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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/O4O2KZBXRWJRW7RLJNYG2QSIUWTW3IKR/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "O4O2KZBXRWJRW7RLJNYG2QSIUWTW3IKR", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/O4O2KZBXRWJRW7RLJNYG2QSIUWTW3IKR/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-316 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2012-11-11T02:42:21Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-316\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a\nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in\ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* Satellite/VHF DX Events\n* FITSAT-1 5.84 GHZ Downlink Received in USA\n* Japan Schedules Launch of New Low Cost Epsilon Rocket\n* FUNcube-1 CubeSat time-lapse video\n* ARISS Status - 5 November 2012\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-316.01\nANS-316 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 316.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 11, 2012\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-316.01\n\nSatellite/VHF DX Events\n\n * Yuri, UT1FG/MM, reports having a very rare (Grid FK69ow -> GG24PL)\n 5217km 144.300 MHz contact with Alberto, ZP9SC, on November 2nd,\n at 2359z . Yuri monitors 50.110 and 144.300 MHz and is currently in\n the Atlantic (GL05) headed for the English Channel. When not on\n 6 and 2 meters, he is working the FM and SSB satellites with his\n Elk and \"CJU\" antennas, and an IC706 from rare wet grids.\n\n * Larry, VY0HL, in FP53 is back on the satellites. He favors VO-52\n and is in the rare Canadian Territory of Nunavut.\n\n * Daniel, AL7RS, in AP65 and in Teller, Alaska (on the Bearing Sea),\n likes CW on FO-29. E-mail him for a schedule.\n\n[ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFITSAT-1 5.84 GHZ Downlink Received in USA\n\n\nThe FITSAT-1 CubeSat, developed by students at the Fukuoka Institute\nof Technology (FIT) in Japan has a CW beacon on 437.250 MHz and a\ndata link on 437.445 MHz. There is also a 5.8 GHz data downlink and\nan optical LED experiment that will flash Morse code planned to be\nvisible with the unaided eye.\n\nFITSAT-1, also named NIWAKA was one of five cubesats launched on\nJuly 21 and loaded aboard the ISS. These were integrated with the\nJ-SSOD small satellite deployer on the the Japanese Experiment Mod-\nule, also known as Kibo. They were deployed with the Kibo robotic\narm on October 4.\n\nShortly after deployment into orbit FITSAT-1 was heard with strong\nsignals on its 437 MHz downlinks. FITSAT CW transmits, \"HI DE NIWAKA\nJAPAN\" with its telemetry data.\n\nMike Sequin, N1JEZ in Vermont reported success in copying the 5.8 GHz\ndownlink from NIWAKA. Mike wrote, \"Success! I was able to detect NI-\nWAKA. It was lower in frequency that I expected, but with the Funcube\n[Dongle], it was easy to spot. The Doppler was huge! and I was moving\nthe dish almost continuous to try and keep up. The 5.84 GHz transmit-\nter seemed to come on very close to the set time. First detection was\nat 12:24:21 UTC.\"\n\nMike posted two screen shots. In the first shot, you can see the sig-\nnal on the left side Doppler shifting down. In the second, a close up\nof one data burst with Doppler - about 3 seconds or so:\n\n + http://tinyurl.com/N1JEZ-Screen1\n + http://tinyurl.com/N1JEZ-Screen2\n\nMike's station used a 5.760 DEMI Transverter with a 144 MHz IF. That\nIs why the HDSDR screen for the FUNcube Dongle is tuned to 224 MHz.\nHis antenna is a 2 foot dish is with a Directive Systems 5.76 G feed.\n\nYou can receive a FITSAT-1 QSL card by sending your signal report\nand your postal address to: fitsat1 at hotmail.co.jp and also cc: to\ntanaka at fit.ac.jp. A photo of the QSL card is shown at:\nhttp://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml (This web page will also\nbe updated with information about the status of the LED experiment.\"\n\nHB9FFH has made a telemetry decoder for FITSAT-1, available at:\nhttp://carpcomm.com/satellite/fitsat1\n\nFITSAT students have also developed a similar program for windows:\nhttp://turing.cs.fit.ac.jp/~fitsat/CWFM/FITSAT_CW_Analyzer1.zip\n\nHere is a reminder of the FITSAT-1/NIWAKA frequencies:\nCW Beacon 437.250 MHz,\nFM Data 437.445 MHz,\nHigh speed data 5840.00 MHz\n\n[ANS thanks Mike Seguin, N1JEZ and Takushi Tanaka, JA6AVG for the\n above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJapan Schedules Launch of New Low Cost Epsilon Rocket\n\nJapan is scheduled to launch its first Epsilon solid-fueled rocket next year,\ndeploying a planetary telescope in orbit while \ndemonstrating new low-cost rocket\nassembly and control techniques, the Japanese space agency announced last week.\n\nThe Epsilon program is designed to cut in half the cost of Japanese small\nsatellite launches. Japan's M-5 rocket, which launched seven times before\nretiring in 2006, cost $94 million per flight. Engineers designed the Epsilon\nrocket with a simplified control system, and the vehicle's own computers will\nautonomously monitor the status of its systems during a countdown. Only a\nhandful of engineers with laptop computers are required on the launch control\nteam, according to JAXA. The Epsilon is also \ndesigned to launch after only seven\ndays of assembly on the launch pad, reducing labor and overhead costs.\n\nThe Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported last week the first launch of an Epsilon\nrocket is scheduled for August or September of 2013.\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 CubeSat time-lapse video\n\nA time-lapse video made in the ISIS clean-room showing the integration of the\nAMSAT-UK amateur radio satellite FUNcube-1 has been released\n\nFUNcube-1 is aiming to launch on a DNEPR rocket from Yasny with 17 other\nsatellites carrying amateur radio payloads in the first half of 2013.\n\nFUNcube is a complete educational single CubeSat project with the goal of\nenthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and\nelectronics. The target audience consists of \nprimary and secondary school pupils\nand the satellite will feature a 145 MHz telemetry beacon that will provide a\nstrong signal for the pupils to receive.\n\nFUNcube-1 also carries a 435 to 145 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW\ncommunications.\n\nIt is being designed and built by AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL in collaboration with\nISIS Innovative Solutions in Space BV.\n\nWatch FUNcube flight integration time-lapse (full)\nhttp://www.youtube.com/embed/sEMoLOcGOOw?rel=0\n\nOther FUNcube-1 videos can be seen at\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=11333\n\n[ANS thanks South Gate ARC for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Status - 5 November 2012\n\n\n1. Successful ARISS Contacts Held\n\nOn Tuesday, October 30, South Florida Science Museum (SFSM) in West Palm Beach,\nFlorida welcomed county students to participate in an Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact with Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI aboard\nthe ISS. The West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Club, WPBARC, which maintains a ham\nstation within the museum, collaborated with area teachers to provide\neducational content to students emphasizing NASA, \nthe ISS and amateur radio. The\nclub facilitated the radio connection with the ISS. During the contact,\napproximately 90 students were present at the \nradio station site and another 200\nwere in an adjacent room watching by CCTV. VIPs in attendance included Scott\nCarpenter - one of the original seven astronauts. The contact was seen by\n125,000-187,000 students. The event was broadcast over the air on the\nEducational Networks channel 23, the PBS station's channel 42.4 (digital), and\non 2 local Comcast Cable channels, bringing the \nestimated live audience to about\n250,000 viewers. Others watched the live stream on the internet. Video is\navailable for viewing: https://vodcast.palmbeachschools.org/player/812RZ\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held\nbetween students from Southern Tier Catholic and Archbishop Walsh Academy in\nOlean, New York and astronaut Suni Williams, KD5PLB on the Space Station on\nTuesday, October 30 using telebridge station IK1SLD in Italy. An audience of\nover 100 gathered for the event at the Dresser-Rand Challenger Learning Center\nat St. Bonaventure University located in Allegany, New York, and listened as\nWilliams answered 19 questions during the \n11minute pass over northern Italy. The\ncontact was part of a comprehensive education \nplan covering Science, Technology,\nEngineering and Mathematics (STEM). The Olean Times Herald covered the event.\nSee:\nhttp://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/article_378e5d5e-235e-11e2-9531-\n0019bb2963f4.html\n\nStudents from Cumberland Elementary School in West Lafayette, Indiana\nparticipated in a Q&A session with Kevin Ford, KF5GPP via an Amateur Radio on\nthe International Space Station (ARISS) contact \non Tuesday, October 30. Over 600\nstudents, parents and teachers listened in as the youths asked their questions.\nThe contact was integrated into a curriculum covering topics on space research,\nrobotics and engineering. WLFI TV 18 and Lafayette Journal Courier provided\nmedia coverage. See:\nhttp://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/cumberland-elementary-calling-the-\ninternational-space-station\nand\nhttp://www.jconline.com/article/20121030/NEWS0401/310300030/West-Lafayette-\nschool-to-space-station-Do-you-copy-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE\n\nAn ARISS contact was held between Primarschule Aesch students in Forch,\nSwitzerland and on-orbit astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB on Friday, November\n2. The children had 21 questions answered before the ISS went over the horizon.\nAround 40 people attended the event which received extensive media coverage\nincluding 3 newspapers, one country-wide radio station and one television\nstation. The contact complemented a science curriculum covering astronomy and\nspaceflight.\n\n\n2. Public Relations Award Received for ARISS Contact\n\nThe ARISS contact held with Flabob Airport \nPreparatory Academy on April 19, 2012\nearned Karen and Clint Bradford an award for an annual competition held by the\nPublic Relations Society of America. For the full story, see:\nhttp://ariss.rac.ca/oindex.\nhtm#Special_event_with_astronaut_wins_public_relations_award\n\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n\n/EX\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\n", "attachments": [] }