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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/5GTLFSKYNW2VAAT2NXDZU55LWB3UFAMH/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CADDbS5AApcTT14tJ1WzOQUyk-wocXbBDPwtnszntpb0sR0aqsQ@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "5GTLFSKYNW2VAAT2NXDZU55LWB3UFAMH", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/5GTLFSKYNW2VAAT2NXDZU55LWB3UFAMH/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "k0jm.mark (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Mark Johns, K0JM", "subject": "[AMSAT-BB] ANS-311 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Nov. 7", "date": "2021-11-07T00:05:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-311\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information\nservice of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes\nnews related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities\nof a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active\ninterest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog\nand digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in\nSpace as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at]\namsat.org\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* AMSAT Seeks Qualified Volunteers For A Number Of Positions\n* VUCC/r Award Announced\n* W4AMI Award Qualifications Have Changed\n* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for November 2021\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for November 4\n* Results of Artemis 2 Proposal Opportunity\n* ARDC Grant Award for the ARISS-USA STEREO Education Project\n* ARISS School Contacts\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-311 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2021 Nov 7\n\n\nAMSAT Seeks Qualified Volunteers For A Number Of Positions\n\nKeeping Amateur Radio in Space is a team effort and the work of AMSAT is\ncarried out entirely by volunteers. AMSAT needs people with a wide range of\ntechnical and non-technical skills. In short, WE NEED YOU! There is no pay,\nbut a great deal of satisfaction in knowing that you are helping make\nsomething happen. Volunteers are being sought in the following areas:\n\n* Satellite Development Technical Experience\nIf you have hardware or software technical skills, and proven experience\ndirectly applicable to satellite design, please contact the AMSAT Vice\nPresident of Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY. Due to International Traffic\nin Arms Regulations (ITAR), positions involving space flight hardware or\nsoftware require US citizenship or permanent resident status. Ground\nstation development is open to all qualified persons regardless of\ncitizenship.\n\n* ARISS Development and Support\nAMSAT's Human Space Flight Team is looking for volunteers to help with\ndevelopment and support of the Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) project. ARISS needs both technical volunteers for hardware\ndevelopment, as well as technical mentors to assist with scheduled school\ncontacts. To volunteer, contact Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS-USA Executive\nDirector.\n\n* AMSAT Educational Relations\nAMSAT's Educational Relations Team needs volunteers with a background in\neducation and classroom lesson development. Contact Alan Johnston, KU2Y,\nVice President - Educational Relations\n\n* AMSAT News and Communications\nCommunications through the AMSAT News Service [this weekly bulletin] and\nAMSAT Journal are essential in keeping both our members and the wider\npublic informed. If you have good writing and editing skills and are\ninterested, please contact AMSAT News Service Senior Editor Mark Johns,\nK0JM, or AMSAT Journal Editor Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK.\n\n* General AMSAT Support\nAMSAT is an organization of self starters. While we sometimes have tasks\nwhich we can assign, our most important contributions come from someone who\nsees a need, has the skills to solve the problem, and then goes ahead and\ndoes so. So pick an area that you think needs improvement and explain what\nyou will do to make it better. Contact Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Executive Vice\nPresident or email info [AT] amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n Join the 2021 President's Club!\n Score your 2\" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin.\n This gold finished coin comes with\nFull Color Certificate and Embroidered \"Remove Before Flight\" Key Tag\n Donate today at\n https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n You won't want to miss it!\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nVUCC/r Award Announced\n\nAt the 2021 AMSAT Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, Memorial Space Symposium & Annual\nGeneral Meeting on Oct. 30, a new AMSAT award program was announced. This\nprogram is to recognize the contribution of rover station operators to the\nworld of grid hunting. Rovers are folks operating while mobile in motion or\ntemporarily parked to give out grids to fixed stations.\n\nThe award is called the Reverse VUCC Award. The abbreviation is VUCC/r. It\nis not an easy award to earn. The award is very similar to the ARRL’s VUCC,\nbut rather than contact a set number of grids on a frequency band, the goal\nis to make contacts FROM a set number of grids per band. AMSAT took over\nthe issuance of this award from the Central States VHF Society in\nSeptember, 2021.\n\nThe number of grids coincides with the ARRL award. Certificates will be\nawarded as well as endorsement stickers. QSL cards are required and will be\nverified by the program administrator. Awards will be presented with a\nunique serial number.\n\nThis award will be a step beyond, and a greater challenge than the AMSAT\nRover Award. For more information on VUCC/r see\nhttps://www.amsat.org/reverse-vucc-or-vucc-r-award/\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, for the\nabove information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nW4AMI Award Qualifications Have Changed\n\nEffective November 01, 2021 no FM contacts will be accepted towards the\nRobert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award. Contacts made prior to November 01, 2021\nwill be accepted.\n\nThe decision was reached by a concensus of the AMSAT Board of Directors at\ntheir virtual meeting on Oct. 29 out of concern for the demands being\nplaced on the limited resource or our satellite FM repeaters.\n\n\"I really don't know if there are people making contacts with five of their\nfriends on every single pass just to get enough QSOs for this award, but if\nthere is anything we can do to lighten the load on our FM satellites and\nextend their lifetime, we need to do so,\" said one Board member.\n\nThe Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement Award. It is\nawarded for the submission of 1,000 satellite contacts on OSCAR-6 or later\nsatellites. There is an endorsement for each additional 1,000 and a special\ncertificate at 5,000. To receive the award, see\nhttps://www.amsat.org/amsat-robert-w-barbee-jr-w4ami-award/ and contact\nAMSAT Director of Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO.\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, for the\nabove information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nVUCC Awards-Endorsements for November 2021\n\nHere are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL\nfor the period October 1, 2021 through November 1, 2021. Congratulations to\nall those who made the list this month!\n\nCALL Oct. November\n\nWA4NVM 1568 1579\nN8HM 1127 1139\nAA5PK 1115 1132\nN8RO 1111 1124\nW5CBF 723 841\nAA8CH 775 800\nN0JE 681 734\nN3GS 705 729\nN6UK 687 707\nVE1VOX 510 610\nAF5CC 547 582\nVE6WK 512 564\nN7EGY 501 559\nK5ND 526 530\nG0ABI 454 478\nKN2K 350 401\nVE4MM 376 401\nEA2AA 375 382\nWB7QXU 303 325\nNA1ME 250 275\nRA3DNC 200 252\nVE3KY 201 227\nXE1GK New 209\nKC1MEB 168 207\nAB0XE 100 200\nKE7RTB 150 200\nWD9EWK (DM23) 166 173\nWD9EWK (DM31) 156 162\nWD9EWK (DM54) 145 153\nKE4BKL 125 150\nKP4RV+KP3V New 139\nLA9XGA 100 129\nJK2XXK 100 125\nXE1ZD New 109\nMU0FAL New 102\nWA2ZQX New 101\n\nIf you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <W5RKN> [AT]\n<W5RKN> .com. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings\nfor the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible.\nApologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are\nroving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing a lot of the\nwork!\n\n[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN, for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all\nbegins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar\npanels, propulsion, and attitude control, now manifested for launch on\nNASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be\nworth it!\n\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for November 4\n\nThe following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from\nthe AMSAT TLE Distribution:\nCP-9 - NORAD Cat ID 44360 (Decay Epoch 10-28-2021)\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\n from our Zazzle store!\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nResults of Artemis 2 Proposal Opportunity\n\nIn January this year the Amateur Radio Exploration (AREx) team of ARISS and\nAMSAT submitted a no-cost proposal to fly hardware and cameras on NASA’s\nArtemis II mission to the moon to bring “The Excitement and Inspiration of\nArtemis Journeys to a Worldwide Audience through Interactive Amateur Radio\nExperiences.” Artemis 2 is the first planned human spaceflight mission to\nthe moon. Like the Apollo 8 mission, it plans to orbit the moon and return\nto Earth. Recently we got word that we were not competitively selected for\nthe mission.\n\nI just found out who won the competition. The winners, National Geographic\nand Disney, were, in my opinion, unbeatable challengers for documenting and\n sharing truly historic events -- especially the return of humans to the\nmoon.\n\nhttps://www.space.com/national-geographic-nasa-artemis-moon-mission-show\n\nDespite this loss, the AREx team learned a great deal in the development of\nthe proposal and were able to significantly refine our lunar payload design\nconcept. A concept that can now meet Gateway payload requirements. This new\ndesign will position our amateur radio team for future lunar opportunity\nrequests as well as to communicate our readiness to fly as a payload on the\nLunar Gateway mission.\n\nOn behalf of the AREx team, my thanks to all that supported the maturation\nof our Lunar design and the development and submit of the proposal.\n\n[ANS thanks Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS-USA Executive Director, ARISS\nInternational Chair, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARDC Grant Award for the ARISS-USA STEREO Education Project\n\nARISS-USA is pleased to announce that Amateur Radio Digital Communications\n(ARDC) awarded a 5-year grant for a project called, “Student and Teacher\nEducation via Radio Experimentation and Operations” (STEREO). Total grant\nfunding over five years is nearly $1.3 million. This ARDC grant will fund\nthree distinct initiatives that enable ARISS to sustain and improve STEAM\neducational outcomes:\n\nPart 1: ARISS is developing a wireless electronics technology kit called\n“SPARKI”, short for “Space Pioneers Amateur Radio Kit Initiative” for use\nwith middle and high school students. This ARDC grant will take SPARKI from\nprototype to operational and then deploy these kits into a selected set of\nARISS formal and informal education organizations that are planning their\nARISS radio contacts.\n\nPart 2: To be successful, ARISS must “Educate the Educator” by creating\nawareness of ARISS, amateur radio and SPARKI to prospective formal and\ninformal educators in the USA. ARISS‐USA will conduct educator workshops\nfor a selected set of educators to aid them in seamlessly employing SPARKI\nin their education environment and for ARISS to receive their feedback and\nideas.\n\nPart 3: The grant will support some of the costs of ARISS contact\noperations between students and astronauts aboard the ISS over the\nfive-year grant period.\n\nARISS-USA Executive Director Frank Bauer welcomed this news by saying,\n“ARISS-USA is so excited about this new 5-year initiative. It will be a\nSTEAM education game changer and represents a key element of our ARISS 2.0\nvision. Most importantly, it brings wireless technologies and amateur radio\ninto our ARISS formal and informal classrooms. We thank ARDC for their\ninterest and support and look forward to working with them on this\nincredible initiative!”\n\nARDC’s mission is to support, promote, and enhance digital communication\nand broader communication science and technology, to promote Amateur Radio,\nscientific research, experimentation, education, development, open access,\nand innovation in information and communication technology. ARDC makes\ngrants to projects and organizations that follow amateur radio’s practice\nand tradition of technical experimentation in both amateur radio and\ndigital communication science. Such experimentation has led to broad\nadvances for the benefit of the general public – such as the mobile phone\nand wireless internet technology. ARDC envisions a world where all such\ntechnology is available through open-source hardware and software, and\nwhere anyone has the ability to innovate upon it.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS School Contacts\n\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between\namateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with\nastronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The\ndownlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.\n\nSouth Yarra Primary School, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, telebridge\nvia K6DUE\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled crewmember is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP\nContact is go for: Tue 2021-11-09 09:58:23 UTC 75 deg\nWatch for livestream at: https://bit.ly/31yQldr\n\nUral State University of Railways and Communications, Yekaterinburg,\nRussia, direct via TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled crewmember is Pyotr Dubrov\nContact is go for 2021-11-11 16: 00 UTC\n\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\n\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors\nfor the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur\n Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.\n\n Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nKC1MEB & Nu1U are going to be roving in FN10 in PA this Sunday afternoon\n(11/7) A more definite schedule of passes for that grid will be announced.\n\nNA-008. (Zone 2) After being silent for 18 months, operators Alex/VE1RUS\nand Pierre/VE3TKB will once again be active as VY0ERC from the Eureka\nWeather station this October. This station is operated by the Eureka\nAmateur Radio Club [probably the most northerly located amateur radio club\nin the world] from Eureka, Nunavut. The VY0ERC team (VE1RUS and VE3KTB) is\nnow in preparation to be active from the Polar Environment Atmospheric\nResearch Laboratory between October 12th and November 22nd, (time and\nweather conditions permitting). They plan to participate in CQWW DX SSB and\nthe ARRL Sweepstakes Contests. Outside of the contests, the suggested bands\nare 40 and 20 meters (possibly 80m), as well as FM satellites (from ER60,\nEQ79) using SSB, the Digital modes (FT8 and RTTY) and very slow CW.\nActivity will be limited to their spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or\ndirect. For updates, see: https://twitter.com/vy0erc\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through\namateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,\nconventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nAmbassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, is scheduling Zoom presentations for\nthese locales in the next few weeks:\nLongmont, Colorado\nLas Vegas, Nevada\nSt. Catherines, Ontario, Canada\n\nTo schedule, contact Clint at:\nhttp://www.work-sat.com\nEmail: clintbradford AT mac DOT com\n(909) 999-SATS (7287) - voicemail/message\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ AMSAT President Robert Bankston, KE4AL, has expressed appreciation to\nmembers of the Board of Directors, and to Virtual Symposium Team: Paul\nStoetzer, N8HM and Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, and to Dan Schultz N8FGV,\nSymposium Proceedings editor, on a phenomenal job of carrying out the\nSymposium on Oct. 30. The Proceedings are available to members at\nhttps://launch.amsat.org/ (ANS thanks AMSAT President Robert Bankston,\nKE4AL, for the above information)\n\n+ Did you miss the 2021 AMSAT Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, Memorial Space Symposium\n& Annual General Meeting? A replay of the event is available on YouTube.\nhttps://youtu.be/RTvcceM7Tz0 (ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information)\n\n+ NASA has ruled out a weekend launch for a SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying\nfour astronauts to the International Space Station due to expected bad\nweather. Given an uncertain forecast, the mission managers have opted\ninstead to bring four station astronauts — Crew-2 — back to Earth first,\ndelaying the Crew-3 launch to later next week. The Crew Dragon spacecraft,\nnamed Endeavour, is scheduled to undock from the International Space\nStation at 1:05z on Sunday, Nov. 7, to begin the journey home. Splashing\ndown on Monday will be Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, Megan McArthur, Akihiko\nHoshide, KE5DNI, and Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG. The Crew-3 astronauts awaiting\nlaunch are all licensed amateurs: Raja Chari, KI5LIU, Tom Marshburn,\nKE5HOC, Matthias Maurer, KI5KFH, and Kayla Barron, KI5LAL. That crew was\noriginally scheduled to launch on Oct. 31. (ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow and\nNASA for the above information)\n\n+ NASA missions have primarily relied on radio frequency communications\nfor this transfer of information. But this fall, NASA's Laser\nCommunications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will launch and showcase laser\ncommunications. LCRD's ground stations, known as Optical Ground Station\n(OGS) -1 and -2, are located on Table Mountain, California, and Haleakala,\nHawaii. These remote, high-altitude locations were chosen for their clear\nweather conditions. While laser communications can provide increased data\ntransfer rates, atmospheric disturbances - such as clouds and turbulence -\ncan disrupt laser signals as they enter Earth's atmosphere. (ANS thanks\nSpaceDaily for the above information)\n\n+ A new distance record of 4978.0 km on CAS-4A has been claimed by Joe\nWerth, KE9AJ, from the Colorado mountain summit in DM79iq, with Bertrand\nDemarcq, FG8OJ, in FK96hg in Guadeloupe. Congratulations! Distance records\nare published at https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/ (ANS\nthanks Joe Werth, KE9AJ, for the above information)\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\n\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate.\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status\nshall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary\nyears in this status.\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\n\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\n\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\nThis week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, K0JM\nk0jm at amsat dot org\n\n\n", "attachments": [ { "email": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/5GTLFSKYNW2VAAT2NXDZU55LWB3UFAMH/?format=api", "counter": 2, "name": "attachment.html", "content_type": "text/html", "encoding": "utf-8", "size": 24570, "download": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/5GTLFSKYNW2VAAT2NXDZU55LWB3UFAMH/attachment/2/attachment.html" } ] }