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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Upcoming ARISS contact with Essex Heights Primary School,
Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia (Andreas Kellner)
2. Eshail2 inverting yes or no? (Remco)
3. Re: Eshail2 inverting yes or no? (Peter G?lzow)
4. MinXSS and CADRE identified (Nico Janssen)
5. N8HM Paul on SO50 at Dayton 2016. (PY5LF)
6. Nothing heard in GN05 this morning (Ken Alexander)
7. Re: FT 736R (Mark Spencer)
8. Re: FT 736R (Greg D)
9. Re: Eshail2 inverting yes or no? (Remco den Besten)
10. Email alias not working (w4upd)
11. Sat Track for iPad? (Dave Mann)
12. Re: Sat Track for iPad? (Bryan Green)
13. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-22 06:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
14. Re: Sat Track for iPad? (Mvivona)
15. ANS-143 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 18:42:25 +1000
From: "Andreas Kellner" <hawat1@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <dan@xxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Essex Heights
Primary School, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
Message-ID: <000301d1b33c$b5b458c0$211d0a40$@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Dan,
Thank you for the info. Was able to catch the live stream on youtube, but
even more important was able to listen to most answers via direct audio on
my station ! Although it was only a 19 degree pass for me. Hope the next
school contact on the east coast will be a higher pass.
Andreas -VK4TH
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Daniel
Cussen
Sent: Friday, 20 May 2016 06:58
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: ariss-ops
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Essex Heights Primary
School, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
On 19/05/2016, Andy Kellner via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Is that contact streamed somewhere ?
> Andreas - VK4TH
For locals by far the best option is to watch the event via the ATV repeater
downlink but setting up can be an issue.
So, the next best option is to view the Youtube Live Stream. This will
commence around 17:30 (local VK time) and continue until just after the
contact when we commence packing up.
This stream will be active well before 17:30 but there may not be any vision
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVzvGHvEmsc
Next option would be to watch the contact via BATC to make it easier I
suggest that people open up the VK3RTV web page and select "VK3RTV1"
this is a very low bandwidth feed so it is quite lossy. Ok to watch on a
small screen but if you expand it up then it will be quite pixelated.
Amateur TV Website link is: http://www.vk3rtv.com/index.html
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 11:09:48 +0200
From: Remco <pa3fym@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Eshail2 inverting yes or no?
Message-ID: <201605211109.48829.pa3fym@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
While actually building equipment
for Eshail2 (soldering iron was smoking ;-)
I had a local QSO about Eshail2.
Suddenly someone asked if I knew if the
transponder (up-/downlink) setup was inverted or non-inverted.
I remember having been told that the setup will be
non-inverted, but can't find information/verification
on this subject.
Personally I think it would be ideal if the
transponder setup is non-inverting,
so (let's say) 2.4G USB up --> 10.5G USB down.
Anyone who can clarify this?
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 19:58:34 +0800
From: Peter G?lzow <peter.guelzow@xxxxxx.xx>
To: Remco <pa3fym@xxxxx.xxx>,amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Eshail2 inverting yes or no?
Message-ID: <D046875A-9270-49B5-9C4F-275E33DB3D53@xxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
It will be non-inverting...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-Deutschland/168177559891701
73s Peter DB2OS
Am 21. Mai 2016 17:09:48 GMT+08:00, schrieb Remco <pa3fym@xxxxx.xxx>:
>While actually building equipment
>for Eshail2 (soldering iron was smoking ;-)
>I had a local QSO about Eshail2.
>
>Suddenly someone asked if I knew if the
>transponder (up-/downlink) setup was inverted or non-inverted.
>
>I remember having been told that the setup will be
>non-inverted, but can't find information/verification
>on this subject.
>
>Personally I think it would be ideal if the
>transponder setup is non-inverting,
>so (let's say) 2.4G USB up --> 10.5G USB down.
>
>Anyone who can clarify this?
>_______________________________________________
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>to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 14:08:41 +0200
From: Nico Janssen <hamsat@xxxxxx.xx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] MinXSS and CADRE identified
Message-ID: <57404FC9.9070803@xxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
All,
The separation between MinXSS and CADRE has now increased enough
to enable their identification.
Detailed doppler measurements show that MinXSS is object 41474,
1998-067HU, so CADRE is object 41475, 1998-067HV.
73,
Nico PA0DLO
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 10:20:37 -0300
From: PY5LF <py5lf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] N8HM Paul on SO50 at Dayton 2016.
Message-ID:
<CAAy53m5_GqeVcs74cRg-GLiYKQHa6RNq5zeE2D6DHDWZ7S+7Hw@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
https://youtu.be/wVPb1a9NqxQ
PY5LF
<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign
=sig-email&utm_content=webmail>
Livre
de v?rus. www.avast.com
<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign
=sig-email&utm_content=webmail>.
<#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 09:32:37 -0400
From: Ken Alexander <k.alexander@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Nothing heard in GN05 this morning
Message-ID: <a6cb4253-4e81-5c12-59a3-496cea71fdab@xxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Nothing heard in GN05 on the SO-50 pass at 1259 UTC. I will be leaving
momentarily for GN06 and hope to work someone on the SO-50 pass at 1440 UTC!
73,
Ken Alexander
VE3HLS
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 06:50:06 -0700
From: Mark Spencer <mspencer12345@xxxxx.xx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FT 736R
Message-ID: <44705CA2-7504-4367-92A6-E4FAA73F9F68@xxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi, I seem to recall running my FT 736 with sat32 pc running on a Windows
98 laptop (it has been some time since I have worked any satellites.)
I used a generic USB to RS232 converter unit and a home brew RS232 to yaesu
computer control interface that came with my radio. Sorry I don't have a
schematic for it.
There are some schematics floating around for the RS 232 to yaesu computer
control interface.
This link seems helpful but I can't vouch for it's accuracy as I haven't
tried building the circuit.
http://www.mindspring.com/~n2wwd/html/body_doppler_compensation.html
If I was building an interface today I'd probably skip the RS 232 step and
try using a USB to 5 volt TTL serial converter (I'd want to double check the
voltage levels on the radio interface first but the prior URL implies to me
that the voltage levels are 5 volt TTL which seems reasonable to me given
the age of the radio.)
Most of the USB to serial interfaces I've seen are 3.3 volt but I seem to
recall seeing 5 volt ones advertised.
Hope this helps
Mark S
VE7AFZ
Sent from my iPhone
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 10:55:18 -0700
From: Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Mark Spencer <mspencer12345@xxxxx.xx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FT 736R
Message-ID: <5740A106.8060000@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Hi all,
Once you get to an RS-232 interface (USB adapter of some sort - watch
out for the counterfeit ones!), the easiest way to get to the 736R is
the simple TTL adapter from Manfred, XQ2FOD. Just takes 3 parts! See
the file "RS232SIM.GIF" in http://ludens.cl/Electron/fodtrack/DRAWINGS.ZIP
I've used it for many years with a variety of tracking environments from
FODTrack in DOS to GPredict in Linux.
Greg KO6TH
Mark Spencer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi, I seem to recall running my FT 736 with sat32 pc running on a
Windows 98 laptop (it has been some time since I have worked any satellites.)
>
> I used a generic USB to RS232 converter unit and a home brew RS232 to
yaesu computer control interface that came with my radio. Sorry I don't
have a schematic for it.
>
> There are some schematics floating around for the RS 232 to yaesu computer
control interface.
>
>
> This link seems helpful but I can't vouch for it's accuracy as I haven't
tried building the circuit.
>
> http://www.mindspring.com/~n2wwd/html/body_doppler_compensation.html
>
> If I was building an interface today I'd probably skip the RS 232 step
and try using a USB to 5 volt TTL serial converter (I'd want to double check
the voltage levels on the radio interface first but the prior URL implies to
me that the voltage levels are 5 volt TTL which seems reasonable to me given
the age of the radio.)
>
> Most of the USB to serial interfaces I've seen are 3.3 volt but I seem to
recall seeing 5 volt ones advertised.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Mark S
> VE7AFZ
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 14:10:48 +0200
From: Remco den Besten <besten@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Eshail2 inverting yes or no?
Message-ID: <201605211410.48690.besten@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Peter wrote:
>It will be non-inverting...
>73s Peter DB2OS
Pfff . . . thanks for this information Peter!
73 Remco PA3FYM
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 19:36:19 -0400
From: w4upd <w4upd@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Email alias not working
Message-ID: <5740F0F3.7080009@xxx.xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Anyone else aware that the email alias on the Amsat is not working? You
can do a look up, but cannot enter a call in the Alias email form. The
following error is received:
Software error:
syntax error at /srv/www/www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/aliastool line 1375, near ")
{"
syntax error at /srv/www/www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/aliastool line 1396, near "}"
syntax error at /srv/www/www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/aliastool line 1432, near "}"
Execution of /srv/www/www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/aliastool aborted due to
compilation errors.
For help, please send mail to the webmaster (root@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:root@xxxxxxxxx>), giving this error message and the time and
date of the error.
Reid, W4UPD
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 22:04:29 -0500
From: Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sat Track for iPad?
Message-ID: <732215B4-E8C1-4F7E-90B8-25035504D790@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
May I have recommendations for a good ap for my iPad?
73
Dave N4CVX
Sent from my iPad
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 22:00:59 -0700
From: Bryan Green <bryan@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sat Track for iPad?
Message-ID: <E4F57B1F-53AE-460C-82D9-87D0FC74D86C@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
GoSatWatch is absolutely gorgeous on an iPad!
https://appsto.re/us/EQF6r.i
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6
Sent from my mobile emitter
> On May 21, 2016, at 20:04, Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> May I have recommendations for a good ap for my iPad?
>
> 73
> Dave N4CVX
>
> Sent from my iPad
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 01:41:34 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-22
06:00 UTC
Message-ID: <4314b1.c4934d3.4472a08e@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-22 06:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Essex Heights Primary School, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia,
telebridge via VK5ZAI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Contact was successful: Fri 2016-05-20 08:35:16 UTC 30 deg (***)
Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, Garden City, New York,
telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-05-23 12:57:05 UTC 43 deg
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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 118
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 2016-05-22 06:00 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 1058. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1023. (***)
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,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 2016-05-22 06:00 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
Exp. 47 on orbit
Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Aleksey Ovchinin
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 07:26:19 -0400
From: Mvivona <Mvivona@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sat Track for iPad?
Message-ID: <50B3FFAC-5EA5-4E9C-8D1A-17183CDA7C05@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I second Bryan's suggestion of "GoSatWatch".
I my humble opinion, nothing holds a candle to it. It's not free, but you
get what you pay for nowadays.
Cheers.
Michael Vivona
Sent from my iPad
On May 21, 2016, at 11:04 PM, Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
May I have recommendations for a good ap for my iPad?
73
Dave N4CVX
Sent from my iPad
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 07:42:02 -0400
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-143 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <9c674176-9c8c-df4b-652d-86973ae2a151@xxx.xx.xxx>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-143
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:
* Island on the Air Satellite Activation - Isle of Arran
* FoxTelem Release 1.04: New Graphs, Better Performance, and Upcoming
Launches
* Upcoming ARISS Contact with Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education
Center
* CubeSats with Amateur Radio payloads deploy from ISS
* ULA Cubesat Launch Application Deadline Approaching
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-143.01
ANS-143 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 143.01
From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.
May 22, 2016
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-143.01
Island on the Air Satellite Activation - Isle of Arran
EU-123. Members of the Camb-Hams will be active as GS3PYE/P from the Isle
of Arran on the west part of the island near Balliekine (IO75HO) between
May
22-29th. Activity will be on the HF bands, 6/4/2m, and the satellites. The
location on the island favors the South/West/North as there's a hill to the
east, but hopefully that will not limit them.
Peter, 2E0SQL, reports: "We'll be taking along an ICOM IC-910, Wimo
X-Quads,
Preamps and Yaesu G-5500 rotator all controlled by our favorite bit of
software SatPC32 for backup. I'll have my FT-817 and Arrow, but this kit
hasn't let us down yet for the last few trips."
They plan to operate on all satellites both FM/SSB/CW, if you want a CW QSO
you'll need to contact them as Peter will need to find a suitable CW
operator. Peter will try to post regular updates on Twitter either using
his
own account @xxxxxx or the groups account @xxxxx and also posting
updates on
their Web site at: http://dx.camb-hams.com
[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1266 for the above information]
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FoxTelem Release 1.04: New Graphs, Better Performance, and Upcoming
Launches
From FoxTelem developer Chris Thompson, G0KLA / AC2CZ:
This is a quick note to say that FoxTelem Version 1.04 is being
released. There
is a lot in this version so I have written some blog posts to summarize new
features. See below.
You can download FoxTelem for your platform from one of these links:
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/foxtelem_1.04f_windows.zip
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/foxtelem_1.04f_linux.tar.gz
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/FoxTelem_1.04f_mac.zip
Broadly speaking the changes fit into the following categories:
1. Full support for Fox-1Cliff, Fox-1D and RadFXSat including better
High Speed
decoding and a better find signal algorithm.
2. Additional analytical capabilities so you can plot one telemetry
variable
against another. I hope this will inspire more people to analyze the
telemetry
from the spacecraft and post comments on what they see. I have put some
of my
own thoughts online here:
http://www.g0kla.com/workbench/2016-05-07.php
3. Enhanced tools to analyze your ground station with SkyPlots for
satellite
measurements like Signal to Noise ratio and graphs for pass measurements.
Skyplots in particular need a bit of explanation, so I have written more
details
here: http://www.g0kla.com/foxtelem/skyplot.php
You can read a full list of the changes here on github:
https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/issues?q=
is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22Release+1.04%22+is%3Aclosed
[ANS thanks Chris G0KLA/AC2CZ for the above information]
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Upcoming ARISS Contact with Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants
at Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, Garden City, New York
on 23
May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:57 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 state of California and adjacent areas. Interested
parties are
invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected
to be
conducted in English.
The Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, located in Garden
City, New
York, opened in 2002. The mission of the museum is to inspire students
with the
spirit of discovery through the exploration of air and space
technologies, and
to encourage them to consider careers in science, technology,
engineering and
math. The museum is home to the Westbury Magnet Academy at the Cradle of
Aviation, the first magnet school to open on Long Island. The Museum and
Academy offer two summer STEM enrichment programs for students
entering the
seventh and ninth grades. The ARISS event will be an invaluable tool to
supplement classroom instruction and research.
[ANS thanks Dave, AA4KN, for the above information]
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CubeSats with Amateur Radio payloads deploy from ISS
Monday, May 16, 2016 saw the deployment of five CubeSats carrying
amateur radio
payloads.
UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS deployed the first two satellites
MinXSS-1
and CADRE from the Japanese ISS Kibo module at 1005 UT. The Slow Scan
Television
(SSTV) satellite STMSat-1, built by Elementary students at Saint Thomas
More
Cathedral School (STM), was deployed along with the pair of NODES
CubeSats built
by students at Santa Clara University at 1440 UT.
STM is thought to be the first Elementary school to build their own
satellite,
even Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and First Grade students were
involved in
the project. It is designed to transmit a Robot36 SSTV signal.
IARU Coordinated Frequencies:
http://amsat.org.uk/iaru
? STMSat-1 437.800 MHz FM SSTV Robot36
UPDATE May 18: STMSat-1 Twitter feed suggests listening 437.000 MHz FM
? MinXSS-1 437.345 MHz 9600 bps FSK
? CADRE 437.485 MHz 9600 bps FSK and 3.404 GHz
? NODES 437.100 MHz 1200 bps AX.25 and 2401.2-2431.2 MHz 115.2 kbps spread
spectrum FSK
STMSat-1
https://twitter.com/STMSAT11
https://www.facebook.com/stmsat1/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/491135804399695/
http://www.stmsat-1.org/
MinXSS CubeSat http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/minxss/
CADRE CubeSat http://exploration.engin.umich.edu/blog/?page_id=961
NODES mission dashboard http://nodes.engr.scu.edu/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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ULA Cubesat Launch Application Deadline Approaching
If you are a U.S. College or University, please don't forget to submit an
application for a FREE LAUNCH opportunity to the ULA CubeSat Launch
Program!
Applications are due no later than June 1st, 2016 by 5pm PST, which is
only a
week and a half away. Information about how to apply can be found at
http://www.ulalaunch.com/cubesats.aspx
[ANS thanks the Ryan Nugent for the above information]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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