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Today's Topics:
1. Re: AO92 L/V mode?? (Schuette, Martin A)
2. AO92 L/V mode?? A suggestion (tjschuessler@???????.????
3. Re: AO92 L/V mode?? (Jerry Buxton)
4. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-20 03:30 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
5. Re: AO92 L/V mode?? A suggestion (Ev Tupis)
6. Google Summer of Code 2020 Application - announcement
(Michelle Thompson)
7. My 2 Cents on L/V (Brad Smith)
8. Listened to ISS 2/20/20 l8:20 UTC (Jackie Dander)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 01:42:47 +0000
From: "Schuette, Martin A" <marty.schuette@???.???>
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO92 L/V mode??
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Personally, I think an alternating schedule of LV being on weekends one
week, and during the week the next, could be a good compromise to this
issue. As pointed out before, weekends are a common time for people to try
out new equipment and I think this applies for both sides. Many potential
new ops might not be aware of the existence of such a scheduled mode switch.
This would also be useful for hamfest demonstrations as most ops do not have
portable L/V gear, and would at least have a couple weekends a month that
could line up with demonstrating U/V operation of AO-92.
I do also feel that we should try to put the satellite into camera mode at
the very least once a month, I for one like seeing this mode in use,
especially in cases of large storm systems and hurricanes.
Marty N9EAT
AMSAT Life Member #2507
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I stayed up late tonight to work AO92 L/V mode only to find that it was
still in L/V mode.Then I got on EO88 a few minutes later and was told that
L/V mode would be on Wednesday this week.It would be nice it this
information was posted on the BBS BEFORE the weekend gets here.Also why the
change anyway?????
Perry WB8OTH
py41@???.???
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:35:55 -0600
From: <tjschuessler@???????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO92 L/V mode?? A suggestion
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I would like to propose a compromise on the L/V mode day. I understand that
the week days have fewer stations for L Band folks to work. The reality is
that many folks have to work during the week and that means they will
probably not have the ability to get on.
The problem with making it from Saturday evening to Sunday evening local
time is that it cuts off a whole segment of people who might only get to use
U/V but on these weekend passes. Yes I know, there are plenty of U/V passes
for the average Joe to use I am concerned that newer ops, might not
understand and think that the hobby was only for the privileged few.
My compromise suggestion would be a Sunday evening to Monday schedule. Turn
it on first pass on Sunday Evening (Monday UTC) and letting the 24 hour
timer go from there. It is still a weekend for many and I bet the activity
level on those two local Sunday evening passes would go up from the week day
version of L/V but still offer more opportunities for the U/V only
operators/rovers to get their fun in.
Just a thought.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
EM12ms
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:37:08 -0600
From: Jerry Buxton <n0jy@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO92 L/V mode??
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On 2/19/2020 19:13, Fernando Ramirez via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> While we all appreciate N8MH and the other command stations ops efforts to
> switch the satellite mode, I still believe the Operations Team should
> request help from other operators with the necessary equipment, and time,
> in order to ease the burden of commanding our satellites. In almost 5 years
> working sats, I have never seen such requests.
While I can't speak for the enrollment of ground stations in general, I
can speak to the command of AO-92.
Since AO-92 has an imaging device that must be and is licensed by
NOAA/CRSRA, that puts some important limits on commanding.
I am the holder (POC) of the imaging license for Fox-1C and Fox-1D so I
get to be sure all of the rules are followed, if nothing else than for a
bit of CmYA.
The stations that command AO-92 must be licensed and operated in the
U.S., and effect security measures for ensuring their station and any
command devices are not accessible to anyone else including your family
members.
In addition to a quarterly audit and an annual audit that I must
undertake, the command stations must be open for NOAA inspection at all
reasonable times.?
There are strict limits on what we can image, which can generally be
summed up as "earth only", as any images of other satellites and objects
in orbit must be done so with the consent of the owner of the object and
absent that, must only be done if they are encrypted per USG approved
standards.? That last piece rules out taking any such images and sending
the data over amateur radio, just as we have an exemption from
encrypting earth images because we are amateur radio - but also limited
to earth images only because we can't encrypt any ARSO objects.
Command stations must be registered with and approve by NOAA/CRSRA, and
because of the nature of the steps for achieving that I would stress the
permanence of their participation to our VP Ops, i.e. being selective of
stations who can provide reliable command service for at least one year
and preferably, for the life of the satellite(s).
There are strict limits on resolution of the images, and the imagers are
capable of more than their licensed resolution therefore it is important
to ensure images are only captured and downlinked in the licensed format.
The command stations who are selected by AMSAT for imaging satellite
command privileges must be able to answer to me whether directly or via
VP Operations when queries or anomalies are brought to me by NOAA/CRSRA
as well as for audits.
This is not the entire list although it certainly covers the most
important items that come into play when selecting command stations.
As the responsible party for our imaging license I have determined that
given the amount of work involved, the sensitivity of the command
information, imaging, imaging control, and downlinked images, the
availability and capability to command AO-92, and the trust that must be
placed in an imaging capable command station, for the time being, only
three AMSAT command stations be allowed to command AO-92.
If access by additional command stations is shown to be a requirement
for the operation of AO-92, during consideration and vetting of the
candidate station by VP Operations I would provide input and make a
recommendation whether the station is qualified in my opinion, to
properly satisfy our NOAA/CRSRA imaging license.? As of this time, I
have seen nothing brought forth in debates on amsat-bb or other media
(and of course, I do not nor do I intend to look at them all) that shows
any sincere and responsible desire to function as a command station for
an imaging satellite, other than personal desires for days of operation
for Downshifter (Mode L, or L band operation).? I also would not expect
that any such requests would be made in the public forum given the
sensitivity of the operation, in other words in this case given by
Fernando, you will likely never see any discussion of at least the
imaging command stations here or anywhere other than an announcement of
a new command station.
Like EAR, like orbital debris, like the NDAs that we are part of in
getting satellites launched, and no, don't ask to see our license
because like the laws and agreements covering NOAA/CRSRA imaging
licenses, you won't see any of that here.? That is the nature of the
game, these days.? I play by NOAA (in this case, or any other of the
above) rules and we all work hard within those rules to put satellites
into orbit.? I know everybody wants to know everything, but put simply,
you can't.? It's not personal, it's business.? And while ham radio
(satellites) is a hobby, AMSAT and the in-space operation and control of
our satellites are strictly business.
I hope this provides some detail to expand on what happens, to show that
rather than the solution often bandied about when things don't seem to
happen the way someone wants it to as "because we're being mean", is not
true.? If I were mean, I wouldn't even take time to try to help you
understand!??
And now to be mean just to keep -bb in its groove, I will likely not
respond to any questions about this here because of the reasons above,
and because there are still many things to do to keep getting our next
three satellites on track to in-orbit.? Perhaps I can expand in an AMSAT
Journal piece, if there is truly enough interest (and I can do so
without violating our license)!???
73
Jerry Buxton, N?JY
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 03:23:17 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-20
03:30 UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-20 03:30 UTC
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Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
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Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Thu 2020-02-20 18:20:28 UTC 48 deg
Watch for live stream at https://facebook.com/ohkyinars
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Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA, direct via KQ4KMS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Mon 2020-02-24 18:23:55 UTC 31 deg
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Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Tue 2020-02-25 17:35:18 UTC 31 deg
?
?
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?2020-02-20 03:00 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
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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 2020-02-08 03:30 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 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138
Sergey RV3DR with 132
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 1380.
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1313.
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. 60 on orbit
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: 5
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:42:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: Ev Tupis <w2ev@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO92 L/V mode?? A suggestion
Message-ID: <1538935646.4094570.1582198970086@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Sorry for jumping in on this late.? I admit that I'm new to the FM sats,
and have found a local Elmer to change that.? Still...
If one is willing to abandon the human construct of days-of-the-week,
flipping L/V and U/V every UTC day equally advantages each mode.
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S repeatU L U L U L U L U L U L U L
Some weekends it's U/V Saturday and some weekends it's L/V Saturday.?
Rinse-and-repeat.
Again, I'm joining "late" so this may have well been discussed and abandoned
for good reason. :-)
Ev, W2EV
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 9:37:27 PM EST, Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
I would like to propose a compromise on the L/V mode day.? I understand that
the week days have fewer stations for L Band folks to work.? The reality is
that many folks have to work during the week and that means they will
probably not have the ability to get on.
The problem with making it from Saturday evening to Sunday evening local
time is that it cuts off a whole segment of people who might only get to use
U/V but on these weekend passes.? Yes I know, there are plenty of U/V passes
for the average Joe to use? I am concerned that newer ops, might not
understand and think that the hobby was only for the privileged few.
My compromise suggestion would be a Sunday evening to Monday schedule.? Turn
it on first pass on Sunday Evening (Monday UTC) and letting the 24 hour
timer go from there.? It is still a weekend for many and I bet the activity
level on those two local Sunday evening passes would go up from the week day
version of L/V but still offer more opportunities for the U/V only
operators/rovers to get their fun in.
Just a thought.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
EM12ms
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:05:00 -0800
From: Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle@?????.???>
To: Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station
<ground-station@?????.????????????.?????????>, AMSAT BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code 2020 Application -
announcement
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Today is the day for Google Summer of Code "Accepted Organizations", and I
got the extremely kindly written rejection notice for Open Research
Institute's application a few minutes ago. There are a *lot* more
organizations applying than spots, this was our first year, and we will
100% try again.
Also, there are also designated "umbrella" groups that we can potentially
move underneath and still participate. I'm going to reach out and see if we
can't get that rolling! If you know of one that would be a good match, let
me know.
This is the first year applying, and it resulted in the creation of a much
more publicly accessible list of project content than we had with the task
board on GitHub.
So, we are going to fully use this list and tackle all the jobs! The
content will go straight over the The Ham Calling, a new site designed
specifically for connecting high-tech ham work with high-tech hams!
Here's the current lineup:
https://openresearch.institute/google-summer-of-code-2020/
I'm writing up an article for the Journal as well.
What other projects do you think should be added? This list best serves as
a "base" of potential work to advance the radio arts in the community.
Thank you very much to those that volunteered to be mentors! Several of you
volunteered to be mentors for the first time, ever. That is a big step and
greatly appreciated.
In several cases, hams contacted me with anxiety over being "technical
enough" to mentor students. Yes, some of these projects are complex, but
mentorship is much much more than being able to answer a student's
technical questions. Being supported while taking risks, learning about
amateur satellite operation, learning about the amateur "code", and how to
fail and start over or roll back to what most recently worked - these are
foundational things.
Encouragement and steady support are, in the long run, of greater value
than being able to substitute in for a Wikipedia article on FEC.
Next year, assuming things continue to improve, TAPR, AMSAT, and ARRL will
all apply to be mentoring organizations along with ORI and GNU Radio and
others. Amateur radio is uniquely qualified to serve a meaningful and
significant role in open source technical advancement, and I cannot wait to
see the future results.
-Michelle W5NYV
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:39:09 +0000 (UTC)
From: Brad Smith <corlissbs@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] My 2 Cents on L/V
Message-ID: <1127536239.5816989.1582223949821@????.?????.???>
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<It's always the same people anyway. Generally those are the same people
whospend all day everyday beside their radio so it doesn't matter what
dayit's on. Weekends are where new people with their dual band rig decide
togive the birds a try typically, keeping U/v gives them more chances to
makea first QSO.>
We satellite hams are a small proportion of the ham community. Some
satellite hams have to work during the week, but have time after work to
work satellites. Only a small portion of the satellite hams work 92 in L/V,
which is why the same people are heard. The weekends have rovers who give
new grid squares to us grid square collectors. My vote is to leave L/V on
Wednesdays, to leave the two main birds open on weekends for ALL hams to
enjoy, no matter if they have a permanent base station with a 9700 or an
Arrow/Elk antenna and an HT.
I am ready to try L/V, with my Alinco HT and a Yaesu HT and my handheld
antenna. But I need winter to go away in Wisconsin before I try it, for
obvious reasons. Brad KC9UQR
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:51:29 -0500
From: Jackie Dander <shorenicehere@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Listened to ISS 2/20/20 l8:20 UTC
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Thanks, AMSAT, for the supporting info you provided regarding the just
completed pass of the ISS. A crew member spoke to a school in Ohio.
I am at FM14 in N.Carolina and latched onto full throated signal right
after AOS time locally, 2 minutes after AOS in Ohio.
I had squelch at zero and when crew spoke all was clear, then static as the
next question was asked on the uplink, then the clear answer on the
downlink. I don't think we are supposed to hear uplink? I recorded the
entire pass from local AOS until signoff at end.
My antenna is a homemade 2 element hand-held yagi with #6 copper wire for
elements. (WA5VJB designed)
Radio connected to yagi was Baofeng UV5R, $20.
A second Baofeng UV5R with factory duck antenna was in my other hand.
I alternated between radios held near my recorder and there was no
difference between the two receiving methods.
Clear speech in both radios.
I have not put any analysis on my yagi, so it could be poorly matched
thereby explaining its performance equal to duckie antenna.
All in all, very excited to have experienced the ISS session.
Thanks again.
If any info needed or the recorded audio, let me know.
Isaac
W4ITC
(end of week three of my LEO learning adventure.)
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