Part of the “job description” for volunteer AMSAT Ambassadors is to “spread the gospel” of working satellites to clubs and conventions. My wife and I (she works the audio board and handles Zoom Chat R

Thanks Clint for keeping us informed of the various volunteer activities including this one. Don't forget your glove in hopes of catching a pop fly.

The ARRL is a member of National VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters). And this Tuesday evening - August 9th - there will be a fundraiser event to support VOAD at the Lake Elsinore Storm

Other than tuning ergonomics being superior on the 817, I’d say no. The D74 has a fantastic receiver. 73, Paul, N8HM

Hi all currently I’m using a 817 and a Kenwood d74 to work linear birds portable. It works well and usually gets the job done. I’ve seen many use dual 817 instead. Is there any advantage to this setup

Wonder if this has anything to do with global warming? NE7X

From AMSAT-UK - NASA's Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS describes his contact with 8-year-old Isabella ... https://amsat-uk.org/2022/08/03/iss-astronauts-favorite-ham-radio-contact/

I didn't notice loss of sleep. However with faster spin = less gravity = loss of five Lbs. on June 29. Yea! It also explains why in my 7th decade, time if flying by. Hope the knee is responding well.

I was wondering why I felt like I lost some sleep ... https://www.space.com/earth-rotation-record-shortest-day Clint K6LCS

You’ll also find that they are tumbling and will hear them fade in and out pretty fast while receiving the signal.

Hang out on 437.100 and you should be set.

Well, Apple won’t tell you which brand of CR2032 Li-ion cell to use in our Apple AirTags - as many are now sending us “Change Battery!” messages on our iPhones. There are at least three known “issues”

https://amsat-uk.org/2022/07/21/ten-amateur-radio-cubesats-deployed-from-iss/

whats the downlink for the cubesat sstv ? thanks ko6kL

at least some sstv other than russian iss images (although I forget who sent up these cubesats :D)

Current status of ISS ham radio stations as of July 28, 2022 ​Columbus Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode is for cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437

Well, now maybe 2028 ... Affairs are not stable. Clint

Here is one from last night.

Russia says it will leave the International Space Station after 2024 https://www.space.com/russia-leaving-international-space-station-2024

Greetings all, The Cube sats are functioning and running SSTV. I was able to capture a haphazard image last night while trying to work the ISS and got caught unprepared. 437.100mhz isn’t the trusty Ba