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Today's Topics:
1. Atomic AMSAT Roving (Gabriel Zeifman)
2. Re: Filter out 3rd harmonic of 145MHz (Douglas Tabor)
3. Re: Filter out 3rd harmonic of 145MHz (Mike Diehl)
4. Re: Filter out 3rd harmonic of 145MHz (Matthew Stevens)
5. AMSAT @ NVCON in Las Vegas (31 March-2 April 2017)
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
6. WD9EWK road trip to/from Las Vegas on 31 March & 2 April
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
7. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-29 04:30 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
8. ARISS Contact today (claudio)
9. Friday March 31st Schedule (EN97, FN08, EN98/99) (Ken Alexander)
10. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-30 04:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:50:51 -0500
From: Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Atomic AMSAT Roving
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Good evening fellow sky talkers and bird trackers,
An exciting trip will occur this weekend with Dave KG5CCI and myself
venturing to the wastelands of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico. We will
be visiting the Trinity Site on Saturday morning (sadly the U.S. Army is
not friendly to operating on the missile range from the actual site).
However, we may still have an opportunity to activate a nuclear test site,
the site of Project Gnome, a 3.1kt underground bomb test.
We will be leaving early morning on Friday 3/31 and will return Sunday.
Grids that can be expected are EM02/03/04/05
DM61/62/63/71/72/73/82/83/84/92/94/95. Watch our Twitter accounts @xxxxxx
and @xxxxxxxxxx for updates, one of us will usually be on APRS (I use
NJ7H-9), and iridium at share.garmin.com/gz. QSL via LoTW or direct with
homing pigeon.
Have fun and keep the power down.
73,
Gabe
NJ7H/lunacy
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:19:29 -0600
From: Douglas Tabor <dtabor@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Filter out 3rd harmonic of 145MHz
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Thanks for that info Bob. Like Patrick, I also use the MFJ Diplexer (and
spellcheck likes duplexer too) and have had good success with it. I will be
ordering a terminator to correct my laziness (and maybe get a dB or two).
Appreciate your reply,
Doug, N6UA
> On Mar 28, 2017, at 16:51 , Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> I actually dug up a Comet CF-4160J Diplexer (both Comet and Diamond call
them "Duplexers") and swept its response with my Spectrum Analyzer, using
the Low-Frequency and Common Port. I was also curious to find out if it
mattered if the High-Frequency Port was terminated or not.
>
> The bottom line is that this particular Diplexer would reduce the 2-meter
3rd harmonic by 55 dB, and had an insertion loss of 0.12 dB. And I
confirmed that there was a small reduction performance if the High-Frequency
Port was not terminated.
>
> I would expect the performance of Diamond models would be similar and I
will test one when I find one.
>
> The actual report can be found here: http://wb4son.com/wpblog/?p=2828
(if the link is blocked, try WB4SON dot com and search for CF4160)
>
> 73, Bob, WB4SON
>
Douglas Tabor
dtabor@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:20:30 -0700
From: Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Douglas Tabor <dtabor@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Filter out 3rd harmonic of 145MHz
Message-ID: <FE7FB515-569E-4992-ACCB-B28F98322069@xxxxx.xxx>
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I too have an MJF I use with my Elk and it performs well. More recently I've
been using an arrow with my FT-1634 and had no real problems with desense on
Mode J. However, on Mode B I had all sorts of problems. FM wasn't so bad but
on AO-7 it was practically useless unless I ran <1 watt. As a test I just
threw on the arrow diplexer as an LPF and it gave marginal results. I tried
many things to get rid of the problem going so far as to convert my 817's to
N type rear connectors, hand built and sweeped a set of jumpers, you name it
same problem. Eventually I decided to try a terminated diplexer. Not having
anything on hand I desoldered the 70cm pigtail on the arrow diplexer and
soldered (2) 100 ohm carbon film resistors in its place. Next AO-7 I gave it
a shot and it worked like magic even when I was QRO at 5 watts.
With this lesson learned I believe the need for termination may be poorly
represented by a bench test. I think that much of the UHF I was trying to
block was actually making its way back through the BNC because of its
proximity to the radiator. I now have it sealed and wire tied to the boom of
my arrow and it works better than I ever expected the arrow diplexer could.
73
Mike Diehl
AI6GS
> On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:19 PM, Douglas Tabor <dtabor@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks for that info Bob. Like Patrick, I also use the MFJ Diplexer (and
spellcheck likes duplexer too) and have had good success with it. I will be
ordering a terminator to correct my laziness (and maybe get a dB or two).
>
> Appreciate your reply,
>
> Doug, N6UA
>
>
>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 16:51 , Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>> I actually dug up a Comet CF-4160J Diplexer (both Comet and Diamond call
them "Duplexers") and swept its response with my Spectrum Analyzer, using
the Low-Frequency and Common Port. I was also curious to find out if it
mattered if the High-Frequency Port was terminated or not.
>>
>> The bottom line is that this particular Diplexer would reduce the 2-meter
3rd harmonic by 55 dB, and had an insertion loss of 0.12 dB. And I
confirmed that there was a small reduction performance if the High-Frequency
Port was not terminated.
>>
>> I would expect the performance of Diamond models would be similar and I
will test one when I find one.
>>
>> The actual report can be found here: http://wb4son.com/wpblog/?p=2828
(if the link is blocked, try WB4SON dot com and search for CF4160)
>>
>> 73, Bob, WB4SON
>>
>
> Douglas Tabor
> dtabor@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
>
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 23:35:52 -0400
From: Matthew Stevens <matthew@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Filter out 3rd harmonic of 145MHz
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FWIW, I have operated my FT-817 reciever/FT-857 transmitter using the MFJ
duplexer (with the 70cm side unterminated ) as a 2m BPF successfully.
Once I tuned my arrow for a good 50ohm match, I have also used the same
setup with no duplexer at all - tested at up to 30w with no interference
between rigs on either mode J or B. I'm not necessarily recommending you do
it that way, just saying it's worth experimenting for yourself (as Mike
did) to find out what works best to solve a problem in your particular
situation.
?73?
- Matthew
? kk4fem?
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:20 PM, Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I too have an MJF I use with my Elk and it performs well. More recently
> I've been using an arrow with my FT-1634 and had no real problems with
> desense on Mode J. However, on Mode B I had all sorts of problems. FM
> wasn't so bad but on AO-7 it was practically useless unless I ran <1 watt.
> As a test I just threw on the arrow diplexer as an LPF and it gave marginal
> results. I tried many things to get rid of the problem going so far as to
> convert my 817's to N type rear connectors, hand built and sweeped a set of
> jumpers, you name it same problem. Eventually I decided to try a terminated
> diplexer. Not having anything on hand I desoldered the 70cm pigtail on the
> arrow diplexer and soldered (2) 100 ohm carbon film resistors in its place.
> Next AO-7 I gave it a shot and it worked like magic even when I was QRO at
> 5 watts.
>
> With this lesson learned I believe the need for termination may be poorly
> represented by a bench test. I think that much of the UHF I was trying to
> block was actually making its way back through the BNC because of its
> proximity to the radiator. I now have it sealed and wire tied to the boom
> of my arrow and it works better than I ever expected the arrow diplexer
> could.
>
> 73
>
> Mike Diehl
> AI6GS
>
> > On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:19 PM, Douglas Tabor <dtabor@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for that info Bob. Like Patrick, I also use the MFJ Diplexer (and
> spellcheck likes duplexer too) and have had good success with it. I will be
> ordering a terminator to correct my laziness (and maybe get a dB or two).
> >
> > Appreciate your reply,
> >
> > Doug, N6UA
> >
> >
> >> On Mar 28, 2017, at 16:51 , Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> I actually dug up a Comet CF-4160J Diplexer (both Comet and Diamond
> call them "Duplexers") and swept its response with my Spectrum Analyzer,
> using the Low-Frequency and Common Port. I was also curious to find out if
> it mattered if the High-Frequency Port was terminated or not.
> >>
> >> The bottom line is that this particular Diplexer would reduce the
> 2-meter 3rd harmonic by 55 dB, and had an insertion loss of 0.12 dB. And I
> confirmed that there was a small reduction performance if the
> High-Frequency Port was not terminated.
> >>
> >> I would expect the performance of Diamond models would be similar and I
> will test one when I find one.
> >>
> >> The actual report can be found here: http://wb4son.com/wpblog/?p=2828
> (if the link is blocked, try WB4SON dot com and search for CF4160)
> >>
> >> 73, Bob, WB4SON
> >>
> >
> > Douglas Tabor
> > dtabor@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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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> 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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> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 03:44:55 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ NVCON in Las Vegas (31 March-2 April 2017)
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Hi!
I will be part of the AMSAT presence at the ARRL Nevada State
Convention, also known as NVCON, this Friday through Sunday
(31 March - 2 April 2017) in Las Vegas. The convention will
be at the Eastside Cannery Casino-Hotel along Boulder Highway,
east of the Strip and southeast of downtown Las Vegas. More
about the convention is available at:
http://nvcon.org
Frank Kostelac N7ZEV, a long-time AMSAT Area Coordinator in
Las Vegas, and I will be around the AMSAT booth at the convention.
Weather permitting, I will have some demonstrations of satellite
operating from outside the hotel during the convention. If you
hear WD9EWK on the satellites from NVCON, please call and be a
part of the demonstrations! Last year's NVCON weekend was a wet
one, with a lot of rain that washed out any chances to do
demonstrations during the convention. This weekend is supposed
to be better, and drier. The convention site is in grid DM26.
Any QSOs made during the convention will be uploaded to Logbook
of the World. If you would like to receive a QSL card for a QSO
with WD9EWK during NVCON, please e-mail me directly with QSO
details. If you're in the log, I will send a card.
During the convention, I will tweet photos and updates on my
@xxxxxx Twitter account. These tweets are available for anyone to
see, even if you don't have a Twitter account, at:
http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 03:56:04 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK road trip to/from Las Vegas on 31 March & 2
April
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Hi!
I am driving to Las Vegas for this weekend's NVCON convention,
and I already posted a message to the -BB about that event.
Before I reach Las Vegas on Friday (31 March), I am planning
on a stop in Kingman, Arizona, on the DM25/DM35 grid boundary.
I'm hoping to make it to Kingman around 1600 UTC to work some
passes, before driving the last 100 miles/160km from Kingman
to Las Vegas and the NVCON convention.
After the convention wraps up on Sunday (2 April), I plan on
heading back to Phoenix, but not directly to Phoenix. I can
make stops on one of 3 different grid boundaries:
1. DM25/DM35 grid boundary in Kingman AZ (a repeat of the
stop I plan to make on Friday morning)
2. DM24/DM25 grid boundary, about 15 miles/25km south of
Kingman along the I-40 freeway
3. DM26/DM36 grid boundary in northwestern Arizona, near
the I-15 freeway and northeast of Mesquite NV
Any preferences on which grid boundary you'd like to hear me
operating from?
I don't know what time I will depart Las Vegas on Sunday, so
I can't post any schedules for operating from any of these
locations. As with my other road trips, I will use APRS as
WD9EWK-9 as I drive. You can see my APRS track at (among
other online places):
http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9
QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards
will be available on request (please e-mail me directly with
QSO details, if you want a card). Updates should also appear
on my @xxxxxx Twitter account, also visible at:
http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:30:41 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-29
04:30 UTC
Message-ID: <20bc0.5566220a.460c9271@xxx.xxx>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-29 04:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Council of State Science Supervisors, Los Angeles, CA, telebridge via
IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-29 18:03:38 UTC 21 deg
Tolyatti, Russia School TBD, direct via TBD (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronauts are Andrei Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov, Oleg
Novitskiy
Contact is a go for 2017-04-01 21:10 UTC
Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India, telebridge via
LU1CGB
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contract is a go for: Mon 2017-04-03 08:19:38 UTC 53 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.
****************************************************************************
***
Message to US Educators
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
Contact Opportunity
Call for Proposals
Proposal Window February 15 ? April 15, 2017
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 January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. 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 April 15, 2017. 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@xxxx.xxx.
*********************
**********************************************************
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.
****************************************************************************
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
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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 2017-03-29 04:30 UTC.
(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1127.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1088.
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 2017-03-24 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
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:41:06 +0200
From: "claudio" <claudio@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS Contact today
Message-ID: <ONKISI$E0B3BDEBBBC30C5022E80C7FB7C2E6D8@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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Hello,
during today contact:
Council of State Science Supervisors, Los Angeles, CA, telebridge via
IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-29 18:03:38 UTC 21 deg
we will stream operation, from our telebridge station, on www.ariotti.com
at 17:30 UTC.
73' Claudio IK1SLD
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 21:34:12 -0400
From: Ken Alexander <k.alexander@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Friday March 31st Schedule (EN97, FN08, EN98/99)
Message-ID: <68f42a5b-2e85-b1b2-2466-086ccd19f786@xxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Hi All,
Following is my tentative schedule for this Friday. I am making brief
stops in EN97 and FN08 to hand those grids out to a few who didn't get
them previously. It takes 6+ hours to get there and then several more
hours after that to get to my hotel. If we don't connect on this
stopover then let me know and we'll try to work something out for my
return trip on Monday morning.
I'll be worn out when I arrive in Cochrane (EN99) Friday evening, so
don't be too disappointed if I don't make all of the Friday night
passes. Catch me early because I might turn in early. I will be staying
in Cochrane for three nights, so you can catch me on Saturday or Sunday
night if you miss me on Friday. EN98 is only a few minutes' drive
away. The aptly named 49th Parallel Road runs along the boundary so I
might head down there for the evenings and hand out two grids!
Please get in touch with me if you see that my schedule hasn't given
your area the coverage you were hoping for. Let me know your AOS and
the satellite and I'll see if I can do it from here.
The weather forecast still looks decent. It should be a fun weekend!
Friday Afternoon in EN97 and FN08
31.03.2017 SO-50 19:15
31.03.2017 AO-07 19:38
31.03.2017 SO-50 20:57
31.03.2017 AO-07 21:33
Friday Evening in EN99
31.03.2017 XW-2F 23:24
31.03.2017 XW-2A 23:46
01.04.2017 SO-50 00:21
01.04.2017 AO-85 00:56
01.04.2017 AO-73 01:50
01.04.2017 SO-50 02:02
01.04.2017 AO-85 02:38
01.04.2017 FO-29 03:16
More schedules as I work them out.
73,
Ken
VE3HLS
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:40:35 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-30
04:00 UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-30 04:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Council of State Science Supervisors, Los Angeles, CA, telebridge via
IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact was successful: Wed 2017-03-29 18:03:38 UTC 21 deg (***)
Tolyatti, Russia School TBD, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronauts are Andrei Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov, Oleg
Novitskiy
Contact is a go for 2017-04-01 21:10 UTC
Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India, telebridge via
LU1CGB
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contract is a go for: Mon 2017-04-03 08:19:38 UTC 53 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.
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Message to US Educators
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
Contact Opportunity
Call for Proposals
Proposal Window February 15 ? April 15, 2017
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 January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. 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 April 15, 2017. 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@xxxx.xxx.
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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 123
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 2017-03-29 04:30 UTC.
(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1127.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1088.
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 2017-03-24 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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