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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-013 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-013\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* AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program\n* Fox-1 CubeSat Model Kits Available\n* CubeSat Airborne Science Payload Standard\n* UWE-4 CubeSat frequency change request approved\n* HamSCI 2019 Workshop Set for March in Cleveland, Call for Papers\n  Issued\n* Nominations Solicited for Six ARRL Awards\n* AMSAT Argentina Special Event\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-013.01\nANS-013 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 013.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nJanuary 13, 2019\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-013.01\n\n\n\nAMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program\n\nThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (as AMSAT is officially\nknown) was formed March 3, 1969 as a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3)\neducational organization chartered in the District of Columbia.\nSince its founding, AMSAT has designed, constructed, and, with the\nadded assistance of international government and commercial agencies,\nsuccessfully launched, 20 Amateur Radio satellites into Earth orbit.\n\nTo help celebrate 50 years of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space, AMSAT\nis proud to announce the AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program.\nThroughout 2019, your satellite and HF QSOs can help you achieve one\nof these special awards:\n\n+ 50th Anniversary AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement\n  Award\n\n+ 50th Anniversary AMSAT Satellite Friends of 50 Award\n\n+ AMSAT on HF 50th Anniversary Award\n\n50th Anniversary AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement\nAward (Limited Edition)\n\nUnlike the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award, the\n50th Anniversary AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award\nwill be issued on one of the original goldenrod paper stock\ncertificates and signed by AMSAT's founding President, Perry Klein,\nK3TJE (now W3PK).  With only 20 original certificates available, this\naward will certainly become a collector's item.\n\nThe first 20 applicants to successfully submit 20 confirmed,\nqualifying contacts on any satellite will receive this award.  A\nqualifying contact is defined as the establishment of two-way\ncommunication on any amateur radio satellite, with another station in\na U.S. state, Canadian call area, or DXCC entity, no two of which may\nbe the same.\n\n+ All contacts must be made between March 03, 2019 00:00 UTC and\n  December 31, 2019 23:59 UTC.\n\n+ A U.S. state shall mean any state of the United States and the\n  District of Columbia.\n\n+ The 14 Canadian call areas are VE1 - Nova Scotia, VE2 - Quebec,\n  VE3 - Ontario, VE4 - Manitoba, VE5 - Saskatchewan, VE6 - Alberta,\n  VE7 - British Columbia, VE8 - Northwest Territories, VE9 - New\n  Brunswick, VO1 - Newfoundland, VO2 - Labrador, VY0 - Nunavut,\n  VY1 - Yukon, VY2 - Prince Edward Island.\n\n+ Only one qualifying contact is allowed for each U.S. state,\n  Canadian call area, and DXCC entity.\n\n+ Qualifying contacts may not be counted for multiple types of\n  entities. As an example, a QSO with Alaska counts as an additional\n  state or DXCC entity, not both.\n\n+ Contacts must be made from same location, or from locations, no\n  two of which are more than 50 miles (80 kilometers) apart.\n\n+ Previous recipients of the AMSAT Satellite Communications\n  Achievement Award, may apply for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT\n  Satellite Communications Achievement Award.\n\nThe cost for this award is $25, plus postage.  Certificates will be\nmailed upon receipt of payment.  Certificates will be sequentially\nnumbered.\n\nTo apply for an 50th Anniversary AMSAT OSCAR Satellite\nCommunications Achievement Award, you must email the AMSAT Director\nof Contests and Awards [kk5do (at) amsat (dot) org].  This email must\ninclude:\n\n+ The name of the award you are applying for as the subject line.\n\n+ Your name as you wish is to appear on your issued certificate\n\n+ Your AMSAT member number.  If you are not an AMSAT member, then\n  state so.\n\n+ Attachment(s) providing proof of your qualifying contacts.\n  Acceptable proof of each qualifying contacts is limited to scanned\n  copies of a QSL card or a screen capture/printout of your LoTW\n  confirmation.  Acceptable email file attachments include .jpg and\n  .png.  You may also paste the images in a Word or Adobe PDF\n  document.\n\nAfter your email application has been accepted and approved, you\nwill receive a reply email instructing you how to make your payment\non the AMSAT Online Store.  Your certificate will then be sent to\nyou, using the shipping address you used with your online payment.\n50th Anniversary AMSAT Satellite Friends of 50 Award\n\nTo achieve this award, you must work 50 amateur radio operators on\nany satellite (limit of 1 contact per day) during 2019.  There is no\nrequirement for operating at the same location for all contacts, as\nlong as your home call sign is used somewhere in the operating call\nsign (e.g. KK5DO/MM, KK5DO/VE5, etc.).\n\nThe cost for this award is $15, plus postage. Certificates will be\nmailed upon receipt of payment.  There will be no sequence number on\nthe certificate.\n\nTo apply for this award, visit the AMSAT 50th Anniversary Award\nsection in the AMSAT Online Store and select the 50th Anniversary\nAMSAT Satellite Friends of 50 Award.  In the comment section, enter\nor copy and paste the required log information, which must include:\n\n(1) Date, (2) UTC time, (3) Satellite name, and (4) Station worked.\n\nEXAMPLE:  20190115  1835  AO-91  VE3ABC\n\nOnce you are satisfied with your entry, select PURCHASE and complete\nyour payment method.\n\nAMSAT on HF 50th Anniversary Award\n\nTo achieve this award, you must work at least one AMSAT Member on\nany HF band, in any mode.  In addition, there are additional level of\nthis award, based on the number of AMSAT Members you contact on the\nHF bands:\n\n+ One AMSAT member contacted earns the basic OSCAR-1 award\n\n+ Seven AMSAT members contacted earns the AO-7 endorsement\n\n+ Twenty-Nine AMSAT members contacted earns the FO-29 endorsement\n\n+ Fifty AMSAT members contacted earns the SO-50 endorsement\n\n+ Ninety-Two AMSAT members contacted earns the AO-92 endorsement\n\n+ Two Hundred AMSAT members contacted earns the ISS endorsement\n\nAMSAT member members are encouraged to call \"CQ AMSAT 50\" on any HF\nband/mode.  The minimum exchange is your call, signal report, and\nyour membership number.  Life members use LM and your number.\n\nCost is $15, plus postage. Certificates will be mailed in early\n2020.  There will be no sequence number on the certificate.\n\nTo apply for this award, visit the AMSAT 50th Anniversary Award\nsection in the AMSAT Online Store and select the 50th Anniversary\nAMSAT Satellite Friends of 50 Award.  In the comment section, enter\nor copy and paste the required log information, which must include:\n\n(1) Date, (2) UTC time, (3) Band, (4) Mode, (5) Station Worked, and\n(6) their AMSAT number.\n\nEXAMPLE:  20190115  1835  20  CW  W1ABC  1234\n\nOnce you are satisfied with your entry, select PURCHASE and complete\nyour payment method.\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT-NA VP of User Services for\n the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-1 CubeSat Model Kits Available\n\nThrough the dedicated work of John Kludt, K4SQC, and Stefan Wagener,\nVE4NSA, AMSAT can again offer a 1:1 scale cardboard model of the Fox-1\nCubeSat.  It is life size, and based on the latest Fox-1 engineering\ndrawings for highest fidelity in design and appearance.  The model is\nprinted in color on heavy stock paper, includes all components, and\nthe instructions are carefully prepared to allow for easy assembly\nrequiring scissors, glue etc.\n\nDepending on experience, assembly will take approximately 10+ hours.\nThe complete model will be a perfect addition to any satellite\noperator's shack, and a chance to show visitors what is being done by\nAMSAT today.\n\nAll proceeds will go to supporting AMSAT's satellite projects.\n\nPrice is $40 + shipping.\n\nhttps://www.amsat.org/product/fox-1-cubesat-model/\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCubeSat Airborne Science Payload Standard\n\nAs part of a new initiative, the Cal Poly CubeSat Lab is working\nwith NASA Ames Research Center to prototype a standardized mounting\nsystem for testing CubeSat-based systems on aircraft (incl. UAVs) and\nballoons.\n\nWe are seeking collaborators interested in airborne testing\npayloads, components, or complete systems, that could provide use-\ncases and assist in defining interface requirements. This Project has\nthe potential to allow for expanded opportunities for payload\ndevelopment and testing.\n\nWe would like your input as we design and develop this system and\nhave put together a google form with a ten short questions that would\nhelp us derive our system requirements in the coming weeks.\n\nFor more information visit:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS013-AirborneScience\n\n[ANS thanks  Cal Poly CubeSat Lab via Dave Pignatelli for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUWE-4 CubeSat frequency change request approved\n\nAfter two weeks in orbit, UWE-4 is in very good shape. The batteries\nare fully charged, the temperatures of the batteries, the outside\npanels and the MCU are all lying in the expected range.\n\nIt has been observed that the battery temperatures are slightly rising\naround 8:45 am, when the downlink of this measurement took place.\n\nAfter the early orbit phase, we are looking forward to some\ninteresting experiments with the attitude determination sensors and\nthe propulsion system.\n\nUnfortunately, our uplink success rate is very poor, which\ncurrently prevents these experiments. In the precursor mission UWE-3,\nit was found that the reason for this is very likely a substantial\nnoise floor at the used frequency range. For this reason, we filed a\nrequest for the change of our radio frequency to 435.600 MHz with\nIARU, which has already been approved.\n\nJanuary 10, we will started the procedure to change the frequency of\nUWE-4.\nSo if you want to track UWE-4, please adjust your center frequency\naccordingly. We already started the procedure to change the frequency\non UWE-4, so during the next days it may happen that you can also\nstill receive a signal on our old frequency. Additionally, we have\nbeen assigned NORAD ID 43880 in the meantime.\n\nA tool in order to upload the received UWE-4 telemetry directly into\nour groundstation database is a work in progress and will\nbe shared with you as soon as we have tested it thoroughly. Until\nthen, we would be very grateful, if you'd forward your UWE-4\ntelemetry files to [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks the The UWE-4 Team via Trevor M5AKA for the above\n information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHamSCI 2019 Workshop Set for March in Cleveland, Call for Papers\nIssued\n\nThe 2019 HamSCI Workshop will take place March 22 - 23 at Case\nWestern Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio, in association\nwith the CWRU Amateur Radio Club (W8EDU). Registration is now open,\nand papers are invited.\n\n\"We are especially looking for speakers with presentations showing\nanalysis of ionospheric observations, ideas and proposals for the\ndesign of the Personal Space Weather Station and instrumentation for\nthe 2024 eclipse,\" HamSCI's Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, said. \"We will\nalso accept other presentations related to Amateur Radio and\nscience.\" If you would like to present, email your abstract to\[email protected] by February 10, 2019.\n\nThe theme for this year's conference will be \"Ionospheric Effects\nand Sensing,\" including the use of Amateur Radio techniques to\ncharacterize and study ionospheric phenomena such as traveling\nionospheric disturbances, sporadic E, response to solar flares,\ngeomagnetic storms, the 2024 total solar eclipse, and other space\nweather events.\n\nDiscussion will include continued development of the HamSCI Personal\nSpace Weather Station and integration of Amateur Radio into the\ncollegiate curriculum. Featured speakers will include well-known\nAmateur Radio author Ward Silver, N0AX, propagation specialist Carl\nLuetzelschwab, K9LA, and Larisa Goncharenko, who will talk on Space\nScience for Ham Radio Operators.\n\nThe workshop is hosted by CWRU in collaboration with New Jersey\nInstitute of Technology (NJIT).\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNominations Solicited for Six ARRL Awards\n\nThe ARRL invites nominations for awards that recognize educational\nand technological pursuits in Amateur Radio. Nominations are also\nopen for ARRL's premier award to honor a young licensee - the\nHiram Percy Maxim Award.\n\nThe Hiram Percy Maxim Award recognizes a radio amateur and ARRL\nmember under age 21 whose accomplishments and contributions are of\nthe most exemplary nature within the framework of Amateur Radio\nactivities. Nominations for this award need to be made through your\nARRL Section Manager, who will then forward the nomination to ARRL\nHeadquarters by March 31, 2019.\n\nThe ARRL Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award honors an ARRL\nvolunteer Amateur Radio instructor or an ARRL professional classroom\nteacher who uses creative instructional approaches and reflects the\nhighest values of the Amateur Radio community. The award highlights\nquality of - and commitment to - licensing instruction. Nominations\nare due by March 15, 2019.\n\nThe ARRL Microwave Development Award pays tribute to a radio amateur\nor group of radio amateurs who contribute to the development of the\nAmateur Radio microwave bands. The nomination deadline is\nMarch 31, 2019.\n\nThe ARRL Technical Service Award recognizes a radio amateur or group\nof radio amateurs who provide Amateur Radio technical assistance or\ntraining to others. The nomination deadline is March 31, 2019.\n\nThe ARRL Technical Innovation Award is granted to a radio amateur or\ngroup of radio amateurs who develop and apply new technical ideas or\ntechniques in Amateur Radio. The nomination deadline is March 31,\n2019.\n\nThe Knight Distinguished Service Award was established to recognize\nexceptionally notable contributions by a Section Manager to the health\nand vitality of ARRL. The nomination deadline is April 30, 2019.\n\nThe ARRL Board of Directors selects recipients for these awards.\nWinners are typically announced following the Board's July meeting.\nMore information about these awards is on the ARRL website, or\ncontact Steve Ewald, WV1X, telephone (860) 594-0265, at\nARRL Headquarters.\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Argentina Special Event\n\nDuring 'the weekend of the lussat', from Saturday-19 to\nSunday-January 20, 2019 (2 days), Amsat-Lu, several radio\nclubs and collaborators will deliver to a contact commemorative\ncontact The 29th anniversary of the lussat-1, 1St Argentine\nsatellite.\n\nIt will operate in 80/40/6 m / 2 M / 23 cm in FM, SSB, CW,\nj3e, psk31, ft-8, packet, Sstv-R36 and via active amateur\nsatellites.\n\nIt will be called 'Lux Collaborating Station of amsat Argentina,\nawarded qsl commemorative for the 29th anniversary of the lussat'.\n\nCelebrating His stay in space our lussat continues to broadcast\nafter 29 years a strong pressed carrier, recibible in 437.125 Khz.\n+ /- Doppler. See schedules of steps at\nhttp://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=LUSAT\n\n[ANS thanks Ricardo LU4ARU for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nSuper Road Trip (Wyoming to Tennessee to Florida to Wyoming) -\nJanuary 9, 2019 until he gets back home\n\nStarting Jan. 9th, RJ, WY7AA, will be traveling from Wyoming to\nTennessee to Florida, to New York and back to Wyoming, staying\napproximately 10 days in each place and activating grids whenever he\ncan.\nFirst stop Tennessee - EM86, and will try to rove to EM85, EL87, and\nEL96.\nNext on to Florida - EL98, and will try to rove to EL88, EL89, and\nEL99.\nAnd then on to New York - FN02, and try to rove to FN01, FN03, FN11,\nFN12, and FN13\nTraveling between each place, RJ will try to stop and work as he\ncan, but putting down miles will take priority most often.  In\naddition, RJ will be trying to operate mobile from time to time.  FM\nbirds for sure, but will be trying to learn linears while on the\ntrip.  Specific pass announcements will be posted to his Twitter feed\n(https://twitter.com/WY7AA) and to the AMSAT-bb reflector.\n\nOregon (DN04) - January 11, 2019\n\nCasey, KI7UNJ, will make a quick trip to DN04 on January 11th.\nPasses will be FM only:  17:36z AO-92;  18:34z AO-91;  19:09z AO-92;\n20:09 AO-91; and 20:24z  SO-50.  Keep an eye on Casey's Twitter feed\nfor further announcements https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ\n\nCentral California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) - January 12, 2019\n\nDavid, AD7DB, will be in the area of Kettleman City CA near a\nconvergence of four grids, operating on FM satellites.  Grids (maybe\ngridlines) will depend on the satellite passes. Operation expected\nfrom 1700 UTC through 2300 UTC.  Updates will be on Twitter as the\ntime approaches: https://twitter.com/ad7db\n\nQuartzfest Arizona (DM23) - January 19-27, 2019\n\nJohn, N7JY, will be operating FM satellites on a holiday schedule.\nHe may also visit some adjoining grids.  There will likely be other\nhams operating from the event, located a few miles south of\nQuartzsite AZ. QSL via LOTW, or you can send your card with SASE\n\nLas Vegas NV and Northwest AZ (DM25, DM26, DM36) - January 20-22, 2019\n\nDavid, AD7DB, will be in Las Vegas at DM25/26 line, operating on FM\nsatellites on a holiday schedule. In addition, weather permitting,\nsometime on Monday 01/21/19 he will make a side trip to Beaver Dam AZ\nto activate from DM36aw. Updates will be on Twitter as the time\napproaches: https://twitter.com/ad7db\n\nLabrador (GO11) - January 20-22, 2019\n\nVE3FU, VO1HP, and VE9CB will be participating in the CQ160 CW\nContest from the Point Amour Lighthouse in Labrador (GO11), which\nwill be held 2200Z January 25 - 2200Z January 27, 2019.  This is\nimportant, because, if time permits they will be active on AO-85, AO-\n91, and AO-92 passes before the contest.  Call signs are expected to\nbe VO2AC and VO2AAA.  Note:  this is just preliminary information.\nKeep your eye on https://twitter.com/chrisve3fu and\nhttps://www.qrz.com/db/vo2ac for possible updates.\n\nNevada (DM15, DM16, DM17, DM18, DM25, DM26, DM27, DM28, DM37, DM36)\n- February 8-11, 2019\n\nCasey KI7UNJ and Jonathan KI5BEX are planning a joint roving trip to\nNevada, February 8-11, 2019. Planned activations include the\nDM15/16/25/26 grid corner Friday morning, the DM16/26 gridline Friday\nafternoon, DM17/18 gridline Saturday morning, DM27/28 gridline\nSaturday evening, DM27/37 gridline Sunday morning, and DM36/37\ngridline Sunday evening. This will be FM only. All contacts uploaded\nto LoTW upon return. Check out @KI7UNJ Twitter feed for specific\npasses https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ and follow them on aprs.fi KI7UNJ-7.\n\nTurks and Caicos Islands (FL31) - February 28 - March 9, 2019\n\nAdrian, AA5UK, will be heading to Providenciales in the Turks and\nCaicos Islands from Feb 28th through March 9th, 2019. He will be\noperating holiday style on HF and Satellites as VP5/AA5UK from grid\nFL31UU14. Focus will be on the linear satellites, with some FM\nactivity depending on pile-up civility. Hope to work some European\nstations as location favors the East. Pass announcements will be made\nvia Twitter: https://twitter.com/AA5UK and periodically via amsat-bb.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org\nUpdated January 9, 2019\n\nSee\nhttps://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ 2019-01-08 15:28 UTC between Astronaut David St-Jacques KG5FYI\n  using ISS callsign NA1SS and Pembroke Junior Senior High School,\n  Corfu, NY, USA. Contact was telebridge via LU8YY. ARISS Mentor was\n  Steve W2AKK.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nThere are no contacts scheduled for the upcoming week.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nShorts From All Over\n\n+ SatNOGS Dashboard\n\n  The SatNOGS Dashboard project makes crowd-sourced dashboards which\n  visualize data that has been collected and decoded through the Sat-\n  NOGS Network and SatNOGS DB. Links to production dashboards already\n  created can be found at:\n  https://tinyurl.com/SatNogs-Telemetry\n\n  SatNOGS is using InfluxDB and Grafana for their telemetry\n  dashboards.\n\n  InfluxDB is a time-series database designed to be efficient for\n  time-series data like the telemetry collected in SatNOGS.\n  Additional documentation is provided on the SatNOGS Wiki pages:\n  https://wiki.satnogs.org/Telemetry_Dashboards\n\n  [ANS thanks LibreSpace Community/SatNOGS]\n\n+ Satellite DXPedition News for AMSAT\n\n  Philippe, EA4NF will be active from MONACO as 3A/EA4NF during\n  February 15-18,2019 on FM and SSB satellites.\n\n  QSL via LoTW\n\n  [ANS thanks Philippe EA4NF for the above information.]\n\n+ All About Ham Satellites Feature at Hackaday\n\n  Al Williams has put together togetherbab series on Hackaday All\n  About Ham Satellites.\n  Visit:\n  https://hackaday.com/2019/01/07/all-about-ham-satellites/\n\n  [ANS thanks Hackaday.com for the above information]\n\n+ SmallSat Symposium 2019 Highlights\n\n  SmallSat Symposium 2019 promises something for everyone, including\n  19 Sessions, 3 Keynotes, 3 Technology Briefs and many networking\n  opportunities.\n\n  For details visit\n  https://mailchi.mp/satnews/smallsat19_1-200613?e=e3b56a3ebc\n\n  [ANS thanks Simon Payne for the above information]\n\n+ US Islands Awards Program Now Accepting Sat QSOs\n\n  Sean Kutzo KX9X recently tweeted that \"...the Us Islands portable\n  #hamradio awards program has modified their rules to allow satellite\n  contacts, effective January 1, 2019! More units to activate on\n  satellite. Check out http://usislands.org  for details!\"\n\n  [ANS thanks Sean KX9X for the above information.]\n\n+ PicSat Cubesat Mission\n\n  The PicSat team has made available to all a paper about their\ncubesat and the mission. Access the full paper here:\n  https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.02677   (PicSat via Twitter)\n\n  [ANS thanks PicSat via Twitter for the above information.]\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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