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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/TU6ZZVZAEUZVDG5PR3KLOBQI64QKCFOR/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "TU6ZZVZAEUZVDG5PR3KLOBQI64QKCFOR", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/TU6ZZVZAEUZVDG5PR3KLOBQI64QKCFOR/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "wao (a) vfr.net", "mailman_id": "9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Joseph Spier", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-150 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-05-29T00:32:28Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-150\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* Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D Launch No Earlier Than July 28, 2016\n* 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice\n* AMSAT's Bob Carpenter W3OTC Inducted into CQ Hall of Fame\n* AMSAT Demonstration Station at the Dayton Hamvention Recap\n* A Tiny Satellite of Your Very Own\n* New VHF, UHF, uW Handbook Available for Download\n* Amateur Satellite Launch from India\n* UWE-3 Status Report\n* Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat Video\n* Es’Hail-2 Geostationary P4-A Transponder Frequencies\n* ÑUSAT-1 SSB/CW Transponder Satellite\n* ESA Announces Winning Radio Amateurs\n* Symposium to Address Interference-free Satellite Services\n* DCC Call for Papers\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-150.01\nANS-150 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 150.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE May 29, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-150.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-1Cliff and Fox-1D Launch No Earlier Than July 28, 2016\n\n\nThis week AMSAT Vice-President Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, announced\nat the Dayton Hamvention AMSAT Forum on Saturday that the launch for\nFox-1Cliff and Fox-1D is now NET (No Earlier Than) July 28, 2016.\n\nFox-1Cliff and Fox-1D will be integrated onto the Spaceflight Sherpa\nplatform for its maiden flight aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from\nVandenberg Air Force Base.\n\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?p=5219\n\nNot a member of AMSAT yet?\nYou're invited to join on-line at:\nhttp://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=32\n\nPlease consider making a donation to support the Fox-1 series of cubesats\nusing the links on the front page\nhttp://www.amsat.org.\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice\n\n\nIt's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of\nDirectors election. Three director's terms expire this year: Tom\nClark, K3IO, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, and Lou McFadin, W5DID. In\naddition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms.\n\nA valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current\nindividual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for\nDirector. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and\ncall, and the nominating individual's names, calls and individual\nsignatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304\nKensington, MD 20895-2526.\n\nIn addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which\nis the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by\nelectronic means. These include e-mail, Fax, or electronic image of a\npetition. Electronic petitions should be sent to MARTHA at AMSAT.ORG\nor Faxed to (301)822-4371.\n\nNo matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June\n15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional\nwritten nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than\nthis, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST\nbe received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days\nfollowing the close of nominations on June 15th.\n\nELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE\nNOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS.\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT's Bob Carpenter W3OTC Inducted into CQ Hall of Fame\n\n\nBob Carpenter, W3OTC, a longtime devoted AMAST volunteer became a Silent Key\nFriday, January 8th. Bill Tynan, W3XO, wrote a memorial item in ANS-024\nhttp://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2016/000893.html\n\nAMSAT has received the news that Bob has been inducted into the CQ Hall of\nFame.\n\n\nCQ ANNOUNCES 2016 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES (Press Release, Date May 20th):\n CQ magazine today announced its 2016 Hall of Fame inductees, including\nonly the second non-amateurs elected to the CQ DX Hall of Fame, two new\ninductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame and 21 new members of the CQ\nAmateur Radio Hall of Fame.\n\n The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether\nlicensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur\nradio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either\nto amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect\nof life on our planet. The 2016 inductees (listed alphabetically) are:\n\n Bob Arnold, N2JEU (SK) - Co-developer (with Keith Lamonica, W7DXX,\n see below) of the first internet-controlled remote base\n Grant Bingeman, KM5RG (SK) - Developed \"method of moments\" antenna\n modeling software for AM broadcast stations and 160-meter\n amateur antennas\n Bob Carpenter, W3OTC (SK) - Pioneer of meteor scatter and FM stereo\n broadcast technology; longtime AMSAT volunteer\n David Dary, W5ZAX - Journalist, author, journalism educator - former\n correspondent for CBS and NBC News, journalism professor\n at University of Kansas and University of Oklahoma, author\n of over 20 books on the American West\n Matt Ettus, N2MJI - Software defined radio pioneer; developed first\n Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) with GNU radio\n software support\n Terry Fox, WB4FJI - Packet radio pioneer; primary developer of AX.25\n amateur packet protocol\n Elmer \"Bud\" Frohardt, Jr., W9DY (SK) -- The original \"Elmer\" for whom\n ham radio mentors are named (courtesy of a 1971 QST \"How's\n DX?\" column by Rod Newkirk, W9BRD/VA3ZBB)\n Fred Gissoni, K4JLX (SK) - Adaptive technology pioneer; co-developer\n of the Porta-Braille and Pocket-Braille note-taking devices\n for the visually impaired, as well as many other devices\n Ken Kellerman, K2AOE - Radioastronomer; pioneer of radio interferometry;\n co-developer of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI),\n which permits multiple telescopes to function as a single\n instrument\n Keith Lamonica, W7DXX - Co-developer (with the late Bob Arnold, N2JEU)\n of the first internet-controlled remote base\n George Mitchell, K6ZE (SK) - Member of the Tuskegee Airmen in World\n War II and 2007 recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal\n for his wartime service\n Les Mitchell, G3BHK (SK) - Founder of Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), annual\n event to introduce amateur radio to scouts and guides around\n the world\n William Moerner, WN6I - Co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry\n for his work in high-resolution microscopy\n Leigh Orf, KG4ULP - Co-developer of tornado simulator using computer\n modeling to simulate conditions under which tornadoes form\n Joe Rudi, NK7U - Former Major League baseball player; 3-time All-Star\n Wes Schum, W9DYV (SK) - Co-founder of Central Electronics, developed\n first commercially-manufactured amateur radio SSB transmitter\n Garry Shandling, ex-KQ6KA/KD6OY (SK) - Well-known comedian, actor, writer\n and television personality\n Mason Southwirth, ex-W1VLH (SK) - Head of ARRL International Geophysical\n Year (IGY) Propagation Research Project in 1958-59; conducted\n additional propagation research at Stanford University\n Boris Stepanov, RU3AX (ex-UW3AX) - Leading Russian amateur, deputy editor\n of Russian Radio magazine; pioneer of computerized contest\n logging and log-checking; developed prototype for World\n Radiosport Team Championships (WRTC); first to propose \"glass\n cockpit\" for ham transceiver, combining frequency readout\n and spectrum scope on front panel display\n Rufus Turner, W3LF (SK) - Believed to be the first African-American radio\n amateur in the U.S.; helped develop 1N34A diode; wrote 1949\n article in Radio-Electronics magazine on how to \"Build a\n Transistor\"\n Perry Williams, W1UED (SK) - Longtime ARRL Washington Coordinator and\n League archivist; convinced Congress to approve vanity call-\n sign program and not to impose a license application fee on\n amateurs; persuaded FCC to retain large amateur microwave al-\n locations and to create primary amateur allocation at 2.4 GHz\n\n\n[ANS thanks CQ Magazine for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Demonstration Station at the Dayton Hamvention Recap\n\n\nThis was my first year running the AMSAT demonstration station at the\nDayton Hamvention after Keith Pugh, W5IU, had run it for many years.\nAfter volunteering at the demo station the past couple of years, I\nknew what to expect: a poor horizon to the north (due to the arena),\nhigh levels of RF (including lids running FM simplex inside the\nsatellite subband on 2m), and lots of fun demoing satellite operation\nto curious newcomers as well as meeting many satellite operators I've\nworked on the satellites in person.\n\nThe core of the demo station was similar to past years. I brought my\npair of Yaesu FT-817s (known fondly among many satellite operators as\na Yaesu FT-1634) as well as a Windows 10 tablet and a FUNcube Dongle\nPro+. The antenna was an Arrow II 146/437-10BP and I also brought a\ncheap Optera camera tripod. In addition, John Papay, K8YSE, brought\nhis Icom IC-910H, laptop, and Arrow antenna on a speaker stand with a\nmount that allowed a smooth way to change polarity throughout the\npass. With this mix of equipment, we were able to demonstrate several\nmethods of satellite operating: computer controlled Doppler tuning of\na transceiver designed for satellite operating, manual Doppler tuning\nwith a pair of VHF/UHF all-mode transceivers, and use of an SDR\nreceiver with a VHF/UHF all-mode receiver for full-duplex operating on\nlinear transponders.\n\nThe demo area was up and running by the time the outdoor areas of the\nHamvention opened at 8:00am on Friday morning. Our first pass was an\nXW-2A pass at 8:17am, with K8YSE operating his IC-910H and KD8CAO\nrunning the antenna. The demos were generally a two man operation with\none operator at the radio and one serving as the antenna rotor. After\nthis pass, we listened to the 70cm PSK31 signal from NO-84 and a few\npacket bursts from the ISS using the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and Windows\n10 tablet before a pair of AO-85 passes and an XW-2F pass operated by\nK8YSE.\n\nBy special request, the AO-73 transponder was activated a day area and\nwas available for Friday morning's demos. I operated the 10:51am pass\nwith my pair of Yaesu FT-817s. A video of this pass is available on\nthe AMSAT North America Facebook page:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/7828379515/permalink/10154235785829516/\n\nLater, I operated an SO-50 and FO-29 pass with that pair of FT-817s as\nwell, but had to fight strong desense. After those two passes, I\ngrabbed a diplexer I had brought and placed it on the 2m transmit side\n(to filter out the third harmonic from the transmitter) and\nexperienced no further desense problems with my setup. PY5LF captured\npart of the SO-50 pass on video:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVPb1a9NqxQ\nK8YSE then operated the rest of the FO-29, AO-7, and SO-50 passes\nthat afternoon.\n\nOn Saturday morning, we opened with listening (and decoding a bit) to\nthe PSK31 beacon on NO-84. Unfortunately, we did not have HF transmit\ncapability. The signal from NO-84's PSK31 transponder is very good and\nI highly recommend anyone who can transmit on 10m at 25-50 watts and\nreceive a 70cm FM signal give it a try.\n\nAfter working an XW-2F pass with the pair of FT-817s, I decided to\ngive the SDR receiver a try and made one QSO each on XW-2C and XW-2A\nusing the SDR as a downlink receiver. This was the first time I had\ntried doing this and it was fun, though I definitely need some more\npractice with it! I also tried the SDR receiver on AO-73 and FO-29 and\nmade a couple of QSOs.\n\nShortly after the ARRL Youth Forum ended around noon, a large crowd\nbegan to arrive at the demo area. Nine-year old Hope Lea, KM4IPF, who\nhad given a talk at the Youth Forum operated a pass of SO-50 around\n12:19pm and made many QSOs from coast-to-coast. A video of this pass\nis available from the AMSAT North America Facebook page:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/james.g.lea/videos/10154297928734363/\n\nAfter the SO-50 pass, we made several QSOs on FO-29 and then listened\nto the SPROUT digitalker. The SPROUT digitalker is generally active on\nSaturday passes. A video of this pass is available here:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FRNZkMb5yM\n\nK8YSE then operated the Saturday afternoon passes of FO-29, AO-7, and\nAO-85 with his Icom IC-910H setup. Highlights included several of us\npassing around the microphone to work Paulo, PV8DX, in Brazil.\n\nWe got an early start on Sunday morning, operating a pass of AO-85 to\nthe northeast using my dual FT-817 setup just prior to 8:00am.\nAlthough I was the only person in the demo area, I made three QSOs on\nAO-85, holding the antenna myself and leaning over the table to\noperate the radio. After this, I operated a pass of XW-2F around\n8:30am. For the 8:44am XW-2A pass, ARRL Media & Public Relations\nManager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, took the microphone and made several QSOs\non that pass while I pointed the antenna. Although I did have a tripod\nfor the antenna, I was simply using the stock camera tripod mount and\nhad no way to adjust polarity. Since polarity is so critical while\noperating satellites, the operators who pointed the antenna while\nusing my Arrow generally took the antenna off the tripod and held it\nin their hand for quick polarity adjustments. K8YSE's speaker stand\nmount demonstrated a good way to mount an Arrow antenna on a tripod\nwhile retaining adequate control over polarity.\n\nThe next pass after this was a low western pass of XW-2C where I made\nseveral QSOs. At 9:37am, we operated a pass of AO-85 and made QSOs\nfrom coast-to-coast. A video of AMSAT VP of Operations Drew\nGlasbrenner, KO4MA, at the microphone is available at:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrmzym39X5E\n\nI would note that we were using a pair of FT-817s, barefoot, on that\npass and were able to make several QSOs with just 5 watts, mostly full\nquieting. Though AO-85 can often take a bit more power to get in to,\nQSOs using 5 watts and an Arrow antenna are very possible.\n\nPasses of SO-50, AO-73, and FO-29 rounded out the demos for the\nHamvention and we were QRT at 12:12pm on Sunday, but not before\nworking MI6GTY in Northern Ireland on FO-29. It was nice to get Europe\nin the log from the Dayton Hamvention demo station and it was our last\nQSO of the 2016 Hamvention.\n\nThe AMSAT demo station has been a fun place to spend a majority of the\nlast three Dayton Hamventions and I would encourage all satellite\noperators and those curious about satellite operation to visit the\nstation outside of Ball Arena (near the ARRL and AMSAT booth areas)\nnext May. Volunteers and guest operators are always sought!\n\nA few pictures are posted on the AMSAT North America Facebook page:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/7828379515/permalink/10154235785829516/\n(The AMSAT North America Facebook group is very active - in fact,\ntraffic has likely surpassed the traffic on the AMSAT-BB. If you are\nnot a member, I would encourage you to check it out\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/7828379515/?qsefr=1)\n\nThanks to the following for volunteering at the demo station (and\napologies if I missed anyone):\n\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nJohn Papay, K8YSE\nDoug Papay, KD8CAO\nArt Payne, VE3GNF\nWyatt Dirks, AC0RA\nMichael Kirkhart, KD8QBA\nJohn Brier, KG4AKV\nJeff Griffin, KB2M\nHope Lea, KM4IPF\nSean Kutzko, KX9X\n\nThanks to the following for providing equipment for the demo station:\n\nMike Young, WB8CXO (Batteries)\nKeith Pugh, W5IU (DC power distribution)\nWashington, DC\n\nP. S. I did not keep logs at the demo station, though I will remember\nif I worked you! If you need a card or LoTW upload for EM79, please\nlet me know.\n-Paul, N8HM\n\n\n[ANS thanks to AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM and his team\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nA Tiny Satellite of Your Very Own\n\n\nThey're not just for rocket scientists anymore\n\nSatellites used to be the exclusive playthings of rich governments and \nwealthy\ncorporations. But increasingly, as space becomes more democratized, these\nsophisticated technologies are coming within reach of ordinary people. Just\nlike drones before them, miniature satellites are beginning to fundamentally\ntransform our conceptions of who gets to do what up above our heads.\n\nAs a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences highlights, these\nsatellites hold tremendous potential for making satellite-based science more\naccessible than ever before. However, as the cost of getting your own \nsatellite\nin orbit plummets, the risks of irresponsible use grow.\n\nThe question here is no longer “Can we?” but “Should we?” What are the\npotential downsides of having a slice of space densely populated by \nequipment\nbuilt by people not traditionally labeled as “professionals”? And what would\nthe responsible and beneficial development and use of this technology \nactually\nlook like?\n\nSome of the answers may come from a nonprofit organization that has been\nbuilding and launching amateur satellites for nearly 50 years.\nJust a few inches across and ready for orbit.\n\nThe technology we’re talking about\n\nHaving your own personal satellite launched into orbit might sound like an\nidea straight out of science fiction. But over the past few decades a unique\nclass of satellites has been created that fits the bill: CubeSats.\n\nThe “Cube” here simply refers to the satellite’s shape. The most common\nCubeSat (the so-called “1U” satellite) is a 10 cm (roughly 4 inches) \ncube, so\nsmall that a single CubeSat could easily be mistaken for a paperweight \non your\ndesk. These mini, modular satellites can fit in a launch vehicle’s formerly\n“wasted space.” Multiples can be deployed in combination for more complex\nmissions than could be achieved by one CubeSat alone.\n\nWithin their compact bodies these minute satellites are able to house \nsensors\nand communications receivers/transmitters that enable operators to study the\nEarth from space, as well as space around the Earth.\n\nThey’re primarily designed for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – an easily accessible\nregion of space from around 200 to 800 miles above the Earth, where human-\ntended missions like the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space\nStation (ISS) hang out. But they can attain more distant orbits; NASA \nplans for\nmost of its future Earth-escaping payloads (to the moon and Mars \nespecially) to\ncarry CubeSats.\n\nBecause they’re so small and light, it costs much less to get a CubeSat into\nEarth orbit than a traditional communication or GPS satellite. For \ninstance, a\nresearch group here at Arizona State University recently claimed their\ndevelopmental “femtosats” (especially small CubeSats) could cost as \nlittle as\nUS$3,000 to put in orbit. This decrease in cost is allowing researchers,\nhobbyists and even elementary school groups to put simple instruments \ninto LEO,\nby piggybacking onto rocket launches, or even having them deployed from \nthe ISS.\n\nThe first CubeSat was created in the early 2000s, as a way of enabling \nCalPoly\nand Stanford graduate students to design, build, test and operate a \nspacecraft\nwith similar capabilities to the USSR’s Sputnik.\n\nSince then, NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office and even Boeing \nhave all\nlaunched and operated CubeSats. There are more than 130 currently \noperational\nin orbit. The NASA Educational Launch of Nano Satellite (ELaNa) program, \nwhich\noffers free launches for educational groups and science missions, is now \nopen\nto U.S. nonprofit corporations as well.\n\nClearly, satellites are not just for rocket scientists anymore.\n\nThinking inside the box\n\nThe National Academy of Sciences report emphasizes CubeSats' importance in\nscientific discovery and the training of future space scientists and \nengineers.\nYet it also acknowledges that widespread deployment of LEO CubeSats \nisn’t risk-\nfree.\n\nThe greatest concern the authors raise is space debris – pieces of \n“junk” that\norbit the earth, with the potential to cause serious damage if they collide\nwith operational units, including the ISS.\n\nCurrently, there aren’t many CubeSats and they’re tracked closely. Yet \nas LEO\nopens up to more amateur satellites, they may pose an increasing threat. \nAs the\nreport authors point out, even near-misses might lead to the “creation of an\nonerous regulatory framework and affect the future disposition of science\nCubeSats.”\n\nMore broadly, the report authors focus on factors that might impede greater\nuse of CubeSat technologies. These include regulations around \nearth-space radio\ncommunications, possible impacts of International Traffic in Arms \nRegulations\n(which govern import and export of defense-related articles and services \nin the\nU.S.), and potential issues around extra-terrestrial contamination.\n\nBut what about the rest of us? How can we be sure that hobbyists and others\naren’t launching their own “spy” satellites, or (intentionally or not) \nplacing\npolluting technologies into LEO, or even deploying low-cost CubeSat networks\nthat could be hijacked and used nefariously?\n\nAs CubeSat researchers are quick to point out, these are far-fetched\nscenarios. But they suggest that now’s the time to ponder unexpected and\nunintended possible consequences of more people than ever having access to\ntheir own small slice of space. In an era when you can simply buy a \nCubeSat kit\noff the shelf, how can we trust the satellites over our heads were developed\nwith good intentions by people who knew what they were doing?\n\nSome “expert amateurs” in the satellite game could provide some inspiration\nfor how to proceed responsibly.\n\nGuidance from experienced amateurs\n\nIn 1969, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) was created in \norder\nto foster ham radio enthusiasts' participation in space research and\ncommunication. It continued the efforts, begun in 1961, by Project OSCAR – a\nU.S.-based group that built and launched the very first nongovernmental\nsatellite just four years after Sputnik.\n\nAs an organization of volunteers, AMSAT was putting “amateur” satellites in\norbit decades before the current CubeSat craze. And over time, its \nmembers have\nlearned a thing or two about responsibility.\n\nHere, open-source development has been a central principle. Within the\norganization, AMSAT has a philosophy of open sourcing everything – making\ntechnical data on all aspects of their satellites fully available to \neveryone\nin the organization, and when possible, the public. According to a member of\nthe team responsible for FOX 1-A, AMSAT’s first CubeSat:\n\nThis means that it would be incredibly difficult to sneak something by us …\nthere’s no way to smuggle explosives or an energy emitter into an amateur\nsatellite when everyone has access to the designs and implementation.\n\nHowever, they’re more cautious about sharing info with nonmembers, as the\norganization guards against others developing the ability to hijack and take\ncontrol of their satellites.\n\nThis form of “self-governance” is possible within long-standing amateur\norganizations that, over time, are able to build a sense of \nresponsibility to\ncommunity members, as well as society more generally.\n\nHow does responsible development evolve?\n\nBut what happens when new players emerge, who don’t have deep roots \nwithin the\nexisting culture?\n\nHobbyist and student “new kids on the block” are gaining access to\ntechnologies without being part of a longstanding amateur establishment. \nThey\nare still constrained by funders, launch providers and a tapestry of\nregulations – all of which rein in what CubeSat developers can and \ncannot do.\nBut there is a danger they’re ill-equipped to think through potential\nunintended consequences.\n\nWhat these unintended consequences might be is admittedly far from clear.\nCertainly, CubeSat developers would argue it’s hard to imagine these tiny\nsatellites causing substantial physical harm. Yet we know innovators can be\nremarkably creative with taking technologies in unexpected directions. \nThink of\nsomething as seemingly benign as the cellphone – we have microfinance \nand text-\nbased social networking at one end of the spectrum, improvised explosive\ndevices at the other.\n\nThis is where a culture of social responsibility around CubeSats becomes\nimportant – not simply for ensuring that physical risks are minimized \n(and good\npractices are adhered to), but also to engage with a much larger \ncommunity in\nanticipating and managing less obvious consequences of the technology.\n\nThis is not an easy task. Yet the evidence from AMSAT and other areas of\ntechnology development suggest that responsible amateur communities can \nand do\nemerge around novel technologies.\n\nFor instance, see the diy-bio community, where hobbyists work in advanced\ncommunity biotech labs. Their growing community commitment to safety and\nresponsibility is highlighting how amateurs can embrace responsibility in\nresearch and innovation. A similar commitment is seen within open-source\nsoftware and hardware communities, such as the members of the Linux \nFoundation.\n\nThe challenge here, of course, is ensuring that what an amateur community\nconsiders to be responsible, actually is. Here’s where there needs to be \na much\nwider public conversation that extends beyond government agencies and\nscientific communities to include students, hobbyists, and anyone who may\npotentially stand to be affected by the use of CubeSat technology.\n\nSee the Houston Chronicle website for further readings:\nhttp://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/Your-own-personal-\nsatellite-7947152.php?t=756e94597b438d9cbb\n\n\n[ANS thanks Elizabeth Garbee and Andrew Maynard from Arizona State \nUniversity\nfor the above information\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew VHF, UHF, uW Handbook Available for Download\n\n\nVersion 7.5 of the IARU Region 1 VHF Handbook is now available for \ndownload.\nThe key Amateur Satellite section is on pages 123-131. There are also\nchapters on Band Planning, Contests, Propagation Research, Operating\nProcedures. Page 116 defines which way to thread a helical beam antenna.\n\nhttp://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/documents/Documents/VHF/Handbook-7.50.pdf/\n\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAmateur Satellite Launch from India\n\n\nMineo Wakita JE9PEL reports on the Indian ISRO PSLV-C34 amateur radio\nsatellite launch planned for June 10, 2016 at 0355 UT into a 500 km\n98 degree inclination orbit.\n\nMain Payload, Cartosat-2C, Earth Observing\nPSLV-XL(C-34), Satish Dharwan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India\n\nSatellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode\n------------ ------- -------- ------- ---------------\nBEESAT-4 . 435.950 435.950 4800bps GMSK,CW\nBIROS . 437.525 . 4800bps GMSK\nLAPAN-A3 . . . Non-Amateur\nMax Valier . 145.860 145.960 CW\nSathyabamasat . 145.980 . 2400bps BPSK\nSwayam COEP . 437.025 437.025 1200bps BPSK,CW\nVenta-1 . . 437.325 CW\n------------ ------- -------- ------- ---------------\n\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/be4lapan.htm\n\nAmong the satellites being launched is Swayam-1 developed by students at \nthe\nCollege of Engineering Pune (COEP). It will provide a text messaging\nfacility using the COEPSAT protocol.\nsee\nhttp://amsatindia.org/coep-satellite-swayam-project/\nhttp://www.coep.org.in/csat/track-swayam/\n\nUPDATE: Yono YD0NXX reports the Indonesian built LAPAN-A3\ndoes not have an amateur radio payload.\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUWE-3 Status Report\n\nOn May 21, 2016 the CubeSat UWE-3 celebrated 2.5 years in space without any\nsignificant failures.\n\nBatteries, EPS, OBC and ADCS are fine, nevertheless we were confronted \nwith a\nminor problem with one of the radios UWE-3 autonomously recovered from. \nSince\nthen UWE-3 is in a very stable condition again.\n\nSome weeks ago we have re-initiated operations with UWE-3 on an interim\nbasis. The goal is to test new magnetic control algorithms in space.\nTherefore we operate the satellite on the 436.395200 MHz frequency and \nperform\ndata downloads from time to time. In the figure below the satellite’s \nrotation\nrate w is shown for one of the experiments. The goal was to establish a\nrotation about the satellite’s X-axis at 10 deg/s while the Y/Z-axes\nshould be at 0 deg/s. In general the desired rotation rate could be achieved\nbut with major deviations from the setpoint. With the intention of \noptimizing\nthe relevant control laws we will continue with these experiments within the\nnext days and weeks.\n\nDuring our experiments we received an outstanding support from the radio\ncommunity from all over the world we are very thankful for. The received\npackets were instantaneous injected into our algorithms and delivered an\nimportant contribution to our research work. We would like to express our\nspecial thanks to DK3WN, PE0SAT, DL8MCO, EU1XX, ON4HF, Rainer, JA5BLZ, \nJA6PL,\nCU2JX, LU4EOU, JA1GDE, SP7THR, G7GQW, YC3BVG, JF1EUY, JE9PEL, JE1CVL, \nJO1PTD,\nZL4JL, EA7ADI, K4KDR, JA0CAW, JH4XSY, PA2EON, SM0TGU. THANK YOU!\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nUWE-3 Team\n\nUWE-3 was launched with FUNcube-1 on November 21, 2013. Latest UWE-3 news at\nhttp://www7.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/forschung/space_exploration/projects\n/uwe_3/uwe_3_news/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat Video\n\n\nThe Russian space agency Roscosmos has released a video of the Tomsk-TPU-120\nCubeSat commemorative transmission from the International Space Station.\n\nThe satellite was developed by students at the Tomsk Polytechnic \nUniversity to\ntest new space materials technology and is the world’s first space \nvehicle with\na 3D-printed structure. It was launched from Baikonur to the ISS on \nMarch 31,\n2016 in a Progress-MS-2 cargo vessel. It will be deployed by hand during a\nfuture Russian spacewalk (EVA), which is why unlike other CubeSats this \none has\na handle. The call sign of the satellite is RS4S.\n\nTomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat Callsign RS4SIn May 2016 the Tomsk Polytechnic\nUniversity celebrated its 120th anniversary. As part of the celebrations \non May\n10/11 the Tomsk-TPU-120 was activated in the ISS and transmitted a \ngreeting to\nEarth inhabitants, recorded by students of the university in 10 languages:\nRussian, English, German, French, Chinese, Arabic, Tatar, Indian, Kazakh and\nPortuguese.\n\nThe greeting message was transmitted once a minute on 437.025 MHz FM. One of\nthe Kenwood transceivers on the ISS provided a cross-band relay, re-\ntransmitting the signal on 145.800 MHz FM.\n\nThe video, recorded in the Russian ISS Service Module, shows the CubeSat and\nthe amateur radio station. The video is in Russian.\n\nWatch\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnYIjgGU4vQ\n\nThe next Russian spacewalk appears to be EVA-43 which is expected to take\nplace in early 2017\nhttp://spaceflight101.com/iss/iss-calendar/\n\nWorld’s First 3D-printed Satellite\nhttp://tpu.ru/en/news-events/760/\n\nDmitry R4UAB operates a WebSDR which you can use to receive the \ntransmissions\nwhen the ISS is over Russia\nhttp://websdr.r4uab.ru/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nEs’Hail-2 Geostationary P4-A Transponder Frequencies\n\n\nThe launch of the Es’Hail-2 satellite into a geostationary orbit at 25.5\ndegrees East is planned for December 2016. The coverage area of the amateur\nradio Narrowband (NB) and Wideband (WB) transponders should extend from \nBrazil\nto Thailand.\n\nEs’hail 2 will carry two “Phase 4” amateur radio non-inverting transponders\noperating in the 2400 MHz and 10450 MHz bands. A 250 kHz bandwidth linear\ntransponder intended for conventional analogue operations and an 8 MHz\nbandwidth transponder for experimental digital modulation schemes and DVB\namateur television.\n\nNarrowband Linear transponder\n 2400.050 - 2400.300 MHz Uplink\n10489.550 - 10489.800 MHz Downlink\n\nWideband digital transponder\n 2401.500 - 2409.500 MHz Uplink\n10491.000 - 10499.000 MHz Downlink\n\nEquipment requirements:\n\nX-Band 10 GHz Downlink:\n– 89 cm dishes in rainy areas at EOC like Brazil or Thailand\n– 60 cm around coverage peak\n– 75 cm dishes at peak -2dB\n– NB: linear vertical polarisation\n– WB: linear horizontal polarisation\n\nS-Band 2.4 GHz NB-Uplink:\n– narrow band modes like SSB, CW\n– 5W nominal Uplink power (22.5 dBi antenna gain, 75cm dish)\n– RHCP polarisation\n\nS-Band 2.4 GHz WB-Uplink (DATV):\n– wide band modes, DVB-S2\n– peak EIRP of 53 dBW (2.4m dish and 100W) required\n– RHCP polarisation\n\nPresentation on Es’hail by Peter Guelzow DB2OS, President of AMSAT-DL, \nat the\n2013 AMSAT-UK Colloquium\nhttp://www.batc.tv/streams/amsat1306\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-DL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nÑUSAT-1 SSB/CW Transponder Satellite\n\n\nThe launch of ÑUSAT-1, the second AMSAT ARGENTINA amateur satellite on \nMay 30,\nwill mark an extraordinary event for our Institution and fostering of \nhope for\nsatellite community.\n\nAs we quoted when the announcement of the launching of this experiment, \nAmsat\nArgentina has been working for several years to keep alive the dream of many\nArgentine amateurs to get back into Space with their own satellite as a \nfollow-\non of the legendary 1990’s LUSAT-1, reaping the benefits of Technological\nadvancement of our days.\n\nWe believe technical activities and developments of experiments in near \nspace\nshare the same goals: preserving the human group, enhancing their \ncapabilities\nas well as disseminate and guiding the education and development of the\nactivity, meanwhile contributing to Space available resources.\n\nOur agreement with Satellogic Enterprises, which already launched three low\norbit satellites: Captain Beto, Manolito y Tita, two of which transmit\ntelemetry and data currently in UHF identifying themselves with callsign \nLU7AA,\nallowed us to ride a linear analog amateur radio transponder and \ncorresponding\nantenna aboard one of their next satellite, ÑUSAT-1\n\nAMSAT-LU provides simultaneously, support for this mission and the ÑUSAT-2\nmission, by operating one of the control stations at Tortuguitas, Prov. Of\nBs.As.\n\nThe experiment Amsat-LU developed, evolved from original design of our\ncolleague and partner William, PE1RAH, while electronic adaptation, \nmechanical\nand software was made by the LU Satellite Experiment group, mounted on a \n10 x\n10 centimeters radiating plate, in which components of the power supply \nas well\nas a duplexer and dual band antenna where also incorporated.\n\nThis set was installed on the Ñusat-1 bus, which supplies power and becomes\npart of several other experiments this satellite will make.\n\nThe transponder receives UHF which is broadcasted in VHF, has a bandwidth of\n30 kHz. with an output power of 250 mW.\n\n435.935 ~ 435.965 are LSB/CW uplink passband\n145.965 ~ 145.935 are USB/CW downlink passband\n145.900 Basic CW Telemetry\n\nThe launch will be from a Chinese launcher in a polar orbit at 500 km. \nheight,\nwith inclination of 97 degrees from Equator.\n\nsee\nhttp://www.amsat.org.ar\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Amsat.LU\nhttp://lusex.org.ar\nhttp://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-Argentia for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nESA Announces Winning Radio Amateurs\n\n\nOn April 21, 2016, ESA’s Education Office set a challenge for the worldwide\nradio amateur community to start listening out for three new orbiting \nCubeSats.\nThe results have now been released.\n\nESA’s Education Office published the transmission frequencies of the \nstudent-\nbuilt satellites that were about to be launched as part of the Fly Your\nSatellite! Program, and invited the radio amateur community to listen \nout for\nthem.\n\nThe first three radio amateurs to send a recorded signal from AAUSAT4, \ne-st@r-\nII or OUFTI-1 would receive a prize from ESA’s Education Office. Hundreds of\nradio amateurs from around the world joined in the friendly competition.\n\nThe CubeSats started sending signals after their release from the Soyuz \nVS-14\nrocket and the triggering of their automatic activation sequence. \nParticipants\nfrom Russia, USA, Poland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Brazil, Italy, \nDenmark,\nand more tuned their receivers and listened.\n\nThanks to skill and patience on the ground, the winners come from \nRussia, the\nUnited States of America, Germany, and the Netherlands.\n\nContact with the first CubeSat came at 00:53:51 UT on April 26, 2016, within\nan hour of its separation from the launcher. Dmitri Paschkow R4UAB, Russia,\nheard the signal from OUFTI-1 using two receiving stations, in Kemerovo and\nRuzaevka. Upon hearing OUFTI-1, he communicated the news immediately. “I\nunderstand that the students are worried [to hear from their satellite] and\ndecided to please them!” says Paschkow.\n\nJust over an hour after the first signal from OUFTI-1 was recorded, the next\nCubeSat checked in.\n\nAAUSAT-4 was heard over California, US, by Justin Foley KI6EPH of California\nPolytechnic State University. He had a personal interest in the mission \nbecause\nsome of his colleagues had developed the P-POD deployer that was used to \neject\nthe CubeSats into orbit.\n\nHe was ready at the receiver from the moment of deployment but heard nothing\non that first pass, probably because the activation sequence had not yet\ncompleted. The signal came through on the second pass, arriving at 02:02 UT.\n\n“It was extremely exciting to see signals from the newly launched satellite,\nand witness the beginning of a space mission”, says Foley.\n\nThen the wait began for e-st@r-II. At 05:40:58 UT, something dimly lit the\nscreen of Mike Rupprecht DK3WN in Germany. But something was not quite \nright.\nIt certainly looked like a signal from the last remaining CubeSat, but \nwhy was\nthe message so faint? It galvanized the amateur radio community to look \nharder.\n\nJan van Gils PE0SAT had to wait until May 2 at 16:38:05 UT to receive a \nsignal\nfrom e-st@r-II that was strong enough to be decoded. Why e-st@r-II was only\ntransmitting weak signals is under investigation, but the most important \nnews\nis that all three CubeSats are functioning and transmitting, and their \nsignals\ncan be decoded.\n\nA special mention goes to a young radio amateur who scored a personal best.\nTwelve year-old space enthusiast Matteo Micheletti from Belgium caught the\nOUFTI-1 signal with a portable log periodic antenna and a portable receiver.\nHis triumph occurred on May 1, 2016 between 17:34 and 17:39 UT.\n\nTo mark their success, the radio amateur winners will each receive a Fly \nYour\nSatellite! Poster, a goodie bag and a scale 1:1 3D printed model of a \nCubeSat\nfrom ESA’s Education Office.\n\nRead the full ESA story at http://www.esa.int/Education/CubeSats_-\n_Fly_Your_Satellite/CubeSats_competition_winners\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and ESA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSymposium to Address Interference-free Satellite Services\n\n\nExperts are planning to meet in Geneva, 13-14 June for a Symposium to\naddress interference-free satellite services.\n\nGeneva, 4 May 2016 - The ITU International Satellite Communication Symposium\nto be held in Geneva, 13-14 June, will explore measures to prevent and\ncombat interference in satellite communications. International experts will\nexamine the current situation and the latest technologies to detect,\nidentify, locate and mitigate harmful interference, which may severely\nimpact satellite services, including safety operations.\n\nDiscussions will also focus on International space law, protecting space\nscience services, radio astronomy, global navigation satellite services, and\ncybersecurity as well as ensuring interference-free satellite broadcast\nservices.\n\nA special session will be dedicated to innovation in satellite systems,\nfocusing on technical characteristics and benefits arising from new\ngenerations of non-geostationary satellite orbit (non-GSO) constellations\nand High Throughput Satellites (HTS).\n\nWhat: ITU International Satellite Communication Symposium 2016\nWhen: 13-14 June 2016\nWhere: ITU Tower Building, Popov Room\nWhy: To provide an overview of ongoing progress on regulations,\ntechnologies and measures to prevent and combat interference in satellite\ncommunications and to share experiences on the latest developments and\ninnovations.\nWho: Experts from the satellite industry, operators, regulators and\nbroadcasters from around the world.\n\nFor more information, please contact:\nSanjay Acharya\nChief, Media Relations & Public Information, ITU\ntelephone +41 22 730 5046\ntel +41 79 249 4861\nemail\[email protected]\n\nGrace Petrin\nCommunication Officer\nITU Radio Communication Bureau\ntelephone +41 22 730 5810\ntel +41 79 599 1428\nemail\[email protected]\n\nsee\nhttp://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2016/Advisory-06.aspx\n\n\n[ANS thanks the ITU for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDCC Call for Papers\n\n\nTechnical papers are solicited for presentation at the 35th Annual\nARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, to be held September 16-18 in\nSt Petersburg, Florida. Papers will also be published in the Conference\nProceedings. Authors do not need to attend the conference to have their\npapers included in the Proceedings. The submission deadline is July 31,\n2016.\n\nThe ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference is an international forum\nfor technically minded radio amateurs to meet and present new ideas and\ntechniques. Paper/presentation topic areas include -- but are not limited\nto -- software defined radio (SDR), digital voice, digital satellite\ncommunication, digital signal processing (DSP), HF digital modes, adapting\nIEEE 802.11 systems for Amateur Radio, Global Positioning System (GPS),\nAutomatic Position Reporting System (APRS), Linux in Amateur Radio, AX.25\nupdates and Internet operability with Amateur Radio networks.\n\nSubmit papers to via e-mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, or via\npostal mail to: Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT\n06111. Papers will be published exactly as submitted, and authors will\nretain all rights. Please do not email zip files as these will be rejected\nby our servers.\n\n73 . . . Steve Ford, WB8IMY\nQST Editor in Chief and Publications Manager\nARRL -- the National Association for Amateur Radio\ntel 860-594-0287\[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>\n\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL, TAPR, and Steve Ford, WB8IMY for the above \ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Events\n\n\nInformation about AMSAT activities at other important events around\nthe country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where\nAMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working\namateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with\nAMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,\nforums, and/or demonstrations).\n\n*Saturday, 4 June 2016 – White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low AZ\n\n*Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 10-12 June 2016 – Ham-Com in Irving, TX\n\n*Saturday, 11 June 2016 – Prescott Hamfest in Prescott AZ\n\n*Wednesday, 6 July 2016 – Chehalis Valley Amateur Radio Society meeting\nin Chehalis WA\n\n*Saturday, 13 August 2016 – KL7KC Hamfest in Fairbanks AK\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nSuccessful Contacts\n\nCradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, Garden City, New York,\ntelebridge via W6SRJ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ\nContact was successful: Mon 2016-05-23 12:57:05 UTC 43 deg\n\nThe ARISS contact with Jeff Williams by the students at Westbury Magnet\nAcademy at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York\nwas successful. Jeff answered 19 questions before loss of signal.\nDan Dalby did a great job of operating at W6SR. The telebridge contact with\nstudents at Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, Garden City,\nNew York, USA was successful Mon 2016-05-23 12:57:05 UTC 43 deg.\nAstronaut Jeff Williams KD5TVQ answered 19 questions for the students at\nWestbury Magnet Academy who were on site at the Museum.\n\nA local news channel filed this report: Students Take Call from\nAstronaut on ISS\nsee NBC New York\nhttp://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Students-Take-Call-from-Astronaut\n-on-ISS_New-York-380581991.html?_osource=mobilesharebar\n\nThe Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, located in Garden City,\nNew York, opened in 2002. The mission of the museum is to inspire students\nwith the spirit of discovery through the exploration of air and space\ntechnologies, and to encourage them to consider careers in science,\ntechnology, engineering and math. The museum is home to the Westbury Magnet\nAcademy at the Cradle of Aviation, the first magnet school to open on Long\nIsland. The Museum and Academy offer two summer STEM enrichment programs \nfor\nstudents entering the seventh and ninth grades. The ARISS event will be an\ninvaluable tool to supplement classroom instruction and research.\n\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\n* Venta School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ\nContact is a go for: Mon 2016-05-30 19:01:25 UTC 32 deg\n\nVenta Preparatory School is a small co-ed day and boarding school from\nJunior Kindergarten to Grade 10, located just outside of Ottawa in Carp,\nOntario. We foster and continually enhance an environment where each\nstudent can grow and achieve their highest potential.\n\n* Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan,\ndirect via 8N3B\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI\nContact is a go for: Sat 2016-06-04 08:31:09 UTC 74 deg\n\nBouze Island is one of the Ieshima small Islands which are located in the\nSeto Inland sea of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. There are about 1400 people\non the island and are part of the marine products industry. They live with\nsimplicity and are friendly. But the students of this Island have not had\na chance for scientific experience as part of their school education\nbecause of their remote location. There are 140 persons in the elementary\nschool and 100 persons in the junior high school.\n\nWatch\nhttp://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html\nfor information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Dave, AA4KN, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSt. Paul Island Satellite Ops Word Getting Around\n\nThe DXer pages are picking up on the news of satellite operation from CY9C\nSt. Paul Island. This something of a blog and the May 23 update mentions\nAMSAT often:\n\nhttp://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2016/cy9c-st-paul-island/\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM for the above information]\n\n\nGK4LOH Received Over 3467km on 144 MHz by Reflection off ISS\n\nA reflection from the structure of the International Space Station enabled a\n144.175 MHz signal from Tim GK4LOH in Cornwall to cross the Atlantic.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vii8DmG3ftc\n\nThe YouTube description reads: 02:40 UTC May 24th 2016 ISS Flypast.\nSignal heard 2 minutes 45 into the recording and continues for over a \nminute.\nThe CW transmitted message was “GK4LOH GK4LOH T T T T T T T T T T”\n\nAs soon as ISS set in GN37 I stepped outside the shack and watched as \nthe ISS\nfly right over here:-) Recorded by Frank VO1HP using the remote receiver \nbeacon\nVO1FN.\n\nGK4LOH Blog\nhttp://www.g4loh.com/\n\nThe RSGB VHF Manager John Regnault G4SWX has received a Canadian station on\n144 MHz which on investigation was also found to be by ISS reflection, see\nhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/july/uk_radio_ham_copies_canadian_144_mhz\n_signal.htm\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\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,\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }