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Today's Topics:
1. AMSAT @ Tucson AZ hamfest - 28 September 2019
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
2. ANS-258 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Mark D. Johns)
3. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-09-15 02:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
4. AMPRNet (Francis Geraci)
5. UISS (George Henry)
6. Efforts to raise the Indian moon lander, Vikram by DSN
X-band. (KC9SGV)
7. FOX TELEMETRY SERVER will be down for maintenance (Chris Thompson)
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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 16:56:44 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Tucson AZ hamfest - 28 September 2019
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Hi!
AMSAT will be at the Tucson Autumn Hamfest, hosted by the Radio Society
of Tucson, on the morning of Saturday, 28 September 2019. The hamfest
will be behind the Target store on Old Spanish Trail in Tucson AZ,
northeast of the intersection of 22nd Street and Harrison Road. The
hamfest officially starts at 7am (1400 UTC). More information about the
hamfest is available from the Radio Society of Tucson's web site:
https://k7rst.org/
A hamfest flyer is available at:
https://k7rst.org/media/hamfest.pdf
WD9EWK will be on the satellites during the hamfest, demonstrating
satellite operating. If you hear WD9EWK on a pass on the morning of the
28th, please call and be a part of a demonstration. The hamfest site is
in grid DM42, in Arizona's Pima County. Please note that the Target
store will obstruct the view of the sky to the south, unless the
satellites are rather high in the sky in that direction. QSOs made
during the hamfest will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL
cards are available on request (please e-mail me directly with the QSO
details).
Thanks, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @?????? or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:01:00 -0500
From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns+K0JM@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-258 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-258
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.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In this edition:
* Request For Cooperation in Receiving FO-29 (Fuji 3)
* NO-104 Camera Will be 'Live' This Week
* Chinese Taurus-1 Amateur Satellite Launched
* Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Awards Grant to ARISS
* IARU Region 3 Approves New 15m Satellite Allocation
* Improvements to the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page
* Volunteer Opportunity - AMSAT Looking for Graphics Designer
* Nine US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process
* AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, October 12-13
* Final Steps Taken Toward ELaNa 25 Amateur Satellite Launch
* AMSAT Academy at the Albuquerque Duke City Hamfest
* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
* DM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-258.01
ANS-258 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 258.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 2019-Sept-15
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-258.01
Request for cooperation in receiving Fuji 3 (FO-29)
The amateur satellite ?Fuji 3? has been unable to confirm the opera-
tion of CW telemetry and heterodyne repeaters after 21:45 (UTC) on
July 9, 2019, but is more unstable than yesterday. However, while con-
firming the operation of CW telemetry and heterodyne repeaters, we con-
tinue to test for stable operation.
Therefore, those who can receive CW telemetry of Fuji No. 3 (FO-29)
will try to start with a command during the next pass through Japan,
so please report the reception report to the following address.
(Time of pass through Japan)
2019/09/14 06:40 16:45 (UTC)
2019/09/15 05:40 17:35 (UTC)
[Send email address of received report] oper@????.???
We ask for your cooperation in collecting information on Fuji 3 of
many users.
JARL Secretariat Member Section ?Fuji 3? Telemetry
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NO-104 Camera Will be 'Live' This Week
Controllers for NO-104 (PSAT-2) announced on September 13 that they
have commanded the camera to take a picture and store it into memory
every 10 minutes. This mode should last for 7 days or at least to next
commanding session on Monday.
The transmitting counter, which selects a picture for downlink, is not
sychronized with the camera, so there is an uncertain delay between ac-
quiring a picture and its transmission, up to a maximum of 64 minutes.
Every picture will be downlinked just once so every reception counts.
The downlink is not operating during eclipse.
Further info on https://github.com/alpov/PSAT-2/blob/master/README.md
[ANS thanks Ales Povalac, OK2ALP, and Tomas Urbanec, OK2PNQ, for the
above information]
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Chinese Taurus-1 Amateur Satellite Launched
BG2BHC reported on Twitter that Taurus-1 launched on Thursday, Sept. 12
on the CZ-4B launch from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Taurus-1
carries an FM to Codec2 repeater that operates using the same protocol
as LO-90 (LilacSat-1) and can use the same software (after frequencies
are changed). FM uplink is on 145.820 MHz, downlink on 436.760 MHz,
and the telemetry downlink is on 435.840 MHz.
CelesTrak currently has three objects from the launch cataloged out of
an expected four. The currently cataloged objects are 2019-059A,
2019-059B, and 2019-059D. TLEs can be found at
https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt
Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, reports that Doppler measurements suggest that
Taurus 1 is object 44530 (2019-059C), and the actual measured telemetry
downlink frequency: 435.8387 MHz. TLEs can be found at
https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt
For more information about this unique analog uplink, digital downlink
system, see the AMSAT Journal article / Symposium paper about LO-90 at
https://tinyurl.com/y6jzoful
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, adn Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for the
above information]
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Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Awards Grant to ARISS
Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) has awarded a very
generous grant to ARISS for the Next Generation radio system. ARDC is
the owner and manager of the Internet network known as the AMPRNet. In
June of 2019, ARDC initiated a philanthropic endeavor to provide
monetary grants to organizations, groups, projects, and scholarships
which have significant potential to advance the state of the art of
Amateur Radio, and digital communications in general.
The ARISS Next Generation radio system (or Inter Operable Radio System
- IORS) will support easier radio mode transition, to enable new,
exciting capabilities for hams, students and the general public
including:
+New amateur radio communication and experimentation capabilities,
including an enhanced voice repeater and updated digital packet radio
(APRS) capabilities.
+Slow Scan TV (picture up and downlinks) in both the US and Russian
segments of ISS.
+New multi-voltage power supply will support present and future radio
capabilities and allow wireless experiments to be conducted.
In July, the Inter Operable Radio System successfully completed a
battery of stressful tests required as part of the final certification
of the hardware for launch to and operation on the International Space
Station. Final assembly of the flight safety certification in
preparation for launch is now underway and ARISS is working towards
launch ready status by the end of the year.
For more information on the award please see:
https://www.ampr.org/g2019-09-01a/
To contribute to ARISS and the IORS please see:
https://www.ariss.org/donate.html
ARISS and AMSAT thank ARDC for their generosity in supporting this
important project.
[ANS thanks ARISS, the AMSAT office, and ARDC for the above informa-
tion.]
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Symposium Papers Due September 23rd!
Final copies of papers must be submitted by September 23rd for
inclusion in the printed proceedings.
Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz
at n8fgv(at)amsat.org
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IARU Region 3 Approves New 15m Satellite Allocation
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) - Region 3 (Asia-Pacific
Region) Directors meeting was held in Tokyo September 2-3. A modified
interim Region 3 bandplan was approved which included an Amateur-Sat-
ellite Service allocation in the 15m band. The modified interim Region
3 bandplan proposed by the Region 3 Bandplan Committee was approved. A
notable change was addition of a satellite portion in 15m Band as
agreed at the last Region 3 Conference. The interim IARU Region 3 band-
plan is available at: https://tinyurl.com/y637aw47 A complete report
of the Region 3 Directors meeting may be found at:
https://amsat-uk.org/2019/09/12/iaru-r3-bandplan/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign
to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades
on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to
continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.
We have reached a great milestone with $33,580 raised
or about 22% towards our goal. This would not have been
possible without your outstanding generosity!!
For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
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Improvements to the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page
Thanks to the efforts of new member Ed Little, KN6DBC, improvements
have been made to www.amsat.org/status<http://www.amsat.org/status>,
specifically, some filtering of the "Your Callsign" field has been
added in an effort to reject the occasional nonsense report. The entry
must look like a callsign, for example it must have at least one digit,
it must not end with a digit etc.
As a bonus, the "Your Grid Square" field has been added. Separate en-
tries are now preferred instead of workarounds like KM1P-FN42.
AMSAT maintains this page to give a single global reference point for
all users in the Amateur Satellite Service to show the most up-to-date
status of all satellites as actually reported in real time by users
around the world. Please help others and keep it current every time
you access a bird.
[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's
projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Volunteer Opportunity - AMSAT Looking for Graphics Designer
AMSAT has a need for a volunteer graphics designer to occasionally
assist with page layout of our in-house advertising panels for the
AMSAT Journal. The Journal uses Adobe InDesign software to publish
but our software can import and place PDF and JPG formatted pages
that you create with the graphics tools of your choice.
If you can fill this need contact Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT
VP-User Services at ke4al (at) amsat.org.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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Nine US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has ann-
ounced the schools/host organizations selected for amateur radio con-
tacts with the ISS during the first half of 2020. A total of 9 of the
submitted proposals during the recent proposal window have been accept-
ed to move forward in the processes of planning to host a scheduled
amateur radio contact with crew on the ISS. The primary goal of the
ARISS program is to engage young people in Science, Technology, Engin-
eering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activities and raise their awareness of
space communications, radio communications, space exploration, and re-
lated areas of study and career possibilities.
The ARISS program anticipates that NASA will be able to provide sched-
uling opportunities for the 9 US host organizations during the January
to June 2020 time period. They are now at work completing an acceptable
equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio
contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS Technical
Mentors, the final selected schools/organizations will be scheduled as
their availability and flexibility match up with the scheduling oppor-
tunities offered by NASA.
The schools and host organizations are:
Celia Hays Elementary School, Rockwall, Texas
Golden Gate Middle School, Naples, Fla.
J.P. McConnell Middle School, Loganville, Ga.
Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, Ga.
Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Monroe Carrell Jr. Children?s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn.
Oakwood School, Morgan Hill, Calif.
Ramona Lutheran School, Ramona, Calif.
River Ridge High School, New Port Richey, Fla.
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooper-
ative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space
agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the
United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab
and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary
goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engin-
eering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts
via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in
classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts,
students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space
technologies, and amateur radio.
For more information, see www.ariss.org.
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, October 12-13
The AMSAT-UK Colloquium, incorporated into the RSGB Convention, will
take place October 12-13 at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre,
Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ.
A webstream of the Colloquium talks will be available at
https://batc.org.uk/live/
Booking for the RSGB Convention which includes the AMSAT-UK Colloquium
is at https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/
The weekend event attracts an international audience that ranges from
those involved in building and operating Amateur Radio satellites to
beginners who wish to find out more about this fascinating branch of
the hobby.
Included will be a roundup of a number of new live and potential space-
craft projects that are under investigation and/or development, plus
all the usual networking opportunities, the gala dinner, auction and
raffle.
Travel Information http://kentshillpark.com/how-to-find-us
The full schedule for both the AMSAT-UK Colloquium and RSGB Convention
talks is at https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Final Steps Taken Toward ELaNa 25 Amateur Satellite Launch
The upcoming NASA Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission
25 is scheduled to boost several new satellites carrying amateur radio
into space this fall.
The launch will carry more than a dozen cubesats to the ISS for deploy-
ment, including two satellites of particular interest to amateurs:
TJREVERB - Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Va. will carry
a 145.825 MHz APRS digipeater. Information on TJREVERB may be found
at https://activities.tjhsst.edu/cubesat/index.php
HuskySat ? University of Washington, Seattle will be boosted into a
higher, 500km orbit via the Cygnus external deployment device, and
will carry a V/U linear transponder provided in cooperation with
AMSAT. The HuskySat web page is
https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/huskysatellitelab/huskysat-1
Although launch schedules and manifests are always subject to change,
other satellites announced for the ELaNa 25 launch that have secured
IARU coordination for amateur frequencies are:
Argus ? St. Louis University, Mo. (437 MHz telemetry)
AzTechSat-1 ? NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. (437 MHz telemetry)
CySat ? Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (436 MHz telemetry)
Phoenix ? Arizona State University, Tempe (437 & 2400 MHz telemetry)
RadSat-U ? Montana State University, Bozeman (437 MHz telemetry)
SPOC - University of Georgia, Athens (437 & 2400 MHz telemetry)
SwampSat II - University of Florida, Gainesville (437 & 2400 MHz
telemetry)
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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2019 marks AMSAT?s 50th Anniversary
of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the
AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program.
