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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Hey Rovers -- How about CM86? (Sean Kutzko)
2. Re: Hey Rovers -- How about CM86? (Dmitry Mizin)
3. Re: Hey Rovers -- How about CM86? (Mike Diehl)
4. sat dx (tom)
5. ANS-286 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Paul Stoetzer)
6. AMSAT @ hamfest near Maricopa AZ - 26 October 2019
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
7. AMSAT @ Congress AZ hamfest - 2 November 2019
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
8. AMSAT @ Marana AZ hamfest - 9 November 2019
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
9. J6/AA4FL Oct. 19-29 (Jay Garlitz)
10. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-14 04:30 UTC
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 20:30:43 -0500
From: Sean Kutzko <kx9x@?????.???>
To: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Hey Rovers -- How about CM86?
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I?ve operated from CM86. There?s a great spot on the UCSC campus; if anybody
wants to activate this grid, drop me a line and I?ll give you a map link to
the spot.
Sent from the iPhone of Sean, KX9X
> On Oct 11, 2019, at 8:15 PM, Ronald G. Parsons via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> ?There?s not much land but it contains the city of Santa Cruz, CA.
> Great city. Great beaches.
>
> Or, is there a sat operator there that might make a sked?
>
> Ron W5RKN
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:49:16 -0700
From: Dmitry Mizin <dmitry.mizin@?????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Hey Rovers -- How about CM86?
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One of those days when I am back into sat game (sorry - been out of it
since July), likely in November - has been on my list for a while. I was
actually planning for CM86/96 line on the beach - Arrow in one hand and
something else in other :)
Dmitry, N6DNM
On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 6:31 PM Sean Kutzko via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> I?ve operated from CM86. There?s a great spot on the UCSC campus; if
> anybody wants to activate this grid, drop me a line and I?ll give you a map
> link to the spot.
>
> Sent from the iPhone of Sean, KX9X
>
> > On Oct 11, 2019, at 8:15 PM, Ronald G. Parsons via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> >
> > ?There?s not much land but it contains the city of Santa Cruz, CA.
> > Great city. Great beaches.
> >
> > Or, is there a sat operator there that might make a sked?
> >
> > Ron W5RKN
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 11:42:39 -0400
From: Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a@?????.???>
To: Dmitry Mizin <dmitry.mizin@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Hey Rovers -- How about CM86?
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I worked a handful of passed from a spot near Arana Gulch on the CM86/96
line and was able to work eastern US without a problem with SO-50. 10 digit
grid square was CM86xx93xo.
73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID
> On Oct 11, 2019, at 21:51, Dmitry Mizin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
> ?One of those days when I am back into sat game (sorry - been out of it
> since July), likely in November - has been on my list for a while. I was
> actually planning for CM86/96 line on the beach - Arrow in one hand and
> something else in other :)
>
> Dmitry, N6DNM
>
>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 6:31 PM Sean Kutzko via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I?ve operated from CM86. There?s a great spot on the UCSC campus; if
>> anybody wants to activate this grid, drop me a line and I?ll give you a map
>> link to the spot.
>>
>> Sent from the iPhone of Sean, KX9X
>>
>>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 8:15 PM, Ronald G. Parsons via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>>>
>>> ?There?s not much land but it contains the city of Santa Cruz, CA.
>>> Great city. Great beaches.
>>>
>>> Or, is there a sat operator there that might make a sked?
>>>
>>> Ron W5RKN
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions expressed
>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>> program!
>>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
>> expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 10:32:57 -0700
From: tom <n6nug@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] sat dx
Message-ID: <5DA20E49.7080104@???.???>
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To answer your questions, I have worked two stations in Guatamala,One
did only qsl card, the other,did both card and LOTW. The second
question, I only got fj7 before he was stepped on. The third Is, I did
work fj/nokv on 04-30-2018, On Fo-29. Costa Rica,Victor,is on almost
every day, Does both card and LOTW. Sat dx is out there, I have worked
11 countrys on various sats over the years! Good hunting! 73 Tom.
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 19:00:12 -0500
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@????.???>
To: ans@?????.???? AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-286 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-286
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In this edition:
* 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
* 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Schedule
* September/October 2019 Apogee View
* W3ZM - 50 States in Our 50th Year
* ITU Magazine Reports on IARU Agenda Items for WRC-19
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
Please join us for the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Symposium, to be
held in the Washington, DC Metro Area on October 18, 19, and 20,
2019. While the deadline for banquet and tour tickets has passed,
walk-in registrations for the Symposium and Annual General Meeting are
welcome.
The Symposium venue will be the Hilton Arlington, located in the
heart of the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA. The Hilton
Arlington is located at 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington,
Virginia, 22203, USA TEL: +1-703-528-6000 and the reservation code is
AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation).
Connected to the Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and
effortless access to Washington DC's top tourist destinations like
the National Mall, Smithsonian Museums and historic monuments. The
hotel is six miles from Reagan National Airport and the National Mall.
There are plenty of restaurants nearby.
The Symposium will feature OSCAR Park - a display of satellites from
throughout the history of amateur radio in space - paper
presentations, and a banquet with speakers celebrating AMSAT's long
history, and other events. The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will
be held on October 16th and 17th at the same hotel. Two guided tours
are available. On Sunday, October 20th a bus tour to the Smithsonian
Air & Space Museum is available for $30 (max 35 people) and on
Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier will lead a day tour
to the National Mall via the Metro.
So please plan on attending the 50th Anniversary Symposium - you
will be glad you did and keep checking the AMSAT website for further
updates and information.
The 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting features:
+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (October 16-17)
+ Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers
+ AMSAT Annual General Membership Meeting
+ Annual Banquet, Speakers and Door Prizes !!
The latest news and information is always posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]
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2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Schedule
A preliminary schedule for the 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual
General Meeting has been posted to the AMSAT website. Check back for
updates, including the speaker schedule.
https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/
[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]
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September/October 2019 Apogee View
I am pleased to be writing this edition of ?Apogee View? in Joe?s
place as a special guest columnist. For those of you who don?t know
me, I am somewhat new to amateur radio satellites and AMSAT. My first
experience with amateur satellites was listening to the ARISSat-1
voice beacon and decoding its SSTV images in August 2011. In
September 2012, I made my first satellite QSOs (on AO-27) and joined
AMSAT. In 2015, I was elected Secretary by the AMSAT Board of
Directors; and, in 2017, I was elected Executive Vice President. I
also have served as both an alternate and a regular member of the
board.
As I write this in late September, getting ready for the upcoming
Symposium, summer refuses to yield to the cooler air of fall here in
Washington, D.C. I hope the weather will be more comfortable for the
Symposium in nearby Arlington, VA, in a few weeks.
In mid-September, we received the fantastic news that Amateur Radio
Digital Communications (ARDC) awarded a very generous grant to ARISS
for the InterOperable Radio System (IORS) and related infrastructure.
ARDC is the owner and manager of the Internet network known as the
AMPRNet. In June 2019, ARDC initiated a philanthropic endeavor to
provide monetary grants to organizations, groups, projects, and
scholarships which have significant potential to advance the state of
the art of Amateur Radio and digital communications in general. While
ARISS still needs additional donations to fund the IORS fully, this
grant significantly helps the endeavor. ARISS plans to have the IORS
ready for launch by the end of the year. AMSAT thanks ARDC for their
substantial contribution to this effort.
ARISS is a key component of AMSAT?s vision. As printed inside the
front cover of each issue of The AMSAT Journal, ?Our Vision is to
deploy satellite systems with the goal of providing wide-area and
continuous coverage,? as we ?continue active participation in human
space missions and support a stream of LEO satellites developed in
cooperation with the educational community and other amateur satellite
groups.? AMSAT teams are hard at work on each clause of that vision
statement.
The GOLF program is making good progress with development of the
GOLF-TEE satellite. GOLF-TEE is a crucial element of our path back to
high orbits and fulfilling the first clause of AMSAT?s vision to
provide wide-area and continuous coverage satellite systems. Systems
aboard GOLF-TEE include active attitude determination and control
(ADAC), a radiation-tolerant internal housekeeping unit (RT-IHU), and
a Fox-1E type VHF/UHF linear transponder. GOLF-TEE also will include a
software defined radio (SDR) with a high-speed X band (10 GHz) data
downlink which may also provide a simultaneous X band downlink of the
V/u transponder passband, effectively providing V/x capability for use
and evaluation. All of these technologies are crucial for missions to
HEO and GEO, and additional information will appear in future issues
of The AMSAT Journal.
