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Today's Topics:
1. Svalbard Activation (adrian@???????.???
2. VUCC Awards-Endorsements for September 2019 (Ronald G. Parsons)
3. Re: Svalbard Activation (Robert Bankston)
4. Fwd: [DXLab] Interoperation with SatPC32 (John Kludt)
5. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-02 03:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
6. ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-14 (n4csitwo@?????????.????
7. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-02 16:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
8. The bleeding DIY edge: Othernet Ku RX now available
(Robert Bruninga)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:58:38 -0400
From: adrian@???????.??
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Svalbard Activation
Message-ID: <13164a1bdfe0f1e7e73ba0c1eb3dc5d9@???????.??>
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Just got the following from Halvard, LA7XK regarding an upcoming
activation on Svalbard.
73 de Adrian VA3NNA
I am going to Svalbard for the phone section of the Scandinavian
Activity Contest (SAC) Arriving in JW mid day on Wednesday Oct. 9
returning mid day on Monday Oct. 14.
I am joined by LA9DL Just and LA6VM Erling.
We will be QRV via FO-29, from Wednesday Oct 9 to Friday Oct.11 during
the local evenings between 1630Z and 0100Z.
Call will be JW7XK and the locator is JQ78. Our best takeoff will be
from 240 degrees via west and north to about 34 degrees. In that sector
the elevation will be
1 to 2 degrees. We are renting a car up there and will drive west from
the city out passed the airport for the best takeoff. We should be able
to work most of USA and Canada and also Alaska.
We will alternate between SSB and CW, using an IC-9700 and an Arrow
antenna.
Can you please spread the word in the North American satellite
community.
73 de Halvard, LA7XK
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:42:59 -0500
From: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@?????.???>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VUCC Awards-Endorsements for September 2019
Message-ID: <8954B5E3D4FD4412BFE4A3B608F66FFE@?????????>
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Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL
for the period September 1, 2019 through October 1, 2019. Congratulations to
all those who made the list this month!
CALL Sep Oct
WC7V 1200 1218
N9EAT 550 706
AA8CH 584 620
N3GS 525 597
WD9EWK (DM43) 575 585
VE7CEW 428 478
K9UO 450 475
KK4YEL 300 400
AD0HJ 300 325
PS8ET 274 303
WI4T 101 301
N7EGY 250 300
K7VNE New 150
KS1G 102 134
N7AME 125 127
N4QX 106 120
KJ4M New 102
N4BAF New 100
If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at
<mycall>@<??????>.com and I'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!
Ron W5RKN
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 14:55:19 +0000 (UTC)
From: Robert Bankston <ke4al@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Svalbard Activation
Message-ID: <1732472067.2031099.1569941719885@????.?????.???>
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Yes, Hal, LA7XK, is heading back to Svalbard.? NOTE:? This will be FO-29 only.
In addition, Ron,? AD0DX, will be activating CM79 next week.
If you chase grids or DX, I encourage you to regularly check AMSAT's
Upcoming Satellite Operation page:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/
73,
Robert Bankston, KE4ALVice-President, User ServicesRadio Amateur Satellite
Corporation (AMSAT)
Twitter:? @??????????????????? KE4AL.wordpress.com
On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 07:57:34 AM CDT, Adrian Liggins via
AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
Just got the following from Halvard, LA7XK regarding an upcoming
activation on Svalbard.
73 de Adrian VA3NNA
I am going to Svalbard for the phone section of the Scandinavian
Activity Contest (SAC) Arriving in JW mid day on Wednesday Oct. 9
returning mid day on Monday Oct. 14.
I am joined by LA9DL Just and LA6VM Erling.
We will be QRV via FO-29, from Wednesday Oct 9 to Friday Oct.11 during
the local evenings between 1630Z and 0100Z.
Call will be JW7XK and the locator is JQ78. Our best takeoff will be
from 240 degrees via west and north to about 34 degrees. In that sector
the elevation will be
1 to 2 degrees. We are renting a car up there and will drive west from
the city out passed the airport for the best takeoff. We should be able
to work most of USA and Canada and also Alaska.
We will alternate between SSB and CW, using an IC-9700 and an Arrow
antenna.
Can you please spread the word in the North American satellite
community.
73 de Halvard, LA7XK
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:39:05 -0700
From: John Kludt <johnnykludt@?????.???>
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: [DXLab] Interoperation with SatPC32
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Folks,
Great news for DxLabs users!
John K4SQC
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From: Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@?????????.???>
Date: Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 11:56 AM
Subject: [DXLab] Interoperation with SatPC32
To: <DXLab@??????.??>
Based on a suggestion posted here by Joe W4TV several weeks ago, I have
extended Commander to interoperate with the SatPC32
satellite tracking application. In this form of interoperation SatPC32
directly controls your transceiver, and Commander interacts
with SatPC32 to display and convey uplink frequency, downlink frequency,
transceiver mode, satellite name, and satellite mode to
DXLab and other applications. SpotCollector has been extended to obtain the
active satellite name and satellite mode from Commander
so that this information can be logged without manual re-entry;
SpotCollector has been extended to populate outgoing spot notes with
the active satellite name and uplink frequency.
I will shortly be releasing Commander 14.2.6, DXKeeper 15.1.5, and 8.4.4
with this functionality, along with additional defect
repairs and enhancements. Many thanks to Dave N9FN and Jeff KB2M for their
help in testing the many new versions of these
applications that led to these public releases, reporting defects and
suggesting improvements that made for better satellite
support.
Step-by-step instructions are here:
<https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/SatelliteTracking>
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 04:07:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-02
03:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1275535267.1541046.1569989253032@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-02 03:00 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
Sonoma County Main Library, Santa Rosa, CA, telebridge via K6DUE
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact was successful: Tue 2019-10-01 19:53:13 UTC 82 deg (***)
?
UAE school #3 with Space Flight participant, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Hazza Al Mansour
Contact is go for Wed 2019-10-02 09:45 UTC
?
School in Russia TBD direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
Contact is go for Tue 2019-10-08 06:05 UTC
?
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 go for Tue 2019-10-08 08:25 UTC
?
Bampton School, Bampton, United Kingdom, direct via G2LV
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA or Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-08 12:51:26 UTC 27 deg
Watch for live stream at https://live.ariss.org?
?
Coll?ge Robert Doisneau, Sarralbe, France, direct via F6KFT
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-08 14:29:21 UTC 53 deg
?
?
?
Watch for MAI-75 SSTV sessions:
Wed 2019-10-09 09:50 to 14:00 UTC
Thu 2019-10-10 08:55 to 15:15 UTC
?
?
AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium
Sat 2019-10-12 to Sun 2019-10-13
?
?
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)
?
?
For many years I have on purpose not given the actual hyperlinks; I assume
the user would do a copy/paste into their favorite browser.? I am now
thinking that the browsers have all grown up and most should be able to
handle the link.? Please let me know you experience any issues.? So now you
should be able to directly click on the link.? (***)
?
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?2019-10-02 03:00 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 2019-10-02 03:00 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.
?
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****************
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.
?
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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 136
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Sergey RV3DR with 125
Gaston ON4WF with 123
?
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The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
?
?
?
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1339. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1282. (***)
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
?
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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.r
tf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
?
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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?
Exp. 59 on orbit
Christina Koch
Aleksey Ovchinin
Nick Hague KG5TMV
?
Exp. 60 on orbit
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Alexander Skvortsov
Drew Morgan KI5AAA
?
Exp. 61 on orbit
Oleg Skripochka
Jessica Meir
Hazza Al Mansour (Space Flight Participant)
?
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
?
?
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 09:13:29 -0400
From: <n4csitwo@?????????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-14
Message-ID: <4AC678152A6F409D84BA6AD93F064BD2@???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
ARISS News Release
No. 19-14
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@?????.???
Oct. 2, 2019
Message to US Educators
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
Contact Opportunity
Call for Proposals
New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is
seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations,
individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a
crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be
held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS
orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio
contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw
large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a
well-developed education plan.
The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal
information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org.
The Opportunity
Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in
scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10
minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through
a question-and-answer session.
An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio
between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms
and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity
to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space
and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will
have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless
technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight
and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations
must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of
the radio contact.
Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and
space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational
organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer
efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable
communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using
Amateur Radio.
More Information
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal
guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars,
go to www.ariss.org.
Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education@?????.??? .
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 (STEAM)
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.
Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 16:44:58 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-02
16:00 UTC
Message-ID: <2093951644.1691921.1570034698466@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-02 16:00 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
UAE school #3 with Space Flight participant, direct via A68MBR (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Hazza Al Mansour
Contact was successful for Wed 2019-10-02 09:45 UTC (***)
?
School in Russia TBD direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
Contact is go for Tue 2019-10-08 06:05 UTC
?
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 go for Tue 2019-10-08 08:25 UTC
?
Bampton School, Bampton, United Kingdom, direct via G2LV
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA or Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-08 12:51:26 UTC 27 deg
Watch for live stream at https://live.ariss.org?
?
Coll?ge Robert Doisneau, Sarralbe, France, direct via F6KFT
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-08 14:29:21 UTC 53 deg
?
?
?
Watch for MAI-75 SSTV sessions:
Wed 2019-10-09 09:50 to 14:00 UTC
Thu 2019-10-10 08:55 to 15:15 UTC
?
?
AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium
Sat 2019-10-12 to Sun 2019-10-13
?
?
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)
?
?
For many years I have on purpose not given the actual hyperlinks; I assume
the user would do a copy/paste into their favorite browser.? I am now
thinking that the browsers have all grown up and most should be able to
handle the link.? Please let me know you experience any issues.? So now you
should be able to directly click on the link.? (***)
?
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?2019-10-02 16:00 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 2019-10-02 16:00 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/
?
?
******************************************************************************
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.?
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If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details.?
Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.????????????
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http://www.ariss-eu.org/
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If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
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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:
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Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Sergey RV3DR with 126 (***)
Gaston ON4WF with 123
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The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
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Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1340. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1283. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47.