Full details are available at
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/
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AMSAT Academy at the Albuquerque Duke City Hamfest
AMSAT? Academy 2.0, which builds on last year's day-long course to in-
clude: guidance on how to set up a portable satellite ground station;
guidance on how to join a growing network of stations that capture,
record, and submit amateur-radio satellite telemetry to a central re-
pository; and practical tips for breaking the ice with local schools
in order to fold amateur-radio satellite and Amateur Radio in the In-
ternational Space Station (ARISS) activities into STEM education ef-
forts.
This year's AMSAT? Academy instructors include Robert Bankston, KE4AL,
vice-president, User Services, Amateur Radio Amateur Satellite Corpor-
ation (AMSAT), Ron Bondy, AD0DX, an AMSAT? Ambassador, and long-time
satellite enthusiasts Dan Eggert, AC9E, and Bill Ripley, KY5Q, an em-
bedded-systems architect. The course fee is $30, and includes break-
fast and a copy of the organization's "Getting Started with Amateur
Satellites."
Info about the hamfest is http://www.dukecityhamfest.org. Specific
info on the AMSAT Academy is at:
http://www.dukecityhamfest.org/amsat-academy .
[ANS thanks Bill Ripley, KY5Q, for the above information]
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
Templestowe College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via
VK6MJ. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The sched-
uled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Wednesday, 18
September, 2019 at 08:06:32 UTC 42 deg
Boys and Girls Club, Ft. Meade, MD., telebridge via VK4KHZ. The ISS
callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut
is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Friday, 20 September, 2019 at
19:58:23 UTC 54 deg
School in Bulgaria, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently
scheduled to be RS?ISS. The scheduled astronaut is TBD. Contact is go
for Tuesday, 24 September at 16:10 UTC.
[ANS thanks ARISS team member Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, for the above
information]
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DM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM
Alex, N7AGF, and Ron, AD0DX, are planning to activate DM02 on Sunday,
September 22, 2019 on FM and Linear satellites.
It's a 5 or 6 hour boat trip to anchor off San Clemente Island. We
will be on the water for 22 hours and operating around 10 hours
beginning around 3:00 AM PDT (1000Z) on Sunday, September 22
The cost of the boat is $2500 and we would appreciate contributions
to help offset this cost. In the 24 hours after posting to Twitter we
have received around $1300 which Alex and I are very thankful for. The
island has Verizon and AT&T and Alex has a Garmin InReach so we
should be able to tweet passes. The plan is to make as many passes as
possible once we start operating around 3:00 AM PDT. We may skip some
of the low western passes.
We will be using N6O/mm and we have a qrz.com page with all the
details: https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O
If you need the grid please give us a call!
Of course this is dependent on the weather, but the captain says it
has been a good September so far. If you are able to contribute
financially we really appreciate the help to offset some of our
costs. Details to contribute are on the N6O QRZ.com webpage.
[ANS thanks Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
EN54/EN64 September 13-15
Brad Smith, KC9UQR, will be active on AO-91 and AO-92 while traveling
this weekend in Wisconsin.
DN11/DN12 + DN03 September 17, 2019
Casey, KI7UNJ is heading to the DN11/DN12 line, September 17th. Look
for him on SO-50, AO-92, and AO-91, between 1657z and 1812z. On the
way back, Casey will make a quick stop in DN03 to catch te 2043z PO-101
pass. Watch Casey?s Twitter feed for further updates
https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ
DM02/mm (need we say more) September 22, 2019
Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, are chartering a boat to the ultra-rare
DM02 grid square. They will use the special event call sign November 6
Ocean/Maritime Mobile. Expected window of operation is from 1000z to
1900z, Sunday, September 22nd. More information is available on QRZ
https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O to include how you can help support this
monumental operation. Ron and Alex are expected to have cellular
service out there, so keep an eye on their Twitter feeds
https://twitter.com/ad0dx and https://twitter.com/N7AGF
FP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (GN17) September 24 to October 8, 2019
Eric, KV1J, will once again be oper ating from the Island of Miquelon
(NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between Septem-
ber 24th and October 8th. This is his 13th trip to the island. Activi-
ty will be on 160-6 meters (no 60M ? not author ized) using CW, SSB,
RTTY, FT8 (but primarily SSB, RTTY and FT8) and the satellites. He will
generally be on the highest frequency band that is open (favoring
12/10m). He will be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28-
29th). ADDED NOTE: Eric will usually try to be on as many Satellite
passes as he can when the WX is good, generally favoring the FO-29,
XW-2x, AO-7, and possibly the FM birds. Eric states, ?Equipment is two
FT-817s and an Arrow dual band yagi. I?ll favor the SSB birds usually
higher in the passband, but will also try FM if they do not get too
busy. Satellite logging is by paper so may not get loaded to LoTW until
the week after I return to the USA.? Weekends may be limited since he
will be concentrating on the low(er) bands and contests. QSL via KV1J,
direct or by the Bureau. Also eQSL, ClubLog and LoTW. For more details
and updates, check out his Web page at:
http://www.kv1j.com/fp/Sep19.html
Remember to check out W3ZM On the Road for additional upcoming
activations! https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The AMSAT-LU WSPR Picoballoon on 14.0956 USB released August 31 is
about to complete its first circumnavigation of the globe after tra-
veling 33,000 km in 12 days. AMSAT-LU appreciate any WSPR stations
that help to receive it, AMSAT-LU will recognize with a certificate
to stations that capture its 25 mW beacon. Also the APRS PicoBalloon
(145.825 via Sat 1W) will be returning to South America. Full story
with links at https://tinyurl.com/y5xkbrbr
(ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information)
+ For Flashback Friday, AMSAT released disk images of Bob McGwier,
N4HY's QUIKTRAK for both the Commodore 64 and Apple II to provide a
fun look back at the state-of-the art in satellite tracking in the
mid-1980s. Check them out at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-258-FBF
+ The Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory at the University of Hawaii has
applied to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) for frequency
coordination for the amateur radio payloads aboard its Neutron-1
spacecraft. The amateur payload will provide a V/U FM voice repeater
for amateur and educational purposes. Proposed are 1k2-9k6 AX telem-
etry and FM voice UHF downlink and a VHF FM uplink. The Neutron-1
website is: https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/web/neutron1/
(ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information)
+ Japan called off a planned cargo ship launch to the International
Space Station on September 10 after a fire erupted on the launch
platform for the mission's rocket.
(ANS thanks Space.com for the above information)
+ The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) has signed a 5-year
agreement to keep Dayton Hamvention? at the Greene County Expo Cen-
ter. The agreement was announced on September 9.
(ANS thanks ARRL for the above information)
+ After years of construction, China?s new radio telescope is in ac-
tion. The telescope, called FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spher-
ical Radio Telescope) has double the collecting power of the Arecibo
Observatory in Puerto Rico, which has a 305 meter dish. Until now,
Arecibo was the world?s largest radio dish of its type.
(ANS thanks Universe Today for the above information)
* The College of Engineering at Villanova University has published a
very nice feature story about the University's involvement with ham
satellites. The article, titled, "They May be Building Nanosatel-
lites, but there?s Nothing Small about Villanova?s CubeSat Club,"
may be found at: https://tinyurl.com/yytj6vsj
+ An article by Karl-Heinz Krawczyk, DL1GKK, describes how to install
amateur radio software on the Raspberry Pi to provide the popular
data modes, SSTV, satellite tracking, SDR, rig control and logbook.
The English language article is available on the site of Indonesia's
national amateur radio society ORARI: https://tinyurl.com/y4gb82hb
(ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information)
+ An interesting article on Satellite collisions has been published
this week in SatNews Daily: https://tinyurl.com/yyk3f2q2
(ANS thanks Christy Hunter, KB6LTY, for the above information)
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This week's ANS Editor,
K0JM at amsat dot org
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 02:09:37 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-09-15
02:00 UTC
Message-ID: <592840889.4983298.1568513377184@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-09-15 02:00 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
Templestowe College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK6MJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact is go for: Wed 2019-09-18 08:06:32 UTC 42 deg
Watch for live stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QalYOnHURYk (***)
?
Boys and Girls Club, Ft. Meade, MD., telebridge via VK4KHZ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact is go for: Fri 2019-09-20 19:58:23 UTC 54 deg
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School in Bulgaria, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
Contact is go for Tue 2019-09-24 16:10 UTC
?
UAE school #1 with Space Flight participant, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
Contact is go for Fri 2019-09-27 12:10 UTC ?
?
UAE school #2 with Space Flight participant, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
Contact is go for Sat 2019-09-28 11:20 UTC ?
?
UAE school #3 with Space Flight participant, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
Contact is go for Tue 2019-10-01 TBD UTC
?
?
AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium
Sat 2019-10-12 to Sun 2019-10-13
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The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
?
For many years I have on purpose not given the actual hyperlinks; I assume
the user would do a copy/paste into their favorite browser.? I am now
thinking that the browsers have all grown up and most should be able to
handle the link.? Please let me know you experience any issues.? So now you
should be able to directly click on the link.? (***)
?
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?2019-09-15 02:00 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
?
?
The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-09-03 17:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
?
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
?
Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board
the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from
September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at
www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email
to:? school.selection.manager@????????.???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and
Australia and Russia)
?
Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by
filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate
regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically
listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are
unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada
representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate
coordinator.
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For the application, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to:
ve3tbd@?????.???
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to:
ariss@???????.???? Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/
?
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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@?????.??? or aj9n@???.???.
?
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??
Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for
troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest
news on the troubleshooting efforts.?
?
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@?????????.???
?
?
The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/
?
?
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
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Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 120
?
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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.
?
?
?
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1329.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1272.
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
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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:
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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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.r
tf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
?
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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?
Exp. 59 on orbit
Christina Koch
Aleksey Ovchinin
Nick Hague KG5TMV
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Exp. 60 on orbit
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Alexander Skvortsov
Drew Morgan KI5AAA
?
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
?
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 23:37:17 -0400
From: Francis Geraci <fgeraci14@?????.???>
To: Suryono Adisoemarta via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMPRNet
Message-ID:
<CA+QL-dCfdkxW5gU7sR7dDG6k57MFiUfW0yfJmDPi9_eHTyNjHw@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Anyone using AMPERNet for Packet radio on satellites ?
Would a 44.#.#.# IP address be compatible ?
It does "tunnel".
W1FXX
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 08:55:06 -0500
From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@???.???>
To: "'amsat bb'" <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] UISS
Message-ID: <F0736112DF664B64B13F0931AA276802@???????????>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Can't seem to connect to the UISS download site today. Anybody know of a
*safe* alternative download site?
George, KA3HSW
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 10:49:19 -0500
From: KC9SGV <kc9sgv@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.??????????? Station
<ground-station@?????.????????????.?????????>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Efforts to raise the Indian moon lander, Vikram by
DSN X-band.
Message-ID: <FE204F06-2E33-4407-8601-329CCF248D56@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Here is a 25 min RStv YouTube video about the Lunar lander, Vikram, and the
DSN efforts to revive it, after it reportedly crashed and is lost on the
moon surface.
Note the alleged NASA involvement.
Reports elsewhere are that Vikram has been found.
Sunshine onto Vikram will cease by September 24th with corresponding solar
power loss.
Interestingly, the uplink is in the X band, with orders of magnitude
stronger signals than what hams, for example, can produce.
https://youtu.be/XaU3ADq7_2o
Bernard,
KC9SGV
Sent from my iPad
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 17:42:45 -0400
From: Chris Thompson <g0kla@????.???>
To: AMSAT <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX TELEMETRY SERVER will be down for maintenance
Message-ID:
<CAJOf0+tYQAcQLAOMtU-xinBRzx+74NHpsHHo3kEB6-fMhAsf-Q@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
I am going to take the FOX telemetry server down to work on upgrades needed
to support future spacecraft. I'm not sure how long it will take. I am
hoping to complete this evening US time.
Telemetry will queue at FoxTelem and be sent once the server is back up and
running. Let me know if you have any questions.
73
Chris
--
Chris E. Thompson
chrisethompson@?????.???
g0kla@????.???
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