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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/IULVAZYICZCRTK2VQOLMKBIY4VJ7MKLM/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CAHKCqnA81=UaTOzpPzLPangwUuiQ7nbcW83YiHxZpkUhHsM4LA@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "IULVAZYICZCRTK2VQOLMKBIY4VJ7MKLM", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/IULVAZYICZCRTK2VQOLMKBIY4VJ7MKLM/", "sender": { "address": "mjohns+K0JM (a) luther.edu", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Mark D. Johns", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-188 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin", "date": "2019-07-06T23:00:02Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-188\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\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Update\n* Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors Announced\n* Frank Karnauskas, N1UW Appointed as AMSAT VP for Development\n* First Ever Contact via Moon Orbiting Transponder on LO-94\n* First Call for Papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Symposium\n* Take W3ZM on the Road!\n* ARISS-International Delegates Meet in Montreal\n* JAISAT-1 telemetry beacon downlink on 435.325 MHz FM 4k8 GMSK\n* Additional Amateur Radio Payloads to Launch with JAISAT-1\n* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July\n*\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-188.01\nANS-188 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 188.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE: 2019 July 7\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-188.01\n\n\n2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Update\n\nThe 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors election will be conducted dif-\nferently than in past elections. In previous years, the balloting pro-\ncess was handled by multiple vendors. This year, AMSAT has contracted\nwith a single, independent party, ElectionBuddy, to conduct and fully\nmanage the election process.\n\nA ballot card will be mailed to all current members in accordance with\nthe organization’s by-laws by or on July 15, 2019. You may cast your\nballot by visiting a unique URL or utilizing the QR code printed on the\ncard. If you do not receive your ballot, you will need to contact\nElectionBuddy. ElectionBuddy will be responsible for distributing\nballots, collecting ballots, and tallying votes.\n\nIndividual candidates’ statement of qualification (biographies) will be\npublished on AMSAT’s website and will be displayed on the ElectionBuddy\nwebsite available to eligible voters.\n\nAMSAT believes this voting system will result in greater election\nintegrity as it removes the potential for any perceived conflicts of\ninterest. ElectionBuddy will manage AMSAT’s voter list and interaction\nwith members regarding the election. This ensures voter anonymity.\nIndividual ballot responses will never be shared with any volunteer or\npaid AMSAT staff.\n\nBecause AMSAT has contracted ElectionBuddy for a fully managed elec-\ntion, they will be voters’ single point of contact regarding any ballot\nissues. The AMSAT Secretary or Office Manager may direct you to contact\nElectionBuddy in situations deemed part of this fully managed election.\nQuestions will not be answered on the AMSAT-BB or organizational Social\nMedia accounts.\n\nIn the event that you are unwilling or unable to cast your ballot via\nthe online mechanism, ElectionBuddy will mail you a specific ballot\nthat must be returned to them within the parameters of our election\ntime frame so that it is received by the office no later than Sept-\nember 15, 2019. If you choose this option, please understand it is at\nan increased cost to the organization.\n\nSincerely,\nClayton L. Coleman, W5PFG\nAMSAT Secretary\n\n[ANS thanks Clayton L. Coleman, W5PFG, AMSAT Secretary, for the above\ninformation]]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCandidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors Announced\n\nThe corrected list of 2019 candidates, in alphabetical order by last\nname are:\n\nJerry Buxton, N0JY\nHoward (Howie) Defelice, AB2S\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nJeff Johns, WE4B\nBrennan Price, N4QX\nPatrick Stoddard, WD9EWK\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM\nMichelle Thompson, W5NYV\n\nThis year AMSAT membership will select four candidates to the Board\nof Directors. The four candidates receiving the highest number of\nvotes will be seated as voting members of the Board of Directors. Two\nalternate directors will be selected based on the next highest number\nof votes received.\n\nBallots will be mailed to the AMSAT membership by July 15, 2019.\n\nThe election closes September 15, 2019.\n\n[ANS thanks Clayton L. Coleman, W5PFG, AMSAT Secretary, for the above\ninformation.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFrank Karnauskas, N1UW Appointed as AMSAT VP for Development\n\nThe AMSAT Board of Directors has elected Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, Vice\nPresident - Development This position carries the responsibility for\nfund raising, marketing and public relations for AMSAT programs. In\naddition to enhancing the AMSAT and ARISS brands within their tradi-\ntional spheres, this position is expected to broaden the appeal of its\nactivities to a wider market. This includes the educational, corporate\nand philanthropic sectors.\n\nJoe Spier explains, \"The cost of planning, building and launching\nsatellites has risen exponentially over the past years. It is\nessential that we not only raise the Amateur Radio community's\nfinancial participation in these programs, we need to enlist the\nsupport of outside entities. We can only do this by demonstrating\nthe value that Amateur Radio satellites bring to society's best\ninterests. This is especially true for youth and educational\nprograms where AMSAT's and ARISS' growth lies.\"\n\nFrank comes to this position with a forty-five year career as a\nsales and marketing executive in the consumer and industrial\nmarkets. He was first licensed in 1963 and has been a long-term\nmember of AMSAT and the ARRL. Frank also contributes to AMSAT\nas an AMSAT News Service Rotating Editor.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n 2019 marks AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary\n of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the\n AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program.\n Full details are available at\n https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFirst Ever Contact via Moon Orbiting Transponder on LO-94\n\nDaniel Estevez, EA4GPZ, reported on the details of the first contact\nvia a lunar orbiting repeater that was accomplished via China's\nDSLWP-B (LO-94) satellite.\n\nEA4GPZ wrote, \"In parallel [with the solar eclipse testing], the GMSK\nto JT4G repeater onboard DSLWP-B was used to make a QSO between BY2HIT,\nthe Harbin Institute of Technology Amateur radio club, and Reinhard\nKuehn DK5LA. This is the first ever Amateur radio QSO made through a\nlunar orbiting repeater. It was reported by Wei Mingchuan, BG2BHC.\"\n\nContinuing, \"Using the GMSK to JT4G repeater is not easy, in terms of\nthe signal power needed for the uplink. There were plans to make a QSO\nbetween BY2HIT and Reinhard since many months ago, but previous\nattempts didn't work out. My congratulations to the people at both\nsides of the QSO, who have achieved it a month before DSLWP-B crashes\nagainst the lunar surface.\n\n\"The GMSK to JT4G repeater works by sending commands to the satellite\nwhich embed a 13 character message, using the same frequency and a\nsimilar protocol to the one used to command the camera and other sat-\nellite functions. The precise definition of this mode is a 7.8125 baud\nFSK modulation with a shift of 394.53125Hz. Each FSK tone is \"spread\"\nwith a 250 baud GMSK 32 bit syncword. The CCSDS 32 bit syncword is used\nto mark the beginning of a packet, and a Reed-Solomon (64,32) code is\nused for FEC, together with CCSDS scrambling. Such a message takes a\nbit longer than one minute to transmit. The uplink is in the 2m Amateur\nsatellite band.\n\n\"The repeater downlink is the usual JT4G downlink of DSLWP-B in the\n70cm Amateur satellite band. The 13 character messages sent in the\nuplink command replace the usual JT4G telemetry, being repeated as\na free-form JT4G message. In the case of this QSO, the B1 radio at\n436.400MHz was used. This radio was also used to transmit the images\nusing GMSK SSDV.\"\n\nAccess EA4GPZ's full report at:\nhttps://destevez.net/2019/07/analysis-of-dslwp-b-eclipse-test-run-again/\n\n[ANS thanks Daniel Estevez, EA4GPZ for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFirst Call for Papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Symposium\n\nThe 50th Anniversary AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium will be\nheld on the weekend of October 18 – 20 at The Hilton Arlington, 950\nNorth Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia. Proposals for papers,\nsymposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any\ntopic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a\ntentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final\ncopy to be submitted by September 23rd for inclusion in the printed\nproceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at\nn8fgv(at)amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTake W3ZM on the Road!\n\nLeading up to the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Space Symposium and Gen-\neral Meeting, to be held in Arlington, VA, October 18 – 20, 2019,\nAMSAT’s call sign, W3ZM, will operate from all 50 States, the District\nof Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Not only is this your chance to get\nWorked All States-Satellites under the W3ZM call sign, but, also, your\nchance to be a part of this historic effort.\n\nNote: When operating outside of the “3” call area, operators will\nappend the W3ZM call sign with “/(call area).” As an example, someone\noperating from Texas will use W3ZM/5; from Hawaii, W3ZM/KH6; from\nAlaska, W3ZM/KL7; and from Puerto Rico, W3ZM/KP4.\n\nTo make this happen – We need your help! Please volunteer to get on\nthe air and activate your State, using AMSAT’s W3ZM call sign, as well\nas to cover those States without an active AMSAT Member. Activations\nof other United States Territories (i.e. Guam, American Samoa, the U.S.\nVirgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)\nare also welcome.\n\nTo volunteer and operate using AMSAT’s W3ZM call sign, you must:\n- Be a current member of AMSAT\n- Obtain permission by emailing AMSAT VP of User Services, specifying\n the requested date(s) and location(s)\n- Submit an ADIF log of contacts made for upload to LoTW by AMSAT, as\n instructed in your notice of approval to use the W3ZM call sign\n\nAdditional information and a schedule of operations may be found at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP of User Services, for\nthe above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS-International Delegates Meet in Montreal\n\nNine nations were represented as Amateur Radio on the International\nSpace Station (ARISS) held its 2019 “face-to-face” meeting of interna-\ntional delegates at the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal, June 26–28.\nARISS-Canada was the host for the gathering. A high point of the con-\nference came when Kenwood software manager Shin Aota, JL1IBD, present-\ned two Kenwood TM-D710GA transceivers to ARISS-Russia delegate Sergey\nSamburov, RV3DR. One of the TM-D710GA radios will replace aging\nAmateur Radio equipment currently in use on the International Space\nStation, while the other will remain on Earth as a spare for training\ncosmonauts. For more than a year, these radios have undergone detailed\nNASA qualification testing followed by final software configuration\nand verification.\n\n“With today’s transfer of the radios to ARISS-Russia, we are one step\ncloser to an enhanced Amateur Radio system on board the ISS, support-\ning various operations such as SSTV, voice communication, APRS, and a\nvariety of experiments,” ARISS-International said in announcing the\npresentation. The ARISS Hardware Team met on June 25.\n\nThose on hand for the event included Radio Amateurs of Canada President\n(RAC) and ARISS-Canada Delegate for RAC Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA;\nAMSAT-NA President Joe Spier, K6WAO, and AMSAT-Italia President\nEmanuele D’Andria, I0ELE. ARRL Southeastern Division Director Greg\nSarratt, W4OZK, attended in his role as chair of the ARRL Board’s new\nARISS Committee. Rosalie White, K1STO, represented ARRL as an ARISS-US\ndelegate and handled the duties of ARISS-International Secretary. The\nother ARISS-US delegate was Dave Taylor, W8AAS.\n\nThe French government’s proposal to consider 144–146 MHz for possible\nallocation to the Aeronautical Mobile Service drew some discussion.\nOther topics included ARISS’ future participation in NASA’s Deep Space\nGateway (DSG) program. ARISS is the only noncommercial entity whose\nideas are under study by the program. The ARISS plan focuses on Amateur\nRadio communication, including optical communication channels, as well\nas equipment development, team cooperation, education, and public out-\nreach.\n\nCanadian Space Agency Program Manager of the Lunar Gateway Program Ken\nPodwalski noted that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced\nthat Canada will go to the moon. CSA provided the “Canadarm” robotic\narm for the space shuttle and contributed the Mobile Servicing System,\na sophisticated robotics suite that plays a critical role in ISS oper-\nations.\n\nWhite and Taylor presented the ARISS-US Region Report, highlighting\nmany of the accomplishments of the US team since the last ARISS face-\nto-face meeting.\n\nDave Honess of the European Space Agency presented some ideas for en-\nhanced ARISS educational outreach. A future SSTV session to honor Owen\nGarriott, W5LFL (SK), also came in for some discussion. Garriott was\nthe first space traveler to use Amateur Radio from space. — Thanks to\nDave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS Public Relations, and Rosalie White, K1STO\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nJAISAT-1 telemetry beacon downlink on 435.325 MHz FM 4k8 GMSK\n\nJAISAT-1 was launched on July 5, 2019 at 05:41:46z along with a total\nof 33 satellites from 12 countries.\n\nThe JAISAT-1 telemetry beacon is at 435.325 MHz. The telemetry signal\nformat is 4k8 GMSK Mobitex (same as Dstar one Sparro and iSAT CMX990\nMobitex Format) in accordance with the details from the IARU satellite\nco-ordinator site:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=521\n\nThis is keplerian element from simulated orbit the following as below:\nJAISAT-SIM\n1 77777U 19001a 19186.41724769 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00015\n2 77777 098.5564 148.1307 0015651 161.6334 118.6706 15.15099188000017\n\nAll amateur radio operators capable of receiving signals from the\nJAISAT-1 satellite are invited to send the data by email to:\[email protected]\nThe Radio Amateur Society of Thailand will have a SWL card to confirm\nreception.\n\n[ANS thanks Tanan Rangseeprom, HS1JAN, Project Manager of JAISAT-1,\nfor the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAdditional Amateur Radio Payloads to Launch with JAISAT-1\n\nWhen JAISAT-1 launches in July from the Vostochny Cosmodrome it will\nfly with additional amateur radio payloads, summarized below.\n\nBerlin Technical University (Germany) Beesat-9 Coordination details at:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=657\nA 1U Cubesat, BEESAT-9 is an educational, experimental satellite.\nThe main objective is to verify 3- axes stabilization using a GPS\nreceiver, reaction wheels and magnetorquers. A camera will take\npictures of Earth to verify the attitude of the satellite. A new\nattitude control actuator, developed in a PhD thesis, will be first\nflown on BEESAT-9. The operations of the spacecraft will be conducted\nin lecture courses under the guidance of licensed radio amateurs.\n\nThe satellite will have a digipeater function to mirror a signal to\nanother satellite or ground station. Furthermore, it will provide a\nbeacon signal for radio amateurs, including telemetry. The amateur\nradio community is highly encouraged to collect telemetry data pack-\nets, plans for special operations e.g. experiments shall be announced\nto the amateur radio community on the Internet. It is also planned\nto include the amateur radio community to receive parts of pictures,\nwhich will then be put together by TU Berlin and published on the\nWebsite and on social networks. proposing to use a UHF downlink with\n4k8 or 9k6 Mobilex GMSK modulation. A downlink on 435,950 MHz has\nbeen coordinated by the IARU.\n\nBEESAT-9 Will fly with BEESAT10-13 and MOVE-2B. More info from:\nhttp://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/menue/\nforschung/aktuelle_projekte/beesat-4/parameter/en/\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS-188-BEESAT-9\n\nMunich Technical University (Germany) will demonstrate their inno-\nvative cubesat bus by launching MOVE-IIb. Coordination details at:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=645\nA 1U CubeSat. Proposing a VHF QPSK 12k5 Bit/s downlink for telemetry\nand mission data with a UHF uplink capability for a cross band repeat-\ner. A downlink on 145,840 MHz has been coordinated. No additional\namateur radio repeater operation is available at press time. The IARU\nrelease suggests to monitor for updated information on the mission\nwebsite at: https://www.move2space.de/\n\nTallinn Technical University (Estonia) - an educational satellite\nTTU101 developed to test Earth observation cameras and a novel high\nspeed X-band communication system. Coordination details at:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=660\nThe mission of TTU satellite is to perform remote sensing in visible\nand IR electromagnetic spectrum from 500-600 km polar orbit with 1U\ncubesat for educational and technology demonstration purposes. Another\nmission task is to test amateur 10.450 - 10.500 GHz band frequencies\nfor high-speed data downlink operations. Proposing a 435 MHz downlink\nwith data rates up to 9k6 GFSK/GMSK and also OQPSK downlink on\n10.45 GHZ at data rates up to 20Mbs. Downlinks on 10460.000 MHz and\n435.450 MHz with a beacon on 435.500 MHz have been coordinated.\nMore info at:\nhttps://www.ttu.ee/projects/mektory-eng/satellite-programme-3/\n\nRoyal Institute of Technology KTH (Sweden) - SEAM-2.0 scientific\nspacecraft for measuring the magnetic field of the Earth.\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=584\nA 3U CubeSat intended to test a deployable boom carrying miniature\nsensors for measuring magnetic fields. A commercial S Band transceiver\nwill operate in addition to a UHF transceiver using 9k6 GMSK. A down-\nlink on 437.250MHz has been coordinated.\n\nUniversity of Wuerzburg (Germany) - SONATE, a cubesat for technology\ndemonstration, and orbital verification of various satellite compon-\nents and autonomous payloads. Coordination details at:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=572\nThe educational objective of this mission includes opportunities\nstudents to build and operate radio communication systems of space\nand ground segment systems. Such a system is the amateur payload of\nthis satellite, a transceiver which is currently built by several\nstudents over the course of their theses. This transceiver will\ninitially provide regularly SSTV downlinks with images from one of\nthe on-board cameras. Other thesis for instance address the antenna\ndeploy mechanism. The following downlink frequencies have been\ncoordinated: 9k6 GMSK/GSFK AX25 telemetry 437.025 MHz and for SSTV\n145.840 MHz\n\nSkyFox Labs (Czech Republic) - Lucky-7 cubesat will demonstrate\ninnovative solutions for 1U cubesat platform. Coordination details at:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=452\nIn addition to radio frequency operation the satellite includes high\npower LEDs transmitting in visible spectra (blue) to demonstrate EPS\nhigh power handling capability. Also included is a Digital Color cam-\nera module which will be used aboard the satellite to capture the\nimages of Earth to confirm ADCS stabilization functionality and\n\"high\" data transfer throughput capability of the custom-built FSK\nonboard radio. A downlink on 437.525 MHz has been coordinated for a\nFSK downlink at variable bit rates up to 9k6. Data format information\nwill be made available at http://www.lucky7satellite.org\n\nAdditional launch information can be found at:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/y39pxhel\n\n[ANS thanks the IARU and parabolicarc.com for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nVUCC Awards-Endorsements for July\n\nHere are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the\nARRL for the period June 1, 2019 through July 1, 2019. Congratulations\nto all those who made the list this month!\n\nCALL 01 Jun 01 Jul 2019\n K5OE 1008 1079\n K6FW 794 801 Correction\n WD9EWK 550 567\n N3GS 454 525\n NS3L 457 475\n K9UO 351 400\n W5TD New 381\n MI6GTY 281 354\n KE8AKW 258 329\n W7JSD 279 309\n G0ABI 305 306\n AD0HJ 250 282\n KC9ELU 229 233\n AJ4A 225 230\n AB1OC 177 184\n N7EGY 100 169\n PU8RFL 157 166\n PS8MT 156 165\n AA8CH/N8R New 113\n KC9VGG New 102\n N6REK New 100\n WD9EWK (DM45) New 100\n\n[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nHawaii (BL20) – July 5-8, 2019\nMark, N8MH will be operating as N8MH/KH6 and as W3ZM/KH6 July 5-8 from\nBL20, FM and linears. Possibility of other grids once there. Watch the\nTwitter feed for further announcements: https://twitter.com/N8MH\n\nWabakimi Provincial Park, Ontario (EO50) – July 4-10, 2019\nFred, VE3FAL, is heading off to Wabakimi Provincial Park July 4th-10th\nand will activate EO50 via FM satellites. Keep an eye on Fred’s Twitter\nfeed for further updates: https://twitter.com/Fred_VE3FAL\n\nUP and Ontario (EN85, EN86, EN87) July 6-13, 2019\nChris, AA8CH, is heading back up north MI July 6th. Staying in EN85,\nwill also hit EN86 if any requests. July 13 going to stay in EN76/VE3,\nwith activation of EN86/EN87 planned. DM or email Chris, if you need\none of ’em. Keep an eye on Chris’ Twitter feed for further updates:\nhttps://twitter.com/charliehotel10\n\nMontana (EN55) July 8-10, 2019\nDennis, N7EGY, will be in DN55 starting the evening of July 8th thru\n~1800z July 10th. First priority is moving his daughter & family into\ntheir new home, but he’ll sneak away to play on the birds as able.\nKeep an eye on Dennis’ Twitter feed for specific pass announcements:\nhttps://twitter.com/n7egy1\n\nIceland (HP93, HP94, HP95, IP03, IP05, IP13, IP14, IP15, IP24, IP25,\nIP35) – July 13-19, 2019\nAdam, K0FFY, is taking his family (and his radios) to Iceland. He’ll\nbe staying in HP95 on July 13, IP15 on July 14-15, IP25 on July 16,\nIP03 on July 17-18, and HP94 on July 19. In total, he’ll be passing\nthrough HP93, HP94, HP95, IP03, IP05, IP13, IP14, IP15, IP24, IP25, &\nIP35. There’s a lot to see, so passes will be best effort & announced\non Twitter shortly prior: https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio\n\nFor more information on the latest satellite roves and special events:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/\n\n[ANS thanks KE4AL for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Several AMSAT members will be operating on satellites during the\n 13 Colonies Special Event this weekend:\n N2OA will be operating as K2A from FN03\n KG4AKV will operate as K2J from North Carolina\n N3CAL will represent Maryland from FM18 as K2F\n For more information see:\n http://www.13colonies.net/\n (ANS thanks N2OA, KG4AKV, and N3CAL for the above information)\n\n+ An ARRL video introducing amateur radio to the public includes AMSAT\n Members N8HM, KM4LAO, and NP4JV:\n https://www.facebook.com/ARRL.org/videos/576779882849805/\n (ANS thanks ARRL for the above information)\n\n+ Lunar-OSCAR 94 successfully imaged the solar eclipse from lunar\n orbit on July 2. The images were downloaded by BY2HIT and PI9CAM.\n https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-ifQaaXsAAGBwd.jpg\n https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iDwjdUcAA8ehc.jpg\n https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iNUXCX4AEzjmQ.jpg\n https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iGqg9W4AAT3ue.jpg\n (ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the above information.)\n\n+ A nicely detailed description of equipment needed for access to the\n geosynchronous QO-100 by Tobias Mädel, DL4TMA was recently posted at:\n https://tbspace.de/qo100eshail2.html\n (ANS thanks Tobias Mädel, DL4TMA, for the above information)\n\n+ NASA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11\n Moon mission and look to the future of exploration on the Moon and\n Mars with a live, two-hour television broadcast Friday, July 19, and\n partner-led events taking place across the country from July 16\n through July 20. For details, see:\n https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/index.html\n (ANS thanks NASA for the above information)\n\n+ The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft sprang loose from its\n Prox-1 carrier vehicle as planned on July 2, and sent its first\n signals back to mission control at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Cali-\n fornia. The satellite, with callsign WM9XPA, sends AX.25 FSK telem-\n etry at 9600 bps on 437.025 MHz. Full news release at:\n https://tinyurl.com/y6dtauv2\n (ANS thanks The Planetary Society for the above information)\n\n+ A reminder that AO-85 is in a low battery voltage condition. Please\n do not use the satellite while it is in eclipse, even if you hear it.\n Please send reports to the AMSAT-BB. They are welcome and helpful.\n (ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the above information.)\n\n+ On July 1, 1976, the main exhibition hall of the National Air and\n Space Museum in Washington, DC opened. AMSAT was on site with a\n portable satellite station on the steps of the museum and President\n Ford's dedication speech was transmitted through AO-7. Photos of\n this event were posted by AMSAT at\n https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/1145679438744608769\n\n+ The submission deadline for AMSAT Field Day scores is July 8th.\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 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\n\nK0JM at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }