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A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
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Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and
the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
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ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
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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.r
tf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
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https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 59 on orbit
Christina Koch
Aleksey Ovchinin
Nick Hague KG5TMV
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Exp. 60 on orbit
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Alexander Skvortsov
Drew Morgan KI5AAA
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Exp. 61 on orbit
Oleg Skripochka
Jessica Meir
Hazza Al Mansour (Space Flight Participant)
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 17:21:36 -0400
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@????.???>
To: amsat bb <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] The bleeding DIY edge: Othernet Ku RX now
available
Message-ID: <21cd916834b6f7b91b54f85e4955d7b5@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
AL0I reports that Othernet has now released their latest Ku band downlink
receiver for the Othernet project.
These receivers and the process of setting up are only for those on the
bleeding edge of tinkering, but supposedly there is an APRS
satellite-traffic channel on the GEO downlink that can be received anywhere
in North America now with just the feed horn.
https://othernet.is/products/dreamcatcher-v3-05
The APRS feed comes from FINDU.COM and selects only APRS Satellite traffic
for uplink to the GEO bird. This can form half of the link for rapid
response anywhere... see http://aprs.org/othernet.html
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB On Behalf Of Matthew J Wolf via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] OUTERnet becomes OTHERnet (APRS geo feed)
I go ta Dreamcatcher Data Radiowhen they where on sale for $49.
I can confirm that you can replace the supplied USB WiFi NIC with the
TP-Link
TL-UE3000 USB Ethernet NIC.
I have to use a Pringles can on the LNB to get a marginalsignal, SNR
-12.5 to -14 dB. Every time it rains I have to readjustthe LNB.
I have sent a few test ARPS messages from N4MTT-2 via rf to a local i-gate.
The messages then were seen on the down link via a text file.
The Skylark operating system has a "Messages" application that displays the
text file.
APRS Link can display the history of the messages sent to OUTNET,
https://aprs.link/app/aprs/stations/messages-OUTNET
I noticed the messages I sent to OUTNET did not receive a REPLY ACK.
There where duplicate messages on the down link from another SSID.
I wanted to avoid sending duplicate messages. In Xastir I canceled the
messages after the first message transmission.
I agree tha tit "is a powerful capability" .
-Matt, N4MTT
------------- original message ----------------------------- Hi Bob,
I have been watching Outernet/Othernet developments for a couple of years
and waiting for their system to stabilize (it still has not).
I bought a Dreamcatcher 3 Version 3.03 receiver in April when they dropped
the price to $49.00US. The User Manual may be of interest:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0770/0935/files/Dreamcatcher_V_3.03_SL_5.5_U
ser_Manual_1.pdf?6506786568900441680
Information about the current state of affairs is unfortunately scattered
throughout a number of threads in the Othernet forum.
As noted in the following thread, Othernet is/was dumping the Dreamcatcher
3.03 in favor of a "cost-reduced version" of the receiver:
https://forums.othernet.is/t/is-sale-price-an-omen/5974
The Dreamcatcher 3.03 uses a LoRa device for KU-band reception unlike the
older L-band receiver which was based on an RTL-SDR as noted in the this
post:
https://www.rtl-sdr.com/othernet-dreamcatcher-on-sale-for-only-49/
I am not aware of any specific information released concerning the upcoming
Othernet receiver, but it is supposed to be forthcoming soon.
The current North American downlink is about 30 kbps with 8 kbps allocated
for an audio stream (Voice of America at the moment) and the rest for files,
including the satellite APRS transmissions. The latest kits were sold with a
bare LNB, but a number of users have been experimenting with adding a
feedhorn to improve reception:
https://forums.othernet.is/t/increasing-gain-with-15-degree-cone/5258
Some users are using re-purposed KU-band antennas as well.
Hope this helps.
Todd
AL0I
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@????.???>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 4:30 PM
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Transponders For Rent??? (for free)
Actually there is a geostationary channel that can be used by Ham Operators
that is for free.
https://othernet.is/
About 2 years ago, the APRS satellite ground station captures were made
available worldwide via three GEO satellites for reception anywhere on
earth. But I recently found that the OUTERnet system has changed to a new
GEO satellite constellation and no longer uses INMARSAT L band satellites
but is now using a KA band downlink over the USA. And that they are now
selling a new KA receiver kit for this satellite.
Has anyone kept up with them?
Here is my original WEB page but with the links changed from OUTnet to
OTHERnet, but otherwise, not kept up to date.
http://aprs.org/othernet.html
If anyone has one of their receivers or is receiving the downlink and/or
wants to help me get my web page all cleaned up to what has changed over the
last two years, let me know.
This is a powerful capability. I hope we can keep it working.
The way it is supposed to work is that you can send a specially formatted
APRS packet (position, status or message) on any APRS network (terrestrial
or satellite) and it should get parsed by the APRS-IS. Therer it can be
captured by the OTHERNET non-profit ground station and uplinked to the APRS
channel on their satellites to the downlink that anyone can receive.
Ostensibly a ham radio volunteer global emergency backup channel.
Its round-about, but a possible play-point...
Bob, Wb4APR
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