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Today's Topics:
1. AMSAT @ Thunderbird Hamfest in Phoenix AZ, Saturday (14 Jan)
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
2. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-12 05:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
3. Re: RX-only Antenna "tee" connector? (Jeff Breitner)
4. ITF-2 will be released from ISS on Jan. 16 at 0910UTC
(Toshihiro Kameda)
5. VE8 Roving (Gabriel Zeifman)
6. Small Sat SDR Paper + Outernet + BY70-1 (M5AKA)
7. AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2017 (Jim Heck)
8. AO-73/FUNcube Mode change (Jim Heck)
9. PSAT SPin Rate? (Robert Bruninga)
10. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-14 04:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
11. IC-9100 and SATPC32 (mbdittmar@xxxxxxx.xxxx
12. Re: PSAT SPin Rate? (Mike Rupprecht)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 02:59:52 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Thunderbird Hamfest in Phoenix AZ,
Saturday (14 Jan)
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Hi!
AMSAT will have a booth at the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club's
Thunderbird Hamfest 2017 on Saturday, 14 January 2017. The hamfest
will be at the Northwest Community Church on 43rd Avenue between
Greenway and Bell Roads in Phoenix AZ. The hamfest officially starts
at 8am (1500 UTC), but I expect people will be wandering around an
hour or even two hours before the official start time. More details
about the hamfest are available at the club's web site:
http://w7tbc.org
WD9EWK will be on the satellites from the hamfest, for demonstrations
of satellite operating. There will be passes on FM, SSB, and packet
satellites during the morning. If you hear WD9EWK on the satellites,
or see WD9EWK-9 on either the ISS or NO-84, please call and be a part
of the demonstrations. All QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the
World after the hamfest. If you would like to receive a WD9EWK QSL
card for a QSO made during the hamfest, please e-mail me with the QSO
details. If you are in the log, I will be happy to mail a QSL card.
No need to first send me a QSL card or SASE.
I will use my @xxxxxx Twitter feed to send updates from the hamfest
on Saturday morning. If you do not use Twitter, you can still see
these updates in a web browser at:
http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
Thanks in advance, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:13:25 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-12
05:00 UTC
Message-ID: <14af02c.7526412d.45a86a75@xxx.xxx>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-12 05:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
World Genesis Foundation (WGF), Goodyear AZ, direct via W6FOG
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact was successful: Wed 2017-01-11 16:10:15 UTC 46 deg (***)
Coll?ge Saint-Guibert, Gembloux, Belgium and Euro Space Center, Transinne,
Belgium; Combined telebridge via K6DUE
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is a go for Option #5: Thu 2017-01-12 13:46:51 UTC 36 deg
High School "L?on Blum", Le Creusot, France, telebridge via K6DUE (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***)
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-01-16 11:53:17 UTC 60 deg (***)
****************************************************************************
**
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.
****************************************************************************
***
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
***********
********************************************************************
Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed to
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete
details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 119
****************************************************************************
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 2017-01-12 05:00 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 1106. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1071. (***)
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
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-01-12 05:00 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
****************************************************************************
Exp. 49 on orbit
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Andrei Borisenko
Sergey Ryzhikov
Exp. 50 on orbit
Peggy Whitson
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Oleg Novitskiy
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 08:12:17 -0500
From: Jeff Breitner <lists@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] RX-only Antenna "tee" connector?
Message-ID:
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On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Scott <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> I suppose that any deviation from the ideal setup of a near-perfectly
> matched antenna & receiver will have SOME negative effect, but for a
> receive-only antenna, how badly am I hurting myself to split the antenna
> between two receivers?
>
> Since frequency is probably important to answer this, I?m referring to
> 70cm.
>
>
>
I have used 1/4 wave sections of 75 ohm coax to create ad hoc power
dividers, although not at 70cm. I imagine the lengths being rather short
and more critical, it may be easier to buy one. But then, it may be more
fun to make one.
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:27:15 +0900
From: Toshihiro Kameda <jj3grx@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ITF-2 will be released from ISS on Jan. 16 at
0910UTC
Message-ID:
<CAHXdB+MnDK-pHS7YKn0MnktVFaYP+nE1WcAUGWppWg4Z_WvzaQ@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Cubesat ITF-2 will be released from ISS soon.
Jan 16, 2017
0910 UTC
Downlink format is in
http://operationitf-2.blogspot.jp/p/blog-page_13.html
Downlink frequency is 437.525 MHz.
Updated information will be announced here, amsat-bb.
ITF-2 is a 1U cubesat designed and built by Univesity of Tsukuba, Japan,
which is in ISS now and soon be released.
Toshihiro KAMEDA, JJ3GRX (also W3GRX)
Director of University of Tsukuba Satellite project
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:40:08 -0600
From: Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] VE8 Roving
Message-ID:
<CAEGYLCviOJ1hiGpZuP7tNKOjpwz6jeZ8JstBwrqOnqSK-pActw@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello fellow bird men,
Here is the announcement the grid chasers have been waiting for: VE8 is
near! My leave has just been approved and I plan to depart for Yellowknife,
NT on Jan 20 returning to Oklahoma City by Feb 5.
I will start by hitting some of the rare US grids in DN land on the way for
our Grid Masters. After that I will enter Canada somewhere in Alberta and
head north towards Yellowknife. The fantastic thing about the winter in the
Northwest Territories is the transportation infrastructure. Most towns in
the NT are accessible only by air on ludicrously expensive flights, however
in winter 2,000km of ice roads are built. I will be doing my best to
utilize these ice roads to activate grids that have never before been heard
on satellite. I plan to activate numerous grids in the CO, DO, CP, and DP
areas. Where and how far I go will depend on time and conditions.
With AO-7 eclipsing and FO-29 getting higher, this should be an ideal time
for this trip. I will upload to LoTW as cell coverage allows. Outside of
normal cell service, I will forward my logs to Paul N8HM, Dave KG5CCI, and
Fernando NP4JV via Iridium SBD service for uploading. Due to the harsh
conditions, my SBD device will usually stay in the car and may take time to
acquire a solid link to an Iridium satellite (although in the polar region,
there should be many satellites in view at any given time).
Tracking will be available as usual on APRS as NJ7H-9 (as cell service
allows) and on Iridium at share.delorme.com/gz. I may also be contacted via
the Iridium portal if need be. Please use first name and callsign and
include a reply email address in the portal, and use this service
sparingly. I have unlimited messaging, but I only plan to use this for
important communications and check it periodically. I have the capability
to post to twitter (@xxxxxxxxxxx via Iridium and will do so as much as
practical, although please note that I will be unable to see any replies
when using Iridium.
All logging will be done using the appropriate Canadian suffix. On any
packet satellites, I will use as the callsign NJ7HVE8 or NJ7H-7 and will
have the correct callsign NJ7H/VE8 in the position comment or message
itself.
On the way home I may make a trip down the Pacific Coast through California
and through the desert back.
One final request: pleas do not work me repeatedly in the same grid or try
to with with the DX in a pileup. This has become an apparent issue and has
prevented some from working rare grids. As an example, if the XW train is
flying over and I'm not moving grids, there is absolutely no reason to work
me on 2B and 5 minutes later on 2C in the same grid. The exception to this
is if I move grids rapidly, which has happened. Use your ears. Situational
awareness is key. Also the same goes to geographic situational awareness,
if you're in the northern US and have another 8 minutes of footprint and a
QRP op in Florida is calling with a minute of footprint left, let them go
first. I am good with callsigns and hearing, if I call you back you will be
in the log, no need for insurance. If there is any doubt (as in you don't
have a LoTW confirmation within a few days or know others have QSLs for the
same pass), send an email and I will fix it. I would rather you send an
email than ruin someone else's shot at a virgin grid. Please don't tie up
the frequency with non-essential information. I wall call you back, tell
you my grid, and say 73 and wait for the next call. If you don't catch the
grid the first time, please just wait and listen to the next QSO, I
guarantee I'll tell them too. If you still don't catch the grid you still
have a few better options that asking me over and over on frequency: 1.
wait for your LoTW confirmation, it will be there, 2. ask someone else, 3.
send an email. Just use common sense please.
This also applies to FM birds, if you are linear capable and know you can
work the grid on a linear bird, let the FM bro's have their shot, it may be
their only. There may be grids that I only operate FM. Just as always, use
situational awareness, good judgement, and courtesy.
I hope to give you all many new grids and look forward to the trip!
73!
Gabe
NJ7H
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:49:38 +0000 (UTC)
From: M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Small Sat SDR Paper + Outernet + BY70-1
Message-ID: <1316917265.100535.1484254178853@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Mamatha R. Maheshwarappa 2E0CZO has released her paper ?Improvements in CPU
& FPGA Performance for Small Satellite SDR Applications?
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/01/10/small-satellite-sdr-paper/
BY70-1 FM transponder contact video
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/30/by70-1-fm-transponder-contact/
Chertsey Radio Club article - Getting started with FM
satellites?http://chertseyradioclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/getting-started-wit
h-fm-satellites.html
Video of Daniel Est?vez EA4GPZ / M0HXM talk - Reverse Engineering the
Outernet - at Chaos Communication Congress #33c3
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/january/reverse-engineering-%20the-outer
net.htm
Blog
update?http://destevez.net/2017/01/updated-format-for-outernet-ldp-protocol/
ITF-2 CubeSat 437.525 MHz to deploy from ISS Monday
https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk/posts/1269720816404298
73 Trevor M5AKA
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AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/
Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK
Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK
YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:52:21 -0000
From: "Jim Heck" <jim@xxxxxx.xx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2017
Message-ID: <BDE25BC230A445828EC18F1190C516FC@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Folks
AMSAT-UK is very happy to announce that the dates of the next AMSAT-UK
Colloquium will be 14-15 Oct 2017. This year it will be incorporated into
the RSGB Convention at the Kents Hill Park Convention Centre in Milton
Keynes. Exact details are currently being finalised with the RSGB and these
will be notified when they are known.
If you have not been to Kents Hill before, it is very close to the M1
motorway and is near to Bletchley Park, where RSGB members have free entry.
For overseas visitors it is convenient for planes to London Luton Airport
(30-minute taxi ride) and also London Gatwick and Birmingham airports, both
of which have direct train connections to Bletchley and/or Milton Keynes
stations. These stations are approximately 10 minutes away by taxi.
73s Jim G3WGM
Hon Sec AMSAT-UK
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:59:15 -0000
From: "Jim Heck" <jim@xxxxxx.xx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73/FUNcube Mode change
Message-ID: <3ACFDC004A6C46909A173042B43621E8@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi folks,
I have just changed the sat into continuous transponder mode. Plan is to
switch back to auto mode on Sunday 15 Jan 2017 pm UTC as usual.
Pls see below for FUNcube transponder info
Have FUN with the transponder.
73s Jim G3WGM and the FUNcube team.
AO-73 FUNcube-1
The transponder is normally operational only when the satellite is in
eclipse, ie the solar panels are NOT being illuminated. During weekends
(from pm Fridays UTC to PM Sundays UTC) the transponder is operational 24/7.
When the transponder is switched off, the telemetry beacon is on full power,
when the transponder is on the beacon it is on low power. During holidays,
eg Christmas, New Year, Easter, etc, the transponder maybe activated for
extended periods. Watch AMSAT-BB for announcements which are usually made on
Friday evenings (UTC)
The nominal transponder frequencies are:
Uplink: 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting)
Downlink: 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB
Telemetry Tx: 145.935 MHz BPSK
(The passband may be up to 15kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low
temperatures give higher freqs!)
FUNcube-2 aka FUNcube on UKube
The FUNcube-2 sub-system continues to operate autonomously and, almost
continuously, in amateur mode. The transponder is operational and the
telemetry downlink is functioning with
about 70mW output. The FUNcube-1 Dashboard does not correctly display the
telemetry but it
does correctly decode the data and uploads it to the FUNcube Data Warehouse
from where
it can be examined. Most of the real time data channels are operational and
these include
battery voltages, temperatures and ADCS data coming via the main On Board
Computer (OBC).
The transponder is interrupted for a few seconds every 2 minutes when the
other transmitter
sends its CW beacon and, occasionally, for a few seconds when the main OBC
reboots (approx seven times each orbit).
The nominal transponder frequencies are:
Uplink: 435.080 - 435.060 MHz LSB (Inverting)
Downlink: 145.930 - 145.950 MHz USB
Telemetry Tx: 145.915 MHz BPSK
(The passband may be up to 10kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low
temperatures give higher freqs!)
EO79 FUNcube-3
Due to power budget constraints the transponder cannot be operational 24/7
and an orbit specific schedule has been developed. The transponder will
commence operation 27 minutes after the spacecraft enters sunlight and will
stay on for a period of 25 minutes. This schedule may be modified in future
months as a result of experience.
The nominal transponder frequencies are:
Uplink: 435.0723-435.0473 MHz LSB (Inverting)
Downlink: 145.946-145.971 MHz USB
Further detailed info on EO79 transponder frequencies is at:
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/10/eo79-funcube-3-transponder-commences-regular-o
peration/
All FUNcube transponders are sponsored by AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL. We are very
grateful for the assistance given by Innovative Solution In Space Bv, The
Netherlands.
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:00:20 -0500
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT SPin Rate?
Message-ID: <b78bf8f79ef1a43336a45ffe59091907@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
We just noticed that PSAT is in full sun. We want to know its spin rate
but seaman Murphy is visiting the shack rignt now? and our UHF seems to
have an intermittent?
Passes are in the afternoon approaching sunset (and of course in the
morning around sunrise? that?s why its in full sun all the time, because
its orbit is near the day/night terminator right now?)
So, simply tune in 435.350 +/- 10 KHz doppler and listen to the SWISHES of
the UHF FM downlink and count SWISHES per minute.
SWISHES are the nulls you might hear in the UHF antenna pattern on an FM
receiver. Hold your squelch open so you don?t get confused.
It might be swishing at above 10 RPM which would be a swish every 6 seconds.
Of course, if no one is transmitting PSK31 on 28.121 MHz then the PSK31
transponder might not be up?. So this is a good time to dust off the PSK31
Ten meter transmitter. Just transmit PSK31 in the 28.120 to 28.122 MHz
passband and it should bring up the transponder.
Send comments to my lastname AT usna DOT edu
Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 00:38:21 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-14
04:00 UTC
Message-ID: <17aa12f.2dd0b85c.45ab134d@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-14 04:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Coll?ge Saint-Guibert, Gembloux, Belgium and Euro Space Center, Transinne,
Belgium; Combined telebridge via K6DUE
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact was successful Option #5: Thu 2017-01-12 13:46:51 UTC 36 deg (***)
High School "L?on Blum", Le Creusot, France, telebridge via K6DUE
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-01-16 11:53:17 UTC 60 deg
****************************************************************************
**
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.
****************************************************************************
***
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
****************************************************************************
***
Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed to
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete
details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123
Gaston ON4WF with 123 (***)
Francesco IK?WGF with 119
****************************************************************************
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 2017-01-14 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 1108. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1072. (***)
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
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-01-14 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
****************************************************************************
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: 11
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:36:32 +0000 (UTC)
From: mbdittmar@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 and SATPC32
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Hi,
I know this has been asked before on this list, as I have searched the
archives, but I have been unable to find a solution to the problem after
several hours of messing with it. Specifically, getting SATPC32 to "talk"
via USB port with IC-9100. I am referring to the latest version of SATPC32
downloaded from DK1TB's web site as of yesterday afternoon. I am using
Windows 7, 64 bit.
1) Correct USB drivers for the Ic9100 have been installed and they do work
with other software ( I've used the 9100 with FLDIGI ). The two SiLab USB
ports of the 9100 show up as ports 14 and 13. In the radio control menu I
have selected IC9100, baud 19200, port 13 ( to correspond with USB1 of the
IC9100 ) and all four addresses are $60 ( I changed my 9100s CIV address
from $7C to $60, as SATPC32 would not allow me to "store" $7C addresses ( It
gives me an error when storing ). $60 comes up as a default in the software,
however, so I just switched the radio to that. I verified the radio's baud
rate is set to 19200.
2) I closed the software using the "File" and "Quit" menu selection.
3) re-started software. enabled CAT control ( C+). Enabled VFO control ( V+
). No action whatsoever when using the up/down VFO control in the software.
Can't find any evidence that the software sees the radio.
4) Tried closing the software, power cycling the radio, and re-opening
software. No change.
5) I verified all of the following from the archives ( except for address of
$7C as noted above ), as written by Stefan VE4NSA:
A few things:
1. In SatPC32 under Radio Setup you do not need any of the serial port
settings like RTS, DTR etc. Don't check them.
2. Make sure radio and software have the same baudrate
3. Make sure all four addresses (Icom) are set to $7C. Use the upper arrow
keys to change and set both of the lower windows. Check the box "Addresses
OK" to set the upper window. All four addresses need to be $7C.
4. Store the setting and restart the software.
5. Make sure C+ (Cat Control) is enabled).
6. Go to CAT (Cat Tuning) and set the Interval for SSB/CW and FM/PKT to
zero and click "Store" for both and select "Continue".
7. Restart the software.
Assumptions:
1.You installed the Silabs drivers for the Icom USB driver *BEFORE* you
connected the radio and turned it on.
2. You verified in Windows, System Properties, Device Manager that you have
2 com ports (CP210x...) and you use the lower one for SatPC32.
Any ideas what I might be missing here ? Thanks for any advice !
73,
Mark AB0CW
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 10:04:13 +0100
From: Mike Rupprecht <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>, AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT SPin Rate?
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See here:?http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=76608
73 MikeDK3WN?
-------- Urspr?ngliche Nachricht --------Von: Robert Bruninga
<bruninga@xxxx.xxx> Datum: 13.01.17 22:00 (GMT+01:00) An: AMSAT
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx> Betreff: [amsat-bb] PSAT SPin Rate?
We just noticed that PSAT is in full sun.? We want to know its spin rate
but seaman Murphy is visiting the shack rignt now? and our UHF seems to
have an intermittent?
Passes are in the afternoon approaching sunset (and of course in the
morning around sunrise? that?s why its in full sun all the time, because
its orbit is near the day/night terminator right now?)
So, simply tune in 435.350 +/- 10 KHz doppler and listen to the SWISHES of
the UHF FM downlink and count SWISHES per minute.
SWISHES are the nulls you might hear in the UHF antenna pattern on an FM
receiver.? Hold your squelch open so you don?t get confused.
It might be swishing at above 10 RPM which would be a swish every 6 seconds.
Of course, if no one is transmitting PSK31 on 28.121 MHz then the PSK31
transponder might not be up?.? So this is a good time to dust off the PSK31
Ten meter transmitter.? Just transmit PSK31 in the 28.120 to 28.122 MHz
passband and it should bring up the transponder.
Send comments to? my lastname AT usna DOT edu
Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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