Students from India and Russia Building SSTV CubeSAT: Students from Russia and
India are building an Amateur Radio CubeSat that will transmit SSTV images from
 space, The Times of India reports. The CubeSat Iskra-5 will commemorate the
70th anniversary of diplomatic relationship between the two countries. It's
being built by 20 students from Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) and 9 from
Indian cities, including Chennai and Bangalore, through Space Kidz India. The
CubeSat is set to be transported to the International Space Station by
mid-October via a cargo flight, and it will be placed in orbit by a cosmonaut
during a spacewalk. The Iskra satellites were a series of Soviet Amateur Radio
communication satellites built by students and radio amateurs at the Moscow
Aviation Institute in the early 1980s. Space Kidz India Founder Srimathy Kesan
said the subsystems in the satellite being built in MAI were made by Russian
students, while the outer cube was designed by Indian students. -- Thanks to
AMSAT News Service via AMSAT-UK

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The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Over the September 7-13 reporting week,
sunspot numbers and solar flux were lower, while geomagnetic indicators were
higher. The average daily sunspot number declined from 87.3 to 45, and the
average daily solar flux dropped from 114.1 to 97.6.

The average daily planetary A index increased from 18 to 27.3, and the average
daily mid-latitude A index rose from 16.7 to 18.3.

Predicted solar flux is 75 on September 14-17; 77 on September 18-20; 85, 90,
92, 95, 98, 105, 110, 115, and 120 on September 21-29; 125 on September
30-October 1; 120, 115, 110, 100, 95, 90, 85, 83, 81, and 84 on October 2-11;
83 on October 12-14; 84 on October 15; 85 on October 16-17; 88, 90, 92, 95, 98,
 105, 110, 115, and 120 on October 18-26, and 125 on October 27-28.

The predicted planetary A index is 28, 26, and 20 on September 14-16; 12 on
September 17-20; 5 on September 21-22; 8, 5, 8, and 5 on September 23-26; 20 on
 September 27-29; 18, 15, 12, and 8 on September 30-October 3; 5 on October
4-7; 7 and 12 on October 8-9; 30 on October 10-12; 20 and 10 on October 13-14;
5 on October 15-16; 8, 5, 5, 8, 5, 8, and 5 on October 17-23; 20 on October
24-26, and 18 and 15 on October 27-28.

Here is a September 7 video from Dr. Tamitha Skov:

Sunspot numbers for September 7-13, 2017 were 94, 89, 49, 38, 23, 11, and 11,
with a mean of 45. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 128.5, 116.8, 107.2, 100.2,
79.9, 75.5, and 75.1, with a mean of 97.6. Estimated planetary A indices were
38, 96, 6, 7, 11, 18, and 15, with a mean of 27.3. Estimated mid-latitude A
indices were 23, 50, 6, 12, 8, 16, and 13, with a mean of 18.3.

Send me your reports or observations.

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Just Ahead in Radiosport

 *  September 15 -- AGB NEMIGA Contest (CW, phone, digital)
 *  September 16 -- QRP Afield (CW, phone, digital)
 *  September 16 -- Feld Hell Sprint
 *  September 16-17 -- ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest (CW, phone, digital)
 *  September 16-17 -- SARL VHF/UHF Analog/Digital Contest
 *  September 16-17 -- Scandinavian Activity Contest (CW)
 *  September 16-17 -- All Africa International DX Contest (CW, phone,
    digital)
 *  September 16-17 -- Iowa QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
 *  September 16-17 -- New Jersey QSO Party (CW, phone)
 *  September 16-17 -- New Hampshire QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
 *  September 16-17 -- Washington State Salmon Run (CW, phone, digital)
 *  September 17 -- North American Sprint (RTTY)
 *  September 17 -- BARTG Sprint 75 (Digital)
 *  September 18 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)
 *  September 20 -- RSGB 80-Meter Autumn Series (CW)
 *  September 21 -- NAQCC CW Sprint

See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information. For in-depth reporting on
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Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

 *  September 8-10 -- New England Division Convention, Boxboro,
    Massachusetts
 *  September 8-10 - NW APRS Summer Gathering, North Bend, Washington
 *  September 9 -- Virginia Section Convention, Virginia Beach, Virginia
 *  September 10 -- New Jersey State Convention, Mullica Hill, New Jersey
 *  September 15-16 -- W9DXCC Convention, Schaumburg, Illinois
 *  September 15-17 -- Southwestern Division Convention, Torrance,
    California
 *  September 15-17 -- ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, St.
    Louis, Missouri
 *  September 22-23 -- W4DXCC/SEDCO Convention, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
 *  September 23 -- Iowa State Convention, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
 *  September 23 -- Washington State Convention, Spokane Valley, Washington
 *  September 29-30 - Wisconsin State Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 *  September 30 -- North Dakota State Convention, West Fargo, North Dakota
 *  October 6-8 -- Mid-Atlantic States VHF Conference, Bensalem,
    Pennsylvania
 *  October 7 -- South Carolina Section Convention, Rock Hill, South
    Carolina
 *  October 7-8 -- Great Lakes Division Convention, Brooklyn, Michigan
 *  October 13-14 -- Florida State Convention, Melbourne, Florida
 *  October 14 -- Pacific Northwest VHF Society Conference, Moses Lake,
    Washington
 *  October 20-22 -- Pacific Division Convention, San Ramon, California
 *  October 21 -- Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference, Wisconsin Rapids,
    Wisconsin
 *  October 22 -- Connecticut State Convention, Meriden, Connecticut
 *  October 28 -- Arizona State Convention, Maricopa, Arizona
 *  November 4-5 -- Georgia State Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
 *  November 11 -- HamJam Convention, Alpharetta, Georgia
 *  November 18-19 -- Indiana State Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana

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