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Today's Topics:
1. Re: In addition to a Baefong UV-5R, what should one get to
work SO-50? (John Brier)
2. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-08 07:30 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
3. SatPC32 and FT-991 (Richard Ferryman)
4. Re: SatPC32 and FT-991 (Andrew Glasbrenner)
5. Amsat LVB Tracker - Orbitron (David Maciel)
6. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-08 23:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
7. Audio for ARISS #1000 - Thursday (John Spasojevich)
8. Upcoming ARISS contact with North Dakota Space Grant
Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
9. W5PFG/P - EM24tq (Arkansas) March 14-18 (Clayton Coleman)
10. Satellite op AC0RA tops '15 ARRL August UHF contest
(Clayton Coleman)
11. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-09 21:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 15:38:07 -0500
From: John Brier <johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] In addition to a Baefong UV-5R, what should
one get to work SO-50?
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This is great! Thanks Patrick.
I only sent you an email directly to make sure you would notice it.
:-) Definitely agree this should be public information.
Thanks again,
John KG4AKV
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
<amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> John,
>
> I saw your direct e-mail as well as this post on the -BB, but will
> answer you in the public forum for the benefit of others as well.
>
> I have used a pair of the Baofeng HTs for working SO-50. I
> have tried
> two UV-5Rs, two UV-82s, and mixing one UV-5R and one UV-82. When
> mixing the radios, same or different models, I swapped which radio
> was used as the transmitter and receiver. I even posted a YouTube
> video with audio from working one hamfest demonstration with the
> UV-82/UV-5R combination in 2014:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cLx9h-vNRA
>
> I added photos and slides with text to the audio, in making the
> video, as I did not have actial video of the demonstration. In
> the video, I went with the UV-5R for the transmit radio, since it
> has a two-way PTT that can directly key either VFO, and a speaker-mic
> that could also key either VFO directly. This let me put 145.850
> MHz in both VFOs for working SO-50, using different PL tones in
> each VFO for waking the satellite vs. talking through the FM repeater.
>
> A second UV-5R could work to make a full-duplex station for SO-50.
> Many have used two UV-5Rs, or a UV-5R with another Baofeng (or other
> low-priced Chinese-made HT) to make a full-duplex station. The price
> is obviously low enough to do that, without breaking the bank. It
> can be done, but there are almost as many that have had frustrations
> with the two-Baofeng setup for satellite work as those who have had
> success doing.
>
> If the budget for the second radio is more than the price of
> a UV-5R or UV-82 type of radio, I'd recommend going to something
> like one of the traditional ham manufacturers, or possibly Wouxun -
> radios that generally have better receivers than the Baofengs,
> no matter which Baofeng model you choose. The unfortunate facts about
> many of the Chinese-made HTs - outside of possibly newer Wouxuns -
> is quality control on the assembly line borders on the nonexistent.
> One UV-5R might be working well and within the appropriate technical
> requirements for use on the amateur bands, where the next unit off
> the assembly line is horrid. There was a recent QST article that
> addressed this point, based on ARRL testing of HTs at Dayton last
> year. From my testing, I'd prefer to use a Wouxun KG-UV8D over
> almost anything Baofeng (or the other HTs based on the UV-5R, sold
> under a zillion different names), especially on the receive side.
> Even better, in terms of a Chinese-made HT, would be a Wouxun
> KG-UV9D - the one Chinese HT that seems to have a nice receiver
> that finally starts to approach what comes from the traditional
> ham manufacturers. The KG-UV8D and KG-UV9D will also work full-duplex
> for AO-85, where the uplink is on 70cm, but both fail for full-duplex
> using 2m uplinks (SO-50, LilacSat-2).
>
> I have not put any of my Baofeng or Wouxun HTs (or the others from
> different Chinese brands) on test equipment. All of my testing is
> from buying the radios, trying them out, and seeing what happens when
> working the satellites. I have not tried the two-Baofeng combination
> for AO-85 yet, as most of my Baofeng testing was done in 2014 when
> we only had SO-50. I did more testing recently with Chinese-made
> HTs, trying to clear up some misstatements online on whether or
> not any of those HTs could be used to work AO-85 full-duplex.
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWk
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @xxxxxx
>
>
>
>> Patrick in particular, I know you have done a lot of testing with the
>> Chinese Radios, at least for AO-85, can you advise what this ham
>> should get and which one to use for up/down to work SO-50 in addition
>> to what they already have? I assume the purpose is to work
>> full-duplex.
>>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 02:45:06 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-08
07:30 UTC
Message-ID: <fc0ae.400fb813.440fdd02@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-08 07:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Slovansk? Gymn?zium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via
OK2KYJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
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 Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg
Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss
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
Booker T. Washington Senior High, Miami, Florida, direct via W4SVI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***)
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-03-14 15:48:48 UTC 52 deg (***)
Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Alabama, direct via N8DEU
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***)
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN (***)
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-17 14:46:07 UTC 30 deg (***)
****************************************************************************
**
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.
****************************************************************************
**
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.
****************************************************************************
***
All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted.
****************************************************************************
***
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
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 116
Francesco IK?WGF with 116
****************************************************************************
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 2016-03-08 07:30 UTC.
(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1032.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 997.
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 2016-03-05 20:00 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. 46 on orbit
Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 16:17:28 -0000
From: "Richard Ferryman" <g4bbh@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and FT-991
Message-ID: <5EA39611DB864884A402021E7E9F05A4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I just added an FT-991 to my collection of rigs. Does anyone know how or if
I can control this transceiver from SatPC32..The command structure is quite
different to my FT-817 and FT-897D. I do need doppler correction.
Dick G4BBH
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 11:37:46 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Richard Ferryman <g4bbh@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and FT-991
Message-ID:
<4793672.1457455068032.JavaMail.wam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I asked Erich, the author, a few weeks ago about this and the short answer
is not yet. He has not secured the use of a 991 yet to develop the new
addition to the software.
73, Drew KO4MA
-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Ferryman <g4bbh@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>Sent: Mar 8, 2016 11:17 AM
>To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
>Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and FT-991
>
>I just added an FT-991 to my collection of rigs. Does anyone know how or
if I can control this transceiver from SatPC32..The command structure is
quite different to my FT-817 and FT-897D. I do need doppler correction.
>Dick G4BBH
>_______________________________________________
>Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 13:32:19 -0600
From: David Maciel <david.maciel@xxxxxxx.xx>
To: Grupo Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Amsat LVB Tracker - Orbitron
Message-ID: <BLU182-W31B1460CCFE0B5102D9D9F4B20@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hello Group, who works the LVB Tracker AMSAT with Orbitron ..? I have some
trouble setting with WispDDE, I would like some help screens to configure ..
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 18:09:54 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-08
23:00 UTC
Message-ID: <10e81b.7fc00c33.4410b5c2@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Slovansk? Gymn?zium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via
OK2KYJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact was successful: 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 Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact was successful: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg (***)
Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss
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
Booker T. Washington Senior High, Miami, Florida, direct via W4SVI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***)
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-03-14 15:48:48 UTC 52 deg
Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Alabama, direct via N8DEU
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-17 14:46:07 UTC 30 deg
****************************************************************************
**
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.
****************************************************************************
**
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.
****************************************************************************
***
All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted.
****************************************************************************
***
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
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 116
Francesco IK?WGF with 116
****************************************************************************
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 2016-03-08 23:00 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 1034. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 999. (***)
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 2016-03-08 23:00 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. 46 on orbit
Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 19:24:24 -0600
From: John Spasojevich <johnag9d@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Audio for ARISS #1000 - Thursday
Message-ID:
<CA+qbou4C+8xfeysZTqHo3_QqavkSvShtTkYjFQVe3Z0zcYSpRA@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the
*North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota
USA *on Thursday March 10th. AOS is anticipated at 1908 UTC
The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The
contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ in Santa Rosa,
California. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.
Audio from this contact will be fed into the:
EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377)
IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector
Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/
Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes
prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the
preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station
call to the ISS.
** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other
manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes
**
73,
John AG9D
ARISS Audio Distribution
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 00:04:16 -0500
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-edu" <amsat-edu@xxxxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with North Dakota Space
Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota
Message-ID: <2D6E189EF7C349FFA3E92DE489B485A9@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks,
North Dakota on 10 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately
19:08 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10
minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9
minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and
W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S.
Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The
contact is expected to be conducted in English.
The University of North Dakota (UND) is located in Grand Forks, a vibrant
eastern North Dakota college town of 53,000 located on the Red River of the
North. Approximately 15,000 students are enrolled in over 225 fields of
undergraduate and graduate study at UND. The beautiful 549-acre wooded
campus is a unique blend of classic ivy-covered halls, high-tech complexes,
and research centers. The University has earned an international reputation
for its academic and research programs.
In the early 1980s, John D. Odegard, the Dean of the College of Aerospace
Sciences, invited Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, to come
to UND to help organize a space education program within the college.
Aldrin's contributions included recommending the appointment of Dr. David
Webb, a member of the 1985-1986 Presidential Commission on Space, to design
the space studies program and to serve as the first Chair of the Department.
In 1986, Dr. David Webb initiated the founding of the Department of Space
Studies as an integral part of the UND College of Aerospace Sciences. Today,
the Department of Space Studies has approximately 25 M.S. students on campus
and more than 100 students in the distance program. Nearly 700 Master of
Science Degrees in Space Studies have been awarded since the program's
inception in 1987. Space Studies graduates have careers in a variety of
different space-related disciplines including government, business, science,
law, medicine, educatio
n, military, and public relations. In fall of 2012, the 25th anniversary
year of the Space Studies Department, the Ph.D. program in Aerospace
Sciences was established in collaboration with the Department of Aviation.
The Department of Space Studies is also headquarters to two state-wide
NASA-funded programs: the ND NASA EPSCoR, which is aimed at enhancing
NASA-relevant research capabilities in the state and the North Dakota Space
Grant Consortium, which promotes STEM education at both K-12 and college
levels in North Dakota through "hands on" projects and provides student
summer internships at NASA centers, scholarships, and research fellowships.
Leading up to the ARISS call, members of the Space Grant team and college
student volunteers made several visits to classrooms to get students excited
about the event. They worked with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders at Emerado
Elementary in Emerado, ND, 2nd graders at Highland Elementary in Crookston,
MN, 3rd graders at Century Elementary in Grafton, ND, 4th graders at Century
Elementary in Grand Forks, ND, and 5th graders at Discover Elementary in
Grand Forks, ND. These hands-on activities included building and launching
rockets, building and testing parachutes like the ones used on NASA's Orion
capsule, designing and testing neutrally buoyant objects, and working in
teams to discover and explore new planets like NASA's Kepler Space Telescope.
These students along with a few more K-12 classrooms, and University of
North Dakota students will be attending the event early March. The
questions will come from students in kindergarten all the way through
graduate school. Many of the students attending the event come from smaller
rural communities, so it is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to
participate in such an event. Some families from the area will be attending
as well, along with the winning 10th grade team from Space Grant's high
altitude balloon competition last fall, as one of the prizes for the
competition was a question slot for a member of the team. There are over
350 students, teachers, and chaperones currently registered for the event.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What do you do for fun on the space station?
2. What activities do you do to keep your muscles strong in micro-gravity?
3. Is it challenging to communicate with astronauts from other countries
while working on the space station?
4. What kind of training does an astronaut have to go through and how was
your experience?
5. Besides micro-gravity, what experimental conditions does the
International Space Station provide that cannot be replicated here on
Earth?
6. What was the hardest part of becoming an astronaut and what helped you
get past this obstacle?
7. What advice would you give to students, such as myself, who wish to work
for NASA one day?
8. What features of North Dakota, such as lakes, snow cover, or oil flares,
can you see from the International Space Station?
9. Do you feel disconnected from the real-world whenever you hear about any
major news story? If so, how do you find ways to reconnect?
10. We recently learned that astronauts make regular journal entries for
research purposes. Do you find this exercise beneficial to your time on
station?
11. What is your current interaction with medical professionals, regarding
your health in space?
12. If you've seen or read "The Martian", how realistic was it compared to
how things actually are on the space station?
13. Have you always wanted to go to space and become an astronaut? If so,
what inspired you?
14. How often do you go on space walks and do you ever get scared?
15. What kind of experiments are you conducting on the space station?
16. We learned about Scott Kelley's year in space. How long have you been
onboard and would you consider staying for a full year?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @xxxxxxxxxxxx
Next planned event(s):
1. Booker T. Washington Senior High, Miami, Florida, direct via W4SVI
ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-03-14 15:48:48 UTC
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), and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by
organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard
the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the
help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with
large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these
radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about
space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see
www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.a
rrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 09:05:16 -0600
From: Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] W5PFG/P - EM24tq (Arkansas) March 14-18
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Next week I'll be operating satellites from EM24 near Mena, Arkansas.
Thanks to KG5CCI's recent operations, this grid is not as rare as it
once was for many. I will casually operate satellite passes as
convenient to my leisure schedule.
If someone needs this grid confirmed via paper card or Logbook of the
World, I'd be glad to schedule QSO's. Send any requests via email. I
will post updates via Twitter @xxxxx during my trip.
73
Clayton
W5PFG
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 11:11:24 -0600
From: Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite op AC0RA tops '15 ARRL August UHF
contest
Message-ID:
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The results of the ARRL August 2015 UHF contest have been out for a
while. This article, with short description of AC0RA/R's winning
effort, is now posted online:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2015/2015%20ARRL%20UHF%20Contest
%20-%20Full%20Results%20-%20Version%20%201_0.pdf
or shortened URL: http://bit.ly/1U3M8lL
Wyatt, AC0RA, is a life member of AMSAT and a very active portable
operator here in the US on satellites.
73
Clayton
W5PFG
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:05:40 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-09
21:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1233f9.4d059aa.4411ea24@xxx.xxx>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-09 21:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
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 19:07:08 UTC 58 deg (***)
Live stream video for the event can be accessed at:
http://realmedia.aero.und.edu/ndsgc.html (***)
Booker T. Washington Senior High, Miami, Florida, direct via W4SVI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-03-14 15:48:48 UTC 52 deg
Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Alabama, direct via N8DEU
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-17 14:46:07 UTC 30 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 2016-03-09 20:00 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 1034.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 999.
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 2016-03-08 23:00 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. 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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