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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/D5SIZJOV2YESILMVN55IIFKU4EYSVCEE/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+sotn-udXE2eZz3kGu-qO3Bfh94L+Tham=JL7zHKOScyonA@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "D5SIZJOV2YESILMVN55IIFKU4EYSVCEE", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/D5SIZJOV2YESILMVN55IIFKU4EYSVCEE/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "mccardelm (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-083 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2013-03-24T19:41:21Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-083\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the\nactivities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share\nan active interest in designing, building, launching and\ncommunicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Come See AMSAT at Dayton 2013\n* Dayton Hamvention 2013 AMSAT Forum\n* More 'AMSAT at Dayton' News\n* ISS Expedition 35 Crew To Include Three Licensed Hams\n* ARISS News\n* [QB50] 5th European CubeSat Symposium - ESA sponsorship - Deadline\n postponed\n* March/April 2013 AMSAT Journal Heading for the Print Shop\n* KiwiSAT - All systems are now flight ready\n* New Swiss Small Satellite Launch System\n* Raspberry Pi as WSPR transmitter up to 250 MHz\n* Houston based WebSDR for 2m Ham Band\n* AMSAT Helps at Monrovia HS Science Expo and ISS Downlink\n* Music in Space Downlink With the International Space Station\n* Argentine CubeBug-1 satellite will have amateur radio digipeater\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-083.01\nANS-083 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 083.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 24, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-083.01\n\n\n*****************************************************************\n* Volunteers are needed to help at the AMSAT booth at Dayton. *\n* Steve Belter N9IP, is looking for volunteers to help man the *\n* AMSAT booth during the 2013 Hamvention. If you are willing *\n* to help at the Hamvention, please send an e-mail by April 30 *\n* to Steve Belter, [email protected]. *\n* *\n* Monitor the 'AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2013' link on the new *\n* AMSAT Web Site http://www.amsat.org for the latest AMSAT at *\n* Dayton news and developments *\n*****************************************************************\n\n\nCome See AMSAT at Dayton 2013\n\nThe 2013 Dayton Hamvention, sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio\nAssociation will be held this year on May 17-19, 2013. \"Dayton\" is\nthe largest hamfest in the United States, and AMSAT will be there\nagain this year.\n\nAMSAT's theme for Dayton will be \"AMSAT - A View to the Future.\"\nCome see AMSAT in Ball Arena, right across from the ARRL area and\njust inside the door from the Satellite Demonstration area.\n\nThe AMSAT booth will feature AMSAT Engineering, new publications,\nnew apparel, amateur satellite hardware and software. The AMSAT\nForum will be on Saturday May 18. Plan to visit all of the AMSAT\nactivities!\n\n+ The booth will feature an engineering model of the 1U Fox Cubesat\n+ AMSAT Publications\n+ AMSAT Apparel\n+ Station Hardware\n+ The latest version SatPC32 tracking software\n+ Renew your AMSAT membership at the AMSAT booth too.\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDayton Hamvention 2013 AMSAT Forum\n\nThis year's AMSAT Forum will be held is on Saturday in Room 5,\nfrom 1115\nto 1330 EDT. There will be an open Q&A session after the talks.\n\nModerator: Alan Biddle, WA4SCA\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\"AMSAT Status Report.\" Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA President,\nwill highlight recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of the\nchallenges, accomplishments, and exciting projects of the\norganization.\n\n\"A report on ARISS.\" Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President\nfor Human Spaceflight, will discuss amateur operations on the\nInternational Space Station.\n\n\"AMSAT Fox Satellite Program,\" Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, AMSAT-NA\nEngineering VP, will present the current Status of the AMSAT Fox\nCubeSat Projects.\n\n\"The AMSAT-UK FUNcube CubeSat.\" Howard Long, G6LVB, AMSAT-UK\nCommittee Member, will discuss the FUNcube project which will enable\namateurs and students to use and learn about satellites.\n\n\"Amateur Satellites, Education, and You!\" Mark Hammond, N8MH, AMSAT-\nNA Educational Relations VP, will discuss what satellite operators\ncan do to support the educational goals of AMSAT.\n\n[ANS thanks Alan WA4SCA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMore 'AMSAT at Dayton' News\n\n+ AMSAT Hotel\n\nThe cutoff date to book a room with the AMSAT group is April 25.\nIf you are interested in staying with AMSAT at Dayton, please call\nMartha at the AMSAT Office at 301-589-6062.\n\n+ Thursday Night Dinner and Beverages at Tickets Pub and Eatery\n\nThursday night, May 16, 1830-???? at the Tickets Pub and Eatery in\nFairborn, OH. This is a great chance to relax after a hard day's\ntravel or setting up the AMSAT display area. Very informal. Click\nthe 'AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2013' button on the new Web Site:\nhttp://www.amsat.org.\n\n+ AMSAT/TAPR Friday Night Banquet\n\nAMSAT/TAPR Banquet on Friday night, May 17 is one of the main AMSAT\nactivities during the 2013 Hamvention at Dayton. Banquet tickets\nwill not be sold at the AMSAT booth during the Hamvention so reser-\nvations must be made through the AMSAT Store. For the latest details\nabout the Banquet go to the 'AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2013' button\non the new Web Site: http://www.amsat.org. The link to the AMSAT\nStore to purchase the Banquet tickets will be found there. Tickets\nare $30 apiece.\n\n+ Satellite Demonstration Area\n\nAMSAT is encouraging everyone attending the 2013 Dayton Hamvention\nto come by the Satellite Demonstration Area just outside of the Ball\nArena entrance for live demonstrations making contacts using the\namateur satellites. There will be AMSAT volunteers there to explain\nhow to make the contacts and during actual satellite passes. Lists of\nsatellite pass times will be posted in the satellite demonstration\narea and at the AMSAT booth.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT's 2013 Dayton Committee for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nISS Expedition 35 Crew To Include Three Licensed Hams\n\nA report posted on Space-Travel.com says Russian cosmonauts Pavel\nVinogradov, RV3BS and Alexander Misurkin and NASA astronaut Chris\nCassidy have arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to\nprepare for the March 29 launch to the International Space Station.\n\nTheir Soyuz spacecraft is to reach the ISS in a record six hours\ndue to a new fast-track launch trajectory.\n\nThe ISS will have a crew of six upon arrival of the Soyuz when Vino-\ngradov, Misurkin and Cassidy join with Russian cosmonaut Roman Roman-\nenko, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG, and US astro-\nnaut Thomas Marshburn, KE5HOC are already aboard the space station.\n\nSee http://tinyurl.com/March29-Launch (Space-Travel.com) for their\norginal posting.\n\n[ANS thanks Space-Travel.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n ARISS News\n\nRecent ARISS Contacts\n\n+ Christ the King School, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia on 20\nMarch 2013\n\nA successful ARISS Contact was made with with participants at Christ\nthe King School, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia on 20 Mar. The\ncontact began at approximately 07:15 UTC, and lasted for about 9\nminutes and 30 seconds. The contact was a telebridge between OR4ISS\nand IK1SLD and was audible over Italy and adjacent areas.\n\nEstablished by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, Christ the King\nSchool, Warradale, is a small, Reception to Year 5 Catholic parish\nschool within the Brighton Parish in Adelaide. The school has\napproximately 190 students across 7 classes. In the Catholic\ntradition, they seek to provide a comprehensive Catholic education\nto children in a caring, faith community.\n\n+ Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, Austin, TX on 20\nMarch 2013\n\nA successful ARISS Contact was made with with participants at Ann\nRichards School for Young Women Leaders, Austin, TX on 20 Mar. The\ncontact began at approximately 14:20 UTC, and lasted for about 9\nminutes and 30 seconds. The contact was a telebridge between NA1SS\nand VK6MJ and was audible over portions of Australia and adjacent\nareas.\n\nThe Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders is a unique all-\ngirls school founded to educate young women and give them the\nconfidence and skills necessary to succeed in college, in their\ncareers, and in their communities. They are a public school in the\nAustin Independent School District serving over 700 girls in 6th\nthrough 12th grade. The girls partake and excel in engineering design\nprojects and robotics competitions. The demographics of our student\nbody mirror that of our local community. During the 2011 - 2012\nschool year, 61% percent of our students were Hispanic, 22% are\nCaucasian, 13% were African-American, 3% were Asian-American and 1%\nwere American Indian/Alaskan Native. Two hundred of the girls were\ngathered as 10 of their peers asked questions on behalf of all grade\nlevels during the ARISS contact.\n\n+ UA Huntsville Space Hardware Club, Huntsville, AL, on 21 March 2013\n\nA successful ARISS Contact was made with with participants at UA\nHuntsville Space Hardware Club, Huntsville, AL, on 21 Mar. The\ncontact began at approximately 15:50 UTC, and lasted for about 9\nminutes and 30 seconds. The contact was a direct between NA1SS and\nK4UAH and was audible over portions of the U.S.\n\nThe Space Hardware Club is a UA Huntsville student organization. The\nclub is student run and is strictly volunteer. Using the capacities\nof a multi-disciplinary team of engineering to conceptualize, design,\nbuild, test and fly flight hardware for orbital spaceflight, high\naltitude ballooning, competitive mock-satellite design, build, launch\ncompetitions, and other space related engineering problems.\nInvolvement in The Space Hardware Club allows students to experience\nreal life time sensitive deadlines, and design payloads to mission\nspecification. The students learn to design mechanical structures,\nsoftware, and circuit boards while considering thermal forces, shock\nloads, and other realistic environmental limitations.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contacs For This Week\n\n+ Thornton Middle School, Katy, TX on 25 Mar. The event is scheduled\nto begin at approximately 15:39 UTC. The duration of the contact is\napproximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct\nbetween NA1SS and KF5NZD. The contact should be audible over portions\nof the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80\nMHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.\n\n+ Des Cardinaux School, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Quebec, Canada on 26\nMar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:13 UTC. The\nduration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds.\nThe contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE. The contact\nshould be audible over the east coast of the U.S. Interested parties\nare invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is\nexpected to be conducted in French.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n[QB50] 5th European CubeSat Symposium - ESA sponsorship - Deadline\npostponed\n\nCem O. Asma, PhD, Aeronautics & Aerospace Dept von Karman Institute,\nreports, \"We have good news regarding the 5th European CubeSat\nSymposium that\nwill be held on 3-5 June 2013 at Brussels, Belgium. The Education\nOffice of European Space Agency has kindly offered scholarships to\nselected students to attend the European CubeSat Symposium. More\ninformation on the rules and how to apply are given at the Symposium\nweb site:\nhttps://cubesatsymposium.eu/\n\nWe have therefore decided to postpone the deadline of abstract\nsubmission to 29 Mar 2013 so that those who consider an ESA\nsponsorship can apply as well.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Cem O. Asma, PhD for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMarch/April 2013 AMSAT Journal Heading for the Print Shop\n\nAMSAT Journal Editor, JoAnne K9JKM reports that the March/April\n2013 issue is on its way to the print shop this week. It should\nreach your mailbox in early to mid-April. This issue features two\ntechnical projects, operating features, and the latest news from\nAMSAT's officers.\n\nWe'll update you on all the content next week when the March/April\nIssue is completed, packed up, and ready for delivery.\n\nThanks for all the help from our Journal Editorial Team: Douglas\nQuagliana, KA2UPW/5; Mike Sedlak, K4ERA; Bernhard Jatzeck, VA6BMJ;\nBill Hook, W3QBC, and Martha at the AMSAT Office.\n\nThe AMSAT Journal is pleased to publish your articles and photos of\nsatellite operations and all aspects of amateur radio in space.\nSend your ideas and questions to journal at amsat.org.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Journal Editor JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nKiwiSAT - All systems are now flight ready\n\nThe KiwiSAT website reports that all hardware is complete and the\nKiwiSAT micro-satellite is operational. Final integration to launch\nready awaits completion of command and control testing.\n\nThey say software is being developed and launch negotiation is\nunderway in New Zealand. Earlier reports indicated that $1 million\nwas required for a launch to a 700 km orbit.\n\nRead the status report dated March 13, 2013 at\nhttp://www.kiwisat.org.nz/status.html\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor M5AKA and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew Swiss Small Satellite Launch System\n\nSwiss Space Systems – S3 a new Swiss aerospace company, was\nofficially inaugurated in Payerne on Thursday, March 14, in the\npresence of representatives of the national authorities and of\nprestigious Swiss and international partners such as the ESA,\nDassault Aviation, the Von Karman Institute, Sonaca, Meggitt and\nStanford University. S3 aims to develop, build, certify and operate\nsuborbital space shuttles dedicated to launching small satellites,\nenabling space access to be made more democratic thanks to an\noriginal system with launching costs reduced to a quarter of the\npresent cost. The first test launches are planned to be carried out\nby the end of 2017.\n\nThe Swiss Space Systems launch model uses an Airbus A300, an\naircraft already certified for zero gravity flights, to take the\nshuttle up to 10,000m on its back; the shuttle will then be launched\nfrom there. Combining the internal architecture developed by the\nFrench company Dassault for Hermes with the external architecture\ndeveloped by the Belgian companies Sonaca and Space Application\nServices will develop the shuttle. Discussions are at an advanced\nstage concerning the engine supplier. The shuttle-drone will take\ncare of the next part of the ascent up to an altitude of 80km, the\nheight at which the upper stage will be launched in order to put the\nsatellites into orbit. Once this operation has been completed, the\nshuttle will return to earth by gliding towards its launch airport,\nwhere it will be taken care of by the maintenance teams who will\nprepare it for a new launch.\n\nS3 say agreements have already been signed for four launches for the\nVon Karman Institute.\n\nHow will the in-orbit delivery of small satellites work ? Video at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/b27atko\n\nSwiss Space Systems – S3 http://www.s-3.ch/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRaspberry Pi as WSPR transmitter up to 250 MHz\n\nGuido PE1NNZ has released code that he says enables the Raspberry Pi\nto operate as a WSPR transmitter at HF and VHF.\n\nGuido has modified the WsprryPi code originally developed by Dan\nAnkers MD1CLV. He says the Raspberry Pi requires just a Low Pass\nFilter (LPF) and antenna connected to the GPIO4 pin in order to\nfunction as a WSPR transmitter.\n\nThe PE1NNZ code and binary is available at\nhttps://github.com/threeme3/WsprryPi\n\nTurning the Raspberry Pi into an FM Transmitter\nhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2013/\nturning_the_raspberry_pi_into_an_fm_transmitter.htm\n\nDan Ankers MD1CLV WSPR\nhttp://m0xpd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/raspberry-whispers.html\n\nWSPR on the Raspberry Pi\nhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2013/\nwspr_on_the_raspberry_pi.htm\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate Amateur radio News for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHouston based WebSDR for 2m Ham Band\n\nThomas Krahn KT5TK has made available a Houston-based Web Software\nDefined Radio for the 144-146 MHz amateur radio band.\n\nThe WebSDR receiver is located in the 8th floor of a Houston office\nbuilding. The receiver is a simple RTLSDR dongle with an Elonics E4000\ntuner. The brand is: Terratec NOXON DAB/DAB+ USB dongle (rev 2).\nCurrently a telescopic antenna is being used but it's planned to\nchange to a bi-quad antenna.\n\nThomas notes that the Houston AMSAT NET can be heard on Tuesdays at\n8pm Central Time (Wednesday 0100 UT) 0n 145.470 MHz FM. (Also\navailable on Echolink AMSAT node.)\n\nThe Houston 2m WebSDR is available at\nhttp://websdr.tkrahn.com:8901\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Helps at Monrovia HS Science Expo and ISS Downlink\n\nOn Saturday, March 2, the Pasadena Radio Club participated in the\nMonrovia High School Science Expo with the help of local AMSAT\nmembers.Set up started at 8 am and the display began at 10. Tom Berne\ngave students the opportunity to talk over amateur radio while\nRobert and Irene Allen and Kate Hutton transmitted radiograms. Tom\nMikkelsen, Tim LaMarca, and Dale Hunzeker demonstrated amateur radio\nsatellite communications with an AMSAT satellite simulator and a\nsatellite receiving station. All spent considerable time answering questions\nand sharing their ham radio experiences.\n\nOther actives at the Science Expo included a FIRST Robotics\ncompetition, demonstrations by the Remote Control Aircraft Club, and\nbooths from Sidewalk Astronomers, NASA, Planetary Society, FTC/FRC\nRobotics, and Miachi/UniTek. Stargazing activities continued into the\nevening.\n\nScience Expo activities continued on Tuesday, March 5, with a NASA\nsponsored live International Space Station downlink. Over one\nthousand 5th - 12th grade Monrovian students watched as three\nastronauts \"floated\" inside the space station while answering\nstudents' questions. Tim LaMarca, Jutti Marsh, and Dale Hunzeker were\nin the audience. These activities are examples of ways amateur radio\ncan work with schools in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and\nMathematics) education.\n\n[ANS thanks Dale L. Hunzeker, KJ6VUC for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMusic in Space Downlink With the International Space Station\n\nJoin NASA's Johnson Space Center, or JSC, Digital Learning Network for\na live International Space Station downlink with astronaut Chris\nHadfield, space station commander. Commander Hadfield and students\nfrom the Pasadena Independent School District's Pearl Hall Elementary\nwill explore the many cultures and music surrounding the International\nSpace Station partners. Students will perform songs at JSC with\nastronaut Dan Burbank and with space station astronaut Chris Hadfield.\nStudents from Pearl Hall Elementary in Pasadena, Texas, and the Chris\nHadfield Public School in Ontario, Canada, will speak to Chris while\nexploring about the connection between the arts and science,\ntechnology, engineering and mathematics.\n\nWatch the webcast live on March 27, 2013, from 2:30-3:45 p.m. CDT* by\nclicking on the link below.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/2aufnge\n\nQuestions about the program may be directed to\nPatricia Moore at [email protected].\n\n*The webcast time is subject change due to communication with the\nspace station. Please visit http://dln.nasa.gov for the most recent\ninformation.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- March 21, 2013\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nArgentine CubeBug-1 satellite will have amateur radio digipeater\n\nCubeBug-1 is the first technology demonstration mission for a new\nCubeSat platform design (mechanics, hardware and software) intended\nto be released as Open Source and Open Hardware for its use in\nAmateur projects, University projects and research labs.\n\nThe project is sponsored by the Argentinian Ministry of Science,\nTechnology and Productive Innovation.\n\nPayloads on this first mission include:\n• an ARM based on-board computer\n• a nano-reaction wheel with its driver circuit\n• a low resolution camera\nall based on COTS components\n\nCubeBug-1 is a 2U CubeSat and the team are planning to use half\nduplex communications on 437.445 MHz with 9k6 GMSK data. Telemetry\ninformation is at http://1.cubebug.org/coms/telemetry\n\nAfter the technology demonstration part of the mission is over, the\nsatellite will enter a mode that will include services to the Amateur\nradio community, including a Digipeater, science data downloads from\nthe payload (including images if possible).\n\nCubeBug-1 is expected to launch on a Long March CZ-2D rocket from\nthe Jiuquan Space Center on April 28, 2013. Other satellites on the\nsame launch include NEE-01 Pegasus and TURKSAT-3USAT.\n\nWatch a CubeBug-1 video at http://vimeo.com/56055215\n\nCubeBug-1 website http://1.cubebug.org/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\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,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n\n", "attachments": [] }