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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] FW: [ans]  ANS-226  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2011-08-14T13:32:35Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-226\n\n***[Keep watch with ANS for any late breaking details of ARRISat-1]***\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of\na\nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active\ninterest in\ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and\ndigital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* ARISSat-1/KEDR at +10 Days: ON-ORBIT and OPERATIONAL\n* BOD Ballot Reminder\n* Send For Your ARISSat-1/KEDR Certificates\n* 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers Continues & Satellite\nShorts\n* 2011 AMSAT Symposium and Annual Meeting Registration Now Open \n* Reminder: The DARA Matching Gift Challenge Runs Until September 1\n* ARISS Status - 8 August 2011\n* AMSAT Contest\n* ARISSat-1 Battery is failing faster than expected\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-226.01\nARISSat-1/KEDR at +10 Days: ON-ORBIT and OPERATIONAL\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 226.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 14, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-226.01\n\nHundreds of reception reports have been received since ARISSat-1/KEDR \nwas deployed from the ISS. Full operational capability of the satel-\nlite has been confirmed in the 10 days since the start of the mission \non August 3.\n\nThe satellite's power system monitors the battery voltage and \nswitches between High power mode (continuous transmission) when \nsunlight is charging the battery and Low power mode (40 seconds \ntransmit/2 minutes idle) when in eclipse. Telemetry data shows \nthat the ARISSat-1 Battery voltage is decreasing each eclipse \nperiod. It therefore is taking longer for the battery to charge \nup to 32.5V to allow the switch from Low Power to High Power when \nthe satellite enters an illumination period.\n\nKenneth Ransom, N5VHO has plotted the battery min/max for the last \n8 days. The data shows that the battery voltage is decreasing at a \nfaster rate than expected. Kenneth's graph can be found on the \narissat1.org site under FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/3e5c2y8 (arissat1.org)\n\n\nThe effect of this is that ARISSat-1/KEDR remains in Low power mode\nfor a period of time after exiting eclipse. The team recommend that\nusers take advantage of the High Power mode as much as possible over \nthe next few days.\n\n435 MHz - 145 MHz Linear Transponder - OPERATIONAL\n--------------------------------------------------\nThe linear transponder operates in Mode U/V (70 cm Up, 2m Down). It \nis an 16 KHz wide inverting passband. The convention is to TX LSB on \nthe 435 MHz uplink and RX USB on the 145 MHz downlink. Several amateur\n\nradio operators have been reporting successful contacts via the linear\n\ntransponder.\n\nAfter the initial success with the linear transponder reported by \nKO4MA, K8YSE, KD8CAO, and JN1GKZ last week news of addition contacts\nhave been received from amateur radio operators worldwide:\n\n+ Henk, PA3GUO uplinked an SSTV signal to the linear transponder and\n  received the picture on the downlink. He posted a copy of the rec-\n  cecived image at:\n  http://www.pa3guo.com/pa3guo_arissat1_sstv_9aug2011_0258utc.jpg\n  His station configuration was:\n  Uplink HW: TS2000X, 435MHz, 5W RF power + 12 elements beam\n  Uplink SW: MMSSTV + HRD (doppler control)\n  Downlink HW: FunCubeDongle (SDR) + SP-2000 preamp + 2x6 elements\nbeam\n  Downlink SW: MMSSTV + DK3WN Satcontrol (doppler/freq control) +\nHDSDR\n  \n+ Andre, ZS2BK reported a successful two-way CW contact with Pierre,\n  ZS6A on August 5.\n\n+ Alex, VK5ALX reported a contact with Geoff, VK2ZAZ on August 6.\n\n+ Bruce, VE9QRP was able to access the linear transponder with 40\nwatts \n  into a Lindenblad on TX and another omni on receive. Bruce\ncommented,\n  \"It's an amazing thrill to work our AMSAT SDX for the first time,\nand\n  my sense is that any VO-52 class station should be able to hear its\n  downlink.\"\n\n+ Luciano, PY5LF had a contact with Roland, PY4ZBZ and recorded it:\n  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2Gujm2vtc\n\n145.950 MHz FM Downlink - OPERATIONAL\n\n145.919 MHz CW Beacons - OPERATIONAL\n------------------------------------\nThe CW transmissions include the satellite callsign ID RS01S, select \ntelemetry, and callsigns of people actively involved with the ARISS \nprogram.\n\n145.920 MHz SSB BPSK-1000 Telemetry - OPERATIONAL\n-------------------------------------------------\nAMSAT needs your telemetry from ARISSat-1/KEDR. Since there are no\n\"Whole Orbit Data\" storage mechanisms onboard ARISSat-1/KEDR, your\nsubmissions are the only way for AMSAT to collect the spacecraft\ntelemetry and KURSK experiment results.\n\n+ Recorded file ARISSat-1/KEDR and Kursk telemetry CSV files (in the\n  ARISSatTLM folder) can be sent as an e-mail attachment to:\n  [email protected]\n\n+ If you are running ARISSatTLM and receiving the signal \"live\"\n  from ARISSat-1/KEDR, please enable the telemetry forwarding option.\n\n+ The latest telemetry can be seen LIVE on your computer or cell\n  phone at: http://www.arissattlm.org/mobile\n\nPeter Miller, W1AMJ, the Hartford Hobby Radio writer published a \nstory about the deployment of ARISSat-1 in the Hartford Examiner\nnewspaper and at: http://tinyurl.com/4yo3l2m (Examiner.com)\n\nNASA Education Office is getting the word out on ARISSat-1 in their\narticle, \"Hammin' It Up\": \nhttp://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/hammin-it-up_prt.htm\n\nAlso, the extensive list of ARISSat-1/KEDR media links in this week's\nARISS Status Report, in a bulletin below.\n\n[ANS thanks the ARISSat-1/KEDR Team for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-226.02\nBOD Ballot Reminder\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 226.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 14, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-226.02\n\nBallots for the AMSAT-North America 2011 Board of Directors election\nhave been mailed to all members. To have your vote count you must\nreturn your ballot by mail to: \n\nAMSAT-NA\n850 Sligo Ave #600\nSilver Spring, MD, 20910\n\nBallots must arrive at the AMSAT Office by the close of business, \nSeptember 15, 2011.\n\nFour director's terms expire this year:\n\nBarry Baines, WD4ASW\nAlan Biddle, WA4SCA\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nTony Monteiro, AA2TX\n\nSeven nominations have been received for the open seats. Listed\nalphabetically they are:\n\nBarry Baines, WD4ASW\nAlan Biddle, WA4SCA\nSteve Coy, K8UD\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nTony Monteiro, AA2TX\nPatrick E. Stoddard, WD9EWK\n\nSelect no more than four candidates on your ballot. The four candi-\ndates receiving the highest number of votes will be seated as full \nBoard members for two year terms. The two candidates receiving the \nnext highest number of votes will be seated as alternate Board mem-\nbers for one year terms.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-226.03\nSend For Your ARISSat-1/KEDR Certificates\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 226.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 14, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-226.03\n\nSend For Your ARISSat-1/KEDR Certificates\n\nWhen you receive the downlink signal from ARISSat-1/KEDR you are\ninvited to send your report to the following e-mail boxes. You will\nreceive a PDF certificate by return e-mail.\n\nStudents and school groups are especially welcome! We look forward\nto your report!\n\nYour report must contain the following information:\n\n1) The signal you received:\n    a) the secret word*,\n    b) an SSTV image, or,\n    c) telemetry data\n\n2) Your name or group name\n\n3) The date/time of reception\n\n4) Your e-mail address of where to send your certificate. You will\n    receive a PDF certificate via email.\n\nHere are the e-mail boxes to send your reports:\n\nSecret word* contest to: [email protected]\nSSTV image to:           [email protected]\nTelemetry data to:       [email protected]\n(either digital or voice report of the data you received)\n\nReceived BPSK telemetry and .CSV files should continue to be\nsent to: [email protected].\n\n* Those who do hear the secret word or call sign please do not put\n   it out to the world. That would ruin the contest for those still\n   waiting for their station to be in range.\n\nYou can find the details of the ARISSat-1/KEDR radio frequencies,\nlinks to telemetry decoding software and mission details on-line at:\n+ http://www.amsat.org\n+ http://arissat1.org\n\n[ANS thanks the ARISSat-1/KEDR Team for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-226.04\n2011 AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers Continues & Satellite\nShorts\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 226.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 14, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-226.04\n\nThe call for papers continues for the 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium \nto be held Friday, November 4th through Sunday, November 6th at \nthe Wyndham San Jose Hotel, San Jose, California. \n\nProposals for papers, symposium presentations and poster presenta-\ntions are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite \ncommunity. \n\nWe request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible,\n\nwith final copy submitted by October 1, 2011 for inclusion in the \nprinted proceedings. \n\nAbstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, at: \[email protected].\n********************************************************\nLocal AMSAT Net in New York\nThe next2 dates for the \"HV Satcom net is august 18 &\nSeptember 1;  & the time for the net is 8PM local and 0000UTC\nFound on  Echo link node of \"N2EYH-L\"!\nMore info:  www.hvsatcom.org\n                                            \n\n[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV & Stu Balanger, WA2BSS, for the above\ninformation]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-226.05\n2011 AMSAT Symposium and Annual Meeting Registration Now Open\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 226.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 14, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-226.05\n\nAMSAT announces the 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on Friday,\n\nNovember 4th through Sunday, November 6th in San Jose, CA. Our annual \ngathering will feature:\n\n+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations\n+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World\n+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (Nov. 3-4)\n+ Meet Board Members and Officers\n+ Annual General Membership Meeting\n+ Annual Banquet-Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes\n\nThe 2011 Symposium hotel and registration web pages are now available \non the AMSAT web site. You may register for the Symposium and Annual\nBanquet at the AMSAT Store: \nhttp://www.amsat-na.com/store/SymposiumReg.php\n\nVisit the Symposium and Annual General Meeting web page for details \nand the latest information:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/index.php\n\nSymposium Registration including a copy of the Proceedings is:\n+ $45 per person until September 19, 2011\n+ $50 per person starting September 20, 2011\n+ $55 per person at the door\n\nThe Saturday evening banquet is $45 per person. The Sunday morning\nArea Coordinator's Breakfast is $15 per person.\n\nThe hotel selected is the Wyndham San Jose, close to the airport. The\nAMSAT discount rate is $79.00+taxes per night. The reservation block\ncode when calling the hotel directly is \"AMSAT\". The hotel telephone\nnumber is 408-453-6200. If you are making reservations on-line use \n1031FSJAM for the group code. The direct link to the hotel web page \nis: http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/SJCAP/main.wnt\n\nIf you are planning to book a room on dates other than November 2, \n3, 4, 5, you will have to call the hotel directly and ask for *in-\nhouse reservations*. You can get the $79 rate 3 days before and 3 \ndays after the above dates but you cannot book the room on their \nwebsite. Any problems, give Martha a call at the AMSAT Office:\n301-589-6062.\n\n[ANS thanks the 2011 Symposium Committee for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-226.06\nReminder: The DARA Matching Gift Challenge Runs Until September 1\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 226.06\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 14, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-226.06\n\nDonate to AMSAT and DARA will contribute matching funds. The Dayton \nAmateur Radio Association (DARA) fund raising challenge for AMSAT \ncontinues until September 1, 2011. DARA will match $1.00 for every \n$3.00 donated up to $5,000.00. \n\nAMSAT kicked off the fundraising campaign at the Hamvention, where \ndonations began count for the challenge. Please consider making a \ndonation to AMSAT and have your effort multiplied. We appreciate \nDARA's support for AMSAT! \n\nYour donation will support our \"Getting AMSAT Back Into Space\"\ncampaign by providing needed funds for AMSAT Project Fox Cubesat\nwhich will provide a 2M to 70cm FM transponder matching the per-\nformance of AO-51.\n\n+ On-line at the AMSAT Store:\n  http://www.amsat-na.com/store/donation.php\n\n+ You may click on the donation widget on our http://www.amsat.org\n  web page.\n\n+ You may call Martha at the AMSAT Office:\n  From the US call toll free at: (888) 322-6728\n  From all other locations call: (301) 589-6062\n  and you can send a fax to:     (301) 608-3410\n\n+ You can send donations by postal mail to:\n  AMSAT-NA\n  850 Sligo Ave #600\n  Silver Spring, MD, 20910\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Headquarters for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-226.07\nARISS Status - 8 August 2011\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 226.07\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 14, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-226.07\n\n\n\n1. Scouts Experience Successful ARISS Contact \n\nScouts attending Space Jam 5 held at the Octave Chanute Air Museum in\nRantoul, Illinois participated in an Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, August 6.\nThis was a telebridge contact via station WH6PN in Hawaii. Scouts put\n18 questions about life in space to on-orbit astronaut Mike Fossum,\nKF5AQG. Over 250 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts as well as 100 scout\nleaders attended the event.  Besides the several merit badge workshops\ncovering electronics, computers and others, activities included a\nballoon launch (with an on-board repeater) and a ham radio station,\ncomplete with satellite antennas. \n\n2. ARISSat-1 Deployed\n\nARISSat-1, an educational satellite that was developed by AMSAT (Radio\nAmateur Satellite Corporation) in cooperation with the NASA Office of\nEducation ISS National Lab, Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) and RSC-Energia, was deployed on Wednesday, August 3\nduring Russian EVA-29.  The satellite contains an experiment developed\nby Kursk State Technical University students in Russia.  Students and\nothers may listen to ARISSat-1 to hear the 24 greetings in 15\nlanguages (secret words included), to receive and decode spacecraft\nand experiment telemetry and to capture Slow Scan Television (SSTV)\nimages. (Certificates are available to those who report receiving\nsignals from the satellite. Visit the ARISSat Web site for more\ninformation.) ARISSat activities provide an excellent opportunity to\npique children's interest in the areas of Science, Technology,\nEngineering and Math (STEM).  \n\nARISSat-1 Web site:\nhttp://www.arissat1.org/v3/\n\nTo view SSTV images:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/ \n\nNASA article, \"Hammin' It Up\"  \nhttp://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/hammin-it-up_prt.htm\n\n\n [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-226.08\nAMSAT Contest\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 226.08\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 14, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-226.08\n\nAMSAT is happy to announce the ARISSat-1 Chicken Little Contest.  \nThis is your opportunity to calculate, or guess, when ARISSat-1 \nfalls out of orbit. This is defined as the time it crosses an \naltitude of 78 kilometers, which is considered to be the point of \nno return. While not part of the contest, the actual reentry may \nbe visible depending on location. Reports are encouraged.   \n\nAs in the past, we will have three divisions:\n\n+ Student category for Kindergarten through grade 8\n+ Student category for High School, grades 9 through 12\n+ All others will be in the adult category.  \n\nIn addition to individual students, we encourage classes or organ-\nizations such as science clubs to make group submissions. Submissions \nare limited to one per person or group. Members of a group making a \nsubmission may not submit a second, individual entry.\n\n+ Adults and individual students should include their name and amateur\n  callsign if they have one. \n\n+ Individual students should also give their grade in school.  \n\n+ Student groups should include the name of their group or class, \n  school, and which category they represent.  \n\n+ Please give the UTC date in the format of day, month, year, hours, \n  minutes, and seconds.  \n\n+ Finally, we would like to know your city, state, province or \n  region, and your country.\n\n+ Submissions will close on 15 September 2011 at 23:59:00 UTC. \n\nThe closest predictions in each category will be recognized for their \nachievement. Send your submissions to [email protected]. \nGood luck!\n\n[ANS thanks ARISSat-1/KEDR team for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-226.09\nARISSat-1 Battery is failing faster than expected\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 226.09\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 14, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-226.09\n\n\nARISSat-1 Battery is Failing Faster than Expected\n \nThe ARISSat-1 battery performed as expected during the first week of\noperation. Lower voltages during eclipse began to show up in the\ntelemetry on 10 Aug 2011.  The voltages during eclipse have continued\nto decline causing the satellite to reset and go into Emergency Power\nMode on 12 Aug. After reset, the satellite MET (Mission Elapsed Timer)\ngoes to 000, waits during the 15 minute TX delay, the power management\nsoftware checks the current voltage and power values and determines\nwhat power mode to operate the satellite. The power mode is\nre-determined at fixed intervals, especially during illuminated\nperiods to provide the most transmitted signals while protecting the\nbattery.\n \nAdditional information and explanation about the workings of the\nARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V power system can be found on the arissat1.org\nweb site under the FAQ section.\n \nThe ARISSat-1 team is closely monitoring the situation and is pleased\nwith how well the power management software is controlling the battery\nusage to prolong the lifetime of the battery and the satellite as much\nas possible.\n \n [ANS Thanks Gould Smith, WA4SXM for the ARISSat-1 team]\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's\nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT\nProject\nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application\nforms are\navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nNb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n",
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