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Today's Topics:
1. AO-73/FUNcube-1 (Jim Heck)
2. K6R is on the air from CM93xx (Clayton Coleman)
3. Re: K6R is on the air from CM93xx (Greg D)
4. Re: K6R is on the air from CM93xx (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
5. Re: K6R is on the air from CM93xx (Greg D)
6. Re: K6R is on the air from CM93xx (Bruce)
7. FN05/06/07 on Sunday Sept 18th (Ken Alexander)
8. K6R Update September 16 (Jimmy Blanchette)
9. Setting memory frequencies for FM satellite operation
(Ronald G. Parsons)
10. Re: Setting memory frequencies for FM satellite operation
(Andrew Rich)
11. Re: K6R is on the air from CM93xx (Paul Stoetzer)
12. Re: Setting memory frequencies for FM satellite operation (B J)
13. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-17 21:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
14. ANS-262 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (E.Mike McCardel)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 21:25:24 +0100
From: "Jim Heck" <jim@xxxxxx.xx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73/FUNcube-1
Message-ID: <72F7110CA7A44A08AA04F744991C3364@xxxxxx>
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Hi Folks,
Just to say that the mode has been switch just now to full time
transponder mode.
Please note that we normally try and switch back to education mode on Sunday
evening, but this might not happen due to non availability of command
station operators. If non are available on Sunday night we will switch back
to education mode as soon as possible.
73s Jim G3WGM
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:40:13 -0500
From: Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] K6R is on the air from CM93xx
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K6R appeared on UKube-1 as scheduled at around 20:30 UTC and were
heard making numerous contacts with stations in the western half of
the USA.
73
Clayton
W5PFG
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:58:52 -0700
From: Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] K6R is on the air from CM93xx
Message-ID: <57DC873C.8080407@xxxxx.xxx>
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Nothing heard from K6R on the AO-07 mode B 22:30Z pass, but worked Chip
K7JA in DM03 with a good signal.
Greg KO6TH
Clayton Coleman wrote:
> K6R appeared on UKube-1 as scheduled at around 20:30 UTC and were
> heard making numerous contacts with stations in the western half of
> the USA.
>
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:01:47 -0400
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] K6R is on the air from CM93xx
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They were just on XW-2C
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S7
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:18:34 -0700
From: Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] K6R is on the air from CM93xx
Message-ID: <57DC8BDA.8070508@xxxxx.xxx>
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Wow, that was a really low elevation pass here, and likely not much
higher where they are (about 400 mi sse). Good job!
Waiting now for SO-50..
Greg KO6TH
Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
>
> They were just on XW-2C
>
> Dave-KB1PVH
>
> Sent from my Galaxy S7
>
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 19:55:35 -0500
From: Bruce <kk5do@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] K6R is on the air from CM93xx
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i chose a bad pass to try and work someone. they were on the so-50 pass
just now and i could not get through to anyone. i have that grid from
the late 90's and to think i went outside looking for a zika mosquito to
listen to that pass and try to work someone.
73...bruce
On 9/16/2016 6:58 PM, Greg D wrote:
> Nothing heard from K6R on the AO-07 mode B 22:30Z pass, but worked Chip
> K7JA in DM03 with a good signal.
>
> Greg KO6TH
>
>
> Clayton Coleman wrote:
>> K6R appeared on UKube-1 as scheduled at around 20:30 UTC and were
>> heard making numerous contacts with stations in the western half of
>> the USA.
>>
>> 73
>> Clayton
>> W5PFG
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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AMSAT-NA.
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--
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 22:42:05 -0400
From: Ken Alexander <k.alexander@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] FN05/06/07 on Sunday Sept 18th
Message-ID: <efe16efa-4233-66a1-098e-8e360aba10f8@xxxxxx.xxx>
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Hi All,
As I Tweeted earlier, I am moving my departure day up to this Sunday so
that I can spend a little more time in FN-05/06/07. I'm also hoping
that this will allow me to spend more time in EO80 and EO90, hopefully 2
days in each grid.
I have to leave on Sunday morning so as to be in Barrie, ON at 9:00 for
the opening of a store where I plan to buy an inverter so I can
re-charge the various batteries without having to run back into town all
the time.
I will stop in FN05/06/07 as I am passing through and operate from
whatever is available at the time. Unfortunately, that means only two
passes in the case of FN05 and one pass in the case of FN06. FN07 is
another matter as you will see. FN08 might happen on Monday morning.
PLEASE NOTE: All times shown are in EASTERN TIME. Add or subtract as
necessary for the zone you are in. I'm conversant in UTC, but this is
just easier for me.
ALSO NOTE: I'm still very much a rookie on the linear satellites,
having made only one QSO so far. However, I've received a lot of
coaching an encouragement from all of you and I think things will be OK
after the first few attempts. Bear with me.
THE SCHEDULE (if the columns don't align well then highlight the table
and convert it to Courier font)
Sunday Sept 18th Eastern Time
----------------------------------------------------------
[FN05]
18.09.2016 FO-29 11:27 11:41 14 40 130 - 350
18.09.2016 FO-29 13:12 13:26 14 46 190 - 342
[FN06]
18.09.2016 FO-29 15:02 15:08 06 07 260 - 317
[FN07]
18.09.2016 XW-2F 17:57 18:04 07 28 132 - 360
18.09.2016 SO-50 18:15 18:25 10 30 185 - 051
18.09.2016 XW-2A 18:40 18:47 07 24 131 - 000
18.09.2016 XW-2F 19:31 19:39 08 25 200 - 336
18.09.2016 SO-50 19:55 20:06 11 51 237 - 039
18.09.2016 XW-2A 20:13 20:20 07 25 200 - 334
18.09.2016 SO-50 21:38 21:47 09 18 287 - 042
If I miss the first pass or two in FN07 it's because I haven't found a
good place to set up. Check @xxxxxx on Twitter for updates.
73,
Ken Alexander
VE3HLS
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:38:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: Jimmy Blanchette <ve2bmc@xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] K6R Update September 16
Message-ID: <c114855f-2636-4352-926f-30da6fb5a5ee@xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Hi all,
As the Pilot Relay Station for the K6R expedition, I am happy to report that
everything is going extremely well so far. Earlier this evening, K6R
communicated a status update audio report which I have recorded and happy to
make available to the community. Please use the Dropbox link below in order
to download the MP3 audio message from K6R:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hduh5yoq66vnl4k/K6R%20Report%2009-16-16.mp3?dl=0
In addition, in order to give a taste of the excellent work that David and
Wyatt have been doing on the Island, I have made a video/audio recording of
a portion of a SO-50 pass which took place late this afternoon. You can use
the Dropbox link below in order to download the file (.wmv format):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/314jwp8fqvidcfn/K6R%20-%20SO50%20Pass%2009-16.wmv?dl
=0
There will be another report tomorrow evening.
Thanks to the David (KG5CCI) and Wyatt (AC0RA) for activating this extremely
rare grid and for the outstanding job!
Stay tuned.
73, Jimmy
KK6FAH
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 09:53:46 -0500
From: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Setting memory frequencies for FM satellite
operation
Message-ID: <551B6066D57645079A7EB54F045C79AF@xxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Is there a computer program that will compute a table of time, azimuth,
elevation for a given satellite and station location for a set of Doppler
corrected frequencies (both uplink and downlink) in user-specified frequency
intervals.
For example, SO-50
TIME AZ EL UP DOWN
0959:00 10 34 145982.17 435165.53
1000:00 44 46 145980.66 435170.05
but where the frequencies are in user-defined increments of 2.5 or 5.0 kHz.
This would simplify choosing frequency memories for handhelds and when to
switch memories when operating FM satellites.
Ron W5RKN
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 01:21:18 +1000
From: Andrew Rich <vk4tec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Setting memory frequencies for FM satellite
operation
Message-ID: <2245DC69-807C-4BCA-A64D-0935CDE63997@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Ron
I used to run Linux with predict
Perl code would connect to the predict server port
Then adjust the radio accordingly
Having said that there are some Windows programs that track satellites and
control your radio
Andrew
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Sent from my iPhone
Andrew Rich
e vk4tec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
w www.tech-software.net
m 0419 738 223
> On 18 Sep 2016, at 00:53, Ronald G. Parsons <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Is there a computer program that will compute a table of time, azimuth,
elevation for a given satellite and station location for a set of Doppler
corrected frequencies (both uplink and downlink) in user-specified frequency
intervals.
>
> For example, SO-50
>
> TIME AZ EL UP DOWN
> 0959:00 10 34 145982.17 435165.53
> 1000:00 44 46 145980.66 435170.05
>
> but where the frequencies are in user-defined increments of 2.5 or 5.0 kHz.
>
> This would simplify choosing frequency memories for handhelds and when to
switch memories when operating FM satellites.
>
> Ron W5RKN
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 14:24:17 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] K6R is on the air from CM93xx
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The last pass of FO-29, at 1803Z, should have been a very productive one as
it covered the entire United States. Unfortunately lots of oblivious
operators were pounding the transponder with high power SSB and CW signals,
causing their 5 watt signal to be extremely weak. I only heard them make a
handful of QSOs. They had to move when some moron started firing up the
high power CW right on top of them.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
> K6R appeared on UKube-1 as scheduled at around 20:30 UTC and were
> heard making numerous contacts with stations in the western half of
> the USA.
>
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 19:09:51 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Setting memory frequencies for FM satellite
operation
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On 9/17/16, Ronald G. Parsons <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Is there a computer program that will compute a table of time, azimuth,
> elevation for a given satellite and station location for a set of Doppler
> corrected frequencies (both uplink and downlink) in user-specified frequency
> intervals.
>
> For example, SO-50
>
> TIME AZ EL UP DOWN
> 0959:00 10 34 145982.17 435165.53
> 1000:00 44 46 145980.66 435170.05
>
> but where the frequencies are in user-defined increments of 2.5 or 5.0 kHz.
>
> This would simplify choosing frequency memories for handhelds and when to
> switch memories when operating FM satellites.
<snip>
I've always followed the instructions in the manual for my FT-817 for
programming and labeled the memories in accordance with the key points
in a pass: AOS, TCA, and LOS. Once I'm on a bird, I simply switch
between memories when the downlink starts sounding a bit fuzzy.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:06:28 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-17
21:00 UTC
Message-ID: <14c88d.1b6acca0.450f0a54@xxx.xxx>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-17 21:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
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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,
individually 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.
*****************************************************************
*************
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
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 118
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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 2016-09-17 21:00 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 1084.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1049.
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 2016-09-16 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. 47 on orbit
Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Aleksey Ovchinin
Exp. 48 on orbit
Anatoly Ivanishin
Kate Rubins KG5FYJ
Takuya Onishi KF5LKS
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 22:04:11 -0400
From: "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-262 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-262
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:
* RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Prepped/Packed for Shock Test
* IMPORTANT notice for AMSAT Symposium Cruise Attendees
* KX9X Plans for NPOTA Satellite Operation
* University Students Shown Amateur Radio
* Plan Ahead for New Years AMSAT CW Activity Day on the Satellites
* 2016 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results
* US ARISS Contacts -Call for Proposals Remains Open through Nov 1
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-262.01
ANS-262 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 262.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
September 18, 2016
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-262.01
RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Prepped/Packed for Shock Test
AMSAT VP of Engineering, Jerry Buxton N0JY, has posted a video of
the final day of RadFxSat live testing, where the satellite gets one
more time in the sun and on the air for data on power and
temperatures.
In the video Jerry secures the solar panel covers, does a preflight
initialization, and packes it up to send off to Tyvak in California
for shock testing, which occurs September 22-30. after the shock
test the satellite will come back to Fox Labs for post-shock testing
to make sure nothing broke. Next she will be taken to Orlando for
vibe and bakeout October 10-14. That will be the finish, and
RadFxSat will then wait in Fox Labs for delivery/integration in
January 2017 with a March 16, 2017 launch date.
Watch the 38 minute video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=vm-i_TvdOyU
[ANS thanks Jerry N0JY for the above information]
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IMPORTANT notice for AMSAT Symposium Cruise Attendees
PAYMENT DUE
If you are attending the 2016 AMSAT Symposium Carnival cruise, your
final payment is likely due. The majority of our accounts were due
September 12.
If your scheduled payment method fails, Carnival will attempt to
contact you by phone or email.
Please take a moment to ensure your final payment has been made.
CARNIVAL ACCOUNT
If you have not registered on the Carnival website to supply your
guest information, you should consider doing so by going to the link
below and choosing "Create Account."
https://www.carnival.com/BookedGuest/guestmanagement/mycarnival/logon
Signing up on their website allows you to pre-enter required boarding
information, schedule shore excursions for Cozumel, and set payment
method for onboard purchases. Non-USA passengers, this is the best
method to enter all your passport details.
Please reply directly to me off-BB if you have any questions. I am
inundated with email at the moment so it may be 24-48 hours before I
reply.
[ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG for the above information]
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KX9X Plans for NPOTA Satellite Operation
Sean Kutzko, KX9X, says he will be hitting the road 9/24-9/28 to put
several NPOTA units in New York's Hudson Valley on the air. Becky
Schoenfeld, W1BXY and Sean will activate Martin van Buren (NS50),
Thomas Cole (AA23), the FDR home (NS36), Eleanor Roosevelt (NS14) and
Vanderbilt Mansion (NS74) on HF SSB/CW plus the following satellites:
SO-50, FO-29, XW-2A/2C/2F, and will even try AO-7 and AO-73.
They won't know specific operating schedules until the night before;
follow KX9X on Twitter for real-time info during these NPOTA
activations. They will sign and log as KX9X/2 and W1BXY. Satellite
gear will be two 817s, preamps, and an Arrow. Activations will be
daytime-only. Sean likes hanging out below the center of the passband
on the analog sats.
[ANS thanks Sean Kutzdo, KX9X, for the above information]
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University Students Shown Amateur Radio
AMSAT-India Regional Coordinator Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP reports on
the ?Ham Radio ? Practical Insight? session given to 150 students at
Parul University.
Wonderful hands on session on ?Ham Radio ? Practical Insight? was
conducted at prestigious Parul University ? Baroda (Gujarat, India)
on September 8, 2016. Around 150 Engineering (EC) student & faculties
participated in the program & gain knowledge on the subject.
In-depth Presentation on Ham Radio, Interesting Ham Radio Events,
Video Documentary & SSTV Live demo was carried out by Rajesh Vagadia
VU2EXP. Students were excited to see line by line SSTV transmission
on the projected screen. To learn with fun, students were allowed to
make collective noise during transmission to observe their effect in
the SSTV reception!!!
Number of technical & general queries satisfied in Q&A session.
Sunny VU2PMU Shared his Ham Experience & Sardool VU2OPX Selected few
student with small Quiz.
VHF Demo (Modulation test) was nicely carried out by GIAR team
member Ankit VU3NMQ, Sardool VU2OPX, Sunny VU2PMU & myself. Student &
faculties learnt the potential of Ham Radio hobby & enjoyed the event
at the fullest.
I thank my fellow hams for their kind support and also thankful to
Prof. Jay Patel & Prof. Niraj Tever from Parul University to nicely
coordinate the event.
Wish this Ham event act as small SPARK (ignition) & in future some
of the student may fly high in World of Amateur Radio!
AMSAT-India http://amsatindia.org/
[ANS thanks Rajesh P. Vagadia VUEXP via AMSAT-UK for the above
information]
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Plan Ahead for New Years AMSAT CW Activity Day on the Satellites
Thanks to all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night 2016,
held in memory of Ben Stevenson, W2BXA. For 25 years, AMSAT has
sponsored SKN on OSCAR, and it's been my pleasure to conduct this
event.
While Morse as a license qualification has gone the way of the spark
gap, I am pleased to see that amateur CW activity is as popular as
ever. Straight keys and "bugs", however, have found a niche primarily
with the boat anchor crowd, and AMSAT's insistence on their use in
OSCAR SKN has held down participation. Similar considerations have
led ARRL to broaden its annual HF event to include all forms of CW,
even computer-generated. The idea is to encourage everyone to enjoy
CW operation, no matter how they choose to do it. We agree 100%.
So, in with the new: AMSAT CW Activity Day.
As with the old SKN, it will be a fun event, not a contest, and will
run for 24 hours on January 1, 2017 (UTC). All forms of CW are
welcome. Since it is not a contest, there is no required exchange. A
QSO is a QSO. Working the same station on more than one satellite is
permitted.
Instead of submitting Best Fist nominations, all participants are
asked to post their results, including "Soapbox" comments, to AMSAT-
BB. Please include the satellites you used, and the number of CW QSOs
you had on each. While it is not necessary to post your full log, you
may do so if you wish.
CU on CW!
[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS, for the above information]
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2016 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results
As a result of the 2016 Board of Directors Election, Tom Clark,
K3IO; Mark
Hammond, N8MH; and Bruce Paige, KK5DO; will serve on the board for two
years.
The First Alternate is Paul Stoetzer, N8HM and the Second Alternate is
Clayton Coleman, W5PFG. Both will serve for a term of one year.
The results of the voting with 697 ballots cast are as follows:
Tom Clark, K3IO..................547
Mark Hammond, N8MH...............504
Bruce Paige, KK5DO...............396
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM..............362
Clayton Coleman, W5PFG...........200
Submitted by:
Martha Saragovitz, Manager
Paul Stoetzer, Secretary
[ANS thanks Martha Saragovitz, and Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above
information]
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US ARISS Contacts -Call for Proposals Remains Open through Nov 1
Message to US Educators
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
Contact Opportunity
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, individually 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.
The Opportunity
Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate
in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are
approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact
with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.
An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via
Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space
station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford
education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from
astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn
about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an
opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless
technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human
spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the
ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate
changes in dates and times of the radio contact.
Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space
agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational
opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to
enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students
around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed
by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American
Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for
the Advancement of Science in Space).
More Information
Interested parties can find more information about the program at
www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.
For proposal information and more details such as expectations,
proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of
Information Sessions go to
http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
Please direct any questions to ariss at arrl dot org.
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), the
Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and 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.arrl.org.
Also, join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) / Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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ARISS News
+ A Successful contact was made between C.E.PR. Almad?n, Ja?n, Spain
and Astronaut Kate Rubins KG5FYJ using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact
began Thu 2016-09-15 08:14:19 UTC and lasted about nine and a half
minutes. Contact was direct via EA7URJ.
ARISS Mentor was Francesco IK?WGF.
School Information:
Primary Education State School. This school year (2013/2014) there
are 420 students from 6 to 12 years old. C.E.PR. Almad?n is a
Multilingual School with Fran?ais as L2 and English as L3.
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ NPOTA Activation Video Posted
John Brier KG4AKV announced that he has posted a video of his SO-50
satellite activation from August 29th 2016 at the Wright Brothers
National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The NPS unit
is NM29 and the grid square is FM26.
The video can be viewed at:
https://youtu.be/C0qLC03jDTA
[ANS thanks John KG4AKV for the above information]
+ September issues of SatMagazine and MilSatMagazine are available
for download.
http://www.satmagazine.com/
http://www.milsatmagazine.com/
[ANS thanks Satnews for the above information]
+ Measuring Sky Angles With Your Hand
Have you ever worked portable and wondered just how close you were
holding your antenna in reference to the necessary altitude and
azimuth to be on target with your satellite?
You can use your hands to measure degrees of the sky. There is a
method common in astronomy for measuring sky angles. Here?s how they
describe it on One Minute Astronomer:
"Your hands and fingers are a remarkably accurate (and convenient)
measuring tool. When you hold your hand at arm?s length, you can
estimate angles like this:
Stretch your thumb and little finger as far from each other as you
can. The span from tip to tip is about 25 degrees.
Do the same with your index finger and little finger. The span is 15
degrees.
Clench your fist at arms length, and hold it with the back of your
hand facing you. The width is 10 degrees.
Hold your three middle fingers together; they span about 5 degrees
The width of your little finger at arm?s length is 1 degree."
http://oneminuteastronomer.com/860/measuring-sky/
See also
http://makezine.com/2016/09/16/measuring-tip-ruler/
[ANS thanks oneminuteastronomer.com and make zone.com 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,
EMike McCardel, AA8EM
aa8em at amsat dot org
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