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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/O2GYAIQBXWAGWUI25RQONLJVQRCLZTLN/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "O2GYAIQBXWAGWUI25RQONLJVQRCLZTLN", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/O2GYAIQBXWAGWUI25RQONLJVQRCLZTLN/", "sender": { "address": "n1uw (a) gokarns.com", "mailman_id": "684263b135e74eb98a4fed6b61b4c189", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/684263b135e74eb98a4fed6b61b4c189/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Frank Karnauskas", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-266 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin", "date": "2018-09-23T02:30:16Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-266\n\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and \ninformation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio\nAmateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur\nRadio in space including reports on the activities of a worldwide\ngroup of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in \ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and\ndigital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio \nin space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\nans-editor at amsat dot org.\n\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* 2018 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results\n* Help ARISS Raise Funds for Critical ISS Radio Upgrades\n* AMSAT President Upcoming Ham Nation Interview on September 26th\n* Reminder - Registration Deadlines for 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium\n* Reminder - October 15 Deadline for Space Symposium Papers\n* AMSAT Rover Awards Update\n* SiriusSat First Signals Competition Winners Announced\n* New Indonesian Cubesat to Include Amateur Radio APRS Transponder\n* LimeSDR Blogs About Open Satellite Project\n* The European Astro Pi Challenge is Back for 2018/2019\n* Call for Volunteers: ANS Seeks Rotating Editors\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts from All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-266.01\nANS-266 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 266.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD\nSeptember 23, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-266.01\n\n\n2018 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results\n\nAs a result of the 2018 Board of Directors Election Tom Clark, K3IO; \nMark Hammond, N8MH; and Bruce Paige, KK5DO; will serve on the board \nfor two years.\n\nThe First Alternate is Peter Portanova, W2JV. The Second Alternate \nis Scott Harvey, KA7FVV. Both will serve for a term of one year.\n\nThe results of the voting with 698 ballots cast are as follows:\n\nTom Clark, K3IO............574\nMark Hammond, N8MH.........507\nScott Harvey, KA7FVV.......176\nBruce Paige, KK5DO.........402\nPeter Portanova, W2JV......359\n\nSubmitted by:\nMartha Saragovitz, Manager\nClayton Coleman W5PFG, Secretary\n\n[ANS thanks Martha Saragovitz, Manager and Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, \nSecretary for the above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHelp ARISS Raise Funds for Critical ISS Radio Upgrades\n\nAMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to \nraise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. \nThe upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to \nastronauts in space via Amateur Radio.\n\nPlease help by donating today\nhttps://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9\n\nARISS is in critical need of infrastructure upgrades to ensure \nthat programs such as talking to astronauts in space using\nAmateur Radio can continue. Through your donations ARISS seeks the \nfollowing upgrades:\n\n+ Next Generation radio systems that will support easier \ntransition to enable new, exciting radio modes and capabilities for \nhams, students and the general public including:\n\n* New Amateur Radio communication and experiment capabilities \nincluding an enhanced voice repeater and updated digital \nAutomatic Packet Reporting System (APRS), and\n* Slow Scan TV (picture up and downlinks) in both US and Russian \nsegments of the ISS.\n\n+ A new multi voltage power supply that will support present \nand future radio capabilities and allow wireless experiments to \nbe conducted.\n\nARISS needs to build ten Next Generation radio systems to \nsupport the development of on-orbit operations, training and long \nterm maintenance. This includes two units for on-orbit use (one unit \neach for the US and Russian segments), two units for flight spares, \nthree units for training, one unit for testing, and two units for \nground-based maintenance and troubleshooting.\n\nAMSAT is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax deductible to \nthe extent allowed by law.\n\n[ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO for the above information.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT President Upcoming Ham Nation Interview on September 26th\n\nAMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO will be featured on Ham Nation's \nSeptember 26th episode #369. Well known Amateur Radio journalist \nGordon West, WB6NOA will interview Joe and discuss the latest news \nfrom AMSAT and ARISS. \n\nJoe remarked, \"The opportunity for this interview couldn't have come \nat a better time. With the launch of ARISS's Fundrazr drive to \nsustain Amateur Radio operations on the ISS and AMSAT's own \ndevelopment needs, this interview will help get the word out to \nsegments of the Amateur Radio community that don't normally track \nthe Amateur Radio satellite community.