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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-084 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2018-03-25T03:46:24Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-084\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* AO-92 Operation Schedule\n* EQUiSat to launch into space May 9\n* Pearl Technology STEM Camp, June 18-22, 2018 in Illinois\n* Software-Defined Radio Using MATLAB & Simulink and the RTL-SDR\n* AMSAT-LU Balloon Flight Carries RepSat-1 Cubesat Transponder\n* AMSAT Rover Awards Issued\n* New HackSpace Magazine Available For Download\n* Introducing CATSync - The new CAT tool for WebSDRs\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-084.01\nANS-084 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 084.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nMarch 25, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-084.01\n\n\n\nAO-92 Operation Schedule\n\nAO-92 operations are scheduled among the U/v FM repeater, L-Band\nDownshifter, Virginia Tech Camera, and the University of Iowa’s High\nEnergy Radiation CubeSat Instrument (HERCI). Please keep the uplink\nclear during passes with scheduled mode changes.\n\nFor the week of 25-31 Mar 2018, the following mode changes are\nscheduled:\n\nApproximately 0242UTC 25Mar we will enable the L band uplink for ~24\nhours.\n\nApproximately 1645UTC 27Mar we will enable the VT camera and high-\nspeed data for ~40 minutes. Please be ready to copy high-speed data\nwith FoxTelem, and keep the uplink clear at 1645UTC.\n\nAll other times the U/v repeater will be open continuously.\n\nThe schedule can be viewed anytime at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/satellite-schedules/\n\n[ANS thanks Drew KO4MA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nEQUiSat to launch into space May 9\n\nNASA-funded student group constructs satellite, hopes to inspire\ninterest in space among youth.\n\nSince its conception nearly seven years ago, a continuously\nrevolving group of University undergraduates has been diligently\nworking to send a satellite into space. Now, as May 9 draws closer,\nthe group of over 200 past and current students and faculty can find\ncatharsis as the EQUiSat will finally launch into orbit.\n\nThe project, funded by NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, will send a\nsmall cube satellite to the International Space Station to then\nlaunch into orbit. The EQUiSat will test lithium iron phosphate\nbatteries, which are used in machines such as lawn mowers, but find\nlimited applications in spacecrafts. Due to its low cost and the fact\nthat its latitude will coincide with that of Providence, which allows\nits LED flashes to be seen from the ground, the satellite will also\nserve as a symbol for the accessibility of space.\n\n“A big part of the goal is proving the accessibility of space. … We\nkind of want to show people that space is right there,” said Hunter\nRay ’18, the project’s co-leader and team manager. The project could\nhave cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars, but the team has\nkept its cost to just $3,776.61, Ray added. The project’s relatively\nlow cost and mantra to “build it from the ground up” speak to the\nfeasibility and accessibility of space.\n\nThe EQUiSat will be equipped with powerful LED lights, a small radio\nand multiple sensors to keep track of its trajectory and control\nsteering. “Anyone with a hand radio can pick up its frequency. … We\nwill be relying on the community of amateur radio (groups) around the\nworld to help collect EQUiSat’s data,” Ray said. He described the\nconstruction process as his favorite part of the project. “It’s like\na Lego set. You build it and you’re like ‘great, now what do I do,’ …\nbut the mission will keep going.”\n\nRay has been a part of the project since he arrived on campus. “I\nstarted freshman year, first week … (I decided that) I want to build\na spacecraft,” he said. “I ended up taking over for the power system\ndevelopment, … (and then) I was elected as part of the project’s\nmanager and co-leader of the team,” he added. He hopes to see similar\nprojections come together in the future following the EQUiSat’s\nlaunch. “The fact that as undergraduates we have been able to build\nan entire spacecraft from scratch … (it shows where) we are going\nwith the space program, as humanity is progressing into the final\nfrontier,” he said. Ray will be delivering the EQUiSat to Houston\nthis week in order to facilitate preparations for the launch.\n\nAnand Lalwani ’18 leads the power team, the group of 17 team members\nin charge of the EQUiSat’s solar power and battery construction. “We\nare a group of incredibly motivated, but incredibly fun people. Yes,\nwe have had our arguments and fights, but we still work very well\nwith each other,” he said. The power team not only constructed solar\npanels from scratch, but also ensured that they would survive a\nlaunch. Eventually finding a coating and the means to apply it to\nprotect the delicate panels was a grueling process, Lalwani said. “We\ntried (different protocols) for about 12 months, … and we failed\nconsistently,” he said. Finding a solution “was probably (Brown Space\nEngineering’s) biggest achievement,” as no other satellite group in\nthe country had done this, he said.\n\nThe project also serves as an outreach symbol, Lalwani said. By\ntalking to both middle school and high school students and teaching\nthem about different aspects of engineering, the team hopes to show\nchildren that space is not as far-fetched as it may seem. “What we\nhad pitched to NASA in our original mission was that ‘We are going to\nmake space cool again,’” Lalwani said. He hopes to see BSE continue\nits work with new satellites being constructed in under two years.\n\n“For BSE, our future is very bright. … All our future applications\nfor launches such as this will be very likely granted. … We expect\nall the sophomores in our team to have a satellite they would have\ndesigned and built and launched before they graduate from Brown,” he\nadded.\n\nMax Monn GS, one of founders of the initial project, worked on the\nproject from its initial creation in 2011 to 2013. “Since the manned\nspace missions to the moon … (the public) had a declining interest\nfor space” due to the lack of human connection, Monn said. The origin\nfor the project began as a means for creating an idea in Adjunct\nAssociate Professor of Engineering Rick Fleeter’s class, which has\nsince evolved into ENGN1760: “Design of Space Systems,” Monn\ndescribed. While other projects leaned toward theoretical concepts or\nplans such as the colonization of Mars, Monn and the other founders\ndecided to plan something which was “down to Earth” and did not need\na large corporation to complete, Monn said.\n\nThe EQUiSat’s LED lights flashing down toward Earth show the\naccessibility of space, one of the project’s main purposes. This\nelement was inspired by Monn’s interest in photography. Following the\ninitial work, the project expanded from a four-person class project\nto a student group. “We weren’t really sure how it would be\nreceived,” he said. At the first information session, 15 to 20 people\nshowed up. Seeing the growth of the group has been one of Monn’s\nfavorite memories of the project. “It feels like a legacy,” he said.\n\nServing as founder, member and mentor, Monn has seen the project\nevolve from “wires spread out on a table” to its eventual launch. “We\nhad these visions of what it could be and to have left the project in\nsuch shambles … (and) having it become more and more real… (it’s) a\npleasant surprise,” he said.\n\n“You don’t need to be a multi-millionaire, you do not have to be a\nrocket scientist, and space is not that far,” Lalwani said. The\nsatellite will serve as a realization that the final frontier is\ntruly not as far as it seems, he added. “EQUiSat is reaching down to\neveryone on the Earth and showing them that space is right there, and\nI hope that, in a sense, it helps unite everyone together,” Ray said.\n\n[ANS thanks Chris Schutte and The Brown Daily Herald for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPearl Technology STEM Camp, June 18-22, 2018 in Illinois\n\nThe STEM Academy is sponsored and put on by Pearl Technology, with\nthe assistance of the University of Illinois Extension, Richwoods\nTownship, Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois, Peoria Area Ama-\nteur Radio Club, Peoria Heights High School, volunteer Caterpillar\nengineers, and ISS Above Software.\n\nTwenty-five middle school students will spend June 18-22 attending\nthe STEM Academy held at Goodwill Commons, where they will learn\nabout space and radio communications. The students will build Rasp-\nberry Pi computers that stream live video from the ISS. Students\nwill also participate in a high-altitude balloon launch by building\nthe payload with student experiments and then, use radio telemetry\nto track the balloon to near-space.\n\nThe highlight of the academy will be when students communicate\ndirectly with astronauts on the International Space Station. The\nISS contact will be open  to students of all ages in the local\narea.\n\n[ANS thanks Fritz Bock, WD9FMB for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSoftware-Defined Radio Using MATLAB & Simulink and the RTL-SDR\n\nLearn how to receive and analyze wireless signals using RTL-SDR,\nMATLAB, and Simulink. RTL-SDR is a popular, low-cost hardware\nthat can receive wireless signals. The RTL-SDR dongle features\nthe Realtek RTL2832U chip, which can be used to acquire and\nsample RF signals transmitted in the frequency range 25MHz to\n1.75GHz.\n\nA FREE ebook that teaches users how to receive and analyze\nwireless radio signals using MATLAB, Simulink, and RTL-SDR\nKey features of this free ebook include:\n\n+ Illustrating how to receive wireless RF signals using RTL-SDR\n  and analyze the signals in time and frequency domains\n\n+ Showing how to use RTL-SDR in conjunction with SDR transmitters\n  to develop a complete communication system\n\n+ Providing an extensive set of DSP-enabled SDR examples to help\n  you get started\n\nFind out more or download from:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS084-Mathwoks\n\nThis news provided by http://www.nooelec.com/store/\n\n[ANS thanks NooElec.com and mathworks.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-LU Balloon Flight Carries RepSat-1 Cubesat Transponder\n\nAMSAT-LU reports they flew RepSat-1, a repeater designed for\ncubesat operation, aboard a balloon launched from Victorica,\nLa Pampa, Argentina on March 24. The uplink was on 435.950 MHz\nwith a downlink on 145.950 MHz.\n\nRepSat-1 is an 8 cm square board capable of being integrated\ninto a cubesat. The FM module transmits at 1 watt. It is also\ncapable of transmitting voice, SSTV in Robot 36, telemetry and\nAPRS location data identifying as LU7AA-11.\n\nTelemetry and location were transmitted every 90 seconds via\n1200 baud AX.25 APRS data.\n\nA separate module on the flight transmitted tracker data for\nballoon recovery on 145.930 MHz with the LU7AA-12 callsign.\nIt included a camera capable of filming with a 360 degree view.\n\nThe AMSAT Argentina web aite can be found at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org.ar\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-LU for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Rover Awards Issued\n\nOn January 1, 2018, Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests\nand Awards announced the Rover Award. This award is granted to\nstations who achieve a combined 25 points using any combination\nof 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\nTo date, 16 rovers have earned the award:\n\nRover      Call              Date Issued\n=====      ============      ===========\n001        AC0RA             02 Jan 2018\n002        WD9EWK            05 Jan 2018\n003        NJ4Y              08 Jan 2018\n004        M0IDA             09 Jan 2018\n005        KG5GJT            12 Jan 2018\n006        EB1AO             18 Jan 2018\n007        N7AGF             22 Jan 2018\n008        N4YHC             29 Jan 2018\n009        W0S               07 Feb 2018\n010        KE0PBR            08 Feb 2018\n011        K5IX              18 Feb 2018\n012        AK4WQ             23 Feb 2018\n013        WI7P              25 Feb 2018\n014        K5ND              09 Mar 2018\n015        N6UA              12 Mar 2018\n016        N9IP              16 Mar 2018\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO,\n  for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew HackSpace Magazine Available For Download\n\nIssue 5 of the free magazine HackSpace has an article about Limor\nFried AC2SN (aka LadyAda) of electronics company Ada Fruit as well as\na Dr Lucy Rogers M6CME article \"Share the knowledge\"\n\nAlso in this issue\n- Tutorial Slack-powered On-Air sign\n- Direct from Shenzhen: Stirling engine buggy\n- Can I Hack It? Every home needs a hacked wireless doorbell\n- Raspberry Pi 3B+\n\nDownload the free PDF of issue 5 April 2018 from\nhttps://hackspace.raspberrypi.org/issues\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nIntroducing CATSync - The new CAT tool for WebSDRs\n\nOscar, DJ0MY, has developed a new software tool for radio amateurs\nand SWLs.\n\nCATSync allows the user to control public WebSDR receivers with a\nreal rig connected via CAT. It supports the classical Web-SDR servers\nas well as the newer Kiwi SDR servers publically available on the\ninternet.\n\nThis gives you access to dozens of web based receivers with the\ncomfort of tuning your rig at home. This software helps you to bring\nyou back into the fun of ham radio when you are suffering from local\ntemporary or permanent high noise levels in an urban QTH location.\n\nThe software has the following features:\n- Syncronizes any public WebSDR server with your real RIG…\n- Supports a wide number of RIG’s (it uses the popular OmniRig engine)\n- Supports WebSDR and KiwiSDR browser based SDR receivers\n- Tune the VFO of your radio and see the web SDR follow in realtime!\n- Switch modes (SSB, CW, etc.) on your radio and see the web SDR\n  switch mode in realtime.\n- Listen to the same frequency as your rig via web SDR\n- Ideally suited e.g. for people suffering from local QRM\n- Can track RX or TX VFO (e.g. to find that split of a DX station)\n  if radio CAT supports both simultanously\n- Can be interfaced with popular logging software using OminRig or\n  via VSPE port splitter\n\nFor more information visit the author’s website:\nhttps://catsyncsdr.wordpress.com/\n\nSee a YouTube video of CATSync under:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbSHfkjhx0c\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nThe following contacts were successful since February 18, 2018:\n\nOn The Gagarin from Space, \"Galaxy - Children and Youth Center for\nSpace Education\", Kaluga, Russia, direct via RK3X with Alexander\nMisurkin on 2018-02-18 10:45 UTC\n\nAgrupamento de Escolas do Fundão,  Fundão,  Portugal, direct via\nCS5DBB with Scott Tingle KG5NZA on 2018-02-21 09:38 UTC\n\nMuseum of Science & Technology - Danforth Middle School, Syracuse,\nNY, direct via K2MST with Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP on 2018-02-24 08:45\nUTC\n\nOn The Gagarin from Space Federal State Budgetary Educational\nInstitution of Higher Education \"Southwest State University\", Kursk,\nRussia, direct via RV3DR on 2018-02-26 17:59 UTC\n\nParkside Middle School, San Bruno, CA, direct via K6PVJ Scott Tingle\nKG5NZA 2018-03-07 18:05 UTC\n\nGymnasium Räddningsgymnasiet Sando, Sandöverken, Sweden, telebridge\nvia K6DUE with Scott Tingle KG5NZA on 2018-03-15 11:12 UTC\n\nTemplestowe Valley Primary School, Templestowe, Victoria, Australia,\ntelebridge via VK4KHZ with Scott Tingle KG5NZA on 2018-03-19 08:43\nUTC\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and events:\n\nTemplestowe Valley Primary School, Templestowe, Victoria, Australia,\ntelebridge via VK4KHZ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA\nContact was successful: Mon 2018-03-19 08:43:46 UTC\nWatch for live stream on the EchoLink AMSAT conference server live.\n\nFreeport Public Schools, Freeport, NY, telebridge via IK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA\nContact is a go for: Tue 2018-03-27 17:41:04 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ AO-91 Distance Record\n\n  The footprint on AO-91 has been stretched yet again to 6,123 km with\n  a QSO between @eb1ao and PU8MRS on 17-Mar-2018 at 14:51 UTC.\n  https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/ .\n\n+ PicSat Goes Silent\n\n  PicSat @IamPicSat Tweeted:\n  I am feeling somewhat confused up here. My communication has\n  fallen silent (sorry faithful listeners, I did not see that\n  coming. My team is trying to find out what happened. More to\n  follow, when I pass over Paris @amsatf #amsat @AmsatUK\n  @amsat_sm @SatNOGS\n\n  PicSat @IamPicSat Tweeted:\n  Passed over Paris, couldn't not talk. Don't know why, neither\n  does my team. They tried! Fortunately, I have a so-called\n  watch-dog onboard, a piece of hardware that will kickstart me\n  if I have not received anything from nobody for 72h\n\n  PicSat team tweeted Friday morning: Nothing, nix. I still cannot\n  communicate. Hard for me to tell if my Watch Dog initiated the kick\n  start. If it did, and it did not work for some reason, it will try\n  again in 72h from now. In the mean time, pls stay tuned!\n\n  Monday March 26 will be the next time the 72 hour watchdog fires.\n\n  Now we wait: pic.twitter.com/OBdsOLiK67\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, AA8EM\naa8em at amsat dot org\n",
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