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Today's Topics:
1. Re: FT 817 WINDCAMP BATTERY (Norm n3ykf)
2. Re: FT 817 WINDCAMP BATTERY (Chad Phillips)
3. Vacation from DK97. (David Maciel (XE3DX))
4. ANS-001 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (E.Mike McCardel)
5. Tips for posting to AMSAT-BB (Alan)
6. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-01 04:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
7. Re: BY70-1 (Mark Johns)
8. WINDCAMP CHARGE PROBLEM FIXED (jeffory broughton)
9. Bad Tracker EEPROM (Joel Kandel)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:33:30 -0500
From: Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth@xxxxx.xxx>
To: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "<,amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxxxxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FT 817 WINDCAMP BATTERY
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Stupid question: Have you discharged it?
Thought a new battery charger was bad one time. Wasn't charging.
Battery was charged. No charge needed.
On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 3:23 PM, jeffory broughton
<jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> received my new 3000 mah windcamp li ion battery for my FT 817.It arrived
> with NO instructions.Online instructions say to turn off new little switch
> on nEw cover plate while charging.It also says LED on wall wart is BI
> COLOR.Red while charging,green when done.Mine is always green .Anyone else
> experience this !thanks ! Jeff WB8RJY
>
> jeff broughton
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:57:59 -0600
From: Chad Phillips <chad.kg0mw@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "<, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxxxxx " <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, jeffory
broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FT 817 WINDCAMP BATTERY
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My battery came fully charged. Yes turn the switch off while charging.
Protects the radio. Also shut the switch off when not using the radio. Saves
battery drain
Chad
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 31, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Stupid question: Have you discharged it?
>
> Thought a new battery charger was bad one time. Wasn't charging.
> Battery was charged. No charge needed.
>
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 3:23 PM, jeffory broughton
> <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> received my new 3000 mah windcamp li ion battery for my FT 817.It arrived
>> with NO instructions.Online instructions say to turn off new little switch
>> on nEw cover plate while charging.It also says LED on wall wart is BI
>> COLOR.Red while charging,green when done.Mine is always green .Anyone else
>> experience this !thanks ! Jeff WB8RJY
>>
>> jeff broughton
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:53:55 -0600
From: "David Maciel (XE3DX)" <david.xe3dx@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Grupo Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Vacation from DK97.
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Hello Guys I am on vacation in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo.Mexico, about DK97, I
will be very few passes here, I think I will work little, I will handle
SKED whenever possible, I will try to activate other grids in the area. A
hug to everyone and Happy New Year ... only contact via twitter @xxxxx
David Maciel XE3DX
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*david.xe3dx@xxxxx.xxx <david.xe3dx@xxxxx.xxx>*
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the* ENVIRONMENT.*
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:58:39 -0500
From: "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm@xxxxx.xxx>
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Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-001 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-001
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:
* Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat to deploy during EVA
* New Amateur Radio FM Transponder CubeSat Now in Space
* Background info on launch problems for BY70-1
* Possible Satellite Activity Galapagos Islands
* CONTACT! via UHF ISS digipeater using Kenwood TH-D72
* AMSAT CW Activity Day
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-001.01
ANS-001 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 001.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
January 01, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-001.01
Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat to deploy during EVA
The amateur radio CubeSat Tomsk-TPU-120 may be deployed during a
Russian spacewalk (EVA) in July 2017.
The satellite was developed by students at the Tomsk Polytechnic
University to test new space materials technology and is the world?s
first space vehicle with a 3D-printed structure. It was launched from
Baikonur in Kazakhstan to the ISS on March 31, 2016 in a Progress-MS-
2 cargo vessel.
It will be deployed by hand during a Russian spacewalk, which is why
unlike other CubeSats this one has a handle. The call sign of the
satellite is RS4S.
According to Alexey Yakovlev, head of the Tomsk Polytechnic
University?s Institute of High Technologies, the 3D printed satellite
is something of a landmark for additive manufacturing, being the
first example of a fully 3D printed satellite: ?The Tomsk-TPU-120 is
the first such project in the world, in which the entire casing of a
satellite is fully 3D printed using dynamic modeling,? Yakovlev
recently told Sputnik. ?The combination of these technologies can
significantly reduce the development time and the number of full-
scale tests, find new engineering solutions, and reduce the project?s
cost.?
In May 2016 the Tomsk Polytechnic University celebrated its 120th
anniversary. As part of the celebrations on May 10/11 the Tomsk-TPU-
120 was activated in the ISS and transmitted a greeting to Earth
inhabitants, recorded by students of the university in 10 languages:
Russian, English, German, French, Chinese, Arabic, Tatar, Indian,
Kazakh and Portuguese.
The greeting message was transmitted once a minute on 437.025 MHz
FM. A Kenwood transceiver on the ISS provided a cross-band relay, re-
transmitting the signal on 145.800 MHz FM.
Read the 3ders article at
http://tinyurl.com/ANS001-3darticle
Sputnik News ? Unique 3D-Printed Siberian Satellite to Orbit Earth
http://tinyurl.com/ANS001-3D/
ISS Calendar http://spaceflight101.com/iss/iss-calendar/
Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat Video http://tinyurl.com/ANS001-Tomsk-TPU-120
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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New Amateur Radio FM Transponder CubeSat Now in Space
The BY70-1 CubeSat launched on December 28 from the Taiyuan Space
Launch Center in China, but in a lower orbit than intended. The
satellite carries an Amateur Radio FM transponder.
BY70-1 was intended to go into a 530-kilometer (approximately 329-
mile) circular Sun-synchronous orbit, but it appears the orbit is 524
x 212 kilometers, which will give the spacecraft an orbital lifetime
of just a month or two.
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, reported working Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA, through
the FM transponder during the 1709 UTC pass on December 28. "Uplink
requires precise frequency adjustment, and there's a delay on the
downlink, but the signal is strong," Stoetzer said.
BY70-1 is a 2U CubeSat project for education and Amateur Radio. It
features 3-axis stabilization and deployable solar panels. In
addition to the FM transponder, BY70-1 has a camera, and plans call
for downloading images and telemetry via a 9600 bps BPSK downlink.
The IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination pages list an
uplink of 145.920 MHz, and a downlink of 436.200 MHz.
AMSAT-UK has more information online at,
http://tinyurl.com/ANS001-AMSAT-UK-BY70
[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]
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Background info on launch problems for BY70-1
On Dec 28 China launched a CZ-2D from Taiyuan - the first time the
2D model has flown from their southern launch site. However, the
rocket appears to have run into problems and achieved orbit with an
underspeed of 100 m/s, making a 212 x 520 km orbit instead of a
circular 500 km one.
The main payloads are Gaojing 1 and 2, two commercial high
resolution (0.5m) imaging satellites also called SuperView 1 and 2.
The satellites are owned by Beijing Aerospace World View Information
Technology Co., Ltd (also called Beijing Space View Tech Co.Ltd.);
the US company DigitalGlobe is a major investor.
Also aboard was BY70-1, or Bayi kepu weixing 01 xing, a 2U cubesat
with an amateur radio payload developed by high school students at
the PLA-related Beijing Bayi School.
[ANS thanks Jonathan's Space Report, No. 733 for the above
information]
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Possible Satellite Activity Galapagos Islands
HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Geoff, G8OFQ, will once again be active as
HC8/G8OFQ from Isabela Island (SA-004) between August 1st and October
31st, 2017. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB only. There is
a possibility of some satellite activity on 2m and 70cm SSB. Geoff is
there working as a volunteer for the Galapagos National Park at the
Giant Tortoise Breeding Center (see pictures on QRZ.com) on Isabela
Island. QSL via G8OFQ: Geoff Dobson, 9 Fitzpain Road, Ferndown,
Dorset, BH22 8RZ, United Kingdom. Also LoTW on request.
[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1297 for the above information]
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CONTACT! via UHF ISS digipeater using Kenwood TH-D72
I made CONTACT! Through the UHF ISS digipeater using my Kenwood TH-D72
View the video at:
https://www.facebook.com/SpaceComms/videos/1342108185861041/
This was my second contact through the ISS digipeater. I actually
contacted the same station I contacted in this video, W8LR, three
days before, but I wasn't recording any video.
For this video I recorded the audio from my Kenwood TH-D72a and
later played it back to Soundmodem+UISS. Soundmodem decodes many more
packets than my radio does. I made a screen capture of UISS and its
map so you can see the complete details of every received packet.
Another thing this video shows is how hard it can be to track a near
overhead pass (close to 90 degrees elevation). When I was beginning
in satellites I only tried to work overhead passes because I knew the
signal would be strongest when the satellite was closest to me. While
that is true, the closer the satellite is to you the faster its
relative speed is. When it passes overhead it switches from coming
towards you to going away from you very fast, and drops 10s of
degrees in seconds. That makes the satellite very easy to lose track
of.
In this video I got distracted while changing settings on my radio
and lost the ISS after it went overhead. It didn't help that I was
using a tripod for the first time. I prefer to hold the antenna in my
hand precisecly because I find it's easier to track, as I can make
quick adjustments and listen for the signal going up and down. To
control the radio for packet, it helps to have two hands. See my
previous UHF ISS digi video to see how hard it is to change settings
with one hand.
Here is the very appropriate QSL card I got from W8LR for my first
ISS digi contact:
http://imgur.com/vUfwkiE
http://imgur.com/DIq7fD4
Here are all the stations I heard on the pass from this video (time
stamps GMT -5)
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N4ZQ 12/18/2016 11:08:08 System time
KG4AKV-5 12/18/2016 11:08:13
W8LR 12/18/2016 11:09:02
KC4LE 12/18/2016 11:09:17
W0NBC 12/18/2016 11:11:07
RS0ISS 12/18/2016 11:11:38
W4TBD-6 12/18/2016 11:12:14
KA8YES-6 12/18/2016 11:12:52
Total Stations = 8
The music at the end is "Jubilee - Opa--locka"
You can subscribe to John's SpaceComms YouTube Channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/SpaceComms1?sub_confirmation=1
[ANS Thanks John KG4AKV for the above information]
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AMSAT CW Activity Day
January 1, 2017 (UTC) will be AMSAT's first annual CW Activity Day!
As with the old Straight Key Night, this is a fun event, not a
contest. It will run for 24 hours on January 1, 2017 (UTC).
All forms of CW are welcome, -- straight keys, bugs, keyers, even
keyboards and decoders. 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.
[ANS thanks Ray W2RS for the above information]
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ARISS News
+ A Successful contact was made between Primary School Georges
Wallers, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France and Astronaut Thomas
Pesquet KG5FYG using Callsign FX?ISS. The contact began Sat 2016-12-
31 11:31:12 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was
direct via F4KJV. ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
Coll?ge Mathilde Marthe Faucher, Allassac, France, direct via
F1IMF. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS. The
scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 11:16:26 UTC
Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, AL, direct via K4JMC. The ISS
callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut
is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 17:29:40 UTC
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above
information]
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Amateur Radio Kids Day January 7
Organized by the ARRL Kids day, scheduled this year for January 7
is meant to develop interest in Amateur Radio. Please consider
this while operating the satlleite January 7. Listen for kids
on-the-air or plan to assist kids with operating the satellites.
For more information visit http://www.arrl.org/kids-day.
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]
+ ANS Seeks Rotating Editors
The AMSAT News Service (ANS) seeks additional volunteers to serve
as rotating editors. The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free,
weekly news and information 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.
If you are interested in serving AMSAT-NA in this important and
rewarding role, please contact Lee McLamb, KU4OS:
ku4os at amsat dot org.
[ANS thanks the ANS editorial staff for the above information]
+ The AMSAT News Service editors wish you and yours a prosperous and
safe 2017.
[ANS thanks Lee KU4OS, Joe K6WAO and EMike AA8EM 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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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 00:46:35 -0600
From: Alan <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tips for posting to AMSAT-BB
Message-ID: <000001d263fa$cbefa620$63cef260$@xxxxx.xxx>
People sometimes post time-sensitive messages to AMSAT-BB. Examples are last
minute grid activities,
unexpected satellite mode changes, requests for critically important
telemetry, etc. These normally go
through promptly, but occasionally get held for two primary reasons:
While AMSAT-BB is an open list, that means it is open for membership, not
posting. In order to post to
the list, it normally must be from the same account you originally
registered. For instance, if you
registered from your home account, and post from your office account, it
will normally be held for
release by a moderator. Likewise, some people have all their email forwarded
to a single account from
which they reply. We can create a filter to pass the second address, but
that is not automatically
done on the first instance, and does require moderator action.
AMSAT-BB receives many pieces of spam for each legitimate message. As part
of the filtering process,
emails larger than 50 kB are blocked. This usually happens to legitimate
email when someone attempts
to attach a large file. Also, there is a limit to the number of addresses
before an email is held as
potential spam. I have seen legitimate email sent to 30+ addresses.
We have a team of volunteer moderators, but they are not available 24/7. The
result is that a message
sent in the evening or on a holiday, US time, may well be held for several
hours before being
released. So, if it absolutely, positively needs to be distributed promptly:
1. Post from the same account you registered, or one which from past
experience you know has been
flagged as acceptable.
2. Do not use attachments. (Pictures and other files should be included by a
link.) They will be
blocked to the list, and if the total size of the message plus attachments
exceeds 50 kB, the mail
will be held.
3. Send it to AMSAT-BB and a few other addresses at most. If you must send
to a large distribution
list, send to them, and another copy to AMSAT-BB. (A trick which seems to
work well is to place most
of the addresses in the BCC rather than CC line.)
4. Consider also posting to the AMSAT Twitter and Facebook accounts. There
is overlap in membership,
though at present it is far from 100%.
5. Do not send large commercial press releases, or things which look like
them. They will be caught by
heuristic spam filters. A simple posting of an event or activity will
normally go through. Note that
there are existing exemptions for official channels such as ANS, ARISS,
other AMSAT organizations,
etc.
6. New accounts are automatically flagged for moderation. This flag will
normally be cleared on the
first or second posting, but do allow for and expect an initial delay if you
establish a dedicated
account for your satellite organization.
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:06:12 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: dweeks@xxxx.xxx.xx.xxx dmoon@xxxx.xxx.xx.xxx wv9o@xxxxxxx.xxxx
davidd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx dstief@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
knkfire@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx stan_mucha@xxxxx.xxxx markabalog@xxx.xxxx
w9uvi@xxxx.xxxx mrcicchetti@xx.xxxx ae9p@xxxx.xxxx
beckyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx rkerrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
perosky@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx ka4deb@xxxx.xxxx k9byt@xxxxxxx.xxxx
pmotl@xxx.xxxx srothenberg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.xxx mark@xxxx.xxxx
k9wwt@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx kerry0464@xxxxxxx.xxxx ke9tc@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
kf6kee@xxxxx.xxxx Jennifer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxx
dmeier@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-01
04:00 UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-01 04:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Primary School Georges Wallers, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France, Direct
via F4KJV
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact was successful: Sat 2016-12-31 11:31:12 UTC 44 deg (***)
Coll?ge Mathilde Marthe Faucher, Allassac, France, direct via F1IMF
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 11:16:26 UTC 30 deg
Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, AL, direct via K4JMC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 17:29:40 UTC 80 deg
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**ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
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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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 119
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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 2017-01-01 04:00 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 1103. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1068. (***)
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 2017-01-01 04:00 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
Exp. 50 on orbit
Peggy Whitson
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Oleg Novitskiy
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 14:36:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mark Johns <mjohns166@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "Stephen E. Belter" <seb@xxxxxx.xxx>, Mark Johns
<mjohns@xxxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1
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Steve (and others),
I wrote directly to Erich, the SatPC32 author, about this problem. FYI,
below is his very nice reply:
Mark,
Happy New Year!
I don't remember my comment in 2006. You are right - since the problem is
specific to only one satellite it doesn't make sense to completely
re-install the program, I think.
Perhaps you proceed step-by-step:
Run SatPC32 with configuration #1 (menu "Setup") and group "Standard".
Choose nasa.all as Keps file. Leave Doppler.SQF and SubTone.SQF and
(eventually) Prior.SQF unchanged, that means WITHOUT entries for BY70-1.
Make sure that there is at least one ident letter free for a new satellite.
Then open menu "Satellites" and add BY70-1 from the "Available" list to the
"Selected" list and click the "OK" button. A new ident letter should
appear. Click on it to switch to BY70-1. Does that cause already the io 105
error?
SatPC32 saves the "Selected" list of group "Standard" in the text file
"Standard.Sat" in the SatPC32 DATA folder (path can be seen in footline of
menu "Satellites" ). Is there something unusual with that file? At its end
it should show:
BY70-1
-
The minus char below the name indicates that the option "Show On/Off" (menu
"Satellites") is unchecked (no asterix in front of the satellite name).
Attention: Make first hidden files and folders visible using the Windows
File Explorer, because the folder "AppData" in the path is hidden by default.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
--
Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ
Decorah, Iowa USA EN43
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"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in."
---Mark Twain
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen E. Belter <seb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: Mark Johns <mjohns@xxxxxx.xxx>; AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1
Mark,
I also get the ?E/A-Fehler 105.? error message when I add BY70-1 to a
satellite group in SatPC32. Other people don?t have the problem.
The error message (in German) means I/O Error 105 in the Delphi
programming environment, which I believe is an error writing to a file.
What I can?t yet answer is how to fix the problem. We may have a file
permissions problem.
Anybody have a solution or know where to look?
73, Steve N9IP
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Steve Belter, seb@xxxxxx.xxx
On 12/30/16, 1:20 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB"
<amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx on behalf of amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>When I put keps for BY70-1 into SatPC32 (either yesterday's keps or
>today's), it pops up a box that says, "E/A - Fehler 105." SatPC32 freezes
>up.
>
>Does anyone know what this error code means? Anyone else getting it?
>
>--
>
>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: Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>
>To: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
>Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 12:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1
>
>18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of
>full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the
>second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until just
>before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the
>Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using
>2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with
>polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are
>linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty.
>
>One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last
>"long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months?
>
>Greg KO6TH
>
>
>Nico Janssen wrote:
>>
>> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find
>> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that
>> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after
>> the
>> launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been
>> established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the
>> most recent TLE set that is available.
>>
>> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own
>> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay.
>> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit.
>>
>> 73,
>> Nico PA0DLO
>>
>>
>> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are
>>> wrong .
>>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ?
>>> 73
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 11:05:08 -0500
From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] WINDCAMP CHARGE PROBLEM FIXED
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Win camp charging problem solved.
I never saw a RED charge light on the wall wart,only green.The charger had
no 12 volt output ! the green light was battery voltage feeding back.I
have asked the supplier to replace it .if not,they are on EBAY for $7.29
and free ship front Chicago !Since this appears to be a common problem,I
ordered two !
jeff broughton
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 11:00:04 -0500
From: Joel Kandel <jikandel@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Bad Tracker EEPROM
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Fellow members,
I am getting a "Bad EEPROM data" message on my Tracker readout.
I queried the office about a fix and Martha forwarded it to the appropriate
Individuals. It's been a couple of months since my inquiry and have not
heard back.
Is there anyone out there who can tell me where to find a new chip, or do I
have
to scrap the unit and use a different tracking source?
My unit was purchased around 2008. The readout says Firmware version 0.9.
The board indicates version 1.2.
Thanks in advance for your help and Happy New Year.
Joel Kandel, KI4T
Carried by dog sled
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