\n\n\"Ham Nation is promoted well throughout Amateur Radio social media \nso the potential audience is substantial. I hope everyone has a \nchance to watch the show and perhaps share it with your friends \nwho might become interested in AMSAT and Amateur Radio in Space.\"\n\nHam Nation records live every Wednesday at 9:00pm Eastern / \n6:00pm Pacific / 01:00 (Thu) UTC. See it at:\nhttps://twit.tv/shows/ham-nation\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nReminder - Registration Deadlines for 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium \n\nMake Your Hotel Reservations by October 10!\n\nHotel accommodations will be next door at the Marriott at the Space \n& Rocket Center, 5 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama USA. Hotel \nreservations for the Symposium may be made by individual attendees \ndirectly with Marriott reservations at: \n + 1-(800) 228-9290 or \n + (256) 830-2222 or\n + On-line at http://tinyurl.com/Marriott-2018-Symposium-Hotel.\n\nPlease mention the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) \nreference number M-BIHHXTA for the group rate of $104 per night. \n + The AMSAT group rate is available 10/31/18 to 11/04/18. \n + Book by 10/10/18.\n + Marriott perks include free parking for attendees and \n complimentary Wi-Fi.\n\nSymposium Early Registration Rate Expires September 30!\n\nRegistration for the Symposium can be ordered on-line at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/.\n + $60 Early Registration is through September 30, 2018.\n + $65 Registration is October 01, 2018 - October 26, 2018.\n + $70 Registration at the Door\n\nAMSAT Annual Saturday Night Banquet Reservations Are Due October 20!\n\n + Dinner reservations are $50 per person and should be made by \n October 20th to ensure accommodation.\n + Register online at: \n https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/.\n\n[ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nReminder - October 15 Deadline for Space Symposium Papers\n\nAMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA \nAnnual Meeting and Space Symposium. The symposium will be held at \nthe US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of \nNovember 2-4. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and \nposter presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the \namateur satellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title \nof their presentation as soon as possible. The final copy must be \nsubmitted by October 15th for inclusion in the printed proceedings. \nAbstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at \nn8fgv at amsat dot org.\n\n[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Rover Awards Update\n\nThe AMSAT Rover award is granted to stations who achieve a combined\n25 points using any combination of the defined criteria posted at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/amsat-rover-award.\n\nPoints can be earned for each grid square activated outside of your \nhome grid square using the FM, linear, and digital satellites. While \nFM contacts count for 1 point each multiplier points are available \nfor contacts via the linear and digital satellites.\n\nAdditional points are available for photographs, publicity, social \nmedia promotion, and AMSAT Journal articles. The options are numerous \nso please refer to the Rover Award Website for all of the details.\n\nSince the last Rover Award announcement in ANS-210 the following \nstations have qualified for the award:\n\nNumber Callsign Award Date\n------ -------- ----------\n028 K4FTP 30 Jul 2018\n029 KB2YSI 15 Aug 2018\n030 N3CRT 17 Aug 2018\n031 N2WLS 19 Aug 2018\n032 K2MTS 22 Aug 2018\n033 AI6DO 23 Aug 2018\n034 KD8RTT 18 Sep 2018\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, \nKK5DO, for the above information.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSiriusSat First Signals Competition Winners Announced\n\nRussian cubesats, SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2, were deployed during \na spacewalk from the ISS in August. A QSL card is available for all \nAmateur Radio operators who send reception reports to:\[email protected]. \n \nInclude your callsign, name, mailing address, time of reception, \nthe satellite (RS13S or RS14S), and receiver description. A QSL \ncard will be sent to your address.\n\nWinners have been announced of the first signals competition among \nRadio Amateurs for the reception of the first signals from the\nSiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2: \n\n+ Rocco Valenzano (W2RTV, USA)\n+ Anton Janovsky (ZR6AIC, South Africa)\n+ Vladimir Chyorny (EU1SAT, Belarus)\n+ Mike Rupprecht (DK3WN, Germany)\n+ Dmitry Pashkov (R4UAB, Russia)\n\nThe winners will receive a QSL card, a copy of the checklist \nemployed by the cosmonauts for activation of the spacecraft \nprior to release and also books on space. Vladimir Chyorny has \nalready been given Chris Hadfield's book \"An Astronaut's Guide to \nLife on Earth\" personally in Minsk, Dmitry Pashkov will be sent \nStephen Hawking's book \"A Brief History of Time,\" and foreign \namateurs will receive Pavlov Shubin's illustrated album \"The Space \nRocket System N1-L3.\"\n\nSiriusSat noted that radio amateurs received the first signals and \nappreciated the dissemination of information about the reception of \ndata and the establishment and activation of a specially \ndeveloped software system for the reception of telemetry and \ndecoding the data from the spacecraft.\n\nThe satellites operate at these frequencies and call signs: \n + SiriusSat-1 callsign RS13S frequency 435.570 MHz SSID 1;\n + SiriusSat-2 callsign RS14S frequency 435.670 MHz SSID 2 GMSK 4800 \n + modulation is used, protocol is standard AX.25\n G3RUH sending beacons every 30 seconds. \n\nTelemetry decoding/viewing software can be downloaded from:\nhttp://sputnix.ru/ru/nashi-sputniki/siriussat-2\nThis page includes configuration instructions and files with test\nsignals.\n\n[ANS thanks Sputnix.ru for the above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNew Indonesian Cubesat to Include Amateur Radio APRS Transponder\n\nThe United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the \nJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have selected a team from \nSurya University in Indonesia for the UNOOSA-JAXA KiboCUBE programme.\nThe KiboCUBE programme was launched in 2015 by UNOOSA and JAXA to \noffer educational and research institutions from developing \ncountries the opportunity to develop cube satellites (CubeSats) \nfor deployment from the International Space Station (ISS).\n\nThanks to the KiboCUBE programme, Surya University's cube \nsatellite, Surya Satellite 1 (SS-1), will be the first cube \nsatellite developed by an Indonesian University to be launched into \nspace. The cube satellite will be equipped with an Automatic Packet \nReporting System (APRS) that works on amateur radio \nfrequencies. This will enable the cube satellite to transmit APRS \nmessages to ground stations. Furthermore, SS-1 will be designed \nfor a two-way communication use for educational and disaster \nmitigation purposes, which can be carried out by anyone with a \nvalid amateur radio callsign. Access the full United Nations press \nrelease at http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=53079.\n\n[ANS thanks the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and \nspaceref.com for the above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nLimeSDR Blogs About Open Satellite Project\n\nDeveloper Lucas Teske has a very clear reason for having started the \nOpen Satellite Project, an ongoing effort to develop open-source \nsoftware for the receipt and decoding of satellite data using \nsoftware-defined radio (SDR) hardware including the LimeSDR family. \n\n\"The final goal is to have a generic satellite receiver that is easy \nto configure to a new satellite or protocol,\" project originator \nLucas Teske explains of the Open Satellite Project and its \nopen-source weather satellite software.\n\nWith input from the community, Teske has a clear roadmap for the \nOpen Satellite Project's future development. \"The main goal now is \nto have a single application that does everything,\" he explains. \n\"So far OSP has several parts, which makes it somewhat hard to \nset up. We're re- writing the main application - now called \nSatHelperApp - in Go which helps a lot in making it cross platform\nand \neasy to use. We also want to lower the costs of building a GOES \nRebroadcast protocol (GRB) station, which provides the best images \nyou can ever get from a satellite from the current generation - and \nalso images from the Sun! The idea is to have a simple app that \nanyone could just download, follow some instructions for assembling \nthe hardware, and get everything working, even if they don't have \nany technical skill for it.\"\n\nTo read more about the Open Satellite Project and find ways your \nstation can help access the full article on-line at\nhttps://limemicro.com/community/open-satellite-project/.\n\n[ANS thanks LimeSDR for the above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe European Astro Pi Challenge is Back for 2018/2019\n\nESA Education, in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, is \npleased to announce the launch of the 2018/2019 European Astro \nPi Challenge. Students and young people are offered the amazing \nopportunity to conduct scientific investigations in space by writing \ncomputer programs that run on Astro Pis - special Raspberry Pi \ncomputers aboard the International Space Station.\n\n\nYouths 19 or younger and live in an ESA Member or Associate Member \nState invited to form a team with at least friend of and apply to the \nAstro Pi Challenge's Mission Space Lab by sending their experiment \nidea by the end of October.\n\nThere are two themes for experiments: \nThe 'Life on Earth' theme will use the Astro Pi computer Izzy, fitted \nwith a near-infrared camera facing out of an ISS window, to study \nthe Earth. The 'Life in space theme will use the Astro Pi computer\nEd, \nwhich is equipped with a camera for light sensing, and investigate \nlife inside the Columbus module of the ISS. \n\nThe complete announcement, rules and regulations can be found at\nhttps://tinyurl.com/Astro-Pi-2018-2019. \n\n[ANS thanks the ESA and the Raspberry Pi Foundation for the above \ninformation.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCall for Volunteers: ANS Seeks Rotating Editors\n\nThe AMSAT News Service (ANS) is seeking volunteers to serve as\nrotating editors for its weekly newsletter.\n\nEditors work on a rotating schedule, each taking a different turn\nediting a specific week's newsletter as scheduled by the ANS Editor\nin Chief. Editors support each other by seeking and reporting to the\nEditor of the week, information and resources of interest to the\nAMSAT community. \n\nThe number of newsletters assigned will be dependent\nupon the number of available editors at any given time. The average\neditor can expect to spend, on average, 4-5 hours for each\nnewsletter, dependent on available material. Prospective editors are\nrequired to be AMSAT members in good standing and have a genuine\ninterest in satellite operation and an understanding of AMSAT's\nmission. Former editing experience is a plus but not required.\n\nIf interested, please submit an inquiry, including your contact\ninformation to ans-editor at amsat dot org.\n\n[ANS thanks the ANS editors for the above information.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nWestern Colorado (DM77, DM67, DM57, DM58, DM59 DN50, DN60) -\nSeptember 28-30, 2018\nRon AD0DX will be back in Western Colorado Sept. 28/29/30. Plans\nare Friday DM77, DM67; Saturday DM57, DM58, DM59; Sunday DN50, DN60.\nSpecific pass announces will be posted to his Twitter account.\nhttps://twitter.com/ad0dx\n\nNorth to Alaska (CO28) - October 5-9, 2018\nTucker, W4FS, will be in Juneau, AK, October 5-9th, using the\ncall sign W4FS/KL7. Weather permitting, he may slip up to Whitehorse\nto use his new Canadian call VE9FS. Watch his Twitter account for\nspecific plans. \nhttps://twitter.com/Whiskey4FoSho\n\nKure Beach, NC (FM13) - October 13-19, 2018\n(Originally 9/22-28. Rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence)\nWayne, NM3B, will be operating holiday style from Kure Beach,\nNC, October 13-19. Send QSL for confirmation.\n\nBermuda (DXCC NA-005) - November 12-14, 2018\nTom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-\n005 vacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few\ntransponder birds). Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from\nthe beach. Tom is looking for a 2m ssb tropo path to some US super\nstation(s). If interested, contact him directly.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com\nUpdated September 19, 2018\n\n[ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS News\n\n+ Updated Hosting Information Posted\nThe information on how to apply for an ARISS event has been updated\nand posted at:\nhttp://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html.\n\n[ANS thanks Ken Ransom for the above information.]\n\n+ Upcoming Contacts\nObie Elementary School, Kurashiki, Japan, direct via 8N4KLO \nThe ISS callsign is scheduled to be NA1SS. \nThe scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU. \nContact is a go for: Wed 2018-09-26 08:47:27 UTC 53 deg.\n\nIndian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs, FL, telebridge via VK4KHZ\nThe ISS callsign is scheduled to be NA1SS. \nThe scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT. \nContact is a go for: Thu 2018-09-27 17:52:47 UTC 74 deg.\n\n+ Successful Contacts\nOtori Elementary School, Sakai City, Japan, direct via 8N3OH.\nThe ISS callsign was NA1SS. \nThe scheduled astronaut was Ricky Arnold KE5DAU.\nContact: Mon 2018-09-17 11:45:55 UTC 74 deg.\n\nThe total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1256. \nEach school counts as 1 event. \nTotal number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1203. \nEach contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. \nTotal number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. \n\nThe following US states and entities have never had an ARISS \ncontact: Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, \nNorthern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.\n\n+ ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored \nover 100 schools: \nSatoshi 7M3TJZ with 134 \nFrancesco IKØWGF with 132 \nGaston ON4WF with 123 \nSergey RV3DR with 107 \n\n[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N for the above information.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts from All Over\n\n+ EA4GPZ's IberRadio LO-94 (DSLWP-B) Talk Available On-line\nDaniel Estévez, EA4GPZ, gave a presentation about receiving the \ndownlink from the Chinese lunar orbiting satellite LO-94 (DSLWP-B) on \nSeptember 15 at the IberRadio Spanish Amateur Radio Fair. Daniel's \npresentation was in Spanish and he says he has finished adding \nEnglish subtitles to the recording his talk. You can watch the video \neither with Spanish or English slides and either with Spanish or \nEnglish subtitles. You may also download copies of the slides from \nthis site.\nhttps://destevez.net/2018/09/dslwp-b-talk-in-iberradio/.\n\n[ANS thanks Daniel Estévez, EA4GPZ for the above information.]\n\n\n+ British Amateur Television Club CAT18 Videos on YouTube\n\nThe British Amateur Television Club has released all videos of the \nCAT18 talks on their BATConline YouTube channel. \nhttps://tinyurl.com/ans-batc-cat18\n\nThe talks include:\nISS HAMTV Update - Ciaran, M0XTD & Phil Crump, M0DNY\nEs'hail-2 Update - Graham @G3VZV & Dave Crump, G8GKQ \nThe Future - Charles Brain @G4GUO\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and the British Amateur Television Club \nfor the above information.]\n\n+ AMSAT-DL Launches Updated Website\n\nAMSAT-DL has launched their modernized website. Visitors can \nselect German, Spanish, French, and English versions. See it at:\nhttps://amsat-dl.org/ \n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.]\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 \nadditional benefits. Application forms are available from the \nAMSAT office.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the \nstudent rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this \nstatus.\n\nContact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student \nmembership information.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nFrank Karnauskas, N1UW\nn1uw at amsat dot org\n\nSent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum \navailable to all interested persons worldwide without requiring \nmembership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author \nand do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.\n\nNot an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite \nprogram!\n\nSubscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }