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Today's Topics:
1. Wednesday AO-85 contact ~1642utc (E.Mike McCardel)
2. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-10 07:30 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
3. DM92 (Glenn Miller - AA5PK)
4. Sunday 11 september 2016 balloon fox hunt with U/V FM
transponder! (Cor PD?RKC)
5. Re: Sunday 11 september 2016 balloon fox hunt with U/V FM
transponder! (Tom DF5JL)
6. Sunday 11 september 2016 balloon fox hunt with U/V FM
transponder! (Cor PD?RKC)
7. Advise and/or Help (Gerald Payton)
8. Re: Advise and/or Help (Scott)
9. Re: Advise and/or Help (Daniel Cussen)
10. Just a reminder about Amazon (Bruce)
11. Re: Sunday 11 september 2016 balloon fox hunt with U/V FM
transponder! (Tom DF5JL)
12. SatPC32 Settings for HDSDR + FT-817 (Ken Alexander)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 22:55:52 -0400
From: "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm@xxxxx.xxx>
To: David G0MRF via Amsat-Bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Wednesday AO-85 contact ~1642utc
Message-ID: <E8708BE7-B113-4585-B1A6-80A90F52B0F0@xxxxx.xxx>
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I worked someone on AO-85 Wed Sept 7 approximately 1642UTC +/-
The beginning of the passed was marked with a safe mode announcement.
My recording failed and I didn't write down the information and my memory is
failing me. If someone has a recording I would appreciate if you could share
it. If you were the contact, please contact me off list.
Thank you,
EMike McCardel, AA8EM
Rotating Editor AMSAT News Service
Sent from my iPhone
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 05:50:51 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-10
07:30 UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-10 07:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence KS, direct via KC?NFL
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS
Contact was successful: Fri 2016-09-09 16:25:42 UTC 56 deg (***)
Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Astoria, OR, telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ
Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-09-10 17:03:19 UTC 43 deg
C.E.PR. Almad?n, Ja?n, Spain, direct via EA7URJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-09-15 08:14:19 UTC 52 deg
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**Call for Proposals
Proposal Window September 1 ? November 1, 2016
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is
seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, indiv
idually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew
member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held
between July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits
will
determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact
opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large
numbers of
participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education
plan.
The deadline to submit a proposal is November 1, 2016. Proposal
information and documents can be found at
www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
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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.
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
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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.
****************************************************************************
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 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 117
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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 8601 date
and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-09-10 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 1081.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1046.
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 2016-09-10 07:30 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. 47 on orbit
Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Aleksey Ovchinin
Exp. 48 on orbit
Anatoly Ivanishin
Kate Rubins KG5FYJ
Takuya Onishi KF5LKS
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 11:17:45 -0500
From: "Glenn Miller - AA5PK" <aa5pk@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT BBS" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM92
Message-ID: <10D77C5C1C61475AA2D46C33ED93E11A@xxxxxxx>
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reply-type=original
The WX should be clear tomorrow (raining today), so I'll trek to DM92 for a
couple of passes.
AO-85 at ~1541Z
FO-29 at ~1633Z
AO-85 at ~1721Z.
Glenn / AA5PK
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:49:01 +0000
From: Cor PD?RKC <kenwoodtrx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sunday 11 september 2016 balloon fox hunt with U/V
FM transponder!
Message-ID:
<HE1PR09MB0697F9EB97DBB0C3B2ED62D7C2FD0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxxx.xx
x>
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Hello radio friends,
The weather forcast predictions seems to anounce good weather.
Expected balloon launch time shall be 11:00UTC (follow updates on the
balloon event website!).
In past years I have heard stations (via the balloon transponder) from:
Belgium, Sweden, Germany, France, UK and ofcoarse the most from the
Netherlands.
73's Cor PD0RKC
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 19:56:00 +0200
From: Tom DF5JL <df5jl@xxxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sunday 11 september 2016 balloon fox hunt with
U/V FM transponder!
Message-ID: <c677c49b-00e0-157a-66f7-2a6944abbc54@xxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
Hi Cor,
wat is de URL van de speciale ballon web site?
Tot ziens, 73 de Tom PA/DF5JL/P in JO11RJ
Am 10.09.2016 um 19:49 schrieb Cor PD?RKC:
>
> Hello radio friends,
>
>
> The weather forcast predictions seems to anounce good weather.
>
> Expected balloon launch time shall be 11:00UTC (follow updates on the
balloon event website!).
>
> In past years I have heard stations (via the balloon transponder) from:
>
> Belgium, Sweden, Germany, France, UK and ofcoarse the most from the
Netherlands.
>
>
> 73's Cor PD0RKC
> _______________________________________________
> 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: 6
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 19:25:03 +0000
From: Cor PD?RKC <kenwoodtrx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sunday 11 september 2016 balloon fox hunt with U/V
FM transponder!
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>Hi Cor,
>wat is de URL van de speciale ballon web site?
>Tot ziens, 73 de Tom PA/DF5JL/P in JO11RJ
Hello Tom,
All the links to the websites I already had posted in my first message on
amsat-bb.
For you I have posted these here again but now I added the PI6ATV website
because I think the
23cm ATV transmittor video stream will be shown on that website.
73s Cor PD0RKC
I expect live video from the balloon camera on this website:
http://www.pi6atv.com/ (probably the live stream will be switched on short
for the event.
The official balloon fox hunt website and social media websites:
https://www.ballonvossenjacht.nl (you can choose the English language from
the menu). http://www.facebook.com/ballonvossenjacht
https://twitter.com/ballonvosjacht (often with quick update news messages!).
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 19:54:22 +0000
From: Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Advise and/or Help
Message-ID:
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73 to ALL,
I am preparing to start the assembly of my "low budget" station and have a
couple of question, please.
My first step will employ an azmuthal only inexpensive rotor (RCA VH22F) and
a terrestrial use linear dual band antenna (Jetstream JTBM270). The
antenna has 3 elements for 2m and 5 for 70cm. I plan to offset the
elevation of the antenna 20-30 degrees in a fixed position, rotatable of
course. My radio at this time is an IC-2730 dual band which can be used for
the FM birds; I am told.
Having described my "phase one plans", my first question is regarding rotor
control. Does anyone know of a rotor control for a three wire inexpensive
rotator?
Regarding the linear antenna, what would the best mounting angle be for
polarization. Yes, I realize that it would not be optimal mounted vertical
or horizontal. I assume that a compromise angle might help.
Let me explain that portable handheld operation is not feasible dues to my
age and living circumstances. A fixed station is my only option. However,
that can be improved if necessary and financially feasible.
Thanks to each and all.
73,
Jerry AB5R
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 16:07:54 -0400
From: Scott <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Advise and/or Help
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Hi Jerry.
I have a setup very similar to what you describe and also wanted to be
low-budget.
I can't imagine being more pleased with the solution that is spelled out at
the following link:
http://k3rrr.com/cheap-computer-controlled-tv-rotor-for-amsat-satellites-and-i
ncludes-free-satellite-tracking-with-pstrotator-and-the-usb-uirt/
... as long as you have a rotator with an IR remote control, the USB IR
device mentioned in the above article works perfectly.
Hope you have as much success & enjoyment with your setup as I do with
mine.
-Scott, K4KDR
Montpelier, VA USA
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On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> 73 to ALL,
>
> I am preparing to start the assembly of my "low budget" station and have a
> couple of question, please.
>
>
> My first step will employ an azmuthal only inexpensive rotor (RCA VH22F)
> and a terrestrial use linear dual band antenna (Jetstream JTBM270). The
> antenna has 3 elements for 2m and 5 for 70cm. I plan to offset the
> elevation of the antenna 20-30 degrees in a fixed position, rotatable of
> course. My radio at this time is an IC-2730 dual band which can be used
> for the FM birds; I am told.
>
>
> Having described my "phase one plans", my first question is regarding
> rotor control. Does anyone know of a rotor control for a three wire
> inexpensive rotator?
>
>
> Regarding the linear antenna, what would the best mounting angle be for
> polarization. Yes, I realize that it would not be optimal mounted vertical
> or horizontal. I assume that a compromise angle might help.
>
>
> Let me explain that portable handheld operation is not feasible dues to my
> age and living circumstances. A fixed station is my only option. However,
> that can be improved if necessary and financially feasible.
>
>
> Thanks to each and all.
>
> 73,
>
> Jerry AB5R
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 21:57:38 +0100
From: Daniel Cussen <dan@xxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Advise and/or Help
Message-ID:
<CAF3DnKiQSRSiMrMmQAqHRw2wAO9c-gVtFD9G-fcijP69EvPkpg@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
If your rotator does not have any proper position feedback you may be
able to add a potentiometer inside it.
See here for info:
http://www.dougbraun.com/rotor_mod.html
You then can build a computer interface to control it based on the feedback.
However for now I would recommend just manually adjusting the rotator.
If the beam width of the antenna is wide then pointing will not be too
critical, and when the satellite is overhead the signal is much
stronger.
In the real world you may not need a computer interface, but you will
need some sort of tracking software to tell you which way to point and
which satellite is passing over. SATPC32 is recommended for its
advanced features, but Orbitron is better for beginners.
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 16:13:46 -0500
From: Bruce <kk5do@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Just a reminder about Amazon
Message-ID: <fdf8311d-6624-2208-44b3-077e454cbef0@xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
For those of you that are friends of AMSAT, do not forget when you place
an order for something place your order at smile.amazon.com and select
AMSAT as your preferred charity. By doing so, Amazon will donate a small
percentage of the purchase price to AMSAT. There is no additional cost
to you, only a benefit to AMSAT.
You can use the amazon.com website as you normally do. However, when it
is time to pay for things in your cart, that is when you should go to
smile.amazon.com. Your cart will appear there just as it did at the
amazon.com site. You do not have to find the items you would like to
purchase again, just remember to pay for them over on the
smile.amazon.com site.
73...bruce
--
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
AMSAT Board Alternate 2015-2016
ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News
http://www.arrl.org
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 21:31:04 +0200
From: Tom DF5JL <df5jl@xxxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sunday 11 september 2016 balloon fox hunt with
U/V FM transponder!
Message-ID: <9f739d26-0a53-a54e-346b-84b04f01c1fa@xxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
Thanks Cor, great service - I'm on a short trip to Zeeland (PA) and
can't get access to older posts. Best 73, tot ziens de Tom PA/DF5JL/P
Am 10.09.2016 um 21:25 schrieb Cor PD?RKC:
>> Hi Cor,
>> wat is de URL van de speciale ballon web site?
>> Tot ziens, 73 de Tom PA/DF5JL/P in JO11RJ
>
> Hello Tom,
> All the links to the websites I already had posted in my first message on
amsat-bb.
> For you I have posted these here again but now I added the PI6ATV website
because I think the
> 23cm ATV transmittor video stream will be shown on that website.
>
> 73s Cor PD0RKC
>
> I expect live video from the balloon camera on this website:
> http://www.pi6atv.com/ (probably the live stream will be switched on short
for the event.
>
> The official balloon fox hunt website and social media websites:
https://www.ballonvossenjacht.nl (you can choose the English language from
the menu). http://www.facebook.com/ballonvossenjacht
https://twitter.com/ballonvosjacht (often with quick update news messages!).
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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: 12
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 18:35:28 -0400
From: Ken Alexander <k.alexander@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Settings for HDSDR + FT-817
Message-ID: <75692d01-aadb-4c72-1acd-a01263014dbb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Hi All,
I received my USB-to-FT-817 interface cable this week, and just finished
setting up the 817 in SatPC32. It is controlling transmit frequency on
the FT-817 and receive frequency on HDSDR just fine. The current Radio
Setup has HDSDR as Radio 1 and FT-817 and Radio 2.
Then I read that the CAT Delay is supposed to be set to 110 for an
FT-817. However, there is no such setting for Radio 2, only Radio 1.
CAT Delay for HDSDR is currently set to 20.
Everything seems to be working OK so I am wondering whether I should
switch the radios in SatPC32 or leave well enough alone.
Any thoughts?
As always, many thanks for any assistance.
73,
Ken Alexander
VE3HLS
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