Our participation in human space missions also is expanding. As
announced at the AMSAT Forum at the Dayton Hamvention, international
AMSAT and ARISS organizations have formed a group known as AREx
(Amateur Radio Exploration). Work currently is underway on the design
of a ham radio system for NASA?s Lunar Gateway. The Gateway will be a
small spaceship in orbit around the Moon that will provide access to
more of the lunar surface than ever before, with living quarters for
astronauts, a lab for science and research, ports for visiting
spacecraft, and more. The first sections of the Gateway are scheduled
for launch in 2022. The plans call for various uses of L (1.2 GHz), S
(2.4 GHz), C (5 GHz), and X (10 GHz) bands for repeater-type
communications, both analog and digital, through Gateway, image
transmissions from both inside and outside the Gateway, possible
access to experiments aboard Gateway, and two-way communications with
astronauts while Gateway is crewed. The challenges for amateurs
involve the substantial increase in free space path loss compared to
satellites in low earth orbit. We are very excited about AMSAT?s
participation in this project. More details will be presented at the
2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and articles will certainly follow in
future editions of The AMSAT Journal.
Finally, we continue to support a stream of LEO satellites. RadFxSat-2
/ Fox-1E is ready for launch no earlier than December 1, 2019 on the
ELaNa XX mission. That mission will launch on the first commercial
flight of Virgin Orbit?s LauncherOne air launch to orbit system. Stay
tuned to ANS for further updates on the launch date.
The linear transponder and telemetry system carried aboard Fox-1E was
designed for use in different CubeSats by merely adding an interface
adapter for connection to the host bus. Noting the prevalence of
CubeSats built and launched by universities and other organizations,
AMSAT adopted a goal of ?amateur radio in every CubeSat.? Interested
CubeSat programs wanting to fly an amateur radio payload may partner
with AMSAT to carry one of these modules on their spacecraft. By
providing amateur radio capability, the CubeSat program gets a
worldwide ground station network to receive their telemetry and
experiment data while the amateur radio community gets a transponder
to use in orbit.
The first of these partnerships is with the Husky Satellite Lab at the
University of Washington. Their 3U CubeSat, HuskySat-1, is scheduled
to launch on the ELaNa XXV mission from Wallops Island, VA, no earlier
than November 2. Northrup Grumman?s Cygnus spacecraft will carry
HuskySat-1 on a mission to the International Space Station. After
completing its mission at the ISS, Cygnus will continue to a higher
orbit of approximately 500 km to deploy HuskySat-1. After a 30-day
mission to complete tests of its experimental payloads, a pulsed
plasma thruster, and a K band (24 GHz) communications system, the
satellite will be turned over to AMSAT, and the linear transponder
will be made available to the amateur radio community. In addition,
AMSAT Vice President of Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, and Vice
President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, have been hard at
work identifying and working with several CubeSat groups interested
in carrying this system. We hope to be able to make additional
announcements soon.
The 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors election recently concluded. I
congratulate the winners and look forward to working with the newly-
elected board to further our vital mission to Keep Amateur Radio in
Space. By the time this Journal arrives, the 2019 Board of Directors
meeting and 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium will have
concluded. It promises to be an exciting weekend exploring both
AMSAT?s five-decade history and the work we are doing for the future.
While there will no doubt be many challenges in the future, I am
confident in the organization?s ability to overcome them. We will
Keep Amateur Radio in Space. I look forward to attending the AMSAT
Centennial Symposium in the fall of 2069 at the age of 84. Hopefully,
by then we will be discussing our plans for amateur radio on the
first crewed interstellar mission.
[ANS thanks Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the
above information]
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W3ZM - 50 States in Our 50th Year
In 1969, a group of amateur radio operators, with dreams of space,
formed the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). To commemorate
this golden milestone, AMSAT decided what better way to celebrate 50
years of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space, then to get AMSAT?s W3ZM call
sign to operate from all 50 states and the District of Columbia as a
leadup to the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Space Symposium and General
Meeting, to be held in Arlington, VA, October 18 ? 20, 2019.
AMSAT put out a call to its members to get on the air and activate
their states, using AMSAT?s W3ZM call sign, as well as to cover those
states without an active AMSAT operator. Activations of United States
Territories (i.e. Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U. S. Virgin
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) were
also encouraged.
Puerto Rico kicked it off on June 20th and was first on the air, and
then, one by one, the U.S.A. map started filling in. Members, some
without their family?s knowledge, brought satellite gear with them on
vacation to help fill in the harder ones.
By the start of October, three weeks before Symposium, 47 states and
Puerto Rico were in the log. West Virginia came in October 2nd,
Maryland and Delaware on October 6th, and finally Washington, D.C.,
the birthplace of AMSAT, on October 10th. Coincidently, Washington
D. C. was activated outside of the apartment building where one of the
first meetings to form the organization was held.
To say the response was overwhelming would be an understatement and
proved why AMSAT?s greatest strength comes from its members. To all
of the W3ZM/p activators and participants, AMSAT THANKS YOU. You made
this a fun and exciting celebration of AMSAT?s 50th Anniversary of
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space!
[ANS thanks Vice President for User Services Robert Bankston, KE4AL,
for the above information]
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The digital download version of the 2019 edition of
Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a
DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started
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ITU Magazine Reports on IARU Agenda Items for WRC-19
David Sumner, K1ZZ, Secretary, International Amateur Radio Union
(IARU) authored an article in the special WRC-19 issue of #ITU News
magazine,"Views of the International Amateur Radio Union on WRC-19
agenda items".
Among many overall IARU objectives for WRC-19 one directly affects
amateur satellite operation:
Agenda item 1.7 - spectrum for non-GSO satellites
The IARU supports satisfying the spectrum
requirements for non.GSO satellites with short
duration missions within the existing allocations
for the space operation service or the
frequency ranges identified in invites ITU.R 3 of
Resolution 659 (WRC.15), unless the satellites are
amateur satellites as defined in Radio Regulations
(RR) Nos. 1.56 and 1.57. The band 144-146 MHz is
especially important to amateurs as it is currently
the only worldwide primary amateur and amateur-satel-
lite allocation between 29.7 MHz and 24 GHz. It is
heavily used in all three Regions for all forms of
amateur communications including disaster response.
Sumner's article begins on page 72 of the magazine which can be
accessed as a 20 MB PDF file at: https://t.co/acLwy4W5Jo?amp=1
[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
[Ed. note - Twitter URLs can be accessed with your web browser
even if you do not have a personal Twitter account.]
Satellite Shorts:
+EM25,EM35 - WI4T - Oct 15 & 16, holiday style
+DN04 - KI7UNJ - Oct 21, 1653z to 1910z, FM only
* Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) ? October 19, 2019
David AD7DB will re-visit the four grids near Kettleman City CA.
AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 will be used, with eastern passes a priority.
Maybe PO-101 if it?s on, and AO-85 if it?s not too finicky.
Contacts will be put on LOTW following the trip.
Updates on Twitter https://twitter.com/ad7db
* Hawaii (BK19, BK28, BK29, BL20) December 21-28, 2019
Alex, N7AGF, is heading back to Hawaii over Christmas. This will be a
holiday-style activation, with special emphasis on the grid that got
away ? BK28. Keep an eye on Alex?s Twitter feed for further
announcements: https://twitter.com/N7AGF
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]
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The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a
Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites
now supports the Raspberry Pi 4.
Get yours today on the AMSAT Store!
https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Mike Diehl, W8LID, recently developed a web-based tool for easy
generation of new lines for SatPC32's Doppler.sqf file. AMSAT is
pleased to host this new tool on our website at
https://www.amsat.org/doppler-sqf-line-generator/
+ NASA has announced that the Orbital CRS-12 mission is now scheduled
for launch from Wallops Island, VA no earlier than November 2nd.
HuskySat-1, carrying an AMSAT V/u linear transponder, will launch on
this mission.
+ Happy 4th Birthday, AO-85! At 12:49:30 UTC on October 8, 2015, the
first Fox-1 satellite, Fox-1A was launched on an Atlas V rocket with
the NROL-55 mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Designated AO-85
on-orbit, the satellite remains operational while in sunlight despite
battery degradation due to the high temperatures experienced in its
orbit.
+ A new distance record has been claimed on the IO-86 FM transponder:
5,324 km between PU4JOE in GH91ad and 9G5AR in IJ95vn.
+ SDRPlay has announced an easy setup for using an SDRPlay with
GNU Radio on Windows. https://t.co/RxDDzcBu8f
+ Space Daily has an article about Virgin Orbit. Virgin Orbit will
carry RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E on its LauncherOne vehicle.
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-286-SD
+ Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, announced a minor update to his KLA
Track satellite tracking program. The update improves rendering of
the display. KLA Track can be downloaded at
https://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
+ The Dutch Amateur Radio Union awarded their first Worked Dutch
Kingdom Certificate for satellite QSOs on October 10th to Paul
Stoetzer, N8HM. This certificate is available for making QSOs with
each of the six DXCC entities within the Dutch Kingdom. For more
information, see https://www.daru.nu/index.php/nl/awards
+At least two new operators achieved Satellite WAS this past week.
K5IX and KB6LTY each worked W3ZM/3 in Delaware on Oct 6 for state #50.
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:43:37 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ hamfest near Maricopa AZ - 26 October 2019
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Hi!
AMSAT will be at the Maricopa Amateur Radio Association's CopaFest 2019
hamfest on the morning of Saturday, 26 October 2019. The hamfest will
be at the UltraStar MultiTainment Center at Ak-Chin Circle, next to the
Harrah's Ak-Chin casino. This location is south of the town of Maricopa
along Arizona route 347, on the Ak-Chin Indian Community reservation -
south of the Phoenix area. More information about the hamfest is
available at:
https://www.copafest.org/
WD9EWK will be on the satellites during the hamfest, demonstrating
satellite operating. If you hear WD9EWK on a pass that morning, please
call and be a part of a demonstration. The hamfest site is in grid
DM33, in Arizona's Pinal County. QSOs made during the hamfest will be
uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards are available on
request (please e-mail me directly with the QSO details).
Thanks, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @?????? or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:52:14 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Congress AZ hamfest - 2 November 2019
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Hi!
AMSAT will be at the Hassayampa Amateur Radio Klub's HARKfest hamfest
on the morning of Saturday, 2 November 2019. The hamfest will be at the
North Ranch Escapees RV Park, along US-89 near milepost 264 in the town
of Congress, Arizona - northwest of the Phoenix area. More information
about the hamfest is available in a flyer at:
http://www.harkaz.org/HARKhamfest2019.pdf
WD9EWK will be on the satellites during the hamfest, demonstrating
satellite operating. If you hear WD9EWK on a pass that morning, please
call and be a part of a demonstration. The hamfest site is in grid
DM34, in Arizona's Yavapai County. QSOs made during the hamfest will be
uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards are available on
request (please e-mail me directly with the QSO details).
Thanks, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @?????? or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:55:36 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Marana AZ hamfest - 9 November 2019
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Hi!
AMSAT will be at the Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club's hamfest on the
morning of Saturday, 9 November 2019. The hamfest will be at the
Marana Middle School, along the frontage road on the west side of the
I-10 freeway, south of exit 236 in Marana, Arizona - northwest of
Tucson. More information about the hamfest is available at:
http://www.tucsonhamradio.org/hamfest
WD9EWK will be on the satellites during the hamfest, demonstrating
satellite operating. If you hear WD9EWK on a pass that morning, please
call and be a part of a demonstration. The hamfest site is in grid
DM42, in Arizona's Pima County. QSOs made during the hamfest will be
uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards are available on
request (please e-mail me directly with the QSO details).
Thanks, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @?????? or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 20:53:58 -0400
From: Jay Garlitz <jay.aa4fl@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] J6/AA4FL Oct. 19-29
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I will be in St. Lucia as part of the J68MD CQWW SSB team Oct. 19-29th. I
am bringing equipment along for portable satellite operation as time
permits. See the J6/AA4FL QRZ.com page for details. Hope to give you a
QSO from one or two grid squares while in J6!
73,
Jay AA4FL
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 04:43:10 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-14
04:30 UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-14 04:30 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
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S.M. Calvino ? Istituto Comprensivo Settimo IV, Settimo Torinese, Italy,
direct via IK1SLD and Istituto Comprensivo Statale Don Milani, Monza, Italy,
direct via IQ2MZ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-14 09:37:58 UTC 59 deg
Watch for live stream from the Monza side of the contact:
www.arimonza.it/youtube
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Istituto Comprensivo Statale ?Diego Valeri?, Campolongo Maggiore, Italy,
direct via IQ3RW and Istituto Comprensivo Ladispoli1, Ladispoli, Italy,
direct via IK?WGF
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Thu 2019-10-17 08:49:52 UTC 73 deg
Watch for live stream from IQ3RW side of the contact:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDwdfkmV7_z2xtZP07Js3Rw?fbclid=IwAR2cvdFuG_oN
RGmstWkJ5IPpWN7xjENlMwW4Xrpr4RGh6EhG7BsA3TWtCKU
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Watch for live stream from IK?WGF side of the contact: (***)
or directly on AMSAT Italia youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJ8IFmfTO-pUkVFNrUXIcg
?
?
Science & Technologie e.V. / event: Science Days, Teningen, Germany, direct
via DN1EME
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-18 09:37:45 UTC 64 deg
?
?
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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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?2019-10-14 04:30 UTC.? (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
?
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
?
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-09 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.
?
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
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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?
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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.?
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The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019.? Proposal
information and documents can be found at http://www.ariss.org .?
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The Opportunity?
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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.?
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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.?
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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 http://www.ariss.org .
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Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education@?????.????
?
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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)
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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@???.???.
?
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/
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Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
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Looking for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS??
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@?????????.???
?
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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:
?
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Sergey RV3DR with 127
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 1343.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1286.
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
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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
?
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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?
Exp. 59 on orbit
Christina Koch
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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
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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