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Today's Topics:
1. WD9EWK @ DM23/DM24 tomorrow morning (21 January 2020)
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
2. Cubesat projects in the SF Bay area? (Cathryn Mataga)
3. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-21 15:30 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
4. Taurus-1 Status (Vincenzo Mone)
5. Re: Taurus-1 Status (Scott)
6. Google Summer of Code - mentorship application update!
(Michelle Thompson)
7. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-22 19:30 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
8. Warning Label, One Antenna To Do It All (Wes Baden)
9. Re: Warning Label, One Antenna To Do It All (Jerry Buxton)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:58:04 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ DM23/DM24 tomorrow morning (21 January
2020)
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Hi!
I will be operating from the DM23/DM24 grid boundary in western Arizona
tomorrow (Tuesday, 21 January) morning. Depending on traffic, I hope to
be out there around 1530-1600 UTC. I will be running APRS as WD9EWK-9,
and my location should be visible on web sites like:
http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9
I plan on working FM and SSB satellites, and maybe a FalconSat-3 pass
as well. Updates on my operating tomorrow will be posted to my @??????
Twitter account. If you do not use Twitter, you can see these updates
in a web browser at:
http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World when I return home. QSL
cards are also available on request. No need to first mail me a QSL
card or SASE - just e-mail me the QSO details. If you're in the log, I
will send a card.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @?????? or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:46:25 -0800
From: Cathryn Mataga <cathryn@????????????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Cubesat projects in the SF Bay area?
Message-ID: <26631b95-2261-1ecc-200a-f7106ff63095@????????????.???>
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Are there any Cubesat projects in the SF Bay area, that would be
accepting volunteers of any kind? (Asking for a friend.)
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:38:58 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-21
15:30 UTC
Message-ID: <475151080.9854049.1579621138127@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-21 15:30 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg
?
Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg
Watch for a live stream starting about 15 minutes before AOS at:
www.ariotti.com?(***)
?
?
Primary School ?Jovan Jovanovi? Zmaj?, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, direct via
YU7BPQ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Tue 2020-01-28 15:51:19 UTC 48 deg (***)?
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://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
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
?
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?2020-01-21 15:30 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
?
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
?
?
The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-14 03:00 UTC.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
?
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://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
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
?
Message to US Educators
?
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station?
?
Contact Opportunity?
?
Call for Proposals?
?
Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
?
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is
seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations,
individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a
crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window
will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January
1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the
exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is
looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and
integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.?
?
The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021
will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal
information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS
Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is
at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be
covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your
schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up
is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?.
?
The Opportunity?
?
Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in
scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10
minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through
a question-and-answer session.?
?
An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio
between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms
and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity
to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space
and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will
have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless
technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight
and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations
must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of
the radio contact.?
?
Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and
space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational
organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer
efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable
communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using
Amateur Radio.??
?
More Information
?
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal
guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars,
go to www.ariss.org.
?
Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education@?????.???.?
?
About ARISS:
?
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
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, engineering, 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.
?
******************************************************************************
**
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.
?
For the application, go to:? https://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) https://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 https://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:
?
Francesco IK?WGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 137
Sergey RV3DR with 131
Gaston ON4WF with 123
?
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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 1375.
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1308.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
?
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
?
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and
the Virgin Islands.
?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
?
QSL information may be found at:
https://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
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.
rtf
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
?
Exp. 60 on orbit
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Alexander Skvortsov
Drew Morgan KI5AAA
?
Exp. 61 on orbit
Oleg Skripochka
Jessica Meir
?
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
?
?
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:20:44 +0100
From: "Vincenzo Mone" <vimone@?????.??>
To: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Taurus-1 Status
Message-ID:
<!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAALgqrd2N1rRAiaQvRd7pgRDCgAAAEAAAAHwxTVGcZAlFqfzrzZzSAJ
IBAAAAAA==@?????.??>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi folks,
Please anybody can tell me the status of Taurus-1?
Is it still alive?
Thanks
Enzo
73 de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
EasyLog PDA BetaTester
WinBollet BetaTester
D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
Skype: ik8ozv8520
*********************************
****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ******
***** SMS +39 328 7110193 *****
*********************************
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:43:14 -0500
From: Scott <scott23192@?????.???>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Taurus-1 Status
Message-ID:
<CAJCSnOZCP0jaUkJDLOSd8L-p66yi5xoKLW8OFKNF2gA6hD_Z_A@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Good question! With so many satellites in orbit, they compete for our
monitoring time.
So, it's been many weeks since I have tried Taurus-1. Up until that time,
the digital voice transponder was working fine, but was not really usable
as the spacecraft appeared to be experiencing a high rate of spin.
After seeing your message, I quickly got setup for the 1546 UTC pass here
on 22-Jan even though it was only going to be at 40 deg. max elevation. In
the past that had not quite been enough for me to get in reliably.
In my hurry to get all the apps running to decode the downlink, I made a
mistake so don't have any voice recordings to share. However, looking at
the waterfall, there appeared to be a strong downlink each time I
transmitted on the 2m FM uplink. Also, on replay, several telemetry
packets decoded cleanly and were uploaded to the SatNogs database by the
GNU Radio flowgraph:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w9jkyzx5bu6tqdq/satnogs-db.png?raw=1
... so, while I will need a higher elevation pass (and more careful setup
of the downlink decoder!) to see how Taurus-1 is really doing, it's safe to
say that it's very much alive!
-Scott, K4KDR
=================================
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 7:21 AM Vincenzo Mone via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Please anybody can tell me the status of Taurus-1?
>
> Is it still alive?
>
> Thanks
>
> Enzo
>
> 73 de Enzo IK8OZV
> EasyLog 5 BetaTester
> EasyLog PDA BetaTester
> WinBollet BetaTester
> D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
> Skype: ik8ozv8520
>
> *********************************
> ****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ******
> ***** SMS +39 328 7110193 *****
> *********************************
>
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:09:54 -0800
From: Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application
update!
Message-ID:
<CACvjz2WcDiSjpWTt7xCbfxsvO_XdGJC0h3afhW03+aSJmcumcQ@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Google Summer of Code application is complete!
We are not guaranteed to be accepted, but it will be great if we are.
Applying is a big step forward in representing amateur radio software,
raising awareness of amateur satellite, and involving new audiences. It
puts a positive light on AMSAT and ORI.
I am looking for additional ideas for achievable summer software projects
to add to the list of proposals. We have until 5 February to finalize this
list. What do you think needs attention?
All organizations will be notified of their status on February 20, 2020.
The projects need to be open source. They must support something in or
related to the amateur satellite service. They must be appropriate for
motivated university students to complete over a summer.
The list will be good to have regardless of GSoC acceptance because it can
be used to increase involvement and to produce needed software for the
community. Ideas too ambitious or open-ended for GSoC will be included in a
different list for community reference.
Thank you very much to those that have volunteered to mentor! If you are on
the fence about it or concerned about the level of commitment, then please
know there is a wide range involved. Providing backup support,
encouragement, code review, or document review is a welcome and appreciated
part of the process. My goal is to make it easy to participate at all
levels.
-Michelle W5NYV
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:49:24 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-22
19:30 UTC
Message-ID: <1613889912.10400250.1579722564420@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-22 19:30 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact was successful: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg (***)
?
Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact was successful: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg (***)
Watch for a live stream starting about 15 minutes before AOS at:
www.ariotti.com
?
Agrupamento de Escolas Serafim Leite, S?o Jo?o da Madeira, Portugal, direct
via CS2ASL
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Mon 2020-01-27 16:33:34 UTC 64 deg (***)
?
Primary School ?Jovan Jovanovi? Zmaj?, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, direct via
YU7BPQ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Tue 2020-01-28 15:51:19 UTC 48 deg
?
Possible Russian supported contact with Ecuador, via TBD (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS (***)
The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka (***)
Contact possibly is go for Fri 2020-02-07 14:00 UTC (***)
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://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
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
?
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?2020-01-22 19:30 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
?
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
?
?
The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-01-19 19:30 UTC. (***)
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
?
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://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
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
?
Message to US Educators
?
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station?
?
Contact Opportunity?
?
Call for Proposals?
?
Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
?
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is
seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations,
individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a
crew member on board the ISS.? ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window
will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January
1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the
exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is
looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and
integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.?
?
The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021
will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.? Proposal
information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS
Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is
at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be
covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your
schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up
is?https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com?.
?
The Opportunity?
?
Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in
scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10
minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through
a question-and-answer session.?
?
An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio
between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms
and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity
to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space
and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will
have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless
technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight
and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations
must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of
the radio contact.?
?
Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and
space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational
organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer
efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable
communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using
Amateur Radio.??
?
More Information
?
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal
guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars,
go to www.ariss.org.
?
Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education@?????.???.?
?
About ARISS:
?
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
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, engineering, 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.
?
******************************************************************************
**
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.
?
For the application, go to:? https://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) https://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@???.???.
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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 https://www.ariss.org/
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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.?
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If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details.?
Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.????????????
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http://www.ariss-eu.org/
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If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
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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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Francesco IK?WGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 (***)
Sergey RV3DR with 131
Gaston ON4WF with 123
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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.
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Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1377. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1310. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
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A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
https://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:
https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
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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
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.
rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
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https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 59 on orbit
Christina Koch
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Exp. 60 on orbit
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Alexander Skvortsov
Drew Morgan KI5AAA
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Exp. 61 on orbit
Oleg Skripochka
Jessica Meir
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:14:08 -0500
From: Wes Baden <badencapecod@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Warning Label, One Antenna To Do It All
Message-ID:
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Newbie here--using satellites only for three weeks. I'd appreciate Elmers
offering answers to my second question. The first is asked in jest.
1. Shouldn't there be a warning label on AMSAT web sites and publications,
to the effect, "WARNING: Satellite operation is highly addictive"? I've
been on the air for 63 years, and the fun I'm having is matched only by my
first year operating with a Heathkit AT-1 and Hallicrafters S38D on 40
meter CW.
2. More seriously, I currently am using 70cm and 144 MHz small yagis
mounted separately on tripods on my snow and ice covered deck, fixed at 230
degrees, which however has enabled me to make many contacts (and 16 states
so far). I'm looking to put up "real" antennas in the spring, on a 40 foot
tower. I've always been a "one antenna to do it all" guy on HF, and I
wonder if that also would be possible for both SAT and terrestrial VHF/UHF
QSOs, on CW, SSB and FM. Needless to say, I realize that any such antenna
would represent a compromise, getting the job done ideally but certainly
not be the best performer on one particular band or mode. Comments about
the M2 LEO Package? Great for SAT, and only losing 3 dB, I believe, for
terrestrial communications. And what about somewhat longer linear yagis
(not phased) on the same cross arm but slanted 90 degrees in relation to
each other? So far, in my SAT work, I'm not seeing much in the way of
difference between vertical and horizontal polarization. Presumably slant
polarization works fine on SAT too, and it also would still do the job on
both CW/SSB and FM where you definitely don't want to be 100% vertical
(CW/SSB) or 100% horizontal (FM) and therefor lose 20-30 dB of gain.
Many thanks for your collective wisdom and experience.
Wes NA1ME FN54
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 22:50:42 -0600
From: Jerry Buxton <n0jy@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Warning Label, One Antenna To Do It All
Message-ID: <13933141-a16b-f56f-d339-757e93874a4c@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
On 1/23/2020 16:14, Wes Baden via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> 1. Shouldn't there be a warning label on AMSAT web sites and publications,
> to the effect, "WARNING: Satellite operation is highly addictive"? I've
> been on the air for 63 years, and the fun I'm having is matched only by my
> first year operating with a Heathkit AT-1 and Hallicrafters S38D on 40
> meter CW.
If there were a label I wouldn't have an excuse for why I am doing this
now.? Welcome, hop on the wagon but hold on tight!
Jerry Buxton, N?JY
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