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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] FW: [ans] ANS-261  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2011-09-18T00:22:22Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-261\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities\nof a\nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active\ninterest in\ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and\ndigital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* BOD Election Results\n* 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers Deadline Approaches\n* Get Ready for Scouting's JOTA on October 15-16\n* Amateur Satellite Presentations Scheduled for Alaska and\nCalifornia\n* Registration Open for 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium 4-6 November 2011\n* NASA STEM Education Via Massively Multiplayer Online Game\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* ARISS Status - 12 September 2011\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-261.01\nBOD Election Results\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 261.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nSeptember 18, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-261.01\n\nThe 2011 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election has been completed\nwith\nthe following results:\n\nBarry Baines, WD4ASW- 576\nTony Monteiro, AA2TX - 560\nAlan Biddle, WA4SCA - 516\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA - 418\nMark Hammond, N8MH - 319 First Alternate\nPatrick Stoddard, WD9EWK -  275 Second Alternate\nSteve Coy, K8UD - 229\n\n***** A total of 751 ballots were received *****\n\nIn accordance with the Bylaws of AMSAT-NA those receiving the four\nhighest number of votes are elected as regular members of the Board\nof\nDirectors for the next 2 years.  The alternates will serve for\none year until the next election.\n\n[ANS thanks  AMSAT HQ Office the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-261.02\n2011 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers Deadline Approaches\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 261.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nSeptember 18, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-261.02\n\n2011 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers Deadline Approaches\n\nYour papers for the 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium are due by October 1\nfor inclusion in the printed proceedings. Yes, that's just a couple\nof weeks from now!\n\nPapers, symposium presentations and poster presentations are invited\n\non any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community.\n\nThe Symposium will be held on Friday, November 4th through Sunday,\nNovember 6th in San Jose, CA.\n\nPapers should be sent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, at:\[email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-261.03\nGet Ready for Scouting's JOTA on October 15-16\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 261.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nSeptember 18, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-261.03\n\nGet Ready for Scouting's JOTA on October 15-16\n\nScouting's Jamboree on the Air event is coming up on October 15-16.\nDuring this annual event Scouts and Guides all over the world speak\nto each other over amateur radio contacts. Scouting experiences are\nexchanged and ideas are shared, via the radio waves.\n\nThe event starts at 00.00 hours local time on the Saturday and con-\ncludes 48 hours later at 24.00 hours local time on the Sunday. Each\nstation can choose its own operating hours within this period.\n\nEach year during JOTA about half-a-million Scouts and Guides \"get\ntogether\" over the airwaves. Modern communication technology offers\nScouts the exciting opportunity to make friends in other countries.\n\nMost Scouts take advantage of the local volunteer efforts of amateur\nradio operators in their area. This is where you can volunteer your\nstation for scouting participation. You may also help by answering\ncalls on the air from scouts.\n\nAMSAT encourages our members to take advantage of JOTA to provide\namateur satellite demonstrations.\n\nThe World Scouting Organization in Switzerland posted JOTA\ninformation\non their web: http://tinyurl.com/3rfp2cn (www.scout.org)\n\nAlso, visit the World Scouting Radio Library at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/5sz7tf5 (www.scout.org)\n\nThe Boy Scouts of America has several resources on-line for amateur\nradio stations participating in JOTA:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/6d93qb7 (Boy Scouts of America www.scouting.org)\n\n[ANS thanks the Scouting Movement for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-261.04\nAmateur Satellite Presentations Scheduled for Alaska and California\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 261.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nSeptember 18, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-261.04\n\nThis weekend AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, is\npresent-\ning his 'Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT' session at the An-\nchorage Amateur Radio Club annual hamfest.\n\nAfter this look for Clint back on warmer turf in California where\nhe is scheduled for TWO 'Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT'\nsessions at PACIFICON 2011 in Santa Clara on Saturday, October 15.\n\nClint wrote, \"We had a great time last year - with a full confer-\nence room and several passes that we worked. I'll be making my pre-\nsentation from 11AM-noon and 1-2PM. We have tentative passes of\nAO-27,\nAO-51, and ARISSat-1 (hopefully!) - Watch for posters near the\ncheck-\nin area for exact times.\"\n\nDownload Clint's tutorial and programming charts from:\nhttp://www.work-sat.com . Clint always encourages pre-presentation\ninquiries. Send email to Clint at clintbradford.com- or call him at\n909-241-7666. See you in Santa Clara! PACIFICON's Web site is\nhttp://www.pacificon.org .\n\n[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-261.05\nRegistration Open for 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium 4-6 November 2011\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 261.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nSeptember 18, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-261.05\n\nAMSAT announces the 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on\nFriday,\nNovember 4th through Sunday, November 6th in San Jose, CA. Our\nannual\ngathering will feature:\n\n+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations\n+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite\nWorld\n+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (Nov. 3-4)\n+ Meet Board Members and Officers\n+ Annual General Membership Meeting\n+ Annual Banquet-Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes\n\nThe 2011 Symposium hotel and registration web pages are now\navailable\non the AMSAT web site. You may register for the Symposium and Annual\nBanquet at the AMSAT Store:\nhttp://www.amsat-na.com/store/SymposiumReg.php\n\nVisit the Symposium and Annual General Meeting web page for details\nand the latest information:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/index.php\n\nSymposium Registration including a copy of the Proceedings is:\n+ $45 per person until September 19, 2011\n+ $50 per person starting September 20, 2011\n+ $55 per person at the door\n\nThe Saturday evening banquet is $45 per person. The Sunday morning\nArea Coordinator's Breakfast is $15 per person.\n\nThe hotel selected is the Wyndham San Jose, close to the airport.\nThe\nAMSAT discount rate is $79.00+taxes per night. The reservation block\ncode when calling the hotel directly is \"AMSAT\". The hotel telephone\nnumber is 408-453-6200. If you are making reservations on-line use\n1031FSJAM for the group code. The direct link to the hotel web page\nis: http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/SJCAP/main.wnt\n\nIf you are planning to book a room on dates other than November 2,\n3, 4, 5, you will have to call the hotel directly and ask for *in-\nhouse reservations*. You can get the $79 rate 3 days before and 3\ndays after the above dates but you cannot book the room on their\nwebsite. Any problems, give Martha a call at the AMSAT Office:\n301-589-6062.\n\n[ANS thanks the 2011 Symposium Committee for the above information]\n\n\n/EX\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-261.06\nNASA STEM Education Via Massively Multiplayer Online Game\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 261.06\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nSeptember 18, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-261.06\n\nThe NASA Learning Technologies (LT) project supports the develop-\nment of projects that deliver NASA content through innovative appli-\ncations of technologies to enhance education in the areas of\nscience,\ntechnology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Research and\ndevelop-\nment are at the core of the LT mission. LT seeks to enhance formal\nand informal education in STEM fields with the goal of increasing\nthe number of students in those fields of study and is currently\ninvestigating the development of a NASA-based massively multiplayer\nonline educational game (MMO).\n\nQuoting the Learning Technologies Project, \"There is increasing\nrecog-\nnition that these synthetic environments can serve as powerful\n\"hands-\non\" tools for teaching a range of complex subjects. Virtual worlds\nwith\nscientifically accurate simulations could permit learners to tinker\nwith chemical reactions in living cells, practice operating and\nrepair-\ning expensive equipment, and experience microgravity, making it\neasier\nto grasp complex concepts and transfer this understanding quickly to\n\npractical problems. MMOs help players develop and exercise a skill\nset\nclosely matching the thinking, planning, learning, and technical\nskills\nincreasingly in demand by employers. These skills include strategic\nthinking, interpretative analysis, problem solving, plan formulation\n\nand execution, team-building and cooperation, and adaptation to\nrapid\nchange.\"\n\nThe first learning game environment, Moonbase Alpha, a game scenario\n\nwith both single-player and multiplayer options is set on a hypothe-\ntical lunar outpost in a 3-D immersive setting. Players step into\nthe\nrole of an exploration crewmember and deal with realistic mission\nchallenges and choices. Timelines in the much anticipated Astronaut:\n\nMoon, Mars and Beyond MMO will be set even farther in the exciting\nfuture (2035+), but you can already explore our own near-future moon\n\nmissions thanks to the NASA Learning Technologies and Innovative\nPartnerships Programs.\n\nNASA's Learning Technologies web site can be accessed at:\nhttp://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/mmo/\nYou will find the link to the already released Moonbase Alpha game\nat this site, along with information about the development of the\nnew Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond massively multiplayer online\neducational game.\n\n[ANS thanks Space.com for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-261.07\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 261.07\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nSeptember 18, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-261.07\n\n\n+ Although the astronauts now use digital cameras the Hasselblad\n  camera was the film camera standard for much of the space pro-\n  gram's history. An astronaut's photography manual provided by\n  Hasselblad for NASA astronauts can be downloaded at:\n  http://tinyurl.com/4dupx8s (www.hasselblad.com). This is a 40\n  page color PDF file really solid photography guide, with great\n  information on lenses, exposure settings, and camera technique.\n  Any photographer could get some use out of it. But if you happen\n  to be up in space, you'll have everything you need to get that\n  perfect shot. (UniverseToday.com)\n\n+ Congratulations to Tom Schuessler N5HYP for a successful Radio\n  Merit Badge class and amateur radio satellite demo at the National\n\n  Scouting Museum. The Boy Scout station K2BSA/5 had contacts with\n  K8YSE, KX9X, WA4HFN, NE5BO, ND9M, K4FEG, KT3L, N9AMW, AA0SV, K5OE,\n\n  N8MS, N2VYT and VE2RCN via AO-51. K2BSA/5 will again be active on\n  October 15th for JOTA.\n\n+ NASA Grail mission to the moon should downlink on 2280.6 MHz and\n  2279.511 MHz. X-Band Doppler ranging beacons are on 8451.5995 MHz\n  and 8451.7995 MHz.\n\n+ George Carr, WA5KBH has received the logs and cards from Hector,\n  CO6CBF and is ready to perform his QSL manager duties. Please send\n\n  your cards to his callbook address and include a SASE. Contacts\nfrom\n  CO6CBF home grid of EL92 and his recent trip to EL91/FL01 are\nbeing\n  processed. Hector has his 100th QSL in LoTW and is expectedto\nbecome\n  the first atellite VUCC from Cuba. (WA5KBH)\n\n+ Congratulations to AMSAT member, Zack Beougher, KD8KSN (EN80) for\n  being honored as ARRL Great Lakes' Division, Young Radio Amateur\n  of the Year. This is great honor for Zack, and it speaks well for\n  the future of AMSAT, having such a fine young man in our midst!\n  (E. Michael McCardel, KC8YLD Ohio Section Affiliated Club Coordin-\n   ator, ARRL)\n\n+ Jens, DL7VTX, is apparently operating portable in EA8. He was\nwork-\n  ed on AO-51 this week. No info on how long he might be there, but\n  if you are on the East Coast and need EA8, listen for him.\n  (John, K8YSE)\n\n+ Bob, W7LRD, reported good DX via AO-7 on September 14 from\nSeattle,\n  Washington (grid CN87wk). Bob worked OH5LK in KP30on for a\ndistance\n  of 7692km.\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-261.08\nARISS Status - 12 September 2011\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 261.08\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nSeptember 18, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-261.08\n\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status\nReport\nSeptember 12, 2011\n\n\n\n1. Kobe Science Museum Contact Successful\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact\nwas held between youth visiting the Kobe Science Museum in\nKobe-city, Japan and ISS Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW on\nMonday, September 5. Children were interested in how astronauts\nprepare for their missions and how life in space differs from that\non Earth.  Approximately 90 people were present for the event and\nmedia coverage included at least two newspapers and one television\nstation. The contact highlighted lessons covering the ISS, space and\nregional and global environments.\n\n2. Pine Tree Middle School Students Radio Mike Fossum\n\nOn Friday, September 9, Pine Tree Middle School in Longview, Texas\nparticipated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact.  Mike Fossum, KF5AQG answered over 20 questions\nposed to him by the students about what it is like to live in space\nand the experiments currently being conducted on the ISS.  The\ncontact was incorporated into a science curriculum which covered\nspace, ecosystems and the contributions of scientists to society.\n\n3. U.S. Schools Selected for ARISS Contacts\n\nThe ARISS-U.S. proposal selection committee met at the end of August\nand chose ARISS proposals for contacts to be held in the January -\nJune 2012 timeframe. Five primary schools as well as several\nalternate schools were selected. The schools were notified of their\nstatus and ARISS mentors are currently being assigned to assist the\nschools in preparing for their contacts.\n\n4. ARISS Member Gives ARISSat Interview\n\nOn September 6, Steve Bible, N7HPR appeared on Ham Nation to talk\nabout ARISSat-1 and AMSAT.  The interview, episode 16, may be viewed\non TWiT.TV. See: http://twit.tv/show/ham-nation/16\n\n5. Amateur Radio Newsline on ISS Crew\n\nOn September 9, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1778 included two\nARISS items under \"Ham Radio in Space.\"  The first story gives a\nshort status on ARISSat-1and the second item talks about how the ISS\ncrew may be affected by the failed launch of Progress 44 in August.\nTo view \"ARISSat-1 Celebrates its First Month Onorbit\" and \"ISS\nCould be Vacated if Russian Launch Vehicle Problem not Resolved\nQuickly,\" see: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt\n\n6. Astronaut Training Status\n\nFour simulated ARISS contacts are scheduled for September 21 between\nthe following schools and astronauts:\n\nEuro Space Center, Belgium at 13:20 UTC - Chris Hadfield,\nKC5RNJ/VA3OOG\nManhattan Challenger Learning Center (CLC) at 14:05 UTC - Kevin\nFord, KF5GPP\nCLC of Indianapolis at 14:30 UTC - Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC\nCLC of Alaska at 15:50 UTC- Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR\n\nThese training sessions are terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts\nusing ARISS equivalent equipment. The sessions will prepare the\nastronauts for participation in ARISS contacts during their upcoming\nmissions on the ISS.\n\n7. ARRL Article on ISS Astronauts\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran a story in its September\n8 ARRL Letter about NASA's need to hire more astronauts. The story\nwent on to talk about the possibility of abandoning the ISS if the\nRussians do not resolve the issues associated with the Progress 44\nlaunch. See:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/report-calls-on-nasa-to-hire-more-astronaut\ns\n\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's\nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT\nProject\nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application\nforms are\navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nnb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n",
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