the DTR pin of
my USB-to-Serial converter (which generates the Radio 2 COM port) changes
between +6 (high) and -6 V (low), when the user switches between v/u and
u/v satellites. The corresponding option in menu 'Options' must be checked,
of course.
If the DTR pin is low, the buffer interface locks and the relay remains
open. If the pin is 'high', the interface is routed and the relay closes. I
do not have a transfer relay, but have successfully tested the function with
a 12 volt coax relay.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 18:53:04 +0200
From: Erich Eichmann <erich.eichmann@????????.??>
To: Lists_01@????.???? AMSAT-BB@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Completion: Re: SatPC32 Antenna Swapping with SDR
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Hi Tim, a problem with that configuration:? you need access to the pins
Ground and DTR (pins 5 and 4) of the serial port to steer the buffer
interface.? To steer your Yaesu radio via the Radio 2 COM port you will
use? a USB-to-Serial converter + a Yaesu CAT cable, e.g. the CT-62. This
cable comes with a DB-9 connector on one side? that connects to the
converter and a mini DIN plug on the other side, that connects to the
radio.? So, you don't have direct access to the lines Ground and DTR.
What you could do: Solder a short cable with a female DB-9 connector on
one side and a male one on the other side. Connect the female side to
the USB-to-Serial converter and the male side to the DB-9 connetotr of
the CT-62. With that cable you? can then easily lead out 2 extra wires
to the Ground and DTR pins to control the interface.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
Am 01.06.2019 um 14:48 schrieb Tim Rife via AMSAT-BB:
> Thanks for the reply Erich. I will give that configuration a try.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Tim
>
> KK9T
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Tim,
> I have described the feature on my websitewww.dk1tb.de
<http://www.dk1tb.de> , Engl. page 'Downloads', sect. 5g (Buffer
Interfaces).
> You don't need a PC with a phyical COM port. The voltage at the DTR pin of
my USB-to-Serial converter (which generates the Radio 2 COM port) changes
between +6 (high) and -6 V (low), when the user switches between v/u and
u/v satellites. The corresponding option in menu 'Options' must be checked,
of course.
>
> If the DTR pin is low, the buffer interface locks and the relay remains
open. If the pin is 'high', the interface is routed and the relay closes. I
do not have a transfer relay, but have successfully tested the function with
a 12 volt coax relay.
>
> 73s, Erich, DK1TB
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 19:10:32 +0200
From: Peter Guelzow <peter.guelzow@??????.??>
To: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] QO-100 meets HAM RADIO 2019 in Friedrichshafen
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Meet members of the QARS, AMSAT-DL and also QO-100 users, face-to-face
at the HAM RADIO 2019 exhibition from 21st - 23rd June in Friedrichshafen.
A special event station DL50AMSAT will be operating live from the
AMSAT-DL booth, DATV (DVB-S2) transmissions are also planned.
There will be several lectures around Qatar-OSCAR 10 and you can meet
the P4-A team at the QARS and AMSAT-DL stands, which are located next to
each other.
We also welcome members of the BATC team at our booth.
For more information visit:??
https://amsat-dl.org/en/ham-radio-2019-qo-100-meeting/
73s Peter, DB2OS
AMSAT-DL
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