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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: [Starcom-bb] VE2BMC & MORE! (Dani EA4GPZ)
   2. Re: Logging and Recording Passes (Peter Laws)
   3. Re: [Starcom-bb] VE2BMC & MORE! (Dani EA4GPZ)
   4. Re: Logging and Recording Passes (Oliver Krystal)
   5. Re: VSPE 64-bit splitter (Mark Johns)
   6. Re: VSPE 64-bit splitter (Jim Jerzycke)
   7. Re: Still cannot receive NO-84 (Mark Lunday)
   8. Re: Still cannot receive NO-84 (Scott)
   9. Re: Still cannot receive NO-84 (Joe)
  10. Re: Still cannot receive NO-84 (Mark Lunday)
  11. Re: Still cannot receive NO-84 (Joe)
  12. SSTV from ISS (Roland Zurmely)
  13. Only US East Coast ISS SSTV Pass for Tuesday is at 16:30	UTC
      / 12:30 EDT (John Brier)
  14. Re: Only US East Coast ISS SSTV Pass for Tuesday is at 16:30
      UTC / 12:30 EDT (Robert Bruninga)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:00:12 +0200
From: Dani EA4GPZ <daniel@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] [Starcom-bb] VE2BMC & MORE!
Message-ID: <18713c58-08f9-e42e-db68-19f94f7f6643@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252


>> *I am certainly interested in investigating this further and try. May be
>> some in the mailing list would have inputs or experiences to share on the
>> matter. Again, I have been able to make EME QSO's with very small stations
>> relatively speaking (~8000 watts EIRP) so satellite reflection should be
>> much easier and accessible to relatively small stations.*

Actually, satellite bounce seems to be much more difficult than EME.
While there have being several reports of ISS bounce, as far as I know
using a (smaller) satellite to bounce off and achieve a QSO has only
being done once:

http://www.dj5ar.de/?p=2182

This was done by 23cm stations well equipped for EME, one of them PI9CAM
using the 25m dish in Dwingeloo.

The path loss for satellite bounce is much better than for EME (-140dB
or so versus -271dB for EME in 23cm). The challenge is in pointing the
dishes, tracking Doppler (+/-30kHz during the pass) and the fact that
the radar equation considers only ideal conditions and in reality the
signals are much weaker and have QSB.

73,

Dani EA4GPZ.



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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:19:03 -0500
From: Peter Laws <plaws0@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Logging and Recording Passes
Message-ID:
<CANVAiQ9ss7Ht_aCgfWyjUwovH3m77RMzzxB-NMprwy9V86TSZg@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>
> My questions are:   What is the most common used way of audio recording: a
digital handheld recorder or computer software of some kind?  I will have a
stationary station; not portable handheld.

I use my iphone.  I tried to use the recorder built in to my ID-51A+
and quickly realized that it only records when I hit the PTT.

> Is it common to keep a personal log and then upload it to LoTW?  If so,
what personal log program is commonly used?

I use DXKeeper.  Free.  Records all relevant data.  Once TQSL is
configured, it will handle all LOTW functions.
Directions here for getting started.  As Dave, AA6YQ, the author of
the DXLab Suite of programs that includes DXKeeper is one of the ones
that rescued LOTW from oblivion a few years back, much of this info is
now on the LOTW site.  None of the directions here are intertwined
with using DXKeeper but there are links to teach you how to do so:
http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/SettingUpLotW


> I listened to a AO-85 pass with my IC-2730A and a Comet GP-6 dual band
base antenna, without any preamp, and was very good copy considering.  That
was encouraging.

There is nothing between you and the satellites, usually, so signals
are always strong on the LEOs.




--
Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!


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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 17:43:49 +0200
From: Dani EA4GPZ <daniel@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] [Starcom-bb] VE2BMC & MORE!
Message-ID: <33879187-472b-e900-2f22-80300547cf2f@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252

El 14/08/16 a las 12:00, Dani EA4GPZ escribi?:

> The path loss for satellite bounce is much better than for EME (-140dB
> or so versus -271dB for EME in 23cm).

Correction:

I had read incorrectly the data in http://www.dj5ar.de/?p=1862
The path loss for satellite bounce in 23cm is -254dB.



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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:00:30 -0500
From: Oliver Krystal <mr.soup12@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Logging and Recording Passes
Message-ID: <2f167365-7e53-fb82-69d7-6531cb7fd95a@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

I use a headphone splitter through the handset and pass it into this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BY4M7VU/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&
psc=1

Good audio, comes with an audio cable.  Only records what comes through
your headphones, but then again I know who I am and where I am.

Sorry Peter, hit the wrong reply button.

On 08/14/2016 10:19 AM, Peter Laws wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> My questions are:   What is the most common used way of audio recording:
a digital handheld recorder or computer software of some kind?  I will have
a stationary station; not portable handheld.
>
> I use my iphone.  I tried to use the recorder built in to my ID-51A+
> and quickly realized that it only records when I hit the PTT.
>
>> Is it common to keep a personal log and then upload it to LoTW?  If so,
what personal log program is commonly used?
>
> I use DXKeeper.  Free.  Records all relevant data.  Once TQSL is
> configured, it will handle all LOTW functions.
> Directions here for getting started.  As Dave, AA6YQ, the author of
> the DXLab Suite of programs that includes DXKeeper is one of the ones
> that rescued LOTW from oblivion a few years back, much of this info is
> now on the LOTW site.  None of the directions here are intertwined
> with using DXKeeper but there are links to teach you how to do so:
> http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/SettingUpLotW
>
>
>> I listened to a AO-85 pass with my IC-2730A and a Comet GP-6 dual band
base antenna, without any preamp, and was very good copy considering.  That
was encouraging.
>
> There is nothing between you and the satellites, usually, so signals
> are always strong on the LEOs.
>
>
>
>


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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 22:11:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mark Johns <mjohns166@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>, 	"amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter
Message-ID: <1682992327.2161834.1471212666043@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Thanks, Jim. I will definitely look into this! PBP2 says it uses Eltima
drivers, and that's a good sign because of today's experiment.

FWIW, I tried today with the Eltima Serial Port Splitter,
(http://www.eltima.com/products/serialsplitter/) and after a little messing
around, I got the whole thing to work pretty well. There are two problems,
however:

1) Eltima does splits, but doesn't do pairs. So to do APRS through the ISS,
I needed to use VSPE to create a pair, and Eltima to do the split, running
both programs at the same time.

2) Eltima wants $99.95 USD for their software, so I'll likely not be able to
continue this setup after the 14-day free trial expires. Also, you can't
save configurations in the free trial, so the whole thing needs to be set up
from scratch each time. I think if you pay the fee that problem goes away.--

Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ
Decorah, Iowa USA  EN43
-----------------------------------------------
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
   you would stay out and your dog would go in."
     ---Mark Twain


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter

I fought with issues like this on the station PC down at NI6BB.


I *never* got things to share the com port until I used LBP2, which is a
similar bridge program.


Id just about given up, and thought I'd give it one last try after I
installed the LP=PAN panadaptor for our ancient Kenwood TS-850.


Fo;;owing the instructions, I had port sharing between the panadptor (it
uses PowerSDR), FLDIGI, and ACLog.


Give it a try, it's free.


http://www.telepostinc.com/LPB2.html


73, Jim  KQ6EA


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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 22:34:46 +0000
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter
Message-ID: <53c08731-2fc6-d756-39da-3cdba0fd8fd9@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed

I paid for one of the versions I tried at NI6BB. The 32-bit was free,
but because they had to pay Micro$oft a fee to get it "approved" for
installations with 64-bit systems, they had to charge to use it.


I don't remember who I bought it from, or what I paid, but it was money
down the drain, as it didn't work, either.


After I installed the LP-PAN, I decided to give the LPB2 software a
shot, as it was annoying to NOT see the correct frequency being
displayed in FLDIGI. Once that was working, I then created another
virtual port to use with AClog, and I was pleasantly surprised that all
the applications played nice with each other and the radio.


We're using a USB-to-serial converter to connect to the radio. It has a
NON Prolific chipset in it, as I'm really tired of fighting with the
counterfeit Prolific stuff that's flooding the market. As soon as
Windows Update would "update" the Prolific drivers, the cables would
stop working if they didn't have a genuine Prolific chipset in them,
forcing me to roll back the drivers.


This is a major problem with all the cables people buy to program their
Baofeng HT's, and ALL of the Hams on the Iowa have a Baofeng that I
program for them using MY cable and Chirp.


Haven't tried any APRS through the ISS. The last time I did it I used my
Kenwood TH-D72, and just bounced packets through it using the antenna on
the HT.


73, Jim


On 08/14/2016 10:11 PM, Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Thanks, Jim. I will definitely look into this! PBP2 says it uses Eltima
drivers, and that's a good sign because of today's experiment.
>
> FWIW, I tried today with the Eltima Serial Port Splitter,
(http://www.eltima.com/products/serialsplitter/) and after a little messing
around, I got the whole thing to work pretty well. There are two problems,
however:
>
> 1) Eltima does splits, but doesn't do pairs. So to do APRS through the
ISS, I needed to use VSPE to create a pair, and Eltima to do the split,
running both programs at the same time.
>
> 2) Eltima wants $99.95 USD for their software, so I'll likely not be able
to continue this setup after the 14-day free trial expires. Also, you can't
save configurations in the free trial, so the whole thing needs to be set up
from scratch each time. I think if you pay the fee that problem goes away.--
>
> Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ
> Decorah, Iowa USA  EN43
> -----------------------------------------------
> "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
>     you would stay out and your dog would go in."
>       ---Mark Twain
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 8:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter
>
> I fought with issues like this on the station PC down at NI6BB.
>
>
> I *never* got things to share the com port until I used LBP2, which is a
> similar bridge program.
>
>
> Id just about given up, and thought I'd give it one last try after I
> installed the LP=PAN panadaptor for our ancient Kenwood TS-850.
>
>
> Fo;;owing the instructions, I had port sharing between the panadptor (it
> uses PowerSDR), FLDIGI, and ACLog.
>
>
> Give it a try, it's free.
>
>
> http://www.telepostinc.com/LPB2.html
>
>
> 73, Jim  KQ6EA
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb



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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:43:55 -0400
From: "Mark Lunday" <wd4elg@xxxxx.xx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Still cannot receive NO-84
Message-ID: <006001d1f68e$1ac56cb0$50504610$@xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

OK, I think I may have solved the mystery.  I am seeing multi-channel PSK
during the pass.  Why someone would use multi-channel PSK is a mystery to
me, but it looks like 9 channels.

Anyone seen that before?

Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com


_____________________________________________
From: Mark Lunday [mailto:wd4elg@xxxxx.xx.xxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 4:50 PM
To: 'Mark Lunday'; 'amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
Subject: Still cannot receive NO-84


2046 UTC, the bird went directly overhead.  I was in listen-only mode.  All
I saw was (for the first 5 minutes of the pass) a series of lines which
showed Doppler, almost like a yard rake was dragging at an angle across the
screen.

What SHOULD I see?

Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com



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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:04:50 -0400
From: "Scott" <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Still cannot receive NO-84
Message-ID: <144F1B9A65C2456189DAA370EACED1EE@xxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original

Forgive me if I missed it on an earlier post, Mark, but what frequency are
you listening on?

-Scott,  K4KDR
Montpelier, VA  USA

=============================

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Lunday
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 8:43 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Still cannot receive NO-84

OK, I think I may have solved the mystery.  I am seeing multi-channel PSK
during the pass.  Why someone would use multi-channel PSK is a mystery to
me, but it looks like 9 channels.

Anyone seen that before?

Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com


_____________________________________________
From: Mark Lunday [mailto:wd4elg@xxxxx.xx.xxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 4:50 PM
To: 'Mark Lunday'; 'amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
Subject: Still cannot receive NO-84


2046 UTC, the bird went directly overhead.  I was in listen-only mode.  All
I saw was (for the first 5 minutes of the pass) a series of lines which
showed Doppler, almost like a yard rake was dragging at an angle across the
screen.

What SHOULD I see?

Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com



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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:20:04 -0500
From: Joe <nss@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Still cannot receive NO-84
Message-ID: <f38b9b7e-e75c-3204-93e4-66c9c1a425fa@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

it's probably 9 different stations. multiple users. thats whats nice
about this bird no CB like single channel FM birds where the biggest
signal talks.

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 8/14/2016 7:43 PM, Mark Lunday wrote:
> OK, I think I may have solved the mystery.  I am seeing multi-channel PSK
> during the pass.  Why someone would use multi-channel PSK is a mystery to
> me, but it looks like 9 channels.
>
> Anyone seen that before?
>
> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
> Greensboro, NC  FM06be
> wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
>
>
> _____________________________________________
> From: Mark Lunday [mailto:wd4elg@xxxxx.xx.xxxx
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 4:50 PM
> To: 'Mark Lunday'; 'amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
> Subject: Still cannot receive NO-84
>
>
> 2046 UTC, the bird went directly overhead.  I was in listen-only mode.  All
> I saw was (for the first 5 minutes of the pass) a series of lines which
> showed Doppler, almost like a yard rake was dragging at an angle across the
> screen.
>
> What SHOULD I see?
>
> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
> Greensboro, NC  FM06be
> wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
>
>



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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 22:26:54 -0400
From: "Mark Lunday" <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>
To: "'Joe'" <nss@xxx.xxx>,	<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Still cannot receive NO-84
Message-ID: <006f01d1f69c$7db39ff0$791adfd0$@xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

Well, the signals all start and stop at the same time, and are all equally
spaced.

If this was HF only, I would say it looks like the PSK AFSK is overmodulated
by using too much TX audio...

Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com




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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:39:20 -0500
From: Joe <nss@xxx.xxx>
To: Mark Lunday <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Still cannot receive NO-84
Message-ID: <81f8df19-f769-995a-d279-022d6e0cd98f@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

ahhh OK,
did you see who it was to let them know?

Joe
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 8/14/2016 9:26 PM, Mark Lunday wrote:
> Well, the signals all start and stop at the same time, and are all equally
> spaced.
>
> If this was HF only, I would say it looks like the PSK AFSK is overmodulated
> by using too much TX audio...
>
> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
> Greensboro, NC  FM06be
> wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
>



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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:35:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: Roland Zurmely <py4zbz@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV from ISS
Message-ID:
<1105962423.14274412.1471268125156.JavaMail.yahoo@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Picture received in Brazil GH70un at 12:39 UTC:
<http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/sstviss.htm#m>
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:08:02 -0400
From: John Brier <johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Only US East Coast ISS SSTV Pass for Tuesday is at
16:30	UTC / 12:30 EDT
Message-ID:
<CALn0fKP=Zp0eKtHmS9ysJhO46dzz+1Cn8zUBMUm4X1mO_zMbfA@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

https://youtu.be/QtpSw6LYn8U

The Moscow Aviation Institute ISS SSTV event, otherwise known as
MAI-75, which took place Monday [1] and will also run on Tuesday
August 16th is scheduled to stop at 16:45 UTC. [2] That leaves only
one opportunity for US and Canadian hams to receive the SSTV, during a
single pass starting around 16:30 UTC, or 12:30 EDT.

This assumes the Russians don't turn it off slightly before schedule,
which is a possibility as it isn't started and stopped exactly per
schedule. In the video above you can see the pass and some of the
cities it covers.

Note that even though it passes over a lot of cities, all but Miami
will be below 50 degrees which will make reception harder. For the
lowest elevations like Dallas with only 1 degree, you may only be able
to receive it with a directional antenna like the Arrow II Satellite
antenna or a base antenna with a very low radiation angle.

Below you can see the exact pass timing for various cities and the max
elevation. The cities are listed in order of max elevation. If you're
in or near a city towards the top of the list you'll have a decent
chance of receiving the ISS Slow Scan TV.

Date       Time           Azimuth   Elevation     Downlink      Uplink
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Miami:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:30:27         211.2         0.0    145.80334   144.48669
Max:  2016/08/16 12:35:43         127.6        51.2    145.79994   144.49006
Set:  2016/08/16 12:41:01          47.3         0.0    145.79666   144.49331

Raleigh:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:33:08         196.2         0.0    145.80308   144.48695
Max:  2016/08/16 12:38:01         128.9        19.8    145.79995   144.49005
Set:  2016/08/16 12:42:55          63.0         0.0    145.79691   144.49307

New York:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:34:50         197.1         0.0    145.80304   144.48698
Max:  2016/08/16 12:39:40         131.3        18.4    145.79995   144.49005
Set:  2016/08/16 12:44:31          67.0         0.0    145.79694   144.49303

Washington, DC:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:34:08         193.7         0.0    145.80300   144.48703
Max:  2016/08/16 12:38:53         129.7        16.9    145.79996   144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:43:40          66.8         0.0    145.79698   144.49299

Atlanta:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:32:16         185.5         0.0    145.80285   144.48717
Max:  2016/08/16 12:36:48         126.2        13.4    145.79996   144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:41:21          67.9         0.0    145.79713   144.49285

Montreal:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:36:17         187.4         0.0    145.80275   144.48727
Max:  2016/08/16 12:40:40         131.4        11.5    145.79996   144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:45:04          76.3         0.0    145.79723   144.49275

Toronto:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:35:37         176.9         0.0    145.80248   144.48754
Max:  2016/08/16 12:39:35         128.1         8.1    145.79997   144.49003
Set:  2016/08/16 12:43:34          79.8         0.0    145.79749   144.49249

Chicago:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:35:31         154.3         0.0    145.80165   144.48836
Max:  2016/08/16 12:38:13         123.3         2.9    145.79996   144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:40:54          92.8         0.0    145.79830   144.49168

Dallas:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:33:04         142.9         0.0    145.80119   144.48882
Max:  2016/08/16 12:35:02         120.8         1.4    145.79996   144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:36:59          99.0         0.0    145.79877   144.49122

To find out exactly when the ISS will be passing over you or see the
max elevation for your location use http://heavens-above.com or
another website or mobile app to predict the pass.

Here is a video I made that shows how to setup heavens-above.com to
track the ISS:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lWQrtLQvE

For more info on ISS Slow Scan TV see my "ISS SSTV Reception Hints" webpage:

https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/iss-sstv-reception-hints/

73, John Brier KG4AKV

1) https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/10/iss-sstv-august/
2) https://twitter.com/RF2Space/status/765197803199012864


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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:18:04 -0400
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: John Brier <johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Only US East Coast ISS SSTV Pass for Tuesday
is at 16:30 UTC / 12:30 EDT
Message-ID: <f7c6c4f303a11c94187440aba13cfc47@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Isnt there also a school contact at the same time?  I assume the school
will take priority over the SSTV?
bob

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From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of John Brier
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 2:08 PM
To: AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Only US East Coast ISS SSTV Pass for Tuesday is at
16:30 UTC / 12:30 EDT

https://youtu.be/QtpSw6LYn8U

The Moscow Aviation Institute ISS SSTV event, otherwise known as MAI-75,
which took place Monday [1] and will also run on Tuesday August 16th is
scheduled to stop at 16:45 UTC. [2] That leaves only one opportunity for
US and Canadian hams to receive the SSTV, during a single pass starting
around 16:30 UTC, or 12:30 EDT.

This assumes the Russians don't turn it off slightly before schedule,
which is a possibility as it isn't started and stopped exactly per
schedule. In the video above you can see the pass and some of the cities
it covers.

Note that even though it passes over a lot of cities, all but Miami will
be below 50 degrees which will make reception harder. For the lowest
elevations like Dallas with only 1 degree, you may only be able to receive
it with a directional antenna like the Arrow II Satellite antenna or a
base antenna with a very low radiation angle.

Below you can see the exact pass timing for various cities and the max
elevation. The cities are listed in order of max elevation. If you're in
or near a city towards the top of the list you'll have a decent chance of
receiving the ISS Slow Scan TV.

Date       Time           Azimuth   Elevation     Downlink      Uplink
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Miami:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:30:27         211.2         0.0    145.80334
144.48669
Max:  2016/08/16 12:35:43         127.6        51.2    145.79994
144.49006
Set:  2016/08/16 12:41:01          47.3         0.0    145.79666
144.49331

Raleigh:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:33:08         196.2         0.0    145.80308
144.48695
Max:  2016/08/16 12:38:01         128.9        19.8    145.79995
144.49005
Set:  2016/08/16 12:42:55          63.0         0.0    145.79691
144.49307

New York:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:34:50         197.1         0.0    145.80304
144.48698
Max:  2016/08/16 12:39:40         131.3        18.4    145.79995
144.49005
Set:  2016/08/16 12:44:31          67.0         0.0    145.79694
144.49303

Washington, DC:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:34:08         193.7         0.0    145.80300
144.48703
Max:  2016/08/16 12:38:53         129.7        16.9    145.79996
144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:43:40          66.8         0.0    145.79698
144.49299

Atlanta:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:32:16         185.5         0.0    145.80285
144.48717
Max:  2016/08/16 12:36:48         126.2        13.4    145.79996
144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:41:21          67.9         0.0    145.79713
144.49285

Montreal:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:36:17         187.4         0.0    145.80275
144.48727
Max:  2016/08/16 12:40:40         131.4        11.5    145.79996
144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:45:04          76.3         0.0    145.79723
144.49275

Toronto:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:35:37         176.9         0.0    145.80248
144.48754
Max:  2016/08/16 12:39:35         128.1         8.1    145.79997
144.49003
Set:  2016/08/16 12:43:34          79.8         0.0    145.79749
144.49249

Chicago:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:35:31         154.3         0.0    145.80165
144.48836
Max:  2016/08/16 12:38:13         123.3         2.9    145.79996
144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:40:54          92.8         0.0    145.79830
144.49168

Dallas:

Rise: 2016/08/16 12:33:04         142.9         0.0    145.80119
144.48882
Max:  2016/08/16 12:35:02         120.8         1.4    145.79996
144.49004
Set:  2016/08/16 12:36:59          99.0         0.0    145.79877
144.49122

To find out exactly when the ISS will be passing over you or see the max
elevation for your location use http://heavens-above.com or another
website or mobile app to predict the pass.

Here is a video I made that shows how to setup heavens-above.com to track
the ISS:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lWQrtLQvE

For more info on ISS Slow Scan TV see my "ISS SSTV Reception Hints"
webpage:

https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/iss-sstv-reception-hints/

73, John Brier KG4AKV

1) https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/10/iss-sstv-august/
2) https://twitter.com/RF2Space/status/765197803199012864
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