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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-262 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2016-09-18T02:04:11Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-262\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* RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Prepped/Packed for Shock Test\n* IMPORTANT notice for AMSAT Symposium Cruise Attendees\n* KX9X Plans for NPOTA Satellite Operation\n* University Students Shown Amateur Radio\n* Plan Ahead for New Years AMSAT CW Activity Day on the Satellites\n* 2016 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results\n* US ARISS Contacts -Call for Proposals Remains Open through Nov 1\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-262.01\nANS-262 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 262.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nSeptember 18, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-262.01\n\n\nRadFxSat (Fox-1B) Prepped/Packed for Shock Test\n\nAMSAT VP of Engineering, Jerry Buxton N0JY, has posted a video of\nthe final day of RadFxSat live testing, where the satellite gets one\nmore time in the sun and on the air for data on power and\ntemperatures.\n\nIn the video Jerry secures the solar panel covers, does a preflight\ninitialization, and packes it up to send off to Tyvak in California\nfor shock testing, which occurs September 22-30.  after the shock\ntest the satellite will come back to Fox Labs for post-shock testing\nto make sure nothing broke. Next she will be taken to Orlando for\nvibe and bakeout October 10-14.  That will be the finish, and\nRadFxSat will then wait in Fox Labs for delivery/integration in\nJanuary 2017 with a March 16, 2017 launch date.\n\nWatch the 38 minute video:\nhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=vm-i_TvdOyU\n\n[ANS thanks Jerry N0JY for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nIMPORTANT notice for AMSAT Symposium Cruise Attendees\n\nPAYMENT DUE\n\nIf you are attending the 2016 AMSAT Symposium Carnival cruise, your\nfinal payment is likely due. The majority of our accounts were due\nSeptember 12.\n\nIf your scheduled payment method fails, Carnival will attempt to\ncontact you by phone or email.\n\nPlease take a moment to ensure your final payment has been made.\n\nCARNIVAL ACCOUNT\n\nIf you have not registered on the Carnival website to supply your\nguest information, you should consider doing so by going to the link\nbelow and choosing \"Create Account.\"\n\nhttps://www.carnival.com/BookedGuest/guestmanagement/mycarnival/logon\n\nSigning up on their website allows you to pre-enter required boarding\ninformation, schedule shore excursions for Cozumel, and set payment\nmethod for onboard purchases. Non-USA passengers, this is the best\nmethod to enter all your passport details.\n\nPlease reply directly to me off-BB if you have any questions.  I am\ninundated with email at the moment so it may be 24-48 hours before I\nreply.\n\n[ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nKX9X Plans for NPOTA Satellite Operation\n\nSean Kutzko, KX9X, says he will be hitting the road 9/24-9/28 to put\nseveral NPOTA units in New York's Hudson Valley on the air. Becky\nSchoenfeld, W1BXY and Sean will activate Martin van Buren (NS50),\nThomas Cole (AA23), the FDR home (NS36), Eleanor Roosevelt (NS14) and\nVanderbilt Mansion (NS74) on HF SSB/CW plus the following satellites:\nSO-50, FO-29, XW-2A/2C/2F, and will even try AO-7 and AO-73.\n\nThey won't know specific operating schedules until the night before;\nfollow KX9X on Twitter for real-time info during these NPOTA\nactivations. They will sign and log as KX9X/2 and W1BXY. Satellite\ngear will be two 817s, preamps, and an Arrow. Activations will be\ndaytime-only. Sean likes hanging out below the center of the passband\non the analog sats.\n\n[ANS thanks Sean Kutzdo, KX9X, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUniversity Students Shown Amateur Radio\n\nAMSAT-India Regional Coordinator Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP reports on\nthe ‘Ham Radio – Practical Insight’ session given to 150 students at\nParul University.\n\nWonderful hands on session on ‘Ham Radio – Practical Insight’ was\nconducted at prestigious Parul University – Baroda (Gujarat, India)\non September 8, 2016. Around 150 Engineering (EC) student & faculties\nparticipated in the program & gain knowledge on the subject.\n\nIn-depth Presentation on Ham Radio, Interesting Ham Radio Events,\nVideo Documentary & SSTV Live demo was carried out by Rajesh Vagadia\nVU2EXP. Students were excited to see line by line SSTV transmission\non the projected screen. To learn with fun, students were allowed to\nmake collective noise during transmission to observe their effect in\nthe SSTV reception!!!\n\nNumber of technical & general queries satisfied in Q&A session.\nSunny VU2PMU Shared his Ham Experience & Sardool VU2OPX Selected few\nstudent with small Quiz.\n\nVHF Demo (Modulation test) was nicely carried out by GIAR team\nmember Ankit VU3NMQ, Sardool VU2OPX, Sunny VU2PMU & myself. Student &\nfaculties learnt the potential of Ham Radio hobby & enjoyed the event\nat the fullest.\n\nI thank my fellow hams for their kind support and also thankful to\nProf. Jay Patel & Prof. Niraj Tever from Parul University to nicely\ncoordinate the event.\n\nWish this Ham event act as small SPARK (ignition) & in future some\nof the student may fly high in World of Amateur Radio!\n\nAMSAT-India http://amsatindia.org/\n\n[ANS thanks Rajesh P. Vagadia VUEXP via AMSAT-UK for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPlan Ahead for New Years AMSAT CW Activity Day on the Satellites\n\nThanks to all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night 2016,\nheld in memory of Ben Stevenson, W2BXA. For 25 years, AMSAT has\nsponsored SKN on OSCAR, and it's been my pleasure to conduct this\nevent.\n\nWhile Morse as a license qualification has gone the way of the spark\ngap, I am pleased to see that amateur CW activity is as popular as\never. Straight keys and \"bugs\", however, have found a niche primarily\nwith the boat anchor crowd, and AMSAT's insistence on their use in\nOSCAR SKN has held down participation. Similar considerations have\nled ARRL to broaden its annual HF event to include all forms of CW,\neven computer-generated. The idea is to encourage everyone to enjoy\nCW operation, no matter how they choose to do it. We agree 100%.\n\nSo, in with the new: AMSAT CW Activity Day.\n\nAs with the old SKN, it will be a fun event, not a contest, and will\nrun for 24 hours on January 1, 2017 (UTC). All forms of CW are\nwelcome. Since it is not a contest, there is no required exchange. A\nQSO is a QSO. Working the same station on more than one satellite is\npermitted.\n\nInstead of submitting Best Fist nominations, all participants are\nasked to post their results, including \"Soapbox\" comments, to AMSAT-\nBB. Please include the satellites you used, and the number of CW QSOs\nyou had on each. While it is not necessary to post your full log, you\nmay do so if you wish.\n\nCU on CW!\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2016 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results\n\nAs a result of the 2016 Board of Directors Election, Tom Clark,\nK3IO; Mark\nHammond, N8MH; and Bruce Paige, KK5DO; will serve on the board for two\nyears.\n\nThe First Alternate is Paul Stoetzer, N8HM and the Second Alternate is\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG. Both will serve for a term of one year.\n\nThe results of the voting with 697 ballots cast are as follows:\n\nTom Clark, K3IO..................547\nMark Hammond, N8MH...............504\nBruce Paige, KK5DO...............396\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM..............362\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG...........200\n\nSubmitted by:\nMartha Saragovitz, Manager\nPaul Stoetzer, Secretary\n\n[ANS thanks Martha Saragovitz, and Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUS ARISS Contacts -Call for Proposals Remains Open through Nov 1\n\nMessage to US Educators\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station\nContact Opportunity\n\nCall for Proposals\nProposal Window September 1 - November 1, 2016\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program\nis seeking formal and informal education institutions and\norganizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur\nRadio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates\nthat the contact would be held between July 1, 2017 and December 31,\n2017. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact\ndates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is\nlooking for organizations that will draw large numbers of\nparticipants and integrate the contact into a well-developed\neducation plan.\n\nThe deadline to submit a proposal is November 1, 2016. Proposal\ninformation and documents can be found at\nwww.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\n\nThe Opportunity\nCrew members aboard the International Space Station will participate\nin scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are\napproximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact\nwith the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.\n\nAn ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via\nAmateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space\nstation and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford\neducation audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from\nastronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn\nabout space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an\nopportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless\ntechnology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human\nspaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the\nISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate\nchanges in dates and times of the radio contact.\n\nAmateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space\nagencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational\nopportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to\nenable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students\naround the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed\nby AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American\nRadio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for\nthe Advancement of Science in Space).\n\nMore Information\nInterested parties can find more information about the program at\nwww.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.\n\nFor proposal information and more details such as expectations,\nproposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of\nInformation Sessions go to\nhttp://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\nPlease direct any questions to ariss at arrl dot org.\n\nAbout ARISS\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a\ncooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the\nspace agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In\nthe United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the\nCenter for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and  National\nAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  The primary goal of\nARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering,\nand mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via\namateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in\nclassrooms or informal education venues.  With the help of\nexperienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with\nlarge audiences in a variety of public forums.  Before and during\nthese radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities\nlearn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio.  For more\ninformation, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.\n\nAlso, join us on Facebook:  Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) / Follow us on Twitter:  ARISS_status\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between C.E.PR. Almadén, Jaén, Spain\nand Astronaut Kate Rubins  KG5FYJ using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact\nbegan Thu 2016-09-15 08:14:19 UTC and lasted about nine and a half\nminutes. Contact was direct via EA7URJ.\nARISS Mentor was Francesco IKØWGF.\n\nSchool Information:\nPrimary Education State School. This school year (2013/2014) there\nare 420 students from 6 to 12 years old. C.E.PR. Almadén is a\nMultilingual School with Français as L2 and English as L3.\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+ NPOTA Activation Video Posted\n\n  John Brier KG4AKV announced that he has posted a video of his SO-50\n  satellite activation from August 29th 2016 at the Wright Brothers\n  National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The NPS unit\n  is NM29 and the grid square is FM26.\n\n  The video can be viewed at:\n  https://youtu.be/C0qLC03jDTA\n\n  [ANS thanks John KG4AKV for the above information]\n\n+ September issues of SatMagazine and MilSatMagazine are available\n  for download.\n\n  http://www.satmagazine.com/\n  http://www.milsatmagazine.com/\n\n  [ANS thanks Satnews for the above information]\n\n+ Measuring Sky Angles With Your Hand\n\n  Have you ever worked portable and wondered just how close you were\n  holding your antenna in reference to the necessary altitude and\n  azimuth to be on target with your satellite?\n\n  You can use your hands to measure degrees of the sky. There is a\n  method common in astronomy for measuring sky angles. Here’s how they\n  describe it on One Minute Astronomer:\n\n  \"Your hands and fingers are a remarkably accurate (and convenient)\n  measuring tool. When you hold your hand at arm’s length, you can\n  estimate angles like this:\n\n  Stretch your thumb and little finger as far from each other as you\n  can. The span from tip to tip is about 25 degrees.\n\n  Do the same with your index finger and little finger. The span is 15\n  degrees.\n\n  Clench your fist at arms length, and hold it with the back of your\n  hand facing you. The width is 10 degrees.\n\n  Hold your three middle fingers together; they span about 5 degrees\n\n  The width of your little finger at arm’s length is 1 degree.\"\n\n  http://oneminuteastronomer.com/860/measuring-sky/\n\n  See also\n  http://makezine.com/2016/09/16/measuring-tip-ruler/\n\n  [ANS thanks oneminuteastronomer.com and make zone.com for the above\n  information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining\ndonors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-\ntional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT\nOffice.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership\nat one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-\ndent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nEMike McCardel, AA8EM\naa8em at amsat dot org\n",
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