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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-304 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-304\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* SO-50 Experiences Terrestrial Interference in 2M Satellite Sub-Band\n* ARISS-International Face to Face Meeting Agenda\n* ARISS Twist Presented in National Geographic's Mars Prequel, \"Before\n  Mars\"\n* SDR Workshop in South Africa\n* Announcing the 14th Annual CubeSat Developers’ Workshop\n* 2017 Eastern VHF/UHF/Microwave Conference, Call for Papers\n* Call for Papers, 1st IAA Latin American Symposium on Small\n  Satellites\n* Satellite Activation Dry Tortugas National Park\n* 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium at Sea RegisterBy Nov. 4\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-304.01\nANS-304 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 304.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nOctober 30, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-304.01\n\n\nSO-50 Experiences Terrestrial Interference in 2M Satellite Sub-Band\n\nRecently communications through the SO-50 satellite, over North\nAmerica, have been compromised due to a terrestrial station using\n145.850 MHz, the uplink frequency for SO-50. The station appears to\nbe located in the southeastern United States.\n\nAmateur operators are reminded that the 145.800 MHz - 146.000 MHz\nsegment of the two meter band is reserved for amateur satellite\ncommunications. Amateur stations should not be using this segment for\nsimplex communications, repeater links, or Echolink/IRLP nodes due to\nthe high likelihood of interference with amateur satellite\noperations.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS-International Face to Face Meeting Agenda\n\nAMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs and ARISS International\nChair Frank Bauer KA3HDO, recently announced via the AMSAT-BB stating\nthat those who have expressed interest in the ARISS meeting\npreviously have received the latest ARISS meeting information.  He\nhas also included a \"near final\" draft for the ARISS meeting in\nHouston. It can be downloaded at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS304-ARISS-I-Agenda\n\nFrank goes on to say, \"As you review this, I think you can see that\nwe have some really exciting topics that we will be discussing and\nworking through, as a team.  Most importantly, we will be celebrating\nour 20th anniversary as a team.  For those not aware, 20 years ago,\nin November 1996, an international group interested in installing and\noperating a ham radio station on the ISS met at the NASA Johnson\nSpace Center in Houston and, per NASA's direction, formed an\ninternational working group called ARISS.  And the rest is history!!\n\n\"Because we have so many things to address at our ARISS-I meeting,\nwe have divided our discussions into 3 primary categories:  1)\nHardware Development, 2) Education and 3) Sustainability and Funding.\nAs you can see in the agenda, we will be conducting two sessions\nsimultaneously like is done in a conference. We will also have\nplenary sessions, where the entire team will attend, to discuss\ntopics that impact the entire, world-wide team.\n\n\"If you are still interested in attending the meeting, you are\nwelcome to come.  Please let me know (directly, KA3HDO (at)\namsat.org) of your interest.\n\n\"I thank you all for your interest in and support to our magnificent\nprogram. It is amazing what we have accomplished in 20 years!  It\nwill be exciting to see what we will do in the next 20!!\"\n\n[ANS thanks Frank KA3HDO for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Twist Presented in National Geographic's Mars Prequel, \"Before\nMars\"\n\nNational Geographic released the first trailer for the fall\nrelease of its ambitious new event series today, MARS. The hybrid,\nscripted docuseries will be a six-part story about colonizing the\nred planet.\n\nThe trailer begins with an appropriately moody narration by a woman\nover the image of an Earth, and as the camera pulls back, we see\nit’s a depiction of Earth on a spaceship named Daedalus, after the\nmythological Greek craftsman who created wings for his son, Icarus.\nAs the CGI ship veers into the crimson orbit of Mars, their mission\nis revealed: to make the planet a new home.\n\nMARS, which will premiere in November, is produced by Ron Howard and\nBrian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment and RadicalMedia, and it will\nbe the centerpiece of Nat Geo’s big media push. MARS will combine\ndocumentary sequences about real-life efforts to travel and colonize\nMars, with a dramatized story in which two Asian-American astronauts\nventure to Mars in 2033.\n\nA digital-only prequel series, Before Mars, will focus on the two\nastronauts before they ship off planet. Joon and Hana Seung are twin\nsisters who find themselves in a rural American town after\nrelocating with their mother. One of the sisters finds a ham radio\nwhich allows her to befriend a female astronaut on the International\nSpace Station. Before Mars will be directed by Lloyd Lee Choi, while\nMARS will be directed by Everado Gout.\n\nThere is currently no release date for the Before Mars prequel\nseries.\n\nThe video can be viewed via YouTube at:\nhttps://youtu.be/mPuTlZYDbh4\n\nNational Geographic has also published an article \"A GUIDE TO HAM\nRADIO, Can Ham Radios Really Talk to Space? And Other Answers\" by\nPatrick J. Kiger which can be veiwed at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS304-NationalGeographic\n\n[ANS thanks www.inverse.com and the National Geographic for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSDR Workshop in South Africa\n\nHans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, says that the Software Defined\nRadio workshop on Saturday 26 November will get you going with SDR\nprojects. The workshop hosted by AMSAT-SA in co-operation with the\nSARL features presentations on the SDR basics, and how to get\nstarted. Anton Janovsky ZR6AIC will demonstrate a SDR repeater he has\ndeveloped using a dongle and a Raspberry Pi. Cor Rademeyer ZS6CR will\ntalk about a SDR transponder for incorporation in a CubeSat. There\nwill also be an update on the Kletskous project.\n\nThe cost is R20 for refreshments plus a donation to the Kletskous\nDevelopment Fund. For the full programme and details of how to book\nvisit www.amsatsa.org.za. Payment can be made in advance or in cash\nat the door. Please use the booking form to assist the organisers\nwith venue and catering arrangements. The workshop starts with\nregistration at 9 am, the programme starts at 09:30 and ends at 13:00.\n\n[ANS thanks the SARL weekly news in English 2016-10-29 for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAnnouncing the 14th Annual CubeSat Developers’ Workshop\n\nThe CubeSat Workshop Team is excited to announce that the 14th\nAnnual CubeSat Developers’ Workshop dates are set for April 26-28,\n2017. The workshop will be held in a larger, improved location on Cal\nPoly’s campus in San Luis Obispo, CA.\n\nAbstract Submission for presentations is now OPEN! The link to\nsubmit on our website is http://www.cubesat.org/workshop-abstract.\nAbstracts should be under 500 words and should cover the ideas\naddressed and the objective of the presentation. Most importantly,\nany topic is welcome! The deadline for abstract submittal is DECEMBER\n16, 2016.\n\nRegistration for the Workshop will be open shortly.\nRegistration costs are as follows:\nEarly Bird Professional (3 day pass/Banquet): $375\nProfessional (3 day pass/Banquet): $475\nStudent (3 day pass/Banquet): $150\nEarly Bird Professional (1 day pass): $160\nProfessional (1 day pass): $200\nPlease Note: The Early Bird Prices will end March 17, 2017.\n\nSponsorship: Available Soon!\nIf you are interested in demonstrating your support to the CubeSat\nCommunity? Gain exposure at the workshop, and help the Cal Poly\nCubeSat Program create an engaging workshop for representatives from\nindustry and universities from around the world. Sponsorship\nopportunities will be available soon, and the CubeSat Workshop Team\nwill send out an announcement as soon as they are ready.\n\nPlease contact cubesat.workshop (at) gmail.com with any questions.\n\n[ANS thanks The CubeSat Workshop Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2017 Eastern VHF/UHF/Microwave Conference, Call for Papers\n\nFirst call for papers and presentations\n\n2017 Eastern VHF/UHF/Microwave Conference\nApril 21-23, 2017\nBaymont Inn, Manchester, CT\n\nPapers sought on all VHF and up activities:\nOperating, Contests, Propagation, Antennas, Amplifiers, Low-noise\nPreamps, Homebrewing, Microwaves, EME, Arduinos, whatever you've been\ndoing.\n\nPlenty of time to write up your winter projects -\njust take some pictures as you go.\n\nInquiries to w1ghz (at) arrl.net\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Wade, W1GHZ via the Microwave List for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCall for Papers, 1st IAA Latin American Symposium on Small Satellites\n\nWe would like to invite you to contribute a paper for presentation\nat the 1st IAA Latin American Symposium on Small Satellites: Advanced\nTechnologies and Distributed Systems, March 7 - 10, 2017, San Martín,\nBuenos Aires, Argentina.\n\nPlease send your abstract to [email protected]\n  By the January 20, 2017 deadline.\n\nThe International Academy of Astronautics’ symposium is hosted by\nColomb Institute (Universidad Nacional de San Martín and Comisión\nNacional de Actividades Espaciales)\n\nOBJECTIVE\nTo provide a forum for scientists, engineers, managers and students,\nto exchange information about small satellites. Topics will cover the\ntechnological state of the art and the planned and on-going programs\nand missions. It will have a worldwide vision, but focused on the\nneeds and developments of Latin America, and it is open to a general\nview but with emphasis on advanced technologies and distributed\nplatforms and payloads.\n\nSESSIONS\n    Small Satellites worldwide: achievements and trends.\n    Small Satellites in Latin America: achievements and trends.\n    Ongoing and projected Small Satellite projects with Latin\n     American participation.\n    Segmented architecture and Distributed Instruments.\n    Small Satellite technologies.\n\nABSTRACT SUBMISSION\nYou are invited to contribute a paper for presentation at the\nSymposium. A one-page, single-spaced abstract of no less than 500\nwords is needed.\n\nStudent papers are encouraged.\n\nFor more detailed information, please visit the IAA website at:\nhttp://iaaweb.org/content/view/670/882/\n\nOr the Symposium website at:\nhttp://www.unsam.edu.ar/institutos/colomb/IAA.asp\n\n[ANS thanks the International Academy of Astronautics’ Office for\nthe above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Activation Dry Tortugas National Park\n\nIOTA NEWS ... NA-079\n\nOperators Rob/K2RWF and Craig/KD2INN will be active as W2LI from Dry\nTortugas (NPOTA NP17, WW Grid EL84, WWF KFF-0023) between November 13-\n14th (1600z to 1700z).\n\nThey will be operating from the Dry Tortugas National Park.\n\nActivity will be on 80-6 meters using SSB and the Digital modes (PSK\nand JT65/9). They will also attempt to work applicable satellite\npasses of SO50, AO85, FO29, AO73, and XW satellites. The group plans\nto work off of simple wire antennas, barefoot at 100 watts.\n\nAll logs will be uploaded to LoTW. QSL direct (please consider\nsending SASE that will fit a 4x6 card) for a special event QSL card\nvia AJ2I. QSL via the Bureau for DX via AJ2I. For busted calls please\ncontact AJ2I direct.\n\n[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1288 for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2016 AMSAT Space Symposium at Sea Register By Nov. 4\n\nIf you are an Individual attending Symposium on board the CARNIVAL\nLIBERTY departing Galveston, TX on November 10,  you must register to\nattend the AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual Meeting through AMSAT.\nCruise arrangements made through Carnival Cruise Lines does not\ninclude the registration fee for the Symposium itself.\n\nThere are three options to register for Symposium:\n\n-Complete and mail to the AMSAT Office the 2016 Symposium\nRegistration Form that was sent to all AMSAT members back in July\nalong with the BoD ballot along with payment;\n\n-Call the AMSAT Office (301-822-4376) and speak with AMSAT Office\nManager Martha Saragovitz;\n\nor\n\n-Use the AMSAT Store (store.amsat.org) by selecting the “2016 AMSAT-\nNA Symposium Registration” link found under “Bestsellers” on the\nright hand side of the store’s main page.\n\nRegistration for the Symposium is $40.00 and includes a copy of the\n“Proceedings” that contains papers written for the Symposium as well\nas technical documentation that AMSAT is placing in the public\ndomain.  The “Proceedings” will be available to attendees onboard\nship.  In addition, the registration provides a means to confirm the\nnumber of individuals in your party planning to attend the AMSAT\nBanquet as well as an opportunity to reserve seats for the Field Ops\nBreakfast.  Both meals are open to anyone wishing to attend (AMSAT\nRegistration is not necessary) and there is no charge for either\nevent as food is included in your cruise package.  However,\nbyindicating how many individuals will be attending, it helps to\nensure that sufficient seating is made available for each activity.\n\nAs the AMSAT Office will not be open after Monday, 7 NOV 16 through\nthat week, we ask that your Symposium Registration be received at the\nAMSAT office by Friday, 4 NOV 16.\n\n[ANS thanks 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Committee for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nThere were no scheduled contacts this past week.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-10-25  03:30 UTC\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and  events:\n\nIstituto Comprensivo “Marco da Melo”, Mel, Italy, direct  via I3XFY\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe  scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD\nContact is a go for: Fri  2016-11-04 08:47:20 UTC\n\nStudents in Ingushetia,  Russia, direct via TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be  RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Andrei Borisenko\nContact is  a go for 2016-11-03 08:06 UTC\n\nExp. 49 on orbit.  Welcome  aboard!\nShane Kimbrough KE5HOD\nAndrei Borisenko\nSergey  Ryzhikov\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Fall Edition of Radio Waves Now Available for Download\n\n  The Fall 2016 edition of Radio Waves now is available. The ARRL\n  publication focuses on news and articles of interest to educators\n  and instructors.\n\n  The fall issue announces the launch of the new Instructor\n  Recognition Program. The article includes a link to a tutorial for\n  instructors, explaining how the reporting and recognition system\n  will work. A separate tutorial that explains the new management\n  information features of the system is available on YouTube. Section\n  Managers are encouraged to check this out.\n\n  Other highlights of the fall issue are “Building Blocks Illustrate\n  Basic Electronics,” “Ham Radio Flies High as Summer Camp at Kopernik\n  Observatory,” an update on recent ARISS activities, Instructor\n  Corner — News, Ideas, Support, ARRL Education & Technology Program\n  news, and a report on the 2016 summer Teachers Institutes.\n\n  To receive Radio Waves, register as an ARRL Instructor;\n  http://www.arrl.org/license-instructor-registration, or Teacher;\n  http://www.arrl.org/teacher-registration, or edit your personal\n  profile, on the ARRL site, and select Radio Waves as one of your e-\n  mail subscriptions.\n\n  Download Radio Waves Fall 2016\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS304-RadiWaves-Fall2016\n\n  Previous issues are at\n  http://www.arrl.org/radio-waves\n\n  [ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]\n\n+ White House initiative pushes for more tiny satellites\n\n  NASA and other agencies are giving microsatellites the resources\n  they need to thrive.\n\n  Miniature satellites are increasingly a big deal, and for good\n  reasons: they're not only less expensive and easier to deploy than\n  the giant satellites of old, but can cover wider areas. And the\n  White House wants to give them a helping hand. It's launching an\n  initiative that will foster small satellites with the resources\n  they need to flourish.\n\n  To start, NASA is not only proposing as much as $30 million toward\n  purchasing data from these tiny vessels, but creating a Small\n  Spacecraft Virtual Institute that will offer know-how to\n  organizations.\n\n  A more direct effort has the National Geospatial-Intelligence\n  Agency awarding Planet a $20 million contract for a fleet of small\n  satellites that can capture images of \"at least\" 85 percent of the\n  planet every 15 days.\n\n  Read the full story at\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS304-WhiteHouse\n\n  [ANS thanks Stephen, G7VFY via Southgate ARN for the above\n   information]\n\n+ Achieving Science with CubeSats Available for Free Download\n\n  \"Achieving Science with CubeSats; Thinking Inside the Box\" by\n  Committee on Achieving Science Goals with CubeSats; Space Studies\n  Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National\n  Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, ios available for\n  download as a PDF.\n\n  Space-based observations have transformed our understanding of\n  Earth, its environment, the solar system and the universe at large.\n  During past decades, driven by increasingly advanced science\n  questions, space observatories have become more sophisticated and\n  more complex, with costs often growing to billions of dollars.\n  Although these kinds of ever-more-sophisticated missions will\n  continue into the future, small satellites, ranging in mass between\n  500 kg to 0.1 kg, are gaining momentum as an additional means to\n  address targeted science questions in a rapid, and possibly more\n  affordable, manner. Within the category of small satellites,\n  CubeSats have emerged as a space-platform defined in terms of\n  (10cm x 10cm x 10cm)- sized cubic units of approximately 1.3 kg each\n  called “U’s.”\n\n  Historically, CubeSats were developed as training projects to expose\n  students to the challenges of real-world engineering practices and\n  system design. Yet, their use has rapidly spread within academia,\n  industry, and government agencies both nationally and\n  internationally.\n\n  One needs to register with NAS but register once and all the NAS\n  publications are available for PDF download -- they send out a\n  monthly list of new publications.\n\n  Register and Download Achieving Science with CubeSats:\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS304-ScienceWithCubesats\n\n  [ANS thanks Tom K3IO for the above information]\n\n+ YouTube Video, Gaston Bertels ON4WF, Talks about ARISS Milestones\n\n  Gaston Bertels ON4WF, Talked about ARISS Milestones during the 6th\n  Polish-wide Conference of Contributors and Sympathizes of ARISS.\n  A YouTube video of the address can be found at:\n  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufuyki21G6M\n\n  [ANS thanks Armand SP3QFE for the above information]\n\n+ Before MARS, a Prequel to National Geogrphic's Series MARS\n\n  National Geographic released the first trailer for the fall\n  release of its ambitious new event series today, MARS. The hybrid,\n  scripted docuseries will be a six-part story about colonizing the\n  red planet.\n\n  The trailer begins with an appropriately moody narration by a woman\n  over the image of an Earth, and as the camera pulls back, we see\n  it’s a depiction of Earth on a spaceship named Daedalus, after the\n  mythological Greek craftsman who created wings for his son, Icarus.\n  As the CGI ship veers into the crimson orbit of Mars, their mission\n  is revealed: to make the planet a new home.\n\n  MARS, which will premiere in November, is produced by Ron Howard and\n  Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment and RadicalMedia, and it will\n  be the centerpiece of Nat Geo’s big media push. MARS will combine\n  documentary sequences about real-life efforts to travel and colonize\n  Mars, with a dramatized story in which two Asian-American astronauts\n  venture to Mars in 2033.\n\n  A digital-only prequel series, Before Mars, will focus on the two\n  astronauts before they ship off planet. Joon and Hana Seung are twin\n  sisters who find themselves in a rural American town after\n  relocating with their mother. One of the sisters finds a ham radio\n  which allows her to befriend a female astronaut on the International\n  Space Station. Before Mars will be directed by Lloyd Lee Choi, while\n  MARS will be directed by Everado Gout.\n\n  There is currently no release date for the Before Mars prequel\n  series.\n\n  The video can be viewed via YouTube at:\n  https://youtu.be/mPuTlZYDbh4\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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