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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test access with?
(James French)
2. SSTV images test from ISS at 12 October 2008. (Cor)
3. AO7 DX - best possible? (Dr. Jay Garlitz)
4. Diplexer question (Tim Tapio)
5. Question answered (Tim Tapio)
6. [ans] ANS-286B AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Dee)
7. DX on satellites (Jim Danehy)
8. Re: DX on satellites (n3tl(AT)bellsouth.net)
9. Re: Diplexer question (Diane Bruce)
10. First ISS SSTV Picture Received in UK (David Barber)
11. Richard Garriott on Orbit!! SSTV Gallery and Blog
(Frank H. Bauer)
12. ISS SSTV image Received! (Cor)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:40:43 -0400
From: James French <w8iss(AT)wideopenwest.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test
access with?
To: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg(AT)hotmail.com>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <1223815244.28129.3.camel(AT)localhost>
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That was it.
Because it was missing those two files, it just couldn't do anything
which caused the closers and crashes.
I can't explain it WHY those two files would not be included but it
seems to the way things are done when setting up for the repositories.
Thanks,
James W8ISS
=====
On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 19:59 -0700, Greg D. wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> Well, it looks like it created your qth file ok, so it's not a permissions
thing. But you don't seem to have a satellite database nor elements. I've
attached mine, just for starters. Toss them in your ~/.predict directory, and
see if that helps. We're on different versions, but hopefully they didn't
change much.
>
> Hope this works, otherwise I'm out of ideas...
>
> Greg KO6TH
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test access
with?
> > From: w8iss(AT)wideopenwest.com
> > To: ko6th_greg(AT)hotmail.com
> > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:58:54 -0400
> >
> > This is what I get when I ' ls -l ' for /.predict:
> >
> > w8iss-debian:/home/w8iss/.predict# ls -l
> > total 8
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 w8iss w8iss 27 2008-10-11 19:08 predict.qth
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 w8iss w8iss 29 2008-10-11 16:24 predict.qth~
> > w8iss-debian:/home/w8iss/.predict#
> >
> > I don't get past the first initial screen of adding my qth...:(
> >
> > James W8ISSS
> > =====
> > On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 16:50 -0700, Greg D. wrote:
> >> What do you have in your ~/.predict directory? There should be something
like this:
> >>
> >> greg(AT)p3200:~> ll ~/.predict
> >> total 24
> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 greg users 6967 2007-10-01 20:08 predict.db
> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 greg users 24 2008-03-09 10:58 predict.qth
> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 greg users 3540 2008-09-28 10:24 predict.tle
> >> greg(AT)p3200:~>
> >>
> >> I'm guessing that it's trying to write the predict.qth file, and getting
an error. Can you update the Keps without it bombing out?
> >>
> >> Greg KO6TH
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------
> >>> Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test
access with?
> >>> From: w8iss(AT)wideopenwest.com
> >>> To: ko6th_greg(AT)hotmail.com
> >>> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:40:59 -0400
> >>>
> >>> I am currently on the latest Debian, 4.0 with all updates installed.
> >>> I have had this same problem on Ubuntu also. Does the same thing even
> >>> under root.
> >>>
> >>> Version of PREDICT is 2.2.3. I start it up and it gives me the greeting
> >>> screen and then I can go to edit in my station info. Right after I hit
> >>> enter for my altitude, it jumps out to the w8iss-debian:/home/w8iss#
> >>>
> >>> I have used PREDICT in the past and would like to have it again for the
> >>> voice announcements mainly plus have the server access from ANY of my
> >>> machines on my network. I am trying to cut back on how many machines are
> >>> running during the day. I can have as many as four machines running
> >>> just because I need all those serial ports for things...:( plus one box
> >>> is a dedicated MythTV setup that I am thinking I might put PREDICT on
> >>> for the server as I don't run a monitor or TV to it unless I am watching
> >>> recordings.
> >>>
> >>> James W8ISS
> >>> =====
> >>> On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 15:24 -0700, Greg D. wrote:
> >>>> Hi James,
> >>>>
> >>>> Wow, never seen this. Sounds like you have a files permissions issue
somewhere. What version, and how was it compiled? Where do you run it from?
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm running a modified version of Predict 2.2.1 on my system (but it's
behind a firewall, so you won't be able to connect to it). I cd to the
directory where the program is (where it was compiled), and run it from there.
The TLE and QTH files are in ~/.predict, which, of course, I have r/w access
to (mode 755). The files themselves are 644. If I recall, everything was
done from my own account, not root.
> >>>>
> >>>> Greg KO6TH
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ----------------------------------------
> >>>>> From: w8iss(AT)wideopenwest.com
> >>>>> To: AMSAT-BB(AT)amsat.org
> >>>>> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:59:20 -0400
> >>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test access
with?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I can't get PREDICT to run on my linux systems for some reason and
would
> >>>>> like to access a online PREDICT server for my PREDICT-GSAT program
until
> >>>>> I can fiqure out why PREDICT won't run on any of my systems.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> FYI, I have PREDICT loaded but it keeps going to the edit location
> >>>>> screen each time I start. I enter my information each time and it
shuts
> >>>>> down each time.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> James W8ISS
> >>>>>
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:47:11 +0200
From: "Cor" <spacecor(AT)hetnet.nl>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV images test from ISS at 12 October 2008.
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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Hello All,
Current Exp.17 crew will trie to send SSTV test images at 12 Oct. 2008 between
18:00 - 21:00UTC (on 145.800Mhz FM).
This images do not come from Richard Garriott because he is now in
the SoyuzTMA13 on the way to ISS.
Richard Garriott first SSTV images will be expected at 14Oct. 2008.
More information (from ARISS) is to see below.
73's Cor PD0RKC
http://iss.ontwikkel.nl
October 12, 2008
RICHARD GARRIOTT LAUNCHES TO SPACE
On Sunday, October 12, Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, is scheduled to begin his
journey to the International Space Station (ISS) as he blasts off into space
via a Russian Soyuz and docks with the ISS two days later; he is due to return
to Earth on Thursday, October 23.
Richard, the sixth private citizen to be accepted by the Russian Federal Space
Agency (RKA) for a short-term mission on the ISS, is the son of Owen Garriott,
W5LFL. In 1983, Owen was the first ham to make QSOs from space. Richard said
he plans to build on his father's legacy by also making QSOs from the ISS: He
plans to perform several school contacts and downlink slow scan television
images during his flight, as well as contact the general ham community in his
free time and perform random scout contacts during Jamboree on the Air (JOTA).
Richard and Owen have been working as a team to plan how to cram in all of the
objectives Richard hopes to achieve in space, including scientific
experiments.
Richard and Owen sent this message to all hams:
"We are both very pleased and appreciative of the ARISS and ARRL support in
making the voice and SSTV ham operations more fun, interesting to the public,
and valuable for research on Richard's flight this October. One of the most
exciting aspects of living and working in space is the chance to look back at
the Earth. Owen had one of the first opportunities to do this 35 years ago on
Skylab. He also had the first opportunity to talk with the ham community from
space 25 years ago aboard [NASA shuttle mission] STS-9. Richard now has the
opportunity to connect with the ham community almost exactly 25 years after
his father's shuttle flight and 35 years after Skylab. One of Richard's
primary objectives with his flight is to photograph the Earth 35 years after
the first orbital laboratory and look for changes on the Earth in the
intervening time."
"While Richard is at the ISS window, he will be operating the amateur SSTV
equipment and sending its images down to hams around the world. These
downlinks can then be sent to an ARISS central repository for delayed and
wider use. We further expect to be able to compare many of the images with
near simultaneous, handheld, high resolution digital photo images".
"We are very excited to share this experience with the Amateur Radio
community, and thank our fellow hams for their support of this project."
A website has been established to enable amateur radio operators to share
their pictures received from the International Space Station's SSTV system.
People wishing to view photos captured from the ISS or upload their own
captured pictures can go to http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV/. There is also a
blog in which the ARISS SSTV Team will post announcements and additional
information about the project. The blog can be viewed at http://www.ariss-
sstv.blogspot.com/.
The ARISS team received word from ARISS Russia delegate Sergey Samburov,
RV3DR, that the current ISS crew expect to transmit SSTV on October 12 from
18:00-21:00 UTC. This is your opportunity to test out your SSTV reception
capability and to post images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery. The planned downlink
for this operation will be 145.80 MHz with Robot 36 as the expected SSTV mode
of operation.
73
Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:47:58 -0400
From: "Dr. Jay Garlitz" <drjay(AT)gatordental.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO7 DX - best possible?
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <F3C1CFAB7547428C90F837C9505EE091(AT)home>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I have worked and confirmed by QSL what appears to be an AO7 DX record,
LU2DPW (GF05gi) to W4DFU at the University of Florida Club Station (EL89tp),
7537 KM according to TinyLocator software. See www.gatorradio.org
<http://www.gatorradio.org/> for the card and info. It took CW to do so
with not much more time other than to exchange calls, grids and reports.
I have heard OH8MBN in CW once from the home QTH (EL89wo). That calculates
at 7813KM and is probably not enough time to exchange all info. Perhaps with
a perfect pass and schedule.just to wet everyone's appetite as to what is
possible on AO7.so get on and work some DX!
73, Jay AA4FL
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:30:03 -0400
From: "Tim Tapio" <tim(AT)timtapio.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Diplexer question
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <000301c92c77$045e5070$0d1af150$(AT)com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I'm installing a diplexer on my downlink side. Since I'm running two
antennas, do I just leave the 145 MHz alone or is it more better to
terminate it with a 50 ohm load I suspect the load is a better answer.
Does the preamp go prior to the diplexer? Or after?
Thanks and 73 de Tim, K4SHF FM04
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:36:21 -0400
From: "Tim Tapio" <tim(AT)timtapio.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Question answered
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <000801c92c77$e5fd8fa0$b1f8aee0$(AT)com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
A google search found the response I was looking for.
73 de Tim, K4SHF FM04
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:44:37 -0400
From: Dee <morsesat(AT)optonline.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] [ans] ANS-286B AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
Cc: "amsat-bb(AT)AMSAT.Org" <amsat-bb(AT)AMSAT.Org>
Message-ID: <48F20D55.5050002(AT)optonline.net>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-286B
**************************************************************
*** 2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting ***
*** October 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia ***
**************************************************************
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(AT)amsat.org
In this edition:
* AMSAT Symposium 2 Weeks Away
* More info on XW-1
* AMSAT Awards
* SSTV Adventures
* ARISS Status - 6 October 2008
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-286.01
AMSAT Symposium 2 Weeks Away
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 12, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-286.01
The AMSAT Symposium is only 2 weeks away. Scheduled in Atlanta this
year, there are many new ideas and directions the BOD wants to steer the
organization towards. Remember, the BOD meeting is open to the general
membership. You can sit in the audience and watch the
progress of the BOD as they finalize decisions.
The rest of the weekend will include a fine lineup of presentations by
those "rocket scientists" we've heard so much about. Talk to the
various committee members and ask your important burning questions on
your favorite subjects. Saturday night is the Banquet for all to enjoy.
Join the fun and sign up at the AMSAT website by following the keys to
the symposium forum.
Special Note:
Daniel Schultz, N8FQV will be that Banquet speaker at the 2008 AMSAT
Symposium. Dan will be talking about the upcoming Hubble Repair Mission.
Be sure and sign up soon for the Symposium and Banquet, it is only two
weeks away.
You can count on Dan presenting and entertaining and informative talk
and bring along some great NASA photographs.
Information and reservations for the 2008 Symposium can be found on the
AMSAT web site at www.amsat.org .
ICOM has donated an IC-910 to give away to one of the people attending
the Symposium, so register soon and attend.
Thanks,
Gould
[ANS thanks the 2008 Symposium Committee & Gould, WA4SXM, for the above
information]
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-286.02
More info on XW-1
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 12, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-286.02
Here are some details about upcoming Chinese XW-1:
>
> Orbit: Sun Synchronous Orbit
> Altitude: 499km
> Inclination: 98 degrees
> Period: 94 minutes
>
> Weight: 35kg
> Size: 550mm * 350mm
> Temperature: -20 to +45C
> Power: Li ion battery: 16Ah
> Long-term maximum power: 8W
> Short-term maximum power: 18W
>
> Payload:
> Amateur radio payload: 5.2kg
> Youngster's experiment payload: 1.6kg
> CMOS camera: 0.2kg
>
> About amateur radio payload:
> Beacon: 435Mhz, CW 20dBm
> Linear transponder: RX: 145Mhz, TX: 435Mhz, 40KHz, 30dBm
> FM Transponder: RX: 145Mhz, TX: 435Mhz, 16KHz, 30dBm
> Digital store and forward transponder: RX: 145Mhz, TX: 435Mhz, 16KHz,
30dBm
>
> 145Mhz RX Antenna: 2dBi, 135 degree, LHCP, unpacked by remote control
after entering the orbit.
> 435Mhz TX antenna: 2dBi, 135 degree, RHCP, unpacked by remote control
after entering the orbit.
>
[ANS thanks Michael, BD5RV/4, for the above information]
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-286.03
AMSAT Awards
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 12, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-286.03
I am catching up with awards that were delayed due to hurricane Ike. If
you don't see your name in this list, drop me an email as I might have
lost an email or two.
We would like to welcome the following to the satellite community. They
have made their first satellite contact and are now members of the AMSAT
Satellite Communicators Club.
Cherouvim Christos, SW1EIX
Joseph Seibert, AL1F
David Worboys, KG4ZLB
The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement
Award.
Robert Netzband, NA2H #467
Allen Vinegar, W8KHP #468
Marc Sullivan, WA2S #469
Peter Carr, WW3O #470
Eddie Lawrence, KF4ZMT #471
David Gendle, K4DLG #472
Tim Lilley, N3TL #473
Dwight Fletcher, N1RCN #474
The following have earned the AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications
Achievement Award.
Robert Netzband, NA2H #US123
Allen Vinegar, W8KHP #US124
Luc Leblanc, VE2DWE #US125
Marc Sullivan, WA2S #US126
The following have earned the AMSAT W4AMI Satellite Communications
Achievement Award.
Doug Papay, KD8CAO #52
To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or
http://www.amsatnet.com
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information]
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-286.04
SSTV Adventures
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 12, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-286.04
The ARISS team has a lot of exciting activities planned for the next few
weeks, including the flight of Soyuz 17S to space station with Richard
Garriott, W5KWQ and Mike Fincke, KE5AIT on-board. The following
represents some new information and capabilities that we are rolling out
to the community to prepare for Richard's and Mike's flight. Please go
to www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, www.arrl.org and www.issfanclub.com for
real-time information updates.
The ARISS SSTV team announces the new ARISS SSTV Web Gallery and Blog.
A website has been established to enable amateur radio operators to
share their pictures received from the International Space Station's
SSTV system. People wishing to view photos captured from the ISS or
upload their own captured pictures can go to
http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV/. There is also
a blog in which the ARISS SSTV Team will post announcements and
additional information about the project. The blog can be viewed at
http://www.ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/.
To prepare for the upcoming SSTV operations, you are welcome to "try
out" the new Web Gallery by posting past SSTV images (on-orbit and
terrestrial). These will be deleted prior to the ARISS SSTV events that
are planned for this weekend and during ISS Expedition 17 and Richard
Garriott's flight (see below).
ISS SSTV Operations Planned for October 12
The ARISS team received word from ARISS Russia delegate Sergey Samburov,
RV3DR, that the current ISS crew expect to transmit SSTV on October 12
from 18:00-21:00 UTC. This is your opportunity to test out your SSTV
reception capability and to post images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery. The
planned downlink for this operation will be 145.80 MHz with Robot 36 as
the expected SSTV mode of operation.
Good luck receiving SSTV images this weekend, and from the ISS during
Richard Garriott's flight.
Richard Garriott Operations
As stated previously, Richard plans to perform several school contacts
and downlink SSTV images during his flight. He also plans to contact
the general ham community in his free time and perform random scout
contacts during Jamboree on the Air. SSTV downlinks are planned on
145.80. SSTV uplinks are not currently planned. The standard general
contact frequencies will be used to support the Jamboree on the Air and
general QSO passes.
So that you are not calling CQ for naught, Richard's school contacts,
thanks to Will Marchant, KC6ROL, Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, and Sergey
Samburov, RV3DR, are tentatively scheduled as follows:
Challenger Learning Center Combined Contact #1,
telebridge via W6SRJ; on Thu 2008-10-16 16:39 UTC
Howard B. Owens Science Center's Challenger Center (Lanham, MD)
Challenger Learning Center of Columbia (Columbia, SC)
Verizon Challenger Learning Center at MOSI (Tampa, FL)
Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center (Brownsburg, IN)
Budbrooke Primary School, Warwick, England, direct via GB4OBS Fri
2008-10-17 11:05 UTC
Challenger Learning Center Combined Contact #2,
telebridge via W6SRJ; on Fri 2008-10-17 15:30 UTC
Indianapolis Challenger Learning Center (Indianapolis, IN)
Challenger Learning Center at Paducah (Paducah, KY)
Challenger Learning Center St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
Austin Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy, Austin, TX, direct via K5LBJ Sun
2008-10-19 13:14 UTC
Pinehurst School, Ashland, Oregon, telebridge via W6SRJ Mon 2008-10-20
15:13 UTC
National Planetarium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN Tues
2008-10-21 08:30 UTC
73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
ARISS International Chairman
[ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO, for the above information]
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-286.05
ARISS Status - 06 October 2008
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 12, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-286.05
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
October 6, 2008
1. Upcoming School Contacts
Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani in Conversano, Bari, Italy has been
scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact on Tuesday, October 7 at 11:29 UTC. Students have been
introduced to amateur radio and have covered the importance of space
missions. Media coverage is expected to include newspapers, radio and
television.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has
been scheduled with Buchanan High School in Clovis, California on
Saturday, October 11 at 16:10 UTC. Telebridge station NN1SS in
Greenbelt, Maryland will assist with the contact. This event has been
requested to coincide with the school?s ?Columbia Mission,? a
student-organized mock shuttle mission.
Challenger Learning Centers in Lanham, Maryland, Columbia, South
Carolina, Tampa, Florida and Brownsburg, Indiana have been scheduled for
an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on
Thursday, October 16 at 16:39 UTC. The contact will be made possible
through telebridge station W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, California.
Budbrooke Primary School in Warwick, Warwickshire, England has been
scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact on Friday, October 17 at 11:05 UTC. Students have been
learning about space exploration and how it has changed in the last 40
years. Spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, intends to take
part in this contact.
Challenger Learning Centers in Indianapolis, Indiana, Paducah, Kentucky
and St. Louis, Missouri have been slated for an Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, October 17 at
15:30 UTC. Telebridge station W6SRJ will assist with the contact.
The Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) High School in Austin, Texas
has been scheduled for a direct Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) contact on Sunday, October 19 at 13:14 UTC. The school
is an advanced academic magnet school in the Austin Independent School
District and hosts gifted and talented students from all over the
District. Ninth through twelfth graders are enrolled in the ?SciTech?
course in which they develop skills in mechanical engineering and
computer processing, and ?Planet Earth? which focuses on the dynamic
relationship between the planet and its life, tracing it through the
Earth?s geologic history. They are also taking ?Anatomy and Physiology?
and ?Medical Microbiology.? Space and space travel has been
incorporated into these courses. An elective course in Amateur Radio is
offered as part of the curriculum and covers radio waves and
frequencies, antenna systems and designs, and satellite tracking and
communications. Spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, expects
to take part in this contact.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has
been scheduled for Pinehurst School in Ashland, Oregon on Monday,
October 20 at 15:13 UTC via the telebridge station W6SRJ in California.
Pinehurst is a small rural school with grades K-8. Students have been
learning about the International Space Station and the history and
technology of space travel. They have also been engaged in amateur
radio projects. Guest speakers have been scheduled to give presentations
on space related subjects. Newspaper, television and radio coverage is
anticipated.
The National Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has been scheduled
for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact
with spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, on Tuesday,
October 21 at 08:30 UTC. The contact was requested for ?The National
Space Challenge, Prime Minister?s Trophy 2008,? which will be held on
October 21-25, 2008. The National Space Challenge is a program that was
created in an effort to instill talents and desire in students,
especially those at the primary school levels, towards the understanding
of space. A total of 32 schools are involved in this challenge, and each
school will send two student participants. Students have been building
solar system models. They have participated in quizzes and treasure
hunts that involve space related objects. They have also participated
in public speaking, giving presentations about various space topics. At
night, telescope workshops and observation sessions have allowed
students to observe and learn more about space objects. Media coverage
is planned.
2. Astronaut Training Status
On Thursday, September 25, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP,
participated in a simulated contact during an Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) training session. Noguchi is an
Expedition 20 crewmember and will fly in November 2009.
3. ARISS Presentations at 2008 AMSAT-NA Symposium
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) will hold its Annual
Meeting and Space Symposium on October 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia. ARISS
(Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) Hardware Manager Lou
McFadin, W5DID, will give a presentation on the SuitSat-2 status and
ARISS Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, will give an update on the ARISS
program.
[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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Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA
http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:07:44 -0400
From: "Jim Danehy" <jdanehy(AT)cinci.rr.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] DX on satellites
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <37E07654685B4F89B1752A28ED6C7BBA(AT)JamesPC>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Congratulations to Jay AA4FL on his DX accomplishment. I am a relative
newcomer to the satellite game. I have been lucky to have worked just about
every DX entity that has come along for the last 50 years. I find that there
is little interest in CW on the satellites. That is not surprising since there
is little interest in CW in the HF spectrum. I enjoy both DXing and
ragchewing. I have watched many FO 29 passes over Europe where my signal is
good copy but no activity. Not surprising since it is 3 AM in Europe. If
anyone in Europe would like to try a schedule with me on FO 29 I would be
interested. I am primarily a CW operator too (my preference).
Every year I see many DXpeditions to various spots in the Caribbean for
contest activity. It would be great if these groups would get on the
satellites and spice up the birds. I have thought about going to OX
(Greenland) next Summer where I could access both Europe and a lot of North
America on both the FM satellites as well as those with SSB/CW. Is there any
real interest in working DX (rhetorical question) ?
I have heard a couple of Central American stations get ignored on the FM
satellites while stations swap reports for the umpteenth time between
themselves.
FO 29 gives plenty of DX capability but rarely have I heard it utilized. I
work Europe on AO 7 but FO 29 appears to be better in my opinion.
Anyone interested in a sked from NA to EU ? Any interest in working OX
(Greenland) ?
73 Jim W9VNE
EM79tb
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:27:22 +0000
From: n3tl(AT)bellsouth.net
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DX on satellites
To: "Jim Danehy" <jdanehy(AT)cinci.rr.com>, <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID:
<101220081527.23287.48F21759000BF6BE00005AF722218683269B0A02D2089B9A019C
04040A0DBF049BCC02(AT)att.net>
Content-Type: text/plain
Hey Jim (and all),
Sign me up on the list for those interested in working OX from orbit! As you
and some others know, my approach to this whole game is "old school" to say
the least. I continue to enjoy the challenge - and, yes, to endure the
frustration a times - of doing everything manually. AO-7 is proving to be the
biggest challenge in that regard, but FO-29 has been quite the opposite - as
you know because we've worked on FO-29.
AO-16 is just a hoot, and very historic because of a bent pipe mode of
operation that also includes the FM-to-DSB conversion.
I preferred to work CW, too, when I was active on the HF bands in the 1980s
and early 1990s. I wish now that I'd never given away my Bencher when I
donated all my ham gear to an ARES group 4 years ago. I never expected paddles
to be as pricey as they are now, but I have to bite the bullet and do
something because the two used radios I picked up for the CW/SSB satellites
both have keyers built in. I'll be answering your CQs in CW soon!
73 to all,
Tim - N3TL
AMSAT Member No. 36820
Athens, Ga. - EM84ha
-------------- Original message from "Jim Danehy" <jdanehy(AT)cinci.rr.com>: -
-------------
Congratulations to Jay AA4FL on his DX accomplishment. I am a relative
newcomer to the satellite game. I have been lucky to have worked just about
every DX entity that has come along for the last 50 years. I find that there
is little interest in CW on the satellites. That is not surprising since there
is little interest in CW in the HF spectrum. I enjoy both DXing and
ragchewing. I have watched many FO 29 passes over Europe where my signal is
good copy but no activity. Not surprising since it is 3 AM in Europe. If
anyone in Europe would like to try a schedule with me on FO 29 I would be
interested. I am primarily a
> CW operator too (my preference).
> Every year I see many DXpeditions to various spots in the Caribbean for
contest activity. It would be great if these groups would get on the
satellites and spice up the birds. I have thought about going to OX
(Greenland) next Summer where I could access both Europe and a lot of North
America on both the FM
> satellites as well as those with SSB/CW. Is there any real interest in
working
> DX (rhetorical question) ?
>
> I have heard a couple of Central American stations get ignored on the FM
> satellites while stations swap reports for the umpteenth time between
> themselves.
>
> FO 29 gives plenty of DX capability but rarely have I heard it utilized. I
work
> Europe on AO 7 but FO 29 appears to be better in my opinion.
>
> Anyone interested in a sked from NA to EU ? Any interest in working OX
> (Greenland) ?
>
> 73 Jim W9VNE
> EM79tb
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:57:16 -0400
From: Diane Bruce <db(AT)db.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Diplexer question
To: Tim Tapio <tim(AT)timtapio.com>
Cc: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <20081012145716.GA11162(AT)night.db.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:30:03AM -0400, Tim Tapio wrote:
> I'm installing a diplexer on my downlink side. Since I'm running two
> antennas, do I just leave the 145 MHz alone or is it more better to
> terminate it with a 50 ohm load I suspect the load is a better answer.
A diplexer (in this case) is simply two filters, a low pass filter
for 145mhz coupled to a high pass filter for 430mhz.
Normally a filter "wants" to be terminated properly to work properly,
but in this case, the 145mhz low pass filter is far enough away from the
430mhz high pass filter it won't matter. However, it should be capped to
keep any potential noise from coming in through that port and end up
internally radiating inside the filter. It wouldn't be much noise
but it doesn't hurt, besides it will keep the water out.
A 50 ohm bnc terminator as used to be used with cheapernet would do it,
if you happened to have one in the junkbox, or just solder a piece of
copper/brass/pcb on the end of a connector (pl-259 say) to cap it..
>
> Does the preamp go prior to the diplexer? Or after?
The preamp is going to amplify the noise if it "sees" it. The filter
should be in front of the preamp. Unless you are planning on doing EME
the loss of nf won't bother you.
> Thanks and 73 de Tim, K4SHF FM04
- 73 Diane VA3DB
--
- db(AT)FreeBSD.org db(AT)db.net http://www.db.net/~db
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:04:36 +0100
From: "David Barber" <david.barber(AT)dbelectronics.co.uk>
Subject: [amsat-bb] First ISS SSTV Picture Received in UK
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <68B273E58B1D4DBABA2A56DF744419D9(AT)DBXPPPOR>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Just received the first SSTV picture from the ISS.
MAREX-NA ISS SpaceCam 1
Registered to: RS0ISS
Time Stamped RS0ISS_20081012T1652Z
David
G8OQW
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:16:52 -0400
From: "Frank H. Bauer" <ka3hdo(AT)comcast.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Richard Garriott on Orbit!! SSTV Gallery and
Blog
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <003101c92c8e$528d7430$6400a8c0(AT)hq.nasa.gov>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
All,
Richard Garriott is now on-orbit. Launch occurred at 3:01 ET this morning.
The crew plans to dock with ISS on October 14.
In preparation for the SSTV activity on ISS, the ARISS team is encouraging
hams to upload their AO-51 and ISS SSTV pictures on the ARISS SSTV Gallery.
In addition, we are posting late breaking information and pictures on the
ARISS SSTV blog.
The blog is at:
http://www.ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/
And the gallery is at:
http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV/
There are links at the Gallery site to submit your SSTV pictures. And their
are helpful hints to prepare for SSTV on Richard Garriott's flight.
We appreciate you submitting pictures to the gallery.
73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
ARISS International Chairman
-----Original Message-----
From: ariss-sstv-bounces(AT)amsat.org [mailto:ariss-sstv-bounces(AT)amsat.org]
On
Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:47 AM
To: Will Marchant; ariss-sstv(AT)amsat.org
Subject: [Ariss-sstv] Bad Link!
Gentlemen, the link on the blog to the ariss-sstv page goes to a outlook web
login!
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Marchant" <kc6rol(AT)amsat.org>
To: <ariss-sstv(AT)amsat.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:45 PM
Subject: [Ariss-sstv] Prototype web pages
> Greetings SSTV Team:
> The "public" web page is at http://amsat.com/~ARISS/SSTV/index.php and
> the URL to that will change to be something shorter and more intuitive.
>
> The editorial page is at http://amsat.com/~ARISS/SSTV/review.php and you
> should all have accounts there now.
>
> Please don't give these URLs out to anyone outside the team. The
> pictures that are on this page are for testing purposes. We'll need to
> clean those off before we announce the pages to the public.
> 73,
> Will
>
> --
> Will Marchant, NAR 13356, Tripoli 10125 L3, AMA 800142, FBIS
> kc6rol(AT)amsat.org http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/will/
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:16:57 +0200
From: "Cor" <spacecor(AT)hetnet.nl>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV image Received!
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <006701c92c8e$54efce30$6401a8c0(AT)HOOFDCOMPUTER>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hello All,
I just received an ISS SSTV image at 12 Oct. 2008 (16:56UTC).
Orbit number 56.702.
http://iss.ontwikkel.nl/ISSTV/12Oct2008_1656UTC_ISS_orbit_56702a.jpg
73's Cor PD0RKC
Ham Radio In Space: http://iss.ontwikkel.nl
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