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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/JNRR42BHIQPQGM3IVCPINSYQQM2KHRQH/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+sotz=ikumkaGg86+WWxh_yBAtOdfy_6sOf-BNpjEBi-MCg@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "JNRR42BHIQPQGM3IVCPINSYQQM2KHRQH", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/JNRR42BHIQPQGM3IVCPINSYQQM2KHRQH/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "mccardelm (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-166 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2014-06-15T02:53:14Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-166\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* FOX-1 Featured in HamRadioNow Episode 151\n* AMSAT Field Day Reminder - June 28-29\n* NASA TV to air Russian spacewalk\n* ARTSAT1: INVADER Recovered\n* OSCAR Number for LituanicaSAT-1, LO-78\n* 3rd Annual ISS Research and Development Conference\n* Send Your Name to the Asteroid Bennu!\n* ARISS News - Ian MacFarquhar, VE9IM appointed as\n ARISS Regional Representative\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-166.01\nANS-166 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 166.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE June 15, 2104\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-166.01\n\n\nFOX-1 Featured in HamRadioNow Episode 151\n\nHamRadioNow Episode 151 features Keith Baker KB1SF, VA3KSF and Burns\nFisher W2BFJ talking about FOX-1.\n\nThe duo are interviewed on FOX-1 during the Dayton Hamvention by\nGary Pearce KN4AQ of HamRadioNow. Their interview begins at about the\n19:27 into the 38 minute video. It begins with a short tribute to\nTony Montiero AA2TX, then Keith and Burns talk about the the general\nconstruction of the FOX-1 satellite and its capabilities and\nfunctionality in space.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrC_52JcdeU&feature=em-subs_digest\n\n[ANS Thanks HamRadioNow for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Field Day Reminder - June 28-29\n\nField Day is now just 2 weeks away!\n\nEach year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day\nas a \"picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal\ncontest and, most of all, FUN!\". The event takes place during a 24-\nhour period on the fourth weekend of June. For 2014 the event takes\nplace during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC on Saturday June 28, 2014\nthrough 2100 UTC on Sunday June 29, 2014. Those who set up prior to\n1800 UTC on June 29 can operate only 24 hours. The Radio Amateur\nSatellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day\nfor operation via the amateur satellites, held concurrently with the\nARRL event.\n\nYour Field Day on-the-air exchange with other stations via satellite\nis the same as the ARRL exchange for all bands and modes. AMSAT Field\nDay Rules in PDF format can be found on the AMSAT web:\n\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=216\n\nThe rules document also includes a copy of the Field Day Satellite\nSummary Sheet which should be used for submission of the AMSAT Field\nDay competition when sending your report to Bruce, KK5DO, by e-mail\nor postal mail. Your Summary Sheet must be received by 11:59 P.M.\nCDT, Monday, July 14, 2014.\n\nThe preferred method for submitting your log is via e-mail to kk5do\nat amsat dot org or kk5do at arrl dot net. You will receive an email\nback(within one or two days) from me when I receive your email\nsubmission. If you do not receive a confirmation message, then I have\nnot received your submission. Try sending it again or send it to\nBruce's other email address.\n\nYou may also use the postal service but give plenty of time for your\nresults to arrive by the submission date.\n\nIf mailing your submission, the address is:\n\n Bruce Paige, KK5DO\n Director of Awards and Contests\n PO Box 310\n Alief, TX 77411-0310\n\nPlease include photographs or other interesting information that can\nbe used in an article or the AMSAT Journal.\n\nRemember, AMSAT rules limit the use of the FM single channel\nsatellites(such as SO-50) to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes\nthe International Space Station. You will be allowed one QSO if the\nISS is operating Voice. You will also be allowed one digital QSO with\nthe ISS or any other digital, non-store-and-forward, packet satellite\n(if operational).\n\nA lot of good contacts can be made on the linear transponder\nsatellites including AO-73, VO-52, FO-29, and AO-7. During Field Day\nthe transponders come alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The\ntransponders on these satellites will support multiple simultaneous\nSSB or CW contacts.\n\nThe AMSAT Field Day 2014 event is open to all Amateur Radio\noperators. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of all\namateur satellites, both analog and digital.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA TV to air Russian spacewalk\n\nNASA Television will air live coverage of a six-and-a-half hour\nspacewalk by two Russian International Space Station crew members\nbeginning at 9:15 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 19.\n\nExpedition 40 Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev\nof the Russian Federal Space Agency will don their Orlan spacesuits\nand exit the Pirs airlock at 9:50 a.m. to install new communications\nequipment on the Zvezda service module. They also will reposition\nhardware.\n\nThe spacewalk will be the 180th in support of space station assembly\nand maintenance and the first for both Skvortsov and Artemyev.\nAnother spacewalk for the pair is planned for late August.\n\nSkvortsov will be designated as extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1)\nand will wear a spacesuit bearing red stripes. Artemyev will be\ndesignated as extravehicular crew member 2 (EV2) and will wear a suit\nwith blue stripes.\n\nFor NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/nasatv\n\nFor more information about the International Space Station and its\ncrew, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/station\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARTSAT1: INVADER Recovered\n\nThe ARTSAT members have successfully recovered the ARTSAT1: INVADER.\nThe reset command for the power OBC was sent.\nThey are planning to work digi-talker again.\n\nYour reports are very helpful for the recover.\nThank you very much for your cooperation.\nPlease enjoy to litsen the satellite continuously.\n\nThey predict it will be about one month before re-entry.\n\n[ANS thanks Masahiro JI1IZR for the above information via AMSAT-BB]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nOSCAR Number for LituanicaSAT-1, LO-78\n\nIn a message to the LituanicaSAT-1 team, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number\nAdministrator Bill Tynan, W3XO announced, \"LituanicaSAT-1 has met all\nof the requirements for an OSCAR number. My findings from information\nprovided to AMSAT-NA and IARU officials confirm this to be true.\nAccordingly, under the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA\nPresident, I do hereby assign LituanicaSAT-1 the designation\nLituanicaSAT OSCAR-78, or LO-78. I, and all of the amateur radio\nsatellite community, wish LituanicaSAT OSCAR-78 a long and successful\nmission.\"\n\nOn behalf of the LituanicaSAT-1 team, Simon Kareiva, LY2EN replied,\n\"It is my honor and pleasure to accept this assignation. Our team is\nfocused to keep LO-78 operational for the benefit of amateur radio as\nlong, as it is possible for a small cubesat. Thank you very much,\nSimon LY2EN.\"\n\nThe LituanicaSAT-1 team has announced activation of the FM\ntransponder. A general rule to find out if the transponder is working\nat the moment is to monitor the beacon frequency on 437.275 MHz. If\nyou can hear CW FM beacon it means that transponder is off, if you\ncannot hear it - the transponder is on. The transponder frequencies\nare approximately 435.1755 MHz (+/- 10 kHz Doppler shift) for the\ndownlink and 145.950 MHz for the uplink with 67 Hz CTCSS.\n\nIn response to the news Simon Kareiva LY2EN responded, \"It is my\nhonor and pleasure to accept this assignation. Our team is focused to\nkeep LO-78 operational for the benefit of amateur radio as long, as\nit is possible for a small cubesat.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Bill Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n3rd Annual ISS Research and Development Conference\n\nThe 3rd Annual ISS Research and Development Conference will be held\nthis week June 17-19, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place,\nChicago.\n\nThis conference focuses on ISS Research and Development --\nDiscoveries in Microgravity Science; Discoveries in Space Science,\nEarth Science, Engineering and Education; Applications Benefitting\nEarth; Applications Enabling Technology and Exploration; and\nOpportunities.\n\nThis is the only annual gathering offering perspectives on the\nimpressive breadth of research and technology development on the ISS\n- one stop for understanding the full suite of opportunities\navailable now.\n\nThe conference is organized by the American Astronautical Society in\ncooperation with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space\n(CASIS) and NASA.\n\nAMSAT's V.P. Human Sapceflight, Frank Bauer KA3HDO will be lead\npresenter for a presentation compiled by members of the ARISS-US\nteam, Bauer, Rosalie White K1STO, Debra Johnson K1DMJ and E. Mike\nMcCardel KC8YLD. The Presentation \"ARISS---Inspiring and Educating\nYouth through Direct Connections with the ISS Crew\" focuses on\nAmateur Radio on the International Space station (ARISS).\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) represents\nthe first and longest continuous operating educational outreach\nprogram to fly on the International Space Station (ISS). ARISS is\nsponsored by NASA, many international space agencies, and several\ninternational amateur radio societies. Its primary purpose is to\nallow students, engaged in a science and technology curriculum, to\nspeak with an astronaut orbiting the Earth on the International Space\nStation. Using amateur (ham) radio, the students ask questions about\nlife in space or other space-related topics. Students fully\nparticipate in the ARISS contact by helping set up an amateur radio\nground station at the school and then using that station to talk\ndirectly with the on-board crew member for approximately ten minutes,\nthe time of an ISS overhead pass. ARISS conducts about 100 school\ncontacts per year with students in the US and around the world. Since\nits beginnings 14 years ago, ARISS has conducted nearly 900 school\ncontacts, inspiring and engaging students, worldwide, to pursue STEM\ncareers--as only NASA can!\n\nPreparation for the ARISS experience motivates both students and\nteachers to further their education. Through one of our US team\npartners, the American Radio Relay League, ARISS educators can learn\nabout electronics and radio technology through a hands-on training\nprogram called the Teacher's Institute. Also, in preparation for\ntheir contact with the ISS crew, the children learn about radio\nwaves, space technology, science experiments on ISS, geography and\nthe space environment. In many cases, the students help write press\nreleases and give presentations on the contact to their fellow\nstudents and to the local community. And on contact day, the entire\nlocal community shares in the ARISS experience. Through this hands-\non, grass-roots experience, students are engaged and educated in STEM\nfields, and are inspired to pursue STEM-related careers choices.\nApproximately 15,000 students are touched directly by an ARISS\ncontact each year and tens of millions from the general public\nwitness the contact either directly or through the news media.\n\nThei presentation will provide some historical background on the ARISS\nprogram, it will describe the international volunteer team that is\nresponsible for making this low-cost, high payoff program such a huge\nsuccess, and provide an overview of the proposal submittal, selection\nand contact preparation process. Most importantly, it will convey how\nthe ARISS team, partnered with the NASA Education Teaching from Space\nprogram, engages the schools and students in educational\nopportunities. And it will describe some of the educational outcomes\nfrom ARISS, including data and feedback from schools, students, and\norganizations.\n\n[ANS thanks The American Astronautical Society for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSend Your Name to the Asteroid Bennu!\n\nNASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be\netched on a microchip aboard a spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu\nin 2016.\n\nThe \"Messages to Bennu!\" microchip will travel to the asteroid aboard\nthe Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security\nRegolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, spacecraft. The robotic mission will\nspend more than two years at the asteroid, which has a width of\napproximately 1,760 feet (500 meters). The spacecraft will collect a\nsample of Bennu's surface and return it to Earth in a sample return\ncapsule.\n\nThe deadline to submit names online is Sept. 30, 2014. Participants\nwho submit their names to the \"Messages to Bennu!\" campaign will be\nable to print a certificate of appreciation to document their\ninvolvement.\n\nFor more information and to submit your name, visit\nhttp://planetary.org/bennu.\n\nParticipants who \"follow\" or \"like\" the mission on Facebook\n(https://www.facebook.com/OSIRISREx) will receive updates on the\nlocation of their names in space from launch time until the asteroid\nsamples return to Earth in 2023. Facebook fans also will receive\nmission progress and late-breaking news through regular status\nupdates.\n\nFor more information about the OSIRIS-REx mission, visit\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex and http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu.\n\nQuestions about this opportunity should be directed to\[email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- June 12, 2014 for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nIan MacFarquhar, VE9IM appointed as ARISS Regional Representative\n\nThe Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has appointed Ian MacFarquhar,\nVE9IM to be the new ARISS Regional Representative. Ian replaces former\nrepresentative, Daniel Lamoureux, VE2KA.\n\nRosalie White K1STO, ARISS-ARRL Delegate and ARISS-International\nSecretary-Treasurer comments by saying .\n\n\"Canadian ARISS representatives have always been a huge benefit to the\nARISS team. Not only have the Canadians contributed a great deal of\nsound thinking and hard work, but many have been highly active with\nIARU long before getting involved in ARISS -- this was a huge benefit\nsince ARISS is an international group. Also, because Canadians,\ngenerally, are talented in multiple languages, Canadian ARISS reps\ntake on schools and education groups in Mexico, Central America, and\nSouth America (in addition to Canada) who send ARISS education\nproposals. Historically, Canadian ARISS reps have handled the\nelection processes for ARISS international officers. We know Ian will\nadd a lot to our team, as well.\"\n\nIn a recent press release from RAC, Geoff Bawden VE4BAW, RAC President\nsays .\"Mr. MacFarquhar has been Vice President, supervised the\nsuccessful insurance program and has been a pillar in RAC for longer\nthan he cares to remember.\"\n\nsources: RAC web site:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS-166-RAC\n\n[ANS thanks David Jordan, AA4KN and ARISS for the above information]\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nFocus Camps - Sterrenlab, Italy and European Space Center,\nTransinne, Belgium telebridge via IK1SLD\nContact is a go for: Fri 2014-06-20 18:36:47 UTC\n\nUfa University, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD\nContact is a go for Sat 2014-06-21 14:45 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ The American Astronautical Society's \"Space Times\" Volume 53,\n Issue 2 (March/April 2014) is now online in PDF Format\n http://www.astronautical.org/spacetimes/53-2\n\n+ Visit with other Amateur Radio Space enthusiasts on the\n AMSAT North America Facebook page\n https://www.facebook.com/groups/7828379515/\n\n+ A wealth of information and updated and breaking news can be found\n on the AMSAT-NA Website\n http://www.amsat.org/\n\n+ Special event station GB1JSS will be active on the amateur radio\n satellites during the Summer Solstice on Saturday, June 21, the\n longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The event is\n open to all radio amateurs and listeners.\n http://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/11/gb1jss-summer-solstice/\n\n [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n+ 50th anniversary of historic Chelmsford EME contact\n http://tinyurl.com/ANS-166-50thAnniversary\n\n [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n+ For those who subscribe to AMSAT-UK's Oscar News, digitally, The\n next edition of Oscar News (Number 206 - June 2014) is now ready for\n download.\n\n It contains details of how to book the Colloquium. Please note\n that the hotel will only reserve our rooms until 24 June - so please\n make your booking for accomodation with the hotel before then. After\n that date its 'subject to availability', as the saying goes!\n\n The AMSAT-UK Oscar News web site is at http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/on\n You must be a member, with login, to acquire the newsletter this\n way.\n\n [ANS Thanks Jim G3WGM for the above 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\n-dent 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, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }