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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/L3GVFC7DIVBWCI7YKR47NGSTKPD677QY/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "603C600A9F994766903C594346E2997E@DGXC4DC1", "message_id_hash": "L3GVFC7DIVBWCI7YKR47NGSTKPD677QY", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/L3GVFC7DIVBWCI7YKR47NGSTKPD677QY/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "morsesat (a) optonline.net", "mailman_id": "72f51eafcada419487d1a984af73dff5", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/72f51eafcada419487d1a984af73dff5/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Dee", "subject": "[amsat-bb] FW: ANS-326 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2009-11-22T15:40:33Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-326\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service \nof AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite \nCorporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide \ngroup of Amateur Radio operators who share an active \ninterest in designing, building, launching and \ncommunicating through analog and digital \nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\n\nIn this edition:\n* New Ham Antenna Installed\n* DQ11APOLLO Activation on All Bands\n* Next Hudson Valley Satcom Net\n* Satellite Shorts\n* ARISS Status - 16 November 2009\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.01\nNew Ham Antenna Installed\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 22, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-326.01\n\nNew Ham Antenna Installed on the ISS Columbus Module\n\nARISS US Hardware Manager Lou McFadin, W5DID says that all the \nteamwork and effort to expand the ARISS amateur radio station \naboard the ISS were successful this weekend when the new dual \nband 2m/70CM antenna was installed on the outside of ESA's \nColumbus module.\n\nLou congratulated the team, \"This is an example of what can be \nachieved by volunteer hams working closely with a space agency.\nThis antenna project was funded entirely by AMSAT-NA and volun-\nteers who built the antennas for both an ESA experiment and for \nARISS. I am very proud of all the teamwork and effort that has \ngone into this project.\"\n\nThe new ARISS antenna is very similar to the antennas already on \nthe Russian service module. Once the antennas are in place the\nARISS team will be working to bring amateur radio to the Columbus \nmodule.\n\nIn conclusion Lou noted the tremendous contribution from ESA for \nthe experiment, the launch and the EVA making this expansion of\namateur radio aboard the ISS possible.\n\n[ANS thanks Lou McFadin, W5DID for the above the information]\n\n/EX\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.02\nDQ11APOLLO Activation on All Bands\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.02\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 22, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-326.02\n\nDQ11APOLLO Activation on All Bands \n\nDQ11APOLLO is a special-event station of the Deutsche Amateuer-Radio-\nClub (DARC) celebrating the 40th. anniversary of the first manned \nlanding on the moon by NASA.\n\nJuly 20, 2009 marked the 40th annnivesary of the first manned landing \non the moon by the Apollo-11 mission. To celebrate this brilliant tech-\nnical achievement of NASA, a group of space-flight enthusiast radio \namateurs of the Deutsche Amateur-Radio-Club applied for the special-\nevent callsign DQ11APOLLO. It was issued on July 15, 2009 and is valid\n365 days. The station will be activated on the mission-dates of the \npast Apollo flights on all HF, VHF & UHF-bands using SSB, CW, FM and \nPSK. \n\nThe call will be activated during several occasions in 2009 and 2010:\n\nApollo 12 \tNovember 14-24, 2009\nApollo 17 \tDecember 07-19, 2009\nApollo 8 \tDecember 21-27, 2009\nApollo 14 \tJanuary 31-Feb 9, 2010\nApollo 9 \tMarch 03-13, 2010\nApollo 13 \tApril 11-17, 2010\nApollo 16 \tApril 16-27, 2010\nApollo 10 \tMay 18-26, 2010. \n\nBuereau-cards via DF3JO, c/o Deutscher Amateur-Radio Club-DARC, Germany\nDirect-cards via DF3JO, Thomas Stinder, Braukkamp 11, 48249 Dülmen, Germany\n\nPreference will be given to cards sent direct with return postage and \nwill be answered directly. The alternative is to send cards via Bureau. \nThe QSL cards DQ11APOLLO will be printed in late autumn with the first \ndelivery expected in December 2009.\n\nMany details are available at the DQ11APOLLO web page:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ylenq3k\n\n[ANS thanks the SouthGate ARC Site and DQ11APOLLO for the above\n Information]\n\n/EX\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.03\nNext Hudson Valley Satcom Net\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.03\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 22, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-326.03\n\nTo all,\nThe next \"HV Satcom\" net is Thursday December 10 at \n8PM (EST), (Or 0100UTC), on the 146.97MHz. repeater, \nwith in echolink\nnode of N2EYH-L. For more info (and download pass\npredictions go to;\nwww.hvsatcom.org/\nThe reason there was no Satcom net \n(Thursday of this week)\nwas that the \"97\" Repeater went down! Also, \nthere won't be\na \"HV Satcom\" net on Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving evening) \nThanks,, Stu\n\nBallinger (WA2BSS)\n\n[ANS thanks Stuart, WA2BSS, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.04\nSatellite Shorts\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.04\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 22, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-326.04\n\n\nCUTE=1.7 Satellite Captures Image\n\nMineo Wakita, JE9PEL reported the CO-65 control station received an \nimage below from the CUTE-1.7 satellite camera. Their analysis indi-\ncates the image was taken on October 28, 2009 and downloaded this\nweek. The image is from the region around 84.6392 degrees north \nlatitude and was 128.3049 degrees longitude near the north pole. \n\nThe CUTE-1.7 image can be viewed on-line at:\nhttp://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/1_48_caption.Jpeg\n\n-----\n\nAntartica Planned for Activation on HamSats\n\nBill, K7MT, is going to work at the McMurdo base (AN-011) between \nNov 15 and Feb 20, 2010. He will sign KC4USV mostly on 20m during \nSundays. Listen for him in SSB on 14243 kHz, in CW on 14043 kHz or \nin PSK-31 on 14070 kHz. He plans to bring his Arrow II antenna and \na Kenwood TH-7 which he can use also on amateur radio satellites. \nQSL via K1IED. His homepage can be found at: http://www.mt.net/~k7mt\n\n-----\n\nIndonesia to Launch Rescue Radio HamSat \n\nThe Bernama dot com on line newspaper reports that the Indonesian \nAmateur Radio Organization called Orari and the Indonesian National \nInstitute of Aeronautic and Space plan to launch the ham radio bird \nnext year. But so far the president of the Orari has not revealed \nthe satellite's size nor its orbital distance from Earth.\n\nAccording to the website, the new ham radio bird will be used to \nexpand the nations ham radio communication network to remote districts. \nIt went on to note that the satellite will play a major role in \nlinking land, sea and air communication for rescue radio operations.\n\nThe article also noted that ham radio operators from Orari had become \nthe alternative communication tool. This, during disasters like the \ntsunami in Aceh and the recent earthquake in Padang.\n\nAmateur Radio Newsline Report 1683\n\n-----\n\nCall for Papers 14th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference \nApril 23rd and 24th, 2010 Morehead State University in Morehead, \nKentucky.\n\nThe Southeastern VHF Society is calling for the submission of papers \nand presentations for the upcoming 14th Annual Southeastern VHF \nSociety Conference to be held at Morehead State University in Morehead, \nKY on April 23rd and 24th, 2010. Papers and presentations are solicited \non both the technical and operational aspects of VHF, UHF and Microwave \nweak signal amateur radio. \n\nThe deadline for the submission of papers and presentations is February 5, \n2010. All submissions for the proceedings should be in Microsoft Word \n(.doc). Submissions for presentation at the conference should be in \nPowerPoint (.ppt) format, and delivered on either a USB memory stick or \nCDROM or posted for download on a web site of your choice.\n\nFor further information about the conference \nplease go to http://www.svhfs.org\n\nThank you,\nRobin Midgett K4IDC\n2010 Program Chair, SVHFS\n\n[ANS thanks SVHFS for the above information]\n\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.05\nARISS Status 16 November 2009\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.05\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 22, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-326.05\n\n\n(ARISS) Status Report November 16, 2009\n\n\n\n1. Upcoming School Contact\n\nFlanders District of Creativity and the Department of Education of \nthe Flemish Government have teamed up for an Amateur Radio on the \nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, November 17 \nat 13:44 UTC via station LU8YY in Argentina. The groups are partnering \nto organize the very first congress for kids in Belgium. A conference \nhas been set up with keynote speakers and interactive workshops for 1200 \ntwelve year olds. Dirk Frimout and Sijtn Meuris will give a presentation \nabout astronomy.\n\n2. Italian Students Contact De Winne via ARISS \n\nOn Friday, November 13, Frank De Winne, ON1DWN on the ISS spoke \nwith youth from Scuola Istituto Salesiano \"Sacro Cuore\" Vomero in \nNapoli, Italy via an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station \n(ARISS) contact. De Winne answered twenty questions put to him by \nthe students. Approximately six hundred children were present for \nthe contact which highlighted a curriculum of English, astronomy \nand physics. Prior to the contact, the students learned from amateur \nradio operators about the history of radio transmissions, radio \nequipment, the structure and the scientific goals of the ISS, as \nwell as real HF radio contacts with amateur radio stations from \naround the world. After the contact, an ESA Communication Office \nrepresentative gave a presentation on the ESA education program \nand ESA Astronaut Paolo Nespoli was present to meet with and talk \nto the students. There was extensive media coverage including \ntelevision and newspapers as well as video streaming on the Web.\n\n3. ARISS Contact Between Robert Thirsk and Montreal Schoolchildren \n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact \nwas held between Marie-Rivier School in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and \nRobert Thirsk, VA3CSA on Friday, November 13 via telebridge station \nVK4KHZ in Australia. \nSixteen questions were asked and answered during the space chat as \nstudents learned about the ISS and work and life in space.\n\n4. ARISS International Team Meeting Held\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Team meeting \nwas held on Tuesday, November 10. The team provided a status on both \nthe Columbus module antennas and ARISSat-1. \nSee: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2009-11-10.htm\n\n5. ARRL Web Article on STS-129 Mission\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran a Web story on the \nSTS-129 mission which will carry Amateur Radio on the \nInternational Space Station (ARISS) antennas to the ISS \nand deploy them during the second spacewalk. \nSee: https://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/11/12/11195/?nc=1\n\n6. ARRL Letter Posts Two ARISS News Items\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted two ARISS \n(Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) articles in \nits November 12 issue of the ARRL Letter. The first item covers \nthe STS-129 mission carrying ARISS antennas to the ISS. The \nsecond is an article on the ARISS contact with Garfield Elementary \nSchool held in conjunction with the WHEELS NASA Exploration \nExperience traveling exhibit in Boise, Idaho. \nSee: https://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/index.html?issue=2009-11-12\n\n\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's\nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project\nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms\nare\navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nnb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }