Email Detail
Show an email
GET /hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/72L3B4YK2OCNV3YL7O5HOCE5L5YPOOLF/
{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/72L3B4YK2OCNV3YL7O5HOCE5L5YPOOLF/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CAHKCqnALrFCQHZUyB7MaJTrfYA8HTemF+HM3oGpKXsQm3CK-Fg@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "72L3B4YK2OCNV3YL7O5HOCE5L5YPOOLF", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/72L3B4YK2OCNV3YL7O5HOCE5L5YPOOLF/", "sender": { "address": "mjohns+K0JM (a) luther.edu", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Mark D. Johns", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-314 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2019-11-10T00:00:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-314\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS\npublishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on\nthe activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who\nshare an active interest in designing, building, launching and commun-\nicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\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\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* HuskySat Paving the Way for Cooperation\n* WRC-19 Debates Satellite Allocations\n* Electron Booster on the Pad for Rocket Lab’s 10th Mission\n* 2020 Cubesat Developers Workshop Call for Papers\n* Second Batch of 50th Anniversary \"Friends of 50\" Certificates Sent\n* AMSAT Seeks Digital Communications Team Members\n* NO-83 (BRICSAT-P) Nears Re-Entry\n* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-314.01\nANS-314 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 314.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE 2019-Nov-11\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-314.01\n\nHuskySat Paving the Way for Cooperation\n\nAs previously reported by ANS, HuskySat-1 achieved orbit last week\naboard the Cygnus cargo vessel, which docked to the International Space\nStation on Nov. 4. The satellite is scheduled for a boost to higher\norbit and deployment in January. Following completion of its primary\nmission, it will be turned over to AMSAT for operation of its linear\ntransponder sometime in the second quarter of 2020.\n\nJerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT VP - Engineering, explains that this partner-\nship presented some regulatory challenges, but has paved the way for\nsimilar partnerships in the future:\n\n\"The Part 97 license that AMSAT will operate under does not include or\nallow the use of any of the experiments on board. As those experiments\nwere not able to conform to the Part 97 so called 'educational\nexemption', including the K-band radio, that is ultimately why two\nlicenses were required. Part 5 Experimental is operated by UW for\neverything including the telemetry downlink of the AMSAT transponder\nmodule, and the transponder must remain off during that operation. Part\n97 operation by AMSAT will solely be the AMSAT transponder module.\n\n\"This was the first partnership with an educational institution where\nan AMSAT radio was flown on a non-AMSAT (UW in this case) CubeSat. In\nthe process of working with the FCC and NASA to obtain a single Part 97\nlicense that was not complicated or restricted by \"pecuniary interest\",\nthe experience developed an understanding with FCC as to how a mission\nsuch as HuskySat-1 could be fully licensed under Part 97. There were\ndelays and difficulties in executing all of the requirements to qualify\nPart 97 and that ultimately carried on up to the mission deadline\nrequirement for having a license in hand in order for HuskySat-1 to be\nintegrated on the LV. The only way forward at that time, in order for\nUW to make the launch, was to do the separate licensing.\n\n\"It was lots of work and some good frustration along the way. I thank\nand commend our partners at University of Washington as well as the FCC\nfor their work to make it happen, and our friends at NASA for giving us\nthe opportunity to push for a path to amateur radio licensing for more\nof the CubeSat launches they sponsor. I believe that it has resulted in\na known path toward fully Part 97 licensed educational(e.g. university)\nCubeSats. That should in turn offer more opportunities for AMSAT radios\nto fly as the communications package for a mission as well as an\noperating amateur radio satellite, in the same way as the CubeSats we\nproduce.\"\n\n(ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT VP - Engineering for the above\ninformation)\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n The digital download version of the 2019 edition of\n Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a\n DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today!\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWRC-19 Debates Satellite Allocations\n\nThe Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), International Amateur Radio\nUnion (IARU), and ARRL have posted updates on activities at the 2019\nWorld Radiocommunication Conference currently taking place in Sharm El-\nSheikh, Egypt.\n\nOne early agreement was to turn down requested changes to one of the\namateur satellite allocations. The band 47.0 - 47.2 GHz was allocated\nsolely to the Amateur and Amateur Satellite Services by the 1979 World\nAdministrative Radio Conference (WARC-79). Commercial wireless broad-\nband industries had expressed interest in the band being designated\nfor International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), and there was some\nconcern that such a proposal might be made at WRC-19. The fact that\nnone was forthcoming was due in part to the work of the IARU at the\nConference Preparatory Meeting earlier this year and in the six re-\ngional telecommunications organizations. The WRC has agreed to \"no\nchange\" at 47.0 - 47.2 GHz.\n\nOne of the most difficult issues facing WRC-19 is to develop an agenda\nfor WRC-23. Dozens of proposals for agenda items have been suggested,\nand they cannot all be accommodated. One proposal being introduced for\nthe next World Radio Conference in 2023 is protecting the Radio Navi-\ngation Satellite Service (Galileo, etc.) from secondary amateur usage\nin the 23cm band (1.2 GHz -- the amateur satellite band is between\n1260 MHz and 1270 MHz for up-links only).\n\nFuture mobile/IMT (cell phone) allocations were also being discussed\nin the 3-18 GHz range (including our 10 GHz satellite band). Another\nitem may even affect 241 – 700 GHz. However, it will be a while before\nthe WRC-23 agenda gets agreed at this conference, and these items may\nor may not be up for debate at the next conference.\n\nDaily bulletins on the progress of WRC-19 are being posted at:\nhttps://rsgb.org/main/blog/category/news/special-focus/wrc-19/\n\nDuring this period of World Radio Conference, one place to follow the\nevents and issues is on The ARRL discussion group for the Interna-\ntional Amateur Radio Union. The group provides a forum for anyone in-\nterested in the work of the IARU. It is open to participants anywhere,\nwhether or not they are members of an IARU member-society. Additional\ninformation and a link to join the group can be found at\nhttps://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-IARU\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA, AMSAT-UK, and ARRL for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nElectron Booster on the Pad for Rocket Lab’s 10th Mission\n\nRocket Lab has announced that its next mission will launch multiple\nmicrosatellites in a rideshare mission representing five different\ncountries. The launch window for Rocket Lab’s tenth flight, will open\nNovember 25, New Zealand time, and take place from Rocket Lab Launch\nComplex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.\n\nOnboard this rideshare mission are six spacecraft comprised of 5cm\nPocketQube microsatellites from satellite manufacturer and mission\nmanagement provider Alba Orbital. Two of these satellites include\ndownlinks in the UHF amateur radio band.\n\nTRSI is a PocketQube for technology demostration. Its main objective\nis to show which functionality can be achieved with dimensions of\n5cm x 5cm x 5cm. It carries two experiments that are connected to\nthe amateur-satellite service.\n\n+ First is a waterfall experiment which will show an image in the\n waterfall diagram by hopping the frequency within its transmission\n band (image-type beacon).\n\n+ The second experiment is to analyze RF reception capabilities from\n LEO with a novel detector receiver and a small patch antenna. It\n was designed to test if small satellite receivers which don´t need\n deployable antennas are feasible. The received signal´s envelope\n will be sampled and forwarded using UHF in MFSK for signal ana-\n lysis. During the experiment phase the satellite will also perform\n as an amateur CW repeater, providing additional RX strength indi-\n cation; eg. CW morse signals will be re-sent in MFSK, showing the\n RX amplitude in dBm. A downlink on 437.075 MHz has been coordinated.\n\nIARU Frequency Coordination information has been posted at:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=649\n\nFossaSat-1 PocketQube by AMSAT-EA which has a 5x5x5cm structure and\na total mass of 250 grams. Radio link testing features a new experi-\nmental RF chirp modulation called LoRa which greatly improves the link\nbudget reducing the power consumed and reduces the cost of receivers.\n\nThe output power from the transmitter required for the correct recep-\ntion during a pass is also very low at well under 100mW, being spread\nspectrum at such low power it poses no interference risk. It operates\nat a considerable level below the noise level of other systems and\nwould cause no interference to weak narrowband signals.\n\nStudents & amateurs will be able to receive telemetry from the satel-\nlite with inexpensive hardware, expanding & promoting the amateur sat-\nellite community with youth. Uplink challenges will also be carried\nout with rewards for amateurs.\n\nThe mission is completely open source with all information regarding\nthe design of the satellite & how to decode its information clearly\nlaid out & hosted by AMSAT-EA. The site will provide decoding soft-\nware for SDR use in order to allow anyone to decode LoRa using common\nexisting hardware & host software for users to submit telemetry data,\nmaking all data public and rewarding users with certificates & awards.\nThe UHF downlink plans on using FSK RTTY 45 BAUD ITA2, 100mW 183hz\nShift and LoRa 125kHz, Chirp Spread Spectrum Modulation, 180 bps,\n100mW. A downlink on 436.700 MHz has been coordinated.\n\nIARU Frequency Coordination information has been posted at:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=652\n\nA commercial payload on board is ALE-2 from a Tokyo-based company\ncreating microsatellites that simulate meteor particles. See\nhttp://star-ale.com/en/news/317/2019/01/04/ for more information.\n\nRocket Labs mission web page can be found at:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/y672rjj5\n\n[ANS thanks Rocket Labs, IARU, AMSAT-EA, TRSI, and Alba Orbital\n for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n2020 Cubesat Developers Workshop Call for Papers\n\nThe Cubesat Developers Workshop for 2020 will be held May 4-6 at the\nCal Poly Performing Arts Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The planning\nteam has announced a call for abstracts. All abstract and poster appli-\ncations will need to be submitted using the online submission form by\nFriday, January 10, 2020. For more information, visit\nhttp://www.cubesat.org/workshop-information\n\n\n[ANS thanks The CubeSat Workshop Team for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nDonate to AMSAT Tax-Free From Your IRA\n\nAre you over 70-1/2 years of age and need to meet your IRA’s Required\nMinimum Distribution for 2019? Consider making a donation to AMSAT!\n\nUnder the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, individuals\nover 70-1/2 years of age may make direct transfers of up to $100,000\nper year from a traditional IRA to an eligible charity without\nincreasing their taxable income. Consult your tax advisor or\naccountant to make certain you are eligible.\n\nAMSAT is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational and scientific\norganization whose purpose is to design, construct, launch, and\noperate satellites in space and to provide the support needed to\nencourage amateurs to utilize these resources. AMSAT’s federal tax ID\nis 52-0888529.\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSecond Batch of 50th Anniversary \"Friends of 50\" Certificates Sent\n\nA second batch of 50th Anniversary AMSAT \"Satellite Friends of 50 A-\nward\" certificates went out in the mail on Wednesday, November 6.\nChances are you may have already qualified for this award! The require-\nment is to make satellite contacts with 50 amateur radio operators on\n50 differenton days during the anniversary year of 2019.(limit of 1\ncontact per day counted toward the award). For details, see:\nhttps://amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\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\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Seeks Digital Communications Team Members\n\nAMSAT is in the process of redesigning its website and is looking to\nimmediately fill key volunteer member additions to its digital\ncommunications team. Available positions include a Webmaster,\nContent Managers, and an Online Store Co-Manager. Candidates must\nhave experience with Word press and be a current AMSAT member.\n\nWebmaster:\nThe Webmaster works as an integral member of the AMSAT Digital\nCommunications Team in planning, organizing, implementing, and\nsupporting strategic web technologies. Under minimal supervision,\nthe Webmaster collaborates with the Digital Communications team and\nAMSAT Development to facilitate ongoing content creation, development\nof standards, and overall management of AMSAT's website and member\nportal. The primary objectives of the Webmaster are to ensure that\nAMSAT's digital presence accurately portrays the character, quality\nand heritage of AMSAT, provide an efficient user experience, and\nserve to increase recruitment and financial contributions.\n\nWeb Content Managers:\nWeb Content Managers ensure AMSAT's website and webpages follow best\ncontent practices and meet the diverse needs of internal and external\ncustomers. As part of the AMSAT Digital Communications Team,\nWebsite Content Managers must understand the organizational needs,\nmap them to the end-user needs and work with applicable AMSAT\ndepartments to create content strategy and plan for individual\nwebpages.\n\nOnline Store Co-Manager:\nThe Online Store Co-Manager updates and refreshes the AMSAT Store\nwhen new merchandise becomes available, deletes merchandise when no\nlonger available, and updates pricing and shipping information when\nnecessary. Experience in WooCommerce is required.\n\nIf you want to be a part of the solution in delivering the quality\nweb services AMSAT members deserve, we could sure use your help.\nPlease contact the AMSAT VP of User Services at\nke4al (at) yahoo (dot) com.\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.\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\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNO-83 (BRICSAT-P) Nears Re-Entry\n\nNO-83 (BRICSAT-P, CAT ID 40655) is nearing decay from orbit. Alan Biddle,\nWA4SCA, has run the TLEs through the SATEVO software and a re-entry is\npossible on November 9, 2019.\n\nTLEs for NO-83 remain in this week's TLE distribution.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nAn International Space Station school contact has been planned with\nparticipants at \"Alcide De Gasperi\" Secondary School: Part Of The\nIstituto Comprensivo Statale \"E. L. Corner\", Vigonovo, Italy and\nIstituto Comprensivo Di Pederobba, Onigo Di Pederobba, Italy on 11 Nov-\nember. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:10 UTC. It\nis recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before\nthis time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and\n30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK6MJ.\nThe contact should be audible over Australia and adjacent areas. Inter-\nested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The\ncontact is expected to be conducted in Italian. Watch for live stream\nfrom Vigonovo at https://tinyurl.com/y2n3eojw and from Pederobba at\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRZahLgMma_2ngllrj9iVg .\n\nAn International Space Station school contact has been planned with\nparticipants at European High School - Brindisi, Brindisi, Italy and\nI.I.S.S. \"Majorana - Laterza\", Putignano, Italy on 13 Nov. The event\nis scheduled to begin at approximately 09:18 UTC. It is recommended\nthat you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.\nThe duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds.\nThe contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE. The contact\nshould be audible over the east coast of the U.S. Interested parties\nare invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is\nexpected to be conducted in Italian.\n\nA reminder that the deadline to submit proposals for ARISS contacts to\nbe scheduled between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is coming up on\nNovember 30, 2019. For more information visit https://www.ariss.org/\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, and David Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS opera-\ntion team members, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\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 Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nBig Bend National Park, TX (DL89) November 10-11, 2019\nGlenn, AA5PK, is taking a trip down to Big Bend National Park in South\nTexas and will operate from DL89 on Monday November 11th. In addition,\nGlenn will be transitioning through DM81 (a few good morning passes) on\nthe way there and staying in DM80 Sunday night. Watch Glenn’s Twitter\nfeed for any pass announcements: https://twitter.com/AA5PK.\n\nNunavut, Canada (ER60) November 11 – December 6, 2019\nThe Eureka Amateur Radio Club, VY0ERC, will be on station, the Polar\nEnvironment Atmospheric Research Laboratory, November 6th through Dec-\nember 11th. They have some house keeping duties to perform on arrival\nand just before they leave, not to mention that it’s wicked cold up\nthere (-25 to -35C not counting windchill), so keep an eye on the\nVY0ERC twitter feed for announcements on when they plan to step out-\nside: https://twitter.com/vy0erc\n\nEA9 Melilla (IM85) NOVEMBER 18-21, 2019\nPhilippe, EA4NF, will be operating from MELILLA as EA9/EA4NF from Nov-\nember 18 to 21, 2019. This very small Spanish territory located in\nNorthern Africa, which is a very rare GRID and is listed as one of the\nMost Wanted SAT DXCC. Updates and passes on Philippe’s Twitter:\nhttps://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT\n\nNew River Gorge National River, WV (EM98) November 21-24, 2019\nMichael, N4DCW, is visiting New River Gorge National River (with sat\ngear) and a swing through EM97 on his way home. Watch for further an-\nnouncements on Michael’s Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/MWimages\n\nKey West (EL94) December 3-6, 2019\nTanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West December 3rd – 6th. Key\nword is vacation, but he will jump on some FM satellite passes to act-\nivate EL94 for those that need it or just want to chat. Watch Tanner’s\nTwitter feed for further announcements: https://twitter.com/twjones85\n\nHawaii (BK19, BK28, BK29, BL20) December 21-28, 2019\nAlex, N7AGF, is heading back to Hawaii over Christmas. This will be a\nholiday-style activation, with special empahasis on the grid that got\naway – BK28. Keep an eye on Alex’s Twitter feed for further announce-\nments: https://twitter.com/N7AGF\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP - User Services, for the\nabove information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ This week begins the 20th year of continuous human presence living\n off-planet aboard the International Space Station. NASA and its part-\n ners have successfully supported humans living in space since the Ex-\n pedition 1 crew arrived Nov. 2, 2000. A truly global endeavor, the\n unique microgravity laboratory has hosted 239 people from 19 coun-\n tries, more than 2,600 experiments from 3,900 researchers in 107\n countries, and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft.\n (ANS thanks NASA for the above information)\n\n+ Talks from this year's PocketQube Workshop are now available at:\n https://tinyurl.com/y2fmszbl Some slides are available here:\n http://www.albaorbital.com/3rd-pocketqube-workshop\n (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information)\n\n+ 27 videos from the Open Source Cubesat Workshop 2019 held in Athens\n Conservatoire in Athens, Greece are available for viewing:\n https://tinyurl.com/y6rd5pzn The third edition of the workshop\n was hosted by Libre Space Foundation.\n (ANS thanks https://libre.space for the above information)\n\n+ Radio amateurs in Sweden are limited to just 100 mW on 2.4 GHz. Yet\n an article by Christer, SM0NCL, shows how they can still send CW and\n SSB signals via the QO-100 / Es'hail-2 narrowband transponder! Read\n the article in Google English at https://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-SM\n (ANS thanks Southgatearc.org for the above information)\n\n+ Wonder why that downlink signal suddenly fades? Since launch of the\n amateur radio FUNcube-1 (AO-73) CubeSat in 2013 the team have ob-\n served the spin of the satellite based on the panel temperatures.\n The FUNcube team have speculated why the satellite spins up and down\n and occasionally flips the direction of spin. A fascinating explan-\n ation (without math!) of why satellites can flip as they spin can be\n found in a YouTube video at\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPfZ_XzisU&feature=emb_title\n (ANS thanks R.L. Brunton, G4TUT, for the above information)\n\n+ Hams like free stuff! So here's a free PDF download of issue #87 of\n the MagPi magazine is available at: Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #307\n https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/issues/87\n\n+ Celebrate #NationalSTEMDay with a @Virgin_Orbit community grant! Fall\n applications close on November 20, which means if you reach out now,\n you still have a chance to secure up to $2,500 cash for your local\n STEM education program. Apply at: https://t.co/FySZrXmrKe\n\n+ Instead of searching many manufacturer sites or calling on companies\n to find and compare designs, now you can search for designs based on\n the circuit's performance using Digi-Key's Reference Design Library.\n New designs are being added weekly and improvements will be made\n based on user feedback: https://www.digikey.com/reference-designs/en\n (ANS thanks JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, for the above information)\n\n+ The 2019 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings USB flash drives, including the\n 2019 Proceedings and all previously published Proceedings dating\n back to 1986 are back in stock. Backorders will go out soon and more\n are available. To order, visit https://tinyurl.com/yxmnqxew\n\n+ The AMSAT Symposium Engineering Update video is now available at\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWwvhuIaiBA&t=50s\n (ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive VP, for the above\n information)\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 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\n\nK0JM at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }