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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-342 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-342\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* WD9EWK releases videos of working AO-73\n* AO-73 added to LoTW list of recognized satellites\n* South Africa ZACube-1 Tshepisosat Telemetry Requested\n* New Award from The Star Comm Group\n* Listening Help Requested for Trailblazer and DragonSat\n* CAPE-2 Tracking Information Updated\n* Successful Launch of NROL-39 CubeSats\n* NASA Enhances 'Space Station Live' and Launches New Weekly Web\n  Series\n* NASA Education and Virginia Space Grant Opportunities Available\n* See What You Are Missing if You Don't Receive Your Own AMSAT\n  Journal\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-342.01\nANS-342 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 342.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDATE December 8, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-342.01\n\n\nWD9EWK releases videos of working AO-73\n\nPatrick Stoddard WD9EWK has been working the new AO-73 satellite\nfrom his back yard.  Most of the time, he has been using his normal\nportable all-mode satellite station - two Yaesu FT-817NDs, Elk\nhandheld 2m/70cm log periodic antenna. On November 30 he replaced one\nof the FT-817NDs with a Kenwood TH-F6A - using its all-mode receiver\nto copy the downlink.  December 1 he used an Icom IC-R20 receiver for\nthe downlink.  He's used these radios in the past on other\nsatellites, and for some hamfest demonstrations on VO-52 Patrick had\nused the FT-817ND/TH-F6A combination.  He has made a series of videos\n(satellite audio combined with slideshows) from several AO-73 passes\nhe has worked.\nThey are available at:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/va7ewk\n\nOne of the AO-73 videos contains audio from two passes, and is about\ntwice as long as the others which have audio from a single pass.\n\nAfter working these passes, he is convinced that this new satellite\nperforms as well as VO-52, for both its uplink and downlink.  This is\na very good thing!  AO-73 hears very well, as long as you're careful\nto match the polarization of the satellite's antennas.  The downlink\nis strong enough to allow the use any of these radios as the receiver\non higher passes.  For lower passes, he will probably use his second\nFT-817ND for the downlink receiver.  It is good to know that, at\nleast on the higher passes, there are lots of options for a downlink\nreceiver. On the same higher passes, he learned that he can cut the\npower down from 5W to 1W and even 500mW.  High power is not necessary\nto be heard through the transponder.\n\nPatrick's next project with AO-73 will be using a FUNcube\nDongle Pro+ as the downlink receiver, for both the transponder and\ntelemetry, while working the transponder with an FT-817ND as his\ntransmit radio.  He reinstalled HDSDR and its ExtIO DLL for the Pro+\ndongle on his 64-bit Windows 7 laptop, and it is working well. He\nwill be installing the FUNcube-1 dashboard software. Patrick has an\nold netbook running Linux, and is curious to see how the dongle\nworks with that operating system.  His hope is to be able to use the\ndongle and a laptop as the downlink receiver, without being wiped out\nby the 5W signals from an FT-817ND.\n\nIf all is successful, he believs he will have a new combination for\nhis all-mode satellite station that he can use for upcoming\ndemonstrations. Using the dongle and dashboard software during\ndaytime AO-73 passes at hamfests would be something different, and a\ngreat thing to show off to the hamfest crowds.\n\nPatrick thanks all who worked on getting this satellite built and\nlaunched.  \"Even with the transponder on only for the nighttime\npasses, it has been fun to be on a new satellite so soon after its\nlaunch.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAO-73 added to LoTW list of recognized satellites\n\nNew version (Ver. 2.7) of configuration file config.xml now\navailable on Logbook server\n\nChanged in config.xml version 2.7: Added entry for AO-73 (FunCube)\nto list of recognized satellites\n\nPlease log into your LoTW account, click on YOUR ACCOUNT - Your\nCertificates - download latest configuration file.\n\nThis will update the satellite list and accept AO-73.\n\nYou should be able to sign the QSOs with TQSL to make a TQ8 file\nwith those QSOs.\n\n[ANS thanks Kathy Allison KA1RWY, ARRL LoTW Specialist for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSouth Africa ZACube-1 Tshepisosat Telemetry Requested\n\nSouth Africa's ZACube-1 F'SATI Satellite team at the Cape Peninsula\nUniversity of Technology is looking for your support to collect\ntelemetry. They request radio amateurs to listen for the UHF beacon on\n437.345 MHz. It will be a great help if they can log the raw data from\nthe TNC and send it to Leon at ldutsteenkamp at gmail dot com.\n\nZACube-1 will be going through a commissioning process for the next\ntwo weeks to make sure everything works fine. Then the satellite will\nbe commanded into a spin, where after the HF antenna will be rolled\nout. Only then will the team turn on the HF beacon on 14.099 MHz.\n\nSo far the team has tested the downlink and uplink, checked system\nstatus, uploaded command scripts with nominal Results. Battery voltage\nvaries between 7.6 and 8.2 V, and on-board temperature between 12 and\nabout 26 degrees C. The telemetry also shows that the ISIS antennas\ndeployed on the first try.\n\nThe AMSAT keplerian elements bulletin released this week noted that\nZACube-1 is currently using Cat # 39417 KEPs (the same as AO-73).\n\n[ANS thanks SARL NEWS Sunday 1 December 2013 for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew Award from The Star Comm Group\n\nThe Star Comm Group has a new satellite award called Got Grids?\nthat will be effective 1 Jan 2014. The award can be seen along with\nthe rules at\n  http://www.starcommgroup.org/gotgrids.html\n\nThe rules for the 5in EM55 award have been changed to make it a\nlittle easier.\n  http://www.starcommgroup.org/5in55.html\nThis award is open to the world with the new rules. Example  you can\nwork 5 stations that have the award anywhere, without working anyone\nin EM55 or any combination, say 2 stations in em55 and 3 stations\nthat have the award from any other state or country.\n\nA 3rd award is in the planning stages , GRID MASTERS  rules and\ndesign to come soon.\nThese awards are free. Donations to Amsat are welcomed. Please note\non your check  STAR Comm Group Award\nWe hope to increase activity on the birds.\nComments or questions  contact\n wa4hfn at comcast dot net  Damon\n wa4nvmat comcast dot net   Rick\n\n[ANS thanks Damon WA4HFN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nListening Help Requested for Trailblazer and DragonSat\n\nHave you heard Trailblazer or DragonSat?\nJin KB3UKS and Craig KE5VSH launched two CubeSats a week or so ago.\nThe first is Trailblazer and the second is DragonSat.  Trailblazer is\nfrom the Configurable Space Research at the University of New Mexico\n(KE5VSH) and DragonSat is Drexel University.   Our problem is that we\nhaven’t heard from our satellites yet.  There could be a variety of\ndifferent reasons.  First, the satellite didn’t survive delivery.\nSecond, our antennas didn’t deploy or third, we have poor ground\nstations.  As you can imagine, I am hoping for the third.  I pasted\nthe TLE which is openly available on space-track and celestetrack,\nbelow.   It is very close (I believe) to our birds.   If you have a\nchance, could you please keep your ears open in case you might hear\nus.\nPlease email any packets for Trailblazer to myself here at\ncraig.kief at cosmiac dot org and for DragonSat to Jin Kang at\nkang at usna dot edu.\n\nThanks again most sincerely,\nCraig\n\n\nTrailblazer 437.425MHz, AX.25, 9,600  (there is another satellite\nwith the same tx freq as mine there as well).\nOn my packets, if you see C0 00 A8 84…. You will provide me with a\nwonderful gift.  I beacon every 50 seconds\n\nDragonSat 145.870MHz, AX.25, 9,600. Beacons every 30 seconds.\n\nTrailblazer Maybe\n1 39382U 13064C   13325.87382098  .00041511  00000-0  18318-2 0    39\n2 39382  40.5103 239.5017 0004316 318.4599  41.5592 15.20995117   275\n\n[ANS thanks Craig KE5VSH for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCAPE-2 Tracking Information Updated\n\nHere is a link to all information the CAPE Team currently has for\ntracking the Satellite (Updated 12/02/2013). A program will be\nreleased in the next few days to decode data.\n\nhttp://ulcape.org/cape-2-tracking-update-12022013/\n\nFrequency: 145.825 (varies due to Doppler shift)\nModulation: FM/CW\nBeacon Interval: Varies Based on Modes (alternating ax25and CW)\n\nGreen Mode Interval: 2 Minutes\nOrange Mode Interval 4 Minutes\nRed Mode Interval 6 Minutes\n\nCurrent TLEs\n1 39380U 13064A 13330.07541444 .00010598 00000-0 47292-3 0 199\n2 39380 40.5199 215.0588 0005267 335.2591 24.7901 15.21214750 922\n* TLE is unconfirmed as official TLE for CAPE-2, but has yielded our\nbest results thus far.\n\nOn behalf of the CAPE-2 Team, we would really appreciate any data\nyou can relay to us on the satellite.\n\n[ANS thanks Rizwan Merchant KF5BNL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSuccessful Launch of NROL-39 CubeSats\n\nAt 07:14:30 UT on Friday, December 6 a United Launch Alliance Atlas\n5 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 3-East (SLC-3E) at\nVandenberg Air Force Base on California’s Central Coast.\n\nIn addition to a classified satellite for the US spy satellite\nagency the National Reconnaissance Office it carried 12 CubeSats four\nof which have amateur radio payloads.\n\nJustin Foley KI6EPH has made available this TLE for the CubeSats:\n\n1 99991U 00000    13340.43204282 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0  0006\n2 99991 120.5031 227.3464 0297856 339.9554  93.2232 14.64196995000009\n\nFurther information on the CubeSats on the Atlas V GEMSat Launch\n2013 can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ANS342-NROL-39-Cubesats\n\nSpace Flight Now story\nhttp://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av042/131206launch/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA Enhances 'Space Station Live' and Launches New Weekly Web Series\n\nStarting in December, NASA will show the public the International\nSpace Station in new ways that will highlight all the scientific\nresearch, cutting-edge technology testing and even the wonder of\nliving and working in space.\nNASA is enhancing its daily NASA Television \"Space Station Live\"\nprogram and beginning a new weekly web series called \"Space to\nGround.\"\n\n\"Space Station Live\" will continue to air weekdays at 11 a.m. EST\nand now will be in a 30-minute format beginning Dec 2. It will\nfeature live views from the International Space Station, updates on\nthe crew's daily activities, enhanced content and interviews on space\nstation science and features on how that science benefits life on\nEarth.\n\nThe \"Space to Ground\" web series will be available every Friday\nbeginning Dec. 6. This series will be a short wrap-up of the week's\nactivities aboard the space station that will showcase the diversity\nof activities taking place aboard the world's only orbiting\nlaboratory. This video also will be posted to the agency's social\nmedia accounts and can be shared and downloaded by the public.\nThe International Space Station remains the springboard to our next\ngreat leap in exploration. The space station is a convergence of\nscience, technology and human innovation that is helping us learn\nwhat it means to be a spacefaring people by demonstrating new\ntechnologies and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth.\n\nTo view \"Space to Ground\" beginning Dec. 6, visit:\nhttp://go.nasa.gov/spacetoground\n\nFor NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information,\nvisit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/nasatv\n\nFor media b-roll and resources on the International Space Station,\nvisit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/stationnews\n\nFor more information about the International Space Station, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/station\n\n[ANS thanks Joshua Buck, Josh Byerly and NASA for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA Education and Virginia Space Grant Opportunities Available\n\n+ 2014-15 Virginia Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate STEM\n  Research Scholarship\n\nThe Virginia Space Grant Consortium is offering undergraduate\nresearch scholarships of up to $8,500 to encourage talented\nindividuals to conduct research in science, technology, engineering\nor mathematics, or STEM, fields.\n\nApplicants must participate in an active faculty-mentored research\nexperience that aligns with the aerospace sector and meets NASA's\nmission. Student stipends and research support totaling $4,000 during\nthe academic year and $4,500 during a summer semester are available.\n\nThese one-year awards are nonrenewable and based on student academic\nmerit, quality of the research proposal and alignment of research\nwith the goals of NASA and the aerospace sector. Underrepresented\nminority students, female students and students with disabilities are\nencouraged to apply. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and enrolled at\none of the five Virginia Space Grant member universities: The College\nof William and Mary, Hampton University, Old Dominion University,\nUniversity of Virginia and Virginia Tech.\n\nThe deadline for submitting applications is Feb.10, 2014.\n\nFor more information, visit http://vsgc.odu.edu/sf/undergrad/.\n\n+ Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate STEM Research Fellowship\n\nThe Virginia Space Grant Consortium's Graduate STEM Research\nFellowship Program provides fellowships of $5,000 in add-on support\nto graduate students to supplement and enhance basic research\nsupport. The objective of this science, technology, engineering and\nmathematics, or STEM, research fellowship opportunity is to encourage\ntalented individuals to pursue careers in STEM industries that\nsupport NASA's mission.\n\nParticipants in the Graduate STEM Research Fellowship Program must\ntake part in an active faculty-mentored research experience that\naligns with the aerospace sector and meets NASA's mission. Awards are\nmade annually and are renewable for one year for students making\nsatisfactory academic and research progress.\n\nThis is a competitive fellowship program, and awards are based on\nmerit recognizing high academic achievement and promise.\nUnderrepresented minority students, female students and students with\ndisabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be U.S.\ncitizens and enrolled at one of the five Virginia Space Grant member\nuniversities: The College of William and Mary, Hampton University,\nOld Dominion University, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech.\n\nThe deadline for submitting applications is Feb.10, 2014.\n\nFor more information about this opportunity and to apply online,\nvisit http://vsgc.odu.edu/sf/gradfellow/.\n\n+ 2014-15 Virginia Space Grant Consortium STEM Bridge Scholarship\n\nThe Virginia Space Grant Consortium, or VSGC, is offering renewable\nscholarships to sophomore undergraduate students studying science,\ntechnology, engineering or mathematics, or STEM. The STEM Bridge\nScholarships are $1,000 and are available to students who are U.S.\ncitizens from any federally recognized minority group enrolled\nfulltime at one of the five VSGC member universities: The College of\nWilliam and Mary, Hampton University, Old Dominion University,\nUniversity of Virginia and Virginia Tech.\n\nThe STEM Bridge Program bridges students to future opportunities by\nmentoring and guiding them to future VSGC scholarships and NASA-\nrelated paid internships. The program encourages students to explore\nhow their majors can apply to NASA’s Mission.\n\nThis is a competitive program, and awards are based on student\nacademic merit, quality of interest essay as well as letters of\nrecommendation from current college faculty who can attest to\nstudents' interest in STEM areas.\n\nThe deadline for submitting applications is March 17, 2014.\n\nFor more information, visit http://vsgc.odu.edu/sf/Bridge/.\n\n+ 2014-15 Virginia Space Grant Consortium Community College STEM\n  Scholarship\n\nThe Virginia Space Grant Consortium, or VSGC, encourages\nacademically talented individuals to pursue studies and careers in\nscience, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. The VSGC\nis offering a limited number of scholarship opportunities to students\nmajoring in STEM fields at any campus in the Virginia Community\nCollege System, or VCCS.\n\nThese $2,000 scholarships are competitive awards based on academic\nmerit for students demonstrating an interest in NASA's missions and\nSTEM-related careers. The VSGC strongly supports students in\ntechnical career pathways who are preparing to transfer to\ninstitutions of higher learning while developing the essential skills\nfor a competitive global workforce.\n\nUnderrepresented minority students, female students and students\nwith disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be U.S.\ncitizens and enrolled in the VCCS.\n\nThe deadline for submitting applications is March 17, 2014.\n\nFor more information, visit http://vsgc.odu.edu/sf/ccstem/.\n\nPlease email any questions about these four opportunities to\nrkashiri at odu dot edu.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSee What You Are Missing if You Don't Receive Your Own AMSAT Journal\n\nMembership includes the AMSAT Journal and discounts on purchases\nmade through the AMSAT store. You can see representative articles\navailable only to our members here.\n\nTo download your own copy of the sample AMSAT Journal articles\n   ... go to http://www.amsat.org -->\n   ... then Mouse over the 'AMSAT' Tab in the top row\n   ... then select 'Join AMSAT' which brings you to:\n          http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1095\n\nWhen you click on the blue highlighted link 'here' you will land\non a page to choose from two sample articles in PDF format.\n\nThese are brand new just released articles in the November/December\n2013 issue of the AMSAT Journal. Other sample issues plan to be\nmade available from upcoming issues of The AMSAT Journal.\n\nFollow the Join AMSAT links to sign up to receive your very own\ncopy of the AMSAT Journal - this is an exclusive membership benefit\nin AMSAT.\n\nWhile you navigate around http://www.amsat.org take a look at the\nexpanding content and updated pages. Hint: Click on the graphic\nacross the top of each page to jump back 'home'.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal Team and Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the\n above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Salisbury Middle Schools\nSalisbury, New Brunswick, Canada and Astronaut Michael S. Hopkins\nKF5LJG using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-11-20 17 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via\nW6SRJ. ARISS Mentor was VE1WPH.\n\nFor the past several months, students and staff of Salisbury Middle\nSchool have been working hard in anticipation of this wonderful\nopportunity.  Most obvious was how the students continued to learn\nand their excitement as they came together toward this common goal,\nof which they are all proud.  In anticipation of the actual ARISS\ncontact, the students asked that it be proclaimed as “A Day to Space\nOut”.  Activities began with the official launch showcasing a video\ncreated by the students providing information regarding the event.\nAlso created by the students were weekly special segments featuring\nthe School's PodCast News Show which include short space related\nvideos, ISS News and current expedition Astronaut biographies.  The\nstudents also enjoyed informative presentations from the Astronomical\nSociety of New Brunswick and the Science East Planetarium .  The\nMoncton Area Amateur Radio Club will be transmitted from SMS on\nNovember 15th, in conjunction with space related “Theme Day”.  One\ncreative student submitted an event logo which will be printed on tee-\nshirts and worn by students as they ask their questions.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Primary and Junior High\nSchools Complex, Stobierna, Poland and Astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA\nusing callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-11-27 09:26 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via\nVK5ZAI. ARISS Mentors were SP3QFE and IN3GHZ.\n\nSchool Complex in Stobierna is composed of two main school levels:\nprimary school and junior high school. The primary school attendants'\nare six-year-old to twelve-year-old students, whereas, the junior\nhigh school's students are thirteen to sixteen years old. The second\ntype of school puts more emphasis on Science (including Physics and\nMathematics). The students of these schools are interested in\nastronomical observations, thus they are eager to take part in\nspecial classes concerning such issues. Schools organized special\nclasses associated with the astronomical observations of the sky. We\norganised a series of educational trips to places from which students\nobserved the sky: in the stars, planets and satellites. These\nactivities were integrated into daily school activities in the field\nof physics and astronomy. Because many schools participated in the\nproject, we organized interschool competitions. Moreover school\norganized a series of competitions related to astronautics!\nFor the youngest students there was a drawing contest, a contest for\nolder students, multimedia presentations related to space flight and\nthe history of the ISS.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Primary and Junior High\nSchools Complex, Brzeznica, Poland and Astronaut Michael S. Hopkins\nKF5LJG using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-12-03 08 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via\nK6DUE. ARISS Mentors were SP3QFE and IN3GHZ.\n\nStudents from the Primary and Junior High Schools Complex in\nBrzeznica are interested in Science, mainly Physics. They attend many\nadditional lessons and educational projects connected with\nMathematics, Physics, Astronomy, amateur radio communications and\nsatellite communications. They participate in educational trips and\ntours. Teachers prepare lessons for students interested in astronomy.\nThe school organizes additional activities with the support of the\nEuropean Union, such as special classes involving astronomical sky\nobservation.\n\nMoreover, the school prepared a series of activities related to\nastronautics: amateur radio communications with the ISS, astronomy\nclasses and observation of the passing Space Station, art\ncompetitions related to the cosmos and the space station, activities\nfor senior students concerning the life of astronauts aboard the\nspace station.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\n+ Rakuyo Technical High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3LR\n  Contact is a go for: Thu 2013-12-12 08:44:10 UTC\n\n+ Tochigi Science Lion Project, Utsunomiya, Japan, direct via 8N1ISS\n  Contact is a go for: Sat 2013-12-14 07:07:42 UTC\n\nThe episode of Ice Pilots (Ice Pilots NWT Season 5, Episode 1, (Cold\nStart)), which begins with an ARISS contact, can be viewed at\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuY0IJDhnwY\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ AO-73 is now be active on oscar.dcarr.org.\n  (Source David KD5QGR)\n\n+ FUNCube-1 / AO-73 Radio Communications Subsystem\n  • 145.935 MHz BPSK Telemetry 30 or 300 mW\n  • Inverting SSB/CW transponder 300 mW PEP\n    - 435.150 – 435.130 MHz Uplink LSB\n    - 145.950 – 145.970 MHz Downlink USB\n  Source AMSAT-UK\n\n+ Live Video Streaming from the ISS\n\n  The N2YO satellite tracking website provides live video streaming\n  from the International Space Station (ISS) alongside a track\n  showing the position of the ISS over the Earth.\n\n  The Ustream video from the station is available only when the\n  complex is in contact with the ground through its high-speed\n  communications antenna and NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite\n  System. During “loss of signal” periods, you will see a blue screen.\n  Since the station orbits the Earth once every 90 minutes, it sees a\n  sunrise or a sunset every 45 minutes. When the station is in\n  darkness, external camera video may appear black, but also may\n  provide spectacular views of city lights below.\n\n  Live streaming from the ISS http://www.n2yo.com/space-station/\n  (Source AMSAT-UK)\n\n+ December Issue of SatMagazine is now online\n  http://www.satmagazine.com/download.php\n  (Source SatMagazine.com)\n\n+ Radio Astronomy Magazine Available Online\n\n  The Vol 1 Issue 2, Dec 2013 issue of RAGazine is now available\n\n  The publication by the British Astronomical Association Radio\n  Astronomy Group (BAA-RAG) can be downloaded in both hi-res and\n  lo-res versions.\n\n  Lo-res 4 MB\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS342-LowResRAGazine\n\n  Hi-res 9 MB\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS342-HiResRAGazine\n\n  Issue 1 is on the BAA-RAG site at\n  http://www.britastro.org/radio/downloads.html\n\n  Join the BAA-RAG Yahoo Group at\n  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baa-rag\n  (Source Southgate ARN)\n\n+ MCubed-2 heard, telemetry captured\n  MCubed-2 is in orbit and working! Packets captured as the command\n  team turned on beacons.\n  http://exploration.engin.umich.edu/blog/?page_id=1830\n  http://exploration.engin.umich.edu/blog/?page_id=1933\n  (Source N8MH and DK3WN)\n\n+ While representing AMSAT at the Tampa Hamfest in  Plant City,\n  Florida, 7 Dec 2013, Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA, was able to complete\n  a QSO via FO-29 with Patrick Stoddard WD9EWK, who was representing\n  AMSAT at the Superstition ARC Hamfest in Queen Creek, Arizona.\n  (Source Drew KO4MA)\n\n+ European Radio Amateurs' Organization Winter Newsletter now\n  0nline.\n  http://eurobureauqsl.org/newsletter/\n  Newsletter comes out quarterly, either in pdf format and as a\n  website.\n  (Source EuroBureauQSL)\n\n+ December is YOTA Month\n\n  After the success of the Youngsters On The Air events in the\n  summer we decided that it’s time to do some more action !\n  During the whole month of December several country’s will become\n  active with YOTA as suffix for callsign.\n  The idea for this is to break the ice for some youngsters and take\n  the microphone in the hand.  As seen over the years the YOTA-group\n  is growing fast and every week more youngsters are asking to\n  participate.\n  Let us all make YOTA populair in HAM radio and let us all help to\n  put youngsters on the HAM radio train!\n  You want to hear us on the air? Listen for Youngsters On The Air\n  callsigns in the whole month of December!\n  For more information\n\n  http://www.ham-yota.eu\n  (Source ham-yota.eu)\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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