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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/BF5SK72V7WWKTRJWXY2GETWCWXGDCXT5/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CADDbS5AZdu8Q+uT5MOd5SuwBBAy+r_nAGB0J139GCXo8C4BByQ@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "BF5SK72V7WWKTRJWXY2GETWCWXGDCXT5", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/BF5SK72V7WWKTRJWXY2GETWCWXGDCXT5/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "k0jm.mark (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Mark Johns, K0JM", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-152 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2020-05-31T00:01:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-152\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS\npublishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on\nthe activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who\nshare an active interest in designing, building, launching and commun-\nicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur\nRadio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\[email protected]\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Temporary Rule Waivers Announced for 2020 ARRL Field Day\n* IARU-R2 Workshop Videos Available\n* Digital Mode Experiments Conducted on Linear Satellites\n* SpaceX Launches Successfully Toward ISS\n* Moonbounce Contact via FT8 Could be a First\n* Mid-Altitude Balloon Race Planned for June 1\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-152.01\nANS-152 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 152.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE 2020 May 31\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-152.01\n\n\nTemporary Rule Waivers Announced for 2020 ARRL/AMSAT Field Days\n\nARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has adopted two temporary\nrule waivers for the 2020 ARRL Field Day to adjust for Covid-19 re-\nstrictions. An AMSAT parallel event is held at the same time, and the\nrules for that have been adjusted, as well.\n\nARRL Field Day is one of the biggest events on the amateur radio cal-\nendar, with over 36,000 participants in 2019, including entries from\n3,113 radio clubs and emergency operations centers. In most years,\nField Day is also the largest annual demonstration of ham radio, be-\ncause many radio clubs organize their participation in public places\nsuch as parks and schools.\n\nDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, many radio clubs have made decisions to\ncancel their group participation in ARRL Field Day this year due to\npublic health recommendations and/or requirements, or to significantly\nmodify their participation for safe social distancing practices. The\ntemporary rule waivers allow greater flexibility in recognizing the\nvalue of individual and club participation regardless of entry class.\nThe waivers may be found at: https://bit.ly/3de5AJt\n\nThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own ver-\nsion of Field Day for operation via the amateur satellites, held con-\ncurrently with the ARRL event. The rules for the AMSAT Field Day may\nbe found at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020fd.pdf\n\nThis will mean that there will be another group of certificates for\nAMSAT Field Day: The top three stations operating from home with com-\nmercial power.\n\nThe problem is with those operating from home attaching their scores\nto a club. Because AMSAT only allows one satellite station to be oper-\nating at a time, if you are going to attach your satellite contact to\na club, only ONE home station can attach per club. This will keep the\nplaying field rather equal as there are areas where there is only one\nsatellite op around and other areas where there are dozens of satellite\nops. It would be unfair for an area with a dozen satellite ops to pool\nall their home contacts towards one club.\n\nEven if satellite operators took turns operating in shifts, it would\nmake it very difficult to score entries correctly. That is why AMSAT\nhas chosen to allow only one satellite home station could be attached\nto a single club. CLUB NAME MUST BE IDENTIFIED IN THE ENTRY.\n\nThere will also be no duplicate certificates. If you are attaching your\nscore to a club, then it goes towards club rankings and not home\nrankings. Nothing needs to be changed on the submission form. If you\nare operating 1D and the name of your attached club is included, the\nclub score will be calculated appropriately.\n\nThis is new and uncharted waters and hope everyone enjoys AMSAT Field\nDay. A much larger number of entries is anticipated with this change,\nso patience is appreciated.\n\n(ANS thanks ARRL and Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and\nAwardsfor the above information)\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office\n is closed until further notice. For details, please visit\n https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\nIARU-R2 Workshop Videos Available\n\nIARU Region 2 (IARU-R2) is hosting workshops covering different facets\nof amateur radio. Last Wednesday (27 May) was the \"Satellite Communica-\ntions 101\" workshop. Due to technical glitches, this workshop was not\navailable in real time, but the video of Wednesday's presentation is\nnow available on YouTube. The direct link to the video of last Wednes-\nday's workshop is:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f61uwo5Qy6A\n\nOne week earlier, on 20 May, Matias LU9CBL and Guillermo OA4/XQ3SA\nhosted the Spanish-language version of this workshop, titled\n\"Comunicaciones por Satelite 101\". The video of their presentation is\navailable at:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69D1dJEfGDc\n\nIARU-R2 plans more workshops covering other topics, in English and\nSpanish. Information on upcoming workshops is available at:\nhttps://www.iaru-r2.org/en/news-and-events/workshops/\n\nVideos of past workshops are available from the IARU-R2 Workshops\nchannel on YouTube:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnG2Srz0bsKmTbF2r3YNneQ\n\n[ANS thanks Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK, for the above information]\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Looking for the perfect Father’s Day gift?\n AMSAT t-shirts are currently 40% off with promo\n code BESTDADGIFTS. Other items are 15% off.\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nDigital Mode Experiments Conducted on Linear Satellites\n\n[EDITOR'S NOTE: Be aware that the experiments described below utilize\nvery narrow AFSK modulation with fairly advanced computer control for\nDoppler correction and frequency stabilization. They do NOT involve\nuse of narrowband FM signals such as those used for terrestrial APRS or\ndedicated APRS satellites. So please, NEVER transmit FM on the uplink\nto a linear satellite. ALSO, in should be emphasized that power levels\nmust be kept very low, as all the WSJT modes are 100% duty cycle.]\n\nRecently a group of regular satellite-using amateurs conducted experi-\nments with FT-8 and FT-4 on a variety of linear satellites. Alan\n(WA6DNR), Carlos (W7QL), Dave (W0DHB) and Ron (W5RKN) were involved and\nmade many satisfactory QSOs. The primary results and observations from\nthese tests are:\n• Digital modes can successfully be employed on the linear birds\n while not interfering with concurrent users by operating close to\n the bottom end of the passband, using the lowest power practicable\n and using very narrow signals.\n\n• We avoided the satellites known to be power-sensitive, FO-29 and\n AO-7. Testing was conducted with CAS-4A, CAS-4B, RS-44, XW-2A, XW-2B,\n XW-2C and XW-2F.\n\n• FT-4 was the most robust signal format, compared to FT-8. Other\n of Joe Taylor’s digital signal modes should be investigated.\n\n• The rate of change of Doppler just before and after TCA is high on\n the lower-orbit satellites and must have compensation. 200 Milli-\n second Doppler updates allowed 100% copy of FT-4 transmissions\n throughout several passes of different linear satellites. This can be\n accomplished in SatPC32 by setting the “SSB/CW Interval” in the CAT\n menu to zero and checking the 5X box. Note that this setting is not\n retained when SatPC32 is shut down.\n\n• Very little power is needed for QSOs throughout the duration of the\n pass, from AOS to LOS. W7QL set IC-9700 power to “zero” (roughly 500\n milli-Watts, with over 3 dB cable/connector loss to a Leo-Pack anten-\n na pair) and copied every packet on several satellites.\n\n• FT-4 is very tolerant of voice signals which might drop on top of\n an ongoing FT-4 QSO. However, an FT-4 signal dropping in the middle\n of an SSB QSO would be quite annoying to the SSB operators.\n\n• According to Joe Taylor, the occupied bandwidth of an FT-4 signal\n is 90 Hz. So theoretically over 200 such signals could be present on\n a 20 KHz channel. Obviously that will not, and should not happen. But\n a dozen closely spaced FT-4 QSOs at the bottom of the band, each run-\n ning very low power should hardly be noticeable to current voice and\n CW traffic.\n\nWe invite other Satellite operators to join us in this expanded utili-\nzation of the linear satellite resources available to us. We recommend\nusing FT-4 AT VERY LOW POWER, in the bottom few KHz of the downlink\nfrequency range, with appropriate Doppler compensation, as described\nabove. We hope to have a digital QSO with you sometime soon on the\nlinear birds.\n\n[ANS thanks Carlos Cardon, W7QL, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSpaceX Launches Successfully Toward ISS\n\nNASA astronauts Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, and Doug Hurley boarded a Crew\nDragon spacecraft on top of a Falcon 9 rocket once again on Saturday,\nMay 30. At 19:22 UTC they were successfully launched on their way to\nthe International Space Station. This was the first launch of astro-\nnauts from U.S. territory since the final Space Shuttle flight in 2011\nand the first launch of humans by a private contractor, SpaceX.\n\nThe first attempt for the launch, on Wednesday, May 27, scrubbed due to\nstormy weather near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dra-\ngon spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS about 19 hours after\nliftoff.\n\n[ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\n from our Zazzle store!\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nMoonbounce Contact via FT8 Could be a First\n\nFT8 codeveloper Joe Taylor, K1JT, has reported what is possibly the\nfirst FT8 contact via moonbouce (Earth-Moon-Earth or EME) on May 21 be-\ntween Paul Andrews, W2HRO, in New York, and Peter Gouweleeuw, PA2V, in\n Netherlands. The contact was made possible using the currently avail-\n able beta-release candidate of WSJT-X, version 2.2-rc1.\n\n\"Why might you want to use FT8 instead of 'Old Reliable JT65' for EME\nQSOs?\" Taylor asked in a subsequent Moon-Net post. \"FT8 is about 4 dB\nless sensitive than JT65, but with 15-second T/R [transmit/receive]\nsequences it's four times faster, and it doesn't use Deep Search,\" he\nsaid, answering his own question.\n\nThe FT8 protocol included in the beta version of WSJT-X has an optional\nuser setting to work around the 2.5-second path delay. \"For terrestrial\nuse, the FT8 decoder searches over the range -2.5 to +2.4 seconds for\nclock offset DT between transmitting and receiving stations,\" Taylor\nexplained. \"DT\" represents the difference between the transmission time\nand actual time. \"When 'Decode after EME delay' is checked on the\nWSJT-X 'Settings' screen, the accessible DT range becomes -0.5 to +4.4\nseconds. Just right for EME.\"\n\nAs Taylor explained in his post, FT8 uses 8-GFSK modulation with tones\nseparated by 6.25 Hz. At the time of the contact, the expected Doppler\nspread on the W2HRO - PA2V EME path was 8 Hz, which would cause some\nadditional loss in sensitivity. Despite the path losses, however, copy\nbetween W2HRO and PA2V was \"solid in both directions,\" Taylor said.\n\nTaylor said that when he was active in EME contests on 144 MHz, he was\nalways frustrated that, even with reasonably strong signals, the max-\nimum JT65 contact rate is about 12 per hour. \"With FT8, you can do 40\nper hour, as long as workable stations are available,\" he said.\n\nAs for using FT8 for EME contacts on 1296 MHz, Taylor said it \"might\nsometimes work, but Doppler spread will probably make standard FT8 a\nproblem.\" Given sufficient interest, however, he said the WSJT-X devel-\nopment team could design an FT8B or FT8C with wider tone spacing. He\nencouraged the use of FT8 for moonbounce on 144, 432, and 1296 MHz and\nasked users to report their results to the development team.\n\n\"A 'slow FT8' mode is indeed a sensitivity winner on suitable propaga-\ntion paths,\" he said in a later Moon-Net post. \"We are busy implement-\ning such a mode, but with particular emphasis on its use on the LF and\nMF bands.\"\n\nTaylor said FT8 has the operational advantage of putting all users in\none (or a few) narrow spectral slices on each band. \"So, it's easy to\nfind QSO partners without skeds or chat rooms,\" he said. \"Everything\nis done over the air, with no 'side channels' needed.\"\n\nTaylor also remarked in response to posts from those who, like him,\n\"love CW.\"\n\n\"I agree it's a thrill to hear your own lunar echo, and to make CW EME\nQSOs,\" he said. \"Sometimes I pine for the bygone world of commercial\nsailing ships, which happen to be very much a part of my family's his-\ntory,\" Taylor concluded. \"But I know that technologies evolve, and the\nworld does not stand still.\"\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL News for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nNeed new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nMid-Altitude Balloon Race Planned for June 1\n\nThree Space Station Explorer teams will participate in anexciting dis-\ntance learning—social distanced balloon race to beheld during the Pan-\ndemic.\n\nARISS educator, Joanne Michaelis, KM6BWB, is a science coach at the\nWiseburn Unified School District in Los Angeles, California where she\nleads her students in several balloon launch attempts from the Los\nAngeles area each year. With this year different because of the pan-\ndemic, Joanne wanted to “shake things up a bit” and give students\nworld-wide, a unique distance learning treat while keeping all safe\nduring the pandemic. So Joanne challenged Ted Tagami, KK6UUQ, from\nMagnitude.io to a mid-altitude cross-continent balloon race and Ted\naccepted the challenge!\n\nTed plans to launch his balloon from Oakland, California. ISS Above in-\nventor, Liam Kennedy, KN6EQU, from Pasadena, California, got “wind” of\nthe idea and he asked to participate, too. All three organizations:\nARISS, Magnitude.io and ISS Above are ISS National Lab Space Station\nExplorer (SSE) partners that work to inspire, engage, and educate stu-\ndents in Science Technology Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM)\ntopics and to pursue STEAM careers.\n\nThe three SSE teams plan tolaunch their balloons simultaneously on\nJune 1. The winner will be the first one to cross the“Finish Line”—the\nEastern Time zone. Launch time is planned for 15:00 UTC (11:00 EDT,\n10:00 CDT, 9:00 MDT, or 8:00 PDT. A live video feed of the launch is\nplanned to start approximately 5 minutes prior to the event.\n\nOnce the balloons are airborne, students can track each balloon’s loca-\ntion, altitude, and temperature via amateur radio APRS (Automatic Pac-\nket Reporting System) which is fed automatically to the aprs.fi web\nsite. Educators and parents around the globe can excite at-home youth\nwiththis initiative. Students can tally and track the states each bal-\nloon travels through and plot altitude versus temperature, etc. Also,\nby researching weather patterns, students can make assumptions from\ntheir own data. This could include speed variations due to weather.\n\nThey also can predict each balloon’s flight path and when they might\ncross the finish line!\n\nFor more information on theballoon launch, lesson plans, and the live-\nstream video link (when thelivestream URL is available), please go to:\nhttps://www.ariss.org/mid-altitude-balloon-race.html\n\nEnjoy the Race! May the best ballooner win!!\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team men-\ntors for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS News\n\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between\namateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with\nastronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The\ndownlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.\n\nARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools\nand the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancella-\ntions or postponements of school contacts. As always, ARISS will try\nto provide everyone with near-real-time updates at the ARISS webpage:\nhttps://www.ariss.org/\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team men-\ntors for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur\n radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.\n\n Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nW8LR: (@W8LR) May 30 and May 31 he will attempt to activate a dual\ngrids contact. The grid line will be EM79/EM89.\n\nHey you guys from the EU: @N4DCW will be in EM56 June 5-7 with a semi-\ndecent N-E horizon from his sister-in-law’s house. He will be on RS-44\nand AO-7 looking for y’all.\n\nAD0DX: (@AD0DX) DM77 and maybe DM76 on Saturday May 30.\n\nAn interesting email from ND9M/KH2:\nI’m finishing up my current tour on a U.S. merchant marine ship cur-\nrently anchored at Guam. I’ve been QRV from the anchorage which is at\nApra Harbor. We’ll be taking a one-night run on June 2-3 to give the\nengines a chance to stretch their muscles. I expect to be QRV on sever-\nal passes on the evening of June 2 when we should be in QK13 for a few\nhours. Once we return to “the hook,” I’ll start packing up for my trip\nback to the States that weekend and should be doing some roving in the\neastern states (MD, PA, VA, MD) once I get my body re-adjusted to the\nthe 14-hour time change.\n\nMajor Roves:\n\nRon (@AD0DX) and Doug (@N6UA) are making another run at the elusive\nDL88 in Big Bend National Park, TX. As we know they tried this grid\nback in March, and due to the mud couldn’t get to the grid, so never\nones to quit, off they go again. Today the tentative date is Sunday\nMay 31, 2020. They will be using the K5Z call sign. More information\nis available at the K5Z QRZ Page.\n\n\nFP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (Rescheduled). Eric, KV1J, will once again be\noperating from the Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417,\nGrid GN17) as FP/KV1J between September 22nd and October 6th. This oper-\nation was originally scheduled for July, but was postponed due to trav-\nel restrictions. It will be Eric’s 14th trip to the island. Activity\nwill be on 160-10 meters, including 60m , using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8/FT4\n(but primarily SSB, RTTY and FT8/FT4) and the SSB/FM satellites. He\nwill generally be on the highest frequency band that is open (favoring\n60/12/10/6m). He will be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September\n26-27). ADDED NOTE: Eric will usually try to be on as many Satellite\npasses as he can when the WX is good, generally favoring the XW-2x,\nAO-7, RS-44, CA-4x, and possibly the FM birds. Weekends may be limited\nsince he will be concentrating on the low(er) bands and contests. QSL\nvia KV1J, direct or by the Bureau. Also eQSL and LoTW. For more details\nand updates, check out his Web page at:\nhttp://www.kv1j.com/fp/July20.html\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overnfor, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the\nabove information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nWant to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space?\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating\nthrough amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meet-\nings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nDue to COVID-19, many hamfest and events around the United States have\nbeen cancelled or postponed. While we make every effort to ensure the\ninformation contained below is correct, there may be some that we\nmissed. We wish all of you safekeeping and hope to be at a hamfest\nnear you soon.\n\nCurrent schedule:\n No scheduled events\n\nThe following events scheduled to have an AMSAT presence have been\nCANCELED:\n\n June 12-13, 2020, Ham-Com, Plano, TX\n\nA copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from:\nhttps://bit.ly/2ygVFmV This color brochure is designed to be printed\ndouble-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout.\n\nTo include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration,\nplease send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org.\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services for the\nabove information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ @Virgin_Orbit tweeted on May 25 that its initial test flight of the\n LauncherOne rocket was \"a major step forward,\" even though the craft\n did not achieve orbit as intended. In a follow-up tweet the next day,\n Virgin added \"We said the main product of this flight would be data,\n and wow, did we get a lot of it! After diving into our early anal-\n yses, we wanted to share more about the flight — including both the\n many things that went well and what we know about the areas where\n we’ll need to improve.\"\n (ANS thanks @Virgin_Orbit on Twitter for the above information)\n\n+ Planning to build some space hardware in your basement during your\n Covid-19 quaranteen? Better get your handbook! A newly revised ver-\n sion of the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook can be downloaded at:\n https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/nasa-systems-engineering-handbook\n (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information)\n\n+ Russia plans to build a new space station because the current Inter-\n national Space Station will last only another decade at most, the\n head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said in an interview pub-\n lished on Monday. \"It's still unclear whether it (the new station)\n will be international or national,\" Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin\n said in comments to the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.\n (ANS thanks n2yo.com for the above information)\n\n+ Michael Wyrick, N3UC, has announced that AO-27 is now running on a\n schedule that places the FM repeater on for 8 minutes per orbit:\n 4 minutes ascending pass and 4 minutes descending pass.\n (ANS thanks Stephen DeVience, N8URE, for the above information)\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining\ndonors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-\ntional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT\nOffice.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership\nat one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-\ndent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Mark D. Johns, K0JM\n\nk0jm at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }