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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-118 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2019-04-27T23:16:44Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-118\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* AMSAT 50th Anniversary Issue of AMSAT Journal Available For All\n* PHL-Microsat Issues Diwata-2 Amateur Radio Unit Service Announcement\n* Coronation Station HS10KING/mm On Geostationary Satellite\n* SatNOGS Satellite Ground Station Article in HackSpace Magazine\n* AMSAT South Africa Developing AfriCUBE SDR-based CubeSat\n* Interview with Peter Gülzow, AMSAT-DL President\n* PSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-118.01\nANS-118 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 118.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nApril 28, 2019\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-118.01\n\n\n\nAMSAT 50th Anniversary Issue of AMSAT Journal Available For All\n\nWe have made our special 50th Anniversary Edition of The AMSAT\nJournal available to all. If you enjoy this issue, please consider\njoining AMSAT today!\n\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS-118-Journal\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Office for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPHL-Microsat Issues Diwata-2 Amateur Radio Unit Service Announcement\n\nOn April 26 Philippines PHL-Microsat announced that Diwata-2's ARU\nor ham radio is now ready for service.\n\nWhile Diwata-2 is classified as an Earth-observing microsatellite -\nwith 4 optical payloads or cameras tasked to gather data from space\nin the form of satellite images - it also carries an Amateur Radio\nUnit (ARU).\n\nThe ARU introduced in Diwata-2 is a spaceborne module designed and\nmanufactured in the Philippines. It is targeted for amateur radio\ncommunication, emergency and disaster response, and wireless experi-\nmentation and training. Operating modes will include:\n\n+ FM voice repeater\n  Uplink:    437.500 MHz FM (CTCSS 141.3)\n  Downlink:  145.900 MHz FM\n\n+ APRS message digipeater\n  Uplink:    437.500 MHz 1K2 AFSK\n  Downlink:  145.900 MHz 1K2 AFSK\n  Callsign:  DW4TA-1\n  By default, the ARU will operate as an APRS digipeater once a\n  week on Sunday and can be changed as necessary via command link.\n\n+ Morse-based beacon\n  Downlink:  145.900 MHz\n\n+ APRS-based beacon\n  Downlink:  145.900 MHz 1K2 AFSK\n\nThe ARU will send different beacon formats according to its scheduled/\nannounced operation. Morse-coded CW beacons are sent when ARU\noperates  as FM voice repeater. Morse-coded CW beacons will be\ntransmitted on a 2 minute cycle with 1 minute of transmission\nfollowed by a 1 minute pause.\n\nAPRS beacons are sent when it operates as APRS digipeater. APRS\nbeacon packets will be transmitted every 30 seconds, with a packet\nduration of 1-2 seconds.\n\nFor schedule updates, follow @Diwata2PH on Twitter or\nvia the publicly accessible web page at: https://twitter.com/Diwata2PH\n\nOn April 11, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) desig-\nnated Diwata-2 as Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101).\n\nFor more info on Diwata-2 ARU usage and schedules, follow us on\nTwitter: @Diwata2PH -or- follow their blog on-line at:\nhttps://blog.phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/tagged/amateur-radio\nhttp://phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/diwata2\n\n[ANS thanks PHL-Microsat and the Diwata-2 Team for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCoronation Station HS10KING/mm On Geostationary Satellite\n\nTo mark the Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn\nBodindradebayavarangkun (King Rama X) from May 4-6, 2019 the Radio\nAmateur Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the\nKing will be operating a special event station\n\nThe station will be operated from the Royal Thai Navy aircraft\ncarrier, the Chakri Narubet, in the Gulf of Thailand from May 3-6\nusing the callsign HS10KING/mm.\n\nThis station will be making QSOs in the 40, 20, 15 and 10 metre HF\nbands, on 2 metres VHF and also using amateur radio satellites,\nincluding the Es’hail-2 / QO-100 satellite.\n\nConsequently, the May meeting of RAST will be postponed to the\nsecond Sunday of the month, and will take place on Sunday May 12 at\nSena Place Hotel when applications to take the upcoming Intermediate\nClass examination will be available\n\nAs usual all RAST members are welcome to attend this meeting and\nhopefully they will be able to have a QSO with HS10KING/mm.\n\n[ANS thanks Tony Waltham, HS0ZDX via AMSAT-UK for the above\ninformation.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatNOGS Satellite Ground Station Article in HackSpace Magazine\n\nThe May edition of HackSpace magazine, issue 18, featuring articles\nby radio amateur Jo Hinchliffe MW6CYK is available as a free PDF.\n\nOn pages 34-47 is his special feature on Space, which explains how\nyou can build a SatNOGS satellite ground station to receive amateur\nradio satellites.\n\nJo’s article Make a Slim Jim Antenna appears on pages 110-111.\n\nAlso in the magazine, on pages 96-99, Ben Everard explains how to\nbuild an ISS count-down timer.\n\nYou can download the free HackSpace magazine PDF from\nhttps://hackspace.raspberrypi.org/issues/18\n\nDirect link to the PDF\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS-118-HackSpace\n\n[ANS thanks Jo Hinchliffe MW6CYK via AMSAT-UK for the above\ninformation.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT South Africa Developing AfriCUBE SDR-based CubeSat\n\nAMSAT SA has announced that parallel to its analogue Kletskous Cube-\nSat, the group is working on a digital project featuring a Software\ndefined transponder. Called AfriCUBE, the CubeSat will use the same\nspace frame as KLETSKOUS. Anton Janovsky is current building a proto-\ntype transponder. AMSATSA is inviting persons interested in becoming\npart of the development team to send their details to:\[email protected].\n\nMeanwhile the development and final construction of the AMSAT SA\nKLETSKOUS is plagued by electronic component obsolescence. This\nforces unwanted design changes to be made to ensure that when the\ntime comes to construct the final launch unit, the main components\nare still available.\n\nThe KLETSKOUS team decided to freeze the design of KLETSKOUS and pur-\nchase a quantity of devices to proactively mitigate future obsolesce.\nThis decision will also speed up the process of putting a final satel-\nlite on the table. \"Every time we change designs to mitigate for the\ndiscontinued components, it is like starting the design a fresh,\noften\ncreating new problems that have to be solved\", Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP\nsaid. \"By freezing the design, in other words making a final decision\non the main specialised devices to be used, we will be able to speed\nup the process of putting a flight ready unit on the table.\"\n\nKLETSKOUS is not a textbook design. Most of the sub-components that\nwill make up KLETSKOUS are designed and being built by the volunteer\nteam.  \"We do not have the finances to go out and purchase sub-units\nand simply wire them up.\", Coetzee said.\n\nAccess the original posting, with photo, at:\nhttp://www.amsatsa.org.za/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT South Africa for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nInterview with Peter Gülzow, AMSAT-DL President\n\nOn the occasion of the 4th Radio Day in Kassel, which is organized\nby DARC for the fourth time, an interview was conducted by the video\nportal Fascination Amateur Radio with Peter Gülzow, DB2OS, President\nof AMSAT Deutschland e.V., on the topic of QO-100/Es´hail-2.\n\nThe video which is in German can be viewed at:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS118-ON4WF\n\nAMSAT-UK suggests doing the following to support Closed Caption of\nthis German Piece:\n\"Select Closed Caption (CC) then in Settings Auto-Translate->English \"\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America\n\nIn a recent email via the AMSAT-BB Bob Bruninga wrote:\nPSAT2, ISS Sat Gate needed in Central America.\n\nSee the coverage map for the APRS satellites on 145.825.  There is a\nhole in Central America where the telemetry from these satellites can\ngo for almost three full orbits and not be captured.  All the rest of\nthe world is covered.\n\nCoverage Map:  http://aprs.org/psat2.html\n\nWe'd like to fill that hole!\n\nContact wb4apr (at) amsat.org\n\n\n[ANS Thanks Bob, WB4APR for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nIsles of Scilly (IN69) – April 20-27, 2019\nA team consisting G4EDG, G4ELZ and G4GSA will be active from St\nMary’s, Isles of Scilly EU-011 as GB5SM during April 20-27, 2019. QRV\non HF bands, CW/SSB/Digi. Possible satellite activity too. QSL via\nLZ1JZ. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW & Club Log\n\nVera Cruze State, Mexico (EK19) – April 25-28, 2019\nIsmael, XE1AY, will activate Veracruz State, grid EK19wc, from 25 to\n28 April.  This will be a portable FM-only activation.\n\nCentral and Northern Maine (FN53, FN54, FN55, FN56, FN57, FN65,\nFN66, FN67) – POSTPONED\nJoin Matt, W1PY and Sean, KX9X as they team up for a weekend of ham\nradio through the Pine Tree State! Follow them as they activate the\nPotato Field grids of central and northern Maine for the satellite\ncommunity, and hit some state parks on HF for the Parks on the Air\nand WWFF communities. There will also be spontaneous activations of\ncurious roadside attractions as they roll through.\n\nGrids to be activated on satellite:  FN53 – 54 – 55 – 56 – 57 – 65 -\n66 – 67. A special effort will be made to activate the grid\nintersection of FN56-57-66-67 in the potato field north of Caribou.\nDetailed satellite operations schedule to be announced ASAP.\n\nFor more information, check out https://t.co/2irvAUBvAu and keep an\neye on Sean’s Twitter feed https://twitter.com/SeanKutzko.\n\nEM61 – April 26 or 27, 2019\nJeff (WE4B), Marissa (W4AQT) and “Little Sister” will make a quick\nrun to EM61 sometime during the weekend of April 26th/27th for anyone\nwho needs the grid.  Watch for specific date/pass announcements on\nJeff’s Twitter feed https://twitter.com/WE4Bravo\n\nParque Estadual Canions do Rio Poty (Grid GI94) – April, 26 to 28,\n2019\nDXPedition ZV8FF will be active April 26th to 28th. Operators PS8RV,\nPS8ACM, PS8NF, and PS8BR announce HF bands in SSB, CW, FT8. In\naddition there is the possibility of Satellites FM, SSB and CW, so\nstay tuned.\n\nCalifornia (DM15) – April 27, 2019\nDave, AD7DB, will be in DM15 in the high desert town of North\nEdwards CA, just outside Edwards AFB.  Planned passes are AO-91, AO-\n92 and SO-50.  More exact details on Twitter\nhttps://twitter.com/ad7db as the time approaches.\nNorthern MI+ (EN84, EN92, EN93 – April 27-28, 2019\nAA8CH and WW8W will be activating EN84 for the afternoon/evening of\nSaturday April 27th tentatively starting 1800UTC, then EN92/EN93\nSunday April 28th morning/early afternoon (AO7 looking for EU at\n1700UTC).  FM an linears.  Watch Twitter feed for further updates\nhttps://twitter.com/charliehotel10.\n\nWaco, TX (EM11) – April 28, 2019\nBrian, KG5GJT, will be visiting Waco, TX on Sunday, April 28th, and\npossibly Saturday night. No planned passes at this time, but keep an\neye on Brian’s Twitter feed for further announcements\nhttps://twitter.com/KG5GJT.\n\nNorthern Border Security Check (Minnesota to Washington) – April 29\nto May 4 or 5th, 2019\nAlex, N7AGF, is all set for his semiannual rover trip to activate\nrare and somewhat rare grids, from April 29th to May 4th or 5th (or\nlonger depending on how things go).  Alex will fly into Minneapolis\nand drive back to his home grid CN88, activating as many\nENx8,ENx7,DNx8,and DNx7 grids as possible along the route.  The hope\nis to hit many corners and lines.\n\nAlex  will be on both linear and FM birds.\n\nAs always, activations and route details will be posted to his\nTwitter @N7AGF at https://twitter.com/N7AGF .  Alex will also be on\nAPRS at https://aprs.fi/N7AGF-10 . In areas of limited cell service,\nhe’ll be using inReach.\n\nEmail or hit Alex on twitter with grid requests, route suggestions,\nor hot tourist attractions in Minot.\nNortheast North Dakota (EN06/EN07/EN08/EN16/EN17/EN18) – May 2-5, 2019\nMitch, AD0HJ, is heading out to the Grand Forks, ND Hamfest on May\n4th, but also just goofing off for a few days in the general area.\nMitch will be limited to working the FM Satellites only (SO-50, AO-\n91, AO-92). Plans are to work EN17/18 on May 2, EN07/08 on May 3,\nEN17/18 again on May 4 (day of hamfest), and then EN06/16 on May 5. A\nfull pass schedule will be viewable on the Twitter announcement\nhttps://twitter.com/KE4ALabama/status/1116524856781230080, and up-to-\ndate pass info on Mitch’s Twitter feed https://twitter.com/AD0HJ.\n\nUpstate NY (FN14, FN24) – May 3, 2019\nRobert, KE2QI, activating the FN14/24 gridline Friday evening, May\n3rd. Watch for updates on Rober’s Twitter feed\nhttps://twitter.com/skyguydx\n\nPennsylvania (FN11,FN21) – May 5, 2019\nSteve, NS3L, will activate the FN11/FN21 gridline mid-morning to\nearly afternoon of May 5th.  In addition, he might go to FN12\nafterward. FM & SSB Linear birds. Note, fair weather trip only. If\nheavy rain is forecast, he might postpone & reschedule. During the\ntrip, Steve will be beaconing on APRS NS3L-9.  See Steve’s Twitter\nfeed for further updates https://twitter.com/NS3L\n\nFN13/FN14 Gridline – May 11-12, 2019\nMichael, K2MTS will be in FN13/14 May 11-12, 2019, operating holiday\nstyle.  Keep an eye on Michael’s Twitter feed\nhttps://twitter.com/k2mts for specific pass announcements.\n\nPennsylvania (FN00) – May 13-15, 2019\nTanner, W9TWJ, will be back in FN00 May 13th-15th, if anyone still\nneeds it. Possible he will also do the 15th in EN90 again. FM evening\npasses. Will look into FN01 to see if it’s possible. Watch Tanner’s\nTwitter feed for pass details https://twitter.com/twjones85.\n\nSouthwest South Dakota (DN83++) – May 19-23, 2019\nClayton, W5PFG, will be operating from DN83 on all FM/SSB satellites\nholiday-style , May 19-23. Open to schedules with EU.  In the days\nproceeding he’ll be on from DN91 and in the days following from DN74,\nDN71, potentially DN70, and lastly DM99. Twitter @w5pfg\nTexas (EM13, EM22, EM23) – May 19-21, 2019\nRyan, AI6DO, has an upcoming business trip for fried pies and a\nsatellite rove: Planning EM13 5/20 & 5/21, EM22/23 grid line 0000-\n0300 5/20 & 5/22 UTC (5/19 & 5/21 local). Probably FM & APRS only.\nUpdates via Twitter https://twitter.com/AI6DO\n\nPoint Pelee National Park, Canada (EN81, EN82) – May 25, 2019\nKM4LAO, Ruth, will head north of the border to activate Point Pelee\nNational Park in Ontario EN81, Saturday, May 25th.  Ruth may also do\na pass or two from EN82 as time allows.  Plan is for FM and linear\nsatellite passes, as well at QRP HF.  Call sign for this activation\nand subsequent LoTW upload will be KM4LAO/VE3.  This will also be a\nCNPOTA activation, so please upload your log to the CNPOTA website\nhttps://cnpota.ca/.  Further announcements will be posted on Ruth’s\nTwitter feed https://twitter.com/KM4Ruth as we get closer to the\nactivation date.\n\nPacific Northwest (CN85, CN83/CN84, CN76/CN86) – May 31 to June 2,\n2019\nCasey, KI7UNJ, will be on in CN83/84 Friday, May 31st, CN85\nSaturday, June 1st, and CN76/86 Sunday, June 2nd.  Pass list to come\nin next few weeks.\n\nIceland (HP95 IP15 IP25 IP03 HP03) – July 13-19, 2019\nAdam, K0FFY, is taking his family (and his radios) to Iceland.\nTentative schedule is HP95 July 13, IP13 and IP15 July 14-15, IP25\nJuly 16, IP03 or HP93 July 17-18, and HP94 July 19.  There’s a lot to\nsee, so passes will be best effort and announced on Twitter shortly\nprior.  https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org\nUpdated April 26, 2019\n\nSee\nhttps://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nRecent successful ARISS Contacts\n\n+ 2019-04-24 17:46 UTC between David St-Jacques KG5FYI, using ISS\n  callsign NA1SS and Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, USA\n  Contact was direct via N9CHA. ARISS Mentor was Ryan W4NTR.\n\n+ 2019-04-18 18:04 UTC between David St-Jacques KG5FYI using ISS\n  callsign NA1SS and École internationale de Saint-Sacrement, Quebec\n  City, Quebec, Canada Contact was direct via VE2GHO. ARISS Mentor\n  was Steve VE3TBD.\n\nEditor's Note:\nHidden Oaks Middle School ARISS contact with David Saint-Jacques\naboard the International Space Station, April 24, 2019. This video\nhighlights the conversation and efforts of the teachers and ham radio\noperators who shared the excitement.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEf7yURjZg8&feature=player_embedded\n\n[ANS thanks Greg N9CHA for the above information.]\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and events as of 2019-04-26 20:30\nUTC:\n\nObservatorio Astronómico de Mallorca (OAM), Costitx (Mallorca-Islas\nBaleares-España), Spain, telebridge via W6SRJ\nParticipating schools: Colegio San José Obrero, Palma de\nMallorca(Islas Baleares-España), Spain and Colegio Luis Vives, Palma\nde Mallorca(Islas Baleares-España), Spain\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV\nContact is go for: Mon 2019-04-29 11:48:40 UTC\nWatch for live stream at\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/LuisVivesTV/live\n\nMildred Hall School, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI\nContact is go for: Fri 2019-05-03 18:32:19 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nShorts From All Over\n\n+ F5UII documents receiving the 10 GHz downlink from Qatar Oscar 100\n  with SDR Console:\n  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-118-F5UII\n\n  [ANS thanks F5UII via Twitter for the above information)\n\n+ What Are CubeSats?\n\n  Space Daily present a look at the brief history of Cube Sats.\n  Access here:\n  http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/What_Are_CubeSats_999.html\n\n  [ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information]\n\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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