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Today's Topics:
1. My SO-50 Multicam video with stations heard list (John Brier)
2. 9100 (David)
3. QSO hunt from HM77fr (Pedro Sousa)
4. For Sale - Arrow II Sat Antenna with Duplexer. (The Romagni's)
5. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 04:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
6. AO-85 in safe mode (Andrew Glasbrenner)
7. Tri-City ARA presentation/demos, last night
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
8. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 19:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
9. Audio of today's ARISS QSO with (Sean K.)
10. Re: Audio of today's ARISS QSO with (AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
11. UT1FG/MM QSLs Received (Paul Stoetzer)
12. rotor help (george hinkle)
13. ANS 321 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN - AO-85
Commissioned, Handed Over To AMSAT-NA Operations (E.Mike McCardel)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:05:59 -0500
From: John Brier <johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] My SO-50 Multicam video with stations heard list
Message-ID:
<CALn0fKNAGHFeUUF6ELijOVLYs_fvXvR4kppzkPpVZv5-SV2p+g@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBs5DlKaVU
Stations Heard
. = tried to contact, * = contacted
01:54 KD2IIC EM31 LA * at 04:40 (emailed me later saying he heard me)
02:00 KG5FQT EL49 LA
02:15 N4UFO EM95 NC * at 05:30
03:35 KM4FLJ EM66 TN
03:58 KA4H FM17 VA * at 06:33
04:05 K0OU EM28 MO * at 05:51
05:18 ???GBR
06:15 AC9JU EN44 WI
08:02 KD2IQN FN21 NY
08:29 KI4RO (barely audible)
08:31 WD8RIF EM89 OH
08:48 KI4RO EM88 WV . at 08:51
09:06 ?4FLJ
09:17 WA2PJP FN30 NY ./* at 09:23
73,
John KG4AKV
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:48:10 -0500
From: "David" <dwarnberg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9100
Message-ID: <00c901d1209f$5a48bba0$0eda32e0$@xxx>
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For those that are interested, I am going to simplify and just get down to
one rig so I have decided to part with my 9100, it's was just purchased
3/12/2015
http://swap.qth.com/send-to-friend.php?counter=1231124
Contact me for further details or if you are interested
73's
David
KK4QOE
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:30:31 -0100
From: Pedro Sousa <pedro@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] QSO hunt from HM77fr
Message-ID: <564A3CE7.6000901@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx>
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Hi all,
I'm on a daily hunt for QSOs west of my location.
Here are my plans for this week:
Wednesday 18th at 19:25 UTC on a AO-7 looking for US and Canadian calls
specially those around the line from Manitoba, North Dakota down to
Texas. Any South/Central American calls are also very welcome!
Same on Friday 18th around 19:17 UTC.
Daily evening passes of XW-2F looking for East Coast.
Daily late night passes of AO-73.
SO-50 on Saturday at 13:50 UTC and 15:30 UTC, and again on Sunday at
14:10 UTC, for those seeking FM contact to Europe.
Weekends, occasionally, on FO-29.
On linear sats you can find me, as always, on center frequency +2kHz.
Looking forward!
73 de Pedro CU2ZG
HM77fr
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:14:35 -0600
From: "The Romagni's" <eromagni@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] For Sale - Arrow II Sat Antenna with Duplexer.
Message-ID:
<CAHyAO8gj0i_2SVZwWqWJbZ7TL9-vgAOQwGJDeoF0j-QYMESxeg@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello all..
Now that the winter is getting here, and that the fix satellite station is
now up in running at the chateau, I don?t have a need for this!.
I have for sale a pretty much new Arrow II Satellite antenna (with the
2mts/70 cm duplexer). you can see details here (
http://www.arrowantennas.com/arrowii/146-437.html) .
Arrow sells the whole kit for $142, you can have this for $100 and I will
include the shipping to you!
73
Steve
W4DTA
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 23:09:26 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17
04:00 UTC
Message-ID: <89afd.11f544c9.437c0276@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 04:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-17 16:47:02 UTC 41 deg
Scuola Media Statale ?G. Marconi?, Soleto, Lecce, Italy, And, Scuola
Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Benedetto Croce?, Civate, Italy, telebridge via
VE4ISS (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***)
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***)
Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-24 09:01:15 UTC 64 deg (***)
Dragonskolan, Ume?, Sweden, telebridge via VE4ISS (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go: Tue 2015-11-24 09:01:15 UTC 64 deg (***)
****************************************************************************
**
>From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment
(USOS)
hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be
conducted by the ARISS Russia team.
****************************************************************************
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@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
****************************************************************************
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
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
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@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 114
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112
****************************************************************************
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.
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 8061 date
and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-11-17 04:00 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.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1008.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 973.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-11-13 08:00 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF
Exp. 44 on orbit
Oleg Kononenko RN3DX
Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Exp. 45 on orbit
Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 08:09:10 -0500
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Pedro Sousa via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 in safe mode
Message-ID: <8C2DD081-5C2A-4665-9B57-2CB9063850FA@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
AO-85 will be in safe mode for at least one orbit today, and possibly until
this evening. If you hear it in transponder mode, feel free to use it.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:29:52 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tri-City ARA presentation/demos, last night
Message-ID:
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Hi!
I spent last night with the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association in Goodyear,
a west-side suburb of Phoenix. The club invited me to give a presentation
on satellites and AMSAT, and I was also able to demonstrate a couple of our
satellites launched recently (LilacSat-2, AO-85) before and into the
official start of the meeting. Even with a gotcha related to the
presentation, it was a good evening. Being able to have demonstrations on
two FM satellites, and neither of them being SO-50, was something very
different - and fun!
I made it out to the meeting site, which was about an hour's drive from my
house on the east side of metro Phoenix, with time to spare. I took my time
setting up my gear for the two demonstration passes. As I was setting up,
several club members watched me and asked questions about my equipment.
Many had their HTs, and I kept reminding them to be ready to listen to the
AO-85 pass around 7pm (0200 UTC), as they might be able to hear that
downlink without having to use a larger antenna. I used only my IC-2820H
dual-band mobile radio to work LilacSat-2 at 5W, then added my SDRplay SDR
receiver with my 8-inch Windows 10 tablet for the AO-85 pass.
LilacSat-2 came by around 6.20pm (0120 UTC), and there were only three of
us on that pass. Thanks to Glenn AA5PK in west Texas and Fernando NP4JV in
southern Arizona for the contacts during that pass. After LilacSat-2 went
behind trees and buildings to my north, I rewired my setup so the SDRplay
was connected through a diplexer to my Elk antenna, and connected my
external speaker to the tablet through an audio splitter.
Since the AO-85 pass was coming by at the normal 7pm start time of the
club's monthly meeting, it was decided that the demonstration would serve
as the start of the meeting. "Problem" solved. :-) This pass went almost
directly overhead, and we were hearing activity as soon as the satellite
came up above the trees and buildings northwest of the meeting site. I
also found that my Windows tablet doesn't have enough audio to drive an
external speaker, earbuds I could use to hear the downlink, and my Sony
audio recorder, so I unplugged the audio splitter and relied on the small
speakers in the tablet. I worked a few stations during the pass, and
copied a total of 15 data frames that have been uploaded to the AMSAT
server. I will update my logbook and upload contacts from these two passes
to Logbook of the World tonight. The RF recording from this pass, along
with some photos, have been uploaded to the "20151117-AO85_Fox1A" folder
in my Dropbox space: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/
During the AO-85 pass, several club members mentioned they could hear the
145.980 MHz FM downlink. A couple had HTs with long duckie antennas, and
a couple had the stock duckies for their HTs. These might not have worked
for making contacts during the pass, but being able to hear the downlink
without using a larger antenna impressed everyone. The crowd was also
impressed with the activity on the pass, and seeing how my SDR receive
setup copied the downlink.
After AO-85 went by, I packed up my gear as the club went inside the
building to have their monthly business meeting. When I went inside, the
business meeting had just concluded, and they were ready for my
presentation. One slight problem... the projector in the meeting room had
a DisplayPort cable on it, and nobody had a computer that could use that
video connector, or an adapter to allow that to work with other video
outputs like HDMI or VGA. Working around that, I gave my presentation, and
then e-mailed the PDF version of the slideshow to the club for
distribution to its members.
Thanks to the Bob Nobis N7RJN and the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association
for the invitation to speak at their meeting last night, along with giving
the demonstrations on LilacSat-2 and AO-85. Of course, thanks to the
stations on those two passes for calling WD9EWK and being part of the
activities.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:25:42 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17
19:00 UTC
Message-ID: <981b7.75df101d.437cd936@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 19:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Contact was successful: Tue 2015-11-17 16:47:02 UTC 41 deg (***)
Scuola Media Statale ?G. Marconi?, Soleto, Lecce, Italy, And, Scuola
Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Benedetto Croce?, Civate, Italy, telebridge via
VE4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-24 09:01:15 UTC 64 deg
Dragonskolan, Ume?, Sweden, telebridge via VE4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-25 09:44:25 UTC 78 deg (***)
****************************************************************************
**
>From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment
(USOS)
hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be
conducted by the ARISS Russia team.
****************************************************************************
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@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
****************************************************************************
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
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
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@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 114
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112
****************************************************************************
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.
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 8061 date
and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-11-17 19:00 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.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1009. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 974. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-11-17 19:00 UTC.
(***)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF
Exp. 44 on orbit
Oleg Kononenko RN3DX
Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Exp. 45 on orbit
Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:58:03 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Sean K." <kx9x@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Audio of today's ARISS QSO with
Message-ID:
<410676626.5243642.1447790283783.JavaMail.yahoo@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Hi all-
Does anybody have audio of the ARISS QSO today with the Kiluutaq School, in
Quebec?
CBC radio is asking for some audio for a news story on the event.
?Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:03:18 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: kx9x@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Audio of today's ARISS QSO with
Message-ID: <992f6.25ade452.437ce205@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
John AG9D sent that file out after the contact.
73,
Charlie AJ9N
In a message dated 11/17/2015 11:58:12 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx writes:
Hi all-
Does anybody have audio of the ARISS QSO today with the Kiluutaq School,
in Quebec?
CBC radio is asking for some audio for a news story on the event.
Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:55:34 -0500
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] UT1FG/MM QSLs Received
Message-ID:
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Good evening,
In today's mail I received confirmations from Yuri's manager, UX0FY, for
all of our QSOs to date.
I had sent my original request after my first QSOs with Yuri in November
2013 - February 2014. After following up, Eugene, UX0FY, told me that he
did not have the logs for that trip and I ended up receiving confirmations
for those QSOs directly from Yuri during his 2015 voyage. I was surprised
(but very happy) to receive this envelope today.
This seems to indicate that UX0FY now has all of Yuri's logs to date, so
you may wish to send a request if you need any QSLs.
73,
Paul, N8HM
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:29:51 -0600
From: george hinkle <gwhink41@xxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] rotor help
Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP1503AD3E829375640B819DBD41C0@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I've taken my trusty rotors for new and improved "AlfaSpid". I've had them
for nearly a year and just getting around to putting them up. I had them
working fine with SatPC32 and ground tested them for over a week when I got
them. Well I can't get them to work and I've lost me notes.
Anyone who may know the "AlfaApid" rotors that could help me it would be
awesome. I've been waiting for some other problems with the antenna and had
to take every thing down. So now is the time to put the new rotors on.
george wi9i
gwhink41@xxx.xxx
be very grateful for any help
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:09:23 -0500
From: "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS 321 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN -
AO-85 Commissioned, Handed Over To AMSAT-NA Operations
Message-ID:
<CAM5+sotFdKrjCyZDJCRHSuJ9wF_Zx1AXJVqhFDSqcZPqsUFyRg@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-321
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* AO-85 Commissioned, Handed Over To AMSAT-NA Operations
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-321.01
ANS-321 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 321.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
November 17, 2015
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-321.01
AO-85 Commissioned, Handed Over To AMSAT-NA Operations
AO-85 has been formally commissioned and turned over to AMSAT
Operations, who are now responsible for the scheduling and modes.
The following guidelines are provided for users:
Uplink power should be on the order of minimum 200 W EIRP for full
quieting at lower antenna elevation angles. Your mileage may vary.
With an Arrow, 5 W has been used successfully to make contacts.
Polarity is important. The satellite antennas are linear. So, if you
are using linearly polarized antennas, you will need to adjust
throughout the pass. Full duplex operation facilitates these
adjustments while transmitting and is highly recommended.
The downlink is very strong and should be heard well with almost any
antenna.
Downlink audio is 5 kHz deviation, as expected. Many will perceive
that the audio is "low." This is an effect of the filtering below 300
Hz, which provides for the DUV telemetry, coupled with any noise on
the uplink signal resulting from lack of full quieting or being off
frequency. That makes for less fidelity than a typical receiver in
terms of audio frequencies passed.
Transmit (downlink) frequency varies with temperature. Due to the
wide range of temperatures we are seeing in the eclipse cycle, the
transmitter can be anywhere from around 500 Hz low at 10?C to near 2
kHz low at 40?C.
Receive frequency has been generally agreed to be about 435.170 MHz,
although the AFC makes that hard to pin down and also helps with the
uplinks that are off frequency.
Probably the most notable observations about AO-85 are an apparent
lack of sensitivity and difficulty in turning on the repeater with
the 67 Hz CTCSS when it is not yet activated, or holding it on by the
presence of the CTCSS. We have determined a probable cause for the
sensitivity issue and while that can't be fixed on AO-85 we are
taking steps to prevent similar issues on the rest of the Fox-1
CubeSats. The tone detection threshold along with the receive
sensitivity issue makes it hard to bring up the repeater. This is
being addressed by adjusting the values for a valid tone detection in
the other Fox-1 CubeSats now that we have on orbit information about
temperatures and power budget. Full details will be in the Nov/Dec
AMSAT Journal.
It is important to remember that science is the reason behind the
Fox-1 satellites. Not only does science help with the launch cost, it
provides a great amount of educational value both from the science
payload and in amateur radio itself. The data-under-voice (DUV)
telemetry is an excellent way to provide the science without
sacrificing the use of the satellite for communications, which would
be the case if higher speed downlinks were needed. DUV provides
constant science as long as the repeater is in use, which in turn
provides more downlink data for the science - a mutually beneficial
combination.
Fox-1A is AMSAT-NA's first CubeSat. Many new techniques are
incorporated and lessons will be learned, as with any new "product."
The Fox-1 Project is a series of CubeSats. A total of five will be
built and flown. Launches are scheduled for three more, and a new
NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative proposal will be submitted for the
fifth. We will incorporate changes from what we learn in each launch,
to the extent possible, in subsequent Fox-1 CubeSats.
Of the four NASA sponsored CubeSats on the ELaNa XII launch October
8, we are sad to report that ARC1 was never heard from and BisonSat
was lost after a few weeks of operation. AMSAT extends our deepest
sympathy to the people who worked so hard on these projects. To our
members, we want to say that the Fox Team is very proud and pleased
that our first CubeSat is very successful and hopefully will be for
some time.
[ANS thanks Jerry NoJY for the above information]
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73,
This week's ANS Editor,
EMike McCardel, KC8YLD
kc8yld at amsat dot org
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