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Today's Topics:
1. Circular Polarization vs. Preamps (Fred Castello)
2. AMSAT SYMPOSIUM (jeffory broughton)
3. LilacSat-2 FM was on for a little bit tonight (Clayton Coleman)
4. Great White North Grid Expedition Schedule for Saturday
(Ken Alexander)
5. Re: AMSAT Symposium (Ted)
6. Re: Circular Polarization vs. Preamps (Stefan Wagener)
7. HO-68 CW Beacon heard (Pedro Converso)
8. Re: HO-68 CW Beacon heard (Scott)
9. Re: HO-68 CW Beacon heard (Pedro Converso)
10. AMSAT Symposium (Clint Bradford)
11. AMSAT Symposium (Clint Bradford)
12. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-11-26 07:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:12:03 -0500
From: Fred Castello <fredcastello@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT bbs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Circular Polarization vs. Preamps
Message-ID: <9E3C84B9-0115-4112-99CE-3BEFB5A1B831@xxxxx.xxx>
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Folks,
I have now finally become active again on some of the satellites with a
handheld Arrow and my bulky but beloved Kenwood TS-790A. See my QRZ page
for picture of how I have it setup outside when I operate. I am trying to
put together a more permanent antenna system within my budget. I have been
rather surprised how much fade is apparent in some of the birds which
responds usually to some degree by twisting the axis of the Arrow antenna.
So, my question is as follows:
Would you rather have:
A) The ability to switch polarization, presumably from RHCP to LHCP (or
maybe even vertical to horizontal)? Unfortunately my research shows to date
that this option is still rather expensive. Any suggestions on how to
achieve this on a modest budget would be appreciated.
OR
B) A reasonable preamp on both 2 meters and 70 cm? (I have never worked
with a preamp yet-though I have ordered the "Original Broadband Satellite RX
Preamp? from the AMSAT store and plan on using that and switching it
manually depending on what bird I am using into the receive side).
For information, I will have about 70 feet of feedline.
Assuming that one cannot have both.
As usual, I really appreciate your time and input.
Best,
Fred-KF4FC
Fishersville, VA
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:30:21 -0500
From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT SYMPOSIUM
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Last year's symposium:
Attend presentationa all day
Have dinner
Go home
This year's SYMPOSIUM :
DAY ONE:
Attend presentations all day
Have DINNER
DAY TWO:
Spend the entire next day off ship at a resort eating,drinking,getting a
massage.
Back to the shop trying to decide which one or all of the 22 resturants to
go to.
Go to the comedy club.
Win some money at the casino.
Meet in small groups every evening to talk about the hobby we love so much.
Small groups meet all over the ship evening to talk about the hobby we love
so much
Operate your portable satellite station
>From rare grids EVERY DAY !
DAY THREE:
REPEATE DAY TWO.
Hats off to all who organized this event.
It was brilliant,absolutely brilliant.
Morale, comorodary, fellowship was over the top.Everyone came away with a
wealth of knowledge,a smile on their face and at least 8-10 extra
pounds.the quality of food was outstanding.
I would do it again tomorrow !
73 WB8RJY
jeff broughton
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 17:55:20 -0600
From: Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 FM was on for a little bit tonight
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At 23:38 UTC, heard LilacSat-2 FM transponder active. I gave my
callsign a few times. It switched off around 23:41 UTC.
73
Clayton
W5PFG
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 19:24:53 -0500
From: Ken Alexander <k.alexander@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Great White North Grid Expedition Schedule for
Saturday
Message-ID: <80415d2b-ecc6-f7f6-4dbc-236bd78b5788@xxxxxx.xxx>
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Val-d'Or QC is colder and snowier than everywhere else I've been. This
is where the grid activations are really going to be weather dependent.
First of all, I'm afraid I have to sacrifice FN17. It's in the wrong
direction and the distances are too great. Tomorrow will be all about
FN09, FN18 and FN19. To be efficient, I will try to operate from grid
boundaries, specifically FN18/FN19 and then FN09/FN19 a little later.
Hopefully, I can park on the side of the highway without getting in the
way. If you look at it on a map, the highway (Hwy 109 north from
FN18at) connects civilization with...well, very very little! Traffic
should be very light.
I have a long drive to my next hotel tomorrow evening, so I am finishing
up with the AO-7's pass at 2021. I hope I have this right...AO-7 will
be in Mode B tomorrow? If not, there won't be much to do.
SO-50 isn't positioned well. The only opportunity we have tomorrow is
at 1305. I was hoping to do better for the FM-only ops. That's just
the way it is.
26.11.2016 SO-50 13:05
26.11.2016 AO-73 14:06
26.11.2016 FO-29 15:14
26.11.2016 EO-79 15:39
26.11.2016 FO-29 17:00
26.11.2016 AO-07 18:28
26.11.2016 AO-85 18:49
26.11.2016 AO-07 20:21
As always, keep following me on Twitter @xxxxxx for updates...although,
once I'm up there I'll be well out of cellphone range.
73,
Ken
VE3HLS
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:50:22 -0800
From: "Ted" <k7trkradio@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <pablomiel70@xxxxx.xxx>, "'Amsat BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium
Message-ID: <001201d2477f$11cf6970$356e3c50$@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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Excellent commentary, Pablo...
Unfortunately, you took the bait, thus giving him another chance to toot his
horn..
Everyone knows what he is. Simply ignoring ANY of his posts is the way to
deal with the problem.
73, K7TRK
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of
pablomiel70--- via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 12:56 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium
Clint Bragford K6LCS,
Your posts amount to an epic fail. When AMSAT announced their 2016 symposium
would be on a ship, you immediately tried to sink it. You were shot down by
numerous, well respected individuals who have something you haven't got --
humility. When's the last time you attended a symposium? Ummm, never?
http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2016-January/056856.html
http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2016-January/056858.htmlhttp://www.ams
at.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2016-January/056859.html
You have no idea what a symposium costs AMSAT. The meeting space, tea,
coffee, etc. didn't cost AMSAT a dime on the cruise ship. Just because you
don't like W5PFG, don't take it out on AMSAT. Your idiotic posts clearly
demonstrate you can't tell the difference between a general meeting slide
deck and the symposium event. You just have a bone to pick because someone
out-did you, again. I like how you decided to bring the conversation to your
personal domain (Yahoo Work-Scat) rather than publicly discuss on AMSAT's
message forum, the AMSAT-BB. Petty and weak! While we are at it, why do you
even care about AMSAT? A few months ago, you threatened them with legal
action if they didn't "reign in" one of their most dedicated volunteers.
That man, WD9EWK, happens to be one of the most generous and outspoken
educators in the satellite community. You are not a team player and frankly
I don't see why AMSAT didn't strip you of your "Area Coordinator" title
sooner!
Nobody cares about the "kudos" and "thank you" emails you supposedly get via
email. Most of the time, you are talking to yourself on the self-promoting
forum threads you scatter across the web. Intelligent people pick up on your
silly auctions as a PR trick to get more website hits.
Today you're promoting barbed wire antennas again on another forum. How
silly? Barbed wire is not an effective material for constructing antennas.
Because one guy did it as a novelty, you act like it should work for
everyone in every situation.
Face it, your advice sucks. Your frequency chart (which was wrong for a long
time, BTW) is basically your one trick pony. Any videos of you working a
satellite on YouTube demonstrate your novice skill level.
I'm thankful this season that you are not a professional educator in any
school system.
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interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 19:01:03 -0600
From: Stefan Wagener <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Fred Castello <fredcastello@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT bbs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Circular Polarization vs. Preamps
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Hi Fred,
any preamp will only amplify what the antenna receives. No preamp can
compensate for polarization mismatch.
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Fred Castello <fredcastello@xxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I have now finally become active again on some of the satellites with a
> handheld Arrow and my bulky but beloved Kenwood TS-790A. See my QRZ page
> for picture of how I have it setup outside when I operate. I am trying to
> put together a more permanent antenna system within my budget. I have been
> rather surprised how much fade is apparent in some of the birds which
> responds usually to some degree by twisting the axis of the Arrow antenna.
> So, my question is as follows:
>
> Would you rather have:
>
> A) The ability to switch polarization, presumably from RHCP to LHCP
> (or maybe even vertical to horizontal)? Unfortunately my research shows to
> date that this option is still rather expensive. Any suggestions on how to
> achieve this on a modest budget would be appreciated.
>
> OR
>
> B) A reasonable preamp on both 2 meters and 70 cm? (I have never
> worked with a preamp yet-though I have ordered the "Original Broadband
> Satellite RX Preamp? from the AMSAT store and plan on using that and
> switching it manually depending on what bird I am using into the receive
> side).
> For information, I will have about 70 feet of feedline.
>
> Assuming that one cannot have both.
> As usual, I really appreciate your time and input.
> Best,
> Fred-KF4FC
> Fishersville, VA
> _______________________________________________
> 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: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 23:32:18 -0300
From: Pedro Converso <pconver@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 CW Beacon heard
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On orbit 33389 over Buenos Aires, on Nov-26 at 02:10z on 435.790 MHz
strong copy of HO-68 CW Beacon.
Just at that time, when HO-68 went dark, CW reception stopped.
Seems Sun is needed to operate, congrats to recovery team.
73, LU7ABF, Pedro
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 22:54:23 -0500
From: Scott <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HO-68 CW Beacon heard
Message-ID:
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On the 00:47 UTC pass over the U.S., I copied 3 good CW transmissions, but
they were not complete telemetry sessions. The signal did not fade, but
rather just stopped after a portion of the expected CW telemetry objects.
This pass was almost 3 hours past local sunset, but I don't know if that
would put the satellite in darkness or not.
I just put a Tweet up with pictures, the decoded CW, and a link to an audio
recording of the first of the three transmissions at:
https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/802357627212730368 (no Twitter
account required to view my post)
(if you listen to the audio recording, please note that the changes in tone
are not from the satellite, but rather doppler corrections occurring in my
tracking software)
-Scott, K4KDR
Montpelier, VA USA
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Pedro Converso <pconver@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> On orbit 33389 over Buenos Aires, on Nov-26 at 02:10z on 435.790 MHz
> strong copy of HO-68 CW Beacon.
>
> Just at that time, when HO-68 went dark, CW reception stopped.
>
> Seems Sun is needed to operate, congrats to recovery team.
>
> 73, LU7ABF, Pedro
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 01:06:18 -0300
From: Pedro Converso <pconver@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Scott <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HO-68 CW Beacon heard
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Nice and strong signal and graph! Scott, thanks for sharing.
You can know if the satellite is sunlit or not in real time during pass.
Try http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm clicking HO-68.
If it is sunlit a little Sun Icon will show top right close to the name.
If it is dark then the Sun Icon will not show.
This takes into account height of satellite and if sees Sun.
73, lu7abf, Pedro
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 12:54 AM, Scott <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> On the 00:47 UTC pass over the U.S., I copied 3 good CW transmissions, but
> they were not complete telemetry sessions. The signal did not fade, but
> rather just stopped after a portion of the expected CW telemetry objects.
>
> This pass was almost 3 hours past local sunset, but I don't know if that
> would put the satellite in darkness or not.
>
> I just put a Tweet up with pictures, the decoded CW, and a link to an audio
> recording of the first of the three transmissions at:
>
> https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/802357627212730368 (no Twitter
> account required to view my post)
>
> (if you listen to the audio recording, please note that the changes in tone
> are not from the satellite, but rather doppler corrections occurring in my
> tracking software)
>
> -Scott, K4KDR
> Montpelier, VA USA
>
> ================================================================
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Pedro Converso <pconver@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>> On orbit 33389 over Buenos Aires, on Nov-26 at 02:10z on 435.790 MHz
>> strong copy of HO-68 CW Beacon.
>>
>> Just at that time, when HO-68 went dark, CW reception stopped.
>>
>> Seems Sun is needed to operate, congrats to recovery team.
>>
>> 73, LU7ABF, Pedro
> _______________________________________________
> 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: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 19:52:07 -0800
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium
Message-ID: <A3DF7E67-4056-4105-878B-5FB774D2DE3B@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Well - good evening to you, too, Pablo.
>> When's the last time you attended a symposium? Ummm, never?
I just love it when truly ignorant statements are made - as if the writer
knew anything about
what they are talking about.
I attended an AMSAT Symposium when it was in San Jose, CA. I also
accumulated one of the
finest assemblage of raffle prizes AMSAT-NA has ever seen when I was prize
coordinator
for their symposium a couple years ago. Got a plaque signed by the AMSAT
prez for that effort.
I know exactly what a cruise costs. I know precisely what it costs to put on
events. I orchestrated
a city-wide event for Riverside, CA (population 300K) that had about 7,000
attendees. From parking
to logistics to communications to placing a repeater atop a local hill to
working with each and
every vendor - I know what it takes.
I also worked with the publicity director for a large regional newspaper. I
have also been involved
with several 501(c)(3) organizations with their fundraising and grant
writing projects.
I also orchestrated an ARISS contact for my City of Jurupa Valley - earning
FRONT PAGE WITH
COLOR PHOTOS coverage in California?s sixth-largest daily newspaper. Along
with NPR interviews,
coverage by other video outlets, video highlighted on the Bob Heil / Gordon
West Ham Nation
mediacast - I did it all for our students.
So you have no idea who I am or what I have done. Yet you spout your venom ...
A group in financial problems holding an annual event on a cruise. If you do
not see how horrible
that looks - from a public relations and marketing aspect - then you are
either naive or just plain
ignorant.
I acknowledged on the AMSAT-BB list that you made good points. You are
welcome.
How I am ?self-promoting? myself - actually ?promoting working the birds?
has proven effective. I am
approached monthly by conventions, groups, municipalities, clubs - to find
out more about working
the FM birds. In that aspect - ?spending the word? - I am tremendously
successful.
>> ? Barbed wire is not an effective material for constructing antennas ?
Tell that to the Boy Scouts who used that barbed wire antenna to speak to an
astronaut who was
aboard the ISS at the time.
YOU are just one of a handful that, apparently, just don?t get it. Working a
couple of the FM birds is
not something one needs to put a lot of money in to. Is using barbed wire
the same as spending $500+
and using an M2 2MCP28? Nope. DOES IT WORK FOR THIS? ABSOLUTELY.
>> ? you act like it should work for everyone in every situation ?
Bovine excrement. Can one make an effective 2M/440 antenna and work a bird
or three? Absolutely.
>> ? I'm thankful this season that you are not a professional educator in
any school system ?
Sorry to disappoint you - but I still volunteer for NASA and am earned my
registered ARRL instructor
position.
Clint Bradford K6LCS
PS By the way, I don?t see any posts from you suggesting tactics to ?save?
AMSAT-NA from its
current financial problems. At least a few of us are ? But not you ?
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:14:53 -0800
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium
Message-ID: <34577CA3-23F8-4B59-8592-C0F2F48293B3@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
I sure hope you - the moderator of my posts here - allow this little
rebuttal to
the post from ?Pablo? that you allowed earlier today. My bottom line remains:
What can we all do to make AMSAT-NA survive.
???????????????????????????
Well - good evening to you, too, Pablo.
>> When's the last time you attended a symposium? Ummm, never?
I just love it when truly ignorant statements are made - as if the writer
knew anything about
what they are talking about.
I attended an AMSAT Symposium when it was in San Jose, CA. I also
accumulated one of the
finest assemblage of raffle prizes AMSAT-NA has ever seen when I was prize
coordinator
for their symposium a couple years ago. Got a plaque signed by the AMSAT
prez for that effort.
I know exactly what a cruise costs. I know precisely what it costs to put on
events. I orchestrated
a city-wide event for Riverside, CA (population 300K) that had about 7,000
attendees. From parking
to logistics to communications to placing a repeater atop a local hill to
working with each and
every vendor - I know what it takes.
I also worked with the publicity director for a large regional newspaper. I
have also been involved
with several 501(c)(3) organizations with their fundraising and grant
writing projects.
I also orchestrated an ARISS contact for my City of Jurupa Valley - earning
FRONT PAGE WITH
COLOR PHOTOS coverage in California?s sixth-largest daily newspaper. Along
with NPR interviews,
coverage by other video outlets, video highlighted on the Bob Heil / Gordon
West Ham Nation
mediacast - I did it all for our students.
So you have no idea who I am or what I have done. Yet you spout your venom ...
A group in financial problems holding an annual event on a cruise. If you do
not see how horrible
that looks - from a public relations and marketing aspect - then you are
either naive or just plain
ignorant.
I acknowledged on the AMSAT-BB list that you made good points. You are
welcome.
How I am ?self-promoting? myself - actually ?promoting working the birds?
has proven effective. I am
approached monthly by conventions, groups, municipalities, clubs - to find
out more about working
the FM birds. In that aspect - ?spending the word? - I am tremendously
successful.
>> ? Barbed wire is not an effective material for constructing antennas ?
Tell that to the Boy Scouts who used that barbed wire antenna to speak to an
astronaut who was
aboard the ISS at the time.
YOU are just one of a handful that, apparently, just don?t get it. Working a
couple of the FM birds is
not something one needs to put a lot of money in to. Is using barbed wire
the same as spending $500+
and using an M2 2MCP28? Nope. DOES IT WORK FOR THIS? ABSOLUTELY.
>> ? you act like it should work for everyone in every situation ?
Bovine excrement. Can one make an effective 2M/440 antenna and work a bird
or three? Absolutely.
>> ? I'm thankful this season that you are not a professional educator in
any school system ?
Sorry to disappoint you - but I still volunteer for NASA and am earned my
registered ARRL instructor
position.
Clint Bradford K6LCS
PS By the way, I don?t see any posts from you suggesting tactics to ?save?
AMSAT-NA from its
current financial problems. At least a few of us are ? But not you ?
------------------------------
Message: 12
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 01:35:20 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-11-26
07:00 UTC
Message-ID: <545d94.1ebd23f2.456a8728@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-11-26 07:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Private Salesian High School named of St. Dominic Savio, Wroclaw, Poland,
telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact was successful: Fri 2016-11-25 11:12:47 UTC 65 deg (***)
Coll?ge Michel Lotte, Le Palais, France, telebridge via LU1CGB
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KF5FYG
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-11-28 10:38:06 UTC 74 deg
Watch for live audio stream:
http://radio-belleile.fr/contact-iss-michel-lotte-2016/ (sound only, the
video will be recorded and available later)
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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 Kenwood 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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schools:
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 118
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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 2016-11-22 07:00 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
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1094. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1059. (***)
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.
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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.
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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 2016-11-18 08:00 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. 49 on orbit
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Andrei Borisenko
Sergey Ryzhikov
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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