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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/CGG5EL3ZC254IROF2UCX7N34L775K52T/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "CGG5EL3ZC254IROF2UCX7N34L775K52T", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/CGG5EL3ZC254IROF2UCX7N34L775K52T/", "sender": { "address": "kd4iz (a) frawg.org", "mailman_id": "1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28/emails/" }, "sender_name": "[email protected]", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-271 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2020-10-18T00:12:52Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-292\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* ARRL Comments in Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for October 15, 2020\n* \n* \n* PREDICT-2.2.7 for Linux, Unix, Android, and Raspberry Pi Platforms\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* Tips for the New Operator\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-292.01\nANS-271 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 292.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE 2020 September 27\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-290.01\n\n\nARRL Comments in Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding\n10/13/2020\n\nIn comments to the FCC, ARRL targeted two specific areas of concern \nregarding a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in IB Docket \n18-313 - mitigation of orbital debris in the new space age. In an \nearlier phase of the proceeding, ARRL filed comments and met with FCC \nstaff to discuss the proposed rules. In comments filed on October 9, \nARRL focused on the areas of indemnification and maneuverability/propul-\nsion. Indemnification places the liability for any possible damage from \na satellite on an individual or entity. ARRL reiterated its assertion \nthat, as a practical matter, an indemnification requirement \"would \nseriously impair the ability of amateur and university experimenters to \nlaunch and operate satellites under US auspices\" due to the potential \nliability and high insurance cost.\n\nAdditional information is available at the ARRL Web Site: \nhttps://bit.ly/3iZiGwj\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL News for the above information]\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\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for October 15, 2020\n\nThe following satellites have decayed from orbit and have been removed \nfrom this week's AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution:\n\nMO-106 - Cat ID 44830 (decay epoch = 2020-10-09 per Space-Track).\nTRSI-Sat - Cat ID 44831 (decay epoch = 2020-10-11 per Space-Track).\n\n\nThe following satellite has an estimated decay epoch determined by Space-\nTrack as follows:\n\nEnduroSat One - Cat ID 43551 - estimated decay epoch = 2020-10-15 per\nSpace-Track).\n (Still in orbit as of 2020-10-15 at 04:53 UTC.)\n\nAn updated set of Orbital Elements for October 15, 2020 have been dis-\ntributed via the AMSAT /keps list and are available at the AMSAT website: \nhttps://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the \nabove information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Need 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\nPREDICT-2.2.7 for Linux, Unix, Android, and Raspberry Pi Platforms\n\nJohn Maglicane, KD2BD, has announced the release of PREDICT version \n2.2.7, an Open Source satellite tracking / orbital prediction applic-\nation for Linux and Unix computing environments, including PCs, laptops,\nand Raspberry PIs.\n\nNew in this release is a version of PREDICT that operates on Android \nplatforms under a Termux environment. Now you can carry your smartphone \nin your shirt pocket while voice announcements made by PREDICT's \n\"vocalizer\" tell you where to locate the ISS, Hubble, or other visible \nsatellites in the night sky! There's even an alarm to alert the observer \nwhen the spacecraft enters into eclipse or into sunlight.\n\nAndroid screenshots are available here:\n https://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/SingleTrack-Android.jpg\n https://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/MultiTracking-Android.jpg\n\nThe Linux/Unix version of PREDICT-2.2.7 is available here:\n https://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/predict-2.2.7.tar.gz\n\nAnd the Android/Termux release is available here:\n https://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/predict-2.2.7-termux.tar.gz\n\nBoth versions are source code releases. An included \"configure\" script \nwill configure and compile PREDICT and its associated utilities for your \nspecific platform while you wait.\n\nTermux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment application \nthat is available at no cost through Google Play. Further details are \navailable at:\n https://termux.com/\n\nFurther details on PREDICT are available at:\n https://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/predict.html\nStay safe, stay well, and Happy Tracking!\n73 de John, KD2BD\n\n[ANS thanks John Magliacane, KD2BD 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--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS (awaiting update from AJ9N)\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\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-10-14 18:00 UTC\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and events:\nRamona Lutheran School, Ramona, CA, direct via N6ROR\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz \nThe scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR \n\nContact was successful: Wed 2020-10-14 16:26:13 UTC\n\nARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and\nthe public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations \nor postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide \neveryone with near-real-time updates. \n\nThe following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to \nCOVID-19: \nPostponed: No new schools \nCancelled: No new schools\n\nThe ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ \nWatch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also.\n\nNote that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.\nThe main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at \nhttps://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html \n\nARISS Contact Applications (United States)\nNote, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own \norbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed \ntime. \n\nAll dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date \nand time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS\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\nQuick Hits:\nJerome, F4DXV, is plans to operate from a 1500 meter summit in JN15jo on\nMonday, 19October. He will be on RS-44 beginning at 2000utc specifically \nfor North America. The footprint covers much of eastern NA. This is a \ndifficult operation after dark and Jerome hopes that many will take \nadvantage of the opportunity to work this very rare grid. RS-44 will be \naround 1430km.\n\nDN13/23 and DN22: @KI7UNJ, 10/16 - 10/19: No pass list, just follow \nTwitter, BEACON APRS KI7UNJ-9 KI7UNJ-IOS\n 16th DN13/23 Line\n 17th DN22\n 18th DN22\n 19th DN13/23 Line\n\nKQ2RP is heading to FN44/54 again. Will be on FM birds from FN54 with \noccasional FN44/54 line. FN53 possible. Oct 11-16th. Logging as KQ2RP/1.\n\nEL Grids, @N1PEB 10/10 -10-14: 10/10 EL95 Key Largo, 10/11 EL94 Key \nWest, 10/12 EL84 Dry Tortuga, 10/13 EL94 Key West, 10/14 TBD\n\n>From TI2BSH: October 16, 2020 I will be working in EK71 and will go out \non the satellites:\n AO-91 at 04: 22z,05:57z, 16:38z\n SO-50 at 04: 48z, 15:16z\n If you hear me and want that grid call in international phonetic\n\tcode. 73s\n\nMajor Roves:\nDoug N6UA and Ron AD0DX are planning to activate DL88 on Sunday Oct 25th.\nThis will be a daytime activation only because the Talley Campground is \ncurrently closed. We will be on FM and Linear satellites. Thanks to \neveryone that donated back in April before the COVID restrictions. K5Z \non qrz.com has more details including passes:https://www.qrz.com/db/K5Z \nCurrently the weather looks good and we will be monitoring the weather \nthroughout the week. If there is a chance of rain in the forecast we \nwill have to find another date. \n\nWe are looking forward to giving out this rare grid!\n73\nRon AD0DX and Doug N6UA\n\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the\nabove information]\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nClint Bradford, K6LCS will give his \"Work the FM Voice Satellites With \nMinimal Equipment\" Zoom presentation on the following dates for:\n10/27/2020 - Cherryland ARC / Traverse Bay ARC\nAdditional presentations are in the planning stage:\nTBD - Antelope Valley (CA) ARC and a private presentation for a \nBoy Scout troop in Danville, Pennsylvania\n\nClub Groups are asked to update their copies of the Zoom application \nprior to the scheduled session by directly downloading it from \nhttps://zoom.us/\n\n[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6CLS for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ NASA will provide live coverage of the return to Earth for agency\n astronaut Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR, and two Russian cosmonauts Wednes-\n day, Oct. 21, after six months aboard the International Space Sta-\n tion. Cassidy, the Expedition 63 commander, and cosmonauts Anatoly\n Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, will close the hatch to their\n Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft at 20:10 UTC Wednesday. Their Soyuz will un-\n dock at 23:32z. A parachute-assisted landing is set for 02:55z on\n Oct. 22 on the steppe of Kazakhstan. Complete coverage of the return\n will be available on NASA TV and the agency's website,\n https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive\n (ANS thanks NASA for the above information)\n\n+ Joe Werth, KE9AJ Tweets about a new distance record set for AO-7 Mode A:\n \"Amazing QSO with Olivier, @F5RRO on AO-7 MODE A. Breaking a 40 year old\n AMSAT distance record at 6,879 km. Olivier used a MA5B Yagi and I used\n my Moxon..... Thanks Olivier!\" The path map may be seen at:\n https://bit.ly/2SUSeJM\n (ANS thanks Joe Werth, KE9AJ for passing along the above information)\n\n+ GNU Radio Project (@gnuradio) tweeted at 3:52 PM on Tue, Oct 13, 2020:\n Wylie Standage-Beier's @thewyliestcoyot workshop on Writing GNU Radio\n Blocks is up on YouTube! A hands on intro to blocks, flowgraphs, and\n systems from simple Python simulation of a phase shift keyed signal in\n white noise to a functioning communications system. Link to Twitter\n Feed and Youtube link: https://t.co/XldgMCJeLy\n (ANS thanks JoAnn Maenpaa, K9JKM for relaying the above information\n from Twitter)\n\n+ OSIRIS-REx, which launched in 2016 and has been orbiting the asteroid\n Bennu in microgravity since 2018, is going to try its first Touch And\n Go (TAG) maneuver next week. This maneuver involves autonomously des-\n cending toward the asteroid with the craft's sample arm extended,\n briefly making contact, using nitrogen gas to blow loose material in-\n to a sample collection head, and returning to orbit. The pristine\n sample should arrive back on Earth in September 2023. Visualization\n at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjlGYHJ2560&feature=youtu.be\n (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information)\n\n+ Blue Origin's reusable suborbital New Shepard flew on October 13 for\n the first time since December 2019, completing its 13th flight, and\n seventh reuse for this booster. The mission successfully carried sev-\n eral NASA experiments, including a \"microgravity LilyPond\"--a hydro-\n ponic chamber for growing edible aquatic plants in space--and a sys-\n tem for precise planetary landing that uses both terrain relative\n navigation (for high altitude use, soon to be used for landing by\n Mars 2020) and LiDAR (for final propulsive landing), with a planned\n application to upcoming lunar landing missions.\n (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information)\n\n+ Tweeted on October 13: Premier signers of Virgin Orbit's payload wall,\n @AMSAT RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E is out of our hands and in the hands of\n @Virgin_Orbit to fly as part of Launcher One's first payload. Great fun\n sharing in their new experience and first integration. And tours of\n their facilities to boot!\n https://twitter.com/n0jy/status/1315878009371422720?s=27\n \n (ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT VP Engineering, for the above\n information) \n\n+ Soyuz crew docks with International Space Station: In a mission marking\n the end of an era, NASA astronaut and former virus hunter Kate Rubins,\n using NASA's last currently contracted seat on a Russian Soyuz\n spacecraft, rocketed into orbit Wednesday with two cosmonaut crewmates\n on a record-setting flight to the International Space Station.\n\n Celebrating her 42nd birthday, Rubins' launch came just two weeks\n before 20th anniversary of the arrival of the station's first crew on\n Nov. 2, 2000. Since then, the lab complex has been continuously staffed\n by rotating crews, or expeditions, of American, Russian, Japanese,\n European and Canadian fliers along with a handful of space tourists.\n Additional information is avalable at: https://bit.ly/31brNUw\n\n(ANS thanks Spaceflight Now and CBS News for the above information)\n \n+ Oxygen supply fails on Russian segment of ISS, crew not in danger\n (Oct 15, 2020) The oxygen supply system has failed in a module on the\n Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) but the crew\n is in no danger, Russian space agency Roscosmos said Thursday.\n The oxygen supply system on the Zvezda module on the orbital lab failed\n late on Wednesday but a second system on the American segment is\n operating normally, a Roscosmos spokesperson told AFP.\n \"Nothing threatens the security of the crew and the ISS,\" said the\n spokesperson, adding this repair work to fix the issue would be carried\n out on Thursday.\n The issue arose after three new crew -- two Russian cosmonauts and an\n American astronaut -- reached the ISS on Wednesday to bring the number\n of current crew on board to six. Additional information\n at:https://bit.ly/31aO596\n\n (ANS thanks Spacetravel and AFP for the above information)\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nTips for the New Satellite Operator [Tentative Add-on FOR CONSIDERATION]\n\nThis is the first of a what I hope to be a monthly New Satellite Opera-\ntors Corner. I will offer AMSAT New Operator tips and links to AMSAT \nresources for new operators and posts from various interest groups where \nuseful info is published. This weeks tip comes from Rick, WA6NDR via \[email protected]. I hope you find this as useful as I have. \nJack, KD4IZ, Editor, AMSAT News Service. \n\nTip of the month: TH-D74A ISS APRS settings \nFrom: Rick - WA6NDR\n\"I was able to make an ISS APRS contact today with just the TH-D74A and \nan Arrow antenna (details at the end). I started with a video from Don \nW6GPS and documented what I ended up doing including minor changes. \nChange the call sign and email address to yours. \"Personal preference\" \nsettings are optional. The reasoning behind most of the settings is \ngiven in Don's video. I am using TH-D74A firmware v1.10 (with v1.11 \nreleased 8/26/2020 but not seeming worth the installation time).\"\n.\tMenu 800 = SD Card, Export, Config Data (FOR LATER IMPORT AND NORMAL\n\tOPERATION).\n.\tMenu 999 = Config, System, Full Reset\n.\t[F]DUAL to set A band only.\n.\tMenu 900 = Config, Display, Backlight Control = On\n.\tMenu 404 = GPS, Basic Settings, Battery Saver = Off\n.\tMenu 500 = APRS, Basic Settings, My Callsign = WA6NDR-7\n.\tMenu 503 = APRS, Basic Settings, Status Text = 1/1, \"VIA ISS\n [email protected]\"\n.\tMenu 504 = APRS, Basic Settings, Packet Path = Others1, \"ARISS\"\n.\tMenu 507 = APRS, Basic Settings, DCD Sense = Detect Data\n.\tMenu 511 = APRS, Beacon TX Control, Initial Interval = 30 min.\n.\tMenu 512 = APRS, Beacon TX Control, Decay Algorithm = Off\n.\tMenu 513 = APRS, Beacon TX Control, Prop. Pathing = Off\n.\tMenu 514 = APRS, Beacon TX Control, Speed = Off\n.\tMenu 903 = Config, Display, Power-on Message = \"WA6NDR ISS\"\n.\tMenu 904 = Config, Display, Single Band Display = GPS(GS)\n.\tMenu 920 = Config, Battery, Battery Saver = Off\n.\tMenu 921 = Config, Battery, Auto Power Off = Off\n.\tMenu 950 = Config, Date & Time, Setting = <local>, UTC -7:00\n.\tVFO, set frequency to 145.825 MHz\n.\t[F]APRS (see \"APRS 12\" on the top display, GPS info on bottom).\n.\tPersonal preference, for SD Card recording and save to PC. \no\tMenu 941 = Config, Auxiliary, PF2 = Recording (on/off)\no\tMenu 944 = Config, Auxiliary, PF3 (Mic) = Screen Capture\no\tMenu 980 = Config, Interface, USB Function = Mass Storage\n.\tMenu 800 = SD Card, Export, Config Data (FOR ISS OPERATION).\n.\tOperation \no\tArrow 146/437-10WBP antenna: Use only the 2m 3-element part.\no\tOpen squelch: [F]MONI, KNOB CCW, ENT. Listen, watch...\no\tBCON to send a beacon. BCON again (off). Repeat.\n\n(ANS thanks Rick Nungester, WA6NDR for this information)\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, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ\n\nkd4iz at amsat dot org\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }
