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Today's Topics:
1. Re: 2019 Symposium Proceedings Flash Drives (Zach Metzinger)
2. Re: 2019 Symposium Proceedings Flash Drives (Paul Stoetzer)
3. Re: Has anyone seen this error message in Nova? (Jim Walls)
4. ANS-300 AMSAT News Service Bulletins for October 27 (JoAnne K9JKM)
5. Re: Antenna for 1.2 GHz or 2.4 GHz AND 4800/9600 baud
telemetry/packet (Zach Metzinger)
6. FoxTelem Version 1.08 Released (Chris Thompson)
7. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-27 17:00 UTC
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 09:08:30 +0800
From: "Zach Metzinger" <zmetzing@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 2019 Symposium Proceedings Flash Drives
Message-ID: <46dfb320-a200-4ff6-a662-c8b173b47d36@???.????????.???>
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2019, at 9:46 PM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> The 2019 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings USB flash drives, featuring 1.98
> GB of information, including the 2019 Proceedings and all previously
> published Proceedings dating back to 1986 are now available on the
> AMSAT store at
>
https://www.amsat.org/product/2019-amsat-space-symposium-proceedings-flash-dri
ve/
Paul,
I would like to second the complement on a fabulous job putting this
together. Some of us are technical history nuts, and, every so often, an old
paper spawns new ideas!
(Also love the light cyan background HTML -- less glitzy, more substance,
like the WWW used to be.)
--- Zach
N0ZGO
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 21:19:01 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@????.???>
To: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@?????.???>
Cc: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 2019 Symposium Proceedings Flash Drives
Message-ID:
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Thanks, Zach! Credit should go to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, for preparing
this year's Proceedings document as well as the index file and the
rest of the content that is on the flash drives.
And I do miss the old content-centric text days of the WWW! Sometimes
I sit around reading Wikipedia articles on a text-based browser to
relive those days :)
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 9:16 PM Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019, at 9:46 PM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > The 2019 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings USB flash drives, featuring 1.98
> > GB of information, including the 2019 Proceedings and all previously
> > published Proceedings dating back to 1986 are now available on the
> > AMSAT store at
> >
https://www.amsat.org/product/2019-amsat-space-symposium-proceedings-flash-dri
ve/
>
> Paul,
>
> I would like to second the complement on a fabulous job putting this
together. Some of us are technical history nuts, and, every so often, an old
paper spawns new ideas!
>
> (Also love the light cyan background HTML -- less glitzy, more substance,
like the WWW used to be.)
>
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
> _______________________________________________
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> 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.
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:43:18 -0700
From: Jim Walls <jim@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Has anyone seen this error message in Nova?
Message-ID: <8d18e9d5-728a-fd3c-25b0-a8a3d3245852@?????.???>
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On 10/22/2019 19:38, aj9n--- via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> HI all,
>
> For some reason, I suddenly got this error message when I tried to run
Nova today.? Has anyone seen this error message before?
>
Since you did not tell us what error message - no.
--
73
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Jim Walls - K6CCC
jim@?????.???
Ofc: 818-548-4804
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/
AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 19:01:03 -0500
From: JoAnne K9JKM <joanne.k9jkm@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-300 AMSAT News Service Bulletins for October
27
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-300
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.
ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including
reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio
operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur
Radio satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In this edition:
* AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat"
* AMSAT VP User Services Describes Planning for Improvements
* AMSAT-DL Symposium and JHV 2019 November 9 - November 10
* Reminder - ARISS Proposal Window is Open Until November 30, 2019
* ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
* Software Update for UZ7HO's Software Packet-Radio TNC
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.01
ANS-300 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE October 27, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-300.01
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Video recordings of the 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium have been posted:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/AMSATNA/videos/
(This page should be accessible to all)
The Foundations of AMSAT - 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Panel
is posted at: https://youtu.be/bRmn4gjvuTI
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AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat"
The ARRL Letter for October 17, 2019
AMSAT wants to see Amateur Radio in every CubeSat, and it's part-
nering with non-Amateur Radio partners to make that happen. In the
"Apogee View" editorial for the September/October issue of The AMSAT
Journal, Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, wrote, "[W]e
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. 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."
Stoetzer said CubeSat programs interested in launching an Amateur
Radio payload may partner with AMSAT to carry a Fox-1E module on
their spacecraft. "By providing Amateur Radio capability, the Cube-
Sat program gets a worldwide ground station network to receive
their telemetry and experiment data while the Amateur Radio commun-
ity gets a transponder to use in orbit," he pointed out.
Stoetzer said the first such partnership will be with the Husky
Satellite Lab at the University of Washington. Its 3U CubeSat --
HuskySat-1 -- is set to launch on the ELaNa XXV mission from Wallops
Island, Virginia, no sooner than November 2. A Northrop Grumman
Cygnus spacecraft will carry HuskySat-1 to the International Space
Station, and after completing its mission there, Cygnus will con-
tinue to an orbit of approximately 500 kilometers (310 miles) 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," Stoetzer said.
Ed. Note - HuskySat-1 will carry a 30 kHz wide 145 to 435 MHz linear
transponder for amateur radio SSB/CW communications along
with 1k2 BPSK telemetry. The IARU has coordinated a downlink
on 436.810-435.840 MHz and uplink on 145.910-145.940 MHz.
NASA TV (http://www.nasa.gov/ntv) will provide coverage of
the launch. Pre-launch details are posted at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Cygnus-Launch-Nov2
[ANS thanks AMSAT and the ARRL for the above information]
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The 2019 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings USB flash drives,
featuring 1.98 GB of information, including the 2019
Proceedings and all previously published Proceedings
dating back to 1986 are now available on the AMSAT store
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Symposium-Flash-Drive
(allow 10 business days for the next batch to be loaded with the files)
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AMSAT VP User Services Describes Planning for Improvements
At the conclusion of the 2019 AMSAT Symposium and Annual General
meeting, Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP User Services provided a state-
ment outlining his plans. Robert's statement follows:
I am so honored to be elected by the AMSAT Board of Directors to be
the AMSAT Treasurer and reelected to be the AMSAT Vice-President of
User Services, as well as reappointed as the Director of AMSAT Ambas-
sadors by the AMSAT President. Thank you for your confidence in me.
I am humbled. This is a lot of hats to wear, along with my full-time
job, but I look forward to the challenge. I believe in AMSAT's mis-
sion and have a wonderful team of volunteers to assist me.
I am excited to announce that there are major improvements coming
for our AMSAT members in the near future. The AMSAT Board of Direc-
tors approved my recommendations for an internet-based, member manage-
ment system, the transition to a digitally delivered, full-color
AMSAT Journal, and a complete overhaul of our AMSAT website. I have
been putting together these proposals for several months and thank
the Board of Directors for the permission to move these projects
forward. These improvements will modernize how AMSAT serves you.
I hope that you will be as impressed with them as I am.
The member management system puts you in control of your membership
account, allowing you to update your contact information, pay your
dues, and register for events in real time. In addition, the program
will automatically push out reminders, newsletters, and a digital
copy of the AMSAT Journal.
Transitioning to a digitally-delivered, AMSAT Journal will allow us
to provide a full-color magazine, without raising the cost of member-
ship. In addition, we will have to opportunity to provide member-only
content on our website, to include back issues of our AMSAT Journal.
Lastly, we will be working on a complete overhaul of our AMSAT web-
site. Over the years, our website has received several facelifts,
and, in the process, it has become somewhat disjointed. Our goal is
to make the navigation more intuitive and offer the content you
deserve. The front of the website will focus on external visitors,
explaining who we are, what we do, and what we have to offer. We will
also have portals for our members and friends in the AMSAT community,
how to guides on getting started in amateur radio satellites, and all
the important information about current satellites you will need to
work them.
AMSAT's User Services is committed to serving AMSAT members and the
AMSAT community and to deliver the quality services you deserve as we
move forward into the next 50 years of Keeping Amateur Radio is Space!
If you would like to join us on this incredible journey, we could sure
use you help.
73,
Robert Bankston, KE4AL
Vice-President, User Services
Director, AMSAT Ambassadors
Treasurer
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
[Ed. note - The AMSAT News Service is a proud member of the AMSAT
User Services Team]
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT's Man of Many Hats for the
above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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AMSAT-DL Symposium and JHV 2019 November 9 - November 10
AMSAT-DL extends an invitation to the Satellite Symposium and General
Assembly of AMSAT Deutschland e.V. in Bochum, Germany. Lectures on
current amateur radio satellites and space projects will be presented.
The lecture program and symposium schedule have been posted. Landing
coordinates have been posted as 07? 11' 39" E 51? 25' 40" N.
See https://amsat-dl.org/en/event/amsat-dl-symposium-und-jhv-2019/
for the latest information and travel directions.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information]
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Reminder - ARISS Proposal Window is Open Until November 30, 2019
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program
is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organiza-
tions, 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 inte-
grate 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 https://www.ariss.org/
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
+ Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZ?DIB
and I.S.I.S. ? Zaccagna - Galilei? sede ?G. Galilei?, Carrara.
Italy, direct via IQ5VR Thu 2019-10-24 11:13 UTC
Contact was successful.
+ I.I.S. ?Ciampini-Boccardo?, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV
and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC
Fri 2019-10-25 10:24 UTC Contact was successful.
+ Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50 UTC
+ Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School,
Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57 UTC
+ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA,
direct via K4LRG.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 UTC
The ARISS webpage is at https://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: https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html
AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise
$150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. These up-
grades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astro-
nauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone
with $33,830 raised or about 23% towards our goal. This would not have
been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more informa-
tion and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Software Update for UZ7HO's Software Packet-Radio TNC
Andrei, UZ7HO, the developer of the UZ7HO Soundmodem software, has
released an updated version: soundmodem105.
The UZ7HO soundmodem is a dual-port Packet-Radio TNC that uses a
soundcard as a modem and supports the AX.25 protocol on computers
running the Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 operating systems.
The newest version of Soundmodem supports these packet protocols:
+ AFSK 300, 600, 1200, 2400 bps (conventional packet)
+ BPSK 300, 600, 1200, 2400 bps
+ QPSK 2400, 3600, 4800 bps
+ 8PSK 4800 bps
The updated software and documentation can be accessed at:
http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm - and look for -
+ soundmodem105.zip 13-Oct-19 03:57
+ CHANGELOG.txt 13-Oct-19 04:36
High-speed packet software supporting the telemetry from amateur
and scientific satellites, called hs_soundmodem21.zip can also
be downloaded from this site.
High-Speed Soundmodem:
+ G3RUH 4800, 9600, 19200 bps
+ Manchester 1200, 2400, 3600, 7200 bps
+ HAPN 4800 bps
+ GOMX-1/3, Mobitex-NX (BeeSAT-2/4), AAUSAT-4, LilacSat-2 decoders
[ANS thanks Andrei, UZ7HO, 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.]
Operating Shorts:
+ Oct 24-28, KQ2RP/1: FN54 (and possibly the FN44/54 line); FM only
+ St. Lucia, October 19-28, 2019
Jay, AA4FL, will be in St. Lucia for the J68MD CQWW SSB Contest
Team. He will be doing OSCAR satellite operation as J6/AA4FL, by
schedule as he is visiting vacation style in varying locations.
His schedule will depend on shifts as a team member of the CQWW
J68MD team. E-mail per QRZ to coordinate both FM simple SATs and
SSB linear transponder bird QSO schedules. Radios will be a FT-817ND
and FT-818ND for full duplex operation using an Arrow II antenna.
+ Minnesota?s North Shore (EN36/EN46, EN47/EN48, EN57/EN58)
October 30 to November 1, 2019.
Mitch, AD?HJ, will be taking a tour of Minnesota?s North Shore
before the BIG SNOW comes down. It all kicks off with the Oct 30
06:35z CAS-4B pass from EN57/58 grid line and ends on the Nov 1
11:27z SO-50 pass from EN36/46 line. In between, Mitch will hit
the EN47/48 grid line. 24 FM and Linear passes in all. Definitely
something for everyone. Keep and eye on Mitch?s Twitter feed for
further updates: https://twitter.com/AD0HJ
+ South TX (EL0x and EL1x) November 2-9, 2019
Ron, AD0DX, will be vacationing in McAllen TX area the week of Nov 2
to 9. He will be roving to south Texas on the above dates. His cur-
rent plan is as follows:Sat Nov 2nd: EL08/EL09 probably one pass
per grid starting in the late afternoon local Sun Nov 3: EL17/EL18
holiday style, one or two passes per grid Mon Nov 4 through Fri
Nov 8: EL06 / EL15 / EL16. He is staying in EL06 and will activate
15 and 16 a few times throughout the week. Will probably activate
EL06 4 or 5 times. Sat Nov 9: EL07 / EL08 Probably one pass from
each grid. He will be active on FM and linear satellites and will
tweet passes from https://twitter.com/ad0dx
+ EM68/69 November 3-5, 2019
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Illinois, November 3?5. Key
word is vacation, but he will jump over to activate the EM68/EM69
gridline on FM satellites. Watch Tanner?s Twitter feed for further
announcements: https://twitter.com/twjones85
+ Nunavut, Canada (ER60) November 11 ? December 6, 2019
Look for VY0ERC to once again be active from the Eureka Weather
station (NA-008, Zone 2) between Nov. 11 to Dec. 6. This sta-
tion is operated by the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the
most northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from Eureka,
Nunavut. The suggested bands are 40 and 20 meters (possibly 80m),
as well as FM satellites (from ER60, EQ79) using SSB, the Digital
modes and very slow CW. Activity will be limited to their spare
time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. For updates,
see: https://twitter.com/vy0erc
+ EA9 Melilla (IM85) November 18-21, 2019
Philippe, EA4NF, will be operating from Melilla as EA9/EA4NF from
November 18 to 21, 2019. This very small Spanish territory located
in Northern Africa, which is a very rare GRID and is listed as one
of the Most Wanted SAT DXCC. Updates and passes on Philippe?s
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT
+ Key West (EL94) December 3-6, 2019
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West December 3-6. Key
word is vacation, but he will jump on some FM satellite passes to
activate EL94 for those that need it or just want to chat. Watch
Tanner?s Twitter feed for further announcements:
https://twitter.com/twjones85
+ 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
Just because the year is winding down and Winter in knocking on the
door doesn't mean the satellite operations are slowing down. Check
out AMSAT's Upcoming Satellite Operations pages for all the latest
happenings:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/
Announcements are posted as soon as they are received, so make sure
you bookmark the page and check it often. If you have an activation
in the works, please send me an email to make sure the word gets out.
[ANS Thanks 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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The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates
Information about AMSAT activities at important events around the
country is posted on the AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions web page:
https://www.amsat.org/other-events/
Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT repre-
sentatives give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur
satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence such as a table or
booth with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with pre-
sentations, forums, and/or demonstrations.
A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from
the page (above) - get the "AMSAT Intro Brochure", a color brochure
that is designed to be printed double-sided and folded into a tri-fold
handout. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office if you need pre-printed
copies.
To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration,
please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Ambassadors 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
+ NASA is inviting 50 social media users to witness the next SpaceX
cargo launch to the Space_Station. All details, requirements, and
restrictions are posted at: https://go.nasa.gov/2MGt27y
Applications close Oct. 31.
+ To apply for a NASA Internship head over to http://intern.nasa.gov
to see what's new! You can learn about about NASA Internships, Path-
ways, Fellowships, and International Internship opportunities! The
application deadline for spring 2020 is November 5, 2019.
+ The presentation by Alan B. Johnston, PhD, KU2Y, AMSAT VP Educational
Relations, and Pat Kilroy, N8PK, at the 37th Space Symposium "A Year
with the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator: 12 Months in the Classroom and Lab"
is available for download as a PDF file at https://t.co/8ytonDXW5v
View Alan's announcement on Twitter https://t.co/0fiFiU56LM
A PDF copy of Alan and Pat's PowerPoint slides for their present-
ation, "Updates to the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator: Fox Emulation Mode
and Raspberry Pi Ground Station" can be downloaded from:
https://t.co/N4bjCVVBym?amp=1
+ AMSAT Colloquium Talk on QO-100 is posted at:
https://amsat-uk.org/2019/10/21/video-eshail-2-qo-100-talk/
https://youtu.be/hxxlCx3W5Bg
Videos of the presentations given at the AMSAT-UK International
Space Colloquium, which was held as part of the RSGB Convention
in Milton Keynes, October 12-13, 2019, are being made available
on YouTube. A recent release is the talk on the geostationary
satellite Es?hail-2 / QO-100 activities of AMSAT-DL given by
Achim Vollhardt, DH2VA, this is followed by the awarding of the
RSGB Louis Varney Cup to Peter G?lzow DB2OS.
+ The Microwave Update (MUD) 2019 Conference in the Dallas, TX area
has wrapped up. Both the MUD proceedings and GNU Radio Workshop
proceedings are available from Lulu.
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-MUD-GNU-Proceedings
+ AO-7 has been operating during a period of full illumination that
will last until approximately Decenber 2nd. During this time, the
satellite's onboard timer should switch it between Mode A (145 MHz
uplink / 29 MHz downlink) and Mode B (432 MHz uplink / 145 MHz down-
link) every 24 hours. To check or report the satellite's current
mode, please see the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page at:
https://www.amsat.org/status/ A description of AO-7 operation is
posted at: https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ao-7/
+ NASA article highlights the role of amateur radio in letting young
people speak directly with astronauts and cosmonauts on the Inter-
national Space Station is posted at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-NASA-Youth
+ NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Perform the
First Space-Earth Duet. NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, circling Earth
aboard the International Space Station, and musician Ian Anderson,
founder of the rock band Jethro Tull, joined together for the first
space-Earth duet. See: https://youtu.be/XeC4nqBB5BM
+ Enjoy NASA's specical video just in time for Halloween! Raining
glass! Wicked wind! Radiation blasts from an undead star are all
at play in our GALAXY OF HORRORS! A preview of the video is avail-
able in tweet from NASA:
https://twitter.com/NASAExoplanets/status/1187768977079992320
And it will be available for download Tuesday, Oct. 29, at:
http://exoplanets.nasa.gov
+ West Point cadets using the USMA amateur radio club callsign W2KGY
had a contact with Col. Drew Morgan, U.S. Military Academy Class
of 1998, aboard the ISS. An article with links to a video of the
contact is posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ISS-WestPoint
+ A new groups.io announcement from the ARRL describes new on-line
forums: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ARRL-Forums You can join the
Groups at: https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Groups/subgroups
+ The NFL inspires a satellite docking tool which teaches satellites
to interact and dock in space, an Aerospace team found a possible
solution on Sunday Night Football?:
https://aerospace.org/article/nfl-inspires-satellite-docking-tool
+ The ESA web pages presented with a new look this week:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ESA-New-Look and, now you can tune in
to ESA?s latest digital channel: ESA Web TV! This is ESA?s one-stop-
shop for all live events from launches to lectures:
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Presenting_ESA_Web_TV
+ Will We Survive Mars? A video series from Vox gives us something to
think about: https://youtu.be/x8fpeVICeGg
+ This video describes how to set up ham radio software on the
Raspberry Pi: https://youtu.be/cGlfv-aPkU8
+ Follow a project to use a RaspberryPi to sync your windshield
wipers to music; this is apparently a work in progress:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Wipers-With-A-Beat
+ AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 2020 in South Africa is planned for
July 18, 2020. The theme will be: Amateur Radio in Space ? explor-
ing VHF, UHF and Microwaves. The latest information will be post-
ed at: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Kletskous related PowerPoint pre-
sentations can be accessed at the same web page include:
- Kletskous
- Kletskous Transponder
- Kletskous Magnetic Stabilisation
+ Scientists and engineers from nearly a dozen Polish universities
have teamed up with Poland-based satellite company SatRevolution
and Sir Richard Branson?s small satellite launch company Virgin
Orbit to establish a new consortium to design and carry out the
world?s first dedicated commercial small satellite mission to Mars.
See: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-SatRevolution
+ The nearest galaxy, Andromeda, is headed toward our Milky Way galaxy
at 110 km per second (68 miles/sec). It'll look bigger & bigger in
our skies before colliding with us in a few billion years, and when
that happens, the two galaxies will be ripped across space by tidal
forces. Have a nice day ...
https://twitter.com/physicsJ/status/1182628766289297408?s=20
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
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donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
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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-
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Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and remember to behave and to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat dot org
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 06:43:15 -0500
From: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1.2 GHz or 2.4 GHz AND 4800/9600
baud telemetry/packet
Message-ID: <EB4DE5FE-F2BE-455A-A2A2-F95C624EB549@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
On October 16, 2019 8:53:12 PM CDT, MICHAEL WILLIAMS via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>I monitor 2.4 GHz on a regular basis. Most satellites on 2.4 high speed
>data down only when directly over their control stations. The
>University of Georgia satellite is getting ready to orbit a sat mid
>October, but it will also be a very high baud rate. The only satellite
>of interest is DTUSat-2 at 2.401835. It's intermittent and only works
>in ellipse. It sends a cw signal. A SDR is a good thing to have. Bottom
>line is that there's not much going on up there. I miss the AO-40 days.
Michael,
How much terrestrial interference do you see from the myriad of 2.4GHz
devices? (WiFi, BT, ISM, etc.)
--- Zach
N0ZGO
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 09:37:06 -0400
From: Chris Thompson <g0kla@????.???>
To: AMSAT <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Version 1.08 Released
Message-ID:
<CAJOf0+u1D+Yw0UwPzj4jwJeYqMLiaQFqv-Yk5trGbMPp6vE_YA@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
I am releasing Version 1.08 of FoxTelem. This release provides several
enhancements and needed changes for FOX-1E and HuskySat, a partnership with
the University of Washington.
You will need to download this version to successfully decode data from 2
new spacecraft which will transmit BPSK telemetry on 70cm. Oh, and now is
a good time to put up a 70cm antenna if you do not have one :)
You can download it from:
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/FoxTelem_1.08p_windows.zip
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/FoxTelem_1.08p_linux.tar.gz
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/FoxTelem_1.08p_mac.tar.gz
KEY CHANGES
~~~~~~~~~~~
* Make PSK decoders easier to select
* Automatically change the band from 2m to 70cm and the mode from FSK to
PSK
if needed (and enabled). Allow default mode to be set for each spacecraft
* No longer overwrite the user settings (such as max/min frequency) when
spacecraft files updated
* Save the properties whenever they are changed (rather than just at exit)
* Allow the user to change the display name for a spacecraft without
changing
the KEPS name
* Prevent FOXDB from being corrupted when power restarted
* Better memory management so that long running FoxTelem sessions do not
end
up out of memory
* Allow MAX and MIN records to be displayed in table on the telemetry tab.
Show the Capture Date for the record being displayed e.g. RT, MAX, MIN
* Delete existing files when server data downloaded
* Tie the STP date more accurately to the position of the SYNC word in the
bit
buffer to avoid stamping frames with the same date
* Fixed many small bugs and crashes
And many other bug fixes. Full list of changes here:
https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/milestone/15?closed=1
Feel free to email me any questions, suggestions or bug reports.
73
Chris
--
Chris E. Thompson
chrisethompson@?????.???
g0kla@????.???
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 16:51:43 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-27
17:00 UTC
Message-ID: <992780584.1050889.1572195103252@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-27 17:00 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50:06 UTC 82 deg
Watch for live stream at:
https://www.goldenoakmontessori.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=884592&type=d
&pREC_ID=1787594?
?
Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles,
CA, direct via KN6CHS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57:35 UTC 70 deg
Watch for live stream at:
http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/?
?
Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 deg
?
Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at:
https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw==
?
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://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
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
?
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?2019-10-27 17:00 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.
?
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
?
?
The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-27 17:00 UTC. (***)
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
?
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://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
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
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 https://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 https://www.ariss.org .
?
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)
?
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:? https://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) https://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 https://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 135
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 1352. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1291. (***)
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.
https://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:
https://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
https://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. 59 on orbit
Christina Koch
?
Exp. 60 on orbit
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Alexander Skvortsov
Drew Morgan KI5AAA
?
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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