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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-275  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2011-10-02T01:05:21Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-275\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a\nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in\ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* Lance Ginner, K6GSJ 2011 AMSAT Symposium Banquet Speaker\n* OSCAR 1 Prototype Will Be Operating at the 2011 Symposium\n* Auburn University AubieSat-1 Scheduled for Launch from Vandenberg\n* K6LCS Satellite Presentation at the Anchorage Hamfest\n* ARISS Status - 26 September 2011\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.01\nLance Ginner, K6GSJ 2011 AMSAT Symposium Banquet Speaker\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 275.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 2, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-275.01\n\nAMSAT is privileged to have Lance Ginner, K6GSJ as our banquet\nspeaker. As AMSAT and the amateur radio community celebrate the\n50th anniversary of the launch of OSCAR 1 (placed in orbit on\n12 DEC 61), we look forward to Lance's remarks about how OSCAR 1\nwas developed and the impact of amateur radio satellites on his\nprofessional career. We will hear about the personal, technical,\npolitical, and security issues regarding the early OSCARs.\n\nFirst licensed in 1954 at the age of 16, Lance started his amateur\ncareer as a novice (KN6GSJ) and quickly upgraded to become K6GSJ,\nthe same general class license he holds today. Following his grad-\nuation from college in 1959, he joined Lockheed Missiles and Space\nDivision in Sunnyvale, CA.\n\nWhile at Lockheed, Lance became involved with Chuck Towns, K6LFH\nand others in Project Oscar and helped build OSCAR 1 (Launched on\n12 DEC 61) and OSCAR 2 (Launched on 2 JUN 62) and test and integrate\nthose spacecraft to the Discoverer host vehicle. OSCAR 1 became one\nof the first free flying 'secondary payloads' to be flown into space.\n\nLance's involvement with amateur radio spacecraft continued with his\nwork with OSCAR 3, OSCAR 4, OSCAR 5 (the first for the newly formed\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation in 1970), OSCAR 6, OSCAR 7, and\nOSCAR 8.\n\nLance's involvement with the early OSCAR satellites continued with\nAMSAT, working with Jan King, W3GEY (AMSAT VP-Engineering), Perry\nKlein, W3PK (AMSAT's first President), and Dick Daniels, W4PUJ\n(AMSAT Propulsion).\n\nYou are invited to read more of Lance's career as one of Amateur Radio\nin Space pioneers on the 2011 Symposium web page:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/BanquetSpeaker.php\n\n[ANS thanks the 2011 Symposium Committee for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.02\nOSCAR 1 Prototype Will Be Operating at the 2011 Symposium\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 275.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 2, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-275.02\n\nThe AMSAT 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on Friday,\nNovember 4th through Sunday, November 6th at the Windham Hotel\nin San Jose, California. This year's Symposium coincides the cele-\nbration of the 50th anniversary of OSCAR 1.\n\nSymposium Banquet Speaker and OSCAR 1 developer Lance Ginner, K6GSJ\nprovided Bob Allison, WB1GCM of ARRL's Technical Lab and his team\nwith technical advice to help getting the satellite operational\nagain. Bob will also be at the Symposium and will give a brief talk\non the refurbishment process.\n\nThe refurbished OSCAR-1 was on display at the ARRL exhibit area at\nthe 2011 Dayton Hamvention. We look forward to having the OSCAR 1\nprototype on display during the AMSAT Symposium as well as hear the\nCW transmissions (now managed by a PIC controller) in the 145 MHz\nband.\n\nAdditionally, the AMSAT News Service will re-run the weekly Project\nOSCAR Newsletters to commemorate the 50th anniversary of OSCAR 1.\nDuring the November/December 2011 time frame you will be able to share\nthe excitement of the launch campaign that started it all 50 years\nago.\n\nWatch for the re-publication of the Project OSCAR Newsletters in the\nAMSAT Journal. The Newsletters were hand-typed back in 1961. Thanks\nto Don Ferguson, KD6IRE for scanning the original documents announ-\ncing OSCAR 1.\n\n[ANS thanks the 2011 Symposium Committee for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.03\nAuburn University AubieSat-1 Scheduled for Launch from Vandenberg\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 275.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 2, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-275.03\n\nJM Wersinger, PhD, KI4YAU, Professor Emeritus and Director of Auburn\nUniversity Student Space Program in Alabama wrote this week, \"We fer-\nvently request your assistance in receiving transmissions from an up-\ncoming satellite, AubieSat-1, immediately after its launch from Van-\ndenberg AFB, California, 25 October 2011 at 9:52 UTC. AubieSat-1 (AS-1)\nis an undergraduate - built CubeSat satellite developed by Auburn Uni-\nversity.\n\nAS-1 is designed to transmit with a power of about 800 milliwatts on a\nfrequency of 437.475 MHz, plus or minus Doppler correction.  The beacon\nsignal, along with telemetry, will be sent using A1A continuous wave\nMorse code at 20 words per minute.  Additional telemetry from the on\nboard science experiment will use CW transmissions up to 60 WPM.\n\nBased on the pre-launch orbital data provided by NASA, AS-1 will acti-\nvate after deployment at 12:21 UTC, 25 October 2011.  At that time,\nthe sub-satellite point will be at 34.52 S latitude and 1.52 W longi-\ntude over the South Atlantic Ocean. Our predictions are that the first\nflights over the contiguous United States will begin as shown in the\nfollowing table:\n\nOrbit     AOS      Elevation    LOS      General Locale\n-----  ---------  ----------   --------   ------------\n3      15:54 UTC    >50 deg    16:01 UTC   New York\n4      17:28 UTC    >26 deg    17:35 UTC   Texas\n5      19:07 UTC    >48 deg    19:14 UTC   California\n\nThis information will be updated should there be launch scrubs or per-\nformance changes in the launch, and additional information will be\navailable upon request for specific locations. Reception reports with\ndata contents are welcomed to the following email addresses:\nwersijp at auburn dot edu and tam0013 at auburn dot edu\n\nAn internet Echolink conference group is also planned to begin one-half\nhour prior to launch and continue until about 30 minutes after confir-\nmation of the first receipt of signals from the satellite. Information\non the conference groups title will be distributed nearer to the launch\nfor interested stations.\n\nPlease email wersijp at auburn dot edu if you require additional infor-\nmation and can assist in the reception and tracking\nof AubieSat-1.\n\nLong-time AMSAT Member John Klingelhoeffer, WB4LNM serves as the Tech-\nnical Advisor in Auburn University's Student Space Program.\n\n[ANS thanks Professor Wersinger, KI4YAU at Auburn University for the\n  above information].\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.04\nK6LCS Satellite Presentation at the Anchorage Hamfest\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 275.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 2, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-275.04\n\nCraig Bledsoe, KL4E of the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club (AARC) noted\ntheir September 17 Hamfest featured a first ever remotely-delivered\nkeynote presentation by Clint Bradford, K6LCS.\n\nIn order to facilitate this full-duplex two-way video Skype conference\nbetween Clint's studio in Riverside, California and the Anchorage Ham-\nfest a team of hams assembled the technology to make this happen.\n\nLed by Rich Gillin, AL4S, and Eric Thompson, N6SPP, the team installed\nan AT&T active remote phased-array WiMax antenna at the hamfest and\naimed it towards the AT&T Alascom headquarters on Government Hill many\nmiles away. The resultant broadband signal enabled Clint to present\nover a hundred PowerPoint slides through a laptop computer and projec-\ntion system while his audio was delivered via a Skype connection. Two\nway internet video streaming allowed the audience to see Clint and he\nwas able to see the crowd at the Hamfest.\n\nClint delivered a fascinating look across the spectrum of amateur sat-\nellite operations. From the earliest days of the first OSCAR satellites\nfirst launched over a half-century ago to the organization of AMSAT and\ntoday's comprehensive international efforts to get the latest amateur\ntechnologies into outer space, his presentation covered it all.\n\nClint also taught the basics, showing step-by-step how a beginning ham\ncan use a simple handheld radio and antenna to work the satellites with\ngreat success.\n\nIn addition to all of the on-line satellite discussions, the AARC also\nconducted real-life satellite QSOs from the hamfest before and after\nClint's presentation. Using AO-27, SO-50, and AO51 the host operators\nN6SPP and KL4E worked over a dozen amateur satellite stations in three\ncountries.  Then a number of guest operators who were attending the\nHamfest got on board as well. Several visiting hams made their first\nsatellite QSOs that day - and they were thrilled!\n\nAll-in-all everyone had a great time at the Anchorage Amateur Radio\nClub Hamfest, and many visitors said that they thoroughly enjoyed\nClint's presentation.\n\nClint's satellite pages can be found at: http://www.work-sat.com\n\n[ANS thanks Craig Bledsoe, KL4E of the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club\n  for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.05\nARISS Status - 26 September 2011\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 275.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 2, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-275.05\n\n1. First ARISS Contact for Louisiana\n\nOn Thursday, September 22, the first Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) contact to be held in Louisiana took place between students\nattending Kiroli Elementary School in West Monroe and Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW\non the ISS. Approximately 500 students were on hand for the event.\nRepresentatives from the school board, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)\nand the media were also present. The contact was a featured activity held in\nconjunction with a well developed education plan covering space and\ncommunications. The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) will open its\nobservatory in an upcoming month to Kiroli Elementary to allow students to view\nvarious celestial bodies and events, as well as the planets and stars \nwithin our\nsolar system. Contact information and links to articles, video and audio may be\nfound on this Web site:  http://www.cs.ulm.edu/~pdw/KiroliARISS/\n\n\n2.  ARISS International Team Teleconference Held\n\nThe ARISS monthly teleconference was held on Tuesday, September 20.  Among the\nagenda items discussed were the upcoming Houston face-to-face meeting and the\nHamTV project that ESA plans to support through a contract with Kayser-Italia.\nThe Project Selection and Use committee will discuss HamTV and a second Kenwood\nradio for the Columbus module once the proposals are submitted.  Minutes have\nbeen posted.  See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-09-20.htm\n\n\n3. Astronaut Training Status\n\nThree simulated ARISS contacts were held on Wednesday, September 21. Chris\nHadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG spoke with youth at the Euro Space Camp in Belgium.\nKevin Ford, KF5GPP contacted the Manhattan Challenger Learning Center (CLC) and\nTom Marshburn, KE5HOC answered questions from students at the CLC of\nIndianapolis.  The training sessions were terrestrial-based amateur radio\ncontacts using ARISS equivalent equipment that will prepare the astronauts for\nparticipation in ARISS contacts during their upcoming missions on the ISS. Ford\nis slated to launch with Expedition 33 in September 2012 and Hadfield and\nMarshburn are scheduled to fly with Expedition 34 in November 2012.\n\n\n4. EE Times - ARISSat Blog\n\nOn September 17, a new entry was made to the EE (Electronic Engineering) Times\n\"Chips in Space\" blog about amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1. This week the\nblog covers the project's lessons learned. See:\nhttp://eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/other/4227392/Chips-in-Space--Lessons-\nlearned--Part-1\n\n\n5. World Radio Magazine Covers ARISSat-1\n\nThe World Radio Magazine October 2011 issue featured an article about \nARISSat-1.\n\nTo view the story, \"Amateur Satellites: A Bumpy Ride for ARISSat-1 on \nits Way to\nSpace,\" see: http://www.worldradiomagazine.com/\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's\nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project\nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are\navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n",
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