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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/6MSF24ILXWM2ODQFFYBIKSW6C7DVO3FF/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+sovkAxKQU8gSb-ye5M1X1DVhOwTR0_e9TT4h0MN9thOzHw@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "6MSF24ILXWM2ODQFFYBIKSW6C7DVO3FF", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/6MSF24ILXWM2ODQFFYBIKSW6C7DVO3FF/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "mccardelm (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-136 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-05-15T03:15:24Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-136\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* STMSat-1 SSTV CubeSat to deploy from ISS May 16\n* 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice\n* AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at the Dayton Hamvention\n ^TUESDAY MAY 17th SIGN UP DEADLINE^\n* Dayton AMSAT Demonstration Plans\n* ÑuSat-1 to Carry AMSAT Argentina Linear Transponder\n* ARISS at Dayton Hamvention\n* CY9C DXpedition to St. Paul Island Announces Satellite Operation\n* Top 10 Reasons to Come to Dayton HAMVENTION\n* Saturday AMSAT Dayton Forum\n* AMSAT Thursday Dinner and Beverages at Tickets Pub and Eatery\n* ARISS News\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-136.01\nANS-136 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 136.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\n[MONTH DAY, YEAR]\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-136.01\n\n\nSTMSat-1 SSTV CubeSat to deploy from ISS May 16\n\nA Slow Scan TV (SSTV) CubeSat developed by students at Saint Thomas\nMore Cathedral School (STM) in Arlington, VA, is set to be deployed\nfrom the International Space Station between 1400 and 1500 UT on May\n16. For latest date/time check\nhttps://twitter.com/STMSAT11.\n\nSTM is thought to be the first Elementary school to build their own\nsatellite, even Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and First Grade\nstudents were involved in the project.\n\nThe satellite, a 1U CubeSat called STMSat-1, will transmit a SSTV\nRobot36 mode signal on 437.800 MHz.\n\nMiddle School Students took the initiative to begin exploring how to\nreceive data from the CubeSat and formed a Ham Radio Club. There,\nthey learned the basics of operating a ham radio station and explored\nSlow Scan Television as an option for receiving images once the\nsatellite is deployed.\n\nHow Did 400 Grade School Students Built A Nano-Satellite?\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS136-NanoSat\n\nWatch the CBS This Morning show report on the satellite\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS136-CBS-MorningShow\n\nSTMSat-1\nhttps://twitter.com/STMSAT11\nhttps://www.facebook.com/stmsat1/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/491135804399695/\nhttp://www.stmsat-1.org/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice\n\nIt's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of\nDirectors election. Three director's terms expire this year: Tom\nClark, K3IO, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, and Lou McFadin, W5DID. In\naddition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms.\n\nA valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current\nindividual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for\nDirector. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and\ncall, and the nominating individual's names, calls and individual\nsignatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304\nKensington, MD 20895-2526.\n\nIn addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which\nis the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by\nelectronic means. These include e-mail, Fax, or electronic image of a\npetition. Electronic petitions should be sent to MARTHA at AMSAT.ORG\nor Faxed to (301)822-4371.\n\nNo matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June\n15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional\nwritten nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than\nthis, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST\nbe received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days\nfollowing the close of nominations on June 15th.\n\nELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE\nNOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS.\n\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM\nAMSAT-NA Secretary\n\n\n[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT/TAPR Banquet at the Dayton Hamvention\n\nThe tenth annual joint AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held on Friday\nevening, May 20th. This dinner is one of the main AMSAT activities\nduring the Hamvention. Tickets ($35 each) may be purchased from the\nAMSAT store at www.amsat.org.\nTHE BANQUET TICKET PURCHASE DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, MAY 17th.\n\nThe Banquet will take place at the Kohler Presidential Banquet\nCenter, 4572 Presidential Way, Kettering, OH 45429 (just south of\nDayton). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a cash bar with the buffet\ndinner served at 7:00 p.m.\n\nAMSAT and TAPR alternate the task of providing a speaker for the\nbanquet. It is AMSAT¹s responsibility this year.\n\nMichelle Thompson, W5NYV, will present \"It¹s just software, right?\"\nShe will survey the AMSAT Ground Terminal: Who, what, when, where,\nwhy, and how we¹re designing open source radio solutions for the next\ngeneration of AMSAT payloads.\n\nMichelle is AMSAT¹s Team Leader for the design and execution of the\nAMSAT Ground Terminal. The goal is to create a ³5 and Dime² (5 and\n10 GHz) digital SDR transceiver that will support both voice and data\nmodes, for both general QSOs and emergency communication, for the\nPhase 4B satellite and for future AMSAT projects. This is an effort\nto design an inexpensive ground terminal for amateurs that would cost\ntens of thousands of dollars commercially, for as much under $1,000\nas we can get it.\n\nA true renaissance woman, in addition to being an engineer and a\nlicensed amateur radio operator, Michelle has worked for Qualcomm,\nattends Burning Man, and is a longtime DEFCON participant. She is\nalso the lead for Organ Donor (an AI pipe organ). Her Phase 4B Weekly\nGround Engineering Reports are fascinating reading.\n\nSeating is limited to the number of meals we reserve with the Kohler\ncaterers based on the number of tickets sold by the deadline. Tickets\npurchased online may be collected at the Books, Shirts & Memberships\ncorner of the AMSAT booth (445-446).\n\n[ANS thanks Steve N9IP and the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDayton AMSAT Demonstration Plans\n\nAMSAT will again have a demo station at the Dayton Hamvention this\nyear. The station will be located outside the main entrance to Ball\nArena, near the AMSAT booth.\n\nThis year, the focus of many of the demonstrations will be on the use\nof inexpensive software defined radio (SDR) equipment as a downlink\nreceiver. Using an SDR like a FUNcube Dongle Pro+, SDRPlay, or AirSpy\nallows owners of common all-mode transceivers with VHF/UHF\nfunctionality (such as the Yaesu FT-817, Yaesu FT-857, Icom\nIC-706MKIIG, or Icom IC-7100) to add full duplex satellite capability\nfor use with linear transponder satellites at minimal cost. The\nreceiver used will consist of a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ with a low cost\n10.1\" Windows 10 tablet.\n\nWe may also use other radio combinations during the weekend.\n\nDemos will take place during satellite passes from 8:00am (12:00 UTC)\nuntil 5:00pm (21:00 UTC) on Friday and Saturday and from 8:00am until\n12:00pm (16:00 UTC) on Sunday. Please keep in mind that the RF\nenvironment at the Hamvention is challenging and the arena blocks low\nelevations to the north and northwest. Due to these factors, we will\nonly be attempting passes with a peak elevation greater than 10\ndegrees. Please stop by for any satellite pass or at any other time if\nyou have questions about satellite operating.\n\nA special demonstration on SO-50 will take place during the 12:19pm\n(16:19 UTC) pass on Saturday May 21st. Nine year old Hope Lea, KM4IPF,\nwill operate that pass after completing her talk at the ARRL Youth\nForum.\n\nIf you are not attending the Hamvention, please call us if you hear\nthe AMSAT demo station on the air!\n\nAMSAT DAYTON HAMVENTION DEMOS - 2016\n\nTZ = UTC\n\nN 39.820328 W 84.255224 ELEV. 296 M\n\nMIN PEAK ELEV. = 10 DEG\n\nGRID = EM79ut\n\n* = Listen Only Pass - Telemetry, Doppler, Ant. Perf, etc.\n\n WinAos QTH: -84.3/39.8 T#: 14019 Sat.: 12 [Standard]\n ----------------------------------------------------------\n Day Objects AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl AZ\n ----------------------------------------------------------\n 20.05.2016 XW-2A 12:17 12:26 09 62 016 - 187\n 20.05.2016 ISS * 12:28 12:37 09 40 300 - 143\n 20.05.2016 NO-84 * 12:28 12:38 10 21 294 - 168\n 20.05.2016 AO-85 12:45 12:59 14 62 200 - 036\n 20.05.2016 XW-2F 12:52 13:01 09 19 351 - 224\n 20.05.2016 AO-85 14:26 14:40 14 23 249 - 025\n 20.05.2016 AO-73 14:51 15:02 11 56 018 - 185\n 20.05.2016 EO-79 * 15:04 15:14 10 14 119 - 004\n 20.05.2016 SO-50 15:53 16:06 13 50 332 - 137\n 20.05.2016 FO-29 16:01 16:17 16 18 111 - 358\n 20.05.2016 AO-73 16:28 16:36 08 11 343 - 242\n 20.05.2016 EO-79 * 16:39 16:50 11 49 180 - 343\n 20.05.2016 SPROUT * 16:50 16:59 09 14 039 - 152\n 20.05.2016 UKUBE-1 * 16:57 17:08 11 30 025 - 171\n 20.05.2016 SO-50 17:34 17:45 11 17 309 - 187\n 20.05.2016 FO-29 17:43 18:02 19 88 163 - 348\n 20.05.2016 AO-07 18:12 18:28 16 15 099 - 356\n 20.05.2016 SPROUT * 18:25 18:36 11 44 004 - 209\n 20.05.2016 UKUBE-1 * 18:33 18:44 11 22 357 - 225\n 20.05.2016 FO-29 19:31 19:46 15 16 219 - 331\n 20.05.2016 AO-07 20:01 20:22 21 67 150 - 346\n\n WinAos QTH: -84.3/39.8 T#: 14020 Sat.: 12 [Standard]\n ----------------------------------------------------------\n Day Objects AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl AZ\n ----------------------------------------------------------\n 21.05.2016 NO-84 * 12:04 12:14 10 22 295 - 167\n 21.05.2016 XW-2F 12:39 12:49 10 26 358 - 217\n 21.05.2016 AO-85 13:11 13:25 14 59 222 - 030\n 21.05.2016 XW-2C 13:12 13:20 08 11 345 - 238\n 21.05.2016 XW-2A 13:17 13:26 09 19 353 - 223\n 21.05.2016 SO-50 14:38 14:50 12 17 340 - 108\n 21.05.2016 AO-85 14:54 15:05 11 12 274 - 021\n 21.05.2016 AO-73 15:10 15:21 11 80 011 - 196\n 21.05.2016 EO-79 * 15:16 15:26 10 18 127 - 004\n 21.05.2016 SO-50 16:19 16:31 12 61 324 - 157\n 21.05.2016 FO-29 16:49 17:08 19 39 137 - 353\n 21.05.2016 EO-79 * 16:51 17:02 11 36 187 - 339\n 21.05.2016 SPROUT * 17:04 17:15 11 21 029 - 163\n 21.05.2016 UKUBE-1 * 17:14 17:26 12 45 020 - 182\n 21.05.2016 FO-29 18:34 18:53 19 42 189 - 342\n 21.05.2016 SPROUT * 18:40 18:51 11 30 360 - 217\n 21.05.2016 UKUBE-1 * 18:51 19:00 09 15 349 - 237\n 21.05.2016 AO-07 19:03 19:22 19 31 122 - 351\n 21.05.2016 AO-85 20:04 20:14 10 15 345 - 100\n 21.05.2016 AO-07 20:54 21:15 21 61 173 - 341\n\n WinAos QTH: -84.3/39.8 T#: 14021 Sat.: 12 [Standard]\n ----------------------------------------------------------\n Day Objects AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl AZ\n ----------------------------------------------------------\n 22.05.2016 ISS * 12:19 12:27 08 17 288 - 162\n 22.05.2016 XW-2F 12:27 12:37 10 36 001 - 210\n 22.05.2016 XW-2A 12:44 12:54 10 47 006 - 203\n 22.05.2016 XW-2C 13:00 13:09 09 16 350 - 229\n 22.05.2016 AO-85 13:37 13:51 14 29 242 - 026\n 22.05.2016 AO-73 13:53 14:02 09 12 037 - 147\n 22.05.2016 SO-50 15:04 15:16 12 35 337 - 128\n 22.05.2016 EO-79 * 15:28 15:39 11 24 135 - 359\n 22.05.2016 AO-73 15:29 15:40 11 48 005 - 206\n 22.05.2016 FO-29 15:56 16:12 16 17 110 - 359\n\n[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nÑuSat-1 to Carry AMSAT Argentina Linear Transponder\nLaunch Scheduled for May 30, 2016.\n\nThe Argentinian earth observation satellite ÑuSat-1 will carry a\nlinear transponder built by AMSAT Argentina. The satellite is\nscheduled to launch on a CZ-4B rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch\nCenter in China on May 30, 2016 into a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit\nwith an inclination of 97.5 degrees and a Local Time of the Ascending\nNode (LTAN) of 10:30.\n\nThe AMSAT Argentina U/v inverting transponder, named LUSEX, wiil\nhave an uplink of 435.935 MHz to 435.965 MHz and a downlink of\n145.935 MHz to 145.965 MHz. Total power output is 250 mW. There will\nalso be a CW beacon at 145.900 MHz with a power output of 70 mW.\n\nFor more information, see the AMSAT Argentina Facebook group.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Amsat.LU/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Argentina for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS at Dayton Hamvention\n\nIf you will be attending Hamvention next week, be sure to stop by\nthe AMSAT area in the Ball Arena. We will have members of the ARISS\nteam on-hand at all times and some of our ISS hardware (radios and an\nantenna) on display.\n\nDuring the AMSAT Forum (Saturday, 11:15-1:30), Frank Bauer will be\npresenting ARISS status and future plans.\n\nAlso on Saturday, from 2:30-3:00, we will have a face-to-face\nmeeting for anyone interested in ARISS. We’d like to see members of\nthe ARISS team there. We will meet outside near AMSAT’s Satellite\nDemo area (outside the Ball Arena entrance) or, if it’s raining,\ninside at the ARISS display.\n\n[ANS thanks Dave W8ASS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCY9C DXpedition to St. Paul Island Announces Satellite Operation\n\nThe CY9C DXpedition to St. Paul Island, scheduled for August 19, 2016\n– August 29, 2016, has announced that Lee Imber, WW2DX, has joined the\nDXpedition team and will add satellite operations, as well as 2 meter\nEME and 6 meter operations, to the DXpedition plans.\n\nSt. Paul Island is located in gridsquare FN97 in the Cabot Strait\nbetween Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia and Cape Ray, Newfoundland and\nis a separate entity on the ARRL DXCC list. It also counts as a\ncountry for the AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement\nAward, AMSAT OSCAR Sexagesimal Award, and AMSAT OSCAR Century Award.\nMost of Europe and North America should be easily workable from this\nlocation. St. Paul Island has not been activated on satellite since\nJuly 1998.\n\nFor further information about the DXpedition, please see the CY9C\nDXpedition website (http://www.cy9dxpedition.com/)\n\nThis operation and other planned amateur satellite grid/DX operations\nare posted on the AMSAT Upcoming Satellite Operations page\n(http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3921)\n\n[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTop 10 Reasons to Come to Dayton HAMVENTION\n\n10. Rub shoulders with 25,000 of your best friends at the largest\nhamfest in the United States, including all of the AMSAT Directors\nand senior officers. See the latest equipment from Icom, Yaesu,\nKenwood, Flex, Alinco, M2, Arrow, and many other manufacturers of\namateur radio equipment and accessories. Take advantage of\ndiscounted pricing you won't find anywhere else.\n\n9. Find out how to organize a contact with the astronauts on the\nInternational Space Station for your local school or youth group from\nour Education and ARISS experts.\n\n8. Pickup the latest AMSAT golf shirts, T-shirts, and hats. Get\nyour copy of the updated \"Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide\"\n(laminated frequency chart) and Gould Smith's just revised \"Getting\nStarted with Amateur Satellites\" (book). We'll also have assembled\nwide-band preamps and antennas that are great for portable\noperation.\n\n7. See demonstrations of SatPC32 and MacDoppler satellite tracking\nsoftware, and get your operational questions answered. Meet Don\nAgro, author of MacDoppler (Friday & Saturday, 2-3 p.m.). See a\ndemonstration of the LVB Tracker, a computer interface to the Yaesu\nazimuth-elevation rotors. Talk with Mike Young, who has built more\nLVB Trackers than anyone else. Assembled LVB Trackers will be\navailable.\n\n6. Hear a team presentation at the joint AMSAT/TAPR dinner on the\nnew AMSAT Ground Terminal (AGT). AGT is using Five and Dime (5 GHz\nuplink, 10 GHz downlink) technology that is being developed for the\nPhase 3E (P3E) HEO satellite, the Phase 4B (P4B) geosynchronous\nsatellite, and the Cube Quest Challenge (CQC) lunar mission. While\nmuch of the P3E and P4B *satellite* development is classified, the\nAGT is all open source and public information.\n\n5. Hear the latest on the *five* Fox satellites, P3E, P4B, CQC, the\nInternational Space Station, other current and future satellites,\neducation news, and an AMSAT update at the AMSAT Forum Saturday, from\n11:15 to 1:30.\n\n4. Get one-on-one guidance on setting up your satellite station and\nmaking contacts at our \"Beginner's Corner\". Witness live\ndemonstrations of contacts through satellites AO-7, AO-73, AO-85, FO-\n29, SO-50, XW-2A, XW-2C, and XW-2F using handheld antennas.\n\n3. Meet and interact with some of the Engineering Team members\nworking on the Fox-1 satellites and our new Five and Dime AMSAT\nground terminal. Learn all of the public information and get\nbreaking news on the Virginia Tech plans for the Phase 3E and Phase\n4B satellites.\n\n2. Get satellite station and operating tips from some of the best\nsatellite operators in the country, including John Papay K8YSE (1,575\ngrids confirmed), Doug Papay KD8CAO (1,159 grids), Drew Glasbrenner\nKO4MA (1,343 grids), Paul Stoetzer (450 grids), and Wyatt Dirks AC0RA\n(938 grids).\n\n1. Receive special premiums when you join or renew your AMSAT\nmembership at Dayton, including an updated \"Amateur Satellite\nFrequency Guide\" (laminated frequency chart), and special pricing on\nthe SatPC32 satellite tracking software.\n\n[ANS thanks Steve N9IP for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSaturday AMSAT Dayton Forum\n\nThe AMSAT forum will be Saturday morning from 11:15 a.m. through\n1:30 p.m. in Forum Room 5. See the commercial vendor layout map in\nthe Hamvention program or the Hamvention website for the location of\nForum Room 5 (same as the last few years).\n\nThe following speakers will be presenting at the AMSAT Forum,\nmoderated by Mark Hammond, N8MH:\n\n“AMSAT Status Report” Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA President, will\nhighlight recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of our\nchallenges, accomplishments, projects, and any late breaking news.\n\n“AMSAT-NA Satellite Program” Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT-NA\nEngineering Vice President, will review the upcoming launches of four\nFox spacecraft and exciting new engineering developments.\n\n“AMSAT’s HEO and GSO Plans” Bob McGwier, N4HY, AMSAT-NA Director,\nwill discuss AMSAT-NA opportunities for High Earth Orbit and Geo-\nSynchronous Orbit satellites.\n\n“AMSAT Satellite Operations” Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA\nOperations Vice President, will survey the current operational\namateur satellites, as well as those planned for launch in the next\nyear.\n\n“ARISS Report 2016” Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President for\nHuman Spaceflight, will discuss ARISS developments & operation on the\nInternational Space Station.\n\n“Teaching STEM Using the Fox Satellites” Joe Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT-NA\nEducational Relations Vice President, will explain how the Fox MEMS\ngyroscopes, radiation experiments, and cameras will be used to teach\nScience, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Thursday Dinner and Beverages at Tickets Pub and Eatery\n\nDinner and beverages at Tickets Pub and Eatery\n\nThursday night, 1800-2000. The annual AMSAT “Dinner at Tickets”\nparty will be held Thursday, May 19, at 1800 EDT at the Tickets Pub &\nEatery. Everyone is invited regardless of whether or not they helped\nwith setup or plan to work in the booth.\n\nYou’ll find a great selection of Greek and American food and\nexcellent company! No program or speaker, just good conversation.\nFood can be ordered from the menu; drinks (beer, wine, sodas and iced\ntea) are available at the bar. Come as you are. Bring some friends\nand have a great time the night before Hamvention®.\n\nTickets Pub and Eatery,\n7 W. Main St.\nFairborn, OH 45324\n(937) 878-9022\n\nhttp://www.ticketspub.com/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between The Kings School, Ottery St\nMary, Devon, UK and Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI using Callsign\nGB1SS. The contact began 2016-05-09 09:26 UTC and lasted about nine\nand a half minutes. Contact was direct via GB1OSM.\nARISS Mentor was Ciaran MØXTD.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between H.A.L. School, Lucknow,\nIndia and Astronaut Tim Kopra KE5UDN using Callsign NA1SS. The\ncontact began 2016-05-12 08:11 UTC and lasted about nine and a half\nminutes. Contact was telebridge via K6DUE.\nARISS Mentor was Satoshi 7M3TJZ.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between AstroNuts Kids Space Club\nAcademy, David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada,\nand Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI using Callsign NA1SS. The contact\nbegan 2016-05-14 17:37:12 UTC and lasted about nine and a half\nminutes. Contact was telebridge via W6SRJ.\nARISS Mentor was Steve VE3TBD.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-13 06:30 UTC\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and events:\n\nEssex Heights Primary School, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia,\ntelebridge via VK5ZAI\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ\nContact is a go for: Fri 2016-05-20 08:35:16 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\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, former KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }