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Today's Topics:
1. Re: HuskySat-1 Telemetry Doppler Adjust rate? (Bob)
2. Re: HuskySat-1 TLE (Burns Fisher)
3. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-06 17:30 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
4. Re: ic9100 (Pete vk2pet)
5. New Candidate Objects for HuskySat-1 (Alan)
6. Which object is HuskySat-1? (Joseph B. Fitzgerald)
7. Re: Which object is HuskySat-1? (Nico Janssen)
8. Re: Which object is HuskySat-1? (Bob)
9. EM31/32 (Bob Liddy (K8BL))
10. ARISS Contact at Electromagnetic Field Camp (David Johnson)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 10:18:18 -0500
From: Bob <WB4SON@?????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HuskySat-1 Telemetry Doppler Adjust rate?
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Ah, Great Question!
With SatPC32, the decision is based on the frequency change. In my case I
have it set to 30 Hz, so once there is an accumulated Doppler shift of 30
Hz or more it will update the radio.
I've watched larger step sizes, of several hundred hertz, seem to cause the
decoder (DP/Dot Product in my case) to get out of sync and miss several
packets regaining sync. Smaller step sizes seem not to disturb it as much.
But I suspect there is a tradeoff, and it would be wonderful to know what
an optimal step would be for BPSK demodulation.
73, Bob, WB4SON
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 9:42 PM Scott via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> Hi Roy!
>
> I use Orbitron on Windows and the best I can do there is one refresh per
> second.
>
> I've not tried FoxTelem w/ HuskySat-1 on linux, but the nice thing about
> GPredict is that you can get smoother doppler adjustments by using a
> shorter update interval. I use 1/2 second for doppler tracking w/ GPredict
> most of the time.
>
> I guess use what is producing the best result for you, but I've never
> noticed that the update interval was a critical factor with various
> telemetry decoding efforts. Much more impactful with HuskySat-1's BPSK
> signal is to keep that audio output centered around the 1500 Hz mark.
> Fine-tuning your signal during a pass to keep it as close to center as
> possible in your 3k passband will produce best results, I think.
>
> -Scott, K4KDR
>
> =========================
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 6:48 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
> wrote:
>
> > What are all all the computer controlled stations using for doppler
> > adjust interval? I had previously tried 100ms, and was getting about 45
> > frames per decent pass. I just had a 50deg pass and increased the
> > interval to 500ms, and got almost 70 frames. I wonder if there is a
> sweet
> > spot?
> >
> > --Roy
> > K3RLD
> >
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 10:37:31 -0500
From: Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb@??????.??>
To: "Joseph B. Fitzgerald" <jfitzgerald@????.???.???>
Cc: Kevin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HuskySat-1 TLE
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Joe et al: Aside from orbit changes, getting the doppler correction right
is also pretty fussy. I noticed yesterday that I'm a bit off frequency on
the previous official keps (at TCA where things change most quickly) where
I was not when they first came out.
I don't know if they are doing their own orbit determination. I never
heard such. I have also not heard about when they will be doing which
experiment.
73,
Burns WB1FJ
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 8:07 PM Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Kevin bring up an interesting point about the validity of HuskySat-1
> elements and their "freshness". Usually element sets are good for a week
> or more, at least for ham purposes where we have fairly wide beam widths.
> The exception is the ISS, the only spacecraft we have in nasabare.txt that
> maneuvers, and we keep its element sets "fresh" by applying updates from
> Johnson Spaceflight Center several times per day. Husky-Sat 1 will be
> testing a thruster early in its mission, and endeavors to demonstrate a
> delta-V of 100m/sec or more. This could cause the accuracy of element
> sets to degrade more quickly than usual. Do we know if the University
> of Washington people are doing any orbit estimation/determination?
>
> Also, I updated nasabare.txt with the fresher elements Kevin posted.
> Given that he has more than 2500 packets received, I'll use what he is
> using.
>
> de Joe KM1P
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 17:40:51 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-06
17:30 UTC
Message-ID: <1857186969.305426.1581010851786@????.?????.???>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-06 17:30 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
About Gagarin From Space: Students of the South-Western State University of
Kursk at a youth conference at the UTE University, Quito, Ecuador, direct
via RV3DR/HC (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka
Contact is go for: Fri 2020-02-07 13:59 UTC (***)
?
?
Exp. 59
Christina Koch:? back on earth (***)
?
Exp. 60 on orbit
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP:? back on earth (***)
Alexander Skvortsov:? back on earth (***)
?
Congratulations to all on a job well done! (***)
?
?
?
?
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?2020-02-06 17:30 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.
?
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 2020-01-29 03:30 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.
?
?
Message to US Educators
?
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station?
?
Contact Opportunity?
?
Call for Proposals?
?
Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
?
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.?
?
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?.
?
The Opportunity?
?
Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in
scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10
minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through
a question-and-answer session.?
?
An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio
between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms
and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity
to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space
and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will
have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless
technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight
and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations
must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of
the radio contact.?
?
Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and
space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational
organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer
efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable
communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using
Amateur Radio.??
?
More Information
?
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal
guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars,
go to www.ariss.org.
?
Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education@?????.???.?
?
About ARISS:
?
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS).? In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote
exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM)
topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew
members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before
and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and
communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For
more information, see www.ariss.org.
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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/
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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@?????????.???
?
?
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:
?
Francesco IK?WGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138
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.
?
?
?
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1379.
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1312.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
?
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.
?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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
?
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
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?
Exp. 59
Christina Koch:? back on earth (***)
?
Exp. 60 on orbit
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP:? back on earth (***)
Alexander Skvortsov:? back on earth (***)
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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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 11:08:25 +1100
From: Pete vk2pet <vk2pet@?????????.??.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ic9100
Message-ID: <788249bb-3662-2915-d885-ce8a49508271@?????????.??.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Hi all,
Thank you for every that replied.
I got a set of simple instructions that worked very well.
With the IC9100, I'm not happy with the doppler control. It's very slow
or doesn't work at all. The IC9100 does go to the frequency & FMD (after
editing the satfiles.SQF)
What are the setups that you are using?
Config for me:
Win10 pro
ic9100 via usb for cat control
PCSAT32 controls
Cat delay 70
Baud. 9600
Icom settings
57. Baud: 9600
58. Data off mode: usb
59. data mod :usb
60. CI-V baud rate 9600
61. CI-v address 7ch
62. CI-V trans off
73
Pete
vk2pet
On 5/02/2020 8:49 pm, Pete (vk2pet) via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Does anyone have the setup details for PCSAT32, integrating with USB
> ERC-M with G 5500 rotator?
>
> I'm after a step by step setup instructions for it please.
>
> Running an IC9100 via usb.
>
> 73
>
> Pete
>
> vk2pet
>
>
>
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:07:26 -0600
From: "Alan" <wa4sca@?????.???>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] New Candidate Objects for HuskySat-1
Message-ID: <001901d5ddaf$29c688f0$7d539ad0$@?????.???>
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We have 3 new objects, H,J, and K.
http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt
K is clearly not HuskySat-1, but H and J are VERY close to G, lagging very
slightly.
73,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 14:15:21 +0000
From: "Joseph B. Fitzgerald" <jfitzgerald@????.???.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Which object is HuskySat-1?
Message-ID:
<BN6PR22MB0690D53134867A32B53A27DD871C0@?????????????.????????.????.???????.??
?>
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Initially it looked like object 2019-071G was HuskySat-1, but our friends at
the 18th Space Control Squadron published data on additional objects in
recent days, and there is considerable evidence suggesting that HuskySat-1
is actually one of those instead.
Element sets for objects 2019-071H and 2019-071J are now distributed in
nasabare.txt as candidates for the "Real HuskySat-1".
de KM1P Joe
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 19:21:30 +0100
From: Nico Janssen <hamsat@??????.??>
To: "Joseph B. Fitzgerald" <jfitzgerald@????.???.???>,
"amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Which object is HuskySat-1?
Message-ID: <28249ed2-7d92-9cad-2183-b0c5740fd122@??????.??>
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With new TLEs published new doppler measurements now show
that HuskySat 1 is actually object 45132 (2019-071J).
Downlink frequency: 435.7997 MHz.
73,
Nico PA0DLO
On 07-02-20 15:15, Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Initially it looked like object 2019-071G was HuskySat-1, but our friends
at the 18th Space Control Squadron published data on additional objects in
recent days, and there is considerable evidence suggesting that HuskySat-1
is actually one of those instead.
>
> Element sets for objects 2019-071H and 2019-071J are now distributed in
nasabare.txt as candidates for the "Real HuskySat-1".
>
>
> de KM1P Joe
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 14:22:28 -0500
From: Bob <WB4SON@?????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>, "Joseph B. Fitzgerald"
<jfitzgerald@????.???.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Which object is HuskySat-1?
Message-ID:
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As time has gone by, the 071G TLE was requiring more manual Doppler
correction here, despite automatic Doppler Correction from SatPC32. I had
to adjust it manually another +/- 400 Hz through the course of an orbit.
Today after changing to 071J, the fit is MUCH better, only +/- 100 Hz
manual correction needed over the pass at ~19:10Z.
Getting closer for sure!
73, Bob, WB4SON
On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 1:25 PM Nico Janssen via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
> With new TLEs published new doppler measurements now show
> that HuskySat 1 is actually object 45132 (2019-071J).
> Downlink frequency: 435.7997 MHz.
>
> 73,
> Nico PA0DLO
>
> On 07-02-20 15:15, Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > Initially it looked like object 2019-071G was HuskySat-1, but our
> friends at the 18th Space Control Squadron published data on additional
> objects in recent days, and there is considerable evidence suggesting that
> HuskySat-1 is actually one of those instead.
> >
> > Element sets for objects 2019-071H and 2019-071J are now distributed in
> nasabare.txt as candidates for the "Real HuskySat-1".
> >
> >
> > de KM1P Joe
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 19:22:52 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Bob Liddy (K8BL)" <k8bl@?????????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] EM31/32
Message-ID: <1631745473.977031.1581103372488@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Gridders,
On my 1709Z pass today on AO-92 from the EM31/32 Line
in LA, I logged the following Calls:
? K5DCC, K0TLG, N0JE, KI7UNJ, N3GS, WA5KBH, K9UO,
? W7JSD, K3RRR, AA6DY, KB6LTY, N8RO, N5UP, K7TAB
On my 1745Z pass today on AO-91 from EM31/32 in LA, I logged
the following Calls:
?WD9EWK, WA9JBQ, + 12 minutes of chaos!!
In spite of it being an almost directly overhead pass at 1745Z, there
was so much chaos and rude behavior that it was nearly impossible
to complete a QSO. I've been operating Satellites since 1979 and I've
never experienced anything like this. I can't even imagine what it must
be like on weekends. My plan/hope was to do a lot of roving to adjacent
Grids while here in EM32 until 3/5-ish, but I don't think I can tolerate
such obnoxious activity. Perhaps, I'll only spend my time on the Linears.
As long as I'm in the commenting mode, here are a few more. When it's
busy and you are calling someone, use THEIR Call when you call them.
Otherwise, no one knows your intention. When traffic is light, that's not
much of an issue. Use Phonetics as much as possible, including saying
individual numbers. Say 6-7 or 5-7 instead of 67 or 57 which sound
almost exactly the same. Finally, for now, try not to jump into the middle
of a QSO attempt before it completes. It eats up the short time available
since they may have to try again and so will you. Next thing you know,
the Satellite will be gone and nobody has made their contacts.
If I botched your Call or missed it during my transcription, let me know
and I'll re-check my recording. Will upload to LoTW soon. (No eQSL)
73,? ? ? ?Bob? K8BL? ? ? ?(AMSAT #6593, since 1979)
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 21:26:33 +0000
From: David Johnson <dave@?????.??.??>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS Contact at Electromagnetic Field Camp
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Hi
The ARISS-UK Team have announced that the Electromagnetic Field event
https://emfcamp.org
<https://emfcamp.org/?fbclid=IwAR0SSY9tH6thvqms615VIkDYRLwDkLv98rFNOKhUeCdVdAx
wEgwFleqN-5k> is to host an ARISS contact during the weekend of 23rd-26th
July 2020 at Easton Manor Deer Park, Herefordshire, UK.
The callsign for the contact will be GB4EMF and the ISS will use NA1SS. More
details about the contact to follow.
73
Dave, G4DPZ
AMSAT-UK Committee Member
FUNcube Team Member
AMSAT-NA Life Member
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