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    "sender_name": "Joseph Spier",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-179 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2015-06-28T09:15:18Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-179\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 Field Day on the Satellites\n* Brazilian CubeSat NanosatC-Br 1 Team Requests Reception Reports\n* FUNcube-1 / AO-73 Glitch and Commanded Reboot\n* Kletskous Development News From the SA AMSAT Symposium\n* North Texas Moon Day Event Annouced\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-179.01\nANS-179 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 179.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE June 28, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-179.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Field Day on the Satellites\n\n\nIt’s that time of year again; summer and Field Day!  Each year the American\nRadio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a “picnic, a campout, \npractice\nfor emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!”.  The event \ntakes\nplace during a 24-hour period on the fourth weekend of June.  For 2015 the\nevent takes place during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC on Saturday June 27,\n2015 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 28, 2015. Those who set up prior to \n1800\nUTC on June 28 can operate only 24 hours.  The Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day for operation \nvia the\namateur satellites, held concurrently with the ARRL event.\n\nIf you are considering ONLY the FM voice satellite SaudiSat-Oscar-50 for \nyour\nAMSAT Field Day focus … don’t … unless you are simply hoping to make one\ncontact for the ARRL rules bonus points. The congestion on FM LEO satellites\nwas so intense in prior years that we must continue to limit their use \nto one-\nQSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes the International Space Station. You \nwill\nbe allowed one QSO if the ISS is operating Voice. You will also be \nallowed one\ndigital QSO with the ISS or any other digital, non-store-and-forward, packet\nsatellite (if operational).\n\nClick for document:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015FieldDay.pdf\n\nSee:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=216\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBrazilian CubeSat NanosatC-Br 1 Team Requests Reception Reports\n\n\nEdson, PY2SDR requests fellow amateur satellite operators listen for a\ndownlink signal from NanosatC-Br 1, the first Brazilian cubesat. NanosatC-Br\n1 was launched on a Dnepr rocket from Dombarovsky near Yasny in 2014.\n\nThe 1U CubeSat carries an ISIS U/V transceiver with 1200 bps FM AX.25 UHF\ncommand uplink and a 9600 bps BPSK downlink on 145.865 MHz.\n\nNanosatC-BR1, is experiencing battery issues for the last several months and\nit now seldom emits a beacon in CW. For some time, Paulo PV8DX, was able to\ndetect a beacon signal when the satellite was over the Caribbean sea during\ndaylight. But now, no more signals have been detected.\n\nEdson would like to request assistance from hams in the northern hemisphere\nto see if NanosatC-BR1 is still transmitting any signals. Any help will be\nmuch appreciated.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Edson, PY2SDR for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 / AO-73 Glitch and Commanded Reboot\n\n\nOn Sunday, June 21, there was an anomaly on FUNcube-1 that required the \nreboot\nof the satellite’s MCU (Microcontroller).\n\nAfter a bus freeze, the databus watchdog did kick in as expected and \nrebooted\nthe satellite. However, we did need to command the satellite back on to\nautomatic mode. When we did so on the 20:00 UTC pass, it came back up in \nthe\ncorrect mode.\n\nWe envisage to switch back to autonomous mode either tonight or tomorrow\nmorning local time. FUNcube is still happy and healthy. This is the 4th \nreboot\nsince launch, of which one was intentional. Thanks for your reports and\nconcerns.\n\nOn behalf of the whole team best 73s,\n\nWouter Weggelaar PA3WEG\nFUNcube team\n\nFUNcube-1 (AO-73) Telemetry:\n• Dashboard App\nhttp://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/\n• Data Warehouse Archive\nhttp://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/\n• Whole orbit data\nhttp://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/wod.html?satelliteId=2.\n\n\n[ANS thanks the FUNcube Team and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nKletskous Development News From the SA AMSAT Symposium\n\nAt the SA AMSAT Symposium pre-conference Engineering meeting held on Friday\nevening on June 19, 2015, members of the SA AMSAT CubeSat team reached some\ndecisions about the development and launch of the South African Kletskous\namateur radio satellite. During the past few years, various options and\nsubsystems have been experimented with.\n\nThe team has now set the launch date of Kletskous at July 2017 with the\nfirst flight model to be ready by February 2016 for testing after which\nfinal integration will start. This requires that various module designs are\nlocked down and built by October 2015. It is planned to have all the modules\nwired together in a breadboard configuration for testing the interoperation\nof the various subunits by December 2015. Some modules are at a more\nadvanced stage than others, but in the next few months, the team expect to\ncatch up and meet the deadline for the first breadboard test.\n\nFrik Wolff, ZS6FZ, the League's technical manager, has joined the team and\nis working on solar panels and stabilization issues. Francois Oberholzer, an\nhonors student at Stellenbosch University, is working on improving the\nweight/strength relationship of the space frame, a project that is part of\nhis thesis. Nico van Rensburg, ZS6QL, as programme manager and the person\nresponsible for documentation, will support the project manager, Hannes\nCoetzee, ZS6BZP.\n\nThere are many opportunities for radio amateurs to join the engineering\nteam. If you have a particular expertise or passion to add value to the\nKLETSKOUS project, please discuss your participation with Hannes Coetzee or\nany of the team members and send your details to [email protected],za.\n\nThe SA AMSAT website is at:\nhttp//www.amsatsa.org.za/\n\nSee SARL\nhttp://www.sarl.org.za/\n\nKLETSkous\nhttp://www.amsatsa.org.za/KLETSkous.htm\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and the SARL weekly news in English 2015-6-20 for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNorth Texas Moon Day Event Annouced\n\n\nA great opportunity to showcase Amateur Radio and especially Amateur Radio\nin space to the general public will be held on Saturday, July 18th at the\nFrontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, TX.  In commutation of the anniversary\nof the Apollo 11 moon landing, the museum has celebrated \"Moon Day\" for the\nlast number of years as a STEM outreach specializing in astronomy, space\nscience and space flight past and future.\n\nThis year the Moon Day organizers decided to theme the day around the\nInternational Space Station.  They applied for and were granted an ARISS\nscheduled contact to become part of the event.  Keith Pugh, W5IU is serving\nas ARISS mentor for the event and is working diligently on setting up all\nthe details of this \"Telebridge\" contact.  The museum is sponsoring an \"Ask\na question of an astronaut\" contest with details at\nhttp://www.flightmuseum.com/iss-expedition-crew-43-question/\nGeneral details can be found at\nhttp://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day-2015/\nIf you know young people interested in astronomy and space \nscience/exploration,\nhave them check out the links and see if they submit a question to be used\nduring the ARISS contact.  Deadline for entry is June 30th.\n\nIn years past, several of us have participated in Moon Day activities by\nmanning an AMSAT table showing off Amateur Radio in space and even doing\nsome on-air contacts for and with interested participants.\n\nKeith will be very busy all morning setting up and preparing for the ARISS\ncontact and has several individuals working with him on that.  I have\nvolunteered to help staff an AMSAT display table but need additional\nvolunteers to assist with the table and also to be available to make Amateur\nSatellite contacts and demonstrations as the sats allow.  Please contact\nKeith  [email protected] or myself Tom Schuessler, [email protected] to volunteer\nto help at least part of the day or the whole 10A-5P duration and tell us\nwhat you can \"Bring to the table\" as it were.\n\nHelp us to support the Museum's ARISS contact and also to put a bug in the\nears of many event goers about the fun and challenge of Amateur Radio\nSatellites.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Tom Schuessler, N5HYP for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Events\n\n\nInformation about AMSAT activities at other important events around\nthe country.  Examples of these events are radio club meetings where\nAMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working\namateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with\nAMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,\nforums, and/or demonstrations).\n\n*Thursday, 9 July 2015 – presentation for the Escondido Amateur Radio\nSociety in Escondido CA\n\n*Friday and Saturday, 7-8 August 2015 – Austin Summerfest in Austin TX\n\n*Saturday and Sunday, 22-23 August 2015 – Boxboro Hamfest and ARRL\nNew England Convention in Boxborough MA\n\n*Saturday and Sunday,  5-6 September - ARRL Roanoke Division Convention\nShelby, NC Hamfest, AMSAT Forum scheduled for Saturday\n\n*Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 16-18 2015, AMSAT Symposium in\nDayton OH (Dayton Crown Plaza)\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nSuccessful Contact\n\nUniversidad Tecnológica de Chile INACAP sede Temuco,  Temuco, Chile, via\ntelebridge W6SRJ ccontact was successful: Fri 2015-06-26 18:41:26 UTC\nwith ARISS Russian Team\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contacts\n\nTulsa Community College, NE Campus, Tulsa, OK,  direct via WD5AGO\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS/RSØISS  or\nRSØISS/OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is ARISS Russian Team\nContact is a go for:  Wed 2015-07-01 15:46:28 UTC\n\nARISS does not anticipate  any voice contacts from the ISS during this\nweekend's Field Day.  But you  never know, so please listen in case they \nare on\nthe air.  Packet will  probably be  operational.\n\nWatch\nhttp://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html\nfor information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\n* Satellite Grid Operation in Progress\n\nGRID SQUARES TO BE ACTIVATED (Satellite Op). Ron, N8RO, announced that\nhe will be on a road trip during the period June 22nd and July 4th. He\nplans to operate portable from EM50, EM84, EM99, FN13, FM28, FM04, EL79,\nEL49 and possibly other grids along the way. Ron will operate on SO-50\nand FO-29.\n\n{ANS thanks the DX Newsletter  - DXNL 1942 - June 24, 2015 for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n* Inventors hope to launch 'backyard satellites' to fill gap in Australian\nspace exploration\n\nStuart McAndrew is making history from a backyard shed in suburban Perth.\nThe IT worker is building a satellite capable of being launched into \nspace and\ntaking pictures of Earth.\nAustralia is the only OECD nation without a dedicated space agency, and Mr\nMcAndrew is one of a growing number of Australians turning to homemade space\nexploration to fill the gap.\nHe has designed the satellite PocketQube, a Rubik's cube-sized box with\nantennas, solar panels and electronics.\nIt is made from mostly off-the-shelf items, including aluminium from the \nlocal\nhardware shop, a tape measure and electronics bought over the internet.\nMr McAndrew believes it is the first of its kind in Australia. He has been\nworking on the project for two years.\n\n\"Australia has been lagging behind in recent times,\" he said. \"We were \none of\nthe first countries to send an amateur satellite to space and then we \ndropped\nthe ball.\n\"The PocketQube gives us an opportunity to set that straight and it (will)\nhopefully inspire other people to continue on this path and build a bigger\nspace industry for Australia.\"\n\nRadical change described as 'Space 2.0'\nCommercial satellites weigh hundreds or even thousands of kilograms and cost\nmillions of dollars to launch.\nIn comparison, nano-satellites can be made for as little as $1,000 and weigh\nbetween one and 10 kilograms.\nMr McAndrew's creation is even smaller, weighing less than 200 grams.\n\nBut how an earth do you get it into space?\nIt takes a lot of planning and a very expensive taxi ride on a much larger\nspace craft.\n\"The actual launch cost for a pocket cube is around $30,000,\" Mr \nMcAndrew said.\n\"That's a bit out of my reach so I'm looking to crowd source funding to help\nme get my satellite into space.\"\nAbout 80 nano-satellites were launched in 2013, while 132 went up in 2014.\nIt is estimated a further 500 will be in orbit by the end of this year.\n\nThe University of NSW is sending its own small satellites into space as part\nof a global project.\nAndrew Dempster, head of the university's Australian Centre for Space\nEngineering Research, said the industry was going through a period of \n\"radical\nchange\".\n\"Cubesats are creating this idea that people describe as Space 2.0,\" he \nsaid.\n\"People like Stuart or universities like us can get relatively easy \naccess to\nspace and it means you can develop space capability without a space agency.\"\n\nMr Dempster said Australia's lack of a space program was concerning.\n\"For many years we've been receiving some of our data for free — we get our\nour weather data from Japan; some of our remote sensing data we get from \nEurope\nand the US,\" he said.\n\"The problem is that's going to come to an end.\n\"Budgets are being restricted around the world; NASA's budget in \nparticular is\ndeclining.\n\"So someone needs to be asking the question: what happens next?\n\"We're going to be left with our trousers down if we don't have a way of\nproviding the data we've become addicted to.\"\n\nInventors hope to 'unlock access to space'\nMr Dempster is hoping the rise of nano-satellites will encourage young\nAustralians to study science, technology, engineering and maths subjects and\nput space on the agenda for a new generation.\n\"If you want to get young kids into science and so on, the things that do it\nfor them are dinosaurs and space,\" he said.\n\"The emergence of cubesats mean we can have our students working on \nsomething\nthat will actually be launched into space, which attracts good quality \nstudents\nand very motivated people.\"\n\nThe expense and logistics of launching small satellites into space remains a\nkey problem.\nAn Australian organisation called the Delta-V Space Hub was formed last year\nto solve it.\nTim Parsons is the head of Delta-V.\n\"There's no dedicated launcher for small spacecraft so typically we have to\npiggyback off larger space launchers,\" he said.\n\"That means you have to deliver your spacecraft up to a year before the \nlaunch\nand hope it doesn't go brown on the pad.\n\"Those are the biggest limitations right now: the frequency of launch\nopportunities and how much time you need to get everything prepared.\"\nDelta-V is working with the NSW Government, universities and start-up\ncompanies to help people develop ideas and get their inventions into space.\n\"Our first step is really just to fly an aircraft that other people can put\n(their satellites) onto, so essentially a rideshare model,\" he said.\n\"By doing that first model we will essentially unlock access to space.\"\n\nCall to lower cost for launch certificate\nFor Mr McAndrew, the backyard inventor, there are still a few barriers to\novercome. He must first test his satellite before obtaining a launch\ncertificate from the Australian Government, which costs $10,000.\nThe fee is reduced to just $100 for educational and scientific institutions.\nMr McAndrew wants the Commonwealth to ease those financial requirements in\nrecognition of the industry's potential.\nHe is still hopeful of securing a place for his satellite onboard an Italian\nspacecraft set to launch late next year.\n\n\"Space has always been seen as this pinnacle of engineering and it's not\nnecessarily the case,\" he said.\n\"I can't wait for the day when I see the rocket launch into space with my\nsatellite on board.\"\n\nhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-22/backyard-satellite-fills-australian-\nspace-research-hole/6563614\n\n[ANS thanks Australian Broadcast Co. News  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-\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,\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n",
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