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Today's Topics:
1. I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal antenna
any good? (Eric Christensen)
2. Re: I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal
antenna any good? (Andrew Glasbrenner)
3. Re: DXCC & HamSats (Kevin M)
4. Re: DXCC & HamSats (Paul Stoetzer)
5. Re: I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal
antenna any good? (Alan)
6. Satellite Activity - JA vs. NA (Paul Stoetzer)
7. Re: DXCC & HamSats (Andrew Glasbrenner)
8. Re: Free content from six satellites via Outernet (APRS?)
(Robert Bruninga)
9. Re: I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal
antenna any good? (Eric Christensen)
10. N8RO/P Operations (Ronald Oldham)
11. Re: Satellite Activity - JA vs. NA (Daryl Young)
12. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-01 22:00 UTC
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 09:54:54 -0500
From: Eric Christensen <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal
antenna any good?
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I've been wanting to build a quadrifilar helicoidal antenna for a
while. Unfortunately I just can't seem to find enough time to figure
out what parts I need much less put the thing together. With that in
mind, I wonder if this antenna is any good:
http://www.antennas.us/store/p/396-UC-AMSAT-KITP-2-m-/-70-cm-Passive-Ama
teur-Satellite-Antenna-Kit.html
Anyone had any experience with it?
73,
Eric WG3K
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:11:41 -0500
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Eric Christensen <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar
helicoidal antenna any good?
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I have the UHF model. It lives on a magnet base stuck to the side of the AC
air handler in my garage, and I hang my yard work hat on it. It was worse
than a 2m 1/4 wave whip on receive on AO-51.
The 2m model might be a little better for 2m downlinks.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 1, 2016, at 9:54 AM, Eric Christensen <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
wrote:
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> I've been wanting to build a quadrifilar helicoidal antenna for a
> while. Unfortunately I just can't seem to find enough time to figure
> out what parts I need much less put the thing together. With that in
> mind, I wonder if this antenna is any good:
>
> http://www.antennas.us/store/p/396-UC-AMSAT-KITP-2-m-/-70-cm-Passive-Ama
> teur-Satellite-Antenna-Kit.html
>
> Anyone had any experience with it?
>
> 73,
> Eric WG3K
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 15:27:03 +0000 (UTC)
From: Kevin M <n4ufo@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DXCC & HamSats
Message-ID:
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Has anyone else experienced enhanced propagation on the birds???Sure...
RS-12/13's primary mode was Mode K: 15m uplink and 10m downlink. I worked
OK1DIG while the bird was over North America and he was no where in the
footprint. In fact, there was a ham that worked DXCC on RS-12/13 alone,
arranging Mode K skeds with hams in various countries. At the time, we
called it 'skipping' into the bird since one station was using 'skip'
propagation to hear and work the bird while the other station was in the
footprint.
That said, there are no more Mode K birds around...we barely have Mode A.
BUT, if one was likely to be able to do any 'enhanced propagation' it would
most likely need to be Mode A, since you would need 'enhancement' on both
the uplink AND the downlink to complete a QSO. But that is going to be far
rarer than the Mode K skipping and I just can't see Mode B of Mode J doing
it since it would require some form of enhancement on UHF as well. For that
to line up just right would be extremely rare. Maybe something equatorial,
but still rare.
73, Kevin N4UFO
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:29:06 -0500
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: Kevin M <n4ufo@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DXCC & HamSats
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I think this is where our computer tracking hurts us sometimes. We
don't try to access satellites before or after the computer tells us
it's AOS time. With OSCARLATORs and other manual tracking methods,
there was an error of up to several minutes, so you might try getting
in 5-10 minutes before or 5-10 minutes after the satellite was up. You
are more likely to get lucky with enhanced propagation when people are
trying!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Kevin M via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Has anyone else experienced enhanced propagation on the birds???Sure...
RS-12/13's primary mode was Mode K: 15m uplink and 10m downlink. I worked
OK1DIG while the bird was over North America and he was no where in the
footprint. In fact, there was a ham that worked DXCC on RS-12/13 alone,
arranging Mode K skeds with hams in various countries. At the time, we
called it 'skipping' into the bird since one station was using 'skip'
propagation to hear and work the bird while the other station was in the
footprint.
>
>
> That said, there are no more Mode K birds around...we barely have Mode A.
BUT, if one was likely to be able to do any 'enhanced propagation' it would
most likely need to be Mode A, since you would need 'enhancement' on both
the uplink AND the downlink to complete a QSO. But that is going to be far
rarer than the Mode K skipping and I just can't see Mode B of Mode J doing
it since it would require some form of enhancement on UHF as well. For that
to line up just right would be extremely rare. Maybe something equatorial,
but still rare.
>
>
> 73, Kevin N4UFO
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 09:29:29 -0600
From: Alan <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Andrew Glasbrenner'" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'AMSAT-BB' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar
helicoidal antenna any good?
Message-ID: <000e01d173cf$259ebe80$70dc3b80$@xxxxx.xxx>
Drew,
I have the 2 m version, which is usable, at best, for satellite reception.
It has been repurposed to
a portable APRS digi where it is doing a good job, though certainly not a
cost effective one.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Glasbrenner
<Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 9:12 AM
<To: Eric Christensen <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
<Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
<Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal
antenna any good?
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<I have the UHF model. It lives on a magnet base stuck to the side of the AC
air handler in my garage,
<and I hang my yard work hat on it. It was worse than a 2m 1/4 wave whip on
receive on AO-51.
<
<The 2m model might be a little better for 2m downlinks.
<
<73, Drew KO4MA
<
<Sent from my iPhone
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<> On Mar 1, 2016, at 9:54 AM, Eric Christensen <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
wrote:
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<> I've been wanting to build a quadrifilar helicoidal antenna for a
<> while. Unfortunately I just can't seem to find enough time to figure
<> out what parts I need much less put the thing together. With that in
<> mind, I wonder if this antenna is any good:
<>
<> http://www.antennas.us/store/p/396-UC-AMSAT-KITP-2-m-/-70-cm-Passive-Ama
<> teur-Satellite-Antenna-Kit.html
<>
<> Anyone had any experience with it?
<>
<> 73,
<> Eric WG3K
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:29:52 -0500
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Activity - JA vs. NA
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I was browsing the AAR29 satellite logger site yesterday
(http://aar29.free.fr/sat/indexlogin.html) and noticed that JO2ASQ
reported working 24 different stations on a pass of AO-73 on February
28th and 28 on a pass on February 14th.
2016-02-14 00:01:00 JO2ASQ PM85MF JH4MGU JA3FWT JH4RNY JH1EMH JM1SBU
JA9AOB JA3PXH JG6CDH JK3HFN JA3HEO JR8QFG JF1CQH JH1UVJ/4 JR0BUL
JH3XCU/1 JF2IMU JA1VVH JE4KQH JM1FBF JI3OQO 7L3AEO (28 QSOS, CW&SSB)
DE JO2ASQ/3
2016-02-28 01:18:00 JO2ASQ PM85MF JA3PXH JH1RYE JA1VDJ JH4MGU JE4KQH
JA3HEO JL1SAM JM1SBU JK3HFN JG6CDH JA1SJV JA1VVH JH6TYD JA3HEO JA7KPI
JH1EMH JN1VXL JO1LDY/1 7L3AEO JF2IMU/2 JA3FWT DS2BWU 24 QSOS (CW 22,
SSB 2) DE JO2ASQ/2
That's absolutely incredible! I'd love to see a pass like that here in
the United States - on any of the many linear transponder satellites
we have passing all times of day these days - AO-7, FO-29, AO-73,
XW-2A, XW-2C, and XW-2F all work great, but FO-29 passes are the only
ones where there is really much activity heard.
Let's use the satellites!
73,
Paul, N8HM
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:31:44 -0500
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Kevin M <n4ufo@xxxxx.xxx>, Bob via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DXCC & HamSats
Message-ID: <AE2EA27F-0157-4C83-98AA-385E2F59C084@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I have experienced tropo into and out of FO-29. I suspect my contact with
WH6XM in Hawaii last December had some help from Gulf tropo.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 1, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Kevin M via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
>
> Has anyone else experienced enhanced propagation on the birds???Sure...
RS-12/13's primary mode was Mode K: 15m uplink and 10m downlink. I worked
OK1DIG while the bird was over North America and he was no where in the
footprint. In fact, there was a ham that worked DXCC on RS-12/13 alone,
arranging Mode K skeds with hams in various countries. At the time, we
called it 'skipping' into the bird since one station was using 'skip'
propagation to hear and work the bird while the other station was in the
footprint.
>
>
> That said, there are no more Mode K birds around...we barely have Mode A.
BUT, if one was likely to be able to do any 'enhanced propagation' it would
most likely need to be Mode A, since you would need 'enhancement' on both
the uplink AND the downlink to complete a QSO. But that is going to be far
rarer than the Mode K skipping and I just can't see Mode B of Mode J doing
it since it would require some form of enhancement on UHF as well. For that
to line up just right would be extremely rare. Maybe something equatorial,
but still rare.
>
>
> 73, Kevin N4UFO
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:43:52 -0500
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: Thane Richard <thane@xxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Free content from six satellites via Outernet
(APRS?)
Message-ID: <0c2226f2bb8cf2371ac652c3568ba574@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Global Ham channel?
We should find someone to work with the OUTERNET folks to add an amateur
radio channel to their downlink. Their satellites could provide
connectivity to 99% of amateur radio operators on earth. In addition, Ham
Radio can bring to OUTERNET an uplink capability that they currently don't
have. And the uplink can be from the same remote areas where there is no
service...
How? Like this. They simply take the APRS packet data stream from the
global APRS Internet System (APRS-IS) and stream it in their downlink for
hams. Then hams anywhere on earth can transmit traffic via HF back into
the system. Since the APRS-IS is one of the world's largest HF
receiver-diversity receiver networks in the world, then a packet
transmitted from almost anywhere on earth has a reasonable chance of being
heard at least once at least somewhere and interjected back into the
network, where it gets to the OUTERNET and then in the downlink.
The only question, is the atrophy of our HF IGates? Years ago, the HF
channel on 10,147.2 MHz had receivers all over the world. I have not
listened much recently, but maybe there is still a viable network there.
And if not, maybe we could re-invigorate it if it meant global APRS
connectivity for ham travelers and hams in remote areas. An HF packet
transmitter can be as small as a cigar box and solar powered.
Has anyone tuned in the OUTERNET downlink? I have heard anyone with
OUTERNET's free ORxPi software and a Raspberry Pi can get the OUTERNET
content when plugged into a DVB-S tuner.
Then there is of course the arm-chair-lawyers concern of rebroadcast of
amateur radio content on a non-ham network?
Bob, WB4APR
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From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Thane
Richard
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 1:22 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Free content from six satellites via Outernet
Hello everyone,
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Some of you may be aware of us but I suspect most are not. I am writing
this email to introduce Outernet to AMSAT.
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<https://wiki.outernet.is/wiki/Coverage_and_transponder_settings> from six
different satellites covering 99% of humans on Earth. We created this
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Right now, the content we send is curated by us and a group of editors but
we are working on a Reddit/Wikipedia/YouTube mashup where the contents of
our broadcast can be decided publicly. Currently, we broadcast Wikipedia,
30,000+ ebooks, PLOS One journal articles, Khan Academy, CK12 textbooks,
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I want to invite this community to be involved in Outernet and help us
build this project. Our current focus is on developing channels to get
devices into schools and generally into countries/areas where Internet
penetration is very low.
Our forum <http://discuss.outernet.is> is very active with users and
Outernet staff. Please stop by!
Avidly,
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--
Thane Richard <https://twitter.com/thanerichard>
Content and Business Development Lead
Outernet <http://outernet.is/>
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<http://www.wired.com/2015/07/plan-beam-web-3-billion-unconnected-humans/>
,
Inc.com <http://www.inc.com/dev-aujla/a-library-for-all.html>, TechCrunch
<http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/13/outernet-joins-the-space-race-for-intern
et-accessibility/>
, Gizmodo
<http://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-outernet-and-is-it-the-future-of-the-inter
n-1659647614>
, BBC <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29593734>, CNN
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/11/tech/internet-for-everyone/>, Fast Company
<http://www.fastcolabs.com/3027663/all-about-google-loons-low-cost-space-b
ased-competitor-outernet>
, LA Times
<http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-g-outernet-explained-201
40808-htmlstory.html>
, Motherboard
<http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-the-outernet-plans-to-broadcast-free
-internet-from-space>
Our receiver, Lighthouse, is now available! To show how revolutionary
Lighthouse is, we installed one in a remote school in Uganda. Watch the
video here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlQFoGK1aWQ>.
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:56:39 -0500
From: Eric Christensen <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar
helicoidal antenna any good?
Message-ID: <56D5BBB7.3070504@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
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On 03/01/2016 10:11 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
> I have the UHF model. It lives on a magnet base stuck to the side of the
AC air handler in my garage, and I hang my yard work hat on it. It was worse
than a 2m 1/4 wave whip on receive on AO-51.
Thanks, Drew (and everyone else that responded). I just need to figure
out how to get those M2 yagis up in the air, really.
73,
Eric WG3K
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 20:38:24 +0000 (UTC)
From: Ronald Oldham <rgoldham@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] N8RO/P Operations
Message-ID:
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During a short road trip next week I will activate the following grids in
west Texas:
Tuesday March 8, Ft. Davis, TX DM80, FO-29 at ~1951 UTC
Wednesday March 9, Marfa, TX DM70, FO-29 at ~1857 UTC
Wednesday March 9, Presidio, TX DL79, FO-29 at ~2042 UTC
Thursday March 10, Terlingua, TX DL89, FO-29 at ~1946 UTC
Saturday March 12, Iraan, TX DM91, FO-29 at ~1942 UTC
If you need any of these grids or just want to say hello please give me a
call.
73,
Ron ? N8RO
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 15:39:46 -0500
From: Daryl Young <k4rgk@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Satellite Activity - JA vs. NA
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Hi Paul,
I have sent a few emails recently to your ARRL address. I wonder if
they are getting stuck in your spam filter.
Apologies to all for the BB post.
*Daryl
K4RGK
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On 3/1/2016 10:29 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> I was browsing the AAR29 satellite logger site yesterday
> (http://aar29.free.fr/sat/indexlogin.html) and noticed that JO2ASQ
> reported working 24 different stations on a pass of AO-73 on February
> 28th and 28 on a pass on February 14th.
>
> 2016-02-14 00:01:00 JO2ASQ PM85MF JH4MGU JA3FWT JH4RNY JH1EMH JM1SBU
> JA9AOB JA3PXH JG6CDH JK3HFN JA3HEO JR8QFG JF1CQH JH1UVJ/4 JR0BUL
> JH3XCU/1 JF2IMU JA1VVH JE4KQH JM1FBF JI3OQO 7L3AEO (28 QSOS, CW&SSB)
> DE JO2ASQ/3
>
> 2016-02-28 01:18:00 JO2ASQ PM85MF JA3PXH JH1RYE JA1VDJ JH4MGU JE4KQH
> JA3HEO JL1SAM JM1SBU JK3HFN JG6CDH JA1SJV JA1VVH JH6TYD JA3HEO JA7KPI
> JH1EMH JN1VXL JO1LDY/1 7L3AEO JF2IMU/2 JA3FWT DS2BWU 24 QSOS (CW 22,
> SSB 2) DE JO2ASQ/2
>
> That's absolutely incredible! I'd love to see a pass like that here in
> the United States - on any of the many linear transponder satellites
> we have passing all times of day these days - AO-7, FO-29, AO-73,
> XW-2A, XW-2C, and XW-2F all work great, but FO-29 passes are the only
> ones where there is really much activity heard.
>
> Let's use the satellites!
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 16:50:21 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-01
22:00 UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-01 22:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York,
telebridge VK5ZAI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact was successful: Tue 2016-03-01 16:45:18 UTC 53 deg (***)
Terrestrial training session from HERA facility with Wedgewood Elementary,
Friendswood, TX, direct via KD5CAA (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be W5RRR (***)
The scheduled astronaut is Tracy Caldwell-Dyson KF5DBF (***)
Contact was successful 2016-03-01 14:15 UTC (***)
Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55:19 UTC 59 deg
Slovansk? Gymn?zium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via
OK2KYJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg
Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg
North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota,
telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg
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The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open.
The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts
between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30.
Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website
http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details.
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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@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson 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
http://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?
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
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 116
Francesco IK?WGF with 116
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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.
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 2016-03-01 22:00 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 1031. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 996. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. (***)
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.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-03-01 22:00 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
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Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF
Exp. 45 on orbit
Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
Exp. 46 on orbit
Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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