AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-103
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a
free, weekly news and
information service of AMSAT North America, The
Radio
Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to
Amateur
Radio in space including 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.
The news feed on http://amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio
in space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any
amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat dot org.
In
this edition:
* ARISS Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
* New TQSL
Version Provides Better LoTW Rover Support
* AMSAT-EA Registering SanoSat-1
for AMSAT Nepal
* ESA and LibreSpace Report: SDR's for Small Satellites
*
Brazil Holds 430 and 1240 MHz Hearing
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
*
ARISS News
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
*
Satellite Shorts from All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-103.01
ANS-103
AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin
103.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
April 12, 2020
To All RADIO
AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-103.01
ARISS Responds to the COVID-19
Pandemic
In light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the ARISS team is
working
to transform its activities for the health and safety of our
students, host educational institutions and its team. It has
instituted
an immediate response effort followed by a more strategic,
longer term
initiative to protect all. ARISS leadership, working
with a physician on
the team, is carefully reviewing all of its
procedures in light of the
evolving COVID-19 recommendation. ARISS
will continue to monitor the local
and global situations and will
modify its local and global planning as these
situations change.
ARISS has two primary initiatives underway. One is
to develop
“virtual school” contacts to link each student in their home
through
its telebridge stations. The other is to plan SSTV (picture
downlink) sessions during which pictures from ISS can be received by
all
in their homes.
For further information on the ARISS plan, see:
https://www.ariss.org/COVID-19.html
[ANS
thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair for the
above
information.]
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office
is closed until further
notice. For details, please visit
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/
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New
TQSL Version Provides Better LoTW Rover Support
The latest version of
TrustedQSL (TQSL), version 2.5.2, offers
improved Logbook of The World
(LoTW) support for operations from
several locations, as well as the ability
to detect uploads that
contain incorrect location data.
The primary
new feature in TQSL 2.5.2 allows logging programs, in
conjunction with TQSL,
to avoid incorrect contact uploads, while
adding mechanisms to allow easy
uploading of logs for roving
stations. LoTW had required rovers to identify
each location used
as a separate location in TQSL. The new version of TQSL
allows these
operations to be handled much more smoothly by using
information from
the station’s logging program.
When a log is signed
by TQSL, the station details — call Sign, DXCC
entity, grid square, and
other location details provided by the
selected station location (and call
sign certificate) — are compared
with the details in the log. If the US
state and station location in
a log do not agree, TQSL 2.5.2 will reject the
contact, detecting
errors in instances when an incorrect station location
has been
chosen.
This feature will necessitate changes in many
logging programs,
because it requires that the log provide station details
previously
not used by TQSL. Once a logging program supplies these
(MY_STATE,
MY_DXCC, MY_CQ_ZONE, etc.), then TQSL will validate them against
the
log. Currently, Cabrillo logs use the CALLSIGN field to verify that
the contacts are for the correct call sign.
Optionally, a station
performing roaming operations (e.g., from
multiple grid squares) can choose
to have TQSL assume that the log is
correct. When call sign or home station
are provided with the log,
TQSL will automatically update the details on the
upload. Select
“Override Station Location with QTH Details from your Log” on
the
“Log Handling” preference page to enable this feature.
This
release also includes an update to the most recent TQSL
configuration
file.
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above
information.]
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Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.
25% of the purchase
price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in
Space
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AMSAT-EA
Registering SanoSat-1 for AMSAT Nepal
The Union of Spanish Amateur Radio
Operators' satellite group,
AMSAT-EA, is registering with IARU and the ITU
the AMSAT Nepal
satellite SanoSat-1. This is being done due to the
difficulty of
carrying out this procedure in the Asian country. This is a
one-off
collaboration which will allow said satellite to fly under the
Spanish flag. It should be launched jointly with the AMSAT-EA
EASAT-2
and Hades satellites possibly with SpaceX later this year.
SanoSat-1 is a
5cm/side pocketQube 1P designed and developed
affordably for the hobbyist
community by using readily available
commercial of-the-shelf components
(COTS).
The SanoSat-1 satellite integrates a gamma radiation sensor as a
payload. Its main mission will be to measure space radiation while
orbiting, and periodically transmit its level to Earth using RTTY-FSK
modulation. All radio amateurs will be able to receive and decode
radiation measurement data.
The secondary mission of the SanoSat-1
satellite is also to
demonstrate the storage and forwarding concept which
will be useful
in remote disaster-prone locations. The satellite will
collect
data from ground sensors, store it on board and transmit it to
Earth's main station. The design and kit for the ground sensors will
be
made available to the general public.
One of AMSAT Nepal's goals is to
encourage more people to join the
group of radio amateurs by receiving data
from SanoSat-1 which will
also transmit a CW beacon with its internal
status.
Another activity scheduled to promote radio amateurs and
satellite
technology to science and technology students around the world is
the
organization of hands-on workshops on the construction of
pico-satellites and ground stations. There will be an opportunity to
build an affordable open source ground station (SatNOGS) and a
dedicated
GFSK receiver ground station to receive the data. The
design of the
satellite itself will be open source as well.
More information is
available at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-103-SanoSat-1
[ANS
thanks the Union of Spanish Amateur Radio Operators for the
above
information.]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2
LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a
portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio
in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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ESA
and LibreSpace Report: SDR's for Small Satellites
The European Space
Agency Libre Space Foundation has published a
paper comparing many common
software defined radios (SDR's). The
devices they examined are:
-
RTS-SDR v3
- Airspy Mini
- SDRPlay RSPduo
- LimeSDR Mini
- BladeRF
2.0 Micro
- Ettus USRP B210
- Pluto SDR
The report looked at
several bands of interest, but not the HF bands
— not surprising considering
that some of the devices can’t even
operate on HF. They did examine VHF,
UHF, L band, S band, and C band
performance. Some of the SDR's have transmit
capabilities, and for
those devices, they tested the transmit function as
well as receive.
The review isn’t just subjective. It calculates noise
figures and
dynamic range, along with other technical parameters. It also
includes GNURadio flowgraphs for their test setups, which would be a
place to start if one wanted to do these kinds of measurements
oneself.
Towards the end of the 134 page report is an assessment of
SDR
software and how the boards are supported. There was no clear winner
or loser although the report did mention how SDRPlay’s closed source
limited software support in some applications.
Read the complete
report at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-103-SDR-Report
[ANS
thanks Hackaday for the above
information.]
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Brazil
Holds 430 and 1240 MHz Hearing
A public hearing is being held in Brazil
concerning both the 430 MHz
and the 1240 MHz Amateur Radio bands.
On
March 23, 2020 the National Telecommunications Agency, ANATEL,
published a
Public Consultation proposal number 14/2020 on technical
and operational
requirements for the use of the frequency bands from
430 MHz to 440 MHz and
from 1240 MHz to 1300 MHz by stations of the
Private Limited Service (SLP)
for radiolocation applications.
The national amateur radio society LABRE
says “The Radio Amateur
community is concerned about the possible occurrence
of interference,
especially in the 70 cm band.”
Read the translated
LABRE post at: https://tinyurl.com/BrazilLABRE.
[ANS
thanks AMSAT-UK for the above
information.]
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Upcoming
Satellite Operations
- From the Mountains to the Bay(CM88,89,98,99
DM09,19,29 DN00,01,02,
10,11,20,21) April 12-21, 2020
RJ, WY7AA, is
hitting the asphalt again, roving from Wyoming to
Vacaville, CA. He’s
attending a class from April 15-19, so most of
the roving will be outside of
this time. Grids to be covered include:
CM88,89,98,99 DM09,19,29
DN00,01,02,10,11,20,21. Specific pass
details will be posted on WY7AA QRZ
page and Twitter
(https://twitter.com/WY7AA) as the trip
approaches.
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above
information.]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio
package, including two-way communication capability, to
be
carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects
today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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ARISS
News
ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools
and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute
cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, ARISS
will
try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates.
The following
schools have now been postponed or canceled due to
COVID-19:
Postponed:
- SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville,
South Africa, direct via
ZS9SPD
- RO-SAT One, Piatra-Neam?, Romania,
direct via YRØISS
- McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA, prefer direct
via KD4TGR
- Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville,
TN,
direct via N4FR
- Oakwood School, Morgan Hill, CA, direct via
AE6XM
- Ramona Lutheran School, Ramona, CA, direct via
N6ROR
Canceled:
- Electromagnetic Field, Ledbury, United Kingdom,
direct via GB4EMF
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, for the above
information]
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Hamfests,
Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
Due to COVID-19, many
hamfests and events around the United States
have been cancelled or
postponed. While we make every effort to
ensure the information contained
below is correct, there may be some
that we missed.
Current
schedule:
- May 2, 2020 Arrowhead Radio Amateurs Club Hamfest, Superior,
WI
- June 12-13, 2020, Ham-Con, Plano, TX
The following events
scheduled to have an AMSAT presence have been
CANCELED:
- April 18,
2020 Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club Hamfest,
Brainerd, MN
- May 2,
2020, Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest,
Sierra Vista, AZ
- May
8-9, 2020 Prescott Hamfest, Prescott, AZ
- May 15-17, Hamvention, Xenia,
OH
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above
information.]
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Shorts
from All Over
+ Fresh ISS Crew Arrives
NASA astronaut Chris
Cassidy, KF5KDR, and two Russian cosmonauts
arrived Thursday for their
mission aboard the International Space
Station, temporarily restoring the
orbiting laboratory?s population
to six people. The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft
carrying Cassidy, along
with Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the
Russian space agency
Roscosmos, docked to the station's Poisk service module
at 10:13 A.M.
after a four-orbit, six-hour flight. Their Soyuz spacecraft
launched
at 4:05 A.M. EDT (0805Z, or 1:05 P.M. Kazakhstan time) from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above
information.]
+ Rocket Lab Rocket Recovery Test Video
Before
New Zealand went into COVID-19 lockdown, the folks at Rocket
Lab did a test
to recover a first stage Electron rocket. You can see
the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3CWGDhkmbs
[ANS
thanks Terry Osborne ZL2BAC for the above information.]
+ Preparing
for the Ultimate DXpedition? Read the Manual First!
For those of you who
have been dreaming about operating from the moon
or Mars, you can begin your
preparations by reading SpaceX's Starship
User Guide Version 1.0. No, it's
not a detailed flight manual but
it will help you plan your provisions.
It's light reading and can be
seen at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-103-Starship
[ANS
thanks JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM for the above information.]
+ First
Transatlantic Contact on 70 Centimeters Reported
History appears to have
been made on April 7, when AMSAT member
Burt Demarcq, FG8OJ and an operator
at
D4VHF in Cape Verde off the African Coast and , on
Guadeloupe in the
Caribbean completed a contact on 70 centimeters
using FT8 — a distance of
3,867 kilometers (2,398 miles). This would
mark the first transatlantic
contact on that band that did not
involve satellites or moonbounce. The most
likely mode of propagation
was marine ducting, with the signal being trapped
close to the ocean
surface.
One day earlier, 9Y4D in Trinidad copied
D4VHF over a distance of
4,006 kilometers (2,484 miles), but no contact was
made. D4VHF is the
VHF-UHF contest call sign of the Monteverde Contest Team
(D4C).
Perhaps not coincidentally, FG8OJ was the first to span the
Atlantic
on 2 meters over the same path, when he worked D41CV in Cape Verde
on
June 16, 2019.
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above
information.]
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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.
Primary and secondary school
students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate.
Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be
eligible for the
student rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in
this
status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional
student
membership information.
73,
This week's ANS
Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this
open forum
available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring
membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author
and do not
reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT member? Join now to
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Monday, August 19, 2019
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-230
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-230
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including 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.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In this edition:
* AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers
* 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder
* FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* PSAT2 Downlink for DTMF Grids and Messages
* Microwave Update Call for Submissions
* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
* Chinese Satellite Profiles RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-230.01
ANS-230 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 230.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 18 August 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-230.01
AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers
AMSAT has issued a call for papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT An-
nual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October
18 – 20 at The Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington,
Virginia. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster
presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur
satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation
as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by September 23
for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should
be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(at)amsat.org
[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, for the above information]
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2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder
Votes must be received no later than Sunday, September 15, 2019 in
order to be counted in the 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election.
AMSAT members should have received ballots by mail. Members who have
not yet received their ballot must contact ElectionBuddy via email to
amsat@electionbuddy.com
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding
An FCC Report and Order (R&O) released August 2 in the so-called
“small satellite” rulemaking proceeding, IB Docket 18-86, failed to
address concerns expressed by ARRL and AMSAT. Both organizations filed
comments on the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the pro-
ceeding last year, seeking changes in the FCCs interpretations and
procedures affecting satellites operating on Amateur Satellite Service
frequencies.
“These comments address topics outside the scope of this proceeding,
and we decline to adopt any of the requested rule modifications or up-
dates at this time,” the FCC said in the R&O. The FCC did mention
amateur satellites in its 2018 NPRM, explaining what they are and
describing the documentation and authorization process, but it did not
solicit comments.
“The Commission did not seek comment in the NPRM on any modifications
or updates to the rules governing Experimental or amateur satellite
licensing. The streamlined Part 25 small satellite process adopted in
the Order is an alternative to existing license processes and does not
replace or modify the authorization procedures for satellites current-
ly contained in Parts 5, 25, or 97 of the Commission’s rules,” the FCC
explained. “Nevertheless, we received a number of comments in response
to the NPRM, particularly regarding the rules applicable to amateur
satellite operations, suggesting that aspects of those rules be im-
proved or clarified.”
In its 2018 NPRM, the FCC had said, “Because the type of operations
that qualify as amateur [is] narrowly defined, an amateur satellite
authorization will not be appropriate for many small satellite opera-
tions.”
In its 2018 comments, ARRL said it wanted the FCC to preclude exploi-
tation of amateur spectrum by commercial small-satellite users author-
ized under Part 5 Experimental rules and suggested that the FCC adopt
a “a bright line test” to define and distinguish satellites that
should be permitted to operate under Amateur Satellite rules.
ARRL’s position was to support and encourage college and university
Amateur Radio experiments where the sponsor of the experiment is a
licensed radio amateur and all operation in amateur spectrum is com-
pliant with Part 97. Part 5 Experimental authorizations for satellites
intended to operate in amateur allocations by non-amateur sponsors
should be discouraged, absent a compelling show of need, ARRL told the
FCC.
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) announced in 2017 that it
would no longer coordinate non-amateur satellite operations unless
directed to do so by the national administration, and it adopted new
satellite frequency coordination guidelines that require educational
and university satellites to have an identified amateur component.
AMSAT’s comments reflected many of the same concerns that ARRL had
expressed.
[ANS thanks ARRL and Ray Soifer, W2RS, for the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
SpaceTrack is not showing the correct NORAD CAT ID for Raavana-1,
Uguisu, and NepaliSat-1. The NORAD CAT ID for the following Amateur
Radio satellites has been corrected as follows:
Raavana-1 - NORAD CAT ID 44329 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
Uguisu - NORAD CAT ID 44330 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
NepaliSat-1 - NORAD CAT ID 44331 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
[ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, and Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, for the above
information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase
through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping
Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced
Tickets are now available for the AMSAT Symposium Saturday Evening
Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 19 will feature a panel of guest speakers
presenting “The Foundations of AMSAT” followed by a question and
answer period. Guest speakers will include:
Lance Ginner, K6GSJ (Project OSCAR)
George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat)
Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT)
Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and Australis-OSCAR 5
Project Manager)
The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will be
held on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Va.
at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium registration is available for $60
from now until September 15th. Banquet tickets are $55. Tickets are
now available on the AMSAT Store at:
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/
Tickets are also available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday, Oct. 20,
a bus tour will take attendees to the the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center,
an annex of the National Air and Space Museum. Two large hangars dis-
play thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including a Lockheed
SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. Bus
capacity is limited to 35 attendees. Tickets are $30 per person.
Attendees who wish to drive may also join the tour group. Parking at
the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15.
On Monday, Oct. 21, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead a
walking tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required.
Transportation to the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro.
Additional information, including hotel reservation information is
available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President, for
the above information]
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AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign
to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades
on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to
continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.
We have reached a great milestone with $33,480 raised
or about 22% towards our goal. This would not have been
possible without your outstanding generosity!!
For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
* W3ZM/7 will be operating on FM satellites, August 17-19 from Oregon,
grids CN93 and CN94, operated by KI7UNJ. Remember to check out W3ZM
On the Road for additional upcoming activations!
* 6Y Jamaica (FK18) AUGUST 12-19, 2019
Philippe, EA4NF will be operating from JAMAICA (IOTA NA-097 – Grid
FK18) on both FM and linear satellites with the special call 6Y4NF
from August 12 to 19, 2019. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on Philippe’s
Twitter feed for further updates : https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT.
* Yosemite, California (DM06 and DM07) August 14-20, 2019
John, N7JY is on a vacation schedule and plans to get on various FM
passes as time permits. No social media, but he may be tracked on
aprs.fi/N7JY. Contacts will be logged on LOTW following trip.
* AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15
AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active
satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the V
RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest
event for the ham community in southwest Europe and will open doors
September 14th and 15th. AM1SAT call sign will be active from a min-
imum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite opera-
tors to collect as much EA locators as possible. As part of this
activity, and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is
sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and
GOLD. More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ Learn more
about IberRadio at: http://www.iberradio.es.
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]
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PSAT2 Downlink for DTMF Grids and Messages
Thanks to Robert, KE6BLR, amateurs can now capture the DTMF Grids and
Messages data coming down from PSAT2. A DTMF page has been added to
the list of links for PSAT2: http://aprs.org/sats.html
Summary: You encode your Grid and callsign into a 16 digit DTMF memory
on your radio. Using narrow band FM, send it on 145.98 with doppler
compensation or at the middle of a pass.
PSAT2 assigns a CQ number and acknowledges it by voice and then sends
an APRS packet that contains the grid. Robert's web page will capture
that packet.
A second station can send their DTMF grid and get the same process but
with a new CQ number.
Now, either station can send a DTMF QSL Message for the other guy's CQ
number which will also be spoken and recorded on the APRS downlink.
Details are on the psat2 page on the above web page.
PSAT2 is entering a phase of Apogee in the northern hemisphere for a
week or so, and so is more workable in the USA and southern Europe.
[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information]
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Microwave Update Call for Submissions
The ARRL will once again publish proceedings from this year's Micro-
wave Update conference. At this time, The North Texas Microwave Socie-
ty is soliciting additional papers for the proceedings. It is not
necessary to be a presenter at the conference to have an article pub-
lished in the proceedings. Papers must be emailed to Kent Britain,
WA5VJB, at wa5vjb@flash.net, by August 31 as they will be submitted to
the League for printing the week of Sept 3. Please also copy Al Ward,
W5LUA,at w5lua@sbcglobal.net.
If you have an interesting project that you have been working on,
please consider sharing it with the community by publishing your work
in the proceedings.
Guidelines for submission may be found at:
http://www.microwaveupdate.org/proceedings.php
Questions may be directed to Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, at
bstrick@n5brg.com, Al Ward, W5LUA, at w5lua@sbcglobal.net or Kent
Britain, WA5VJB, at wa5vjb@flash.net
The Microwave Update conference will be held in Dallas, Texas, on
October 3-5. For conference information, see the website:
www.microwaveupdate.org
[ANS thanks Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, for the above information]
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Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront.
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
By popular demand, the AMSAT Fox-1 Assembly shirt
design is now available on AMSAT's Zazzle store and
fully customizable for dark or light colored t-shirts,
sweatshirts, women's shirts etc.
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-230-Zazzle1
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-230-Zazzle2
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via
IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS. The
scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Thursday
2019-08-15 09:17:06 UTC 53 degrees. Watch for live stream at
www.ariotti.com starting about 15 min before AOS.
The Children’s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda,
MD (CASIS#3), telebridge via VK4KHZ. The ISS callsign is presently
scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA.
Contact is go for: Thursday 2019-08-22 17:16:22 UTC 38 deg
The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/
[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, for the above information]
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Chinese Satellite Profiles RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit
The Chinese DSLWP-B (LO-94) satellite that had been in lunar orbit
provided a profile of Earth’s HF spectrum as seen from the moon. The
microsatellite subsequently was crashed into the moon’s surface after
having completed its mission. DSLWP stands for “Discovering the Sky at
Longest Wavelengths Pathfinder.” Among other things, DSLWP-B was de-
signed to test low-frequency radio astronomy and space-based interfer-
ometry, and it carried Amateur Radio and educational payloads.
The HF spectrum mission included mapping “RF interference” from Earth
in the 1 – 30 MHz range by studying its occlusion by the moon during
lunar orbit. According to Chinese media accounts, this was done to
“verify the technology of ultra-long wave astronomical observation and
solar radiation research.” The onboard detector sensed the spectrum of
RF radiation at different positions of the lunar orbit.
The Harbin Institute of Technology (BY2HIT) developed and built the
DSLWP spacecraft and oversaw the mission. The microsatellite also
carried optical cameras from Saudi Arabia.
In July, a contact between radio amateurs in Germany and China took
place on July 1 via LO-94. The two-way exchange was between Reinhard
Kuehn, DK5LA, in Sörup, Germany, and Harbin Institute of Technology
club station BY2HIT (operated by Wei Mingchuan, BG2BHC), in Harbin,
China, via the onboard GMSK-to-JT4G repeater — the first such contact
ever made.
[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Members of the Radioaficionados Yucatecos will activate the
Celarain Lighthouse (ILLW MX0011, XEFF-0004) during the Internation-
al Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW), August 17-18, from the
island Cozumel (IOTA NA-090). They will be QRV as XF3LL on 40 to 10m
on SSB, digital modes, and via satellites. QSL via EA5GL.
(ANS thanks the DARC DX Newsletter for the above information)
+ CubeSats will make an appearance at next weekend's Robotstock #STEM
education event in Philadelphia, August 24-25.
(ANS thanks Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT VP-Educational Relations, for
the above information)
+ AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, was in attendance at the 2019
Small Satellite Conference on the campus of Utah State University in
Logan, Utah to promote AMSAT's mission of Keeping Amateur Radio in
Space. During the conference, AMSAT and the University of Colorado
Boulder announced the signing of a Collaborative Agreement. ANS will
publish details when available.
(ANS thanks
+ The small satellite launch market has grown to account for “69% of
the satellites launched last year in number of satellites but only
4% of the total mass launched (i.e 372 tons). … The smallsat market
experienced a 23% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2009 to
2018” with even greater growth expected in the future, dominated by
the launch needs of constellations.
(ANS thanks orbitalindex.com for the above information)
+ The countdown for the next Rocket Lab launch has started. The launch
will come no earlier than 13:29 UTC on Friday, August 16, but as
always with launches, may be delayed. For updates, see:
https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1162206454910029830
Or view the live stream from here: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/
about 20 minutes before launch. This is scheduled to be a night time
launch local New Zealand time.
(ANS thanks Terry Osborne, ZL2BAC, for the above information)
+ Tamir Rosenberg, N6JJ, has released a video entitled "Ham Radio Sat-
ellites! Everything you need to know from theory to tactics!" See it
on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSiOORDkkZ8
+ ANS wishes a speedy recovery to EMike McCardel, AA8EM, Senior Editor
of AMSAT News Service and past AMSAT-NA VP Educational Relations.
Mike was seriously injured in an accident while cleaning up tree
damage on his property near Howard, Ohio following a severe storm
which occurred on Tuesday, August 6. He is currently in a rehabili-
tation facility following surgery for several broken bones, and
faces many weeks of rehab and recovery.
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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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
K0JM at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA
https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
ANS-230
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Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including 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.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
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In this edition:
* AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers
* 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder
* FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* PSAT2 Downlink for DTMF Grids and Messages
* Microwave Update Call for Submissions
* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
* Chinese Satellite Profiles RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-230.01
ANS-230 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 230.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 18 August 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-230.01
AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers
AMSAT has issued a call for papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT An-
nual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October
18 – 20 at The Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington,
Virginia. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster
presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur
satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation
as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by September 23
for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should
be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(at)amsat.org
[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, for the above information]
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2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder
Votes must be received no later than Sunday, September 15, 2019 in
order to be counted in the 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election.
AMSAT members should have received ballots by mail. Members who have
not yet received their ballot must contact ElectionBuddy via email to
amsat@electionbuddy.com
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding
An FCC Report and Order (R&O) released August 2 in the so-called
“small satellite” rulemaking proceeding, IB Docket 18-86, failed to
address concerns expressed by ARRL and AMSAT. Both organizations filed
comments on the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the pro-
ceeding last year, seeking changes in the FCCs interpretations and
procedures affecting satellites operating on Amateur Satellite Service
frequencies.
“These comments address topics outside the scope of this proceeding,
and we decline to adopt any of the requested rule modifications or up-
dates at this time,” the FCC said in the R&O. The FCC did mention
amateur satellites in its 2018 NPRM, explaining what they are and
describing the documentation and authorization process, but it did not
solicit comments.
“The Commission did not seek comment in the NPRM on any modifications
or updates to the rules governing Experimental or amateur satellite
licensing. The streamlined Part 25 small satellite process adopted in
the Order is an alternative to existing license processes and does not
replace or modify the authorization procedures for satellites current-
ly contained in Parts 5, 25, or 97 of the Commission’s rules,” the FCC
explained. “Nevertheless, we received a number of comments in response
to the NPRM, particularly regarding the rules applicable to amateur
satellite operations, suggesting that aspects of those rules be im-
proved or clarified.”
In its 2018 NPRM, the FCC had said, “Because the type of operations
that qualify as amateur [is] narrowly defined, an amateur satellite
authorization will not be appropriate for many small satellite opera-
tions.”
In its 2018 comments, ARRL said it wanted the FCC to preclude exploi-
tation of amateur spectrum by commercial small-satellite users author-
ized under Part 5 Experimental rules and suggested that the FCC adopt
a “a bright line test” to define and distinguish satellites that
should be permitted to operate under Amateur Satellite rules.
ARRL’s position was to support and encourage college and university
Amateur Radio experiments where the sponsor of the experiment is a
licensed radio amateur and all operation in amateur spectrum is com-
pliant with Part 97. Part 5 Experimental authorizations for satellites
intended to operate in amateur allocations by non-amateur sponsors
should be discouraged, absent a compelling show of need, ARRL told the
FCC.
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) announced in 2017 that it
would no longer coordinate non-amateur satellite operations unless
directed to do so by the national administration, and it adopted new
satellite frequency coordination guidelines that require educational
and university satellites to have an identified amateur component.
AMSAT’s comments reflected many of the same concerns that ARRL had
expressed.
[ANS thanks ARRL and Ray Soifer, W2RS, for the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
SpaceTrack is not showing the correct NORAD CAT ID for Raavana-1,
Uguisu, and NepaliSat-1. The NORAD CAT ID for the following Amateur
Radio satellites has been corrected as follows:
Raavana-1 - NORAD CAT ID 44329 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
Uguisu - NORAD CAT ID 44330 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
NepaliSat-1 - NORAD CAT ID 44331 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
[ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, and Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, for the above
information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase
through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping
Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced
Tickets are now available for the AMSAT Symposium Saturday Evening
Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 19 will feature a panel of guest speakers
presenting “The Foundations of AMSAT” followed by a question and
answer period. Guest speakers will include:
Lance Ginner, K6GSJ (Project OSCAR)
George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat)
Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT)
Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and Australis-OSCAR 5
Project Manager)
The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will be
held on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Va.
at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium registration is available for $60
from now until September 15th. Banquet tickets are $55. Tickets are
now available on the AMSAT Store at:
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/
Tickets are also available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday, Oct. 20,
a bus tour will take attendees to the the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center,
an annex of the National Air and Space Museum. Two large hangars dis-
play thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including a Lockheed
SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. Bus
capacity is limited to 35 attendees. Tickets are $30 per person.
Attendees who wish to drive may also join the tour group. Parking at
the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15.
On Monday, Oct. 21, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead a
walking tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required.
Transportation to the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro.
Additional information, including hotel reservation information is
available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President, for
the above information]
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AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign
to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades
on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to
continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.
We have reached a great milestone with $33,480 raised
or about 22% towards our goal. This would not have been
possible without your outstanding generosity!!
For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
* W3ZM/7 will be operating on FM satellites, August 17-19 from Oregon,
grids CN93 and CN94, operated by KI7UNJ. Remember to check out W3ZM
On the Road for additional upcoming activations!
* 6Y Jamaica (FK18) AUGUST 12-19, 2019
Philippe, EA4NF will be operating from JAMAICA (IOTA NA-097 – Grid
FK18) on both FM and linear satellites with the special call 6Y4NF
from August 12 to 19, 2019. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on Philippe’s
Twitter feed for further updates : https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT.
* Yosemite, California (DM06 and DM07) August 14-20, 2019
John, N7JY is on a vacation schedule and plans to get on various FM
passes as time permits. No social media, but he may be tracked on
aprs.fi/N7JY. Contacts will be logged on LOTW following trip.
* AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15
AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active
satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the V
RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest
event for the ham community in southwest Europe and will open doors
September 14th and 15th. AM1SAT call sign will be active from a min-
imum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite opera-
tors to collect as much EA locators as possible. As part of this
activity, and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is
sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and
GOLD. More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ Learn more
about IberRadio at: http://www.iberradio.es.
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]
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PSAT2 Downlink for DTMF Grids and Messages
Thanks to Robert, KE6BLR, amateurs can now capture the DTMF Grids and
Messages data coming down from PSAT2. A DTMF page has been added to
the list of links for PSAT2: http://aprs.org/sats.html
Summary: You encode your Grid and callsign into a 16 digit DTMF memory
on your radio. Using narrow band FM, send it on 145.98 with doppler
compensation or at the middle of a pass.
PSAT2 assigns a CQ number and acknowledges it by voice and then sends
an APRS packet that contains the grid. Robert's web page will capture
that packet.
A second station can send their DTMF grid and get the same process but
with a new CQ number.
Now, either station can send a DTMF QSL Message for the other guy's CQ
number which will also be spoken and recorded on the APRS downlink.
Details are on the psat2 page on the above web page.
PSAT2 is entering a phase of Apogee in the northern hemisphere for a
week or so, and so is more workable in the USA and southern Europe.
[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information]
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Microwave Update Call for Submissions
The ARRL will once again publish proceedings from this year's Micro-
wave Update conference. At this time, The North Texas Microwave Socie-
ty is soliciting additional papers for the proceedings. It is not
necessary to be a presenter at the conference to have an article pub-
lished in the proceedings. Papers must be emailed to Kent Britain,
WA5VJB, at wa5vjb@flash.net, by August 31 as they will be submitted to
the League for printing the week of Sept 3. Please also copy Al Ward,
W5LUA,at w5lua@sbcglobal.net.
If you have an interesting project that you have been working on,
please consider sharing it with the community by publishing your work
in the proceedings.
Guidelines for submission may be found at:
http://www.microwaveupdate.org/proceedings.php
Questions may be directed to Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, at
bstrick@n5brg.com, Al Ward, W5LUA, at w5lua@sbcglobal.net or Kent
Britain, WA5VJB, at wa5vjb@flash.net
The Microwave Update conference will be held in Dallas, Texas, on
October 3-5. For conference information, see the website:
www.microwaveupdate.org
[ANS thanks Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, for the above information]
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Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront.
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
By popular demand, the AMSAT Fox-1 Assembly shirt
design is now available on AMSAT's Zazzle store and
fully customizable for dark or light colored t-shirts,
sweatshirts, women's shirts etc.
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-230-Zazzle1
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-230-Zazzle2
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via
IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS. The
scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Thursday
2019-08-15 09:17:06 UTC 53 degrees. Watch for live stream at
www.ariotti.com starting about 15 min before AOS.
The Children’s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda,
MD (CASIS#3), telebridge via VK4KHZ. The ISS callsign is presently
scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA.
Contact is go for: Thursday 2019-08-22 17:16:22 UTC 38 deg
The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/
[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, for the above information]
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Chinese Satellite Profiles RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit
The Chinese DSLWP-B (LO-94) satellite that had been in lunar orbit
provided a profile of Earth’s HF spectrum as seen from the moon. The
microsatellite subsequently was crashed into the moon’s surface after
having completed its mission. DSLWP stands for “Discovering the Sky at
Longest Wavelengths Pathfinder.” Among other things, DSLWP-B was de-
signed to test low-frequency radio astronomy and space-based interfer-
ometry, and it carried Amateur Radio and educational payloads.
The HF spectrum mission included mapping “RF interference” from Earth
in the 1 – 30 MHz range by studying its occlusion by the moon during
lunar orbit. According to Chinese media accounts, this was done to
“verify the technology of ultra-long wave astronomical observation and
solar radiation research.” The onboard detector sensed the spectrum of
RF radiation at different positions of the lunar orbit.
The Harbin Institute of Technology (BY2HIT) developed and built the
DSLWP spacecraft and oversaw the mission. The microsatellite also
carried optical cameras from Saudi Arabia.
In July, a contact between radio amateurs in Germany and China took
place on July 1 via LO-94. The two-way exchange was between Reinhard
Kuehn, DK5LA, in Sörup, Germany, and Harbin Institute of Technology
club station BY2HIT (operated by Wei Mingchuan, BG2BHC), in Harbin,
China, via the onboard GMSK-to-JT4G repeater — the first such contact
ever made.
[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Members of the Radioaficionados Yucatecos will activate the
Celarain Lighthouse (ILLW MX0011, XEFF-0004) during the Internation-
al Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW), August 17-18, from the
island Cozumel (IOTA NA-090). They will be QRV as XF3LL on 40 to 10m
on SSB, digital modes, and via satellites. QSL via EA5GL.
(ANS thanks the DARC DX Newsletter for the above information)
+ CubeSats will make an appearance at next weekend's Robotstock #STEM
education event in Philadelphia, August 24-25.
(ANS thanks Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT VP-Educational Relations, for
the above information)
+ AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, was in attendance at the 2019
Small Satellite Conference on the campus of Utah State University in
Logan, Utah to promote AMSAT's mission of Keeping Amateur Radio in
Space. During the conference, AMSAT and the University of Colorado
Boulder announced the signing of a Collaborative Agreement. ANS will
publish details when available.
(ANS thanks
+ The small satellite launch market has grown to account for “69% of
the satellites launched last year in number of satellites but only
4% of the total mass launched (i.e 372 tons). … The smallsat market
experienced a 23% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2009 to
2018” with even greater growth expected in the future, dominated by
the launch needs of constellations.
(ANS thanks orbitalindex.com for the above information)
+ The countdown for the next Rocket Lab launch has started. The launch
will come no earlier than 13:29 UTC on Friday, August 16, but as
always with launches, may be delayed. For updates, see:
https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1162206454910029830
Or view the live stream from here: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/
about 20 minutes before launch. This is scheduled to be a night time
launch local New Zealand time.
(ANS thanks Terry Osborne, ZL2BAC, for the above information)
+ Tamir Rosenberg, N6JJ, has released a video entitled "Ham Radio Sat-
ellites! Everything you need to know from theory to tactics!" See it
on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSiOORDkkZ8
+ ANS wishes a speedy recovery to EMike McCardel, AA8EM, Senior Editor
of AMSAT News Service and past AMSAT-NA VP Educational Relations.
Mike was seriously injured in an accident while cleaning up tree
damage on his property near Howard, Ohio following a severe storm
which occurred on Tuesday, August 6. He is currently in a rehabili-
tation facility following surgery for several broken bones, and
faces many weeks of rehab and recovery.
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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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
K0JM at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA
https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
Sunday, August 11, 2019
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-223
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-223
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and
information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio
Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur
Radio in space including 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.
The news feed on http://amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio
in space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat dot org.
In this edition:
* 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced -
Tickets Now Available
* FUNcube-1/AO-73 Entering Continuous Sunlight
* ARRL/TAPR 2019 Digital Communications Conference Call for Papers
* BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Get OSCAR Designations
* 19th Global Symposium for Regulators
* SSA Defends 23cm Band Against Galileo Threat
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 223.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
August 11, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-223.01
50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced -
Tickets Now Available
AMSAT is pleased to announce that the AMSAT Symposium Saturday
Evening Banquet on Saturday, October 19th will feature a panel of
guest speakers presenting "The Foundations of AMSAT" followed by a
question and answer period. Guest speakers will include:
- Lance Ginner, K6GSJ (Project OSCAR)
- George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat)
- Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT)
- Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
- Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
- Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and Australis-OSCAR 5
Project Manager)
The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will
be held on Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington,
Virginia at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium registration is available
for $60 from now until September 15th. Banquet tickets are $55.
Tickets are now available on the AMSAT Store at
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/
Tickets are also now available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday,
October 20th, a bus tour will take attendees to the
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space
Museum. Two large hangars display thousands of aviation and space
artifacts, including a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the
Space Shuttle Discovery. Bus capacity is limited to 35 attendees.
Tickets are $30 per person. Attendees who wish to drive may also
join the tour group. Parking at the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15.
On Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead
a walking tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required.
Transportation to the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro.
Additional information, including hotel reservation information is
available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]
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Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront.
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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FUNcube-1/AO-73 Entering Continuous Sunlight
FUNCube-1/AO-73 is due to enter continuous sunlight in a few days
time and the operations team have decided to set the satellite to the
education mode full time. This means full power beacon with no
transponder and no eclipse auto switching.
One of the effects of this is that the temperature of the satellite
will increase. This will allow the FUNcube operations team to
follow the effects of continuous sunlight more easily and, in theory,
should keep the satellite cooler as more energy should be radiated
from the structure as RF.
They predict that the satellite will start experiencing eclipses
again on approximately 7 May 2020. The team may put the satellite
back into transponder mode while it is in continuous sunlight, and
will make an announcement if they do so.
[ANS thanks Jim, G3WGM for the above information.]
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ARRL/TAPR 2019 Digital Communications Conference Call for Papers
The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) will be held in
Detroit, Michigan September 20-22, 2019. The location will be
located near the airport.
Technical Presentations & Papers are solicited for presentation at
the DCC and for publication in the Annual Conference Proceedings.
The proceedings are published by the ARRL. Submitting a paper is not
required to make a presentation at the conference. Conversely, it is
not necessary that a technical paper be presented at the DCC to be
published in the annual proceedings.
Persons interested in making a technical presentation should contact
TAPR President, Steve Bible, N7HPR at steven dot bible at gmail.com.
Submission of technical papers are due by August 12, 2019 and should
be submitted to:
Maty Weinberg
ARRL 225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
or via the Internet to maty at arrl. dot org.
Full Details on Call for Papers & Submission Guidelines at:
https://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers
[ANS thanks Mark Thompson, WB9QZB for the above information.]
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BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Get OSCAR Designations
On June 25, 2019, the United States Naval Academy PSAT2 and BRICSAT2
cubesats were launched on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle from the
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 were developed by
Naval Academy students in the USNA Satellite Lab and operated in
cooperation with the USNA Amateur Radio Club. PSAT2 carries a PSK31
transponder, digipeater, SSTV-downlinked camera images, and a DTMF to
voice/APRS system. BRICSAT2 carries a digipeater and thruster
experiment. Both satellites are currently active.
At the request of the Naval Academy Amateur Radio Club, AMSAT hereby
designates BRICSAT2 as Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103), and PSAT2 as
Navy-OSCAR 104 (NO-104). AMSAT congratulates the owners and operators,
thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community,
and wish them a long mission and continued success on this and future
projects.
[ANS thanks AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator Drew
Glasbrenner, KO4MA, for the above information.]
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19th Global Symposium for Regulators
Small-Satellites, High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) and 47 GHz
were among the topics discussed at the ITU-D 19th Global Symposium
for Regulators in Port Vila, Vanuata, July 9-12.
The background paper 'Preparing for WRC-19 Understanding the issues
at stake and the impact of decisions to be made' was among the
meeting documents in which 47.0-47.2 GHz is noted as one of the
candidate bands for IMT-2020 (International Mobile Telecommunications)
and 47.2-47.5 GHz for HAPS.
Regarding Small-Satellites the document says:
"At WRC-15, a proposal for a new agenda item for WRC-19 to consider
modifications to the regulatory procedures for notifying satellite
networks to accommodate nanosatellite and picosatellite missions was
submitted. WRC-15 decided not to include this as a specific item on
the WRC-19 agenda, because it concluded that this matter could best
be dealt with by the ITU-R under the standing WRC agenda item 7.
"Considering that the size of a satellite is independent of the nature
of the service that it is intended to provide, a simplified
regulatory regime needs to be developed for non-GSO satellites with
short-duration missions, independent of the size of the satellite.
"and
"Furthermore, it is important to ensure that any satellite radio-
frequency operation avoids harmful interference to incumbent and
authorized systems and services. The two frequency bands below 1 GHz
under consideration for new or upgraded allocation to the SOS
(150.05-174 MHz and 400.15-420 MHz) are used for a wide variety of
terrestrial and space applications, including for safety of life
purposes, and some of these bands are heavily used on a consistent
basis. Nevertheless, if new allocations to the SOS in these frequency
bands are considered, they should not put undue constraints on any
incumbent services."
You can download the complete PDF at
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/GSR/2019/Documents
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
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SSA Defends 23cm Band Against Galileo Threat
Sweden's national amateur radio society, the SSA, has sent a
supplementary letter to the communications regulator PTS ahead of the
next meeting of the CEPT ECC Conference Preparatory Group CPG-19.
The SSA report:
At a previous CEPT meeting (PTA), France has proposed an agenda item
to WRC-23 that the coexistence between satellite navigation
(e.g., Galileo) and amateur radio in the band 1240-1300 MHz should be
investigated. The proposal was voted down at the preparatory PTA
meeting, but France has now sent letters to the various
telecommunications authorities with a request that they now support
this proposal at the forthcoming CPG19-9. SSA opposes this.
SSA has therefore sent a supplementary letter to PTS about our 23 cm
amateur band. Our section leader for IARU and VUSHF Mats SM6EAN
explains the background and our opinion on our section pages. Here
you can also read the new letter to PTS.
Link to the letter in Google English is available at
https://tinyurl.com/SwedenSSA
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
St Pierre et Miquelon (GN16) August 10-18, 2019
A DXpedition is planned to St Pierre et Miquelon, August 10th through
the 18th. The team will operate as T05M will from Ile aux Marins on
6-160m, but there is a possibility of some FM Satellites. Keep an eye
on their website for updates at http://fp2019.net/
Santa Rosa Island, CA (CM93) August 12-14, 2019
Ron, AD0DX, is heading back to Santa Rosa Island, August 12th -14th.
When not distracted by the feathered-birds, Ron will be on FM and
linear satellites as W6R. Keep an eye on Ron's Twitter feed for
updates at the dates get closer at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Goose Bay, Labrador (FO-93) August 12-14, 2019
Chris, VE3FU, will be visiting family / friends and maintenance of
his HF remote station in FO93, but he should be on the FM sats as
VO2AC. Chris will try to post here before each pass, so keep an eye
on his Twitter feed at https://twitter.com/ChrisVE3FU
6Y Jamaica (FK18) AUGUST 12-19, 2019
Philippe, EA4NF will be operating from Jamaica (IOTA NA-097 Grid
FK18) in Satellite with the special call 6Y4NF from August 12 to 19.
QRV Satellite in FM and SSB. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on
Philippe's Twitter feed for further updates at
https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT.
AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15
AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active
satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the
V RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest
event for the ham community in Southwest Europe and will open doors
September 14th and 15th . Learn more about IberRadio at
http://www.iberradio.es.
AM1SAT call sign will be active from a minimum of 14 different grids
during that time to help satellite operators to collect as much EA
locators as possible.
As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation,
AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories:
SILVER and GOLD
More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ and as a pdf at
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-223-AMSAT-EA
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]
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AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign
to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades
on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to
continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.
We have reached a great milestone with $33,250 raised
or about 17% towards our goal. This would not have been
possible without your outstanding generosity!!
For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
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ARISS News
+ Upcoming Contacts
Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via
IK1SLD
The ISS call sign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Thu 2019-08-15 09:17:06 UTC 53 deg
Watch for live stream at www.ariotti.com starting about 15 min before
AOS.
+ Completed Contacts
Kyoto Tachibana Junior & Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via
8N3KT
The ISS callsign was NA1SS.
The astronaut was Nick Hague KG5TMV.
Contact was successful: Thu 2019-08-08 10:36:37 UTC.
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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Satellite Shorts from All Over
+ AMSAT Featured in Special 300th Edition of ICQ Podcast
The ICQ Podcast team released their 300th edition on August 4, 2019
which features an interview with AMSAT Treasurer and Past President
Keith Baker, KB1SF.
Released fortnightly on a Sunday at 0900 GMT the ICQ Podcast is
available either as an MP3 download or as a YouTube version with
optional auto-generated subtitles. In this edition, Martin Butler,
M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard, M0TCH, Dan Romanchik, KB6NU and
Frank Howell, K4FMH to interview Keith. The interview begins
at 1:10:30 into the show and can be heard at
https://www.icqpodcast.com/
[AMSAT thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA for the above information.]
+ OSCAR-94 Crashes on the Moon
Lunar-OSCAR 94 (a.k.a. LongJiang 2 and DSLWP-B) crashed onto the
far side of the Moon on July 31 around 14:08 UTC, ending its very
successful amateur radio mission around the Moon. Launched on
May 20, 2018, OSCAR achieved several historical firsts. The
complete story can be read at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-223-OSCAR-94
[ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the above information.]
+ ARRL Updates LOTW with Three New Satellites
On August 5, 2019 the ARRL updated Logbook of the World to include
three new satellites: BO-102, NO-103, and NO-104 this morning.
[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the above information.]
+ AMSAT-DL Building Antarctic Ground Station for QO-100
AMSAT-DL is hurriedly building a ground station for Antarctica that
will link to QO-100. The purpose for the installation is to provide
a scientific platform to engage students in studying climate change
and its effects in the polar regions.
Read the complete article at
https://amsat-dl.org/en/wie-wird-die-antarktis-auf-qo-100-qrv/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.]
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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.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the
student rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this
status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student
membership information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring
membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author
and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
program!
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Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
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ANS-223
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and
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Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur
Radio in space including reports on the activities of a worldwide
group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in
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The news feed on http://amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio
in space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
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In this edition:
* 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced -
Tickets Now Available
* FUNcube-1/AO-73 Entering Continuous Sunlight
* ARRL/TAPR 2019 Digital Communications Conference Call for Papers
* BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Get OSCAR Designations
* 19th Global Symposium for Regulators
* SSA Defends 23cm Band Against Galileo Threat
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-223.01
ANS-223 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 223.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
August 11, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-223.01
50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced -
Tickets Now Available
AMSAT is pleased to announce that the AMSAT Symposium Saturday
Evening Banquet on Saturday, October 19th will feature a panel of
guest speakers presenting "The Foundations of AMSAT" followed by a
question and answer period. Guest speakers will include:
- Lance Ginner, K6GSJ (Project OSCAR)
- George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat)
- Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT)
- Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
- Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
- Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and Australis-OSCAR 5
Project Manager)
The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will
be held on Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington,
Virginia at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium registration is available
for $60 from now until September 15th. Banquet tickets are $55.
Tickets are now available on the AMSAT Store at
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/
Tickets are also now available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday,
October 20th, a bus tour will take attendees to the
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space
Museum. Two large hangars display thousands of aviation and space
artifacts, including a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the
Space Shuttle Discovery. Bus capacity is limited to 35 attendees.
Tickets are $30 per person. Attendees who wish to drive may also
join the tour group. Parking at the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15.
On Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead
a walking tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required.
Transportation to the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro.
Additional information, including hotel reservation information is
available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]
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Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront.
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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FUNcube-1/AO-73 Entering Continuous Sunlight
FUNCube-1/AO-73 is due to enter continuous sunlight in a few days
time and the operations team have decided to set the satellite to the
education mode full time. This means full power beacon with no
transponder and no eclipse auto switching.
One of the effects of this is that the temperature of the satellite
will increase. This will allow the FUNcube operations team to
follow the effects of continuous sunlight more easily and, in theory,
should keep the satellite cooler as more energy should be radiated
from the structure as RF.
They predict that the satellite will start experiencing eclipses
again on approximately 7 May 2020. The team may put the satellite
back into transponder mode while it is in continuous sunlight, and
will make an announcement if they do so.
[ANS thanks Jim, G3WGM for the above information.]
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ARRL/TAPR 2019 Digital Communications Conference Call for Papers
The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) will be held in
Detroit, Michigan September 20-22, 2019. The location will be
located near the airport.
Technical Presentations & Papers are solicited for presentation at
the DCC and for publication in the Annual Conference Proceedings.
The proceedings are published by the ARRL. Submitting a paper is not
required to make a presentation at the conference. Conversely, it is
not necessary that a technical paper be presented at the DCC to be
published in the annual proceedings.
Persons interested in making a technical presentation should contact
TAPR President, Steve Bible, N7HPR at steven dot bible at gmail.com.
Submission of technical papers are due by August 12, 2019 and should
be submitted to:
Maty Weinberg
ARRL 225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
or via the Internet to maty at arrl. dot org.
Full Details on Call for Papers & Submission Guidelines at:
https://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers
[ANS thanks Mark Thompson, WB9QZB for the above information.]
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BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Get OSCAR Designations
On June 25, 2019, the United States Naval Academy PSAT2 and BRICSAT2
cubesats were launched on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle from the
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 were developed by
Naval Academy students in the USNA Satellite Lab and operated in
cooperation with the USNA Amateur Radio Club. PSAT2 carries a PSK31
transponder, digipeater, SSTV-downlinked camera images, and a DTMF to
voice/APRS system. BRICSAT2 carries a digipeater and thruster
experiment. Both satellites are currently active.
At the request of the Naval Academy Amateur Radio Club, AMSAT hereby
designates BRICSAT2 as Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103), and PSAT2 as
Navy-OSCAR 104 (NO-104). AMSAT congratulates the owners and operators,
thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community,
and wish them a long mission and continued success on this and future
projects.
[ANS thanks AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator Drew
Glasbrenner, KO4MA, for the above information.]
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19th Global Symposium for Regulators
Small-Satellites, High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) and 47 GHz
were among the topics discussed at the ITU-D 19th Global Symposium
for Regulators in Port Vila, Vanuata, July 9-12.
The background paper 'Preparing for WRC-19 Understanding the issues
at stake and the impact of decisions to be made' was among the
meeting documents in which 47.0-47.2 GHz is noted as one of the
candidate bands for IMT-2020 (International Mobile Telecommunications)
and 47.2-47.5 GHz for HAPS.
Regarding Small-Satellites the document says:
"At WRC-15, a proposal for a new agenda item for WRC-19 to consider
modifications to the regulatory procedures for notifying satellite
networks to accommodate nanosatellite and picosatellite missions was
submitted. WRC-15 decided not to include this as a specific item on
the WRC-19 agenda, because it concluded that this matter could best
be dealt with by the ITU-R under the standing WRC agenda item 7.
"Considering that the size of a satellite is independent of the nature
of the service that it is intended to provide, a simplified
regulatory regime needs to be developed for non-GSO satellites with
short-duration missions, independent of the size of the satellite.
"and
"Furthermore, it is important to ensure that any satellite radio-
frequency operation avoids harmful interference to incumbent and
authorized systems and services. The two frequency bands below 1 GHz
under consideration for new or upgraded allocation to the SOS
(150.05-174 MHz and 400.15-420 MHz) are used for a wide variety of
terrestrial and space applications, including for safety of life
purposes, and some of these bands are heavily used on a consistent
basis. Nevertheless, if new allocations to the SOS in these frequency
bands are considered, they should not put undue constraints on any
incumbent services."
You can download the complete PDF at
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/GSR/2019/Documents
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
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SSA Defends 23cm Band Against Galileo Threat
Sweden's national amateur radio society, the SSA, has sent a
supplementary letter to the communications regulator PTS ahead of the
next meeting of the CEPT ECC Conference Preparatory Group CPG-19.
The SSA report:
At a previous CEPT meeting (PTA), France has proposed an agenda item
to WRC-23 that the coexistence between satellite navigation
(e.g., Galileo) and amateur radio in the band 1240-1300 MHz should be
investigated. The proposal was voted down at the preparatory PTA
meeting, but France has now sent letters to the various
telecommunications authorities with a request that they now support
this proposal at the forthcoming CPG19-9. SSA opposes this.
SSA has therefore sent a supplementary letter to PTS about our 23 cm
amateur band. Our section leader for IARU and VUSHF Mats SM6EAN
explains the background and our opinion on our section pages. Here
you can also read the new letter to PTS.
Link to the letter in Google English is available at
https://tinyurl.com/SwedenSSA
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
St Pierre et Miquelon (GN16) August 10-18, 2019
A DXpedition is planned to St Pierre et Miquelon, August 10th through
the 18th. The team will operate as T05M will from Ile aux Marins on
6-160m, but there is a possibility of some FM Satellites. Keep an eye
on their website for updates at http://fp2019.net/
Santa Rosa Island, CA (CM93) August 12-14, 2019
Ron, AD0DX, is heading back to Santa Rosa Island, August 12th -14th.
When not distracted by the feathered-birds, Ron will be on FM and
linear satellites as W6R. Keep an eye on Ron's Twitter feed for
updates at the dates get closer at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Goose Bay, Labrador (FO-93) August 12-14, 2019
Chris, VE3FU, will be visiting family / friends and maintenance of
his HF remote station in FO93, but he should be on the FM sats as
VO2AC. Chris will try to post here before each pass, so keep an eye
on his Twitter feed at https://twitter.com/ChrisVE3FU
6Y Jamaica (FK18) AUGUST 12-19, 2019
Philippe, EA4NF will be operating from Jamaica (IOTA NA-097 Grid
FK18) in Satellite with the special call 6Y4NF from August 12 to 19.
QRV Satellite in FM and SSB. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on
Philippe's Twitter feed for further updates at
https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT.
AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15
AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active
satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the
V RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest
event for the ham community in Southwest Europe and will open doors
September 14th and 15th . Learn more about IberRadio at
http://www.iberradio.es.
AM1SAT call sign will be active from a minimum of 14 different grids
during that time to help satellite operators to collect as much EA
locators as possible.
As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation,
AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories:
SILVER and GOLD
More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ and as a pdf at
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-223-AMSAT-EA
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]
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AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign
to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades
on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to
continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.
We have reached a great milestone with $33,250 raised
or about 17% towards our goal. This would not have been
possible without your outstanding generosity!!
For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
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ARISS News
+ Upcoming Contacts
Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via
IK1SLD
The ISS call sign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Thu 2019-08-15 09:17:06 UTC 53 deg
Watch for live stream at www.ariotti.com starting about 15 min before
AOS.
+ Completed Contacts
Kyoto Tachibana Junior & Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via
8N3KT
The ISS callsign was NA1SS.
The astronaut was Nick Hague KG5TMV.
Contact was successful: Thu 2019-08-08 10:36:37 UTC.
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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Satellite Shorts from All Over
+ AMSAT Featured in Special 300th Edition of ICQ Podcast
The ICQ Podcast team released their 300th edition on August 4, 2019
which features an interview with AMSAT Treasurer and Past President
Keith Baker, KB1SF.
Released fortnightly on a Sunday at 0900 GMT the ICQ Podcast is
available either as an MP3 download or as a YouTube version with
optional auto-generated subtitles. In this edition, Martin Butler,
M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard, M0TCH, Dan Romanchik, KB6NU and
Frank Howell, K4FMH to interview Keith. The interview begins
at 1:10:30 into the show and can be heard at
https://www.icqpodcast.com/
[AMSAT thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA for the above information.]
+ OSCAR-94 Crashes on the Moon
Lunar-OSCAR 94 (a.k.a. LongJiang 2 and DSLWP-B) crashed onto the
far side of the Moon on July 31 around 14:08 UTC, ending its very
successful amateur radio mission around the Moon. Launched on
May 20, 2018, OSCAR achieved several historical firsts. The
complete story can be read at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-223-OSCAR-94
[ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the above information.]
+ ARRL Updates LOTW with Three New Satellites
On August 5, 2019 the ARRL updated Logbook of the World to include
three new satellites: BO-102, NO-103, and NO-104 this morning.
[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the above information.]
+ AMSAT-DL Building Antarctic Ground Station for QO-100
AMSAT-DL is hurriedly building a ground station for Antarctica that
will link to QO-100. The purpose for the installation is to provide
a scientific platform to engage students in studying climate change
and its effects in the polar regions.
Read the complete article at
https://amsat-dl.org/en/wie-wird-die-antarktis-auf-qo-100-qrv/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.]
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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.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the
student rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this
status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student
membership information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring
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and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
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Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
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Sunday, March 12, 2017
AMSAT News Service AMS-071
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free,
weekly news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio
Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in
Space including 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.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* US ARISS Proposal Window Remains Open Through April 15, 2017
* First Moon Bounce using Opera
* NEON - NASA Educators Online Network - ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Cubesat Developers Workshop 2017
* ARISS News
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-071.01
ANS-071 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 071.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
March 12, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-071.01
US ARISS Proposal Window Remains Open Through April 15, 2017
Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
Call for Proposals
Proposal Window February 15 – April 15, 2017
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 anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. 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 deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
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, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space).
More Information
Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
Please direct any questions to ariss at arrl.org.
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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ARISS News
+ A Successful contact was made between Blair Pointe Upper Elementary School, Peru, IN, USA and Astronaut Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began Thu 2017-03-09 15:21:33 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via WD9GIU.
ARISS Mentor was Charlie AJ9N.
+ A Successful contact was made between 3rd Junior High School, Komotini, Greece and Astronaut Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact began Fri 2017-03-10 08:20:46 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via SV7APQ. ARISS Mentor was Bertus PE1KEH.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
McBride High School, Long Beach, CA, direct via K6MHS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-15 16:28:44 UTC
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information]
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/EX
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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM aa8em at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* US ARISS Proposal Window Remains Open Through April 15, 2017
* First Moon Bounce using Opera
* NEON - NASA Educators Online Network - ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Cubesat Developers Workshop 2017
* ARISS News
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-071.01
ANS-071 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 071.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
March 12, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-071.01
US ARISS Proposal Window Remains Open Through April 15, 2017
Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
Call for Proposals
Proposal Window February 15 – April 15, 2017
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 anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. 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 deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
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, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space).
More Information
Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
Please direct any questions to ariss at arrl.org.
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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ARISS News
+ A Successful contact was made between Blair Pointe Upper Elementary School, Peru, IN, USA and Astronaut Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began Thu 2017-03-09 15:21:33 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via WD9GIU.
ARISS Mentor was Charlie AJ9N.
+ A Successful contact was made between 3rd Junior High School, Komotini, Greece and Astronaut Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact began Fri 2017-03-10 08:20:46 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via SV7APQ. ARISS Mentor was Bertus PE1KEH.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
McBride High School, Long Beach, CA, direct via K6MHS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-15 16:28:44 UTC
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information]
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/EX
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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM aa8em at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Saturday, March 04, 2017
AMSAT News Service ANS-064
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a
free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio
Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in
Space including 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.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, 2017 Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year
* VUCC Awards for February 2017
* On-line Information Sessions for ARISS-US School Contact Proposals
* Ham radio satellite activation of Berry Islands, Bahamas
* NASA Explores Opportunity for Smaller Experiments to 'Hitch a Ride' to Mars
* Belize on Satellite
* October Amateur Radio Satellites Activation of Sint Maarten Announced
* Nayif-1 Status Report and New Dashboard
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-064.01
ANS-064 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 064.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
March 5, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-064.01
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, 2017 Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year
The Dayton Hamvention has announced the winners of the 2017 Hamvention Awards. Each year, the Dayton Hamvention honors radio amateurs who have made major contributions to the art and science of amateur radio. AMSAT Vice President for Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, was named 2017 Amateur of the Year.
The award citation reads:
“Frank serves as the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) international chairman. In the mid-1990s, Bauer proposed a GPS reception experiment on the AMSAT Phase 3D satellite (AO-40). The experiment was to measure the signal strength of the GPS satellite constellation while Phase 3D was in high-Earth orbit (HEO). The AO-40 experiment subsequently has been cited often in aerospace literature, as it remained the most comprehensive above-the-
constellation data source for nearly a decade and led to changes in the system’s specifications and applications. The results of the AO-40 experiment jump started a game-changing transformation in
navigation at HEO/GEO altitudes, enabling new and exciting missions in these orbits.
Bauer holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue University. His career in aerospace spans 4 decades within NASA and in private industry
Bauer has been licensed since 1974. In 1983, in preparation for the space mission of Owen Garriott, W5LFL, he was responsible for setting up and operating the worldwide retransmission of Space Shuttle air-to-ground communications from Goddard Amateur Radio Club station WA3NAN.
This initiative provided a critical conduit of information to hams attempting to contact astronaut-hams in the pre-Internet era.”
The 2017 Dayton Hamvention Award winners are listed at http://hamvention.org/event-details/awards/
[ANS thanks Dayton Hamvention via the ARRL for the above information]
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VUCC Awards for February 2017
Congratulations to the following satellite operators who were awarded endorsements for Satellite VUCC by the ARRL during the period 1Feb2017 thru 1Mar2017:
WA4NVM-1413
KD8CAO-1200
W5PFG-982
N8RO-918
N7SFI-829
K4FEG-711
N8HM-608
N4UFO-601
KG5CCI-452
N9IP-417
K5ND-200
W7QL-180
W4DTA-151
AI6GS-136
N6RFM-107
There were 2 new VUCC awards:
WI7P - 829
AK4WQ (EN34) - 106
The ARRL VUCC Award is the most prestigious and sought after award for satellite operators. The award is what inspires all of the roving activity here in the United States and around the world. A special thanks to all rovers who make the effort to operate away from home. The Central States VHF Society sponsors the reverse VUCC award for rovers who operate in 100 or more grids away from home. Some of our current rovers are already eligible or close to being eligible for this award. Recipients so far include N7SFI, N5AFV, ND9M and KD4ZGW. (as of 5July2016 www.csvhfs.org)
[ANS thanks John K8YSE for the above information]
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On-line Information Sessions for ARISS-US School Contact Proposals
ARISS-US is accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS, radio contact with an orbiting space station crew member between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2018. Proposals are due April 15, 2017.
Informational Sessions
To help organizations learn about ARISS radio contacts and the proposal process, ARISS offers one-hour online information sessions and welcomes all questions. Attending an online session is not
required but strongly encouraged.
Informational sessions will be offered March 6, 2017, at 7 p.m. EST and March 16, 2017, at 4 p.m. EDT.
Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss@arrl.org) to sign up for an information session.
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal forms, visit http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
Please email questions about this opportunity to ariss@arrl.org.
ARISS-US is offered through a partnership between NASA, the American Radio Relay League, and the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ARISS was created and is managed by an international working group.
[ANS thanks ARISS and NASA Education Express Message -- March 2, 2017 for the above information]
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Ham radio satellite activation of Berry Islands, Bahamas
Steve M1ACB, Rob M0VFC and John M0IDA will be active on the FM and SSB amateur radio satellites from Berry Islands in the Bahamas.
The trio plan to operate from March 4-10 and will be using hand-held antennas. Since the FM satellites will only cover part of the USA they’ll also be using SSB on FO-29 to reach the British Isles and Europe.
They will be operating from Little Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands, IOTA NA-054, Grid Square FL15do.
For further information see https://m1acb.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/1527/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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NASA Explores Opportunity for Smaller Experiments to 'Hitch a Ride' to Mars
NASA's goals for human deep space exploration are complex and ambitious. To maximize resources as it pushes the boundaries of exploration, the agency is exploring opportunities to take advantage of emerging private sector space capabilities.
NASA released a request for information Monday regarding possible commercial sources to fly limited payloads on planned, non-NASA missions to Mars. The agency will use the responses to gather market data on the complete spectrum of commercial plans, and identify any excess capacity that may exist for NASA payloads.
Furthering NASA's human deep space exploration goals will require a significant amount of scientific research, and opportunities to collect data on Mars have been rare. Only seven successful missions to the surface of Mars have taken place in the history of space flight.
Evolving capabilities in the private sector have opened the possibility for NASA to take advantage of commercial opportunities to land scientific payloads on the surface of the Red Planet. Such capability would provide an additional method of acquiring science and engineering data concerning Mars, and would complement NASA's current deep space exploration efforts.
[ANS thanks www.marsdaily.com for the above information]
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Belize on Satellite
Good evening to my fellow people of the birds,
The time has come. I will be venturing to the land of Belize March 11-19 and will be on the satellites with the call V31NJ. I will operate from various grids and possibly some islands (a side trip to
Roatan, Honduras is possible with operations from there, not positive yet). This is gonna be a vacation style op (going with my little brother for his spring break), so don't expect me on every pass.
If I can get a permit for Guatemala TG/NJ7H may also be on a few passes, though I'm not sure if from any grids different than in Belize.
QSLing will be via LoTW. If there is a demand, I can get some cards printed when I'm back.
[ANS thanks Gabe V31NJ/NJ7H for the above information]
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October Amateur Radio Satellites Activation of Sint Maarten Announced
PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Members of Argentinian DXers Group will be active as PJ7T from Sint Maarten (NA-105) between October 24th and November 4th. Operators mentioned are Dan/LU9FHF, Bob/LU4FBU, Andy/LU2JCW, Wally/LU3FMD and Jose/LU1FM. They plan to have three station on the HF bands and one on the Amateur Radio Satellites. QSL via LU1FM direct, LoTW or eQSL.
Look for their Web page to be active soon at: http://www.tarjetasqsl.com.ar/pj7t
[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1307 for the above information]
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Nayif-1 Status Report and New Dashboard
The Nayif-1 (EO-88) CubeSat has now been in orbit for more than two weeks and all systems continue to operate nominally.
The power budget is positive, the spin/tumble rate is acceptably low, on board temperatures are perfectly okay and, importantly, the educational/amateur transponder switching is taking place
autonomously as planned.
More than 250 stations around the world have provided telemetry to the Nayif Data Warehouse and the FUNcube Team are extremely grateful to them for their invaluable support.
The experts have now formally allocated Catalog Number 42017 to Nayif-1 (EO88) and the TLEs can now be downloaded from Celestrak – TLEs
New Dashboards
The FUNcube Team have now updated the Dashboards for both Nayif-1 and FUNcube-1 so that they display only the telemetry received from the individual spacecraft that they are designed for. This will help users to display only the correct information and graphs and reduce confusion. Whilst they only display the data from ONE spacecraft, they will, as now, receive and decode the data from all FUNcube payloads currently in orbit and automatically submit it to the relevant Data Warehouse.
The new Dashboard for FUNcube-1 (ver 1044) can be downloaded from here: FUNcube Dashboard Installer 1044
The new Dashboard for Nayif-1 (ver 1040) can be downloaded from here: Nayif-1 Dashboard Installer 1040
Additionally some command line parameters have been added to enable the programmes to auto-start with the desired parameters. These are:
/minimized
/autostart
/source=dongle
or
/source=soundcard
Some notes on how to implement these parameters can be found here: funcube-dashboard-autostart
Nayif-1 Data Warehouse http://data.amsat-uk.org/nayif1/
Ham radio satellite transmits Vice President’s message
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/25/nayif-1-uae-vice-president-message/
Nayif-1 Launched https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/15/nayif-1-launched/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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ARISS News
+ A Successful contact was made between ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE.
Raduga Space Communication Center of St. Petersburg, Russia and
Cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov using Callsign RSØISS. The contact began
UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direc via
RA1AJN. ARISS Mentor was Sergey RV3DR.
+ A Successful contact was made between Ecole “Robespierre B.”,
Rueil-Malmaison, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using
Callsign FX0ISS. The contact began 2017-03-01 08:04 UTC and lasted
about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via F6KFA.
ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.
+ A Successful contact was made between College Marcel Pagnol, Rueil-
Malmaison, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using Callsign
FX0ISS. The contact began 2017-03-01 08:04 UTC and lasted about
nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via F6KFA.
ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.
+ A Successful contact was made between Ecole Albert Camus, Rueil-
Malmaison, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using Callsign
FX0ISS. The contact began 2017-03-01 08:04 UTC and lasted about
nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via F6KFA.
ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
+ Blair Pointe Upper Elementary School, Peru, IN, direct via WD9GIU
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-03-09 15:21:33 UTC
+ 3rd Junior High School, Komotini, Greece, direct via SV7APQ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-03-10 08:20:46 UTC
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The AMSAT-NA office was closed Friday March 3 and will remain closed through Monday March 6. Martha will return to office Tuesday March 7.
[ANS thanks Martha for the above information
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/EX
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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM aa8em at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, 2017 Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year
* VUCC Awards for February 2017
* On-line Information Sessions for ARISS-US School Contact Proposals
* Ham radio satellite activation of Berry Islands, Bahamas
* NASA Explores Opportunity for Smaller Experiments to 'Hitch a Ride' to Mars
* Belize on Satellite
* October Amateur Radio Satellites Activation of Sint Maarten Announced
* Nayif-1 Status Report and New Dashboard
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-064.01
ANS-064 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 064.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
March 5, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-064.01
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, 2017 Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year
The Dayton Hamvention has announced the winners of the 2017 Hamvention Awards. Each year, the Dayton Hamvention honors radio amateurs who have made major contributions to the art and science of amateur radio. AMSAT Vice President for Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, was named 2017 Amateur of the Year.
The award citation reads:
“Frank serves as the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) international chairman. In the mid-1990s, Bauer proposed a GPS reception experiment on the AMSAT Phase 3D satellite (AO-40). The experiment was to measure the signal strength of the GPS satellite constellation while Phase 3D was in high-Earth orbit (HEO). The AO-40 experiment subsequently has been cited often in aerospace literature, as it remained the most comprehensive above-the-
constellation data source for nearly a decade and led to changes in the system’s specifications and applications. The results of the AO-40 experiment jump started a game-changing transformation in
navigation at HEO/GEO altitudes, enabling new and exciting missions in these orbits.
Bauer holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue University. His career in aerospace spans 4 decades within NASA and in private industry
Bauer has been licensed since 1974. In 1983, in preparation for the space mission of Owen Garriott, W5LFL, he was responsible for setting up and operating the worldwide retransmission of Space Shuttle air-to-ground communications from Goddard Amateur Radio Club station WA3NAN.
This initiative provided a critical conduit of information to hams attempting to contact astronaut-hams in the pre-Internet era.”
The 2017 Dayton Hamvention Award winners are listed at http://hamvention.org/event-details/awards/
[ANS thanks Dayton Hamvention via the ARRL for the above information]
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VUCC Awards for February 2017
Congratulations to the following satellite operators who were awarded endorsements for Satellite VUCC by the ARRL during the period 1Feb2017 thru 1Mar2017:
WA4NVM-1413
KD8CAO-1200
W5PFG-982
N8RO-918
N7SFI-829
K4FEG-711
N8HM-608
N4UFO-601
KG5CCI-452
N9IP-417
K5ND-200
W7QL-180
W4DTA-151
AI6GS-136
N6RFM-107
There were 2 new VUCC awards:
WI7P - 829
AK4WQ (EN34) - 106
The ARRL VUCC Award is the most prestigious and sought after award for satellite operators. The award is what inspires all of the roving activity here in the United States and around the world. A special thanks to all rovers who make the effort to operate away from home. The Central States VHF Society sponsors the reverse VUCC award for rovers who operate in 100 or more grids away from home. Some of our current rovers are already eligible or close to being eligible for this award. Recipients so far include N7SFI, N5AFV, ND9M and KD4ZGW. (as of 5July2016 www.csvhfs.org)
[ANS thanks John K8YSE for the above information]
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On-line Information Sessions for ARISS-US School Contact Proposals
ARISS-US is accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS, radio contact with an orbiting space station crew member between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2018. Proposals are due April 15, 2017.
Informational Sessions
To help organizations learn about ARISS radio contacts and the proposal process, ARISS offers one-hour online information sessions and welcomes all questions. Attending an online session is not
required but strongly encouraged.
Informational sessions will be offered March 6, 2017, at 7 p.m. EST and March 16, 2017, at 4 p.m. EDT.
Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss@arrl.org) to sign up for an information session.
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal forms, visit http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
Please email questions about this opportunity to ariss@arrl.org.
ARISS-US is offered through a partnership between NASA, the American Radio Relay League, and the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ARISS was created and is managed by an international working group.
[ANS thanks ARISS and NASA Education Express Message -- March 2, 2017 for the above information]
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Ham radio satellite activation of Berry Islands, Bahamas
Steve M1ACB, Rob M0VFC and John M0IDA will be active on the FM and SSB amateur radio satellites from Berry Islands in the Bahamas.
The trio plan to operate from March 4-10 and will be using hand-held antennas. Since the FM satellites will only cover part of the USA they’ll also be using SSB on FO-29 to reach the British Isles and Europe.
They will be operating from Little Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands, IOTA NA-054, Grid Square FL15do.
For further information see https://m1acb.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/1527/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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NASA Explores Opportunity for Smaller Experiments to 'Hitch a Ride' to Mars
NASA's goals for human deep space exploration are complex and ambitious. To maximize resources as it pushes the boundaries of exploration, the agency is exploring opportunities to take advantage of emerging private sector space capabilities.
NASA released a request for information Monday regarding possible commercial sources to fly limited payloads on planned, non-NASA missions to Mars. The agency will use the responses to gather market data on the complete spectrum of commercial plans, and identify any excess capacity that may exist for NASA payloads.
Furthering NASA's human deep space exploration goals will require a significant amount of scientific research, and opportunities to collect data on Mars have been rare. Only seven successful missions to the surface of Mars have taken place in the history of space flight.
Evolving capabilities in the private sector have opened the possibility for NASA to take advantage of commercial opportunities to land scientific payloads on the surface of the Red Planet. Such capability would provide an additional method of acquiring science and engineering data concerning Mars, and would complement NASA's current deep space exploration efforts.
[ANS thanks www.marsdaily.com for the above information]
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Belize on Satellite
Good evening to my fellow people of the birds,
The time has come. I will be venturing to the land of Belize March 11-19 and will be on the satellites with the call V31NJ. I will operate from various grids and possibly some islands (a side trip to
Roatan, Honduras is possible with operations from there, not positive yet). This is gonna be a vacation style op (going with my little brother for his spring break), so don't expect me on every pass.
If I can get a permit for Guatemala TG/NJ7H may also be on a few passes, though I'm not sure if from any grids different than in Belize.
QSLing will be via LoTW. If there is a demand, I can get some cards printed when I'm back.
[ANS thanks Gabe V31NJ/NJ7H for the above information]
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October Amateur Radio Satellites Activation of Sint Maarten Announced
PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Members of Argentinian DXers Group will be active as PJ7T from Sint Maarten (NA-105) between October 24th and November 4th. Operators mentioned are Dan/LU9FHF, Bob/LU4FBU, Andy/LU2JCW, Wally/LU3FMD and Jose/LU1FM. They plan to have three station on the HF bands and one on the Amateur Radio Satellites. QSL via LU1FM direct, LoTW or eQSL.
Look for their Web page to be active soon at: http://www.tarjetasqsl.com.ar/pj7t
[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1307 for the above information]
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Nayif-1 Status Report and New Dashboard
The Nayif-1 (EO-88) CubeSat has now been in orbit for more than two weeks and all systems continue to operate nominally.
The power budget is positive, the spin/tumble rate is acceptably low, on board temperatures are perfectly okay and, importantly, the educational/amateur transponder switching is taking place
autonomously as planned.
More than 250 stations around the world have provided telemetry to the Nayif Data Warehouse and the FUNcube Team are extremely grateful to them for their invaluable support.
The experts have now formally allocated Catalog Number 42017 to Nayif-1 (EO88) and the TLEs can now be downloaded from Celestrak – TLEs
New Dashboards
The FUNcube Team have now updated the Dashboards for both Nayif-1 and FUNcube-1 so that they display only the telemetry received from the individual spacecraft that they are designed for. This will help users to display only the correct information and graphs and reduce confusion. Whilst they only display the data from ONE spacecraft, they will, as now, receive and decode the data from all FUNcube payloads currently in orbit and automatically submit it to the relevant Data Warehouse.
The new Dashboard for FUNcube-1 (ver 1044) can be downloaded from here: FUNcube Dashboard Installer 1044
The new Dashboard for Nayif-1 (ver 1040) can be downloaded from here: Nayif-1 Dashboard Installer 1040
Additionally some command line parameters have been added to enable the programmes to auto-start with the desired parameters. These are:
/minimized
/autostart
/source=dongle
or
/source=soundcard
Some notes on how to implement these parameters can be found here: funcube-dashboard-autostart
Nayif-1 Data Warehouse http://data.amsat-uk.org/nayif1/
Ham radio satellite transmits Vice President’s message
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/25/nayif-1-uae-vice-president-message/
Nayif-1 Launched https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/15/nayif-1-launched/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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ARISS News
+ A Successful contact was made between ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE.
Raduga Space Communication Center of St. Petersburg, Russia and
Cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov using Callsign RSØISS. The contact began
UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direc via
RA1AJN. ARISS Mentor was Sergey RV3DR.
+ A Successful contact was made between Ecole “Robespierre B.”,
Rueil-Malmaison, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using
Callsign FX0ISS. The contact began 2017-03-01 08:04 UTC and lasted
about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via F6KFA.
ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.
+ A Successful contact was made between College Marcel Pagnol, Rueil-
Malmaison, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using Callsign
FX0ISS. The contact began 2017-03-01 08:04 UTC and lasted about
nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via F6KFA.
ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.
+ A Successful contact was made between Ecole Albert Camus, Rueil-
Malmaison, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using Callsign
FX0ISS. The contact began 2017-03-01 08:04 UTC and lasted about
nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via F6KFA.
ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
+ Blair Pointe Upper Elementary School, Peru, IN, direct via WD9GIU
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-03-09 15:21:33 UTC
+ 3rd Junior High School, Komotini, Greece, direct via SV7APQ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-03-10 08:20:46 UTC
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The AMSAT-NA office was closed Friday March 3 and will remain closed through Monday March 6. Martha will return to office Tuesday March 7.
[ANS thanks Martha for the above information
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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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information.
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This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM aa8em at amsat dot org
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Monday, February 27, 2017
AMSAT News Service ANS-057
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS
publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including 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.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* OSCAR Number EO-88 for Nayif-1
* Two projects with AMSAT ties selected for NASA launches
* ARISS Equipment on SpaceX Launch
* VEGA Flight Opportunity for Multiple Small Satellites
* Satellite Changes in AMSAT Keplerian Element Distribution
* LUSAT LO-19 Calls Home
* Expect More from Amateur BY70-1 Youth Space Program
* AMSAT Events
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-057.01
ANS-057 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 057.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE Febuary 26, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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OSCAR Number EO-88 for Nayif-1
In accordance with the request sent to the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors for an OSCAR number for the UAE CubeSat, Nayif-1, and the statement that all of the conditions for an OSCAR number have been met, I hereby by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA president, do convey on Nayif-1 the designation Emirates Oscar 88 or EO-88.
Along with the rest of the Amateur Radio satellite community, I hope that EO-88 will meet all of its objectives.
I wish you and your group the best of luck in this and future endeavors to keep Amateur Radio in space.
[ANS thanks William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, OSCAR Number Administrator for the above information]
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Two projects with AMSAT ties selected for NASA launches
Two cubesat missions with ties to AMSAT have been selected as part of the eighth round of the NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative. These spacecraft are eligible for placement on a launch manifest after final negotiations, depending on the availability of a flight opportunity.
TJREVERB is a CubeSat from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Alexandria, Virginia. This satellite will include an AMSAT Fox mode U/v FM radio system, and will be capable of serving as an analog FM repeater.
HuskySat-1 from the University of Washington in Seattle will carry a mode V/u linear transponder and 1200 baud BPSK beacon similar to RadFXsat-2. The satellite will demonstrate plasma propulsion and high gain telemetry in advance of a larger CubeSat lunar mission.
The complete list of satellites selected may be found at on the NASA web page.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-announces-eighth-class-of-candidates-for-launch-of-cubesat-space-missions
http://www.amsat.org/?p=5795
[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice-President for Operations for the above information]
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ARISS Equipment on SpaceX Launch
Included as part of the successful launch of the SpaceX Dragon vehicle to ISS is an ARISS Ericsson 2 meter VHF radio. This radio will replace the Ericsson radio that failed a few months ago. The VHF radio is used for school group contacts and amateur packet radio in the Columbus module. Once the Dragon vehicle is berthed to ISS, the Ericsson will be unstowed and, at some point, installed in Columbus, replacing the UHF radio that is now supporting APRS packet and some school contacts.
The unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station Thursday, 2/23/2017. The Dragon cargo ship was grabbed by the station's robotic arm at 5:44 am (1044 GMT).
Our thanks to SpaceX on an outstanding and historic flight from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, where many Space Shuttle missions and nearly all the Apollo moon missions were launched. We also would like to thank our ARISS benefactors-NASA and CASIS, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space. And, of course, our amateur radio long-time sponsors-our national amateur radio organizations around the world, including the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in the US, and our international AMSAT organizations, including AMSAT-NA.
ARISS is also making great progress on the development of the new interoperable radio system that we hope to use to replace our aging radio infrastructure in the Columbus module and the Service module. The hard (and expensive) part of this effort is just beginning, with testing and human certification on the horizon. We thank all that have donated to the cause thus far. We hope you continue to help ARISS move forward through your support, including your volunteer time and talent and, of course, financial contributions through the AMSAT web site donate button.
[ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair, AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight for the above information]
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VEGA Flight Opportunity for Multiple Small Satellites
Europe’s Vega small launcher is set to demonstrate its extended capability to deploy multiple light satellites using its new versatile Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser, in the second half of 2018.
This demonstration provides the first of the launch opportunities under the new Light satellite, Low-cost Launch opportunity (LLLor L3) Initiative initiated at the ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level in December 2016 with the aim to provide low-cost and regular launch services for European
Institutional light satellites through full exploitation of the Ariane 6 and Vega C launch systems’ capabilities.
This first proof-of-concept flight using the current Vega launch system will demonstrate and validate standard innovative services for light satellites.
The SSMS dispenser with its modular design enables Vega to provide launch opportunities for light satellites with an overall mass ranging from 1 kg CubeSats up to 400 kg minisats with different alternative configurations and relevant combinations under a ‘rideshare’ concept.
Potential customers, be they European public-sector organizations or other entities, are invited to respond to the joint ESA and European Commission Announcement of Opportunity, which can be downloaded together with its questionnaire, by 31 March.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/Vega_flight_opportunity_for_multiple_small_satellites (including links for the application process due by March 31)
[ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above information]
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Satellite Changes in AMSAT Keplerian Element Distribution
The following five satellites/object numbers have been deleted:
SATELLITE NORAD CAT ID REASON
BY70-1 41909 Deorbit 2-18-2017
OBJECT 41930 41930 Not Amateur Sat-ISS Launch
EGG 41933 Not Amateur Sat-ISS Launch
OBJECT 41934 41934 Not Amateur Sat-ISS Launch
TuPOD 41936 41936 Batteries Dead-ISS Launch
Thanks to Nico Janssen for his work in predicting BY70-1's deorbit.
As noted last week, Nayif-1 was launched with 103 other satellites on 2-15-2017. The cloud of satellites is beginning to spread and Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, has developed a TLE set that many on AMSAT-BB say is very accurate. I have included it in this week's distribution. Thanks again to a very busy Nico for his excellent work.
Detailed doppler measurements show that Nayif 1 is object 42017, 2017-008BX.
Keith Pugh, W5IU, suggested that I include Nayif-1 in the regular distribution so those using apps like PocketSat would be able to track it. Good idea Keith. (I have PocketSat myself!)
[ANS thanks AMSAT's Keeper of the Keps Ray Hoad, WA5QGD for the above information]
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LUSAT LO-19 Calls Home
On Feb-20 15:45z LUSAT LO-19 on Orbit 141493 had been heard with strong carrier on 437.125 ± Doppler.
LUSAT had been in space last 27 years and still emits it's CW carrier un-modulated with 900 mW.
Now and then the satellite comes alive, it is useful to test reception and demonstrate Doppler, check antennas, etc.
Please try to listen, on http://amsat.innova-red.net/pass you will find an easy way to locate, receive, and thank you if reported.
[ANS thanks Pedro, LU7ABF for the above information]
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Expect More from Amateur BY70-1 Youth Space Program
In announcing the end of a successful mission the students who built the amateur radio FM transponder satellite BY70-1 say “We hope more Amateur youth space program will be brought to you in the near future!”
The 2U CubeSat BY70-1 was built by students from the Beijing Bayi High School and carried into a 524 x 212 km orbit on a CZ-2D rocket launched from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center on December 28, 2016.
On February 17, 2017, as the satellite was about to burn up on its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, this end of mission statement was posted on the school’s website.
Dear friends of BY70-1:
Satellite BY70-1 has completed all designed missions. For the amateurs who completed 2-way QSO using the repeater onboard, received effective satellite telemetry, or obtained satellite camera photos, we would like to invite you sending connection data package (audio or video evidence), satellite
telemetry data or photos received to Email: 6015@bayims.cn.
So that we can keep statistics records and deliver our appreciation toward you in public. We would be pleased to exchange QSL card for QSO users, and some souvenirs for the telemetry or camera photos users.
We hope more Amateur youth space program will be brought to you in the near future!
E-mail Address: 6015 @bayims.cn
Post Address: Mr Xiangming TAOBeijing Bayi School, 29# Suzhou Street, Haidian Dist, Beijing, China P.O. 100080
http://www.bayims.cn/article-16881.html
BY70-1 FM transponder satellite
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/27/by70-1-fm-transponder-satellite/
BY70-1 FM contact video
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/30/by70-1-fm-transponder-contact/
See BY70-1 page on Roland PY4ZBZ website
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/by70.htm
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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AMSAT Events
Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations).
*Saturday and Sunday, 11-12 March 2017 – ScienceCity in Tucson AZ
*Saturday, 18 March 2017 – Scottsdale SpringFest in Scottsdale AZ
*Friday through Sunday, 31 March–2 April 2017, NVCON in Las Vegas NV
*Wednesday, 5 April 2007 – presentation for Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club in Scottsdale AZ
*Friday and Saturday, 7-8 April 2017, Green Country Hamfest in Claremore OK
*Saturday, 6 May 2017 – Cochise Amateur Radio Association hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ
*19-21 May 2017, HamVention in the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, Dayton, Ohio
*Friday and Saturday, 9-10 June 2017, HAM-COM in Irving TX
*Saturday, 10 June 2017 – Prescott Hamfest in Prescott AZ
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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ARISS News
Successful Contacts
* Collège André Malraux, Chatelaillon-Plage, France, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign was scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful Mon 2017-02-13 14:00:35 UTC 67 deg. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG answered 19 questions prepared by students for an audience 190 students and guests. HamTV downlinked
Pesquet live throughout the entire contact thanks to British Amateur TV Club merging 2 HamTV ground stations’ received signals. The live-stream was seen by 230 of the general public via BATC connections. Watch a recording of the live-streamed HamTV downlink:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp8JadKjPOmOUFCeDdZMFhSMm8/view?usp=sharing
Watch France's national television's report at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7amhLMgA8&feature=em-upload_owner
* John Glenn Middle School, Maplewood MN, direct via KØJDD The ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact was successful: Wed 2017-02-22 18:47:59 UTC 25 deg All 16 questions answered with a 73 round. Students, teachers and parents came to 900 individuals. One television station and four print media outlets were also in attendance. They reported full quieting for the entire pass.
* Ecole primaire Elie Desplan, Boissières, France and Marie Castang, Saint Dionisy, France, direct via F4HHV The ISS callsign was scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Sat 2017-02-25 13:14:15 UTC 58 deg Successful contact between the 2 schools of Boissieres and Saint Dionisy with Thomas Pesquet. All 20 questions answered, clear audio all the way long (Normal and acceptable UHF noise at the beginning and at the end) Reported 350 people present in the gymnasium. Also success for the Ham video transmission through BATC, but also through the local Ham-Video Ground Station. Press and media presence:
1 national TV (BFM) -> scheduled broadcasted 2/25
2 Regional TVs (France 3), TV TV-Sud
1 Regional radio (France Bleu)
Several Regional newspapers including Le Midi Libre
Upcoming Contacts
* 3rd Junior High School, Komotini, Greece, direct via SV7APQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD The contact will be rescheduled for a later date.
* ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE, Space Odyssey Project, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, direct via RVØADW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Andrei Borisenko Contact is a go for Sat 2017-02-25 08:36 UTC
* ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE, Raduga Space Communication Center of St. Petersburg, Russia, direct via RA1AJN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Ryzhikov Contact is a go for Sun 2017-02-26 09:15 UTC
* Student Space Technology Association, Knoxville, TN, direct via AA4UT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-01 19:08:03 UTC 49 deg
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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@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.
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Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
Call for Proposals
Proposal Window February 15 – April 15, 2017
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 anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. 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 deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
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, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via
Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space).
More Information
Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. Please direct any questions to ariss@arrl.org.
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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@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø 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 http://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?
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@sbcglobal.net
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Francesco IKØWGF with 119
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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.
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 2017-02-23 05:00 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.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1116. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1080. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-02-23 05:00 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.rtf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 49 on orbit
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Andrei Borisenko
Sergey Ryzhikov
Exp. 50 on orbit
Peggy Whitson
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Oleg Novitskiy
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Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.
[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]
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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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information.
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This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* OSCAR Number EO-88 for Nayif-1
* Two projects with AMSAT ties selected for NASA launches
* ARISS Equipment on SpaceX Launch
* VEGA Flight Opportunity for Multiple Small Satellites
* Satellite Changes in AMSAT Keplerian Element Distribution
* LUSAT LO-19 Calls Home
* Expect More from Amateur BY70-1 Youth Space Program
* AMSAT Events
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-057.01
ANS-057 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 057.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE Febuary 26, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-057.01
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OSCAR Number EO-88 for Nayif-1
In accordance with the request sent to the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors for an OSCAR number for the UAE CubeSat, Nayif-1, and the statement that all of the conditions for an OSCAR number have been met, I hereby by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA president, do convey on Nayif-1 the designation Emirates Oscar 88 or EO-88.
Along with the rest of the Amateur Radio satellite community, I hope that EO-88 will meet all of its objectives.
I wish you and your group the best of luck in this and future endeavors to keep Amateur Radio in space.
[ANS thanks William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, OSCAR Number Administrator for the above information]
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Two projects with AMSAT ties selected for NASA launches
Two cubesat missions with ties to AMSAT have been selected as part of the eighth round of the NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative. These spacecraft are eligible for placement on a launch manifest after final negotiations, depending on the availability of a flight opportunity.
TJREVERB is a CubeSat from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Alexandria, Virginia. This satellite will include an AMSAT Fox mode U/v FM radio system, and will be capable of serving as an analog FM repeater.
HuskySat-1 from the University of Washington in Seattle will carry a mode V/u linear transponder and 1200 baud BPSK beacon similar to RadFXsat-2. The satellite will demonstrate plasma propulsion and high gain telemetry in advance of a larger CubeSat lunar mission.
The complete list of satellites selected may be found at on the NASA web page.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-announces-eighth-class-of-candidates-for-launch-of-cubesat-space-missions
http://www.amsat.org/?p=5795
[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice-President for Operations for the above information]
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ARISS Equipment on SpaceX Launch
Included as part of the successful launch of the SpaceX Dragon vehicle to ISS is an ARISS Ericsson 2 meter VHF radio. This radio will replace the Ericsson radio that failed a few months ago. The VHF radio is used for school group contacts and amateur packet radio in the Columbus module. Once the Dragon vehicle is berthed to ISS, the Ericsson will be unstowed and, at some point, installed in Columbus, replacing the UHF radio that is now supporting APRS packet and some school contacts.
The unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station Thursday, 2/23/2017. The Dragon cargo ship was grabbed by the station's robotic arm at 5:44 am (1044 GMT).
Our thanks to SpaceX on an outstanding and historic flight from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, where many Space Shuttle missions and nearly all the Apollo moon missions were launched. We also would like to thank our ARISS benefactors-NASA and CASIS, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space. And, of course, our amateur radio long-time sponsors-our national amateur radio organizations around the world, including the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in the US, and our international AMSAT organizations, including AMSAT-NA.
ARISS is also making great progress on the development of the new interoperable radio system that we hope to use to replace our aging radio infrastructure in the Columbus module and the Service module. The hard (and expensive) part of this effort is just beginning, with testing and human certification on the horizon. We thank all that have donated to the cause thus far. We hope you continue to help ARISS move forward through your support, including your volunteer time and talent and, of course, financial contributions through the AMSAT web site donate button.
[ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair, AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight for the above information]
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VEGA Flight Opportunity for Multiple Small Satellites
Europe’s Vega small launcher is set to demonstrate its extended capability to deploy multiple light satellites using its new versatile Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser, in the second half of 2018.
This demonstration provides the first of the launch opportunities under the new Light satellite, Low-cost Launch opportunity (LLLor L3) Initiative initiated at the ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level in December 2016 with the aim to provide low-cost and regular launch services for European
Institutional light satellites through full exploitation of the Ariane 6 and Vega C launch systems’ capabilities.
This first proof-of-concept flight using the current Vega launch system will demonstrate and validate standard innovative services for light satellites.
The SSMS dispenser with its modular design enables Vega to provide launch opportunities for light satellites with an overall mass ranging from 1 kg CubeSats up to 400 kg minisats with different alternative configurations and relevant combinations under a ‘rideshare’ concept.
Potential customers, be they European public-sector organizations or other entities, are invited to respond to the joint ESA and European Commission Announcement of Opportunity, which can be downloaded together with its questionnaire, by 31 March.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/Vega_flight_opportunity_for_multiple_small_satellites (including links for the application process due by March 31)
[ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above information]
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Satellite Changes in AMSAT Keplerian Element Distribution
The following five satellites/object numbers have been deleted:
SATELLITE NORAD CAT ID REASON
BY70-1 41909 Deorbit 2-18-2017
OBJECT 41930 41930 Not Amateur Sat-ISS Launch
EGG 41933 Not Amateur Sat-ISS Launch
OBJECT 41934 41934 Not Amateur Sat-ISS Launch
TuPOD 41936 41936 Batteries Dead-ISS Launch
Thanks to Nico Janssen for his work in predicting BY70-1's deorbit.
As noted last week, Nayif-1 was launched with 103 other satellites on 2-15-2017. The cloud of satellites is beginning to spread and Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, has developed a TLE set that many on AMSAT-BB say is very accurate. I have included it in this week's distribution. Thanks again to a very busy Nico for his excellent work.
Detailed doppler measurements show that Nayif 1 is object 42017, 2017-008BX.
Keith Pugh, W5IU, suggested that I include Nayif-1 in the regular distribution so those using apps like PocketSat would be able to track it. Good idea Keith. (I have PocketSat myself!)
[ANS thanks AMSAT's Keeper of the Keps Ray Hoad, WA5QGD for the above information]
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LUSAT LO-19 Calls Home
On Feb-20 15:45z LUSAT LO-19 on Orbit 141493 had been heard with strong carrier on 437.125 ± Doppler.
LUSAT had been in space last 27 years and still emits it's CW carrier un-modulated with 900 mW.
Now and then the satellite comes alive, it is useful to test reception and demonstrate Doppler, check antennas, etc.
Please try to listen, on http://amsat.innova-red.net/pass you will find an easy way to locate, receive, and thank you if reported.
[ANS thanks Pedro, LU7ABF for the above information]
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Expect More from Amateur BY70-1 Youth Space Program
In announcing the end of a successful mission the students who built the amateur radio FM transponder satellite BY70-1 say “We hope more Amateur youth space program will be brought to you in the near future!”
The 2U CubeSat BY70-1 was built by students from the Beijing Bayi High School and carried into a 524 x 212 km orbit on a CZ-2D rocket launched from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center on December 28, 2016.
On February 17, 2017, as the satellite was about to burn up on its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, this end of mission statement was posted on the school’s website.
Dear friends of BY70-1:
Satellite BY70-1 has completed all designed missions. For the amateurs who completed 2-way QSO using the repeater onboard, received effective satellite telemetry, or obtained satellite camera photos, we would like to invite you sending connection data package (audio or video evidence), satellite
telemetry data or photos received to Email: 6015@bayims.cn.
So that we can keep statistics records and deliver our appreciation toward you in public. We would be pleased to exchange QSL card for QSO users, and some souvenirs for the telemetry or camera photos users.
We hope more Amateur youth space program will be brought to you in the near future!
E-mail Address: 6015 @bayims.cn
Post Address: Mr Xiangming TAOBeijing Bayi School, 29# Suzhou Street, Haidian Dist, Beijing, China P.O. 100080
http://www.bayims.cn/article-16881.html
BY70-1 FM transponder satellite
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/27/by70-1-fm-transponder-satellite/
BY70-1 FM contact video
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/30/by70-1-fm-transponder-contact/
See BY70-1 page on Roland PY4ZBZ website
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/by70.htm
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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AMSAT Events
Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations).
*Saturday and Sunday, 11-12 March 2017 – ScienceCity in Tucson AZ
*Saturday, 18 March 2017 – Scottsdale SpringFest in Scottsdale AZ
*Friday through Sunday, 31 March–2 April 2017, NVCON in Las Vegas NV
*Wednesday, 5 April 2007 – presentation for Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club in Scottsdale AZ
*Friday and Saturday, 7-8 April 2017, Green Country Hamfest in Claremore OK
*Saturday, 6 May 2017 – Cochise Amateur Radio Association hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ
*19-21 May 2017, HamVention in the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, Dayton, Ohio
*Friday and Saturday, 9-10 June 2017, HAM-COM in Irving TX
*Saturday, 10 June 2017 – Prescott Hamfest in Prescott AZ
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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ARISS News
Successful Contacts
* Collège André Malraux, Chatelaillon-Plage, France, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign was scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful Mon 2017-02-13 14:00:35 UTC 67 deg. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG answered 19 questions prepared by students for an audience 190 students and guests. HamTV downlinked
Pesquet live throughout the entire contact thanks to British Amateur TV Club merging 2 HamTV ground stations’ received signals. The live-stream was seen by 230 of the general public via BATC connections. Watch a recording of the live-streamed HamTV downlink:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp8JadKjPOmOUFCeDdZMFhSMm8/view?usp=sharing
Watch France's national television's report at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7amhLMgA8&feature=em-upload_owner
* John Glenn Middle School, Maplewood MN, direct via KØJDD The ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact was successful: Wed 2017-02-22 18:47:59 UTC 25 deg All 16 questions answered with a 73 round. Students, teachers and parents came to 900 individuals. One television station and four print media outlets were also in attendance. They reported full quieting for the entire pass.
* Ecole primaire Elie Desplan, Boissières, France and Marie Castang, Saint Dionisy, France, direct via F4HHV The ISS callsign was scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Sat 2017-02-25 13:14:15 UTC 58 deg Successful contact between the 2 schools of Boissieres and Saint Dionisy with Thomas Pesquet. All 20 questions answered, clear audio all the way long (Normal and acceptable UHF noise at the beginning and at the end) Reported 350 people present in the gymnasium. Also success for the Ham video transmission through BATC, but also through the local Ham-Video Ground Station. Press and media presence:
1 national TV (BFM) -> scheduled broadcasted 2/25
2 Regional TVs (France 3), TV TV-Sud
1 Regional radio (France Bleu)
Several Regional newspapers including Le Midi Libre
Upcoming Contacts
* 3rd Junior High School, Komotini, Greece, direct via SV7APQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD The contact will be rescheduled for a later date.
* ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE, Space Odyssey Project, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, direct via RVØADW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Andrei Borisenko Contact is a go for Sat 2017-02-25 08:36 UTC
* ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE, Raduga Space Communication Center of St. Petersburg, Russia, direct via RA1AJN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Ryzhikov Contact is a go for Sun 2017-02-26 09:15 UTC
* Student Space Technology Association, Knoxville, TN, direct via AA4UT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-01 19:08:03 UTC 49 deg
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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@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.
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Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
Call for Proposals
Proposal Window February 15 – April 15, 2017
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 anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. 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 deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
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, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via
Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space).
More Information
Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.
For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. Please direct any questions to ariss@arrl.org.
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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@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø 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 http://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?
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@sbcglobal.net
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Francesco IKØWGF with 119
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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.
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 2017-02-23 05:00 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.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1116. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1080. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-02-23 05:00 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.rtf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 49 on orbit
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Andrei Borisenko
Sergey Ryzhikov
Exp. 50 on orbit
Peggy Whitson
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Oleg Novitskiy
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Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.
[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]
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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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org
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