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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-237\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* ARISS-EU update on the ISS HamVideo\n* AMSAT Mentions and Articles of interest in the Press\n* New Booster: Japan space agency unveils new rocket Epsilon\n* AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots Due By September 15th\n* Radio Ham VK3FADO Cited in The Age newspaper\n* Message In A Bottle\n* AMSAT Symposium is Only 10 Weeks Away\n* Ham Radio in Space: Ham Radio Payloads Preparing to Launch\n* Ham Radio Cubesats Hope for November Launch\n* The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids non-Award\n* Cubebug-1 Good News\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-237.01\nANS-237 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 237.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDATE August 25, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-237.01\n\n\nARISS-EU update on the ISS HamVideo\n\nHow a DATV transmitter on S-band is being added to the ARISS\nequipment onboard the International Space Station has been related in\nan announcement recently circulated and available at\n\nhttp://www.ariss-eu.org/HamVideo.pdf\n\nThe ARISS Ham Video transmitter is presently onboard Columbus. The\ntransmitter was delivered by Japanese cargo spacecraft HTV-4, which\nlaunched August 4 and docked 5 days later.\n\nESA astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP / IR0ISS reported that the bags\nare stored in Columbus. There are two bags: one for the transmitter,\nthe other for the power, camera and antenna cables.\n\nInstallation will be done by US astronaut Michael Hopkins KF5LJG who\nhas been trained for the commissioning of the Ham Video equipment.\nThe commissioning is planned later in the year, possibly the end of\nOctober when there are favourable passes over Italy. Indeed, the\ntests transmissions for the commissioning of the onboard equipment\nwill be received by the ground station of the “Centro di Geodesia\nSpaziale” of the Italian Space Agency, located in Matera, Southern\nItaly.\n\nWe will report in due time on the commissioning procedure which will\ninvolve a series of tests to be performed during 3 or 4 ISS passes.\n\nPossibly, the Ham Video transmitter will transmit continuously\nbetween the commissioning steps offering amateur ground stations the\nopportunity to test and tune their receiving equipment. The\ntransmissions will be performed in automatic mode, without requiring\ncrew time. The camera, which runs on a battery, will not be used and\nthe ground stations will receive a black image.\n\nMeanwhile, commissioning is being prepared steadily. The kick-off\nmeeting took place November 2012 at ESTEC, the European Space\nResearch and Technology Centre, located in Noordwijk the Netherlands.\nDetailed procedures are examined and finalized during weekly\nESA/ARISS teleconferences. A preliminary EST (Experiment Sequence\nTest) is planned August 28-29. The test will involve the ARISS ground\nstation IK1SLD, located in Casale Monferrato in Northern Italy.\n\nIK1SLD, which is an ARISS telebridge station often used for\neducational ARISS school contacts on VHF, has been upgraded for S-\nband reception. Ham Video manufacturer Kayser Italia has delivered a\n1.2 meter dish, a down converter and precision tracking motors, which\nare part of the ESA funded equipment. For the EST, the station will\nreceive a DATV signal from a local low power S-band test transmitter.\nThe decoded signal will be webstreamed to the BATC server. The\nBritish Amateur Television Club offers ARISS free access to their\nserver. ESA examiners will connect to the BATC server and evaluate\nthe reception. Test transmissions at IK1SLD will cover the different\nfrequencies and symbol rates available on the Ham Video transmitter.\n\nWeb streaming will take advantage of the special software developed\nby Jean Pierre Courjaud, F6DZP. References are available in the\nHamVideo.pdf.\n\nWhen the Ham Video transmitter will become operational, it will be\nused for ARISS educational school contacts. Video will be for\ndownlink only. Uplink will be VHF FM audio. The Ericsson transceiver\nonboard Columbus will be used for reception onboard. This cross band\nand double mode operation is called Ham TV. Ham Video is the name of\nthe DATV transmitter.\n\n[ANS thanks Gaston Bertels, ON4WF for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Mentions and Articles of interest in the Press\n\n+ Amateur Television Quarterly\n\nIn the September issue of Amateur Television Quarterly, Gaston\nBetels, ON4WF, ARISS-Europe Chairman contributes \"The Columbus\nProject: A DATV Transmitter for the International Space Station\" In\naddition to his fine description of the DATV project and ground\nstation reception and components he cites AMSAT-NA and its volunteers\nfor funding and building the dual band VHF/UHF antennas on Columbus.\nWhile giving a chronology of the development of Amateur TV onboard\nthe ISS he writes\n\n\"Meanwhile a possibility opened for the installation of VHF/UHF\nantennas on Columbus. The Europena Space Agency wanted a VHF antenna\nfor a specific payload and was interested in the manner ARISS\nantennas had been attached to handrails on the Russian service\nmodule. A similar system was adopted for Columbus and, at the same\ntime, ESA accepted the installation of a dual band VHF/UHF antenna\nfor ARISS. The antenna project was funded entirely by AMSAT-NA and\nvolunteers who built the antennas for both the ESA experiment and for\nARISS. The installation was done per EVA, 21 November 2009. Soon an\nEricsson UHF transceiver, which had served in the early ARISS days,\nmigrated from the REussian to the American segment of the Space\nStation and started Packet Radio operation.\"\n\nThe magazine is available via subscription only. Visit their website\nwww.atvquarterly.com for more information.\n\n[ANS thanks Amateur Television Quarterly for the above information]\n\n+ Monitoring Times\n\nIn September's \"On the Ham Bands\" column, Kirk A. Kleinschnit, NT0Z,\nwrites \"The Highs and Lows of Amateur Satellites\". He cites AMSAT on\nnumerous occasions in the article and includes a picture of Keith\nBaker, KB1SF, working AO-51. He references AMSAT as a source of\ninformation as well as describing AMSAT's efforts with the phase 3\nbirds, Oscar 10 and 13, our current cooperation with Universities and\nother entities and cites our website http://www.amsat.org.\n\n+ CQ VHF\n\nThe Summer edition of CQ VHF holds several articles related to\nsatellite and EME. Of particular note are \"Add ISS Packet Operation\nto Your Satellites Activity\" by The AMSAT Journal Editor-in-Chief,\nJoanne Maenpaa, K9JKM. This article originally appeared in the\nproceedings of the 2012 AMSAT Symposium.\n\nIn his \"Satellites\" column, Keith Pugh, W5IU, writes \"Dayton, Ham-\nCom, Field Day, ARISS Update, and What's New for Working the Birds.\"\nNeedless to say, the article covers a lot of territory and includes\npictures of Tony AA2TX and Wendell W2BFJ, Barry WD4ASW, and Keith\nW5IU.\n\n+ QST\n\nCheck out pages 46-47 of the September QST for an article, \"Decibels\nand dBm Demystified\" written by AMSAT member and AMSAT Journal\ncolumnist Bob DeVarney, W1ICW.\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew Booster: Japan space agency unveils new rocket Epsilon\n\nThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Tuesday unveiled its new\nsolid-fuel rocket Epsilon before its launch with a scientific\nsatellite next week.\n\nEpsilon, a three-stage rocket with 24.4 meter in length, 2.6 meters in\ndiameter and 91 ton in weight, is to be launched from the state-run\nagency's Uchinoura Space Center in southwestern prefecture of\nKagoshima.\n\nThe rocket is a successor of the M-5 rocket that was retired in 2006\nand is planned to carry a telescope named SPRINT-A, world's first\nspace telescope for remote observation of planets.\n\nThe agency originally scheduled to launch the rocket Thursday but\npostponed until next Tuesday due to wrong wiring in communication\nequipment.\n\nThe original article can be found on-line at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/New-Japan-Epsilon (Space-Travel.com)\n\n[ANS thanks Space-Travel.com, the Xinhua News Agency, and JAXA for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots Due By September 15th\n\nA reminder that all members in good standing should have received\ntheir ballots. In order for your ballott to be counted, it will need\nto be RECEIVED at the AMSAT office by September 15th.\n\nThis year we have 8 candidates for 4 voting Board members and 2 non-\nvoting Alternates. Your vote is especially important this year in\nselecting those who will help guide AMSAT-NA. If you have not\nsubmitted your ballot, please review the candidate biography and\nposition statements you received, as well as the Minutes of the Board\nMeeting published in the May/June issue of the AMSAT Journal.  Then\nmake your voice heard by voting.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadio Ham VK3FADO Cited in The Age newspaper\n\nThe Age newspaper reports on Jonathan Oxer VK3FADO who has been\ndeveloping the ArduSat CubeSats which carry amateur radio payloads\n\nThe article, by Ben Grubb, says for the past 10 months, Jon VK3FADO\nhas been involved in designing and building two crowd-funded micro-\nsatellites that will allow anyone to conduct their own space\nexperiments.\n\nNamed ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X, the low-cost, miniature satellites\nare aboard the International Space Station ready to be put into orbit\nbetween October and March 2014.\n\nRead the full article at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/m56pj4n\n\nArduSat Open Source Ham Radio CubeSats\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/08/09/ardusat-open-source-ham-radio-cubesats/\n\nThis article was posted at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/k7jjvbt\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMessage In a Bottle\n\nAstronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, relates his first random amateur\nradio experience aboard the ISS in his blog entry “Message in a\nBottle”\n\nThis excerpt from the blog demonstrates one of the thrills many of\nus have or hope to experience.\n\n\"I set the radio to the ‘random’ contacts frequency, and without\nknowing what to expect, I put on the headphones. Physically, the\nInternational Space Station was still many kilometres away from the\ncoastlines of Europe, but our horizon stretches out beneath us for\nthousands of kilometres and the various European ground stations\ncould already see us. My ears were immediately overwhelmed by a\ncacophony of unidentifiable sounds and noises, voices, screeching and\nwhite noise. Then suddenly, a voice surfaced above the other sounds;\nit was a young man, in my mind barely more than a boy. He was calling\nthe ISS American radio call sign (NA1SS) and repeating his own call\nsign. I was taken aback by the emotion that rose in me as I tried to\nreply to the call, using the Italian call sign (IR0ISS). But my\nexcitement was nothing compared to the sheer astonishment and\ndisbelief I heard in that voice, thousands of kilometres away.\nSpeaking English with a beautiful Portuguese accent, the radio\noperator on the other side of the signal only managed to say a few\nwords – “I don’t know what to say… This is a dream come true for\nme!”\n\nLuca finishes by writing,\n\n\"Men, women, young and old, experts and complete beginners – they\nhave all wrapped me in a warm blanket of friendship and gratitude,\noblivious to the fact that I’m the one who should be thanking them\nfor opening up the doors to an experience that began with that young\nman in Portugal, and that crossing space and time, reaches the heart\nof each and every amateur radio operator even before it reaches their\nears.\"\n\nRead the entire blog entry at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/lfuejod\n\nThe August 19 ARRL news rlease of the blog can be found at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/kzpts4c\n\n[ANS thanks the ANS Editors for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Symposium is Only 10 Weeks Away\n\nThe 2013 AMSAT Space Symposium, hosted by the Johnson Space Center\nAmateur Radio Club, promises to be exciting and informative.\n\nThis years Symposium will be held in Houston November 1-3 at the The\nBeautiful Marriott Hobby Airport Hotel. The Space Symposium will\nfeature a full array of talks by knowledgeable AMSAT members and\nothers regarding satellite construction and operation, plus other\nspace-related subjects.\n\nThe AMSAT Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with the Space\nSymposium, provides you the opportunity to hear about AMSAT’s future\nplans and voice your own thoughts and opinions to AMSAT Board of\nDirectors members and other AMSAT officials.\n\nFor the AMSAT Space Symposium, the Marriott offers:\n\nFREE parking (unusual for a large city hotel)\n$94.00 per night room rate\nFREE breakfasts, 2 per room per day\nFREE WiFi throughout the hotel\nFREE Airport Transportation\n\nMake plans NOW to attend the 2013 AMSAT Space Symposium\n\nHotel reservations can be made by calling 713-943-7979. Visit their\nwebsite at http://tinyurl.com/houhh-houston-hobby-airportmar\n\nAsk For The AMSAT Block or Use the Code AMSAMSA when reserving your\nroom.\n\nThe AMSAT 2013 Symposium Registration Form can be found at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-Symposium\n\nOn line Symposium Registration is expected to be available in late\nAugust.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHam Radio in Space: Ham Radio Payloads Preparing to Launch\n\nTwo CubeSats carrying SSB/CW and FM voice transponders are scheduled\nto be launched into a 600 km orbit during the first half of next\nyear. That news came during the QB50 Project presentation at the\nAMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium earlier this summer. The QB50\nproject team has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AMSAT-UK,\nAMSAT-Francophone and AMSAT-NL to enable two Amateur Radio payloads\nto fly on two yet-to-be-named \"precursor\" CubeSats in advance of the\nmain mission, to deploy about 40 double satellites. The CubeSat\nlaunch allows for the testing of key satellite and payload\ncomponents. In addition, the precursor mission allows for\nexperimentation and validation of the QB50 operational concept. The\nAmateur Radio payloads will become the primary payload of the\nspacecraft once all QB50-related experimentation has been concluded.\n\nThe AMSAT-F payload for one of the satellites will be an FM voice\nrelay with VHF uplink and UHF downlink. It will also transmit FX25\ntelemetry at 9.6 kbit. The AMSAT-NL payload on the other precursor\nsatellite will incorporate an SDR-based, linear V/U transponder core.\nIt will provide a telemetry downlink at 1.2 kbit. The QB50 spacecraft\ngenerally will have downlinks in the 435-438 MHz Amateur Satellite\nService allocation, although some are expected to use 2.4 GHz.\n\nMeanwhile, the Baltic nation of Lithuania is hoping that its first\ntwo satellites will be launched later this year from the\nInternational Space Station (ISS). The nanosatellites carrying\nAmateur Radio payloads could be among the CubeSats sent by payload\nhandler NanoRacks LLC to the ISS on the SpaceX CRS-3 mission this\nNovember. The Kaunas University of Technology is developing\nLituanicaSAT-1, while the Lithuanian Space Association is working on\nLitSat-1.\n\nThis year marks the 80th anniversary of the historic flight by\nLithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Gireenas in the\nLituanica aircraft. On July 15, 1933, they took off from Floyd\nBennett Field in New York and flew across the Atlantic, covering a\ndistance of 6,411 kilometers in 37 hours and 11 minutes. Tragically\nthey perished after crashing in Germany, just 650 kilometers from\ntheir destination of Kaunas, Lithuania.\n\nLituanicaSAT-1 will carry a VGA camera, GPS receiver, 9600 bps AX25\nFSK telemetry beacon and a 150 mW V/U FM voice transponder. LitSat-1\nis planning a U/V linear transponder for SSB/CW communications. --\nAMSAT News Service/AMSAT-UK\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT News Service/AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHam Radio Cubesats Hope for November Launch\n\nOn Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 14:39 UT Korea’s satellite KOMPSAT-5\nlaunched on a Dnepr from Dombarovsky near Yasny\n\nThis marked the first flight of the Dnepr launcher since August 2011\nand the successful launch should clear the way for the launch in\nNovember of another Dnepr from Yasny believed to be carrying up to 23\nsatellites from 13 nations.\n\nMost of the satellites will carry amateur radio payloads and it\nshould be the largest single deployment of amateur radio satellites\nsince the ill-fated Dnepr launch of July 26, 2006.\nhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2006/dnepr_failure.htm\n\nThe launch had originally been planned for September 2012 but was\npostponed while the future of the Dnepr launch program was discussed.\n\nAmong the satellites carrying payloads operating in amateur radio\nbands that may be on the November launch are:\n• UniSat-5 microsat which will deploy Eagle-1, Eagle-2, QB-Scout,\nestar-2, Wren and PUCP-SAT-1 which it turn should release a further\nsatellite Pocket-PUCP\n• Delfi-n3Xt\n• Triton-1\n• Triton-2\n• GOMX-1\n• FUNcube-1\n• UWE-3\n• CubeBug-2\n• BRITE-PL1\n• Humsat-D\n• CPUT ZAcube-1\n• HinCube\n• BeakerSat\n• NEE-02 KRYSAOR (910 MHz)\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nThe USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids non-Award\n\nJohn Papay K8YSE, recently announced, on the AMSAT-BB, that he has\njust completed working all 488 grids in the Lower 48 states.\n\nJohn writes,\n\n\"Some of the active grid chasers on the birds are aware that KA6SIP\njust gave me my last USA grid when he operated from CN72 in Oregon.\nAnd I thought it might be interesting to look at the stats and how\none manages to work and confirm all 488 USA lower 48 States grids.\n\n\"Satellite operators come and go and grids come and go with them. A\ngrid might have a very active operator in it and then it is off the\nair when that person goes away for whatever reason. Interestingly,\nabout half of the 488 grids that were worked were from those\noperating portable, not in the sense of using a radio with batteries,\nbut in the traditional sense of operating away from their home\nstation location.  Once you have experienced being on the other end\nof a small pileup, you will want to do it again.  Just ask W7LRD who\ntried it recently and is planning another trip.\"\n\nIn his post John goes on to list operators who exited the comfort of\ntheir home station and put a grid on the air.\n\nJohn further reflects,\n\n\"I started with satellites in June 2006 and only had 47USA grids by\nAugust 2008. From August 2008 till Jan 2009 I worked another 109.  In\n2009 199 were worked.  2010 was 76 and 2011 was 44. Only 4 new grids\nwere worked in 2012 and 9 were snagged in 2013. Eight of those final\n9 grids were handed out by Tom KA6SIP.  He heard about the need and\ndecided to make a grid expedition to put them on the air.  He did 7\nof them in one trip. Then Bob W7LRD went to the beach in CN77,\noperating away from home for the first time.  That left CN72.  Tom\njust got back from Hawaii and quickly made plans to camp out in CN72\nand gave me the final grid on AO-7B, 20 August 2013 at 2332z.  Then\nhe put CN71 on the air on 22-23August, also a very rare grid square\nbut one that I already had.  Many others worked him there.\n\n\"There is no award for working all 488 grids on satellites as there\nis for six meters (FFMA).  The ARRL awards committee has looked at it\nand will implement it if someone on the Board of Directors brings it\nup for a vote and it passes.  Hopefully that will happen soon.\nHaving that type of award gives everyone something to work for.  It\npromotes grid expeditions and interest in working through the\nsatellites.  If we all contact our ARRL Director, it might just\nhappen.\n\n\"There may be others who have already worked all 488 grids on\nsatellites. K6YK might be one of them.  I know there are several\nothers who are getting close.  It is not any easy thing to accomplish\neven if you operate every day.  It is something you can work towards\nover the years.\n\n\"I want to thank everyone that made satellite contacts with me that\nultimately led to working all 488.  Many went out of their way to put\non a grid. Over half of the grids worked were from grid expeditions!\nIf you haven't experienced operating away from home, please consider\nit.  With new operators showing up on the birds every day, there is\nalways a need for an uncommon grid. And you will have a lot of fun\ndoing it!  Just ask anyone on my list.\"\n\nJohn's original post, including the list of those who worked him\nportable, can be found in the bulletin board archives\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/48hour/msg98283.html\n\nCongratulations on your accomplishment, John!\n\n[ANS thanks JohnK8YSE for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCubebug-1 Good News\n\nThe satellite launched April this year known as Capitan Beto, is\nrecovering from its balance of energy that caused its transmitter to\nbe turned off for several days.\n\nThe recovery was achieved after one of the AMSAT-LU stations in\ncoordination and in conjunction with Satellogic team, sent a command\nto reconfigure onboard software that turned off attitude control\ncircuits feeding magnetorquers this last weekend .\n\nTelemetry text mode command taken before change can be seen at\nhttp://www.amsat.org.ar/images/cubebug130818.txt .\n\nOperation was done using RTL dongle, connected directly to antenna,\nusing HDSDR recording software as IF mode only, that helped not to\nrecord big amount of data from Orbitron connected to DDE, also\nautomatically compensating Doppler, see\nhttp://www.amsat.org.ar/images/cubebug130818.jpg\nwhich at top shows command sent and satellite response below.\n\nAfter reset, Cubebug-1 went to 'mission state', batteries showing\nadequate level of charge.\n\nGood reports were received from several amateurs from different\nparts of the globe.\n\nThis activity was performed as part of the agreement of mutual\ncollaboration that Satellogic & Amsat-LU signed in July 2013.\n\nThe satellite transmits at 1200 bps AFSK, on 437.438 KHz,\nbroadcasting packets every 30 seconds, signal is low requiring\ndirectional antenna and preamp for adequate reception.\n\nCubebug-1 telemetry information can be found at\nhttp://1.cubebug.org/coms/telemetry\n\nIt is hoped that the packet radio digipeater, that is onboard\nCubebug-1, will be activated for amateur radio use after its primary\nmission objectives have been met.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-LU for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nSuccessful Contacts\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Epet No. 2, Gral. Pico,\nArgentina and Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, using callsign NA1SS.\nThe contact began 2013-08-06 11:48 UTC and lasted about nine and a\nhalf minutes. Contact was telebridged via LU8YY. IKØWGF and IKØUSO\nserved as ARISS mentors.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Ecole Primaire Pasteur,\nFleurance, France and Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, using\ncallsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-08-07 11:01 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via LU1CGB.\nIN3GHZ and F6ICS served as ARISS mentors.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between 14th World Scout Moot Canada\n2013, Camp Awacamenj Mino, Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec, Canada and\nAstronaut Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, using callsign IRØISS.\nThe contact began 2013-08-12 18:46 UTC and lasted about nine and a\nhalf minutes. Contact was telebridged via IK1SLD. VE3TBD served as\nARISS mentor.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Centro Educativo No9 Dr.\nJuan Lleren, Villa Mercedes, Argentina and Astronaut Luca Parmitano,\nKF5KDP, using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-08-14 16:42 UTC\nand lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via\nLU8YY/Q. IKØWGF and IKØUSO served as ARISS mentors.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between North-Western Regions\nObesstvennoj The Cosmonautics Federation Of Russia, Russia and\nCosmonuat Pavel Vinogradov, RV3BS, using callsign RSØISS. The contact\nbegan 2013-08-17 16:25 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes.\nContact was direct via RA1AJN. RV3DR served as ARISS mentor.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Facultad de Ingeniería y\nCiencias Económico-Sociales, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Villa\nMercedes, Argentina and Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, using\ncallsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-08-19 14:14:35 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via LU8YY/Q.\nIKØWGF and IKØUSO served as ARISS mentors.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Festive event Berkan,\nIle de La Réunion and Cosmonuat Pavel Vinogradov, RV3BS, using\ncallsign RSØISS. The contact began 2013-08-19 21:31 and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via\nFR1GZ. ON4WF and RV3DR served as ARISS mentors.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contacts\n\n+ Youth Forum near the Black Sea, via  TBD\nContact is a go for 2013-08-26 15:30 UTC\n\n+ Amicale Space Camp  organized by Sterrenlab for children of the\nEuropean Patent Office/NL, Leiden,  The Netherlands (Summer Space\nCamp, Noordwijk, Netherlands), Netherlands, via  PA3GUO\nContact is a go for: Wed 2013-08-28 13:49:07 UTC\n\n+ Gwalior Glory High School, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India,\ntelebridge via IK1SLD\nContact is a go for: Sat 2013-08-31 11:22:58 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana AJ9N and ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Captain Yuri, UT1FG/mm is back at sea, he picked up his ship in\n  Santos, Brazil, which is very far south in Brazil (GG66) and out\n  of all satellite range for North America and he is headed SOUTH!\n  Next port is in Uruguay, even further SOUTH! He apparently did not\n  have WiFi access while in Santos, Brazil, but friends expect that\n  Captain Yuri will contact one of them  as soon as he can to give\n  us some updates on where his next ports will be. (Frank, K4FEG on\n  starcomm-bb)\n\n+ DUBUS issue 4/2012 is available as free sample in PDF format (16MB)\n  here: http://bit.ly/14tWuOf\n\n  DUBUS is a quartlery published magazine for technique and DX on\n  VHF/UHF/SHF covering all bands from 6m to light. More information is\n  available on www.DUBUS.org  (Southgate)\n\n  Source: Joe ,DL8HCZ/CT1HZE\n\n+ Ham Technology: The Radio Documentation Project Manuals for China\n  Built Radio Gear\n\n  If you own a China built hand-held and have questions that the\n  manual does not answer, there's now a new source of information.\n  Calling itself the Radio Documentation Project, this website plans\n  to provide high quality and in-depth open source documentation user\n  manuals for mainland-China built handheld two-way radios.\n\n  Its first completed work is a PDF file containing a well documented\n  manual for the popular Baofeng UV-5R dual bander. The instructions\n  are clearand distinct.  Best of all it is available as a free\n  download at tinyurl.com/new-uv5r-booklet.  (Southgate)\n\n  Source: Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1879 -   August 16 2013\n\n+ This past week arising out of Australia's ACMA reason for not\n  continuing the high power trial for radio amateurs was an observed\n  lack of understanding of operator's obligations with regard to\n  Electromagnetic Magnetic Radiation. As part of the emphasis on\n  education regarding Electromagnetic Magnetic Radiation, the Wireless\n  Institute of Australia (WIA) posted a web page, \"Amateur Radio And\n  Electromagnetic Radiation Issues\" at:\n  http://www.wia.org.au/members/technical/emr/\n\n  Topics on the WIA web include:\n  * What is EMR ?\n  * Understanding Electromagnetic Radiation Compliance for Amateur\n    Radio Stations\n  * Compliance\n  * File For Download - VK3UM EMRCalc Ver 7.07\n\n  Where the specifics apply to Australia the information on this web\n  page provide a common sense tutorial for amateur radio operators\n  worldwide. The VK3UM EMRCalc is a fascinating software tool allowing\n  you experiment with transmitted power levels, antenna height, and\n  antenna gain.\n\n  Source: Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA)\n\n+ APRS has standardized an ID series for amateur Oscar spacecraft.\n  APOxxx.\n\n  At the request of Juan Carlos, LU9DO, AMSAT-LU wanted a series of\n  APRS designators for uniquely identifying AMSAT APRS applications.\n  He suggested those beginning with the letter O for OSCARS.\n\n  ALL APRS applications include this identifier in their packets so\n  that the source of APRS data can be known.  See the list\n  http://aprs.org/aprs11/tocalls.txt\n\n  Source: Bob, WB4aPR via AMSAT-BB\n\n+ Help Requested for Cleaning up Old Mac Applications\n\n  As part of moving features to the new AMSAT.ORG site, we are\n  cleaning out old programs which are no longer used or useful.\n  Alan, WA4SCA, would appreciate Mac users looking at the old\n  programs and letting him know which ones are still useful,\n  or not.\n\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS237-AMSAT-web-archive\n\n  The old archive WILL be available, but we want to clean out the\n  dead wood for current programs.\n  Hopefully with a refreshed site we will also have new programs\n  available.\n\n  Source: Alan, WA4SCA, via AMSAT-BB\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, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n\n",
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