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    "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-064 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2017-03-05T03:18:29Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-064\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space\nincluding reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur\nRadio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,\nlaunching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio\nsatellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur\nRadio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\nans-editor at amsat.org.\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, 2017 Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year\n* VUCC Awards for February 2017\n* On-line Information Sessions for ARISS-US School Contact Proposals\n* Ham radio satellite activation of Berry Islands, Bahamas\n* NASA Explores Opportunity for Smaller Experiments to 'Hitch a\n  Ride' to Mars\n* Belize on Satellite\n* October Amateur Radio Satellites Activation of Sint Maarten\n  Announced\n* Nayif-1 Status Report and New Dashboard\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-064.01\nANS-064 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 064.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nMarch 5, 2017\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-064.01\n\n\n\nFrank Bauer, KA3HDO, 2017 Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year\n\nThe Dayton Hamvention has announced the winners of the 2017\nHamvention Awards. Each year, the Dayton Hamvention honors radio\namateurs who have made major contributions to the art and science of\namateur radio. AMSAT Vice President for Human Spaceflight Frank\nBauer, KA3HDO, was named 2017 Amateur of the Year.\n\nThe award citation reads:\n\n“Frank serves as the Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) international chairman. In the mid-1990s, Bauer\nproposed a GPS reception experiment on the AMSAT Phase 3D satellite\n(AO-40). The experiment was to measure the signal strength of the GPS\nsatellite constellation while Phase 3D was in high-Earth orbit (HEO).\nThe AO-40 experiment subsequently has been cited often in aerospace\nliterature, as it remained the most comprehensive above-the-\nconstellation data source for nearly a decade and led to changes in\nthe system’s specifications and applications. The results of the AO-\n40 experiment jump started a game-changing transformation in\nnavigation at HEO/GEO altitudes, enabling new and exciting missions\nin these orbits.\n\nBauer holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aeronautics and\nastronautics from Purdue University. His career in aerospace spans 4\ndecades within NASA and in private industry\n\nBauer has been licensed since 1974. In 1983, in preparation for the\nspace mission of Owen Garriott, W5LFL, he was responsible for setting\nup and operating the worldwide retransmission of Space Shuttle air-to-\nground communications from Goddard Amateur Radio Club station WA3NAN.\nThis initiative provided a critical conduit of information to hams\nattempting to contact astronaut-hams in the pre-Internet era.”\n\nThe 2017 Dayton Hamvention Award winners are listed at\nhttp://hamvention.org/event-details/awards/\n\n[ANS thanks Dayton Hamvention via the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nVUCC Awards for February 2017\n\nCongratulations to the following satellite operators\nwho were awarded endorsements for Satellite VUCC by the\nARRL during the period 1Feb2017 thru 1Mar2017:\n\nWA4NVM-1413\nKD8CAO-1200\nW5PFG-982\nN8RO-918\nN7SFI-829\nK4FEG-711\nN8HM-608\nN4UFO-601\nKG5CCI-452\nN9IP-417\nK5ND-200\nW7QL-180\nW4DTA-151\nAI6GS-136\nN6RFM-107\n\nThere were 2 new VUCC awards:\nWI7P - 829\nAK4WQ (EN34) - 106\n\nThe ARRL VUCC Award is the most prestigious and sought after\naward for satellite operators.  The award is\nwhat inspires all of the roving activity here in the United\nStates and around the world.  A special thanks to all rovers\nwho make the effort to operate away from home.  The Central\nStates VHF Society sponsors the reverse VUCC award for rovers\nwho operate in 100 or more grids away from home.  Some of our\ncurrent rovers are already eligible or close to being eligible\nfor this award.  Recipients so far include N7SFI, N5AFV, ND9M and\nKD4ZGW. (as of 5July2016 www.csvhfs.org)\n\n[ANS thanks John K8YSE for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nOn-line Information Sessions for ARISS-US School Contact Proposals\n\nARISS-US is accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums, science\ncenters and community youth organizations (working individually or\ntogether) to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation, or ARISS, radio contact with an orbiting space station crew\nmember between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2018. Proposals are due April 15,\n2017.\n\nInformational Sessions\nTo help organizations learn about ARISS radio contacts and the\nproposal process, ARISS offers one-hour online information sessions\nand welcomes all questions. Attending an online session is not\nrequired but strongly encouraged.\n\nInformational sessions will be offered March 6, 2017, at 7 p.m. EST\nand March 16, 2017, at 4 p.m. EDT.\n\nAdvance registration is necessary. Email ARISS ([email protected]) to\nsign up for an information session.\n\nFor proposal information and more details such as expectations,\nproposal guidelines and proposal forms, visit\nhttp://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\n\nPlease email questions about this opportunity to [email protected].\n\nARISS-US is offered through a partnership between NASA, the American\nRadio Relay League, and the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.\nARISS was created and is managed by an international working group.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and NASA Education Express Message -- March 2,\n2017 for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHam radio satellite activation of Berry Islands, Bahamas\n\nSteve M1ACB, Rob M0VFC and John M0IDA will be active on the FM and\nSSB amateur radio satellites from Berry Islands in the Bahamas.\n\nThe trio plan to operate from March 4-10 and will be using hand-held\nantennas. Since the FM satellites will only cover part of the USA\nthey’ll also be using SSB on FO-29 to reach the British Isles and\nEurope.\n\nThey will be operating from Little Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands,\nIOTA NA-054, Grid Square FL15do.\n\nFor further information see\nhttps://m1acb.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/1527/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA Explores Opportunity for Smaller Experiments to 'Hitch a Ride'\nto Mars\n\nNASA's goals for human deep space exploration are complex and\nambitious. To maximize resources as it pushes the boundaries\nof exploration, the agency is exploring opportunities to take\nadvantage of emerging private sector space capabilities.\n\nNASA released a request for information Monday regarding possible\ncommercial sources to fly limited payloads on planned, non-NASA\nmissions to Mars. The agency will use the responses to gather\nmarket data on the complete spectrum of commercial plans, and\nidentify any excess capacity that may exist for NASA payloads.\n\nFurthering NASA's human deep space exploration goals will require\na significant amount of scientific research, and opportunities to\ncollect data on Mars have been rare. Only seven successful missions\nto the surface of Mars have taken place in the history of space\nflight.\n\nEvolving capabilities in the private sector have opened the\npossibility for NASA to take advantage of commercial opportunities\nto land scientific payloads on the surface of the Red Planet. Such\ncapability would provide an additional method of acquiring science\nand engineering data concerning Mars, and would complement NASA's\ncurrent deep space exploration efforts.\n\n[ANS thanks www.marsdaily.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBelize on Satellite\n\nGood evening to my fellow people of the birds,\n\nThe time has come. I will be venturing to the land of Belize March\n11-19 and will be on the satellites with the call V31NJ. I will\noperate from various grids and possibly some islands (a side trip to\nRoatan, Honduras is possible with operations from there, not positive\nyet). This is gonna be a vacation style op (going with my little\nbrother for his spring break), so don't expect me on every pass.\n\nIf I can get a permit for Guatemala TG/NJ7H may also be on a few\npasses, though I'm not sure if from any grids different than in\nBelize.\n\nQSLing will be via LoTW. If there is a demand, I can get some cards\nprinted when I'm back.\n\n[ANS thanks Gabe V31NJ/NJ7H for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nOctober Amateur Radio Satellites Activation of Sint Maarten Announced\n\nPJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Members of Argentinian DXers Group will be active\nas PJ7T from Sint Maarten (NA-105) between October 24th and November\n4th. Operators mentioned are Dan/LU9FHF, Bob/LU4FBU, Andy/LU2JCW,\nWally/LU3FMD and Jose/LU1FM. They plan to have three station on the\nHF bands and one on the Amateur Radio Satellites. QSL via LU1FM\ndirect, LoTW or eQSL.\nLook for their Web page to be active soon at:\nhttp://www.tarjetasqsl.com.ar/pj7t\n\n[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1307 for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNayif-1 Status Report and New Dashboard\n\nThe Nayif-1 (EO-88) CubeSat has now been in orbit for more than two\nweeks and all systems continue to operate nominally.\n\nThe power budget is positive, the spin/tumble rate is acceptably\nlow, on board temperatures are perfectly okay and, importantly, the\neducational/amateur transponder switching is taking place\nautonomously as  planned.\n\nMore than 250 stations around the world have provided telemetry to\nthe Nayif Data Warehouse and the FUNcube Team are extremely grateful\nto them for their invaluable support.\n\nThe experts have now formally allocated Catalog Number 42017 to\nNayif-1 (EO88) and the TLEs can now be downloaded from Celestrak –\nTLEs\n\nNew Dashboards\n\nThe FUNcube Team have now updated the Dashboards for both Nayif-1\nand FUNcube-1 so that they display only the telemetry received from\nthe individual spacecraft that they are designed for. This will help\nusers to display only the correct information and graphs and reduce\nconfusion. Whilst they only display the data from ONE spacecraft,\nthey will, as now, receive and decode the data from all FUNcube\npayloads currently in orbit and automatically submit it to the\nrelevant Data Warehouse.\n\nThe new Dashboard for FUNcube-1 (ver 1044) can be downloaded from\nhere: FUNcube Dashboard Installer 1044\n\nThe new Dashboard for Nayif-1 (ver 1040) can be downloaded from\nhere: Nayif-1 Dashboard Installer 1040\n\nAdditionally some command line parameters have been added to enable\nthe programmes to auto-start with the desired parameters.  These are:\n\n/minimized\n/autostart\n/source=dongle\nor\n/source=soundcard\n\nSome notes on how to implement these parameters can be found here:\nfuncube-dashboard-autostart\n\nNayif-1 Data Warehouse http://data.amsat-uk.org/nayif1/\n\nHam radio satellite transmits Vice President’s message\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/25/nayif-1-uae-vice-president-message/\n\nNayif-1 Launched https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/15/nayif-1-launched/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE.\n  Raduga Space Communication Center of St. Petersburg, Russia and\n  Cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov using Callsign RSØISS. The contact began\n  UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direc via\n  RA1AJN. ARISS Mentor was Sergey RV3DR.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Ecole “Robespierre B.”,\n  Rueil-Malmaison, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using\n  Callsign FX0ISS. The contact began 2017-03-01 08:04 UTC  and lasted\n  about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via F6KFA.\n  ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between College Marcel Pagnol, Rueil-\n  Malmaison, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using Callsign\n  FX0ISS. The contact began 2017-03-01 08:04 UTC  and lasted about\n  nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via F6KFA.\n  ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Ecole Albert Camus, Rueil-\n  Malmaison, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using Callsign\n  FX0ISS. The contact began 2017-03-01 08:04 UTC  and lasted about\n  nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via F6KFA.\n  ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\n+ Blair Pointe Upper Elementary  School, Peru, IN, direct via WD9GIU\n  The ISS callsign is presently scheduled  to be NA1SS\n  The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD\n  Contact is  a go for: Thu 2017-03-09 15:21:33 UTC\n\n+ 3rd Junior High  School, Komotini, Greece, direct via SV7APQ\n  The ISS callsign is presently  scheduled to be OR4ISS\n  The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD\n  Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-03-10 08:20:46 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ The AMSAT-NA office was closed Friday March 3 and will remain\n  closed through Monday March 6. Martha will return to office Tuesday\n  March 7.\n\n  [ANS thanks Martha for the above information\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining\ndonors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-\ntional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT\nOffice.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership\nat one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-\ndent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nEMike McCardel, AA8EM\naa8em at amsat dot org\n",
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