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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/CTIA5D5BQGU7X6CKWI3JDLJO2DEQCWMO/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "CTIA5D5BQGU7X6CKWI3JDLJO2DEQCWMO", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/CTIA5D5BQGU7X6CKWI3JDLJO2DEQCWMO/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "wao (a) vfr.net", "mailman_id": "9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Joseph Spier", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-108 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-04-17T04:34:05Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-108\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* New AO-85 Distance Record Claimed\n* First-Ever D-STAR Satellite to Launch\n* TAPR Digital Forum Schedule at Dayton Hamvention, Friday, 5/20\n* Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Named as IARU Satellite Adviser\n* Contest - Catch the signal of e-st@r-II CubeSat\n* Satellite DX Operation\n* ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference\n* ULA University CubeSat Competition\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-108.01\nANS-108 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 108.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE April 17, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-108.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew AO-85 Distance Record Claimed\n\n\n5,751 km is the new claimed distance record for a QSO on AO-85.\nBetrand Demarcq, FG8OJ, in Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe (FK96ig) worked\nJose Elias Diaz Rodriguez, EB1FVQ, in Vigo, Spain (IN52pe) at 19:15\nUTC on April 14, 2016. A recording of the QSO is available here:\nhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/s0o1b1as1xlcrjs/eb1fvq.mp3\n\nThe AMSAT Satellite Distance Records page is located at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4751\nNew record claims may be sent to\[email protected].\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA and Paul, N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFirst-Ever D-STAR Satellite to Launch\n\n\nThe first-ever satellite to carry a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for\nAmateur Radio) Amateur Radio payload into space is expected to launch on\nApril 22 from Guiana. The OUFTI-1 (Orbital Utility For Telecommunication\nInnovations) CubeSat is one of three CubeSats developed by student teams \nunder\nthe European Space Agency (ESA) Education Office \"Fly Your Satellite!\"\nprogram, which is aimed at training the next generation of aerospace\nprofessionals. The satellites arrived in South America on March 25, \nfollowed\nby the student teams a few days later.\n\nOn March 30 the students pulled the \"Remove Before Flight\" pins and\nsuccessfully verified that their CubeSats were ready for launch before\nreplacing the access ports on the P-POD, which will secure the CubeSats \nprior\nto and during launch and then will release them into orbit. The next \ntime the\nstudents will have contact with their respective CubeSats will be through\ntheir spacecraft's communication link, after the CubeSats have been \ndeployed\ninto orbit. Once thermal-optical tape has been applied to the P-POD to \nshield\nthe CubeSats from extreme thermal radiation during the launch phase, the \nP-POD\nwill be integrated with the Soyuz launch vehicle.\n\nConstructed by students at the University of Liege in Belgium (ULg), \nOUFTI-1\nwill be the first satellite to carry an Amateur Radio D-STAR transponder.\nDeveloped by the Japan Amateur Radio League, D-STAR enables the \nsimultaneous\ntransmission of voice and digital data as well as call sign-based \nroaming via\nthe Internet.\n\n\"The OUFTI-1 D-STAR repeater will be available either as a direct\ncommunication repeater between two users, and as an extension of the ULg\nD-STAR repeater,\" explains the article \"D-STAR digital amateur \ncommunications\nin space with OUFTI-1 CubeSat\" by Jonathan Pisane, ON7JPD; Amandine Denis,\nON4EYA, and Jacques Verly, ON9CWD, all of ULg. The CubeSat's frequencies \nare\n145.950 MHz (FSK AX.25), and D-STAR down, with an uplink at 435.045 MHz.\nOUFTI-1 will carry a CW beacon transmitting on 145.980 MHz.\n\nThe other two CubeSats are from Italy and Denmark. The CubeSat e-st@r-II \nfrom\nthe Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, will demonstrate an attitude\ncontrol system using measurements of Earth's magnetic field. It will \ntransmit\nCW and 1.2 k AFSK on 437.485 MHz. AAUSAT4 from the University of Aalborg,\nDenmark, will operate an automated ocean vessel identification system. \nIt will\ntransmit on 437.425 MHz.\n\nSee\nhttps://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/202_jun_2013.pdf\n\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL Letter for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTAPR Digital Forum Schedule at Dayton Hamvention, Friday, 5/20\n\n\nTAPR Digital Forum Schedule\nModerator: Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI\n\n9:15 to 9:25 am Introduction by Steve Bible, N7HPR, TAPR President\n\n9:25 to 9:35 am \"Write for QST/QEX\" by Kai Siwiak KE4PT, QEX Editor\n\n9:35 to 10:00 am \"SatNOGS - A network of open source satellite ground\nstations\". by Corey Shields KB9JHU\nAbstract: CubeSat operators tend to have few ground stations of their \nown and\nrely on amateur operators to help collect telemetry. With CubeSat \ndeployments\non the rise, more and more data is lost as there are not enough ground \nstations\nlistening. The SatNOGS Project is a Network of Open Source Satellite Ground\nStations, focusing on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. In this \npresentation,\nwe introduce SatNOGS as a way to increase the amount of data collected from\nthese satellites and returned to their operators. Learn what the SatNOGS\nproject is, how it works, and what we have planned for the future of amateur\nradio satellite reception.\n\n10:00 to 10:25 am \"HamWAN High Speed IP Radio Network\" by Bryan Fields, W9CR\nAbstract: Presented will be an amateur radio high-speed IP backbone concept\n(HamWAN) with an emphases on building regional highly available networks.\nUtilizing the same techniques which enable the Internet, Amateur Radio \nnetworks\nmay be built connecting projects to the Internet or other sites. \nIncluded will\nbe an update on the regional HamWAN network deployments.\n\n10:25 to 10:50 am \"SDR Disrupt\" by Chris Testa, KD2BMH\nAbstract: Tools and techniques for software defined radio continue to evolve\nat a rapid pace, and we'll go over the landscape and advancements in SDR\ntechnologies this past year. Numerous technologies are driving the \npower-price-\nperformance curve to a new level of efficiency. We'll take a look at John\nStephensen, KD6OZH's mesh project (part of TAPR), which helps pave the \nway for\nnext-generation wireless links. Latest developments in digital voice \nwill also\nbe discussed.\n\n10:50 to 11:15 am \"Spectrum Monitoring with Software Defined Radio\" by Mike\nOssmann, AD0NR\nAbstract: Having developed HackRF One, the world's lowest cost wideband\nSoftware Defined Radio transceiver, the HackRF project continues to produce\nopen source hardware designs for SDR. Find out about our designs in \ndevelopment\nnow and our ideas for future boards that will enable the next generation \nof SDR\nenthusiasts.\n\nMore information about TAPR activities at the Dayton Hamvention at:\nhttp://www.tapr.org/dayton.html\n\n\n[ANS thanks TAPR for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Named as IARU Satellite Advisor\n\n\nThe International Amateur Radio Union is pleased to announce that Hans\nBlondeel Timmerman, PB2T, is appointed to serve as IARU Satellite Advisor.\n\nThe appointment is effective immediately. Blondeel Timmerman was first\nlicensed in 1980 and has served as VERON HF Manager from 2000-2001 and as\nVERON Vice President from 2001-2008. He was a member of the IARU Region 1\nExecutive Committee from 2002-2008 and served as IARU Region 1 President \nfrom\n2008-2014. Blondeel Timmerman has served as EUDXF President since 2004 and\ncurrently serves as a YASME Foundation Director. He is retired from the\nNetherlands Army Signal Corps after a 38 year career working on satellite\nprojects and spectrum management. He lives in the Netherlands with his \nwife\nMargareet, K2XYL and has 2 adult sons.\n\nThe IARU Satellite Advisor represents the IARU to the satellite \ncommunity and\nthe various amateur satellite organizations and performs satellite \nfrequency\ncoordination according to the guidelines established by the IARU. In\naddition, the position calls for maintaining a database of coordination\nrequests and letters, report to the IARU Administrative Council on issues\nrelated to satellites and satellite frequency coordination and, if \nrequested,\nto provide technical and operation advice to assist the representation \nof the\namateur satellite service to the International Telecommunication Union. \nThe\nSatellite Advisor is assisted by a panel of volunteer satellite advisory\nmembers.\n\nBlondeel Timmerman replaces Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, who has \nserved as\nIARU Satellite Adviser since 1994. Van de Groenendaal has established many\nof the procedures used for amateur satellite frequency coordination and has\nbeen a critical contributor to the process of satellite frequency \ncoordination\nfor IARU. The IARU is grateful for Hans van de Groenendaal’s excellent \nwork\nand thanks him for his years of service in this important position. He will\nremain as special adviser to the satellite committee.\n\nAny additional information can be obtained from the International Amateur\nRadio Union, PO Box 310905, Newington, CT 06131-0905 USA\nPhone +1 860 594 0200\nFax +1 860 594 0259.\n\nIARU Satellite Page\nhttp://www.iaru.org/satellite.html\n\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/hans-blondeel-timmerman-pb2t-named-as-iaru-satellite-\nadvisor\n\n\n[ANS thanks the IARU and the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nContest - Catch the signal of e-st@r-II CubeSat\n\n\nWe are the CubeSat Team of Politecnico di Torino, and we are writing to \ninform\nyou about the contest we have announced today.\n\nThe CubeSat Team is a student team of Politecnico di Torino involved in the\ndesign and development of small platforms for scientific missions and for\ntesting new technologies. We are guys enthralled by space activities.\nUndergraduate and graduate students work together with researchers and\nprofessors to create a real hands-on experience.\n\n“SPACE IN A CUBE: MISSIONS OF THE FUTURE” is our motto! We believe that \nsmall\nsatellites can contribute to a broad set of science goals and space based\nservices. Our CubeSat missions aim at conceiving new scenarios and\ntechnologies to serve the scientific community while educating students \nin the\nchallenging field of aerospace engineering.\n\nOur first CubeSat, e-st@r-I, was launched into orbit on February 2012, \nand the\nsecond satellite, e-st@r-II, will be launched next week: the Soyuz \nlaunch ST-A\nVS14 is scheduled on April 22, 2016, at exactly 09:02:13 p.m UTC, from the\nEuropean spaceport in French Guiana\n\nhttp://www.arianespace.com/mission/ariane-flight-vs14/\n\nIt is just one week to launch… it’s time for us to prepare for operations.\nTo celebrate this date, we invite the radio-ham community to support the\ne-st@r-II mission by participating in the contest to listen for our CubeSat\nfrom orbit!\nWe have prizes for the first to receive the e-st@r-II signal and for the \none\nwho provides us with the higher number of packets received in the first \nmonth\nin orbit!\n\nAll details of the competition can be found at our official webpage:\nhttp://www.cubesatteam-polito.com/operations/radio-amateurs/\n\nFollow the daily updates on our Facebook page\nhttps://www.facebook.com/CubeSatTeam .\n\nThank you in advance for your help in collecting TLM packets….. and \nbreak a leg!\n\nCubeSat Team\nWebsite: http://areeweb.polito.it/cubesat-team/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CubeSatTeam\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/CubeSatTeam\n\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM and the CubeSat Team of Politecnico di Torino for\nthe above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite DX Operation\n\n\nBahamas (FL15) - Bryan Green, KL7CN, plans to be active during daytime\npasses of FO-29 and SO-50 from Nassau, Bahamas as C6ACN on Tuesday,\nApril 19, 2016 and from Coco Cay, Bahamas midday on Wednesday, April\n20, 2016 (times TBD). The plan is subject to change. See @kl7cn on\nTwitter for updates.\n\nPosted on the AMSAT Upcoming Satellite Operations page\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3921\n\n\n[ANS thanks Paul, N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference\n\n\nTechnical papers are solicited for presentation at the 35th Annual \nARRL/TAPR\nDigital Communications Conference, to be held September 16-18 in\nSt. Petersburg, Florida. Papers will also be published in the Conference\nProceedings. Authors do not need to attend the conference to have their \npapers\nincluded in the Proceedings. The submission deadline is July 31, 2016.\n\nThe ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference is an international \nforum for\ntechnically minded radio amateurs to meet and present new ideas and\ntechniques. Paper/presentation topic areas include -- but are not \nlimited to --\n\nsoftware defined radio (SDR),\ndigital voice,\ndigital satellite communication,\ndigital signal processing (DSP),\nHF digital modes,\nadapting IEEE 802.11 systems for Amateur Radio,\nGlobal Positioning System (GPS),\nAutomatic Position Reporting System (APRS),\nLinux in Amateur Radio,\nAX.25 updates and Internet interoperability with Amateur Radio networks.\n\nSubmit papers to via e-mail to\[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>\nor via postal mail to:\nMaty Weinberg, KB1EIB, ARRL,\n225 Main St,\nNewington, CT 06111.\n\nPapers will be published exactly as submitted, and authors will retain all\nrights. Please do not email zip files as these will be rejected by our \nservers.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Steve Ford, WB8IMY ARRL QST Editor for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nULA University CubeSat Competition\n\n\nTo U.S. colleges and universities:\nUnited Launch Alliance has posted the application for its University CubeSat\nCompetition and entries are due June 1, 2016!\n\nThe application and more information is located at\nhttp://www.ulalaunch.com/cubesats.aspx.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ULA and CubeSat.org mailing list for theabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Events\n\n\nInformation about AMSAT activities at other important events around\nthe country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where\nAMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working\namateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with\nAMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,\nforums, and/or demonstrations).\n\n*Monday, 25 April 2016, AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW will give “An\nOverview of AMSAT” presentation to the Greensboro (NC) Amateur Radio\nAssocaition. The meeting will be held at Captain Bill’s Seafood restaurant\nlocated at 6108 W Market St, Greensboro, NC. Attendees meet for dinner \naround\n1815 with the club meeting starting at 1915. The club’s website is \nw4gso.org.\n\n*Friday through Sunday, 29 April-1 May 2016, ARRL Nevada State Convention\nin Las Vegas NV\n\n*Saturday, 7 May 2016 – Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest in Sierra\nVista AZ\n\n*Saturday, 14 May 2016 – Matanuska Amateur Radio Association Hamfest in\nWasilla AK\n\n*Saturday, 4 June 2016 – White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low AZ\n\n*Saturday, 13 August 2016 – KL7KC Hamfest in Fairbanks AK\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nSucessful Contacts\n\nColegio Santa Rosa, Yerba Buena, Argentina, direct via LU1KCQ\nThe ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut was Jeff Williams KD5TVQ\nContact was successful!\n\nCongrats to Argentina on this ARISS event and contact with Jeff Williams!\nAll 16 questions answered by Jeff Williams\n170 students present with Teachers and others.\n3 TV and 3 Radio Stations on site !\n\nGagarin from Space. This session was amateur radio communications, Orla,\nRussia, direct via RK3EWW\nThe ISS callsign was scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut was Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP\nContact was successful for 2016-04-16 15:14 UTC\n\n From Claudio, IK1SLD in Italy:\nToday the contact with RK3EWW Gagarin from Space was succesful.\nCommunications opened at 15:14:45 UTC and from my home I was able to \ncopy near\n3 minutes.\nThis is the link to the file (of course I copied only the cosmonaut answer):\n\nhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp8JadKjPOmekRIQlpzdWJfZ0U/view?usp=sharing\n\nUSA Science and Engineering Festival, Washington, D.C., telebridge via \nIK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign was scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut was Timothy Peake KG5BVI\nContact was successful: Sat 2016-04-16 18:19:28 UTC 78 deg\n\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\nSt Richards Catholic College, Bexhill on Sea, UK, direct via GB4SRC\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI\nContact is a go for: Mon 2016-04-18 14:56:06 UTC 85 deg\n\nAn International Space Station school contact has been planned with\nparticipants at St Richards Catholic College, Bexhill on Sea, UK on 18 Apr.\nThe event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:56 UTC. The duration of\nthe contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be\ndirect between GB1SS and GB4SRC. The contact should be audible over the \nUK and\nadjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the \n145.80 MHz\ndownlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.\n\nSt Richard's Catholic College is a Science Specialist school tucked between\nthe South Downs and the English Channel. We have 1000 pupils on roll \nbetween\nYears 7-11. We provide an inclusive education for Catholic and Christian\npupils covering an extended catchment area covering approximately a 30 mile\nradius. St Richard's was awarded Teaching School status late in 2014 and we\nare the lead school in the Thrive Alliance, an association of primary \nschools,\nsecondary schools and a sixth form college as well as lead in the Sussex\nScience Subject Hub. We are also a strategic partner in the Sussex Maths \nHub.\nSt Richards' Science department enjoys a very strong relationship with the\nUniversity of Sussex (particularly Astronomy & Physics); University of\nGreenwich (Outreach)and we sit on the STEM Focus Group hosted by the\nUniversity of Brighton's STEMSussex.\n\nWe are a keen supporter of STEM events in our region, with particular \nsuccess\nat the Annual STEMFest event where we have won prizes at the National \nScience\nand Engineering Competition for the last four years, twice through to \nnational\ncompetition. STEMSussex have used St Richard's STEM Clubs' provision as an\nexemplar due to its success in engaging pupils of all abilities across all\nyear groups. The department has also enjoyed high quality Continuous\nProfessional Development engagement in the STEM agenda with involvement in\n'Space as a context for teaching science' courses and a future STEM project\nwith the University of Reykjavik in Iceland.\n\nWe enjoy Space Camp UK, a residential trip with all things \"spacy\" at the\nNational Space Centre and Duxford. The coordinating teacher, Dr Joolz \nDurkin,\nis the curriculum enhancement for science and is also an enthusiastic \n\"Space\nAmbasador\" and has worked with the Tim Peake Primary Project at Parklands\nInfants Eastbourne, Dallington School in Dallington, Pebsham Primary in\nBexhill on Sea and Vinehall School in Heathfield as part of this link up.\n\nParticipants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:\n\n1. You have mentioned in an earlier call that you have been sleeping very\n well on the Space Station. Is that still the case or have you found \nany\n cumulative effects after four months in space ?\n\n2. As the ISS hosts astronauts from many different nationalities, what\n public holidays do the crew observe, if any, and how are they chosen?\n\n3. St Richards and two of our Primary Project Partner school, \nDallington and\n Vinehall are taking part in the RHS 'Rocket Science' Experiment \nfrom the\n Principia Mission. How will the results from this experiment\n influence future planning for growing similar samples in another \nplanet's\n gravity?\n\n4. We have seen the preparation with Heston Blumental of an exciting\n astronaut menu for the mission - does the food taste the same in \nspace as\n it did on Earth?\n\n5. In a sealed spacecraft like the International Space Station, how is the\n air quality monitored and controlled?\n\n6. We see the wonderful time lapse images of the ISS orbiting the \nEarth, but\n what I like looking at are the stars and making out the \nconstellations.\n Do you do any astronomical research on the ISS?\n\n7. During the mission you yourself are part of experiments using the \nBritish\n designed MMS Cerebral and Cochlear Fluid Pressure Analyser to collect\n data for the NASA Fluid Shifts investigation. Which aspect of the\n self-experimentation has been the most interesting or challenging?\n\n8. Are there any experiments that rely on naked flames on the ISS? If so,\n how are they carried out and what low gravity precautions are employed?\n\n9. If I oversleep my parents will wake me up - have you overslept on \nthe ISS\n and had to be woken up by someone?\"\n\n10. The distance between Bexhill and Brighton is 31 miles with a journey\n time by car of nearly 50 minutes. How much time would it take for the\n ISS to do this trip?\n\n11. What are the greatest challenges of living in space and in retaining a\n permanent crew on board the ISS?\n\n12. You have tweeted some amazing and beautiful images of the aurora. Have\n you been able to monitor solar flare or CME activity and correlate to\n the brightness of the aurora?\n\n13. How does it feel to be able to see all humanity?\n\n14. Is the ISS affected by the Earth's magnetic field?\n\n15. On Sunday you will be joining thousands of others in taking part in \nthe\n London Marathon. What special routines have you trained for this in\n space?\n\n16. In the London marathon, runners will have natural cooling as the run -\n how do you regulate your body temperature in a sealed environment \nsuch\n as the ISS?.\n\n17. We understand you are taking part in the Skin B research on the ISS?\n Can you share any interesting findings?\n\n18. You have tweeted that having a bacon sandwich and cup of tea on \narrival\n at the ISS was the best welcome possible. What food are you looking\n forward to on landing?\n\n19. What is special about space suits that help you breathe in space \nwhen on\n an EVA?\n\n20. How smooth was the launch in December?\n\n\nSTEM Trajectory Initiative with Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque\nNew Mexico, direct via NM5HD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ\nContact is a go for: Fri 2016-04-22 17:32:37 UTC 83 deg\n\nWellesley House School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK, direct via GB1WHS\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI\nContact is a go for: Sat 2016-04-23 12:10:50 UTC 62 deg\n\nWatch\nhttp://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html\nfor information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Dave, AA4KN, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nFemtoSat Under Development\n\nNow we're getting even smaller than a 1U ... try 3cm x 3cm x 3cm. Meet\nfemtosat ...\n\nhttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_next_big_thing_in_space_is_really_really\n_small_999.html\n\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM for the above information]\n\n\nSatellite Show in Moreno Valley, CA 05/05/16\n\nClint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his \"How to Work the FM\nAmateur Satellites With Your HT\" session at the Moreno Valley\nAmateur Radio Association on Thursday, May 5, 2016. ALL are\nwelcome to attend.\n\n“The MVARC has been a LONG-time supporter of the ARRL, quite\nactive in their communities, and I am honored that they are asking\nme back for another presentation,” Clint writes.\n\nAttendees will be shown everything needed to work the FM voice ham\nsatellites - with a re-occurring theme of, \"Most hams already have\nmost of the necessary equipment ... \" Attendees can download a\nfour-page tutorial beforehand at ...\n\nhttp://www.work-sat.com\n\n... and Clint welcomes pre-presentation questions. Call him at\n909-999-SATS (909-999-7287), or send email to [email protected] .\n\nMay 5, 2016\nLake Perris State Recreation Area\n17801 Lake Perris Drive\nPerris, CA 9257\nMeeting Room at Parking Lot Number 9\nCall-in frequency 146.500 simplex once you are in the park.\n(Just tell the Ranger at the gate you are going to the MVARA\nham radio meeting - you won’t need to pay admission at the gate.)\n\n[ANS thanks Clint, K6LCS for the above information]\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,\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }