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Today's Topics:
1. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-12-14 21:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
2. .sqf file (James Brown)
3. Re: .sqf file (James Brown)
4. Re: .sqf file (Sloan Davis)
5. ANS-359 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Mark D. Johns)
6. Re: .sqf file (Erich Eichmann)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 21:00:12 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-12-14
21:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1905734877.5138413.1576357212716@????.?????.???>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-12-14 21:00 UTC
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Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
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Istituto Comprensivo ?Japigia 1 ? Verga?, Bari, Italy, direct via IZ7RTN and
Istituto Comprensivo ?Caporizzi ? Lucarelli?, Bari, Italy, direct via IZ7RTN
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go: Fri 2019-12-20 12:35:30 UTC 77 deg (***)
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After the two Italian schools, no other schools are planned for until the
week of 2020-01-06 to 2020-01-12. (***)
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We have been told of possible worldwide ARISS commemorative SSTV operation on
Fri 2019-12-27.
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The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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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)
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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
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The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2019-12-14 21:00 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.
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https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-12-14 21:00 UTC. (***)
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
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The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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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 ???
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
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The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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Message to US Educators
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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station?
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Contact Opportunity?
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Call for Proposals?
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Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
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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 is happy to announce a proposal window
will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January
1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021
will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal
information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS
Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is
at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be
covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your
schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up
is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?.
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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.??
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More Information
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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.
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Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education@?????.???.?
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About ARISS:
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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.
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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
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Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board
the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from
September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at
www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email
to:? school.selection.manager@????????.???
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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:? 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@???.???.
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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/
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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.?
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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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Francesco IK?WGF with 138 ?
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136
Sergey RV3DR with 131
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 1373.
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1306.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
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A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
https://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:
https://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
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.
rtf
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
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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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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 21:36:24 +0000 (UTC)
From: James Brown <ki6wj@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] .sqf file
Message-ID: <730320002.13537146.1576359384152@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Running IC-9700 with SAT 32
using 50 for cat delay. Seams to be updating too fast. What is suggested for
this radio?
Could someone forward? me a copy of their .sqf file that is working with the
ic-9700. My AO-07 is way off. unable to find my uplink and set it correctly.
Thanks
Jim KI6WJ
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 22:09:01 +0000 (UTC)
From: James Brown <ki6wj@?????.???>
To: Sloan Davis <blkupspilot@???.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] .sqf file
Message-ID: <1955891966.13558770.1576361341822@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I reset to 70. Looks better. Waiting for AO-07 in a few minutes to see if I
can capture my uplink.
other settings19200 baud???? $a2 for 9700RTS? checkedSat mode checked
On Saturday, December 14, 2019, 1:47:38 PM PST, Sloan Davis
<blkupspilot@???.???> wrote:
70 is suggested for the radio. What are your other parameters set to?
Sloan
> On Dec 14, 2019, at 4:37 PM, James Brown via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
> ?Running IC-9700 with SAT 32
> using 50 for cat delay. Seams to be updating too fast. What is suggested
for this radio?
>
> Could someone forward? me a copy of their .sqf file that is working with
the ic-9700. My AO-07 is way off. unable to find my uplink and set it
correctly.
> Thanks
> Jim KI6WJ
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 16:47:36 -0500
From: Sloan Davis <blkupspilot@???.???>
To: James Brown <ki6wj@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] .sqf file
Message-ID: <8141FD6A-27F7-4327-A2D6-62D2BDC881A2@???.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
70 is suggested for the radio. What are your other parameters set to?
Sloan
> On Dec 14, 2019, at 4:37 PM, James Brown via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
> ?Running IC-9700 with SAT 32
> using 50 for cat delay. Seams to be updating too fast. What is suggested
for this radio?
>
> Could someone forward me a copy of their .sqf file that is working with
the ic-9700. My AO-07 is way off. unable to find my uplink and set it
correctly.
> Thanks
> Jim KI6WJ
> _______________________________________________
> 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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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 18:01:00 -0600
From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns+K0JM@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-359 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID:
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-359
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 commun-
icating 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:
* Calling All Radio Amateurs: Help Find OPS-SAT!
* FCC Moves to Remove 3.4 GHz Amateur Satellite Allocation
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* FoxTelem version 1.08w Released
* AMSAT-EA works against the clock on G?NESIS satellites
* New NASA eBook Reveals Insights of Earth Seen at Night from Space
* Israel Applauds Successful Launch of Duchifat3
* Ham Radio University Satellite Operations Forum on January 4
* Possible ARISS SSTV Operation Before Year's End
* Recent ARISS Contacts
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-359.01
ANS-359 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 359.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 2019 Dec 15
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-359.01
Calling All Radio Amateurs: Help Find OPS-SAT!
Calling all radio amateurs! The European Space Agency (ESA) is chal-
lenging anyone with amateur radio equipment to catch the first signals
from OPS-SAT, ESA?s brand new space software laboratory.
On 17 December, OPS-SAT will be launched into low-Earth orbit on a
Soyuz rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, together with ESA?s Cheops
exoplanet-tracker.
Once launched, the satellite will deploy its solar panels and ultra-
high frequency antenna, and then start to send signals back home.
Could you be the first on Earth to catch them? ESA?s mission control
team in Darmstadt are asking for your help to find the fledgling Cube-
Sat.
OPS-SAT is a first-of-its-kind CubeSat dedicated purely to experimen-
tation. It carries a wide variety of advanced payloads allowing ?Ex-
perimenters? to deploy and test their software and apps in space.
Anyone can apply to be an Experimenter! Find out more about the mis-
sion, and how to apply, here: https://tinyurl.com/ul8327f
Lift-off is scheduled for 08:54:20 UTC on 17 December. Deployment will
begin 15044.6 seconds later (T+15044.6 seconds), expected to be at
13:05:04 UTC. OPS-SAT will begin transmitting 15 minutes after satel-
lite deployment and after ultra-high frequency (UHF) antenna and solar
array deployment have been confirmed. The first two passes over Europe
are expected on the same evening.
To track OPS-SAT, a preliminary launch TLE is available here, and will
be updated as soon as new orbital information is available.
Main downlink characteristics:
Space segment transceiver GomSpace NanoCOM AX100
Frequency UHF ? 437.2 MHz
Modulation GMSK
Occupied Bandwidth 25 kHz
Baudrate 9k6
Modulation Index 0.5
More information can be found at:
https://github.com/esa/gr-opssat/blob/master/docs/os-uhf-specs.pdf
[ANS thanks ESA 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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Donate to AMSAT Tax-Free From Your IRA
Are you over 70-1/2 years of age and need to meet your IRA's Required
Minimum Distribution for 2019? Consider making a donation to AMSAT!
Under the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, individuals
over 70-1/2 years of age may make direct transfers of up to $100,000
per year from a traditional IRA to an eligible charity without
increasing their taxable income. Consult your tax advisor or
accountant to make certain you are eligible.
AMSAT is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational and scientific
organization whose purpose is to design, construct, launch, and
operate satellites in space and to provide the support needed to
encourage amateurs to utilize these resources. AMSAT's federal tax ID
is 52-0888529.
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FCC Moves to Remove 3.4 GHz Amateur Satellite Allocation
AMSAT (@?????? tweeted at 11:51 AM on Thu, Dec 12, 2019: "At today's
Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission passed a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking proposing to delete the amateur allocation at
3.3-3.5 GHz, including the amateur satellite service allocation at
3.4-3.41 GHz."
Later, @????? tweeted:
"Noting the importance of microwave spectrum for future amateur satel-
lites in HEO and/or GEO orbits and beyond, AMSAT will file comments
in this proceeding opposing the deletion of this amateur satellite
service allocation."
Watch ANS bulletins for future developments.
[ANS thanks @????? for the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
The following Amateur Radio satellite has been added to this week's
TLE distribution:
SMOG-P - NORAD CAT ID 44832 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
1 44832U 19084J 19346.85910300 .00001000 00000-0 50000-4 0 05
2 44832 97.0009 211.0657 0089111 218.3064 289.3286 15.64885322 06
Frequency: 437.1497 MHz.
The Israeli student satellite Duchifat3 was successfully placed in or-
bit by ISRO (India) on December 11, 2019 along with several other sat-
ellites. Therefore, it will take a while for those objects to separate
enough to accurately identify Duchifat3. The following is a set of
preliminary TLEs supplied by Nicholas Mahr, KE8AKW (via AMSAT-BB) on
December 12, 2019 for your use:
Duchifat3
1 84101U 19345.41319444 .00000000 00000-0 50000-4 0 08
2 84101 37.0000 148.0000 0001442 0.0000 140.0000 15.02563222 03
On Dec. 13, Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, verified Doppler measurements show-
ing that Duchifat 3 is object 44854 (2019-089C). The telemetry down-
link frequency is 436.400 MHz. AMSAT
Another PocketQube on this launch (only 5 cm on a side!0 has been iden-
tified as ATL 1
1 44830U 19084G 19346.85945000 .00001000 00000-0 50000-4 0 08
2 44830 96.9998 211.0781 0044791 228.7076 277.5196 15.64736264 09
Frequency: 437.1741 MHz.
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, Orbital Elements Manager, and Nico
Janssen, PA0DLO, for the above information.]
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FoxTelem version 1.08w Released
Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, has announced the release of version 1.08w
of the FoxTelem software. This is a bug fix release to FoxTelem. If you
have been seeing issues then you should upgrade to this new version.
Primarily it addresses the following:
* Crashes seen at run time
* Issue with DDE transmission to SatPC32 which can hang FoxTelem or
another program using DDE
* Some minor issues with HuskySat graphs and display
It is available as usual here:
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/
Thanks to all who reported bugs and issues. Keep them coming. Please
advise Chris if you see any other issues via g0kla <at> arrl.net
Fox-in-a-box orders from the AMSAT Store after December
13, 12:01 UTC (that is, by the time you see this) will also ship with
FoxTelem V1.08w. The FIAB download directory has not yet been upgrad-
ed, but a downloaded SD card as well as existing cards are very easy
to upgrade. Please see previous articles here and in the ANS for how
to do it.
[ANS thanks Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, and Burns Fisher, WB1FJ for
the above information]
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AMSAT-EA works against the clock on G?NESIS satellites
AMSAT EA is workin against the clock, together with students from the
European university, in the development of the GENESIS satellites. The
1.5 P pico sats, measuring 7.5x5x5cm are expected to be launched from
the United States in February 2020. These satellites are based on the
designs of EASAT-2 engineering and will allow testings of the EASAT-2
subsytems.
The estimated time in orbit of the GENESIS is estimated at around a
month. They incorporate the linear transponder receiver module design-
ed for EASAT-2 and an Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) transmitter. They
will offer functionality of a regenerative repeater in ASK and CW and
also incorporate the ionic motor experimental for pocketqubes devel-
oped by Applied Ion Systems.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-EA for the above information]
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New NASA eBook Reveals Insights of Earth Seen at Night from Space
Earth has many stories to tell, even in the dark of night. Earth at
Night, NASA?s new 200-page ebook, is now available online and includes
more than 150 images of our planet in darkness as captured from space
by Earth-observing satellites and astronauts on the International
Space Station over the past 25 years. The book is free for download in
Kindle, ePub, and PDF formats at
https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/earthatnight_detail.html
?Earth at Night? shows how scientists use images such as this astronaut
photo of the Gulf of Mexico taken from the International Space Station
over the southern United States to study our changing planet.
The images reveal how human activity and natural phenomena light up the
darkness around the world, depicting the intricate structure of cities,
wildfires and volcanoes raging, auroras dancing across the polar skies,
moonlight reflecting off snow and deserts, and other dramatic earthly
scenes.
?Earth at Night explores the brilliance of our planet when it is in
darkness,? wrote Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA?s
Science Mission Directorate, in the book?s foreword. ?The book is a
compilation of stories depicting the interactions between science and
wonder. I am pleased to share this visually stunning and captivating
exploration of our home planet.?
In addition to the images, the book tells how scientists use these
observations to study our changing planet and aid decision makers in
such areas as sustainable energy use and disaster response.
NASA brings together technology, science, and unique global Earth ob-
servations to provide societal benefits and strengthen our nation. The
agency makes its Earth observations freely and openly available to
everyone for use in developing solutions to important global issues
such as changing freshwater availability, food security and human
health.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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Israel Applauds Successful Launch of Duchifat3
Israel has applauded the successful launch of Isro?s PSLV-C48 rocket
that put an experimental satellite built by students of its country
into orbit on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The Cuchifat-3 Israeli satellite was
among nine foreign customer satellites piggybacking on India's primary
payload Risat-2BR1, a military radar imaging satellite. The launch oc-
curred at 09:55 UTC. Full article at https://tinyurl.com/uz7p35u
Duchifat3 was built by high school students supported by Herzliya
Science Center in Israel and carries an on-board camera for earth
imaging. The V/u FM transponder has an uplink of 145.970 MHz and a
downlink of 436.400 MHz -- however some reports indicate that the FM
repeater downlink may actually be at 436.420 MHz.
[ANS thanks The Times of India and AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Ham Radio University Satellite Operations Forum on January 4
The 21st annual Ham Radio University, on Saturday, January 4, 2020
is a "A day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and
fellowship among Amateur Radio operators." The event will be held at:
LIU / Post
Hillwood Commons Student Center
720 Northern Boulevard
Brookville, NY 11548
Web: http://hamradiouniversity.org/
The suggested donation $5 - no preregistration is required! Doors
open at 7:30 AM with first forums at 8:30 AM.
Satellite operation is a part of the learning experience:
11:00 a.m. Satellite Operations for Beginners by Frank Garofalo WA2NDV
[ANS thanks the Ham Radio University 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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Possible ARISS SSTV Operation Before Year's End
ARISS reports the possibility of a worldwide commemorative SSTV opera-
tion from the International Space Station on Friday, Dec. 27 or Satur-
day, Dec. 28 and following days. The SSTV downlink frequency is
145.800 MHz. ARISS will provide more information as it becomes avail-
able. Watch the amsat-bb and follow @???????????? on Twitter for up-
dates.
An SSTV system is an integral part of one of the ARISS ham radio sta-
tions, NA1SS/ RS0ISS in the Service Module. It transmits and receives
JPEG still images.This system utilizes the Kenwood D700 and D710 ra-
dios and the ARISS antennas mounted on the Service Module. The SSTV
equipment also includes SpaceCam and MMSSTV software, a radio/computer
interface module and data cables. A Kenwood VC-H1 is also used to pro-
vide near real-time automatically transmitted images once every 3 min-
utes, when active.
A Kenwood D710 radio located in the Service Module was deployed by the
Russian Space Agency, Energia to provide extended support of imaging
experiments using various SSTV formats. It employs SpaceCam and MMSSTV
software to transmit stored images.
The current Expedition 61 crew aboard the ISS includes Dr. Andrew
?Drew? Morgan, KI5AAA, an emergency physician in the U.S. Army; veter-
an pilot Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, RK6ATR; Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP,
an Italian Air Force officer, pilot, and engineer; pilot Cosmonaut
Oleg Skripochka; biologist Dr. Jessica Meir; and electrical engineer
Christina Koch.
[ANS thanks ARISS and NASA for the above information]
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Upcoming and Recent ARISS Contacts
Istituto Comprensivo ?Japigia 1 ? Verga?, Bari, Italy, direct via
IZ7RTN and Istituto Comprensivo ?Caporizzi ? Lucarelli?, Bari, Italy,
direct via IZ7RTN. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be
R?ISS, The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP. Contact is
go: Fri 2019-12-20 12:35:30 UTC 77 deg
There are few upcoming ARISS school contacts due to school holiday
vacations around the world. Recent contacts were:
A contact with About Gagarin From Cosmos, City of Kursk, Russia and
City of Ufa, Russia, direct via RZ9WWB was scheduled for Wednesday,
Dec. 11. The ISS callsign was scheduled to be RS?ISS, and the sched-
uled astronaut was Alexander Skvortsov, RK6ATR.
A contact with Woodridge Middle School, High Ridge, MO, direct via
N?KBA was scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 12. The ISS callsign was
scheduled to be NA1SS, and the scheduled astronaut was to be Luca
Parmitano, KF5KDP.
ANS has verified that these contacts took place as scheduled.
The ARISS contact with Council Rock High School South students at
the Northampton, Pennsylvania school on Thursday, December 5 rece-
ived local press coverage in the Bucks County Courier Times news-
paper: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-349-ARISS-CouncilRock
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
For "Ham Radio Day Aboard the Queen Mary" on Saturday, 14 December
2019. Endaf Buckley, N6UTC, and Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, will work
passes as W6RO between 1700 UTC and 0100 UTC (9am-5pm Pacific time)
from the Sports Deck on the RMS Queen Mary, next to the W6RO Wireless
Room. More information about this event is available at:
https://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2019-November/075512.html
and at
https://www.queenmary.com/calendar-of-events/ham-radio-day/home/
On Sunday, 15 December 2019, N6UTC and WD9EWK will go north of the
Los Angeles area to the DM04/DM05/DM14/DM15 (35.0 N 118.0 W) grid
intersection. They plan on working passes for a few hours there,
starting with an AO-92 pass around 1740 UTC.
[ANS thanks AMSAT Board member Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, for the above
information]
South Florida (EL95, EL96) December 11-15, 2019
James, K4WPX, will be in EL96/95 December 11th-15th, vacation style,
mostly evening passes, FM only. James will be staying in EM96 but
~1mile from the EM95 line, so he can skip over there for some passes,
too. Pass announcements via Twitter: https://twitter.com/k4wpx
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 empahasis on the grid that got
away ? BK28. Keep an eye on Alex?s Twitter feed for further announce-
ments: https://twitter.com/N7AGF
Big Bend National Park (DL88) March 16-17, 2020
Ron AD0DX, Doug N6UA, and Josh W3ARD will operate from Big Bend Nation-
al Park to put grid DL88 on the air. Details will be added here, as
they come available, but you are more than welcome to keep an eye on
their individual Twitter feeds: https://twitter.com/ad0dx,
https://twitter.com/dtabor, and https://twitter.com/W3ARDstroke5
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services, for the
above information]
XT2, BURKINA FASO (Reminder). Harald, DF2WO, is once again active as
XT2AW from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, until December 20th. Activity is
usually holiday style on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital
modes. He states that he works mostly on the Digital modes (FT8, PSK31,
JT65 and RTTY) and slow CW. He will concentrate on 160/80/60 meters.
"PLS Skeds for 80 and 160." He will also be active on the Satellites
(including 3W into 85cm dish for QO-100) See QRZ.com more details. QSL
via M0OXO, direct or by M0OXO's OQRS (www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/).
ZZ, BRAZIL (WFF Op). Operators Joao Carlos/PU4GOD, Leo/PY1CC, Aldir,
PY1SAD and Eduardo/PU1REC will be active from the headquarters of the
Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park (PYFF0226) with special callsign
ZZ1F between December 12-15th. This is during the first weekend of the
Brazilian Parks event, under the coordination of Ronaldo (PS8RV).
Activity will be on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters including VHF using
CW, SSB, Satellites and the Digital modes. QSL via LoTW or QRZ.com.
[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1443 for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Some observers have reported that satellite JY1 is, at least occa-
sionally, transmitting image data from its on-board camera.
(ANS thanks Hasan Schiers, N0AN, for the above information)
+ Want to build a satellite? A scholarly book, "Low Earth Orbit Satel-
lite Design" by Dr. George Sebestyen, Steve Fujikawa, Alex Chuchra,
and Nick Galassi, was recently published by Springer, Inc. This
book offers an in-depth guide to engineers and professionals seeking
to understand the technologies behind Low Earth Orbit satellites. At
$139.99 for the hardcover edition, it might be a pricey stocking-
stuffer, but paperback and ebook editions are cheaper, and Springer
is running a holiday book special:
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319683140#aboutBook
(ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information)
+ ESA?s short film, The Burn, takes us into the heart of Europe?s mis-
sion control during a critical moment in the life of a future mis-
sion. Filmed on site in Darmstadt, Germany, with the help of volun-
teers (many of whom are real-life spacecraft controllers), The Burn
illustrates the critical importance of decades of investment in
state-of-the-art mission operations infrastructure and highly train-
ed teams to flying Europe?s most daring space missions. View the
film at: https://tinyurl.com/yxxewnjt
(ANS thanks ESA for the above information)
+ NASA's Space Launch System, or SLS, aims to carry astronauts to the
moon in 2024 as part of the Artemis project, and has been described
as "the most powerful rocket ever built." The SLS has just completed
its latest round of testing: a "test to failure" pressure test of
the main liquid hydrogen tank. The tank withstood more than 260% of
expected flight loads before buckling and rupturing! The tank was
pushed to its limit and failed at the point predicted by the ana-
lysts, which is good news for the models used by NASA.
(ANS thanks engadget.com and NASA for the above information)
+ Meade Instruments, a company familiar to backyard astronomers, has
filed for bankruptcy. The company has fallen on hard times in recent
years, as they?ve faced increasing competition. Meade also recently
lost a lawsuit, which pushed them over the edge into bankruptcy. The
company is based in Irvine, California, and was founded in 1972.
They started out selling small refracting telescopes. They expanded
and now sell telescope models worth up to $10,000.
(ANS thanks Universe Today for the above information)
+ The Orbital Index blog (orbitalindex.com) maintains a directory of
free space-related software resources for space hobbiests at:
https://github.com/orbitalindex/awesome-space
(ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information)
+ The Orbital Flight Test of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is
scheduled for Dec. 20 at 6:36 a.m. EST. The uncrewed flight test
will be Starliner?s maiden mission to the International Space Sta-
tion for NASA?s Commercial Crew Program.
(ANS thanks NASA for the above information)
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
K0JM at amsat dot org
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:37:03 +0100
From: Erich Eichmann <erich.eichmann@????????.??>
To: James Brown <ki6wj@?????.???>, AMSAT-BB@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] .sqf file
Message-ID: <3c937906-1c94-f56a-c6f2-686a0f470c4c@????????.??>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Hi,
set the CAT delay as low as possible (that means as necesary? for
reliable CAT control). I control my IC-9700 via the CI-V port. Baudrate
is 19200. A? CAT delay of 30 seems to be sufficient.
The interval for frequency updates for Doppler correction? can be
specified in menu 'CAT'.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
Am 14.12.2019 um 22:36 schrieb James Brown via AMSAT-BB:
> Running IC-9700 with SAT 32
> using 50 for cat delay. Seams to be updating too fast. What is suggested
for this radio?
>
> Could someone forward? me a copy of their .sqf file that is working with
the ic-9700. My AO-07 is way off. unable to find my uplink and set it
correctly.
> Thanks
> Jim KI6WJ
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