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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and transmitting
(Greg)
2. Re: Working together (E.Mike McCardel)
3. Re: Working together (Bruce Perens)
4. Re: Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and transmitting
(Don KB2YSI)
5. Call-to-action about the election (Bruce Perens)
6. Re: Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and transmitting
(Phil Karn)
7. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-07-17 02:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
8. Re: Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and transmitting
(Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197)
9. Re: Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and transmitting
(Phil Karn)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:24:51 -0400
From: Greg <almetco@???????.???>
To: GEO Badger <w3ab@?????.???>
Cc: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and
transmitting
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Great idea and thanks for sharing the technical details.
Greg
N3MVF
On Jul 16, 2020, at 7:20 PM, GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
Very cool Phil.. Thanks for sharing that.
As an ex-employee of MBARI, I can tell you that we threw a lot of stuff in
the water that took more development time and cost than yours with similar
results.
---
Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side
73 de W3AB/GEO
http://www.w3ab.org
You can say "over", you can say "out", you just can't say "over and out".
On Thursday, July 16, 2020, 03:48:27 PM PDT, Phil Karn via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
Over the past year, Randy, KQ6RS and I have mentored the MCHSARC in
designing and constructing a simple marine buoy that was deployed from
the R/V Sally Ride this morning about 700 km off the coast of southern
California. It is up and transmitting WSPR on 20m using the callsign
KQ6RS, and is being received all over the US and into Canada and Brazil.
The electronics is the 20m WSPR version of the WB8ELK "pico tracker"
that has been flown quite a few times (including by us) on long duration
balloons. We removed the solar panels and substituted 21 ordinary
alkaline D-cells wired to supply 4.5V. We estimate battery lifetime will
be 6 months.
The basic design was inspired by Bob, WB4APR, at the US Naval Academy.
Physically, the buoy is just a 5' section of 4" PVC pipe, ballasted at
one end to float vertically in the water. The top is closed by a sewer
pressure test plug I found at Home Depot; it has a bolt in the center
that acts as a convenient feed-through and mounting point for the
antenna, a stainless steel CB whip with a matching network designed,
tested and carefully tuned by Randy. We use the sea as a counterpoise,
but to avoid direct metal/seawater contact we lined the inside of the
pipe with copper tape to form a capacitive connection. We probably spent
too much time on this; Randy even modeled the electrical fields in the
seawater with a professional RF analysis package.
In our first flotation tests in Randy's swimming pool we found that the
ballasted pipe, by itself, was remarkably stable in pitch, roll, sway
and surge but oscillated a lot in heave (up and down). To damp this
Randy added cross arms at the water line to add drag in the vertical
direction. (It wasn't our intent to mimic a religious icon but that's
where the physics went.) Tuning the antenna required sea water, so Randy
did it from a dock on Mission Bay here in San Diego.
We tried to make this thing as rugged as we could. (My favorite saying
to the students was that the sea *always* wins in the end, but we can
delay that long enough to be useful.) Everything inside is held in place
with epoxy or polyurethane foam. Randy reinforced the sewer plug with a
PVC end cap with a hole cut in the center. Although the antenna is
stainless steel, Randy covered it with a type of heatshrink with a
waterproofing compound inside. Activation was by removing an external
magnet placed over a parallel pair of normally closed magnetic reed
switches. (Using two instead of one was my idea.) We even argued how to
guard against the crew forgetting to remove the magnet before
deployment. Randy found some adhesive that would dissolve and let the
magnet fall away; I suggested a big REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT tag and a float
that would pull it away if it was tossed into the water.
That left the problem of deployment. We couldn't just drop it close to
the coast because it would quickly wash back up on the beach. We needed
a boat ride. We were originally going on a NOAA vessel in April, but
that trip was cancelled due to the pandemic. Randy secured a trip on the
R/V Sally Ride, a research ship operated by Scripps Institute of
Oceanography and home ported here in San Diego.
This map shows the "lawn mowing" pattern they follow to measure and
sample sea water off southern California. We were deployed early this
morning at the most southwestern point shown here:
https://calcofi.org/cruises/2020-cruises/calcofi-2007sr.html
First report was at 12:52:30 UTC this morning from 29 51.25N, 123
37.50W. That's grid square CL89eu, which I figure is pretty rare for
grid hunters. The current carried us east into CL89fu at 20:32:30. This
is a little surprising since we thought the currents in that area are to
the southwest. But that's why you do science!
You can track us on aprs.fi here:
https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FKQ6RS-1&others=1&timerange=604800&tail=3600
We also show up on wsprnet.org
http://wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/map
Because of the funky way Bill encodes position in WSPR (which was never
designed for this), you'll see some weird-looking callsigns (like
0W7NFU) in addition to KQ6RS.
This was our first buoy, just to get our feet wet (ha ha). Now to think
about what we want to put in our *second* buoy. Two-way links, satellite
tracking, sensors, the works. But remember the "second system" effect...
73, Phil
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:48:10 -0400
From: "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm@?????.???>
To: Bruce Perens <bruce@??????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Working together
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Not sure of the point here, unless it?s just to confuse or spin Burns?
point, which I found eloquent.
? NDAs about launch
schedules aren't really going to get us in trouble about ITAR?
Duh!
Breaking ITAR rules will only get you in trouble with the government.
Breaking NDAs only gets you in trouble with the working partner which whom
you signed it.
My suggestion in all of this is isolate the WE / THEY arguments in favor of
examining each candidate on their own merit. I judge that on both sides of
this argument that ?Party? lines that are being drawn inflates or deflates
some individuals credentials to serve well.
Three things I have learned in my many years of dealing with people in
general and boards specifically is that
1. those who dost protest the most have agendas That aren?t always clear.
2. People with agendas seldom make good board members.
3. Those who don?t have their own merits to stand on tend to make alliances
that benefit only themselves.
What is best for AMSAT is not voting for a ticket, but rather voting for the
best people, period.
73,
EMike McCardel, AA8EM
Past Senior Editor AMSAT News Service
Past AMSAT-NA VP Educational Relations
Former ARRL, Ohio Section, Affiliated Club Coordinator
> On Jul 16, 2020, at 6:18 PM, Bruce Perens via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> NDAs about launch
> schedules aren't really going to get us in trouble about ITAR
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:12:26 -0700
From: Bruce Perens <bruce@??????.???>
To: "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Working together
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:48 PM E.Mike McCardel <mccardelm@?????.???> wrote:
> Not sure of the point here, unless it?s just to confuse or spin Burns?
> point, which I found eloquent.
> ? NDAs about launch
> schedules aren't really going to get us in trouble about ITAR?
> Duh!
>
Perhaps if I went through the example a little more thoroughly?
You partner with ESA to do your launch. ESA does not want to widely
distribute their launch availability because they are sending up some
secret payloads. So, they schedule you No Earlier Than February 1, 2022,
but they ask that you keep that date private.
You tell your build team that you need the satellite by November 1, 2021.
You will use the rest of the time for integration, etc. You really only
need two months for integration. You make this date public. You have not
violated the NDA.
Thanks
Bruce
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:12:50 -0400
From: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???>
To: Greg <almetco@???????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and
transmitting
Message-ID:
<CAAJiE8NKj0JY-fP8XTKZvabepk5vTRi2o6oO6hch5r8s+4kj2A@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
That is a really cool sounding project and thank you for sharing your
process!
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 19:50 Greg via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> Great idea and thanks for sharing the technical details.
>
> Greg
> N3MVF
>
> On Jul 16, 2020, at 7:20 PM, GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
> wrote:
>
> Very cool Phil.. Thanks for sharing that.
> As an ex-employee of MBARI, I can tell you that we threw a lot of stuff in
> the water that took more development time and cost than yours with similar
> results.
> ---
> Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side
> 73 de W3AB/GEO
>
> http://www.w3ab.org
>
> You can say "over", you can say "out", you just can't say "over and out".
>
> On Thursday, July 16, 2020, 03:48:27 PM PDT, Phil Karn via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Over the past year, Randy, KQ6RS and I have mentored the MCHSARC in
> designing and constructing a simple marine buoy that was deployed from
> the R/V Sally Ride this morning about 700 km off the coast of southern
> California. It is up and transmitting WSPR on 20m using the callsign
> KQ6RS, and is being received all over the US and into Canada and Brazil.
>
> The electronics is the 20m WSPR version of the WB8ELK "pico tracker"
> that has been flown quite a few times (including by us) on long duration
> balloons. We removed the solar panels and substituted 21 ordinary
> alkaline D-cells wired to supply 4.5V. We estimate battery lifetime will
> be 6 months.
>
> The basic design was inspired by Bob, WB4APR, at the US Naval Academy.
> Physically, the buoy is just a 5' section of 4" PVC pipe, ballasted at
> one end to float vertically in the water. The top is closed by a sewer
> pressure test plug I found at Home Depot; it has a bolt in the center
> that acts as a convenient feed-through and mounting point for the
> antenna, a stainless steel CB whip with a matching network designed,
> tested and carefully tuned by Randy. We use the sea as a counterpoise,
> but to avoid direct metal/seawater contact we lined the inside of the
> pipe with copper tape to form a capacitive connection. We probably spent
> too much time on this; Randy even modeled the electrical fields in the
> seawater with a professional RF analysis package.
>
> In our first flotation tests in Randy's swimming pool we found that the
> ballasted pipe, by itself, was remarkably stable in pitch, roll, sway
> and surge but oscillated a lot in heave (up and down). To damp this
> Randy added cross arms at the water line to add drag in the vertical
> direction. (It wasn't our intent to mimic a religious icon but that's
> where the physics went.) Tuning the antenna required sea water, so Randy
> did it from a dock on Mission Bay here in San Diego.
>
> We tried to make this thing as rugged as we could. (My favorite saying
> to the students was that the sea *always* wins in the end, but we can
> delay that long enough to be useful.) Everything inside is held in place
> with epoxy or polyurethane foam. Randy reinforced the sewer plug with a
> PVC end cap with a hole cut in the center. Although the antenna is
> stainless steel, Randy covered it with a type of heatshrink with a
> waterproofing compound inside. Activation was by removing an external
> magnet placed over a parallel pair of normally closed magnetic reed
> switches. (Using two instead of one was my idea.) We even argued how to
> guard against the crew forgetting to remove the magnet before
> deployment. Randy found some adhesive that would dissolve and let the
> magnet fall away; I suggested a big REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT tag and a float
> that would pull it away if it was tossed into the water.
>
> That left the problem of deployment. We couldn't just drop it close to
> the coast because it would quickly wash back up on the beach. We needed
> a boat ride. We were originally going on a NOAA vessel in April, but
> that trip was cancelled due to the pandemic. Randy secured a trip on the
> R/V Sally Ride, a research ship operated by Scripps Institute of
> Oceanography and home ported here in San Diego.
>
> This map shows the "lawn mowing" pattern they follow to measure and
> sample sea water off southern California. We were deployed early this
> morning at the most southwestern point shown here:
>
> https://calcofi.org/cruises/2020-cruises/calcofi-2007sr.html
>
> First report was at 12:52:30 UTC this morning from 29 51.25N, 123
> 37.50W. That's grid square CL89eu, which I figure is pretty rare for
> grid hunters. The current carried us east into CL89fu at 20:32:30. This
> is a little surprising since we thought the currents in that area are to
> the southwest. But that's why you do science!
>
> You can track us on aprs.fi here:
>
> https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FKQ6RS-1&others=1&timerange=604800&tail=3600
>
> We also show up on wsprnet.org
>
> http://wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/map
>
> Because of the funky way Bill encodes position in WSPR (which was never
> designed for this), you'll see some weird-looking callsigns (like
> 0W7NFU) in addition to KQ6RS.
>
> This was our first buoy, just to get our feet wet (ha ha). Now to think
> about what we want to put in our *second* buoy. Two-way links, satellite
> tracking, sensors, the works. But remember the "second system" effect...
>
> 73, Phil
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
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> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:21:13 -0700
From: Bruce Perens <bruce@??????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Call-to-action about the election
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
I have published this call-to-action about the election. So far Michelle
and I are signatories, please tell me if you would like to add your name.
http://perens.com/static/AMSAT/Election2020.html
Thanks
Bruce
--
Bruce Perens - CEO at stealth startup. I'll tell you what it is eventually
:-)
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:24:00 -0700
From: Phil Karn <karn@????.???>
To: GEO Badger <w3ab@?????.???>, amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and
transmitting
Message-ID: <612b59d8-1c42-d06c-97b0-45d5d15c021d@????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
On 7/16/20 16:20, GEO Badger wrote:
> Very cool Phil.. Thanks for sharing that.
>
> As an ex-employee of MBARI, I can tell you that we threw a lot of
> stuff in the water that took more development time and cost than yours
> with similar results.
>
Well, it remains to be seen just how long we'll last. I think we
probably over-engineered this thing, and I wouldn't be surprised if it
continues to float long after the batteries die. We did mark it to give
us a chance of getting it back should it be discovered on a beach someday.
We're already tossing around lots of ideas for a follow-on. Beware the
second system effect...
Phil
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 02:09:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-07-17
02:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1746757513.2101949.1594951799842@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-07-17 02:00 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
GAGARIN FROM SPACE Performing an amateur radio session with the 9th
International Aerospace School.? Ufa, U.N. Sultanova Republic of
Bashkortostan, Russia, direct via RZ9WWB (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Ivan Vagner
Contact is go for Fri 2020-07-17 19:08 UTC (***)
?
##############################################################################
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A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the
telebridge from their own home.
*************************************************
?
ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the
public in general.? As such, we may have last minute cancellations or
postponements of school contacts.? As always, I will try to provide everyone
with near-real-time updates.?
?
The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19:?
?
Postponed:
No new schools
?
Cancelled:
No new schools
?
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
?
Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also.
?
?
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?2020-07-17 02:00 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
?
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
?
?
The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-07-10 16:30 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
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed.
?
For future 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/
?
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 133
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 1391.
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1324.
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
?
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. 62 now on orbit
Chris Cassidy KF5KDR
Anatoli Ivanishin
Ivan Vagner
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SpaceX-Demo2 now on orbit
Bob Behnken KE5GGX
Doug Hurley
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:01:22 -0700
From: "Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197" <dougfaunt@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???? karn@????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and
transmitting
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Cool. If you want to get an even more remote deployment, get in touch
with the Sea Education Association, based in Woods Hole,
but the SSV Robert C. Seamans is in San Diego, last I heard, after a
transit from NZ.
The boat travels through almost deserted parts of the Pacific, doing
various science projects with college students on board,
as well as professional crew. I sailed as mate on her a couple of
years ago, NZ to Tahiti.
pbrandon@???.??? is president- tell her I suggested this.
73, doug
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:33:27 -0700
From: Phil Karn <karn@????.???>
To: Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197 <dougfaunt@?????.???>,
amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mount Carmel HS ARC marine buoy deployed and
transmitting
Message-ID: <e2856e99-21c9-2990-1669-ee1baf8baa39@????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
On 7/16/20 20:01, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197 wrote:
> Cool. If you want to get an even more remote deployment, get in touch
> with the Sea Education Association, based in Woods Hole,
> but the SSV Robert C. Seamans is in San Diego, last I heard, after a
> transit from NZ.
> The boat travels through almost deserted parts of the Pacific, doing
> various science projects with college students on board,
> as well as professional crew. I sailed as mate on her a couple of
> years ago, NZ to Tahiti.
> pbrandon@???.??? is president- tell her I suggested this.
> 73, doug
Thanks Doug! I've passed this on to Randy and the other club members and
officers. i don't know when we'll have another buoy ready to go, but we
will definitely have one. We were just given a professional unit to do
whatever we want with, and it's got room for our own equipment and antennas.
73, Phil
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