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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/P7555K5VWHQGVWUZQAQY6TBILTYWSFL5/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "P7555K5VWHQGVWUZQAQY6TBILTYWSFL5", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/P7555K5VWHQGVWUZQAQY6TBILTYWSFL5/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "morsesat (a) optonline.net", "mailman_id": "72f51eafcada419487d1a984af73dff5", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/72f51eafcada419487d1a984af73dff5/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Dee", "subject": "[amsat-bb] [ans] ANS-328 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2008-11-23T15:33:27Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-328\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the\nactivities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an\nactive interest in designing, building, launching and communicating\nthrough analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\n\nIn this edition:\n* New publication start up announced\n* Popular Magazine Acquired\n* PCSAT Recovery Successful\n* Nominations Due\n* AO-16 Groundstation Predicts Last Days of Operation\n* ARISS Status - 10 November 2008\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-328.01\nNew publication start up announced\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 328.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 23, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-328.01\n\nAfter the great success of ham-mag (french ham \"E-magazine\"), we have\ndecided to make it in ENGLISH !\nBut to make this challenge we need the help of a lot of O.M's\nEverybody can send us informations, technical, homebrew, support, DX,\nexpedition, sat infos, etc.\nThe claim is to share all informations about radio.\nYou can have a look on :\nhttp://www.ham-mag.com\n\nBest 73's\nVincent F5SLD\n\n[ANS Thanks Vincent, F5SLD, for the above information]\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-328.02\nPopular Magazine Aquired\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 328.02\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 23, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-328.02\n\nCQ COMMUNICATIONS ACQUIRES WORLDRADIO MAGAZINE\n\n (Hicksville, NY and Sacramento, CA, November 12, 2008) --\nCQ Communications, Inc. has acquired WorldRadio magazine, CQ Publisher\nDick Ross, K2MGA and WorldRadio Publisher Armond Noble, N6WR, announced\njointly today. CQ, based in Hicksville, New York, currently publishes CQ\nAmateur Radio, CQ VHF and Popular Communications magazines.\n WorldRadio, based in Sacramento, California, has been\npublished monthly since July, 1971, with a primary focus on the human\nside of ham radio. CQ, a general-interest ham radio magazine best known\nfor its support of DXing and contesting, has been in print since\nJanuary, 1945.\n Armond Noble, N6WR, Publisher of WorldRadio, said that at\nthe age of 74 the time had come for him to retire. \"I wanted to be sure\nthat WorldRadio found a good home, and that our readers would continue\nto be served by an independent voice in amateur radio,\" Noble said.\n CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, said, \"WorldRadio has filled\nan important niche in our hobby for nearly four decades. We welcome\nWorldRadio's readers to the CQ family, and we look forward to meeting\ntheir needs for many years to come.\"\n Current plans call for WorldRadio to continue to be\npublished online as part of the CQ family of magazines, with Editor\nNancy Kott, WZ8C, continuing in that position. WorldRadio subscribers\nwill also have their subscriptions transferred to CQ magazine. Readers\nwill be notified of details as plans are finalized.\n\n[ANS thanks Rich, W2VU, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-328.03\nPCSAT Recovery Successful\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 328.03\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 23, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-328.03\n\nPCSAT Recovery Successful, Full Sun Operations Begin December 9\n\nBob, WB4APR reports from the US Naval Academy Satellite Lab that\nPCSAT-1 should return to full operations on 9 Dec 08 when this\nsunlight-only veteran bird once again receives solar illumination\nfor two weeks.\n\nBob says \"This should give a few weeks for some good 2 meter packet\ncontacts and the opportunity to run a Satellite Simulated Emergency\nTest (SSET)\". If the ISS is also operational on 145.825, there is\nthe possibility for some lucky 2-hop DX contacts via both birds.\nCombined PCSAT and ISS 1200 baud packet operation on 145.825 MHz\nwill give 12 opportunities per day for contacts without any change\nin your radio.\n\nOperating PCSAT-1 is just like any 1200 baud 2 meter packet\nrepeater. Uplink and downlink are on 145.825 and the path is\nVIA ARISS. This path is identical to the ISS path so that you\ndo not have to change anything between the two spacecraft.\n(Until PCSAT-1 is reloaded, however, its digipeating alias is\nits FCC call W3ADO-1.) You can hear it every day right now, but\nits packets die before completion because of poor power budget.\n\nRefer to: http://home.comcast.net/~k9jkm/ARISS_Packet_How_To/ for\nadditional information to configure your TNC for 1200 baud satellite\noperation.\n\nBob continues, \"I just commanded PCSAT-1 this week and all functions\nare normal. All we need is the first full-sun orbit on the 9th of Dec\nto be able to do a full recovery, and then it should last for 2 weeks\nor more\".\n\nAmateur Radio operators can make two-way contacts, send beacons and\nbulletins and send your position so you will show up on the PCSAT web\npage at: http://pcsat.aprs.org.\n\nBob recommends everyone plan on testing their emergency E-mail\ncapability during the time window of 12 to 15 December for everyone to\ntry to send an E-mail via the PCSAT or ISS digipeater. Please see the\nSatellite Simulated Emergency Test information at:\nhttp://www.aprs.org/sset.html. You can use any packet system and no\nspecial software is required.\n\n[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-328.04\nNominations Due\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 328.04\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 23, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-328.04\n\n The Dayton Hamvention® now is accepting nominations for its 2009\nAmateur of the Year, Special Achievement, and Technical Excellence\nawards. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 18, 2009. All amateur radio\noperators are eligible. The winners will be recognized at the 2009\nHamvention®, which runs May 15-17.\n\n The Amateur of the Year Award goes to an individual who has made\na long-term, outstanding commitment to the advancement of Amateur Radio.\n The Technical Excellence Award is for the person who has made an\noutstanding technical advancement in the field of Amateur Radio. The\nSpecial Achievement Award honors someone who has made an outstanding\ncontribution to the advancement of Amateur Radio, usually someone who\nhas spearheaded a significant project.\n\n The Hamvention® Awards Committee makes the decision on all awards\nbased in part upon the information it receives--and not on the number of\nnominations submitted.\n\n Documentation that informs the Awards Committee of a candidate's\naccomplishments may include magazine articles, newsletters, newspaper\nclippings, and even videos (these materials become the property of\nHamvention® and will not be returned).\n\n Additional details on these awards and a nomination form are\navailable on the Dayton Hamvention® Web site. Nominations also are\naccepted via US mail to Dayton Hamvention® Awards, PO Box 964, Dayton,\nOH 45401.\n\n[ANS thanks Henry Ruminski for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-328.05\nAO-16 Groundstation Predicts Last Days of Operation\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 328.05\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 23, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-328.05\n\n\nAO-16 Groundstation Predicts Last Days of Operation\n\nAO-16 Groundstation controller, Mark, N8MH reminds amateur satellite\nstations that the time for contacts via AO-16 may be drawing short!\n\nAO-16 has been in continuous voice operations since commanded back ON\nand configured in voice mail on 15 Sept 2008 at 10:58 UTC. The control\nteam's predictions regarding sustained activities seem have been right\non the mark. Recording your observations about AO-16 at:\nhttp://oscar.dcarr.org has been, and will continue to be, very helpful\nto the AO-16 control team. Please keep this up, especially over the\nupcoming 4 weeks.\n\nMany of you will recall that the \"best guess current model\" is that a\nhardware timer in AO-16 is firing when the craft is at a certain temp-\nerature, currently around 15 deg C or cooler. When the space craft\ntemperature is over 15 deg C, the hardware timer behaves and continuous\noperations are sustained. The craft temperature is dependent upon solar\nillumination. It appears that around 85% illumination is the \"magic\nnumber.\" If the orbit puts AO-16 with less than 85% illumination, the\nwatchdog timer restarts the satellite, and the transmitter shuts down.\n\nIllumination projections (and subsequent temperature predictions)\nsuggest that we might be able to sustain operations until sometime\nin the window of November 22 until December 4, 2008. So, if you want\nto make some AO-16 contacts, you had better get them as soon as\npossible!!!\n\nLong term orbital projections suggest that if the satellite hardware\nremains fundamentally unchanged (i.e., no deterioration of components\non-board), it will be nearly 10 years before AO-16 receives sufficient\nillumination to warm up the spacecraft enough to again support sus-\ntained operations! You can be sure that we'll continue to probe the\ncraft with commands, in hopes that we something will change in a good\nway that will allow us to use the bird for operations of some sort.\n\nIt is possible that the transmitter on AO-16 will turn OFF sometime in\nthe next few days/weeks; this requires some commanding to get it running\nagain, which means a pass over the Eastern US coast is required for a\nchange in operational status. We expect that as the spacecraft cools\ndown, transmitter shutdowns will become more frequent.\n\nEnjoy this grand old bird while you can!\n\nCurrent operational mode for AO-16:\n\nMode FM Voice Repeater ( Downlink is DSB)\nUplink : 145.9200 MHz FM\nDownlink 437.0260 MHz SSB\n\n[ANS thanks Mark, N8MH for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-328.06\nARISS Status - 17 November 2008\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 328.06\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 23, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-328.06\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report\nNovember 17, 2008\n\n\n1. Upcoming School Contacts\n\nPlanning continues for Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) school contacts. New approvals are expected this week.\n\n2. Australian School Contact Successful\n\nOn Monday, November 10, Anderson's Creek Primary School in Warrandyte,\nVictoria, Australia experienced a very successful Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact via telebridge station\nVK5ZAI in Kingston, South Australia. Ten students asked two questions\neach of astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT. An audience of over 230 witnessed\nthe event including the mayor, sergeant, representative from Rotary,\nBendigo Bank and the Warrandyte High School principal. There were also\nmany representatives including the president from the local Wireless\nInstitute. The majority of the teaching staff also joined in. The\nHerald Sun sent a photographer before and during the event and published\nan article in the paper and online. The Education Times, the Victorian\nTeacher newspaper, also conducted an interview and will publish a story\nin its next edition. The Victorian Space Science Education Centre\npublished an account of the event in their emailed newsletter to\nteachers, and!\n a student was also interviewed on ABC 774 Melbourne radio station.\nThe audio, which was fed into the Internet Linking Project (IRLP)\nDiscovery Reflector 9010, received 6 connections. EchoLink received 16\nconnections from Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, England and the U.S.\n\nTo view The Herald Sun article, see:\nhttp://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,24632605-2862,00.html\n\nThe Wireless Institute of Australia published a story covering the contact:\nhttp://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2008/20081110-1/index.php\n\nThe Victorian Space Science Education Centre also ran a short summary:\nhttp://www.vssec.vic.edu.au/resources/download/capcom/capcom30-1108.pdf\n\n3. International Education Week - ARISS Contact Successful\n\nStudents from Maryland, North Carolina and Ecuador participated in a\njoint Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact\non Friday, November 14 as part of International Education Week (IEW).\nThe contact was facilitated by telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. The\nstudents asked 17 questions of Mike Fincke, KE5AIT. Enloe Magnet School\nhad three television stations on site and had interviews with radio\nstations and the district PR personnel. NASA distributed a press\nrelease on this contact. See:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/releases/08-072.html\n\nOn Tuesday, November 18, the schools will tie in to a videoconference\nfor another IEW session with an expert panel. Former astronaut Don\nThomas will talk about space exploration and ARISS Chairman Frank Bauer\nwill give an ARISS overview. Amateur radio operators from around the\nworld will also participate, giving talks about amateur radio and their\ncountries.\n\n4. Japanese Club Talks to ISS Astronaut\n\nMembers of the Newcomers Club in Saitama, Japan participated in an\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on\nSaturday, November 15. Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, answered all twenty\nquestions posed to him by the 16 students, giving some answers in\nJapanese. Approximately 100 parents and guests attended the event.\nMedia coverage included 3 newspapers, one television station and one\nradio station. To view the contact video, see:\nhttp://www.ariss.jp/Newcomers/video/Newcomers_contact.wmv\n\n5. ARRL Publishes ARISS News\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) printed three Amateur Radio on\nthe International Space Station (ARISS) news items in its December issue\nof QST.\n\nThe \"Happenings\" column (page 54) had a story with a photo about the\nfirst few days of Richard Garriott's mission as the magazine went to press.\n\n\"This Just In -- In Brief\" section (page 12) had a paragraph about\nRichard Garriott's mission.\n\nA paragraph and photo were printed (page 100) about a revolving display\nthat is circulating in the San Diego Public libraries. The display is\nabout ham radio and includes the topics of satellites, ARISS, packet,\nmoonbounce, and other ham radio modes.\n\n6. NASA Birthday Celebration Includes ARISS Students\n\nThe Naples Daily News ran an article about a Florida school that was\ninvited to participate in NASA's Digital Learning Network presentation\nof its 50th anniversary.\nPine Ridge Middle, a NASA Explorer School, was one of ten schools to\njoin in the celebration. Pine Ridge students took part in an Amateur\nRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Bill\nMcArthur, KC5ACR, in February 2006. The story may be found at:\nhttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/13/local-students-have-blast-celebrating-nasas-50th-b/\n\n7. NASA Cites Article on ARISS Students\n\nNASA Headquarters News Service picked up on an article about four\nstudents attending Humber College in Toronto who are building two\ncommunications systems to make contact with the space station. Amateur\nRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Delegate Daniel\nLamoureux was interviewed for the article. See:\nhttp://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jiaytfIhmwAy6LAnx0ey42_unrlg\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\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 donors\nto AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nnb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }