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Today's Topics:
1. Re: New SatPC Version with 9700 (Bob Hammond)
2. W5M/MM Expedition to EL58 Postponed to Sunday Jan 5th (Ron Bondy)
3. Re: New SatPC Version with 9700 (Yono Adisoemarta)
4. 6F3A Perez Island DXpedition-EL52 (George Sakai)
5. Re: New SatPC Version with 9700 (Mike Wilhelm)
6. ANS-005 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Mark D. Johns)
7. AMSAT Awards Update (Bruce)
8. Fox-in-a-box download is updated (Burns Fisher)
9. Re: Falconsat-3 (Chris Thompson)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 19:27:05 -0800
From: Bob Hammond <propgrinder@?????.???>
To: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@?????.???>
Cc: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700
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Mark, thanks for clarifying which jack is which. I saw (and read in the
manual) DATA and thought it meant the CAT data.
Bob W7OTJ
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 4:54 PM Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond@?????.???>
wrote:
>
> Bob, the 9700 uses the 3.5 mm size plug for CAT control, same as the 910
> or 9100. The smaller jack 2.5 mm is for something else (GPS DATA).
>
> Mark N8MH.
>
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 6:18 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
>> Where are IC-9700 operators getting the data cable needed to use the
>> spectrum function of SatPC32?
>> I see the ICOM OPC-2350LU for ~$70. I don't see any cable for $25. I
>> thought I did but this one
>> has a 3.5mm plug, not the 2.5mm plug to match the IC-9700: Valley
>> Enterprises Icom CT-17 USB FTDI Chipset CI-V Cat Control Programming
>> Cable,
>> Length 3 Feet
>> Bob
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:25 PM Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>>
>> > Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list.
>> >
>> > Happy New Year,
>> >
>> > Stefan
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB <
>> > amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's instructions
>> > for
>> > > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I
>> got
>> > to
>> > > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum. On
>> my
>> > > copy there is no such menu item.
>> > >
>> > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm
>> not
>> > > having any luck.
>> > >
>> > > Happy New Year!
>> > > Rick, W2JAZ
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> > Opinions
>> > > expressed
>> > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
>> of
>> > > AMSAT-NA.
>> > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>> > program!
>> > > Subscription settings:
>> https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>> > >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. 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.
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>> program!
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>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
> --
> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 05:32:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: Ron Bondy <ad0dx@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] W5M/MM Expedition to EL58 Postponed to Sunday Jan
5th
Message-ID: <1006552288.4287738.1578115964532@????.?????.???>
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Due to weather concerns tomorrow, the EL58 satellite expedition is being
postponed to Sunday Jan 5th.
73
Ron, ad0dx
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 18:24:10 +0700
From: Yono Adisoemarta <yono_adisoemarta@?????.???>
To: Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700
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I built myself.
de Yono YD0NXX
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 4, 2020, at 6:20 AM, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 15:38:41 +0000 (UTC)
From: George Sakai <grsakai5120@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 6F3A Perez Island DXpedition-EL52
Message-ID: <948055427.8006905.1578152321719@????.?????.???>
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I received the message below from XE1AY.
"From 11 to 17 february, I will be in a dxpedition 6F3A, Perez
Island,?EL52dj,?doing cw and satellitealso I will tx from EL50? and xe1ay/mm
EL51 I hope to work you
73 de Ismaelxeay "
George N3GS
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 21:38:37 -0600
From: Mike Wilhelm <af5at.radio@?????.???>
To: Bob Hammond <propgrinder@?????.???>
Cc: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New SatPC Version with 9700
Message-ID:
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Thanks for posting this question. I needed help too. I just purchased a
CT-17 from amazon for $27 this evening.
Thanks,
Mike AF5AT
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 9:29 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> Mark, thanks for clarifying which jack is which. I saw (and read in the
> manual) DATA and thought it meant the CAT data.
>
> Bob W7OTJ
>
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 4:54 PM Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond@?????.???>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Bob, the 9700 uses the 3.5 mm size plug for CAT control, same as the 910
> > or 9100. The smaller jack 2.5 mm is for something else (GPS DATA).
> >
> > Mark N8MH.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 6:18 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> >
> >> Where are IC-9700 operators getting the data cable needed to use the
> >> spectrum function of SatPC32?
> >> I see the ICOM OPC-2350LU for ~$70. I don't see any cable for $25. I
> >> thought I did but this one
> >> has a 3.5mm plug, not the 2.5mm plug to match the IC-9700: Valley
> >> Enterprises Icom CT-17 USB FTDI Chipset CI-V Cat Control Programming
> >> Cable,
> >> Length 3 Feet
> >> Bob
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:25 PM Stefan Wagener via AMSAT-BB <
> >> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Its in the menu "ACCY", last item in the list.
> >> >
> >> > Happy New Year,
> >> >
> >> > Stefan
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:59 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB <
> >> > amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I have to admit that I'm having trouble following Erich's
> instructions
> >> > for
> >> > > activating the new spectrum scope for ic-9700 radios he has added. I
> >> got
> >> > to
> >> > > #5 where he says "Open the SatPC32 menu DIV and click on Spectrum.
> On
> >> my
> >> > > copy there is no such menu item.
> >> > >
> >> > > I'd appreciate someone sharing their radio and software setup as I'm
> >> not
> >> > > having any luck.
> >> > >
> >> > > Happy New Year!
> >> > > Rick, W2JAZ
> >> > > _______________________________________________
> >> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
> available
> >> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >> > Opinions
> >> > > expressed
> >> > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
> views
> >> of
> >> > > AMSAT-NA.
> >> > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> >> > program!
> >> > > Subscription settings:
> >> https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >> > >
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >> Opinions
> >> > expressed
> >> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
> of
> >> > AMSAT-NA.
> >> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> >> program!
> >> > Subscription settings:
> https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >> >
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> >> Opinions expressed
> >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> >> AMSAT-NA.
> >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> >> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >>
> > --
> > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 18:02:00 -0600
From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns+K0JM@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-005 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-005
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT, 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 commun-
icating 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:
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You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
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In this edition:
* AMSAT Member KC9ZJX Receives 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Award
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 2, 2020
* Space Fence nearing operational acceptance by U.S. Air Force
* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for January 2020
* Winter Field Day to Include Limited Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-005.01
ANS-005 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 005.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 2020 Jan 05
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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AMSAT Member KC9ZJX Receives 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Award
Congratulations to AMSAT member Dhruv Rebba, KC9ZJX, winner of the
Bloomington and Normal (Illinois) Human Relations Commissions 2020
Martin Luther King Jr. award. The commission chooses people who re-
flect the ideology of the late Dr. King.
Rebba is a sophomore at Normal Community High School. He is a volun-
teer and/or member of YMCA/YWCA, Illinois 4-H, Multicultural Leader-
ship Program (MCLP), National Computer Science Honor Society, and
First Robotics. He is also Amateur Radio Newsline's 2019 Young Ham
Of The Year. Rebba gave the youth presentation at AMSAT 36th Annual
Symposium Huntsville, Alabama in 2018 where is also received AMSAT's
Presidential Award.
The announcement is posted on-line at:
https://www.wglt.org/post/bloomington-normal-mlk-awards-announced
[ANS thanks WGLT.org, NPR Radio from Illinois State University,
for the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 2, 2020
Correction to the addition of FloripaSat 1 to last week's TLE distri-
bution:
FloripaSat 1 is NORAD CAT ID 44885.
Also the first part of the TLE distribution was left off the
orb19360.2l.amsat file sent last week. The second file sent
orb19361.2l.amsat contained the full list of satellites.
We are still awaiting the identification of CAS-6. Or... Use the keps
for FloripaSat 1 (NORAD CAT ID 44885) for CAS-6 per suggestion of Joe
Fitzgerald, KM1P. This, of course, assumes that CAS-6 is in fact
transmitting???
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the
above information]
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Space Fence nearing operational acceptance by U.S. Air Force
According to NASA?s most recent Orbital Debris Quarterly News, NASA
calculates about 17.6 million pounds of objects are in earth orbit.
That number will only grow as more commercial space projects launch
massive constellations with thousands of smallsats, presenting a huge
problem for both U.S. government and commercial organizations.
That?s where the U.S. Air Force?s Space Fence will play a crucial role.
Using advanced solid-state S-band radar technology, the Space Fence
radar located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, it will play
a critical role in the everyday lives of Americans who are becoming
more dependent on space-based technologies for everything from weather
forecasting, banking, global communications to GPS navigation.
Today, these critical services are being threatened by hundreds of
thousands of objects and space debris orbiting the Earth. Frequent col-
lisions and deterioration of assets, such as defunct satellites and
rocket boosters, have increased the amount of space debris and raised
the risk of future collisions in space.
The Air Force Space Surveillance Network currently tracks about 25,000
objects. When Space Fence comes online, the catalog will experience
significant growth and when fully operational, Space Fence will be the
world?s largest and most advanced radar system, providing unprecedented
space situational awareness.
Beyond cataloging objects, Space Fence will detect closely-spaced ob-
jects, breakups, maneuvers, launches and conjunction assessments from
LEO through GEO.
Space Fence is currently in a trial period and expected to become fully
operational in 2020.
[ANS thanks Milsat Magazine for the above information]
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Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for January 2020
Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the
ARRL for the period December 3, 2019 through January 1, 2020.
Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!
DEC JAN
AA5PK 1064 1074
AA8CH 620 641
N3GS 601 624
WD9EWK(DM43)585 597
NS3L 526 551
W5CBF 179 533
K9UO 500 528
AA9LC 416 514
W7QL 451 478
PS8ET 303 326
G0ABI 306 320
WB7VUF 206 319
AA4QE 204 305
KC9VGG 200 228
KC9UQR 172 196
N9FN 103 194
W4AQT 153 179
W5CBF(EM21) New 179
W0NBC 152 176
KJ4M 102 170
W9VNE New 169
VE1VOX 126 155
W4DFU 116 151
AI9IN 125 150
WD9EWK(DM41)127 148
WD9EWK(DM23)104 137
N7AME 127 128
WA9JBQ 104 125
VU2LBW 100 114
KC8AMH New 101
N3CAL New 100
YO2CMI New 100
If you find errors or omissions, please contact W5RKN at w5krn.com.
This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the
two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apolo-
gies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are rov-
ing to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the
work!
[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN, for the above information]
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Winter Field Day to Include Limited Satellite Operations
Winter Field Day runs for 24 hours during the last full weekend in Jan-
uary each year from 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (2pm EST)
Sunday. For 2020 the dates are January 25th and 26th. Station set-up
may commence no earlier than 1900 UTC (2pm EST) on the Friday before.
Station setup may consume no more than 12 hours total.
All Amateur bands, HF, VHF, & UHF except 12, 17, 30 and 60 meters. Any
mode that can faithfully transmit the exchange intact without a conver-
sion table... CW, SSB, AM, FM, DStar, C4FM, DMR, Packet, PSK, SSTV,
RTTY, Olivia, Satellite, etc... (note FT8 is excluded).
Satellite contacts do not count as a new mode/band multiplier. Satel-
lite contacts are limited to ONE ONLY per entry so as to not tie up
satellite frequencies with stations calling CQ WFD.
Three operating categories are available:
Indoor: Operation from inside a remote, insulated, heated, and weather-
protected structure where an Amateur station is normally not available.
Outdoor: Operation from a location partly or fully exposed to the ele-
ments and at least 30 feet away from your normal station location and
not using any part of a previously erected antenna system or station.
Home: Operation from inside a home or inside another structure attach-
ed to a home that could or would be the usual location of an Amateur
station.
For additional information, see: https://www.winterfieldday.com/
[ANS thanks the Winter Field Day Association for the above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
Want to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space?
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating
through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meet-
ings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.
Current schedule:
January 6, 2020 West Valley Amateur Radio Club, Sun City, AZ
January 11, 2020 Thunderbird ARC Hamfest, Glendale, AZ
January 17-18, 2020 Cowtown Hamfest, Fort Worth, TX
February 7-9, 2020 Hamcation, Orlando, FL
March 6, 2020 Irving Hamfest, Irving, TX
May 15-17, 2020 Hamvention, Xenia, OH
June 12-13, 2020 Ham-Con, Plano, TX
A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download at:
https://tinyurl.com/yx7lc7m8
This color brochure is designed to be printed double-sided and folded
into a tri-fold handout.
To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration,
please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org.
For additional information on the AMSAT Ambassador Program, see:
https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, Director, AMSAT Ambassadors for
the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Due to weather concerns, the W5M/MM satellite expedition to EL58 is
being postponed to Sunday Jan 5th. For updates, follow on Twitter
at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Lucas Gusher Special Event (EM20) January 11-12, 2020
The Beaumont Amateur Radio Club will be operating using the call-
sign K5S on various HF bands including as many CAS-4A, CAS-4B,
AO-91, AO-92 passes that we can. SO-50 and XW-2A also possible.
More information about K5S can be found on qrz.com.
Labrador (GO11 +) January 19-27, 2020
Chris VE3FU, Dave VE9CB, and Frank VO1HP will be active as VO2AC
in the 2020 CQ160 CW contest, January 24-26, from Point Armour
Lighthouse, in Labrador. If time permits before the contest, they
may be active on FM satellites from GO11 as VO2AC or VO2AAA.
Depending on weather and timing of passes, you might catch them on
FM satellites as they make their way from FO93 to GO-11, passing
through FO92, GO02, GO13, GO12, and GO22 along the way, but no
promises. They will also make the reverse trek on January 27.
Big Bend National Park (DL88) March 16-17, 2020
Ron AD0DX, Doug N6UA, and Josh W3ARD will operate from Big Bend
National Park to put grid DL88 on the air. Details will be added
here, as they come available, but you are more than welcome to
keep an eye on their individual Twitter feeds:
https://twitter.com/ad0dx, https://twitter.com/dtabor, and
https://twitter.com/W3ARDstroke5
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP User Services 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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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ TAPR PSR Digital Journal Winter 2020 Edition Available at:
http://tapr.org/psr/psr143.pdf
(ANS thanks TAPR for the above information)
+ The January/February 2020 SARC Communicator newsletter is available
at: http://bit.ly/SARC20JanFeb This edition has 75 pages of projects,
news, views, and reviews from the SW corner of Canada. Find out
about the northernmost amateur radio station: "VY0ERC: What is life
like at the farthest north Amateur Radio Club in Canada?" starting
on page 14.
(ANS thanks Surrey Amateur Radio Communications for the above info)
+ A CBC Hamilton news feature on John David, VA3JHD, and his work with
the Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio Systems (CFARS), briefly mentions
amateur satellites. See the article at: https://tinyurl.com/rmbpfxa
(ANS thanks CBC Hamilton for the above information)
+ Work is going "smoothly" on the Chandrayaan-3 mission to put a rover
probe on the moon's surface, Indian Space Research Organisation
chairman K. Sivan told a press conference. India is seeking to become
only the fourth nation after Russia, the United States and China to
put a mission on the moon's surface and boost its credentials as a
low-cost space power. The country's Chandrayaan-2 module crashed on
the moon's surface in September.
(ANS thanks spacedaily.com for the above information)
+ China has just released the first batch of #ChangE4 science data! The
first ever mission to land on the the far side of the Moon. This is
actually a really cool and user friendly website. To access in En-
glish visit: http://moon.bao.ac.cn/index_en.jsp
+ E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the December 2019 edition of
OSCAR News, issue 228. For details, see:
https://amsat-uk.org/2019/12/31/december-2019-oscar-news/
Also, a video on a recent moonbounce and satellite expedition to
Botswana may be found on the AMSAT-UK website:
https://amsat-uk.org/2019/12/27/a21eme-moonbounce-qo100/
(ANS thank AMSAT-UK and Trevor Essex, M5AKA, for the above informa-
tion)
+ Congratulations to Chris Taron, NK1K, on the achievement of DXCC via
LEO satellite! This is a remarkable achievement matched by few.
(ANS thanks Twitter @???? for the above information)
+ Congratulations to WA7FWF on uploading 1 million Fox Telemetry
frames to the server. For more information on capturing telemetry
from the Fox satellites, see:
https://www.amsat.org/foxtelem-software-for-windows-mac-linux/
(ANS thanks Mark Hammond, N8MH, AMSAT Board Member, for the above
information
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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 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
K0JM at amsat dot org
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 21:31:42 -0600
From: Bruce <kk5do@????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards Update
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Now that 2019 is behind us, I thought I would catch up with the awards
issued the last half of the year. AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award
for making their first satellite QSO
Daniel Rahn, K8EC
Bernd Peters, KB7AK
Shane Hale, KE5HSS
Benny Chandra, YD0SPU
Martin Lipert, OK1UM
Helene Charbonneau, VE2AQM
Spiro Andy Loizos, VE2LZS
Stelios Alex Loizos, VA2LZS
Souly Loizos, VE2FFS
Adam Warrix, KD9NRT
Steffen Gross, DM3CW (had to include his submission today)
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AMSAT Communications Achievement Award
Jonathan Zylstra, KL2DN #620
Robert Bankston, KE4AL #621
Sloan Davis, KN4GQB #622
Walter Mercado Vazquez, KP4T #623
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AMSAT Sexagesimal Satellite Communications Achievement Award Robert
Bankston, KE4AL #184
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AMSAT Century Club Award Robert Bankston, KE4AL #54 ------
AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award
Jonathan Zylstra, KL2DN #US222
Robert Bankston, KE4AL #US223
Sloan Davis, KN4GQB #US224
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AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award (1,000-4,000) Ron Parsons, W5RKN
upgrade to 4000
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AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award 5,000 Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA #35
Ron Parsons, W5RKN #36 ------
AMSAT Rover Award Rover Call ===== ======== #043 N7EGY #044 CU2ZG #045
K9EI #046 KR5Z #047 N4DCW #048 KC9VGG #049 W3ZM/9 (OP KC9VGG) #050 W5PFG
(had to include his submission today) To see all the awards visit
http://www.amsat.org and click on Services then Awards.
73...bruce
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Bruce Paige, KK5DO
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 14:47:45 -0500
From: Burns Fisher <burns@??????.??>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-in-a-box download is updated
Message-ID:
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The download website, http://burnsfisher.com/AMSAT/FoxInABox now contains
the SD card image, FIAB-distro8-V1.08w.zip. This file, when unzipped and
written to a 16Gb SD card will give you the latest software for FoxTelem
and will run on a Raspberry Pi 4. This is an image of the same SD card
that has been shipping from the AMSAT store for several weeks. (It should
work on an 8Gb card as well with less room to spare of course).
1.08w has a few fixes from 1.08r, the previous download version, and will
capture data a bit better. Remember that the later 1.08 versions
(including r and w) know how to switch bands between listening on VHF and
UHF based on which of Fox and Husky satellites are overhead at the time.
We expect HuskySat to be released from the ISS relatively soon, so be
prepared!
73,
Burns Fisher WB1FJ
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 20:53:46 -0500
From: Chris Thompson <g0kla@????.???>
To: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@?????.???>
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3
Message-ID:
<CAJOf0+vtKbw24xs0U6NRnURk0MvSN7vT5Asd5mH59B-dHHbfFw@????.?????.???>
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Kevin, I uploaded 4 and a half files across the passes today so it is
working in Brooklyn. Is the gibberish displaying on your screen? Maybe
the TNC is not in the right mode??
73
Chris
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:25 PM Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> Seems to be working ok here last few passes. Although you get passes I
> don?t I think??
>
> Mark N8MH
>
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:20 PM Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> > Packets have been uploaded to AMSAT servers in the past 90 minutes with
> > PacsatGround, though, unlike with the Fox satellites, there's no
> telemetry
> > details page available for Falconsat-3.
> >
> > http://tlm.amsatfox.org/tlm/FalconSat-3/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=TLMDB
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Paul, N8HM
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:16 PM Mark Jessop via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb@?????.???>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Data has been observed from Falconsat-3 as of 01:13Z today (4th Jan
> > 2020),
> > > on this SatNOGS observation:
> > > https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1483010/
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Mark VK5QI
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:11 PM Kevin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is Falconsat-3 down? last couple passes I see a signal but it looks
> > like
> > > > gibberish.
> > > >
> > > > Could be me but just checking.
> > > >
> > > > 73
> > > > Kevin WA7FWF
> > > >
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