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    "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-344 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2012-12-09T15:08:03Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-344\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\nan active interest in designing, building, launching and\ncommunicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* FITSAT-1 Flashing LED Experiment Scheduled for December 12-13\n* V/U/Wx Receive Only Amplifier Available Through AMSAT Store\n* AMSAT Office Closed December 6 thru 11\n* CO6CBF and EA4CYQ Work Transatlantic via FO-29\n* VE to ES DX via AO-7 Mode B\n* U.S ARISS Proposal is Live Online\n* California K6RPT-12 144.390 FM APRS Balloon Crosses Atlantic\n* FreeDV Ham Radio Digital Voice Software\n* N0D – Special Event Station for the End of the World\n* AMSAT SKN ON OSCAR 2013 IN MEMORY OF W1BIH/PJ9JT\n* SkyCube\n* Space Station to reposition for science\n* Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning -- Mission Announcements\n* Jose Luis Peña Sanchez EC4TR Seeks North American Contacts\n* More Cubesat News\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-344.01\nANS-344 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 344.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 9, 2012\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-344.01\n\n\nFITSAT-1 Flashing LED Experiment Scheduled for December 12-13\n\nOn the 26th of November the first experiment of the flashing LEDs on\nthe FITSAT-1 satellite took place. The LEDs were successfully\nobserved in Kurashiki, Japan and Daejeon, Korea.\n\nOn December 7 Takushi Tanaka, JA6AVG updated the FITSAT-1 web page\nwith this information, \"As Christmas Eve is full moon, we [will]\nstart flashing LEDs between 12-13 December.\"\n\nThe FITSAT-1 web page can be found at:\nhttp://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml\n\nFor the USA\n-----------\n12 December 2012\n06:14:30 - 06:16:30 UTC\n\nFor Europe\n----------\n13 December 2012\n22:10:30 - 22:14:30 UTC\n\nPlease note that the schedule is subject to change. Binoculars may\nbe necessary to ensure success in viewing the flashing LEDs. Addi-\ntional prediction and tracking tools can be accessed at:\nhttp://www.satflare.com/track.php?q=fitsat#MAP\n\n[ANS thanks Takushi Tanaka, JA6AVG for the above information]\n\n\nV/U/Wx receive Amplifier available through AMSAT store\n\n\nAMSAT-NA is pleased to announce an inexpensive, broadband VHF/UHF/WX\nsatellite receive-only preamplifier.\n\nKey features:\n\nReady to operate--not a kit! Fully assembled, tested, and installed\nin a metal enclosure with female BNC connectors on input and output.\n\nIt is based on the MAR 7 device, and covers 100 MHz to 500 MHz.\nThis includes the137 MHz WX, 2M, and 70cm satellite bands.\n\nOperates from +9-15V DC (a fresh 9V battery works great!).  Perfect\nfor portable operations using dual band hand-held Yagis like the\nARROW, Cheap Yagi, etc.  Just put it inline on the correct receive\nband for operations in either mode U/V or V/U. You won't believe what\nyou've been missing!\n\nIncludes low power (about 5W) protection diode on the input for\naccidental transmissions into the input. (This preamp is not RF\nswitched. It must be protected from inadvertent repeated or high\npower transmission RF using a relay or diplexer.)\n\nFull details and schematic can be found in the November/December\n2012 AMSAT Journal article by Mark Spencer, WA8SME, or downloaded\nfrom the item in the Hardware section of the AMSAT Store:\n\nhttp://store.amsat.org/catalog/\n\nThe assembled and tested kit is priced at $50 USD plus shipping.\n\nProceeds from the sale of this item will help fund the AMSAT Fox\nFamily of satellites!\n\nThis equipment was developed as part of the ARRL Education and\nTechnology Program.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Mark Hammond, N8MH for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Office Closed December 6 thru 11\n\n\nMartha reports that she will be out of the office beginning\nThursday, December 6th, and the office will remain closed on 7th,\n10th and 11th.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Martha for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCO6CBF and EA4CYQ Work Transatlantic via FO-29\n\n\nOn the morning of December 4, CO6CBF Hector Martinez in EL92sd,\nworked EA4CYQ Juan Antonio in IM78cx.\n\nHector reported on the AMSAT-BB\n\"I had looked for intercontinental contacts before but it had been\nvery hard for me.  Now, running my new donated satellite gear I am\nable to work FO-29 until 0 degree in any direction. It was my third\nattempt and was successful!\n\nCubans cannot operate on AO-7 mode B due to a 432MHz restriction in\nour country, so we have only a few chances on FO-29 every five months\nwhen the satellite is getting close to apogee. Juan Antonio and I had\na two minutes window and we had enough time to interchange reports,\ngrids and greetings.\n\nThe contact is included in John Papay's recording of the pass:\nhttp://www.papays.com/sat/FO-29_04Dec2012_140930z.mp3\n\nThanks very much to Juan Antonio EA4CYQ for the great contact and to\nJohn K8YSE for look for us and record the contact!\n\nRight Now, FO-29 has a big footprint in the morning passes. Please,\nif you are into the footprint and want to try a long contact, just\ndrop me an email directly. I will try until have a contact with you.\"\n\n\n[ANS thanks Hector for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nVE to ES DX via AO-7 Mode B\n\nRandy Morden, VE6RGU, reported on the AMSAT-BB December 6,\n\"I was quite surprised (Tuesday) to work Neil Viskov, ES6DO in\nEstonia just before 18:00Z on AO-7 mode B.\n\nI was listening to that pass with the hopes of working a few UK\nstations I heard a few days ago, and was just about to shut the rig\ndown at the end of the pass, when I heard a CW station calling CQ.\nAt first I though it was an Irish station with an EI prefix, but two\ndits turned out to be three - ES rather than EI!  With less than one\nminute to make the contact on that pass, it all worked out with a new\ngrid and new DX in my log, and Neil's first VE QSO.  Many thanks\nNeil!\"\n\n\n[ANS thanks Randy for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nU.S ARISS Proposal is Live Online\n\nNASA is now accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums, science\ncenters and community youth organizations, individually or working\ntogether, to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\ncontact between May 1, 2013 and November 1, 2013.\n\nTo maximize these radio contact opportunities, NASA is looking for\norganizations that will draw large numbers of participants and inte-\ngrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. Radio con-\ntacts are approximately 10 minutes in length. Proposals are due\nJanuary 28, 2013.\n\nThe NASA ARISS page is live! Spread the word. U.S organizations can\nnow access the planning guide and proposal form online at:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/education/tfs/ariss. Dates and times of the on-\nline information sessions are also on the website.\n\nInterested parties should visit the website to obtain complete\ninformation including how the technology works, what is expected of\nthe host organization and how to submit the proposal form.\n\n[ANS thanks Trinesha M. Dixon, Teaching From Space Education\nSpecialist at the NASA Johnson Space Center for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCalifornia K6RPT-12 144.390 FM APRS Balloon Crosses Atlantic\n\nAmateur radio stations from the UK to the Azores were listening for\nthe transatlantic balloon K6RPT-12 on 144.390 MHz FM.\n\nAs of Tuesday 2230 UT no reports of the balloon had been received\nsince it left radio range of Newfoundland at 0350 UT. The last APRS\nreports indicated it was starting to drift south and slow down. When\nit left the USA it was traveling at over 300 km an hour, however, it\nmay well have slowed considerably since then possibly to as little\nas 90 kmh.\n\nThe payload is designed for over 60 hours of flight.\n\nThe K6RPT-12 144.390 MHz APRS balloon successfully crossed the\nAtllantic and landed in Morocco on Wednesday morning.\n\nAfter its epic journey across the Atlantic the APRS signals were\npicked up by Spanish stations. It was last heard at 2012-12-05\n09:22:31z descending rapidly, indicating that the balloon had burst.\n\nThe last recorded position was 34°25.75' N 3°58.96' W. It is believed\nthere are less than 150 radio amateurs in Morocco and no known APRS\nstations, so the balloon may never be recovered.\n\n\nSee the K6RPT-12 APRS Track at\nhttp://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FK6RPT-12&timerange=604800\n\nCalifornia Near Space Project\nhttp://www.californianearspaceproject.com/\n\nTwitter http://twitter.com/k6rpt\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate, the California Near Space Project and JoAnne\nMaenpaa for the\n above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\nFreeDV Ham Radio Digital Voice Software\n\nFreeDV is an application for Windows and Linux that allows any HF\nSSB radio to be used for digital voice mode wita bandwidth of\njust 1.1 kHz. Speech is compressed down to 1400 bit/s then modulat-\ned onto a 1100 Hz wide QPSK signal which is sent to the Mic input\nof a SSB radio. On receive, the signal is received by the SSB radio,\nthen demodulated and decoded by FreeDV.\n\nFeatures:\n+ Codec 2 voice coder and FDMDV modem\n+ 50 baud 14 QPSK voice data\n+ 1 Center BPSK carrier with 2x power for fast and robust synchroni-\n  zation.\n+ 1.125 kHz spectrum bandwidth (half SSB) with 75 Hz carrier spacing\n+ 1400 bit/s data rate with 1375 bit/s open source Codec 2 voice\n  coding and 25 bit/s text for call sign ID\n+ No interleaving in time or FEC philosophy resulting in low latency,\n  fast synchronization and quick recovery from fades.\n+ 44.1 or 48kHz sample rate sound card compatible\n\nFreeDV, the new HF digital audio program for Radio Amateurs:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfyn0NEcNHs&feature=player_embedded\n\nWatch when it's switched to analog SSB. The SSB bandwidth is about\n3 times that of the digital audio. Also note the diagonal black\nstreaks across the waterfall display. That's fading, probably from\ntwo reflections arriving out of phase. The ID on the bottom is com-\ning in during the silent periods between words.\n\nThis software is Open Source, and uses Codec2. This Codec was pre-\nsented by Bruce Robertson, VE9QRP at the 2012 AMSAT Space Symposium\nin Orlando, Florida.\n\nSee http://freedv.org/\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate and FreeDV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nN0D – Special Event Station for the End of the World\nExpands to the Final Frontier!\n\nHouston, Texas December 4, 2012: According to one of the three Mayan\nCalendars, the End of the world will occur on Dec 21, 2012. To\ncelebrate this literally once in a lifetime event, Special Event\nStation N0D (Now Zero Days) will be activated for the period December\n15, 2012 through December 20, 2012. December 21, the day of\ndestruction, we will be on the air as long as possible. December 22nd\nis a little iffy right now.\n\nAfter all, it is the end of the world, so why not include the Final\nFrontier? In celebration, experienced satellite operators Allen\nMattis, N5AFV, and Andy MacAllister, W5ACM, who are members of the\nN0D team, will be working available satellite passes beginning\nDecember 15th, 2012, through the end of the world and possibly beyond\nuntil December 22nd. The team will be using the Official Doomsday\ncall sign, N0D.\n\nIn addition, the South Texas Balloon Launch Team will launch the\nDoomsday Balloon, BLT-32 To the End of the World and Float, to\nprepare the world for its demise! The launch is scheduled for\nSaturday Dec 15th at 4 PM from Covey Trails Airport in Fulshear,\nTexas. BLT-32 is designed as a “floater” with hopes that it will\nreach Europe before the end of the world. APRS telemetry and beacons\non the balloon will also be using the Official Doomsday call sign,\nN0D. Details about the Doomsday balloon are available at\nhttp://www.w5acm.net/b32.html.\n\nN0D will also be active on the HF bands throughout the event.\nFurther information is available at www.nowzerodays.com. You may\nregister on the website to become an official Doomsday station. Over\n575 stations have already done so. QSL information for N0D is with\nSASE via KK5W but better wait untill after Doomsday, if we are still\naround.\n\nNO Backup Date – It’s all or NOTHING!\n\n\n[ANS thanks Allen N5AFV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT SKN ON OSCAR 2013 IN MEMORY OF W1BIH/PJ9JT\n\nYou are cordially invited to participate in Straight Key Night on\nOSCAR 2013, conducted by AMSAT for all radio amateurs throughout the\nworld. This year's event is dedicated to the memory of John Thompson,\nW1BIH/PJ9JT, who passed away in 2012, aged 96. Although known\nprimarily as an HF DXer and contester, John was also active on OSCAR,\nmostly on CW.\n\nAs always, SKN on OSCAR is simple and informal. Just operate CW\nthrough one or more satellites on 1 January 2013 (0000 to 2400 UTC),\nusing a straight hand key. There is no need to send in a log, but all\nparticipants are encouraged to nominate someone they worked for Best\nFist. Your nominee need not have the best fist of anyone you heard,\nonly of those you worked. Send your nomination to w2rs at amsat.org. A\nlist of those nominated will appear in ANS in early February.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Soifer for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWatch and Listen for the Geminid Meteor Shower This Week\n\nThe Geminid Meteor Shower is the grand finale of astronomical events\nin 2012 and is usually the most reliable and prolific of the annual\nmeteor showers.\n\nThis year we are in for a special treat as the Moon will be absent\nwhen the Geminids are at their peak on the evening of the 12th/13th\nof December. This means that the sky should be at its darkest when\nthe shower is expected, and many more of the fainter meteors will be\nvisible.\n\nMeteor pings can be heard via internet streaming as the Air Force\nSpace Surveillance Radar, scanning the skies above Texas, creates\nthe \"radar fence\". When a meteor or satellite passes over the fac-\nility--ping!--there is an echo. This live audio feed can be found\nat: http://spaceweatherradio.com/\n\n[ANS thanks UniverseToday.com and SpaceWeatherRadio.com for the\n above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSkyCube: The Satellite\nhttp://www.southernstars.com/skycube/satellite.html\n\nSkyCube: a day in the life\nhttp://tinyurl.com/a8xro6z\n\nSkyCube uses Kickstarter for Funding\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=8955\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSpace Station to reposition for science\n\nThe International Space Station will reposition itself for a better\nview of the sun, the first-ever attitude change for scientific\nreasons alone, officials say.\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/bsw4wg2\n\n[ANS thanks Space Travel for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMATEUR RADIO HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONING -- MISSION ANNOUNCEMENTS\n\nhttp://arhab.org/hab_launch_list.php\n\n[ANS thanks AMATEUR RADIO HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONING for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJose Luis Peña Sanchez EC4TR Seeks North American Contacts from\nIN80er in Spain\n\nLuis, EC4TR, is looking for North American stations with whom to set\nup satellite schedules.  His grid in IN80er.  Email him at his\nqrz.com email address if you would like to contact him.  FO-29 is\nover 1300km high during morning passes over the Atlantic now.  AO-7\nis always around 1450km and is in Mode B on odd days during December.\n\n\n[ANS thanks John Papay K8YSE for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMore CubeSat News\n\nThe UK Space Agency will be running a free CubeSat Community Workshop\nat Milton Keynes on January 22 that will include discussion of plans\nfor UKube-2.\n\nSee http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=11782\n\nAlso on the AMSAT-UK site:\n\nPictures released of UKube-1 CubeSat\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=11786\n\nAustralian Radio Ham’s Spacecraft Missions\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=11745\n\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor M5AKA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n/EX\n\n\nPlease share you copy with an educator near you.\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,\nE.Mike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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