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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/NJUACYCCUSH7CWG3L3F6C6FQ2I4IK4RO/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "NJUACYCCUSH7CWG3L3F6C6FQ2I4IK4RO", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/NJUACYCCUSH7CWG3L3F6C6FQ2I4IK4RO/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-096 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2014-04-06T00:26:38Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-096\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* Memorial Service for Anthony \"Tony\" J. Monteiro, AA2TX (SK) Scheduled\n* W1AW/4 VA Young Operator Award\n* Dayton Hotel Reservations\n* Jerry Buxton, N0JY selected as AMSAT's VP-Engineering\n* Steve Coy, K8UD joins the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors\n* ARTSAT Project INVADER satellite Receives an OSCAR Number\n* AMSAT Awards\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-096.01\nANS-082 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 096.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nApril 6, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-096.01\n\n\nMemorial Service for Anthony \"Tony\" J. Monteiro, AA2TX (SK) Scheduled\n\nAMSAT has been received word from the family of Tony Monteiro, AA2TX that a\nservice for Tony will be held on Saturday, April 26th at 4:00 PM at the North\nParish of North Andover Unitarian Universalist Church, 190 Academy Road, North\nAndover, MA 01845. During the service there will be an opportunities \nfor people\nto share their \"Tony stories\". For individuals wishing to share their stories\nvia e-mail, they should be sent to [email protected] They \nwill be read\nat the service.\n\nAMSAT VP-Engineering and BoD member Tony Monteiro of North Andover, MA passed\naway on March 26, 2014 at age 55 from cancer. A special ANS Bulletin was\nreleased on March 28th which alerted amateurs around the world of Tony's\npassing.\n\n[ANS thanks Martha at the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nW1AW/4 VA Young Operator Award\n\nWhen the W1AW/4 VA operates the birds on April 8, 10. and 11, K4AMG\nwill offer a special certificate four young ham radio operators 19 and\nunder.\n\nThis certificate will be free. To qualify for this certificate just\nsend your QSL card to:\n\nW1AW/4 VA / K4AMG Memorial Amateur Radio Club\n721 Wood Duck Lane\nChesapeake, VA 23323\n\nContact info will be W1AW/4 VA K4AMG.\n\nIf you want you may email your picture operating your SAT station for\nthe K4AMG.org home page\n\nThis is a free bonus for young hams. We will be honored to send you\nthis free certificate prepared by our WEB MASTER WA9KFB.\n\nTo receive your W1AW/4 VA credit in the ARRL 100th Celebration follow\nthe standard ARRL procedures.\n\n[ANS thanks Rich, W4BUE, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDayton Hotel Reservations\n\nThis year, AMSAT has reserved a block of rooms for the Dayton Hamvention at the\nFairborn Country Inns and Suites at a special group rate. These rooms will be\nhandled through the AMSAT office, rather then directly with the hotel.\nPreference will be given to those volunteering for a significant time for the\nAMSAT Booth operations.\n\nWhile the cutoff date for group rate reservations is April 24th, 2014, most of\nthe rooms in our block have already been taken. If you want a room at the\nspecial AMSAT rate, call Martha ASAP (As Soon As Possible)!\n\nThe hotel is conveniently located, with a good light breakfast. Many of the\nAMSAT officers and others who are active in AMSAT will be staying \nthere. You can\ncatch up on old friendships, and bend people's ear. It is also a \ngreat place to\ncatch a ride to and from the Hara Arena and other venues from those who have\ndriven or rented vehicles.\n\nPlease CALL the office to give Martha your name and credit card number. From\nthe US call toll free at (888) 322-6728. From all other locations call (301)\n589-6062.\n\n[ANS thanks Steve, N9IP, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJerry Buxton, N0JY selected as AMSAT's VP-Engineering\n\nIn a special AMSAT Board of Directors meeting held via GoToMeeting on Tuesday,\nApril 1st, the board unanimously approved the selection of Jerry \nBuxton, N0JY of\nGranbury, TX as AMSAT VP-Engineering. Jerry replaces Tony Monteiro, AA2TX who\npassed away on March 26th.\n\nGiven the significance of completing Fox-1 for delivery on time later \nthis year,\nthe Board recognized that the Fox Program must continue under \nleadership that is\nfocused on completing AMSAT's latest satellite. Selecting a new VP-Engineering\nis an important step towards maintaining the momentum that was developed under\nTony's leadership and to avoid creating an engineering leadership vacuum as\nwork continues on the satellite. The Engineering Team deserves to have the new\nleadership identified in order to be in position to make the appropriate\nengineering decisions.\n\nAMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW notes, \"Jerry is well qualified to become\nour new VP-Engineering. His overall knowledge of the Fox-1 program as Systems\nEngineer under Tony Monteiro coupled with his professional experience in\nmanaging complex technical projects will put AMSAT's engineering programs in\ngood hands. Just as important, his management experience and ability to lead\nengineering teams is critical as our volunteers work hard to deliver the\nsatellite to Cal Poly later this year.\"\n\nJerry has been involved with the AMSAT Fox-1 Project as Systems Engineer since\nSeptember 2011. Recently retired following a 39 year career with Burlington\nNorthern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway, he spent the last 13 years of his career\nworking with the railroad's train dispatching systems. These systems are used\nto control train traffic over approximately 32,000 miles of track, in a manner\nsimilar to air traffic control. Jerry served as project manager as well as\nparticipating in the design and development of safety-critical train \nrouting and\nmovement instruction systems, and positive train separation technology. He\nsuccessfully implemented several mission critical systems in his role as Senior\nManager, Network Control Systems and was awarded \"Employee of the Year\" along\nwith others involved in the Train Management and Dispatch System Project, in\n2006.\n\nJerry became involved in amateur radio satellites with AO-7 and joined AMSAT in\nApril 1983. He currently holds an Extra Class License and is also \nlicensed in\nColombia, S.A. as HK5JY. An active amateur, Jerry was number 3 in \nthe world for\nthe number of telemetry frames copied from ARISSat-1. He is also active on\nterrestrial HF through 1.2 GHz.\n\n\"My promotion to Vice President, Engineering is both a humbling honor and a\ngreat challenge\", notes Jerry. \"Tony did much of the work and built an\nexcellent Team of hard working volunteers to design and build AMSAT-NA's first\nCubeSat. I have every confidence that the Fox-1 Team will complete and deliver\na reliable satellite that will reflect well on Tony's legacy.\"\n\nThe March/April issue of AMSAT JOURNAL will have more information concerning\nAMSAT's new VP-Engineering.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSteve Coy, K8UD joins the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors\n\nSteve Coy, K8UD of Beavercreek, OH has assumed the seat on the AMSAT Board of\nDirectors formerly held by Tony Monteiro, AA2TX. Steve was originally \nelected by\nthe AMSAT membership as a Board 'alternate' in the 2013 BoD election and will\nhold a voting seat through the next BoD election that takes place later this\nsummer.\n\n[ANS thanks Martha at the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARTSAT Project INVADER satellite Receives an OSCAR Number\n\nThe following was received from Bill Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number\nAdministrator.\n\nThe ARTSAT Project, INVADER satellite meets all of the qualifications necessary\nto receive an OSCAR number.\nI therefore designate the ARTSAT Project INVADER satellite, Cubesat OSCAR-77 or\nCO-77. Thus CO-77 joins\nthe earlier Japanese cubesats such as XI-IX(CO-57), XI-V(CO-58), Cute-I(CO-55),\nSEEDS-II(CO-66).\n\nCongratulations to you and the entire ARTSAT team for the launch and\noperation of Amateur Radio satellite, CO-77. May its mission be a\nsuccessful one.\n\n[ANS thanks Bill, W3XO, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Awards\n\nThe following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making\ntheir first satellite QSO.\n\nAlan Ehrenberg, N9EDV\nBenjamin Gaston, KV4RH\nScott Medbury, KD5FBA\nDoug Birky, KB8M\nRichard Manderski, W2SKI\nEric Stapleton, VA7TU\n\n\nThe following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award.\n\nRichard Manderski, W2SKI, #562\n\n\nThe following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications \nAchievement\nAward.\n\nRichard Manderski, W2SKI, #US190\n\n\nTo see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or\nhttp://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html\n\nANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]\n\n\n\n/EX\n\n\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n", "attachments": [] }