• ARRL Satellite Bulletin

    From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to All on Tue Nov 30 13:40:52 2021

    SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS010
    ARLS010 Slow-Scan TV Transmissions from ISS Set for December 1 - 2

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    Space Bulletin 010 ARLS010
    From ARRL Headquarters
    Newington, CT November 30, 2021
    To all radio amateurs

    SB SPACE ARL ARLS010
    ARLS010 Slow-Scan TV Transmissions from ISS Set for December 1 - 2

    Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) plan to
    transmit slow-scan TV (SSTV) images on December 1 - 2 on 145.800 MHz
    FM using SSTV mode PD120.

    The transmissions from RS0ISS will be part of the Moscow Aviation
    Institute SSTV experiment (MAI-75) and will originate in the Russian
    ISS Service Module (Zvezda) using a Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver.
    Transmissions are scheduled for December 1 from 1210 - 1910 UTC and
    December 2 from 1140 - 1720 UTC. Dates and times are subject to
    change.

    The signal should be receivable on a handheld transceiver with a
    quarter-wave whip antenna. Use the widest channel spacing.

    Predictions for ISS pass times are available on the AMSAT website
    at, https://www.amsat.org/track/ .

    Visit the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
    SSTV blog at https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ for more information.
    NNNN
    /EX
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    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:2320/33)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to All on Tue Dec 21 14:52:58 2021

    SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS012
    ARLS012 New Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Could Launch on December
    25

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    Space Bulletin 012 ARLS012
    From ARRL Headquarters
    Newington, CT December 21, 2021
    To all radio amateurs

    SB SPACE ARL ARLS012
    ARLS012 New Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Could Launch on December
    25

    The CAMSAT XW-3 (CAS-9) amateur radio satellite has been installed
    on the CZ-4C Y39 launch vehicle at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch
    Center in China, and related work is in progress as planned,
    CAMSAT's Alan Kung, BA1DU, reports.

    "If all goes well, the satellite will be launched on December 25,
    2021." The orbit will be a circular Sun-synchronous orbit with an
    altitude of 770.1 kilometers. The XW-3 (CAS-9) user manual has more
    details.

    The 100 mW linear transponder will have an uplink frequency of
    145.870 MHz and a downlink frequency of 435.18 MHz (transponder
    passband is 30 kHz, inverted). The satellite will have a CW beacon
    on 435.575 MHz.
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    /EX
    --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:2320/33)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to All on Mon Jan 9 15:21:49 2023

    SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS001
    ARLS001 More Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the International
    Space Station

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    Space Bulletin 001 ARLS001
    From ARRL Headquarters 
    Newington, CT January 9, 2023
    To all radio amateurs

    SB SPACE ARL ARLS001
    ARLS001 More Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the International
    Space Station

    Three of the four new astronauts on February's planned launch of the
    SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are
    amateur radio operators.

    The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-6 mission are,
    Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg,
    Mission Specialist Sultan Al Nedayi, and Commander Stephen Bowen.
    Photo Courtesy of SpaceX.

    Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg, KB3HTZ; Commander Stephen Bowen,
    KI5BKB, and Mission Specialist Sultan Al Neyadi, KI5VTV, will join
    Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev on board the SpaceX Dragon
    spacecraft, Endeavour.

    The spacecraft will be atop a Falcon 9 rocket and, while a launch
    date has not been selected, the earliest date would be mid-February
    2023.

    All crew members have learned about Amateur Radio on the
    International Space Station (ARISS), received guidance on studying
    and testing, and learned how to operate the ARISS radios and the
    basics of on-the-air protocol from ARISS team members at NASA's
    Johnson Space Center.

    The crew will be able to participate in ARISS, using the ham radio
    station on the ISS to contact schools and other educational
    institutions.

    ARISS is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio
    societies and the space agencies that support the ISS. In the US,
    participating organizations include NASA, the ISS National Lab, ARRL
    The National Association for Amateur Radio, and AMSAT.
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    /EX
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    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:2320/33)