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Today's Topics:
1. Re: A Proposal for ARISS (Dave Guimont)
2. DE FM bird 13 colony pass. (Jeff KB2M)
3. Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass. (Rick - WA4NVM)
4. Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass. (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
5. Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass. (Rick - WA4NVM)
6. Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass. (Bob- W7LRD)
7. Looking for EM grids 03, 33, 46, 49, 19 and others
(Andrew Glasbrenner)
8. VUCC Satellite #217 (Jeff Yanko)
9. Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass. CANCELED (Jeff KB2M)
10. Ao51 (mm0kjg)
11. Re: Problem with registering WiSP using WIN7 - solved
(Alan P. Biddle)
12. AMSAT-UK Photo Gallery (Trevor .)
13. FW: ANS-184 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Dee)
14. Re: Ao51 (Andrew Glasbrenner)
15. Re: VUCC Satellite #217 (Chris Meyers)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:29:36 -0700
From: Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A Proposal for ARISS
To: "Edward R. Cole" <kl7uw@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <2E.2A.20202.ED9AF0E4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx>
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>
>This may very well be my final post on amsat-bb ...25-years
>Notice that my services are no longer free ....$150/hour for technical help
Ed a lot of us agree and understand your concerns, but people like
you and Dom, that have the expertise, that we need, to keep things on
an even keel.
DON'T GO!!
73, Dave, WB6LLO
dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 20:27:10 -0400
From: "Jeff KB2M" <kb2m@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] DE FM bird 13 colony pass.
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I will be on at least the 6:52 (fm29) pass of AO-51. I will try to be in DE
waters for some more FM bird passes but it isn't likely, but I will try.
Good luck to all you clean sweepers :)
73 Jeff kb2m/k2i
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 19:44:44 -0500
From: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass.
To: "Jeff KB2M" <kb2m@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Jeff,
You have me guessing........... 6.52? Eastern? UTC? Date?
I can't find a pass that lines up. Please help...... And have fun!
73,
Rick WA4NVM
> I will be on at least the 6:52 (fm29) pass of AO-51. I will try to be in
> DE
> waters for some more FM bird passes but it isn't likely, but I will try.
> Good luck to all you clean sweepers :)
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m/k2i
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 20:56:04 -0400
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass.
To: Rick - WA4NVM <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Rick,
I think it is Eastern time tomorrow morning.
Dave - KB1PVH
Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X
On Jul 2, 2011 8:54 PM, "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
> You have me guessing........... 6.52? Eastern? UTC? Date?
>
> I can't find a pass that lines up. Please help...... And have fun!
>
> 73,
>
> Rick WA4NVM
>
>
>> I will be on at least the 6:52 (fm29) pass of AO-51. I will try to be in
>> DE
>> waters for some more FM bird passes but it isn't likely, but I will try.
>> Good luck to all you clean sweepers :)
>>
>> 73 Jeff kb2m/k2i
>>
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 20:07:36 -0500
From: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass.
To: "Dave Webb KB1PVH" <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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That look correct Dave. I forgot the one hour offset for eastern time
(local).
Thanks,
Rick
Rick,
I think it is Eastern time tomorrow morning.
Dave - KB1PVH
Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X
On Jul 2, 2011 8:54 PM, "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
> You have me guessing........... 6.52? Eastern? UTC? Date?
>
> I can't find a pass that lines up. Please help...... And have fun!
>
> 73,
>
> Rick WA4NVM
>
>
>> I will be on at least the 6:52 (fm29) pass of AO-51. I will try to be in
>> DE
>> waters for some more FM bird passes but it isn't likely, but I will try.
>> Good luck to all you clean sweepers :)
>>
>> 73 Jeff kb2m/k2i
>>
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 02:01:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass.
To: Rick - WA4NVM <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Then there's us over here on the NW. Coast.? I was beating my head against
the east coast alluminum curtain for a fair part of my Sat. afternoon on
20M.? Several 13 colony stations even?turned their beams to the UK to work
them.? ? I mean that's who we had to beat up to become 13 colonies.??Got a
couple after several hours, heard no one on AO-7.? Better luck tomorrow,
tell those HF stations there is a W. coast.? I hope everyone has a fun and
safe 4th weekend.
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Dave Webb KB1PVH" <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2011 6:07:36 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass.
That look correct Dave. ?I forgot the one hour offset for eastern time
(local).
Thanks,
Rick
??Rick,
??I think it is Eastern time tomorrow morning.
??Dave - KB1PVH
??Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X
??On Jul 2, 2011 8:54 PM, "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
??>
??> Jeff,
??>
??> You have me guessing........... 6.52? Eastern? UTC? Date?
??>
??> I can't find a pass that lines up. Please help...... And have fun!
??>
??> 73,
??>
??> Rick WA4NVM
??>
??>
??>> I will be on at least the 6:52 (fm29) pass of AO-51. I will try to be in
??>> DE
??>> waters for some more FM bird passes but it isn't likely, but I will try.
??>> Good luck to all you clean sweepers :)
??>>
??>> 73 Jeff kb2m/k2i
??>>
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:11:34 -0400
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Looking for EM grids 03, 33, 46, 49, 19 and
others
To: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I'm trying to close out all the EM grids on satellite, and still need
EM03, EM33, EM46, EM49, and EM19 confirmed. I'd love to make a schedule
for any of these grids, either FM or SSB. I can make most any pass with
some notice and a little luck.
I have my confirmed satellite grids map on my QRZ page at
www.qrz.com/db/KO4MA . Recent improvements to my antenna supports now
allow me to work very low passes to the west and north. Take a look at
the map, and if you need EL88, or I need a grid you can do, please drop
me an email.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 22:55:18 -0700
From: "Jeff Yanko" <wb3jfs@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VUCC Satellite #217
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <DA4E6C2AC23F4E4294613CFB49622BBD@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
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Hi all,
After 159 days since submitting the paperwork and couple follow up e-mails,
I finally received my VUCC Satellite award. For some reason, I keep
thinking I should've received some paperwork with the certificate and
stickers. I thought they were suppose to have a copy of the grids already
worked on a paper format. Maybe I'm thinking of something else. If anybody
knows this to be true, please let me know. Maybe this wait isn't quite over
yet.
73,
Jeff WB3JFS
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 05:11:01 -0400
From: "Jeff KB2M" <kb2m@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DE FM bird 13 colony pass. CANCELED
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <015001cc3961$21231520$63693f60$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Woke up this morning to rain. Where did that come from ? Fishing trip is
canceled. Maybe tomorrow morning. I will let everyone know tonight.
73 Jeff kb2m/k2i
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Jeff KB2M
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 20:27 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] DE FM bird 13 colony pass.
I will be on at least the 6:52 (fm29) pass of AO-51. I will try to be in DE
waters for some more FM bird passes but it isn't likely, but I will try.
Good luck to all you clean sweepers :)
73 Jeff kb2m/k2i
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 10:31:45 +0100
From: mm0kjg <mm0kjg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao51
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello there.
Can any one explain to me what's keeping 51 alive over Europe at the moment.
Its been great getting to use it during the pass over Uk. I did notice tho
that it does stop working for a day every 2 day's?. Is some one uplinking
the software in Europe to make it work?. Anyway cheers to people who are
keeping the bird going am still fairly new to the satellite side of our
hobby and want to use 51 one as much as i can..
Cheers and beers
Kev
MM0KJG
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 06:03:49 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Problem with registering WiSP using WIN7 -
solved
To: "'AMSAT-BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
The registration problem turned out to be an artifact, mostly, of the
migration process I used. When I move to a new computer, I use a LapLink
program called PCMover. It not only moves files and settings, but installed
programs. Because of an unwise choice of names for the old computer,
WA4SCA, and the new one, ALAN-PC, it decided to change all incidences of my
call in the registry on the new computer to ALAN-PC. That included WiSP.
When I edited the WiSP registry directly, WiSP came up registered. Since I
was using an administrator account, UAC turned off, I would have thought the
normal registration window would have overwritten the ALAN-PC entry, but it
didn't. All the other programs which had that problem updated correctly,
normally.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Alan P. Biddle
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 12:02 PM
To: AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Problem with registering WiSP using WIN7
I have finally switched to WIN7 32 bit from XP, and have a few odd little
issues. One is that WiSP no longer recognizes my registration number as
valid. (Double checked from the original e-mail.)
Possibly a clue is that when I start the program, it already has ALAN-PC in
the Callsign box. That is the name of the PC. Of course I clear it. It
did register, once, and I _thought_ it was due to the caps lock being off.
However, when I booted up this morning, it was unregistered and doesn't
accept the registration with or without the caps lock being on. I did try
some backward compatability settings, but no help.
Anybody have this happen, with a solution? I am toying with changing the
name of the machine to WA4SCA, but am holding off until some other support
issues are solved.
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 12:52:39 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-UK Photo Gallery
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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As you may know AMSAT-UK has just launched a new look website
http://www.uk.amsat.org/
As part of this new look, we have embarked on a new photo gallery, so if you
have any photos related to AMSAT-UK, feel free to upload to our new Gallery,
which can be found here
http://www.uk.amsat.org/Gallery3/
The AMSAT-UK Colloquium will be held on the 30th and 31st July 2011 so don't
forget the camera..
http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium-2011/
AMSAT-UK? publishes a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, which is full of
Amateur Satellite information.
Join online at http://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK
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73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:20:01 -0400
From: Dee <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: ANS-184 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
To: ans <ans@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-184
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America,
The Radio Amateur
Satellite Corporation. ANS 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.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
In this edition:
* Getting Ready for .01
Getting Ready for ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Operation
Here are some reminders to help you get your station ready for
ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V
operation. Your 2-meter FM radio or HT will work well to receive the FM
voice messages
and SSTV on the
145.950 MHz downlink.
You will need a SSB-capable receiver to copy the BPSK telemetry beacon, the
CW beacons,
and the linear transponder passband.
Read about the details ...
145.950 MHz FM Downlink:
------------------------
FM transmissions will cycle between a voice ID as RS01S, select tele- metry
values, 24 international
greeting messages in 15 languages and SSTV images. One of the messages will
be a conversation
between Yuri Gagarin and ground control.
435 MHz - 145 MHz Linear Transponder:
-------------------------------------
The linear transponder will operate in Mode U/V (70 cm Up, 2m Down).
It is an 16 KHz wide inverting passband and the convention will be to TX LSB
on the 435 MHz
uplink and RX USB on the 145 MHz downlink. This mode is designed to work
with low power
transmitters and omni antenna.
145.919 MHz/145.939 MHz CW Beacon:
----------------------------------
The CW transmissions will be callsign ID RS01S, select telemetry, and
callsigns of people actively
involved with the ARISS program.
145.920 MHz SSB BPSK-1000 Telemetry:
------------------------------------
The BPSK transmissions will feature a new 1kBPSK protocol developed by Phil
Karn, KA9Q to be
readable in low signal level conditions.
The BPSK data will transmit satellite telemetry.
The ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V BPSK-1000 downlink is transmitted in SSB mode on
145.920 MHz. When
the CW2 beacon on 145.919 MHz is active this indicates that the BPSK-1000
format is being transmitted.
If the CW1 beacon on 145.939 MHz is active this indicates the backup of
BPSK-400 format is being transmitted.
Transmitting at 100 mW, both BPSK rates include Forward Error Correction
(FEC) and it is expected that
modest quarter-wave antennas with low-loss coaxial cable will provide
sufficient signal strength for
decoding and display by the ARISSatTLM software.
Download the Windows ARISSatTLM free ground station soundcard demodulator
and display software:
http://www.arissattlm.org/download/ARISSatTLM_050_Setup.exe
Download the Mac ARISSatTLM software:
http://www.arissattlm.org/download/ARISSATTLM.zip
The ARISSatTLM software user guide is available:
http://tinyurl.com/42uhtyf (amsat.org)
Get your color ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Frequency Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/4t497t2 (amsat.org)
ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Presentation Slides (~1MB) http://tinyurl.com/4n4pzkm
(amsat.org)
[ANS thanks the ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Team for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-184.02
Call For Articles - Brief Author's Guide to the AMSAT Journal
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 184.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
July 3, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-184.02
Call For Articles - Brief Author's Guide to the AMSAT Journal
You are invited to share your amateur radio in space ideas and experiences
with fellow
satellite operators.
The AMSAT Journal, a bi-monthly publication of AMSAT-North America, brings
you the
latest information in satellite mission planning, satellite- related
hardware design and
construction, satellite-related
sof- tware design and implementation, and amateur radio earth station
construction.
There are plenty of opportunities for you to share your ideas and experience
across all
levels.
Did you homebrew a successful antenna? Which setup did you use for your
first satellite
con- tacts? A brief write-up and photos are appreciated by everyone!
Do you have ideas about future amateur radio space missions? Can you
describe unique
aspects of a particular orbit and the equip- ment needed to make it work?
Simply type out
your ideas on your computer and send them in. Let the AMSAT Journal
editorial team do the
clean up and formatting for you.
Its easy to send your article to the AMSAT Journal e-mail box via
journal@xxxxx.xxx.
There is no need to do any special formatting on your submission because
the final layout
format is driven by the magazine's typesetting software. All you need to
include is:
+ Your text in MS-Word or plain text format Graphics nt Editor
Bill Hook, W3QBC Assistant Editor
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal for the above information]
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DX & Rare Grids
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 184.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
July 3, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-184.03
+ Listen for Eric W4OTN, Amanda KI4IWS, Robin WA4WPD, Bill KG4CXY
on July 29 to August 1 as they activate N4I from Core Banks Barrier
Island (IOTA NA-067, USi NC033S, WLOTA 0596), Pamlico County, North
Carolina. They will participate in the RSGB IOTA Contest. Outside of
the contest they plan to be active 80-10m CW and SSB. Operation on 6m
and satellites is being planned as well. QSL W4OTN via the bureau or
direct at the address on QRZ.com. (rsgbiota.org)
+ Paul, 2E1EUB will be operating mobile on AO-7 and other satellites
from the Islands of Harris and Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland
for about 2 weeks between July 2-11. During this trip Paul will also
be mobile in northern Scotland and the Island of Skye. He will also
post information on his QRZ.com callsign lookup for 2E1EUB.
[ANS thanks Eric, Amanda, Robin, Bill & Paul for the above information]
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Reminder: The DARA Matching Gift Challenge
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 184.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
July 3, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-184.04
Reminder: The DARA Matching Gift Challenge
The DaDIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-184.05
Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The dates for the July Hudson Valley Satcom net are July 7
and July 21 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC - 4).
You can tune in via the 146.970 MHz Mt. Beacon repeater,
PL 100.0 or via EchoLink on the N2EYH-L node. More info
is available at: www.hvsatcom.org (Stu, WA2BSS)
+ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory posted an 11-minute animation
depicting key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission,
which will launch in late 2011 and land a rover, Curiosity, on
Mars in August 2012. Watch on-line at:
http://tinyurl.com/6bx2g3r (nasa.gov)
+ AMSAT can be found on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_7828379515
+ Luis, LU6QI continues to enjoy success with the fine art and
science of stretching the AO-7 footprint. He reports DX con-
tacts with Louis, KD5GM on CW on AO7 Mode B, June 22 for a
distance of 7631 km. Luis had a DX contact with Allen, N5AFV,
on June 24 via CW on AO7 Mode B for a distance of 7644 km.
+ Nader ST2NH appeared on Ashorooq TV to describe the University of
Khartoum Cubesat project - KN-Sat1. The 11 minute interview was in
Arabic and can be seen on the Southgate ARC News Website at:
http://tinyurl.com/66lab38 (Southgate)
+ John, K8YSE posted Field Day recordings for AO-51, AO-27 and SO-50
on his website: http://www.papays.com/sat
+ AMSAT has received the sad news of the death of Leanore Guimont,
KA6UCD, the wife of Dave, WB6LLO. For many years no Symposium
would be complete without the Dave and Leanore "jewelry" contest.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dave. He has requested no cards
or email be sent.
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-184.06
ARISS Status - 27 June 2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 184.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
July 3, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-184.06
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report June
27, 2011
1. Japanese Contact Successful
On Tuesday, June 21, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact was
held between Nankan 4th Elementary School in Tamanagun, Kumamoto, Japan and
on-orbit
astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW. There was a delay in making contact, but
once established,
the students got in nine questions. This unique activity supplemented lesson
plans about amateur
radio technology and the International Space
Station mission. An audience of approximately 100 attended the event
which was covered
by 5 newspapers and 5 television stations, including NHK (Japan Broadcasting
Corporation).
2. ARISS International Team Teleconference Held
The monthly ARISS International Team meeting was held on Tuesday, June 21.
Topics covered
included the upcoming ARISS Face to Face meeting in October and a status on
the ARISSat-1
satellite, designated KEDR in Russia. Minutes have been
posted: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-06-21.htm
3. News of U.S. ARISS Proposal Process Distributed
The NASA EXPRESS message sent on June 16 included an item on ARISS contact
opportunities
for U.S. schools using the new proposal process. Also made aware of these
opportunities were
other U.S. education organizations such as Solar System Ambassadors, Space
Grant Community,
INSPIRE, WISH, Endeavor Fellows and the Museum Alliance.
4. Astronaut Training Status
Don Pettit, KD5MDT, and Andr? Kuipers, PI9ISS, were given an ARISS preflight
session on June 22.
The two astronauts hope to participate in ARISS contacts during their flight
with Expedition
30 which will launch in November 2011.
5. ARISS Items in ARRL Letter
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran two ARISS items in its June 23
ARRL Letter.
The first story is about the astronauts who recently passed their amateur
radio Technician exams
and were issued call signs. This piece is titled "NASA Astronauts and
Astronaut Candidates Earn
Amateur Radio Licenses." The second item is titled "Field Day from Space:
International Space Station Could be Active for ARRL Field Day." Both
stories may be viewed at:
http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-06-23
6. AMSAT Covers ARISS Proposal
The AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service June 26
bulletin
(ANS-177) included another announcement about the new ARISS proposal process
for U.S. schools.
"July 15 Deadline to File ARISS Contact Proposals" may be found here:
http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2011/000526.html
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, 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 additional benefits.
Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Dee Interdonato, NB2F
nb2f at amsat dot org
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:01:21 -0400
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Ao51
To: mm0kjg <mm0kjg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4E107631.5080706@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
On 7/3/2011 5:31 AM, mm0kjg wrote:
> Hello there.
> Can any one explain to me what's keeping 51 alive over Europe at the moment.
> Its been great getting to use it during the pass over Uk. I did notice tho
> that it does stop working for a day every 2 day's?. Is some one uplinking
> the software in Europe to make it work?. Anyway cheers to people who are
> keeping the bird going am still fairly new to the satellite side of our
> hobby and want to use 51 one as much as i can..
Hi Kev,
AO-51 is up over Europe due to the US command team routinely restarting
the satellite, and tweaking the power settings to find a combination to
get it through eclipse, and lots of luck. Currently one of the 6 battery
cells onboard is shorted, and another is in really poor shape. The
onboard computer was crashing each orbit, but we seem to have found a
balance point where it will sometimes go up to two days before crashing.
Each time it crashes, we have to restart using the housekeeping software
onboard in ROM, which has a much more limited functionality than our
normal software which we would upload from the ground over a few days time.
How long we will be able to continue to limp along is anyone's guess.
I'd encourage you to use it while it's available, and to financially
support new satellite programs like Kiwisat, Funcube, and Fox when you can.
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT-NA VP Operations
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 07:09:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris Meyers <kc0ybm@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC Satellite #217
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx Jeff Yanko <wb3jfs@xxx.xxx>
Message-ID:
<1309702184.11111.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Congratulations on #217!? They remembered to include the list of stations I
worked, but I've heard that has been inconsistent.
?
Chris
KC0YBM
#215
--- On Sun, 7/3/11, Jeff Yanko <wb3jfs@xxx.xxx> wrote:
From: Jeff Yanko <wb3jfs@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VUCC Satellite #217
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Date: Sunday, July 3, 2011, 12:55 AM
Hi all,
After 159 days since submitting the paperwork and couple follow up e-mails,
I finally received my VUCC Satellite award.? For some reason, I keep
thinking I should've received some paperwork with the certificate and
stickers.? I thought they were suppose to have a copy of the grids already
worked on a paper format.? Maybe I'm thinking of something else.? If anybody
knows this to be true, please let me know.? Maybe this wait isn't quite over
yet.
73,
Jeff? WB3JFS
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