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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/LP4R6V5D2JBVQCSYYHX6FP3YNC45F3ZI/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "005b01c9376b$6dac3340$0200a8c0@Tanguray", "message_id_hash": "LP4R6V5D2JBVQCSYYHX6FP3YNC45F3ZI", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/LP4R6V5D2JBVQCSYYHX6FP3YNC45F3ZI/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "rogerkola (a) aol.com", "mailman_id": "8323dbe496014835b5bd2be9b5ff6f66", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/8323dbe496014835b5bd2be9b5ff6f66/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Roger Kolakowski", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: ANS-300 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2008-10-26T13:04:44Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AH...I checked back to the older bulletins and the font has changed from\nTimes New Roman. It also may have gone up a font size.\n\nLooks a little different, and \"might\" be harder to read.\n\nI reserve my opinion for now...\n\nRoger\nWA1KAT\n\n\n----- Original Message -----\nFrom: \"Edward Cole\" <[email protected]>\nTo: <[email protected]>\nCc: <[email protected]>\nSent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 3:49 AM\nSubject: [amsat-bb] Re: ANS-300 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins\n\n\nI do not care for this format. Is there any way\nthat you can send this in a format that Eudora-Pro can format?\n73 Ed - KL7uW\n\nAt 07:08 PM 10/25/2008, [email protected] wrote:\n>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-300 ANS is a free,\n>weekly, news and information service of AMSAT\n>North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite\n>Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a\n>worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who\n>share an active interest in designing, building,\n>launching and communicating through analog and\n>digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send\n>any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n>[email protected] In this edition: * AMSAT\n>Vision Updated * New AMSAT Officers for\n>2008-2009 * News from the AMSAT Symposium *\n>Historic Week for ARISS Operations * Richard\n>Garriott Lands Safely * ARISS Status - 20\n>October 2008 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.01 New\n>AMSAT Officers for 2008-2009 AMSAT News Service\n>Bulletin 300.01  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING,\n>MD. October 26, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID:\n>$ANS-300.01 The AMSAT Board of Directors\n>approved the following Officers at the Board of\n>Directors meeting in Atlanta on 23 October 2008.\n>President: Barry Baines, WD4ASW Vice President\n>of Operations: Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Vice\n>President of User Services: Gould Smith, WA4SXM\n>Treasurer: Gunther Meisse, W8GSM Secretary/VP\n>Special Projects: Lee McLamb, KU4OS\n>Manager: Martha Saragovitz Vice President Human\n>Spaceflight: Frank Bauer, KA3HDO [ANS thanks\n>Lee, KU4OS, for the above information] /EX SB\n>SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.02 AMSAT Vision Updated\n>AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.02  From AMSAT\n>HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26, 2008 To All\n>RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.02 AMSAT's Vision\n>Statement was updated during the AMSAT Board of\n>the Directors meeting on 23 October 2008. AMSAT\n>President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, explains, \"The\n>update to the Vision Statement represents a\n>recognition of the reality that some of the\n>events and time frames that were anticipated in\n>2004 did not develop.\" Barry continued, \"Our\n>updated vision represents our on-going\n>commitment to the goal of providing satellite\n>systems which provide wide-area coverage and\n>eventually continuous coverage and also\n>recognizes that opportunities other than the\n>traditional Phase 3 GTO type orbit may be a\n>route to fulfill our goals.\" The new Vision\n>reads: Our Vision is to deploy satellite systems\n>with the goal of providing wide-area and\n>continuous coverage. AMSAT will continue active\n>participation in human space missions and\n>support a stream of LEO satellites developed in\n>cooperation with the educational community and\n>other amateur satellite groups. [ANS thanks\n>Barry, WD4ASW, for the above information] /EX SB\n>SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.03 News from the AMSAT\n>Symposium AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.03 Â\n> From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26,\n>2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.03 The\n>2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and annual membership\n>meeting was held 24-26 October in Atlanta,\n>GA. An exciting line up of 20 speakers made\n>presentations on a wide range of topics ranging\n>from \"Space Radio for Windows\" a low cost,\n>homebrewable receiver by Tony Montero, AA2TX, to\n>concepts that may be implemented in a variety of\n>amateur spacecraft in the future. An extended\n>annual meeting of the AMSAT membership was held\n>on Saturday 25 October and carried on AMSAT's\n>Echolink conference. During the annual meeting\n>new AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW,\n>explained some of the challenges AMSAT has\n>encountered in the past year, AMSAT's updated\n>vision, and plans for developing, testing and\n>flying hardware. Questions were also taken from\n>both the members present as well as those over\n>Echolink. The annual meeting also provided the\n>opportunity to recognize the many volunteers\n>who's efforts have assisted in AMSAT's\n>activities over the past year. The excellent and\n>enjoyable AMSAT dinner banquet was held Saturday\n>evening. Banquet keynote speaker Daniel\n>Schultz, N8FQV, described the latest\n>developments with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope\n>Repair Mission. [ANS thanks Lee, KU4OS, for the\n>above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT\n>$ANS-300.04 Historic Week for ARISS Operations\n>AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.04  From AMSAT\n>HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26, 2008 To All\n>RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.04 Frank Bauer,\n>KA3HDO, AMSAT-V.P. for Human Spaceflight\n>Programs and ARISS International Chairman\n>said,\"I think you all can agree that this has\n>been a stellar and an historic week for Amateur\n>Radio on the International Space Station!\" Frank\n>continued, \"Speaking on behalf of the ARISS\n>international team of volunteers and the AMSAT\n>community, we really appreciate the overwhelming\n>flood of positive comments that we have received\n>from the ham radio community and the general\n>public regarding the ham radio operations on ISS\n>this past week. Collectively, we have all made\n>history..starting with Richard, W5KWQ and hhis\n>father Owen, W5LFL and continuing with all of\n>you that participated and/or volunteered in his\n>ISS journey. And along the way, we have sparked\n>the imaginations of thousands of students. Got\n>more interest in satellite operations. And, I\n>understand, excited some youths to the point\n>where they are now licensed.\" Richard Garriott,\n>W5KWQ has been extremely prolific on the ARISS\n>ham radio system, making hundreds of voice\n>contacts, operating the packet system during the\n>crew sleep times and transmitting hundreds of\n>SSTV images throughout the day. He put the\n>newest ARISS hardware, the Kenwood VC-H1 to good\n>use, performing the vast majority of contacts\n>with this hardware system coupled with the\n>Kenwood D700 Transciever. The remaining SSTV\n>downlinks were performed with the software-based\n>SSTV system---using either the SpaceCam software\n>or MMSSTV software that are on-board ISS. Given\n>the limited availability of ISS computer\n>systems, the ARISS team will continue to utilize\n>the VC-H1 well after Richard's flight. So don't\n>be surprised if you see some VC-H1 SSTV\n>operations from Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, during his\n>stay as the commander of Expedition 18. The\n>ARISS team apologizes for the temporary\n>shut-down of the ARISS SSTV server. They have\n>been a victim of their own success in that the\n>site has been overwhelmed by the popularity of\n>Richard's SSTV images. Hopefully the system\n>will be operational very soon. This may take a\n>URL change, so please check the listservs and\n>the ARISS SSTV blog\n>http://www.ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ for updated\n>information. http://www.ariss.org will also\n>carry updates. ARISS Development and Operations\n>As a reminder to all, the ARISS team is an\n>international volunteer working group that is\n>sponsored by three major entities in each ISS\n>region---the National Amateur Radio Society, the\n>International AMSAT organization and the\n>National Space Agency. The 5 regions that\n>comprise the ISS development are Canada, Europe\n>Japan, Russia, and the USA. In the USA, the two\n>ham radio sponsors are the ARRL and\n>AMSAT-NA. NASA is the USA space agency sponsor.\n>Over 12 years ago, the formulation of the ARISS\n>working group was a specific request from\n>NASA. They wanted the amateur radio community\n>to internationally consolidate into one team all\n>the development and operations of the ISS Ham\n>radio system. This specific request from NASA,\n>and ultimately the other space agencies, was to\n>provide a single focus of ham radio on ISS\n>within the amateur radio community and within\n>the space agencies. As a result, the 5\n>international delegations that make up ARISS\n>tightly coordinate the day-to-day mission\n>operations as well as the strategic hardware\n>development planning and implementation. The\n>success of this past week would not have been\n>realized without this tight coordination,\n>particularly between our Russian colleagues, led\n>by Sergey Samburov, RV3DR and our international\n>operations team, led by Will Marchant, KC6ROL.\n>Individuals are always welcome to volunteer\n>their support to ARISS through their regional\n>delegation. Please see the ARISS web site\n>http://www.ariss.org for more information on\n>your regional delegates. Voice QSOs Reports have\n>been received of individuals providing advice to\n>the ISS on-orbit crew or making specific\n>requests to the ISS crew to change or modify the\n>ARISS hardware, on-board software or ham radio\n>operations. The ARISS team would like to remind\n>the amateur community that we all have a duty to\n>the international space agencies to coordinate\n>ISS ham radio operations through ARISS. The\n>ARISS team advises that if you have a specific\n>request or idea, that you forward it to one of\n>the ARISS international delegates or ARISS team\n>leaders. These individuals are identified on\n>the ARISS web site http://www.ariss.org. Also,\n>please remember that there are a *lot* of hams\n>that would like to get their QSO with the\n>ISS. So please use courtesy and keep your\n>contact short. And once you have made a\n>contact, please do not go for a repeat.despite\n>the intensse temptation to do so. I think you\n>all know that this is an \"open\" hobby. So all\n>are listening in, observing and remembering your\n>operating habits. Frank concludes, \"On behalf of\n>the ARISS team, I thank you all for your\n>interest in Ham Radio on ISS. Enjoy the\n>contacts! And remember the ARISS teams and\n>organizations that have made the ham radio\n>system on ISS such a tremendous success. This\n>includes the national amateur radio societies\n>and international AMSAT organizations. As well\n>as the international space agencies and the ISS\n>on-board crew members.\" 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO\n>AMSAT-V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs ARISS\n>International Chairman [ANS thanks Frank,\n>KA3HDO, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @\n>AMSAT $ANS-300.05 Richard Garriott Lands Safely\n>AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.05  From AMSAT\n>HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26, 2008 To All\n>RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.05 Two Russian\n>cosmonauts and an American space tourist\n>undocked from the international space station\n>and plunged back to Earth late today in a\n>problem-free re-entry. Unlike the two previous\n>Soyuz descents, which were marred by module\n>separation problems that led to steep,\n>off-course touchdowns, the Soyuz TMA-12\n>spacecraft landed on target northeast of\n>Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 0337 UTC. Russian\n>recovery forces stationed nearby watched the\n>final stages of the descent and reached the\n>capsule a few minutes after touchdown to assist\n>Expedition 17 commander Sergey Volkov, flight\n>engineer Oleg Kononenko and U.S. space tourist\n>Richard Garriott. All three were flown back to\n>Star City near Moscow for more extensive medical\n>checks and debriefing. Kononenko and Volkov, son\n>of Russian cosmonaut Alexander Volkov and the\n>first second-generation space flier, were\n>launched aboard Soyuz TMA-12 on April 8.\n>Garriott, son of former Skylab and shuttle\n>astronaut Owen Garriott, was launched aboard the\n>Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft Oct. 12, along with\n>Expedition 18 commander Mike Fincke and flight\n>engineer Yury Lonchakov. \"This has met and in\n>many ways exceeded my expectations,\" Garriott\n>told reporters Monday. \"There's no question,\n>I've already begun to think about the next trip\n>up. With this trip, I was trying to study and\n>analyze how private citizens might be able to\n>contribute to the success here in space. And\n>I'll have a lot more thoughts on that when I\n>come back down.\" [ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow for\n>the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT\n>$ANS-300.06 ARISS Status - 20 October 2008 AMSAT\n>News Service Bulletin 300.06  From AMSAT HQ\n>SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26, 2008 To All RADIO\n>AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.06 1. Upcoming School\n>Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International\n>Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled\n>with Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani in\n>Conversano, Italy on Tuesday, October 28 at\n>09:37 UTC. Students have been introduced to\n>amateur radio and have covered the importance of\n>space missions. Media coverage is expected to\n>include newspapers, radio and television. Santa\n>Teresa del Bambin Gesù in Rome, Italy has been\n>scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the\n>International Space Station (ARISS) contact on\n>Thursday, October 30 at 08:51 UTC. 2. Garriott\n>Contacts Austin Mayor On Wednesday, October 15,\n>spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ,\n>spoke with his friend, Austin Mayor Will Wynn\n>via Amateur Radio on the International Space\n>Station (ARISS). Joining the conversation were\n>three students from LBJ LASA (Liberal Arts and\n>Science Academy) and the East Side Memorial Team\n>who asked questions about the benefits of space\n>travel. Approximately 35 students were present\n>for the event. A press release was issued by\n>News 8. See:\n>http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=221997\n>The Statesman covered the contact:\n>http://www.statesman.com/search/content/news/stories/local/10/16/1016space.\nhtml\n>3. Challenger Learning Centers Speak with\n>Garriott via Radio Challenger Learning Centers\n>in Lanham, Maryland, Columbia, South Carolina,\n>Tampa, Florida and Brownsburg, Indiana\n>participated in an Amateur Radio on the\n>International Space Station (ARISS) contact on\n>Thursday, October 16. Garriott, W5KWQ, answered\n>one question from each of the sixteen students\n>and former astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL,\n>finished the question and answer session with a\n>discussion about ham radio. The contact was made\n>possible through telebridge station W6SRJ in\n>Santa Rosa, California. Audio was fed into IRLP\n>(Internet Radio Linking Project) Reflector 9010.\n>It was also fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101\n>377) server and received 7 connections from four\n>countries. A Brownsburg press release was posted\n>to Channel 13 Eyewitness News:\n>http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9186881\n>The webcast is available on the Challenger site:\n>http://www.challenger.org/programs/garriottwebcasts.cfm\n>4. British Students Experience ARISS Contact\n>Students attending Budbrooke Primary School in\n>Warwick, Warwickshire, England and Richard\n>Garriott, W5KWQ, participated in a successful\n>Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n>(ARISS) contact on Friday, October 17. The\n>British Amateur Television Club broadcasted the\n>event live on streaming video and the contact\n>received local news coverage:\n>http://www.itvlocal.com/central/news/?player=CEN_News_15&void=247290\n>The BBC also covered the event:\n>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7677274.stm\n>5. Second ARISS-Challenger Learning Center\n>Contact, Successful A second Amateur Radio on\n>the International Space Station (ARISS) contact\n>was arranged for Challenger Learning Centers in\n>Indianapolis, Indiana, Paducah, Kentucky and St.\n>Louis, Missouri. The contact took place on\n>Friday, October 17 via the telebridge station\n>W6SRJ in California. Fifteen students spoke with\n>Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, and asked 22 questions.\n>Former astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, also\n>participated. Audio was fed into IRLP (Internet\n>Radio Linking Project) Reflector 9010 and the\n>EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) server. EchoLink\n>received nine connections from six\n>countries. SpaceRef.com posted a press release\n>on all the Challenger Center contacts:\n>http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=5171\n>The webcast is available on the Challenger site:\n>http://www.challenger.org/programs/garriottwebcasts.cfm\n>6. Austin High School Speaks with Space Traveler\n>The Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) High\n>School in Austin, Texas had a direct Amateur\n>Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\n>contact on Sunday, October 19 with Richard\n>Garriott, W5KWQ. Ten students asked two\n>questions each of the space traveler, as\n>approximately fifty students looked on.\n>Television stations reported on the event. A\n>press release was posted by the Statesman:\n>http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/theticker/en\ntries/2008/10/14/lbj_students_to_talk_with_rich.html\n>7. SSTV Update Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, has been\n>transmitting Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images\n>during his flight. Amateur radio operators from\n>around the world receiving these pictures have\n>uploaded them to an Amateur Radio on the\n>International Space Station (ARISS) SSTV Web\n>site. Over one thousand images have been\n>received from both SpaceCam and the VC-H1! See:\n>http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php 8.\n>JOTA and General Contacts Richard Garriott,\n>W5KWQ, participated in the 51st Jamboree on the\n>Air (JOTA) over the October 18 weekend. JOTA is\n>an annual event during which Scouts worldwide\n>speak to each other using ham radio. Over the\n>last week, Garriott and Mike Fincke, KE5AIT,\n>also made many general contacts with amateur\n>radio operators around the world. 9. ARISS\n>Presentation at ASTC The Association of Science\n> Technology Centers (ASTC) held its 2008\n>aannual conference on October 18-21 in\n>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NASA representatives\n>gave presentations on NASAâ?Ts education and\n>outreach programs and NASA resources. Amateur\n>Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\n>Deputy Program Manager Mark Steiner, K3MS,\n>presented an ARISS overview. 10. Astronaut\n>Training Status Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, has been\n>scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the\n>International Space Station (ARISS) simulated\n>contact with students in Technopolis, Mechelen,\n>Belgium on Monday, October 27. De Winne plans to\n>fly on Expedition 19 in May 2009. Chris\n>Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG, and Cady Coleman,\n>KC5ZTH, have been scheduled for an ARISS\n>simulated contact on Thursday, November 6.\n>Hadfield and Coleman are currently assigned as\n>back-up Expedition 19 crew members. These\n>simulated contacts/training sessions are\n>terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using\n>ARISS-equivalent equipment. [ANS thanks Carol,\n>KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In\n>addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers\n>membership in the President's Club. Members of\n>the President's Club, as sustaining donors to\n>AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive\n>additional benefits. Application forms are\n>available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's\n>ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot\n>org\n>_______________________________________________\n>Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed\n>are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?\n>Join now to support the amateur satellite\n>program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n\n\n_______________________________________________\nSent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\nNot an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\nSubscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n\n", "attachments": [] }