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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-123 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2015-05-03T03:13:09Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-123\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* Announcing EO-79 transponder testing for one full orbit - May 4\n* EO-79 / QB50p1 First Transponder Test Success\n* 2015 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice\n* \"Where Over the World Is Astronaut Scott Kelly?\" Geography From\n  Space Trivia Contest\n* Delfi-C3 has been in orbit 7 years\n* $50SAT/MO-76/Eagle-2 Update\n* 2015 ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference) Announced\n* AMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention - Fourth call for volunteers\n* AMSAT Plans Dayton Rollout for 2015 \"Getting Started\" Satellite Book\n* AMSAT FieldOps Team SO-50 Operating Guide is Available\n* AMSAT-SM donates $1600 USD for the FOX satellite project\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-123\nANS-123 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 123\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nMay 3, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-123\n\n\nAnnouncing EO-79 transponder testing for one full orbit - May 4\n\nWouter Weggelaar PA3WEG from AMSAT-NL reported via the AMSAT-BB that\non Monday May, there is a fairly high chance that the AMSAT-NL\ntransponder will be tested for one full orbit.\n\nDetails will be made available on short notice, but the target time\nfor an activation starts at approximately 08:30 UTC and may last\nuntil about 10:10 UTC.\n\nThe aim of the test is to characterize the power budget on board EO-\n79. Usage of the transponder is being encourage. Please also report\nthe QSOs and signal reports to pa3weg at amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks Wouter Wouter PA3WEG for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nEO-79 / QB50p1 First Transponder Test Success\n\nAMSAT-NL is delighted to announce that an initial series of tests of\nthe FUNcube transponder payload aboard the QB50p1 CubeSat have been\nsuccessfully completed.\n\nQB50p1 is one of two QB50 precursor spacecraft that were launched\nfrom Yasny in Russia in June 2014.\n\nThe primary science payloads are still being extensively tested but\nit has now been possible to undertake a short test of the transponder\npayload as well. The transponder is intended as a long term secondary\nmission following the initial technology demonstration and de-risking\nphase.\n\nAfter spending ten months in space, the transponder was commanded on\nfor short periods during each of the three morning passes over Europe\non Monday 27th April 2015. A number of FUNcube team members in the\nNetherlands and in the UK were standing by to run through a\npredefined test plan.\n\nThe transponder has a similar performance to that of FUNcube-1 but\nthe passband is nominally 5 kHz wider by design.\n\nIt is not yet known when this transponder may be available for\nregular usage but AMSAT-NL is delighted to be able to report that the\nhardware is functioning and is very grateful to the QB50 project, the\nVon Karman Institute and ISIS B.V. for their ongoing support.\n\nMore information about the QB50 project can be found at\nhttps://www.qb50.eu/\n\nAMSAT-NL: http://amsat-nl.org\n\nAMSAT-UK: http://amsat-uk.org\n\n[ANS Thanks Graham G3VZV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2015 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice\n\nIt is time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of\nDirectors election. Four director's terms expire this year: Barry\nBaines, WD4ASW, Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, Mark Hammond, N8MH, and Jerry\nBuxton, N0JY. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for\none year terms.\n\nA valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five\ncurrent individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA\nmember for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's\nname and call, and the nominating individual's names, calls and\nindividual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord\nSt, #304 Kensington, MD 20895-2526. In addition to traditional\nsubmissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method,\nthe intent to nominate someone may be made by electronic means. These\ninclude e-mail, Fax, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic\npetitions should be sent to MARTHA at AMSAT.ORG or Faxed to (301) 822-\n4371. No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later\nthan June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a\ntraditional written nomination, no other action is required. If it is\nother than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written\npetition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address\nwithin 7 days following 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\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\"Where Over the World Is Astronaut Scott Kelly?\" Geography From\nSpace Trivia Contest\n\nDuring his year-long stay on the International Space Station,\nastronaut Scott Kelly wants to test your knowledge of the world\nthrough a geography trivia game on Twitter. Traveling more than 220\nmiles above Earth, and at 17,500 miles per hour, he circumnavigates\nthe globe more than a dozen times a day. This gives Kelly the\nopportunity to see and photograph various geographical locations on\nEarth. In fact, part of his job while in space is to capture images\nof Earth for scientific observations.\n\nFollow @StationCDRKelly on Twitter and each Wednesday, Kelly will\ntweet a picture and ask the public to identify the place depicted in\nthe photo. The first person to identify the place correctly will win\nan autographed copy of the picture. Kelly plans to continue posting\nweekly contest photos until he returns from the space station in\nMarch 2016.\n\nFor more information, visit\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS123-ScottKelly.\n\nTo learn more about the One-Year Mission, visit\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/content/one-year-crew.\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message for April 30, 2015\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDelfi-C3 has been in orbit 7 years\n\nAs of April 28, Delfi-C3 has been in orbit 7 years.\n\nWouter Weggelaarb, PA3WEG, reports, \"When we designed Delfi-C3, no-\none would have dreamed it would last this long.\n\n\"The satellite still remains healthy and strong. We are delighted to\nstill get the support of the ham radio community and in all those\nyears there have been very few days where no telemetry was decoded\nand submitted. Thank you very much to those still decoding and\nsending in telemetry and also to those still signing up for new\naccounts.\n\n\"Delfi-C3 has been praised numerous times as the ideal example of a\ncooperation of radio amateurs and an university and the team is very\nproud of that. Together we have demonstrated the first successful\nDistributed Ground Station Network (DGSN) built around radio\namateurs. We as a community can be very proud of this achievement!\nWithout your continued support, this would not have been possible.\"\n\nWouer goes on to report that they may need to re-locate their data\ncollection server. When this happens he will report appropriate\nupdates to the AMSAT-BB.\n\n[ANS Thanks Wouter PA3WEG for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n$50SAT/MO-76/Eagle-2 Update\n\nThe following status of $50sat/MO-76, one of the first Pocketqubes,\nwas recently posted by Michael Kirkhart,KD8QBA on the 50dollarsat\nYahoo group. Here is an excerpt:\n\n\"17 Months in Space, Still Working, and How Long Will a $10 Camera\nBattery last\n\n\"Tuesday, April 21, 2015 marked the 17 month anniversary of the\nlaunch of $50SAT/MO-76/Eagle-2, and believe or not, it is still\noperating.  Unfortunately, the battery capacity has degraded to the\npoint where the satellite spends a significant amount of time with\nthe battery voltage below the 3300 mV minimum required for enabling\nthe transmitter.  As a result, those of us who live in the northern\nhemisphere no longer hear any transmissions during the evening\npasses, and for now, rarely hear any during the daytime passes as\nwell.  The last telemetry packet I captured here in EN82 land was\nApril 21, and the last one which was error-free on April 10.\nFortunately, I have been able hear it operate over Anton's (ZR6AIC)\nWebSDR station in South Africa during the evening passes (which occur\nbetween 4:00 and 6:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time), and occasionally am\nable to capture error-free telemetry packets.  The last one available\nis from April 24 at 21:25 UTC.\n\n\"This situation was fully expected; when looking at the battery\nvoltage chart (which, along with all the other telemetry, is\navailable from our Dropbox at\nhttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/l3919wtfiywk2gf/AABRl4iM5BFqVAcLQGSmdsVga/\nTelemetryanalysis/Current-Telemetry)\nthe readings took a large drop sometime after February 12.  Given\nthis was a $10 camera battery that had gone through over 6,000\norbits, each with temperature swings of -30 degrees C to +30 degrees\nC, it is surprising it has lasted this long!  At this point, it is\nstarting to behave more like a large capacitor than a battery.\n\n\"As we get closer to summer here in the northern hemisphere (and\nafter this winter, it cannot come soon enough), $50SAT/MO-76/Eagle-2\nwill spend more time in the sun before it makes each pass; this means\nit will be warm enough to enable solar power sooner in the pass, and\nmakes it more likely it we will be able to hear it transmit before it\ndisappears over the southern horizon.  Those of you who live in the\nsouthern hemisphere, however, should still be able to hear it during\nboth daytime and evening passes.  If you could, we would certainly\nappreciate any telemetry you could gather and post.\n\n\"The orbit continues to decay at an average rate of about 1.5\nkm/week; apogee is just below 570 km at 569.8 km, and perigee is at\n538.2 km. Someday, I will attempt to determine when it might actually\nde-orbit. If any of you have access to STK or some other fancy\nsoftware which might be able to do a de-orbit prediction, please feel\nfree to run a simulation and let us all know.  Some basic parameters\nyou might need are as follows:\n\nTLEs as of 2015-04-24, 23:53:15 UTC:\n\nEAGLE 2\n1 39436U 13066W   15114.82864817  .00033340  00000-0  23789-2 0  9991\n2 39436  97.7463 190.7550 0022811 281.2509  78.6152 15.04244039 77466\n\nUsing these, the following can be computed:\nSemi-major axis =  5743.7488705249 km\nApogee = 569.7766621696 km\nPerigee = 538.1516552847\nAverage cross-sectional area = 0.014252 m^2\nMass = 210 g\nArea/mass ratio = 0.06787 m^2/kg\n\nIn the meantime, I will continue to update the Dropbox with any new\ntelemetry gathered.  Please keep it coming, even if it has errors or\nis incomplete.  At this point, we are happy to simply know that it is\nstill operating.\"\n\n[ANS Thanks Howie DeFelice AB2S and Michael Kirkhart, KD8QBA for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2015 ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference) Announced\n\nThe 2015 DCC will be in Chicago on October 9 - 11\nin the northwest suburb of Arlington Heights not far from O'Hare\nairport.The DCC has two full days of Technical presentations on\nFriday & Saturday and on Sunday morning a deep dive into a technical\nsubject.\nOn Saturday there is a full day of concurrent Introductory sessions.\nBe sure to register for the DCC and reserve your hotel room early.\nDCC information is available at:\nhttp://www.tapr.org/dccLook forward to your participation in the DCC.\n\nTAPR at Dayton Hamvention\nTAPR will have booths, forums and a joint banquet with AMSAT at the\nDayton Hamvention. Details about TAPR activities at the Hamvention\nare available at: http://www.tapr.org/dayton\n\n[ANS thanks Mark WB9QXB for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention - Fourth call for volunteers\n\nThe Dayton Hamvention is less than three weeks away!\n\nLast year, we had 52 people assist with the AMSAT booth at Dayton.\nWe've had a good response so far to our call for volunteers, but we\ncould really use another 10-15 people.\n\nThe interaction with AMSAT members, satellite operators, designers,\nand builders makes the whole experience a lot of fun.  Meet or renew\nacquaintances, exchange operating tips, and find out what antennas,\nsoftware and equipment other AMSAT members use.   We currently expect\nall of the AMSAT senior officers and 5 of the 7 board members to be\nthere too.\n\nThe 2015 Hamvention is May 15-17.  Would you consider helping AMSAT\nat Dayton this year?\n\nIf you're an experienced operator, great!  We can use you and your\nexperience.\n\nIf you've never operated a satellite before, but want to learn more,\nthat's OK.  We can use your help too.\n\nWhether you're available for only a couple of hours or if you can\nspend the entire weekend with us, your help would be greatly\nappreciated.\n\nPlease send an e-mail to Steve, [email protected] if you can help.\nThank you!\n\n[ANS thanks Steve N9IP for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Plans Dayton Rollout for 2015 \"Getting Started\" Satellite Book\n\nGould Smith's book, \"Getting Started With Amateur Satellites\", is\nbeing updated to tell you all about how you can get ready to operate\nthrough the Fox-1 satellites launching later this year. Additional\nchapters in the book tell you about tracking software, orbital\nmechanics, antennas, radios, Doppler tuning, and operating\ntechniques. Chapters are also being added to tell you about the new\nsatellites soon becoming available for amateur radio.\n\nGoing beyond brief descriptions in hamfest flyers, this book will\nprovide a complete reference for new satellite users to assemble a\nbasic station and to make your first satellite contacts. Also this\nbook you will teach you how to incrementally upgrade your initial FM\nsatellite station, time and budget permitting, to include automated\ntracking as well as operating through the CW/SSB linear passband\nsatellites.\n\nA companion Fox-1A reference sheet is also being planned for release\nat Dayton. This will be made available for AMSAT's FieldOps team for\ndistribution at hamfests and satellite operating demonstrations.\n\nWatch for the 2015 \"Getting Started With Amateur Satellites\" book\nand reference sheet at the AMSAT booth at the Dayton Hamvention. The\nbook will also be available in the AMSAT Store shortly after Dayton:\nhttp://store.amsat.org/catalog/\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT FieldOps Team SO-50 Operating Guide is Available\n\nAMSAT's Director of Field Operations, Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK says\nthe FieldOps team is working to make how-to-operate-satellites\ninformation readily available on the web. Based on a hamfest handout\ndesigned and written by Patrick, \"Getting Started with the FM\nSatellites\", is available for download. Patrick shows the basic\nequipment and techniques to learn successful operating on the\nsatellites. This guide also gives specific information on how to\noperate via SO-50, the only currently available FM satellite at the\nmoment.\n\nPatrick's guide is posted at:\n\nhttp://www.amsat.org --> Satellite Info --> Station and Operating\nHints.\n\nThe direct link is http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2144 where you'll\nfind the link \"Operating FM Satellites\" (and a link to the Spanish\nversion also).\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT FieldOps Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-SM donates $1600 USD for the FOX satellite project\n\n\"AMSAT-SM believe that FOX project is very important to continue to\ndevelop amateur radio on board satellites. We therefore hope that our\ncontribution can help the FOX satellites up in space.\"\n\nAMSAT-SM in Sweden has aprox 150 members. Membership is currently\nfree and registration is done online at our website: www.amsat.se\n\n[ANS thanks Lars Thunberg SM0TGU for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful double contact was made with schools in South Africa\nand in Italy. Participants at Sol Plaatje Primary School, Mahikeng,\nSouth Africa and Scuola Secondaria di 1 Grado, Caprino Bergamasco,\nItaly queried Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF who was using\nthe Callsign IRØISS. The contact began 2015-05-02 14:34:27  UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via\nIK1SLD. ARISS Mentor was IZ2GOJ.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nRyazan, Russia, direct via TBD\nContact is a go for Thu 2015-05-07 08:30 UTC\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Mikhail Korniyenko RN3BF\n\nKursk, Russia, WWII veterans, direct via TBD\nContact is a go for Sat 2015-05-09 08:20 UTC\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Gennady Padalka RN3DT\n\n>From  2015-05-11 to 2015-06-14, there will be no US Operational\nSegment (USOS) hams on board ISS.  So any schools contacts during\nthis period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Grid Master Award # 3\n  Congratulations to WA4NVM Rick for working and confirming all 488\n  US grids\n  GRID MASTER AWARD #3 4-26-2015\n\n+ 5 in EM55 Award\n  Congratulations to WF7L  Jeff for 5 in EM55 award # 58\n\n  [ANS Thanks Damon WA4HFN for the above\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n/EX\n\nAMSAT User Services and the Editors of the AMSAT New Service pass on\nour condolences to ANS Weekly Co-Editor Joe Spier K6WAO and his\nfamily on the death of Joe's mother this week.\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, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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