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Today's Topics:
1. amsat.org.ar online (Pedro Converso)
2. Re: QB50 CubeSats deploy from ISS next week (Robert McGwier)
3. ANS-134 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
4. KA6UCM (wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
5. Re: KA6UCM (Mike Diehl)
6. Re: KA6UCM (HUGH EMPEY)
7. TAPR Digital Forum Agenda at Dayton Hamvention (Mark Thompson)
8. TAPR / AMSAT Banquet at the Dayton Hamvention (Mark Thompson)
9. Work the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station! (Paul Stoetzer)
10. FN29/39 + FO20/30 Schedule (Ken Alexander)
11. Rocket Lab Test Launch (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
12. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-16 07:00 UTC
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 17:04:49 -0300
From: Pedro Converso <pconver@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] amsat.org.ar online
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Web http://amsat.org.ar restored and operational again.
Pass Predictions at http://amsat.org.ar/pass
73, lu7abf, Pedro
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 22:42:30 +0000
From: Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] QB50 CubeSats deploy from ISS next week
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The cubesat IRC is active and should prove useful.
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 5:16 PM M5AKA via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
> QB50 CubeSats deploy from ISS next week
> https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/12/qb50-cubesats-iss-deployment/
>
> UBSEDS24 around-the-world Balloon with SSDV successfully launched
> https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/05/ubseds24-2nd-attempt/
>
> Amateur Radio Satellite Operation in Algeria
> https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/02/algeria-satellite-activation/
>
> AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Milton Keynes Oct 14-15 ? Call for
> Speakers
>
>
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/03/international-space-colloquium-first-call-for-
speakers/
>
>
> Trevor M5AKA
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--
Bob McGwier
Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc
Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc
Research Professor Virginia Tech
Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and
Technology
Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY
Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ)
Director of AMSAT and member of PVRC, TAPR, and life member of ARRL and
AMSAT
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 22:23:57 -0400
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-134 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-134
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:
* Top 10 Reasons to Come to Dayton
* Canadian Grid Expedition Announcement
* Asia Islands on the Air Satellite Activation
* South Korea Air Force Academy Proposes FM Repeater K2Sat to IARU
* Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internships
* Vector Space Completes First Test Flight
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-134.01
ANS-134 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 134.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE May 14, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-134.01
Top 10 Reasons to Come to Dayton
10. Rub shoulders with 25,000 of your best friends at the largest hamfest
in the United States, including most of the AMSAT Directors and senior
officers. See the latest equipment from Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, Flex,
Alinco, M2, Arrow, and many other manufacturers of amateur radio equipment
and accessories. Take advantage of discounted pricing you won't find
anywhere else.
9. Find out how to organize a contact with the astronauts on the
International Space Station for your local school or youth group from our
Education and ARISS experts.
8. Pickup the latest AMSAT golf shirts, T-shirts, and hats. Get your copy
of the updated "Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide" (laminated frequency
chart) and Gould Smith's just revised "Getting Started with Amateur
Satellites" (book printed in color). We'll also have assembled wide-band
preamps and antennas that are great for portable operation.
7. See demonstrations of SatPC32 and MacDoppler satellite tracking
software, and get your operational questions answered. Meet Don Agro,
author of MacDoppler (Friday & Saturday, 2-3 p.m.). See a demonstration
of the LVB Tracker, a computer interface to the Yaesu azimuth-elevation
rotors. Talk with Mike Young, who has built more LVB Trackers than anyone
else. Assembled LVB Trackers will be available.
6. Hear Carl Laufer talk about ?The World of Low Cost Software Defined
Radio? at the AMSAT Banquet on Friday evening. Carl is the creator and
author of the extremely popular RTL-SDR Blog, author of the book, ?The
Hobbyist Guide to RTL-SDR,? and supplier of the RTL-SDR dongle.
5. Hear the latest on the *five* Fox satellites, Phase 5, the
International Space Station, other current and future satellites,
education news, and an AMSAT update at the AMSAT Forum Saturday, from
10:45 to 12:15.
4. Get one-on-one guidance on setting up your satellite station and making
contacts at our "Beginner's Corner". Witness live demonstrations of
contacts through satellites AO-7, AO-73, AO-85, FO-29, SO-50, XW-2A,
XW-2B, XW-2C, XW-2D and XW-2F using handheld antennas.
3. Meet and interact with some of the Engineering Team members working on
the Fox-1 satellites and our new Five and Dime AMSAT ground terminal.
2. Get satellite station and operating tips from some of the best
satellite operators in the country, including John Papay K8YSE (1,591
grids confirmed), Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA (1,510 grids), Doug Papay KD8CAO
(1,200 grids), and Paul Stoetzer (904 grids).
1. Receive an updated "Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide" (laminated
frequency chart) when you join or renew your AMSAT membership at Dayton,
and take advantage of special pricing on the SatPC32 satellite tracking
software.
[ANS thanks Steve, N9IP, for the above information]
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Canadian Grid Expedition Announcement
Ken, VE3HLS reports he plans for the activation of four never-activated
on satellites grids (as far as he can tell) grids are coming together.
The expedition takes place next weekend, May 20th and 21st 2017; a
long weekend up here in Canada. He will be driving up from his home QTH
in FN03 and will arrive in Chibougamau QC on the afternoon of Saturday
May 20th.
There are several favorable passes on Saturday evening and hw hopes
to spend a few hours handing out FN29 to get warmed up. Sunday the 21st
looks like a bonanza of great passes! The trouble will be deciding when
to break so he can move to a different location. The plan at this time
is to set up on the FN29/39 boundary in the morning and operate there
for a few hours. Then he will move to FO20/30 and then FO20/FN29.
More information about operating schedules will be posted on amsat-bb
as he gets closer to departure date. He will also post information on
his QRZ page at https://qrz.com/db/VE3HLS
[ANS thanks Ken, VE3HLS for the above information]
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Asia Islands on the Air Satellite Activation
Operators Makoto/JI5RPT and Toru/JI5USJ will be active as homecall/1 from
Shikine Island (North Izu Island) between 0000z, May 20th and 0000z, May
21st. Activity will be on 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters using CW,
RTTY and PSK31. There will also be satellite operations. Please note: In
case of heavy rain or other conditions, the operation schedule may vary.
For
QSL info, please check QRZ.com for details.
[ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1314 for the above information]
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South Korea Air Force Academy Proposes FM Repeater K2Sat to IARU
The Republic of Korea Air Force Academy has submitted a coordination
request to
the IARU for the K2Sat satellite, a 3U CubeSat Mission.
The K2Sat's primary mission is to demonstrate satellite imaging and
transfer, to
also test voice repeating capability.
The followings are the payloads:
1. On-board camera
2. On-board voice repeater proposing a V/U FM voice transceiver
3. 9k6 BSPK AX25 downlink for data and telemetry and planning
a 2 Mbit QPSK downlink on S Band.
The launch is planned for a 500/600km SSO orbit in 2018.
[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information]
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Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internships
The Space Studies Board is seeking applicants for the Lloyd V. Berkner
Space
Policy Internships for autumn 2017. The goal of the program is to provide
promising undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to work
in the area of civil space research policy in the nation's capital.
Established in 1958, the Space Studies Board is the principal advisory
group
providing independent scientific and programmatic advice to NASA and other
government agencies on all aspects of civil space research and associated
ground-based activities. Interns typically undertake one or more short-term
research projects designed to assist with or to enhance ongoing study
projects.
Applicants must be registered students (undergraduate or graduate) at a
U.S.
university or college who have completed their junior year. Applicants
should have long-term career goals in space science research, applications
or policy.
Applications are due June 2, 2017.
For more information and a full list of eligibility requirements, visit
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/SSB_052239.
Please direct questions about this internship to Dr. David H. Smith at
dhsmith@xxx.xxx.
[ANS thanks NASA Education Express for the above information]
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Vector Space Completes First Test Flight
Vector Space has conducted a crucial test of their Vector-R rocket that the
company hopes will expand the small satellite launch market via small-scale
launchers. As SpaceX has disrupted the large scale market, so does
Vector Space
hope their new rocket system can disrupt the small scale market by
eliminating
the need for ride-share requirements small satellites currently face while
significantly lowering the cost to small satellite customers.
The first test flight, conducted on 3 May from the Mojave Desert in
California,
used a single-engine scaled-down model of the three-engine Vector-R
rocket and
allowed the company to test aspects of launch operations ? including its
infrastructure-lite launch architecture approach ? for their rocket as
well as
portions of its 3D-printed components and pressure-fed engine design.
The suborbital test flight launched from the Friends of Amateur Rocketry
site in
California?s Mojave Desert at 12:00 PDT (19:00 GMT) on 3 May and reached a
maximum altitude of 1,370 m (4,500 ft).
The second test flight, expected in July, will radically shift launch
operations
to a never-before-used location ? the U.S. state of Georgia ? and will
highlight
what Vector Space says is an innovative solution to various launch
market needs
with an ability to launch from locations outside the standard U.S. Ranges.
This Georgia test will occur from Camden County ? the state?s southern-most
county, which borders Florida?s north-eastern most boundary.
Following completion of the Vector-R test flight series, Vector Space
plans to
introduce the Vector-R rocket for commercial launch operations in 2018.
From there, the company currently has 12 commercial launches for the
Vector-R
planned in 2019, with an eventual eye toward ramping up operations to 100
launches of the Vector-R later in its operational life.
[ANS thanks NASASpaceFlight.com for the above information]
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,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 03:42:04 +0000 (UTC)
From: "wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxxx <wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] KA6UCM
Message-ID: <878598639.561560.1494733324389@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Has anyone worked this station? ?I worked him on XW-2A this evening at
0246Z. ?I cannot find any information on this call sign in either QRZ or the
FCC database. ?His name is Peter and he is in CM97. ?Perhaps I copied the
call sign incorrectly, but I do not think so. ?Thanks..73'....
Ed ?WA7ETH
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 21:41:17 -0700
From: Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxxx <wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] KA6UCM
Message-ID: <325E37C6-5738-4028-93A4-078022F5E804@xxxxx.xxx>
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Think you may have added CM from CM97. KA6U is in San Jose, CA CM97. Twitter
search shows K7TAB heard them on AO-85 about 2 weeks ago.
73,
Mike Diehl
AI6GS
> On May 13, 2017, at 8:42 PM, "wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxxx <wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
>
> Has anyone worked this station? I worked him on XW-2A this evening at
0246Z. I cannot find any information on this call sign in either QRZ or the
FCC database. His name is Peter and he is in CM97. Perhaps I copied the
call sign incorrectly, but I do not think so. Thanks..73'....
> Ed WA7ETH
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 23:27:51 -0700
From: "HUGH EMPEY" <WA7ETH@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] KA6UCM
Message-ID: <000001d2cc7b$376056f0$a62104d0$@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Thanks, Mike. I think you are correct. These old aircraft carrier ears
just don't hear too good any more even with the hearing aid.
.
73'.Ed WA7ETH
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 21:08:01 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mark Thompson <wb9qzb_groups@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "hpsdr@xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx <hpsdr@xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx>,
"amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "rtty@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
<rtty@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Seatcp <seatcp@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] TAPR Digital Forum Agenda at Dayton Hamvention
Message-ID: <675298941.1198177.1494796081508@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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2017 Dayton Hamvention?
TAPR Digital Forum?
Agenda
Friday, May 19, 2017
9:15 - 10:45 am
Forum Room #1
Moderator: Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI
9:15 ? 9:20AM Introduction by Steve Bible, N7HPR, TAPR President
9:20 ? 9:25AM Write for QST/QEX by Kai Siwiak KE4PT, QEX Editor
9:25 ? 9:50AM ?Low Cost, Open Source Spectrum Monitoring? by Michael
Ossmann, AD0NR and Dominic
Spill
9:50 ? 10:20AM "Advanced SDR Algorithms for Noise Blanking and Noise
Reduction" by Warren Pratt,
NR0V
10:20 ? 10:45AM ?Introduction to RTL-SDR: Ultra cheap software defined
radio" by Carl Laufer
More Information about TAPR Events at the Hamvention at:?
http://www.tapr.org/dayton
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 21:24:16 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mark Thompson <wb9qzb_groups@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "hpsdr@xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx <hpsdr@xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Seatcp
<seatcp@xxxxxx.xxx>, "rtty@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx <rtty@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>,
"amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] TAPR / AMSAT Banquet at the Dayton Hamvention
Message-ID: <1810528404.1218176.1494797056411@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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2017 Dayton Hamvention
TAPR/AMSAT Banquet
Friday, May 19, 2017
Presentation Topic:?
?The World of Low Cost Software Defined Radio?
Speaker:?
Carl Laufer, Creator and author of RTL-SDR Blog,?
?The Hobbyist Guide to RTL-SDR? book?
and supplier of the RTL-SDR dongle.
Schedule:?
6:30 pm Doors Open with cash bar?
7:00 pm Buffet Dinner Served
Location:?
Kohler Presidential Banquet Center
4572 Presidential Way
Kettering, OH 45429
Tickets:?
$35 each & may be purchased from on-line AMSAT store.?
?Ticket purchase deadline is Tuesday, May 16th.?
Tickets must be purchased in advance & will not be sold at AMSAT booth.?
There will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth.?
Tickets purchased on-line will on check-in list at the door.
More Information about the TAPR / ASMAT Banquet & Registration at:?
http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=190
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 18:47:30 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Work the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station!
Message-ID:
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As previously announced, AMSAT will have it's traditional presence at
Hamvention this year, including a satellite demo station. This year,
the demo station will operate under the AMSAT club callsign W3ZM/8.
We intend to be on all passes of voice satellites between 12:00 UTC
and 21:00 UTC on Friday, May 19th and Saturday, May 20th and between
12:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC on Sunday, May 21st. We may also try the NO-84
and ISS packet digipeaters using a Kenwood TH-D7A(G) HT. The callsign
for packet will be just W3ZM. Please call us using APRS messages on
packet. Hamvention is located in the six digit gridsquare is EM89aq.
As a reward for working the AMSAT demo station during the first
Hamvention at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio,
individuals working us will receive a digital certificate upon
request. Please email n8hm@xxxxx.xxx with your QSO details to receive
a certificate.
73,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
Secretary
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 22:30:34 -0400
From: Ken Alexander <k.alexander@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] FN29/39 + FO20/30 Schedule
Message-ID: <eb16db79-c611-0ecd-f54d-ef16bb1fe9f3@xxxxxx.xxx>
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This is going to be a very busy weekend.
I have identified 19 candidate passes just for Saturday night May 20th
when I arrive in Chibougamau. I'll activate FN29 from 1903 through to
0300. Don't be too disappointed if I start late or quit early due to
exhaustion!
-- On Sunday May 21st I will start at the FN29/39 boundary at 1045 UTC
and hope to be on for 11 passes that conclude at 1326.
-- From there, I move to the FO20/30 boundary, where I have 8 passes
lined up from 1446 to 2144 UTC.
-- Finally, I will sit on the FO20/FN29 boundary for 9 passes from 2227
until 0430.
Schedules as follows:
Chibougamau Saturday Evening FN29
20.05.2017 UKUBE-1 19:03
20.05.2017 AO-85 19:19
20.05.2017 AO-07 20:31
20.05.2017 AO-85 21:01
20.05.2017 XW-2D 21:07
20.05.2017 XW-2B 21:14
20.05.2017 XW-2C 21:27
20.05.2017 XW-2F 21:32
20.05.2017 AO-73 22:18
20.05.2017 XW-2A 22:38
20.05.2017 XW-2D 22:40
20.05.2017 XW-2B 22:48
20.05.2017 XW-2C 23:02
20.05.2017 XW-2F 23:06
20.05.2017 AO-73 23:51
21.05.2017 XW-2A 00:12
21.05.2017 FO-29 01:10
21.05.2017 AO-73 01:27
21.05.2017 FO-29 02:54
Sunday May 21 at FN29/39
21.05.2017 SO-50 10:45
21.05.2017 AO-85 11:17
21.05.2017 FO-29 11:31
21.05.2017 XW-2D 11:42
21.05.2017 XW-2B 11:50
21.05.2017 XW-2C 12:03
21.05.2017 AO-07 12:12
21.05.2017 SO-50 12:26
21.05.2017 AO-85 12:59
21.05.2017 XW-2A 13:01
21.05.2017 FO-29 13:12
Sunday May 21 at FO20/30
21.05.2017 AO-73 14:46
21.05.2017 FO-29 14:57
21.05.2017 AO-07 15:55
21.05.2017 EO-79 15:56 alternate
21.05.2017 AO-07 17:39
21.05.2017 UKUBE-1 17:43 alternate
21.05.2017 AO-85 18:04
21.05.2017 UKUBE-1 19:19
21.05.2017 AO-07 19:30
21.05.2017 AO-85 19:44 alternate
21.05.2017 AO-07 21:26
alternate = alternate pass, in case AO-7 gets flipped
Sunday May 21 at FN29/FO20
21.05.2017 XW-2D 22:27
21.05.2017 XW-2B 22:35
21.05.2017 XW-2C 22:49
21.05.2017 XW-2F 22:52
21.05.2017 XW-2A 23:36
22.05.2017 AO-73 00:09
22.05.2017 FO-29 01:59
22.05.2017 FO-29 03:44
22.05.2017 SO-50 04:24
I will spend the night in Amos QC (FN08) on my way up, and in New
Liskeard ON (FN07) on my trip home. Let me know if you need either of
these grids and we will set something up for the evenings.
Also note that I will also be passing through FN05, FN06, FN18 and FN19
on the way up on Friday/Saturday, and on my way home on Monday/Tuesday.
Get in touch with me if you need any of these grids. I can give you an
estimate of when I should be passing through areas where I know I can
set up. I would prefer it if you would do the calculations and send me
a short list of proposed passes. I have a busy week ahead of me and
don't have a lot of time to sit at my computer and go through
"what-ifs". These will be quick stop-and-go activations. I'm not
waiting around. That said, those of you who have worked with me before
know that I am very accommodating!
Finally, follow me on Twitter at @xxxxxx for last minute changes and
updates.
73,
Ken
VE3HLS
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 16:45:43 +1200
From: Wendy and Terry Osborne <osbornes@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Test Launch
Message-ID: <C5A64C328E2B41FF8A52513664238A3F@xxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Hi Rocket Launch Watchers,
The first test launch from Rocket Lab is due some time in the 10 days
starting from Monday 22nd May at 9:00 NZST (21:00 on 21 May UTC).
The orbit is elliptical, perigee 300KM, apogee 500KM at 83 degrees
inclination.
The payload is a set of instruments to evaluate the rocket performance.
The downlink is broadband data on S Band. Frequency unknown.
The Internet access from the launch site is not very good so I don?t think
there will be a live streaming.
Their twitter feed: https://twitter.com/RocketLabUSA is the best place for
updates.
73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 03:05:58 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-16
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-16 07:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School, Rockwall, TX, telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact was successful: Mon 2017-05-15 15:28:09 UTC 71 deg (***)
Saint Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, NY, telebridge via W6SRJ (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***)
The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fisher K2FSH (***)
Congract is a go for: Mon 2017-05-22 12:35:43 UTC 87 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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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 2017-05-16 07:00 UTC.
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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 1139. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1098. (***)
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 2017-05-16 07:00 UTC.
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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. 50 on orbit
Peggy Whitson
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Oleg Novitskiy
Exp. 51 on orbit
Jack Fisher K2FSH
Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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