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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-220\n\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* Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG Awarded Louis Varney Cup\n* Amateur Radio Presentations at EMF 2016 Guildford\n* AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium Videos Now Available\n* Dayton Hamvention Moving to Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia\n* LoTW adds UKube-1 Support\n* Skyler Fennell, KD0WHB, is 2016 Young Ham of the Year\n* NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative Opens Space to Educators,\n  Nonprofits\n* Sign Up for New NASA Education 'Science WOW!' Weekly Email\n  Newsletter\n* AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots in the Mail\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-220.01\nANS-220 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 220.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nAugust 7, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-220.01\n\n\nWouter Weggelaar PA3WEG Awarded Louis Varney Cup\n\nOn July 31 at the AMSAT-UK International Space colloquium in\nGuildford the RSGB Board Chair Steve Hartley G0FUW presented the RSGB\nLouis Varney Cup for Advances in Space Communications to Wouter\nWeggelaar PA3WEG.\n\nThe award was in recognition of Wouter’s outstanding technical\ncontributions to several amateur satellites and associated outreach.\n\nThe presentation can be viewed here:\nhttps://youtu.be/8GpewVRTKXQ\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAmateur Radio Presentations at EMF 2016 Guildford\n\nMany radio amateurs are giving presentations at the Electromagnetic\nField EMF 2016 event taking place near Guildford August 5-7 and two\nspecial event stations will be operating from the site. It is hoped\nthe presentations may be streamed live on the web.\n\nThe event is aimed at makers, scientists, engineers and radio\nenthusiasts. Most radio amateurs will be in two villages on the site,\nHABville and the Amateur Radio Village.\n\nThe London Hackspace Amateur Radio Club are planning to erect at\nleast one of their Clark masts in the amateur radio village. London\nHackspace will be showcasing Amateur Radio on bands from 3.5 MHz\n(80m) to 430 MHz (70cm) and maybe higher using the call sign GB4EMF.\n\nRSGB Youth Committee member Rebecca M6BUB will be at the GB8EMF\nstation which will be using three ICOM transceivers, two IC-706MKIIG\nand an IC-746.\n\nAt 1559 GMT (4:59pm BST) on Saturday, August 6 the International\nSpace Station (ISS) astronaut Kate Rubins KG5FYJ should be receivable\nat the event on a handheld radio tuned to 145.800 MHz FM. Full\ndetails at http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/july/ariss-event-\n0608.htm\n\nThe amateur radio satellite talks being given over the weekend are:\n• A hacker’s guide to satellites — Dave Rowntree 2E0DRV (drummer in\n  rock-band Blur)\n• Receiving live video from the Space Station — Daniel Cussen EI9FHB\n  HamTV\n• The story behind $50SAT, a new approach to Amateur satellite\n  design which became the world’s smallest operational satellite,\n  built for £125 in a garden shed — Stuart Robinson GW7HPW\n\nOther presentations by radio amateurs include:\n• 100 years of Shannon — the man, his work and his legacy — Matthew\n  Ireland MW0MIE\n• Asynchronous or Analogue Methods for Computation — Matthew Ireland\n  MW0MIE\n• Connecting computers together over 1,000s miles without using the\n  Internet — GB8EMF Amateur Radio Station\n• Hacking Robot Dinosaurs — Dr Lucy Rogers M6CME (Judge on BBC Robot\n  Wars)\n• My Ubertooth Year — Michael Ossmann AD0NR developer of HackRF One\n  SDR\n• Numbers Stations: Cold War, short waves — Henry Cooke\n• Rebooting a Hobby: How Modern Digital Comms are Reviving Amateur\n  Radio — Ryan Sayre M0RYS\n\nElectromagnetic Field EMF 2016\nhttps://twitter.com/emfcamp\nhttps://www.emfcamp.org/schedule\nhttps://www.emfcamp.org/line-up/2016\n\nEMF HABville https://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Village:HABville\n\nEMF Amateur Radio Village\nhttps://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Village:Amateur_Radio\n\nLondon Hackspace ARC\nhttps://twitter.com/m0hsl\nhttps://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Group:Amateur_Radio\n\nPrevious EMF events have generated BBC News coverage\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2014/09/02/bbc-reports-emf-2014/\n\nWhat is Amateur Radio?\nhttp://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio\n\nFind a short Amateur Radio training course near you at\nhttps://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/\n\nThe book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites 2016 is available\nfrom the AMSAT-UK online shop\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS220-GettingStartedUK\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-UK Space Colloquium Videos Now Available\n\nThanks to the hard work of British Amateur Television Club (BATC)\nand AMSAT-UK volunteers the videos of the presentations given to the\nAMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium held in Guildford on July 30-\n31, 2016 are now available on YouTube.\n\nDuring the Colloquium AMSAT-UK operated a satellite ground station\nusing the call sign G0AUK. Contacts were made via the SO-50, AO-85\nand FO-29 satellites.\n\nThe ground station used the Kenwood TS-2000X transceiver that was\nsuccessfully used for all the UK school contacts with astronaut Tim\nPeake GB1SS during his Principia mission on the International Space\nStation.\n\nThe TS-2000X was kindly loaned by Martin Lynch & Sons Ltd and\nKenwood Communications UK.\n\nThe 2016 Colloquium presentations along with those from previous\nyears can be found on the AMSAT-UK YouTube channel at\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK/playlists\n\nThe  videos of the presentations can either be watched online or\ndownloaded to your PC using readily available free YouTube download\nsoftware for showing at club meetings.\n\nAMSAT-UK publish a quarterly newsletter OSCAR News, a sample issue\ncan be downloaded here. Electronic (PDF) membership is £15 a year –\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/new-members/join-now/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDayton Hamvention Moving to Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia\n\nHamvention® announced today that it will be moving to the Greene\nCounty Fairgrounds and Event Center in Xenia, Ohio, after 52 years at\nHara Arena. That’s about 16 miles east of Dayton center off US Route\n35 (see map). Hara Arena announced last week that it would be\nclosing, and Hamvention indicated that it soon would be announcing\nits back-up plan for a new venue in the Dayton area.\n\n“We appreciate and value all the time and effort of the many\npartners, in particular the Greene County Agricultural Society, the\nGreene County Board of Commissioners and the Greene County Convention\n& Visitors Bureau has put into helping Hamvention find the right\nvenue to continue our long history here in the Miami Valley,”\nHamvention General Chair Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, said. “We look forward\nto a long and mutually prosperous relationship.”\n\nLast week, after Hara Arena announced it would close, Cramer had\nsaid, “We have spent many hours over the last few years evaluating\npossible locations and have found one in the area we believe will be\na great new home! We all believe this new venue will be a spectacular\nplace to hold our beloved event. Please rest assured we will have the\nevent on the same weekend and, since it will be in the region, the\ncurrent accommodations and outside events already planned for\nHamvention 2017 should not be affected.”\n\nHamvention chief spokesman and board member Mike Kalter, W8CI, told\nARRL today that announcement of the new venue came a bit sooner than\nhe’d anticipated last week. He pointed out that the event annually\nattracts in excess of 25,000 visitors from every US state and some 60\ncountries around the world.\n\n“The key thing is that we plan to have a 5-star event,” he said of\nHamvention 2017. “We’ll put a lot of time and energy into it.”\n\nThe move to Xenia could prove to be a huge financial bonanza for the\ncity and Greene County. Hamvention typically has meant millions of\ndollars to the Dayton/Montgomery County area, and some of that\nbenefit now could migrate eastward down US 35. Kalter conceded that\nthe new venue in Greene County is a slightly longer drive from Dayton\nCity Center -- where some Hamvention-related events traditionally\noccur -- than it was to Hara Arena, but he believes it will be worth\nthe trip.\n\n“Montgomery County didn’t have anything for us,” he said. “We looked\nexhaustively. We’ve known this is what we’d do for about a month — if\nHara Arena would no longer be available.”\n\nAnd the flea market at the new site? “Our plan is to have a much\nbetter flea market,” Kalter said. “We have two or three different\noptions, but we think people are really going to like it.”\n\nHe said the entire fairgrounds facility was rebuilt several years\nago after it was destroyed by a tornado, so the buildings are newer\nthan Hara, which was built in the 1950s. He said there will be\nopportunities to bring in campers — with 30 A service, water, and\nsewer available.\n\nKalter believes the change in venue in and of itself will be a big\nincentive for a lot of people who may be just thinking about\nattending Hamvention 2017 right now. “We expect next year to be a big\nyear,” he said. “We expect a lot of people to come to see what it’s\nlike.”\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLoTW adds UKube-1 Support\n\nThe ARRL has informed Paul, N8HM that TQSL configuration file\nversion 9.3 will be released shortly adding support for UKube-1 in\nLoTW.\n\nPlease note that due to character limitations, the satellite name\nfor LoTW will be \"UKUBE1\"\n\nClayton W5PFG followed up saying \"Simply launching the TQSL\napplication should inform you that a new configuration file is\navailable.  I've updated my log and uploaded all of my UKube-1\ncontacts with the new SAT_NAME parameter UKUBE1.\"\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL, Paul N8HM, and Clayton W5PFG for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSkyler Fennell, KD0WHB, is 2016 Young Ham of the Year\n\nSkyler Fennell KD0WHB, of Denver, CO, has been selected as the 2016\nBill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Young Ham of the Year by the Amateur\nRadio Newsline.\n\nSkyler's interest in satellite communications resulted in a revival\nof Colorado Amateur Satellite Net where he became a net control\noperator and created a website for the net:\nhttps://amsatnet.info/\n\nSkyler, 17, is the son of Karl and Carol Fennell, and recently\ngraduated with honors from Denver School of the Arts.\n\nSkyler was first licensed in July 2013 as a Technician and upgraded\nto General by September 2013. He took and passed his Extra class\nlicense exam in January 2014.\n\nSkyler's interest in basic electronics was sparked when he was in\nthe fourth grade and continued into middle school and high school.\n\nAmong his early building projects were a laser spirograph, audio\namplifiers, and high voltage transformer drivers.\n\nA high school friend, Jordan Walters, KD0MLV, introduced Skyler to\namateur radio when he was a freshman in high school , explaining how\nradio transmissions could bounce off layers of the atmosphere. That\nled Skyler to engage in a six-month period of study, testing and\noperating that resulted in his path to Extra.\n\nSkyler has extensive experience in designing and working on repeater\nsystems and introduced an AllStar Link system for one of the Rocky\nMountain Radio League's repeaters.\n\nHe began working with the AB0BX STEM School Amateur Radio Club in\nnearby Littleton, CO and got involved in the group's Edge of Space\nSciences missions (balloon launches with amateur equipment). He\nbecame project manager for its 440Mhz repeater and helped put\ntogether an AllStar and EchoLink repeater for students, serving as a\nmentor for construction of the project.\n\nSkyler started the Denver School of the Arts amateur radio club in\nAugust 2015 and was trustee of the club call - KE0FXH.\n\nSkyler has chronicled several of his amateur radio and technical\nachievements on his YouTube channel - \"Skyler F.\"\n\nHe was also involved in proposing and assisting in the construction\nof a VHF/UHF repeater at a remote base site on Blue Mountain in the\nDenver area and added an AllStar link to the system.\n\nThis past May, Skyler spoke at the Youth Forum at the Dayton\nHamvention on the topic: \"Homebrewing on a Budget.\" He also addressed\nthe Quarter Century Wireless Association forum in Dayton about how\nhis technical interests will help him further his educational and\ncareer goals.\n\nSkyler is an Eagle Scout, a rank he achieved at the age of 13. He\nalso combined his interest in cycling and amateur radio, assembling a\nbicycling mobile set-up with VHF and UHF radios.\n\nHe is also an accomplished pianist and earned the first-place trophy\nin the recent U.S. International Duo Piano competition in Colorado\nSprings this past February after performing a Poulenic piano sonata\nfor four hands, two pianos.\n\nSkyler will be recognized during the Huntsville Hamfest on Aug. 20\nin the Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville, AL.\n\nThe Young Ham of the Year award was inaugurated by William\nPasternak, WA6ITF, in 1986. Upon his passing in 2015, Bill's name was\nadded to the award as a memorial to his commitment to recognizing the\naccomplishments of young people to the amateur radio service.\n\nIn addition to Amateur Radio Newsline, CQ Magazine and Yaesu USA are\nprimary sponsors, along with Heil Sound Ltd. and Radiowavz Antenna\nCompany.\n\nSkyler will be receiving a gift of amateur radio gear from Yaesu and\na complimentary week at Space Camp, Huntsville, provided by CQ.\n\n[ANS thanks Amateur Radio Newsline and CQ Communications, Inc. for\n the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative Opens Space to Educators, Nonprofits\n\nAccredited education institutions, nonprofit organizations and NASA\ncenters can join the adventure and challenges of space while helping\nthe agency achieve its exploration goals through the next round of\nthe agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). Applicants must submit\nproposals by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 22.\n\nThe CSLI provides CubeSat developers with a low-cost pathway to\nspace to conduct research that advances NASA's strategic goals in the\nareas of science, exploration, technology development, education and\noperations. The initiative provides students, teachers and faculty\nwith the chance to get hands-on flight hardware development\nexperience designing, building and operating these small research\nsatellites.\n\nNASA will make selections by Feb. 17, 2017, but selection does not\nguarantee a launch opportunity. Selected experiments will be\nconsidered as auxiliary payloads on agency launches or for deployment\nfrom the International Space Station beginning in 2017 through 2020.\nIf chosen, U.S. nonpro?t and accredited educational organizations are\nentirely responsible for funding the development of the small\nsatellites.\n\nTo date, NASA has selected 119 CubeSat missions, 46 of which have\nbeen launched into space. NASA has offered a launch opportunity to 95\npercent of those selected through previous announcements, with 29\nscheduled for launch within the next 12 months. The selected CubeSats\nrepresent participants from 32 states, demonstrating the significant\nprogress NASA has made on a remarkable goal established during the\n2015 White House Maker Faire, to launch a small satellite from at\nleast one participant in every state during the next five years.\n\nFor this round of the initiative, NASA is particularly interested in\nparticipation from organizations in the District of Columbia, Puerto\nRico, and 18 states not previously selected. These states are:\nArkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota,\nMississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina,\nOklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington and\nWyoming.\n\nCubeSats are in a class of research spacecraft called\nnanosatellites. Base CubeSat dimensions are about 4-by-4-by-4 inches\n(10-by-10-by-11 centimeters), which equals one Cube, or 1U. CubeSats\nsupported by this launch effort include volumes of 1U, 2U, 3U and 6U.\nCubeSats of 1U, 2U and 3U size typically have a mass of about three\npounds (1.33 kilograms) per 1U Cube. A 6U CubeSat typically has a\nmass of about 26.5 pounds (12 to 14 kilograms). The CubeSat's final\nmass depends on the selected deployment method.\n\nSmall satellites, including CubeSats, play a valuable role in the\nagency’s exploration, science, technology and educational\ninvestigations. These miniature satellites provide a low-cost\nplatform for NASA science missions, including planetary exploration,\nEarth observation, and fundamental Earth and space science. They are\na cornerstone in the development of cutting-edge NASA technologies\nlike laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications and\nautonomous movement.\n\nNASA also is using small satellites to demonstrate and validate the\nvehicles, systems and protections humans need to live and work in\nspace and on other worlds. They are an inexpensive means to engage\nstudents in all phases of satellite development, operation and\nexploitation through real-world, hands-on research and development\nexperience on NASA-funded rideshare launch opportunities.\n\nFor additional information about NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative,\nvisit:\n\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative\n\nTo explore images from our previous launches, follow us on Flickr:\n\nhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/145538433@N02/\n\nFind us on Instagram:\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/nasa_cubesat/\n\n[ANS thanks NASA News Release for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSign Up for New NASA Education 'Science WOW!' Weekly Email Newsletter\n\nAre you a science educator or interested in science education? Sign\nup for the NASA Education \"Science WOW!\" mailing list. Receive an\nemail with NASA's latest science education offerings delivered\n\"Weekly on Wednesdays.\"\n\nScience starts with a question, and so does \"Science WOW!\" Each\nweek's message kicks off with a science question and a link to where\nyou can find the answer. \"Science WOW!\" also highlights an awesome\nscience education tool each week. These featured resources will\ninclude NASA apps, interactive games, 3-D printing templates and more!\n\nPlus, \"Science WOW!\" delivers -- right to your inbox -- the latest\nscience education opportunities offered by NASA. It's a simple way to\nkeep up with the latest professional development webinars, student\ncontests, workshops, lectures and other activities.\n\nThe first \"Science WOW!\" message is scheduled to be sent on Aug. 10,\n2016.\n\nTo register your email address and be added to the list, visit\nhttps://www.nasa.gov/education/sciencewow/.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- Aug. 4, 2016 for the\n above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots in the Mail\n\nBallots have been mailed to AMSAT-NA members in good standing, and\nmust be returned to the AMSAT-NA office by September 15, 2016 in\norder to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent by\nair mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a\nreasonable time for your QTH, please contact the AMSAT-NA office.\nYour completed ballot should be sent as promptly as possible, and\nthose from outside North American preferably by air mail or other\nexpedited means.\n\nThis year there are five candidates:\n\nTom Clark, K3IO\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nBruce Paige, KK5DO\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM\n\nThe three candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be\nseated as voting Board Members with two year terms. The two\ncandidates receiving the next highest number of votes will be non-\nvoting Alternate Board Members with terms of one year. Please vote\nfor no more than three candidates.\n\nPlease take the time to review the candidate statements that\naccompany the ballot and determine who you wish to see on the Board.\nElection of Board members is both an obligation as well as an\nopportunity by our membership to help shape the future direction of\nAMSAT-NA.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Sacred Heart Primary School,\nNew Taipei City, Taiwan and Astronaut Takuya Onishi KF5LKS using\nCallsign OR4ISS. The contact began Tue 2016-08-02 08:36:03 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via BNØSH.\nARISS Mentor was Satoshi 7M3TJZ.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Space Jam 10, Rantoul IL,\nUSA and Astronaut Kate Rubins KG5FYJ using Callsign OR4ISS. The\ncontact began Sat 2016-08-06 15:59:03 UTC and lasted about nine and a\nhalf minutes. Contact was Telebridged via IK1SLD.\nARISS Mentor was Charlie AJ9N.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-04  06:00 UTC\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and  events:\n\nOK2KJT Radioclub, Valasska  Polanka, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KET\nThe ISS callsign is presently  scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi  KF5LKS\nContact is a go for: Wed 2016-08-10 18:56:17\n\nU.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL, telebridge via  VK4KHZ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled  astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ\nContact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-11 15:25:44\n\nU.S. Space & Rocket Center Information:\n\nSince 1982, Space Camp® at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in\nHuntsville, Alabama has been inspiring people of all ages about space\nscience, space flight, and space exploration. Among the 750,000 Space\nCamp graduates worldwide are five astronaut alumnae, including Dr.\nKate Rubins, slated to launch on expedition 48/49 to the ISS this\nsummer. Her presence on the space station provides an incredible\nopportunity for young people currently attending Space Camp to be\nable to talk to someone who was once in their shoes who went on to\nbecome an astronaut. It is also very likely that international\nstudents will be taking part in Space Camp during the link. These\nstudents will have a unique opportunity while visiting the United\nStates to take part in an active exchange with the largest multi-\nnational laboratory on-or off-the planet! In addition to Space Camp\ntrainees, museum guests will have the opportunity to take part in the\nactivity. As the original NASA visitor center, the U.S. Space &\nRocket Center has been telling NASA's story since 1970. And with over\n650,000 visitors annually, the Space and Rocket Center is Alabama's\ntop tourism attraction. And depending on when the event falls in the\nsummer, the USSRC may also bring in educators attending Space Academy\nfor Educators, an immersive professional development program\nconducted throughout the summer months annually. In short, the USSRC\nhope to maximize both camp and museum guest participation to promote\nthe scientific activities taking place on the ISS, as well as\nhighlight the technology that allows such an exchange to take place.\n\nExpected Questions:\n\n1. What was your favorite subject in school?\n2. What was your toughest subject in school?\n3. Who were your heroes growing up?\n4. What is something you learned at Space Camp you are using in space?\n5. What advice would you give a student who wants to become an\n   astronaut?\n6. What advice would you give to someone at Space Camp this week?\n7. Were you afraid when your rocket launched?\n8. What was the hardest thing in astronaut training?\n9. How often do you talk to your family?\n10. Do you speak Russian with the Russian cosmonauts?\n11. What does it smell like on the ISS?\n12. What is the coolest thing that you have seen in space?\n13. What is your favorite food to eat in space?\n14. What medical research are you working on while you're on the\n    Space Station?\n15. What other cool research projects are you helping with?\n16. As a researcher, do you think NASA's biological space research\n    will one day lead to a cure for diseases like HIV or cancer?\n17. Do you work with research projects from other countries?\n18. What do you think is the biggest effect on an astronaut's body\n    from long-term spaceflight?\n19. How will research on the Space Station help us get ready to go\n    to Mars?\n\n\nARISS  is always glad to receive listener reports for the above\ncontacts. ARISS  thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.\nFeel free to send your  reports to [email protected] or [email protected].\nListen for the ISS on  the downlink of 145.8Ø  MHz.\n\nExp.  47 on orbit\nJeff Williams KD5TVQ\nOleg Skripochka RN3FU\nAleksey  Ovchinin\n\nExp. 48 on orbit\nAnatoly Ivanishin\nKate Rubins  KG5FYJ\nTakuya Onishi  KF5LKS\n\nThe next ARISS Application Window will begin September 1, 2016\nand run through November 1, 2016.\n\nBe alert for the official announcement which will be released the\nsecond half of August. The announcement will include links to the\nupdated Application Guide as well as the application form and other\ninformation pertinent to the application process.\n\nLook for the announcement here in the AMSAT News Service Bulletin,\nvia the AMSAT-BB, via the ARRL and several other news venues.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ ISS R&D Presentations ISS Contact and Booth Photos\n\n  If you weren't able to attend the ISS Research & Development\n  Conference last month, or watch the live webcast, use this link\n  to access all the videos, presentations and photos:\n\n  http://www.issconference.org/resources.php\n\n\n  [ANS thanks the American Astronautical Society and the ISS R&D\n  Confrence for the above information]\n\n+ Want to learn more about Rocket and Space Technology?\n\n  Visit Robert A. Braeunig's Rocket and Space technology site at\n  http://www.braeunig.us/space/index_top.htm\n\n  [ANS thanks C. Robert Welti, PhD. for the above information]\n\n+ SUPPORT AMSAT-NA\n\n  AMSAT Store\n  http://store.amsat.org/catalog/\n\n  JOIN AMSAT\n  http://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=32\n\n  AMSAT's President's Club Donation\n  http://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=34\n\n  Make a General Donation\n  http://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=35\n\n  Support the FOX Satellites\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS220-SupportFox\n\n  Support ARISS\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS220-SupportARISS\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,\nEMike McCardel, AA8EM\naa8em at amsat dot org\n",
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