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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/7IBOKGPGE5G6MO6DHXPLIEBYC5LIUICT/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CAPFr_U=jv23NE5Nd0d2G+p3J9BqDZcm6tgtwom-+fGh7BpmDiQ@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "7IBOKGPGE5G6MO6DHXPLIEBYC5LIUICT", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/7IBOKGPGE5G6MO6DHXPLIEBYC5LIUICT/", "sender": { "address": "ki7unj (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "f58ccbb5b72e45929dff11e19efa4b84", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/f58ccbb5b72e45929dff11e19efa4b84/emails/" }, "sender_name": "KI7UNJ Tucker", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-145 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2020-05-24T00:00:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-145\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:\[email protected]\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* AMSAT Announces 2020 Field Day Rules\n* AMSAT Awards Update\n* AO-27 Returns from the Dead\n* Updated GOLF Project Information Available\n* Changing HuskySat-1 Keps Name in FoxTelem\n* Hack-a-Sat Team Boasts Exceptional Participation\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-145.01\nANS-145 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 145.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE 2020-May-24\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-145.01\n\n\nAMSAT Announces 2020 Field Day Rules\n\nIt’s that time of year again; summer and Field Day! Each year the\nAmerican Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a “picnic, a\ncampout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of\nall, FUN!” The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes\nits own version of Field Day for operation via the amateur satellites,\nheld concurrently with the ARRL event.\n\nFor 2020, the event takes place during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC\non Saturday June 27, 2020 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 28, 2020.\nThose who set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 27 can operate only 24\nhours.\n\nAMSAT Director of Contests and Awards Bruce Paige, KK5DO, has an-\nnounced the rules for the 2020 event.\n\nPaige notes that \"AMSAT has followed the ARRL when it comes to the\ndate, times and most rules with regard to Field Day. [ARRL has made\nsome modifications due to COVID-19]. With that in mind, AMSAT is going\nto have to adapt as well.\"\n\nPaige further elaborates, \"What we will do for AMSAT Field Day is con-\ncentrate on rovers and operating from home.\" In line with this new\nconcentration, the awards issued this year will be modified. The top\nthree club stations will receive certificates as will the top three\nstations overall (instead of the top three home operators on emergency\npower). AMSAT will also award certificates to the top three roving\nstations.\n\nThe 2020 rules can be found at https://www.amsat.org/field-day/.\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards,\nfor the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office\n is closed until further notice. For details, please visit\n https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT Awards Update\n\nThis is my first update on the awards for 2020. They used to slowly\ntrickle in. However, over the last two months, there have been a lot of\nsubmissions. AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first\nsatellite QSO\n\nFrank Karnauskas, N1UW\nHiroto Miura, JI8UCI\nJason Davis, N8PDX\nAndrew Stamp, N2YQO\nCameron Zotter, K4DCA\nAngus Alexander, KJ7KOJ\nGustavo Schwartz, PR8KW\nRichard Cutrer, KF5TQT\nKurt Melden, K1SEA\nWilliam McDermott, KM6MCH\nRobert Smith, KO4CCD\nBernd Scholer, DL6IAN\n\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Communications Achievement Award\n\nRussel Kinner, WA8ZID #624\nHector Luis Martinez Sis, W5CBF #625 EM30\nHector Luis Martinez Sis, W5CBF #626 EM21\nStephan Greene, KS1G #627\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Sexagesimal Satellite Communications Achievement Award\nHector Luis Martinez Sis, W5CBF #185 EM30\nHector Luis Martinez Sis, W5CBF #186 EM21\nStephan Greene, KS1G #187\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Century Club Award Hector Luis Martinez Sis,\nW5CBF #55 EM30\n\n------\n\nAMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award\n\nRussel Kinner, WA8ZID #US225\nHector Luis Martinez Sis, W5CBF #US226 EM30\nHector Luis Martinez Sis, W5CBF #US227 EM21\nWade Stuart, N0TEL #US228\nStephan Greene, KS1G #US229\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award (1,000-4,000)\nJohn Stone, KC9VGG #98\nChristy Hunter, KB6LTY, #99 (4,000)\nMitchell Ahrenstorff, AD0HJ #100 (2,000)\nDave Chasey, N9FN #101\nPaul Overn, KE0PBR #102 (3,000)\nRobert Sours, K9UO #103 (2,000)\nKell Bodholt, KI7UXT #104 (2,000)\nWade Stuart, N0TEL #105 (2,000)\nMichael Frazier, KJ5Z #106\nNicholas Mahr, KE8AKW #107\nJerod Speck, W4ZXT #108\nCasey Tucker, KI7UNJ #109\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award (5,000)\nAdrian Liggins, VA3NNA #35\nChristy Hunter, KB6LTY #37\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Rover Award Rover Call\n#051 PR8KW\n#052 LW2DAF\n#053 N0TEL\n\nTo see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org and click on\nServices then Awards.\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards for\nthe above information]\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Looking for the perfect Father’s Day gift?\n AMSAT t-shirts are currently 40% off with promo\n code BESTDADGIFTS. Other items are 15% off.\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\nAO-27 Returns from the Dead\n\nA number of amateurs have reported that the FM repeater of AO-27 has\nbeen active for brief intervals in recent weeks. When commanded on by\ncontrol operators, the transponder is active for about two minutes be-\nfore reverting to telemetry transmissions only.\n\nPatrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, remarks that AO-27 wasn't originally intended\nto be an FM satellite. It lacks the audio filtering normally seen with a\nn FM receiver, since its uplink receiver was going to be used for data.\nWith the lack of audio filtering on the uplink receiver, AO-27 was used\nfor tests with D-Star radios.\n\nThe Wayback Machine has captures of the former ao27.org web site, de-\ntailing how those tests were done. Two radios were used for those D-\nStar QSOs, one for uplink and the other for downlink).\n\nMany are hopeful that control stations will eventually be able to re-\ncover the satellite sufficiently to provide more regular operation. In\nthe meantime, if you hear the satellite active, make your contacts\nquickly!\n\n[ANS thanks Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK, AMSAT Board Member, for\nthe above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpdated GOLF Project Information Available\n\nThe AMSAT website has posted updated information on the next series of\nsatellites, intended to succeed the current Fox satellites. AMSAT is\ndeveloping a satellite program that should see amateur transponders in\nLow Earth Orbit (LEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and eventually High\nEarth Orbit (HEO)\n\nGOLF is an acronym for \"Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint\"\n\nThe goal of the GOLF program is to work by steps through a series of\nincreasingly capable spacecraft to learn skills and systems for which\nwe do not yet have any low-risk experience. Among these are active at-\ntitude control, deployable/steerable solar panels, radiation tolerance\nfor Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) components in higher orbits, and\npropulsion.\n\nThe first step is to be one or more Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites\nsimilar to the existing AO-91 and AO-92, but with technologies needed\nfor higher orbits. With proven technologies, an interim high LEO or\nMedium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite would follow on.\n\nThe eventual goal is a High Earth Orbit (HEO) similar to AO-10, AO-13,\nand AO-40, but at a currently affordable cost combined with signifi-\ncantly enhanced capabilities which in turn will allow the use of much\nless complex ground stations.\n\nRead the AMSAT GOLF article at: https://bit.ly/2WPV9WN\n\n[ANS thanks @amsat and Southgate ARC for the above information]\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\nChanging HuskySat-1 Keps Name in FoxTelem\n\nInstructions for updating FoxTelem (including Fox-in-a-box) so that\nHuskySat-1 keps are now downloaded as HO-107.\n\nGo to the Spacecraft menu and select Husky (or something else if you\nhave changed the name). In the upper left is a section that says \"Name\n(for Keps)\" and the box to the right should say \"HuskySat-1\". Just\nchange that to HO-107. Done.\n\nNote that HuskySat-1 is no longer in the downloaded keps, so the one\nyou have will get older and more out-of-date until you change the name.\nDon't forget you will need to do something similar with MacDoppler or\nSatPC32 or any other tracking program you have.\n\n[ANS thanks Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHack-a-Sat Team Boasts Exceptional Participation\n\nThe Vaporsec \"Capture The Flag\" (CTF) team, specifically open to ama-\nteur radio operators, has seen the largest turnout for a CTF competi-\ntion in team history, for this satellite-themed event. We have over 20\nsigned up for the qualifications event this coming weekend. We believe\nthat based on the diversity, quality, and positive can-do spirit, that\nwe have a chance at being competitive and moving on to the final round\nin late summer.\n\nWe had a successful team organizational meeting last night are are\nlooking forward to a Friday 5pm Pacific start time. I'm looking forward\nto being able to share how amateur radio operators and practical exper-\nience carried the day!\n\nThe point of the competition seems to be the Air Force wanting to see\nthat the current level of competence is out there with respect to sat-\nellite operations and security. Hints have included backgrounders on\nADAC, Satellite IoT platform security, protocols, ground control, and\nmore. Rules and link to the Hack-a-Sat website are at:\nhttps://www.hackasat.com/\n\nSomething that we noticed is that an unsolved challenge in last week-\nend's DEFCON CTF qualifier round was from the same team that is put-\nting on Hack-a-Sat CTF.\n\nSo! If you are wondering what kind of challenges are posed to partici-\npants in a CTF, here is that satellite-themed challenge. We expect this\nsort of thing to be the starting point for an entire weekend of satel-\nlite reverse engineering, puzzle solving, and rogue-craft-wrangling.\n\nThere are two files related to the challenge. The challenge text and\nthe two files can be found at: https://bit.ly/2yrFlQM\n\nSee you on the other side of the CTF! We will have a write-up of the\nevent and share any and everything we learn along the way.\n\n[ANS thanks Michelle Thompson, W5NYV, AMSAT Board Member, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nWY7AA is still in planning stages but on Monday the 26, DN82/DN72 and\nmaybe later DN73/DN74, please watch his twitter page @WY7AA for more\ndetails.\n\nMitch, AD0HJ, has decided to \"go check on the tree\" in North Dakota.\nHe will be finishing his circuit as this issue is published, but he\nmay still be available on 5/24 UTC in EN06/16\nDetails on his Twitter page, @ad0hj\n\nRon, AD0DX, and Doug, N6UA, are making another run at the elusive DL88\nin Big Bend National Park, Texas. They tried this grid back in March,\nand due to the mud couldn’t get to the grid, so never ones to quit, off\nthey go again. The tentative date is Sunday May 31, 2020. They will be\nusing the K5Z call sign. More information is available at the K5Z QRZ\nPage.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke0pbr (at) gmail.com\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overnfor, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the\nabove information]\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\nARISS News\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\nARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools\nand the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancella-\ntions or postponements of school contacts. As always, ARISS will try\nto provide everyone with near-real-time updates at the ARISS webpage:\nhttps://www.ariss.org/\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team men-\ntors for the above information]\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\n Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nWant to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space?\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating\nthrough amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meet-\nings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nDue to COVID-19, many hamfest and events around the United States have\nbeen cancelled or postponed. While we make every effort to ensure the\ninformation contained below is correct, there may be some that we\nmissed. We wish all of you safekeeping and hope to be at a hamfest\nnear you soon.\n\nCurrent schedule:\n No scheduled events\n\nThe following events scheduled to have an AMSAT presence have been\nCANCELED:\n\n June 12-13, 2020, Ham-Com, Plano, TX\n\nA copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from:\nhttps://bit.ly/2ygVFmV This color brochure is designed to be printed\ndouble-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout.\n\nTo include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration,\nplease send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) 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+ Radio amateur and Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology\n Ltd, Sir Martin Sweeting, G3YJO, has recorded a series of home vid-\n eos from Coronavirus lockdown to record answers to the questions he\n is most frequently asked. In a recent episode he talks about his in-\n spiration for pioneering the original SmallSats revolution and re-\n veals two of his favourite SSTL missions. Watch Sir Martin Sweeting,\n G3YJO – Early Years & Favourite Missions at:\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV9gQmfmvME\n (ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP-Operations, and Doug\n Shook's page, www.kc4mcq.us, for the above information)\n\n+ Thailand's regulator the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications\n Commission (NBTC) has issued a special callsign to The Radio Amateur\n Society of Thailand (RAST), founded under the royal patronage of the\n King of Thailand. The call is E2STAYHOME. RAST will be operating us-\n ing this callsign on all bands and in all modes, including on NB mode\n for Es'hail 2 QO-100 geostationary satellite.\n (ANS thanks Tanan Rangseeprom, HS1JAN, for the above information)\n\n+ NASA astronauts Robert Behnken Douglas Hurley arrived at the Launch\n and Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday,\n May 20, 2020, ahead of SpaceX's Demo-2 mission. This will be the\n first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft\n and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of\n the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Behnken and Hurley are sched-\n uled to launch at 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Launch\n Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA is inviting the public\n to help celebrate a historic milestone by participating in NASA’s\n virtual launch experience at: https://www.nasa.gov/beourguest\n (ANS thanks spaceref.com for the above information)\n\n+ According to a new release of Union of Concerned Scientists' opera-\n tional satellite database, AMSAT-OSCAR 7 remains the oldest opera-\n ting satellite in Earth orbit. The next oldest operating satellite\n is NASA's TDRS-3, launched 14 years after AO-7 in 1988. Details at:\n https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database\n\n+ All issues of The AMSAT Journal from 2017 to the present are now\n available for AMSAT members on our new membership portal. More years\n coming soon. Get logged on today!\n https://launch.amsat.org/The_AMSAT_Journal\n\n+ Virgin Orbit has announced that the window for its Launch Demo, the\n first orbital test flight with LauncherOne, opens this weekend on\n May 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (1700 to 2100z).\n A backup window for launch is on May 25 during the same time frame.\n (ANS thanks Twitter account @Virgin_Orbit for the above information)\n\n+ Another record-shattering QSO was made via RS-44 last night! @KI7UNJ\n in Oregon worked EB1AO in Spain - a distance of 8,314 km. Both sta-\n tions had negative elevation! Satellite distance records are main-\n tained at: https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/\n (ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive VP, for the above\n information)\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 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Casey Tucker, KI7UNJ\n\nki7unj at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }