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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-216 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-216\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* HamTV Transmitter Launched to ISS\n* AMSAT.ORG Gets Make Over\n* Have You Received Your 2013 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballot?\n* AMSAT Mentions and Articles of interest in the Press\n* Radio Scouting – ARISS Contact Reception Report\n* Radio Ham’s Leaky Spacesuit\n* Curiosity First Anniversary Event\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-216.01\nANS-216 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 216.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDATE August 4, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-216.01\n\n\nHamTV Transmitter Launched to ISS\n\nOn Saturday, August 3 at 1948 UT the Japanese HTV-4 cargo vessel was\nsuccessfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS). On-\nboard was the HamTV transmitter and a number of CubeSats carrying\namateur radio payloads.\n\nThe Japanese space agency JAXA has announced details of four\nCubeSats on the launch. They will be deployed from the ISS by the JEM\nSmall Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) between October 2013 and\nMarch 2014.\n\nThe four CubeSats are:\n• PicoDragon a 1U CubeSat developed by Vietnam National Satellite\nCenter(VNSC), University of Tokyo, IHI aerospace. CW beacon on\n437.250 MHz and 1k2 AFSK AX.25 telemetry on 437.365 MHz\n• ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X 1U CubeSats developed by Nanorack,\nNanoSatisfi. ArduSat-1 437.325 MHz 9k6 MSK CCSDS downlink. ArduSat-X\n437.345MHz 9k6 MSK CCSDS downlink.\n• TechEdSat-3 a 3U CubeSat developed by NASA Ames Research Center\n\nThe company NanoRack has announced it is sending 36 Units of\nCubeSats to the ISS (believed to be 26 separate CubeSats, some 2U or\n3U in size). At the time of writing it is believed they will be going\non a later cargo vessel.\n\nThe main mission of HamTV is to perform contacts between the\nastronauts on the ISS and school students, not only by voice, but\nalso by unidirectional video from the ISS to the ground within the\nARISS program.\n\nThe ESA Columbus module on the ISS will host the 2.4 GHz video\ntransmitting station in addition to the existing 144 MHz FM amateur\nradio station. This new equipment can broadcast images from the ISS\nduring the school contacts or other pre-recorded video images up to\n24 hours a day to allow ground stations tuning.\n\nIt is planned to transmit DVB-S signals on 2.4 GHz at either 1.3Msps\nor 2.3Msps with 10 watts of RF.\n\nThe IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel have\nannounced frequencies of 2422.0 MHz and 2437.0 MHz.\n\nHamVideo is the name of the onboard DATV S-band transmitter. HamTV\nis the name of the complete system, comprising DATV downlink and VHF\nvoice uplink. Kaiser Italia SRL was the prime-contractor for the\ndesign and development of the flight and ground segment\nhttp://www.kayser.it/index.php/exploration-2/ham-tv\n\nRead the HamTV overview paper here.\n\nHamTV Link Budget\nhttp://www.amsat.it/Amsat-Italia_HamTV.pdf\n\nHamTV on Facebook\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Hamtvproject\n\nARISS DATV Antennas Installed on Columbus\nhttp://www.ariss-eu.org/columbus.htm\n\nSpaceflight story – Japan’s HTV-4 launches supplies and science to\nthe ISS http://tinyurl.com/ANS-216-C\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT.ORG Make Over\n\nThanks to the effort of a bunch of people , especially Brent Salmi,\nSteve Kenwolf and Brent Salmi, we have pushed a new, more colorful\ntheme to the AMSAT web site, as well as some updated content.   We\nare by no means done, and welcome the assistance of others to\ngenerate content and features for the site.    We are using the\nWordPress content management system. so changing content is much\nsimpler than earlier schemes used on www.amsat.org. It's got a nice\nweb based interface that should be familiar to anyone with basic word\nprocessing skills. If you see something you think you can improve on,\ndrop Joe Fitzgerald note, jfitzgerald at alum dot wpi dot edu !\n\n[ANS thanks Joe KM1P for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHave You Received Your 2013 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballot?\n\nBallots were mailed to members in good standing by July 15th, and\nmust be returned to the AMSAT-NA office no later than the close of\nbusiness on September 15th, 2013. If you have not received your ballot\nby August 5th, please contact the AMSAT Office. Ballots sent to\nmembers outside North America are automatically sent via air mail.  It\nis suggested that they be returned the same way.\n\nThis year there are eight candidates running for the AMSAT-NA Board of\nDirectors.  The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes\nwill be seated as voting Board Members with two year terms.  The two\ncandidates receiving the next highest number of votes will be\nnon-voting Alternate Board Members with terms of one year.  Please\nvote for no more than four candidates.\n\nAMSAT-NA Board candidates in alphabetical order by last name:\n\nBarry Baines, WD4ASW\nAlan Biddle, WA4SCA\nSteve Coy, K8UD\nFrank Griffin, K4FEG\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nBrian Klofas, KF6ZEO\nJoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM\nTony Monteiro, AA2TX\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Mentions and Articles of Interest in the Press\n\nThe August CQ Magazine mentions the Fox-1 Ham Radio CubeSat\nfrequency announcement and the availability of the 2013 Dayton AMSAT\nForum on YouTube. In addition to these are articles on EME from\nAntartica and the ESTCube-1 CubeSate\n\nThe August Monitoring Times cover story is \"How to Become an ISS\nAPRS Gateway\", by Christopher Friesen, VE4CWF. Keith Pugh's,\nKB1SF/VA3KSF, Amateur Radio Satellites column covers Saudisat 1C (SO-\n50, ESTCube-1 and Fox-1A.\n\nNote that Grove Enterprises has announced that it will cease\npublication of Monitoring Times in December of this year.\n\n[ANS thanks ANS Editors for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadio Scouting – ARISS Contact Reception Report\n\nThe Boy Scout’s of America 2013 Jamboree included many radio\nactivities by the club station K2BSA. The station was on the air on\nvarious frequencies and modes of operation and had a planned contact\nwith astronauts aboard the international space station as part of the\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program.\nARISS contacts are important opportunities for students to learn\nabout amateur radio, space exploration, science and technology. They\nalso offer radio hobbyists a unique opportunity to monitor\ncommunications from the most impressive human-built structure ever\nsent into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Participating in “Radio Scouting,”\nthe general term used to describe the activities associated with\namateur radio and scouting, also affords scouts the opportunity to\nearn their radio merit badges.\n\nThe space station was making a relatively low 30 degree pass to the\nsouth of my location. I copied amateur radio station NA1SS’s half of\nthe contact by climbing to the peak of my roof to get as free from\nthe trees and other rooftops as possible and used my Yaesu FT-60R\nhandheld transceiver and my “Slapshot” antenna.\nThe following is my official reception report:\nDate: July 20, 2013\nTime: 15:34 to 15:38 UTC\nFrequency: 145.800 +/- Doppler shift\nMode: FM\nSignal: Full quieting\n\nComments: I copied NA1SS making contact with K2BSA and begin\nanswering questions. It sounded like Italian astronaut Luca\nParmitano, KF5KDP was conducting the QSO. Parmitano answered\nquestions about whether he was a scout, how they clean up after\nthemselves, and the use of robotics in space. I copied two audio\nclips, the first and clearest clip is 3 minutes long. Fortunately my\nclip contains the audio with both call signs being used by Parmitano.\n\nSee the full article with links to the audio at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS-216-B  (Flash player required)\n\n[ANS thanks Christopher VE4CWF for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadio Ham’s Leaky Spacesuit\n\nIn edition 683 of Jonathan’s Space Report (JSR) Jonathan McDowell\nprovides the history of the spacesuit of radio amateur Luca Parmitano\nKF5KDP which developed a water leak inside the helmet during a\nspacewalk on July 9, 2013.\n\nThe spacewalk was abandoned and he was assisted back to the\nInternational Space Station (ISS) by Chris Cassidy KF5KDR.\n\nThe suit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP used for the extravehicular activity\n(EVA) was EMU 3011. It had three previous station tours, here is its\nflight history:\nFlight 1  STS-79    1996 Sep 16-1996 Sep 25  (Apt, not used)\nFlight 2  STS-83    1997 Apr  4-1997 Apr  8  (Spacelab, Gernhardt,\nnot used)\nFlight 3  STS-94    1997 Jul  1-1997 Jul 17  (Spacelab, Gernhardt,\nnot used)\nFlight 4  STS-91    1998 Jun  2-1998 Jun 12  (Chang, not used)\nFlight 5  STS-95    1998 Oct 29-1998 Nov  7  (Robinson, not used)\nFlight 6  STS-96    1999 May 27-1999 Jun  6  (Barry, 1 EVA)\nFlight 7  STS-101   2000 May 19-2000 May 29  (Horowitz, not used)\nFlight 8  STS-106   2000 Sep  8-2000 Sep 20  (Backup, not used)\nFlight 9  STS-97     2000 Dec  1-2000 Dec 11  (Tanner, 3 EVA)\nFlight 10 STS-100   2001 Apr 19-2001 Jul 25 (ISS tour, Hadfield (2),\ndown on 104)\nFlight 11 STS-109   2002 Mar  1-2002 Mar 12  (HST, Massimino(2))\nFlight 12 STS-111   2002 Jun  5-2005 Aug  9 (ISS tour, Sellers\n(3),Pettit(2), down on 114)\nFlight 13 STS-126   2008 Nov 15-2009 Nov 27 (ISS tour, down on 129,\nnot used)\nFlight 14 STS-132   2010 May 14-present    (ISS tour; Williams (1),\nHoshide (2), Parmitano(2))\n\nEMU 3011 incorporates the PLSS 1011 backpack – this contains most of\nthe systems and you can think of it as the core of the suit\nconsidered as its own spaceship, with the other components as a\nrelatively inert bubble containing the human occupant. Before the EMU\n3000 series nomenclature was adopted, PLSS 1011 flew multiple times:\n\nFlight  1 STS 61-B  1985 Nov 27-1985 Dec  3  EMU 1070/PLSS 1011\n(Spring, 1 EVA)\nFlight  2 STS-26R    1988 Sep 29-1988 Oct  3  EMU 1090/PLSS 1011\n(Lounge, not used)\nFlight  3 STS-27R    1988 Dec  2-1988 Dec  6  EMU 1090/PLSS 1011\n(Ross, not used)\nFlight  4 STS-29R    1989 Mar 13-1989 Mar 18  EMU 1090/PLSS 1011\n(Springer, not used)\nFlight  5 STS-28R    1989 Aug  8-1989 Aug 13  EMU 1098/PLSS 1011\n(Brown, not used)\nFlight  6 STS-36    1990 Feb 28-1990 Mar  4  EMU 2008/PLSS 1011\n(Thout, not used)\nFlight  7 STS-41    1990 Oct  6-1990 Oct 10  EMU 2008/PLSS 1011\n(Akers, not used)\nFlight  8 STS-39    1991 Apr 28-1991 May  6  EMU 2008/PLSS 1011\n(Harbaugh, not used)\nFlight  9 STS-48    1991 Sep 12-1991 Sep 18  EMU 2008/PLSS 1011\n(Buchli, not used)\nFlight 10 STS-46    1992 Jul 31-1992 Aug  8  EMU 2021/PLSS 1011\n(Chang, not used)\nFlight 11 STS-73    1995 Oct 20-1995 Nov  5  EMU 2034/PLSS 1011\n(Coleman, not used)\n\nSo, this PLSS has flown a total of 25 times in space over 28 years –\nalthough of course there’s a bit of a “grandfather’s axe” paradox\ninvolved as it’s not clear how many of the original components remain.\n\nThe article includes a video of NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy KF5KDR\nshowing where the water leaked. See the full story with video at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/mp3h2dm\n\nJonathan’s Space Report (JSR)\nhttp://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html\n\nNASA press release\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/content/tuesday-spacewalk-ended-early/\n\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCuriosity First Anniversary Event\n\nNASA officials and crew members aboard the International Space\nStation will observe the first anniversary of the Curiosity rover's\nlanding on Mars at a public event in Washington from noon-1:30 p.m.\nEDT Tuesday, August 6.\n\nThe event will be broadcast on NASA Television and streamed live on\nthe agency's website.\n\nMedia and the public are welcome to attend to hear highlights from\nthe Mars Science Laboratory's first year of investigations, learn\nabout upcoming NASA robotic missions to the red planet, and speak\nwith astronauts conducting experiments in space that will enable\nhuman exploration of Mars in the 2030s.\n\nThose interested in attending should plan to arrive at NASA\nHeadquarters, 300 E St. SW, by 11:30 a.m. Seating is limited.\n\nParticipating will be:\n• Charles Bolden, NASA administrator\n• Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR and Karen Nyberg, NASA astronauts, live from\nthe space station\n• Jim Green, director, Planetary Division, NASA's Science Mission\nDirectorate\n• Sam Scimemi, director, NASA's International Space Station Program\n• Prasun Desai, acting director, Strategic Integration, NASA's Space\nTechnology Mission Directorate\n\nThe Mars Science Laboratory mission successfully placed the one-ton\nCuriosity rover on the surface of Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, UTC and EDT\n(evening of Aug. 5, 2012, PDT), about 1 mile from the center of its\n12-mile-long target area.\n\nWithin the first eight months of a planned 23-months primary\nmission, Curiosity met its major science objective of finding\nevidence of a past environment well-suited to support microbial life.\nWith much more science to come, Curiosity's wheels continue to blaze\na trail for human footprints on Mars.\n\nTo follow the conversation online about Curiosity's first year on\nMars, use hashtag #1YearOnMars or follow @NASA and @MarsCuriosity on\nTwitter.\n\nFor NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information,\nvisit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/ntv\n\nFor more information about NASA's exploration of Mars, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/mars\n\nFor more information about the International Space Station, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/station\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Italian Bilingual School,\nLeichhardt (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia and Astronaut Luca\nParmitano, KF5KDP using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-07-30\n08:26 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was\ntelebridged via VK4KHZ. IN3GHZ served as the ARISS Mentor.\n\nThe Italian Bilingual School in New South Wales Australia offers\nyour child a unique educational opportunity to achieve excellence\nthrough bilingualism. The study of Italian offers students a window\ninto a culture of beauty, a vehicle for creative individuality and an\nappreciation of the musicality in language. Italian is, after\nEnglish, the most widely spoken language in Australia. Over half a\nmillion Italian Australians use the language every day.\n\nThe study of Italian prepares our students for the challenges of a\nmulticultural global community by deepening their understanding of\ncultural diversity.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Oshkosh Air Venture Air\nShow, Oshkosh,  Wisconsin, USA and Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP\nusing callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-08-01 17:01 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via\nAH6NM. KA3HDO served as the ARISS Mentor.\n\nWith 500,000 visitors to EAA's AirVenture each year and a student\nmembership of more than 20,000, the Experimental Aircraft Association\n(EAA) is a gateway to aerospace for many young people.  The young\npeople present for the contact with the space station were very\ndiverse and reflect the range of people who are active in our\norganization.  This includes a large group of 125 young women and\ntheir mentors as part of WomenSoar, where young women can find\namazing opportunities with aerospace.  Attending, also, were groups\nfrom aviation high schools from Florida and California whom\nparticipated in the ham radio contact with the ISS crew.   And\nfinally there were additional attendees of all ages who listened and\nparticipated with great interest.  The EAA believes that inspiring\nthe next generation is work worth doing.  We believe in working to\ngrow interest by sharing compelling, real life stories of people who\nhave found rewarding careers and lifestyles through Aerospace.  We\nhope to grow participation in aviation and space and all of its\nrelated areas through this once in a lifetime opportunity to talk\nwith astronauts in space and the folks we will have with us on the\nground.  The ARISS contact an amazing way to help these outstanding\nstudents reach that goal.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Space Jam 7 at the Octave\nChanute Aerospace Museum,  Rantoul, IL, USA and Astronaut Christopher\nJ. Cassidy, KF5KDR using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-08-03\n20:46 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was\ntelebridged via LU8YY. AJ9N served as the ARISS Mentor.\n\nWe live in a fast-paced world impacted by evolving technology. Space\nJam 7 was developed to catch up with the interests and needs of our\nyouth involved in scouting. While scouting will always address\ncamping and pioneer skills, Our objective at the event was to teach\nSTEM technology merit badges and skills required by tomorrow's\npioneers, the astronauts. Three of our 44 major activities involved\nrobotics. In addition to 2 Space Exploration classes we taught the\nAviation merit badge (including actual flights), introduction to\nScuba, Metal Work, Geology, Inventing, Electronics and Electricity.\nFor the first time we offered Cinematography merit badge and a class\nwhere Scouts and adults could earn their ham radio license.\n\nWe were attended by 2000 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and leaders from 20\ndifferent states, who flew, drove and took the train from across the\ncountry. 350+ volunteers put this together because they love what\nthey do. Of course our signature merit badge was again the Duck Tape\nmerit badge that we do just for fun.\n\nOur theme this year was the Future of Space Exploration and our\nanswer to that implied question is not so much about going to the\nplanet Mars but the education of these youth who will get us there\nand who asked questions of the astronauts aboard the International\nSpace Station.\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\nEpet Nº 2, Gral. Pico, Argentina, telebridge  via LU8YY\nContact is a go for: Tue 2013-08-06 11:48:35 UTC\n\nEcole Primaire Pasteur, Fleurance, France, telebridge via LU1CGB\nContact is a go for: Wed 2013-08-07 11:01:18 UTC\n\nARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to\nissues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully  understood at\npresent,the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these  contacts.\nARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.\n\nUS  Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school\nproposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill\nout a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or\nnot.  Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor\nwill be assigned to assist the school.\n\nNASA will have two open windows a year for  schools to submit a\nproposal. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material.\nContact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at\n JSC-TFS-ARISS at mail dot nasa dot gov or by calling them at\n(281) 244-2320.\n\nThe following US states and entities have never had an  ARISS\ncontact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island,\nSouth  Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern\nMarianas  Islands, and the Virgin  Islands.\n\nHere you will find a listing of all scheduled  school contacts, and\nquestions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and  Echolink websites,\nand instructions for any contact that may be streamed  live.\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n\nA complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found  in\nthe file.\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and Dave AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ 432 and Above EME Newsletter is now online\nhttp://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html\n\n+ Frank Griffin, K4FEG, reported to the AMSAT-BB, \"it is my opinion\nthat we are quickly approaching the end of the Eclipse Cycle for AO7\nthis season.\n\nIn May of 2014 I hope to look at the beginning of the Eclipse Cycle\nand work at predicting the beginning and end of it better.\n\nThis has been a fun exercise for me and I appreciate those from\naround the world that forwarded their observations to me.\n\nNow it is time to sit and wait to see if the switches start back on\nAugust 2, 2013 at @21:00 UTC\"\n\n+ In a follow-up post Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, adds \"The \"AMSAT-OSCAR 7\nTechnical Operator's Plan And Experimenter's Guide\" found starting on\npage 75 of this PDF, http://ka9q.net/AMSAT-Newsletter-1974.pdf says\nthat the clock automatically switches the satellite to Mode B at 0000\nGMT. If the clock is reset by eclipse to 0000, it stands to reason\nthat it would always come up in Mode B out of eclipse.\"\n\nPaul later reported Interestingly, it looks like it's still in Mode\nB based on status reports, and hasn't switched to Mode A at all\ndespite being in full illumination for more than 48 hours at this\npoint.\n\nEven though it's not fully eclipsed at any point in it's orbit now,\nmaybe it's still not receiving enough sunlight to remain powered up\nat some point during it's orbit?\n\nTelemetry reports would be very interesting to see what the onboard\nclock is reading.\n\n+ AMSAT-NA has several presences on Social Media. AMSAT-NA join us\non FACEBOOK, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube\n\n+ Note that the Editors of ANS appreciate any and all information\nand stories relative to our membership. If you see a mention of AMSAT\nin the news, are planning a demonstration or deliverying a speech,\nlet us know. Send your stories, announcements and reports to\[email protected].\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, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n\n",
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