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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/GPXDA7QIST7DVW5YPQS65X6JBYGRNUWK/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "SJ0PR16MB469705490FFFBB70CB28E6CD8457A@SJ0PR16MB4697.namprd16.prod.outlook.com", "message_id_hash": "GPXDA7QIST7DVW5YPQS65X6JBYGRNUWK", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/GPXDA7QIST7DVW5YPQS65X6JBYGRNUWK/", "sender": { "address": "f.karnauskas (a) amsat.org", "mailman_id": "02f2877f42094664ac13747666775d0e", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/02f2877f42094664ac13747666775d0e/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Frank Karnauskas (N1UW)", "subject": "[AMSAT-BB] ANS-162 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for June 11, 2023", "date": "2023-06-11T00:01:51Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\r\nANS-162\r\n\r\nIn this edition:\r\n\r\n* June 15 is Deadline for 2023 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Nominations\r\n* IARU Coordinates Sapling Magnifica Satellite\r\n* eBay Sellers Donate to AMSAT\r\n* AMSAT Thanks First Quarter 2023 President's Club Members\r\n* An RTL-SDR Telemetry Decoder for the Soon-to-be-Launched MRC-100 CubeSat\r\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for June 9, 2023\r\n* ARISS News\r\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\r\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\r\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\r\n\r\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\r\n\r\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\r\n\r\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat [dot] org.\r\n\r\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\r\n\r\nANS-162 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\r\n\r\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\r\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\r\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\r\nWashington, DC 20002\r\n\r\nDATE 2023 Jun 11\r\n\r\n\r\nJune 15 is Deadline for 2023 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Nominations\r\n\r\nAMSAT solicits nominations for the 2023 AMSAT Board of Directors election, to be held in the third quarter of the year. The seats of the following four incumbent Directors expire in 2023 and will be filled by this year’s election:\r\n\r\n– Jerry Buxton, N0JY\r\n– Joseph Armbruster, KJ4JIO\r\n– Robert Bankston, KE4AL\r\n– Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO\r\n\r\nFurther, up to two Alternate Directors may be elected for one-year terms. A valid nomination for Director must be written and requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT member. Written nominations, with the nominee’s name, call sign, and contact information, as well as the nominators’ names, call signs, and contact information, should be sent to the AMSAT Secretary:\r\n\r\nJeff Davis, KE9V\r\nPO Box 11\r\nYorktown, IN 47396\r\n\r\nAMSAT bylaws require that the nomination be written and in the form specified by the Secretary who has elected to accept written nomination materials via mail or in electronic form, including email or electronic image of a paper document. Fax transmissions cannot be accepted.\r\n\r\nEmail nominations may be sent to jdavis [at] amsat [dot] org.\r\n\r\nNo matter what means are used, petitions MUST be received by the Secretary no later than June 15, 2023. The Secretary will verify the qualifications of candidates and nominating members or Member Societies as petitions are received, and will notify candidates whether their nominations are in order by the end of June.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n The 2023 AMSAT President's Club coins are here now! \r\n To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its launch \r\n on June 16, 1983, this year's coin features \r\n an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 10. \r\n Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help \r\n Keep Amateur Radio in Space! \r\n https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\nIARU Coordinates Sapling Magnifica Satellite\r\n\r\nThe Sapling Magnifica, developed by the Stanford Student Space Initiative, is a technology demonstration mission aimed to prove several key technologies necessary for SSI's satellites to host scientific payloads in the future. These include a magnetorquer-based ADCS, a higher quality camera than on previous Sapling missions, and reaction wheels. The satellite will be either a 1U or a 2U spacecraft. Sapling Magnifica is an Amateur Radio mission that is entirely initiated and developed by undergraduate students, most of whom already have or are studying for their Amateur Radio license.\r\n\r\nAmateurs will be able to participate by sending commands to the satellite and receiving images in response. Research will be conducted on image downloading comparing three different modulation techniques: FSK, LoRa, and FLRC. Amateurs will be able to receive images and, if all goes well, take an image on command.\r\n\r\nDownlinks have been coordinated on 437.400 MHz and 2427.00 MHz. Planning a launch into a SSO 525km orbit in Q2 or Q3 2023. More info from https://github.com/stanford-ssi.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\neBay Sellers Donate to AMSAT\r\n\r\nAre you an eBay seller? One item, ten items, or a full-time business you can donate a percentage of your winning bid to AMSAT.\r\n\r\nTo do so, do not list your item with the basic listing tool, select advanced tools. eBay will give you a warning message that it is for large volume sellers, however this is where the eBay for Charity tool is found.\r\n\r\nYou can “select another nonprofit you love” and search for either AMSAT or Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. Choose the percentage amount of the sale you would like to donate to AMSAT, and boom! When your item sells and the winning bidder pays, eBay will deduct the percentage from your take and forward it to AMSAT.\r\n\r\nPlease consider giving a piece of the pie to a new satellite and choose AMSAT for your eBay Charity.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\r\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\r\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\r\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\r\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\nAMSAT Thanks First Quarter 2023 President's Club Members\r\n\r\nAMSAT wishes to thank those amateurs who have contributed to the 2023 AMSAT President's Club during the first quarter of this year. Their generous donations are essential in helping to Keep Amateur Radio is Space.\r\n\r\nTITANIUM LEVEL\r\n Barry Baines, WD4ASW\r\n Alan Biddle, WA4SCA\r\n William Brown, K9LF\r\n\r\nPLATINUM LEVEL\r\n Doug Tabor, N6UA\r\n\r\nGOLD LEVEL MEMBERS\r\n Burns Fisher, WB1FJ\r\n Mark Hammond, N8MH\r\n John Kludt, K7SYS\r\n Glenn Miller, AA5PK\r\n\r\nSILVER LEVEL\r\n Warren Fugate, W3WE\r\n Joseph Lynch, N6CL\r\n Bruce Paige, KK5DO\r\n Jason Schwarz, N4JJS\r\n\r\nBRONZE LEVEL\r\n Bruce Perens, K6BP\r\n Dave Taylor, W8AAS\r\n David Vine, WA1EAW\r\n\r\nCORE LEVEL\r\n George Carr, WA5KBH\r\n Jim Clary, ND9M\r\n Richard Dittmer, KB7SAT\r\n David Hartrum, WA3YDZ\r\n Martin Shinko, KB3AEV\r\n Paul Stoetzer, N8HM\r\n Stefan Wagener, VE4NSA\r\n Jeremy Wyatt, KA2PFD\r\n David York, N8SGZ\r\n\r\n2022 Correction\r\nSILVER LEVEL\r\n Jason John Schwarz, N4JJS\r\n\r\nPresident Club members for 2023 receive a limited edition commemorative coin featuring AMSAT OSCAR 10, commemorating the 40th anniversary of its launch; full-color certificate, and cork beverage coasters with the AMSAT logo. To join the 2023 AMSAT President's Club, go to https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP-Development, for the above information.]\r\n \r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nAn RTL-SDR Telemetry Decoder for the Soon-to-be-Launched MRC-100 CubeSat\r\n\r\nThe MRC-100 Hungarian CubeSat is scheduled to launch on a Falcon 9 on June 12 from Vandenburg Space Fore Base. The MRC-100 is the successor to the SMOG-1 CubeSat which was launched in March 2021. The satellite is named to honoring the 100th year anniversary of the HA5MRC Ham Radio Club at the Budapest University of Technology.\r\n\r\nTo help with decoding the Telemetry on the CubeSat, an RTL-SDR based telemetry receiver was created and an installation script for Raspberry Pi's and Linux PC's which installs OpenWebRX along with the satellite receiver software.\r\n\r\nThe satellite should be receivable with a simple satellite antenna, such as a handheld Yagi, Turnstile, Dipole or quadrifilar-helix antenna. It will be transmitting telemetry at 436.720 MHz. If you have a dish and tracking equipment for it, there is also a high speed downlink at 2267.5 MHz. Like the original SMOG-1, the satellite carries a sensor that is designed to measure human caused electromagnetic pollution. It also carries a camera and an AIS receiver for tracking marine vessels. More information is available at https://www.rtl-sdr.com/.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks rtl-sdr.com for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\r\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\r\n from our Zazzle store!\r\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\r\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\r\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 9 June 2023\r\n\r\nTwo Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/\r\n\r\nThe following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:\r\n\r\nVZLUSAT 1 NORAD Cat ID 42790 (decayed form orbit on 06 June 2023 per Space-Track).\r\n\r\nThe following satellites have been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:\r\n\r\nSNIPE 4 NORAD Cat ID 56744 (uncoordinated frequency: 437.8000 MHz).\r\nSNIPE 2 NORAD Cat ID 56745 (uncoordinated frequency: 435.9999 MHz).\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information.] \r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nARISS NEWS\r\n\r\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.\r\n\r\n+ Successful Contacts\r\nAbout Gagarin From Space, Participants Of The Children's Creative Competition For The Day Of Cosmonautics, Orel, Russia, direct via RA3ED.\r\nThe ISS callsign was RSØISS.\r\nThe crewmember was Andrey Fediaev.\r\nThe ARISS mentor was RV3DR.\r\nContact was successful Sunday, June 4, 2023.\r\n\r\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\r\n\r\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\r\n \r\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.]\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\r\n\r\nIN90; June 9-11, 2023\r\nPhilippe, EA4NF will be activating the rare grid IN90 in Spain on June 9-11, 2023 on FM and linear LEO satellites. Further details on Twitter @EA4NF_SAT.LoTW confirmations will be issued with the call EA4NF/P\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\r\n\r\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.\r\n\r\n+ AMSAT 2023 Field Day\r\n June 24, 1800 UTC - June 25, 2100 UTC, 2023\r\n More information at: https://www.amsat.org/field-day/.\r\n\r\n+ Small Satellite Conference\r\n August 5-10, 2023\r\n Utah State University, Logan, UT\r\n More information at: https://smallsat.org/.\r\n\r\n+ AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting\r\n October 20-21, 2013\r\n Dallas, Texas\r\n More information to follow.\r\n\r\n+ AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says,\r\n“Think a 75-minute presentation on “working the easy satellites” would be appropriate for your club or event? Let me know by emailing me at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!” Clint has NEVER given the exact same show twice: EACH of the 150+ presentations so far has been customized/tailored to their audiences.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS, and AMSAT for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n \r\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\r\n\r\n+ Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT VP-Educational Relations, was interviewed by Eric Guth, 4Z1UG / WA6IGR, on QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast. Alan tells how he reaches out to educate the general public about the world amateur satellites, and satellite technology using CubeSatSim, for live classroom simulations of satellite communications. Alan also explains how he turns to high-altitude balloon launches as a practical, hands-on approach to bringing amateur payloads closer to space, thereby affording opportunities for tangible experience and simulation. Listen to Alan's interview at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-162-KU2Y. [ANS thanks Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT VP-Educational Relations, for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+ Over on his latest video, Matt, from the TechMinds YouTube channel shows us how to receive and decode the packets from the GreenCube digipeater. In his demonstration Matt uses an SDRPlay RSPdx as the receiver, SDR++ as the receiver software, SoundModem as the packet decoder, GreenCube Terminal for displaying the messages, and GPredict for tracking the satellite and compensating for the Doppler effect. He also notes that while a directional antenna on a motorized tracker is recommended, he was able to still receive packets with his omnidirectional terrestrial antennas without much issue. Watch the video at https://youtu.be/Rr87Ci96SRY. [ANS thanks rtl-sdr.com for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+ NASA is worried that SpaceX's giant new Starship vehicle won't be ready to carry astronauts to the surface of the moon in late 2025, as currently planned. In 2021, the agency selected Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built — to be the first crewed lunar lander for its Artemis program of moon exploration. Starship will put astronauts down near the ice-rich lunar south pole on the Artemis 3 mission, in humanity's first return to the moon since the Apollo program ended in 1972. Artemis 3 is currently targeted to lift off in December 2025, but it's unlikely Starship will be able to meet that timeline, NASA officials said. More information at https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-problems-delay-artemis-3-2026. [ANS thanks space.com for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\r\n\r\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\r\n\r\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\r\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate.\r\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\r\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\r\n\r\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\r\n\r\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\r\n\r\nThis week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW\r\nn1uw [at] amsat [dot] org\r\n\r\n\r\n", "attachments": [] }