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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/UG2J37DETH3YKBJI4WTSC4ZOBQ6F4CZS/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "UG2J37DETH3YKBJI4WTSC4ZOBQ6F4CZS", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/UG2J37DETH3YKBJI4WTSC4ZOBQ6F4CZS/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "morsesat (a) optonline.net", "mailman_id": "72f51eafcada419487d1a984af73dff5", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/72f51eafcada419487d1a984af73dff5/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Dee", "subject": "[amsat-bb] [ans] ANS-357 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2007-12-23T16:02:29Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-357\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the\nactivities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an\nactive interest in designing, building, launching and communicating\nthrough analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\n\nIn this edition:\n* W2RS SKN\n* OSCAR 11 Report\n* AMSAT YEAR End\n* ARISS Status - 18 December 2007\n* President's message\n* Holiday Message\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.01\nW2RS SKN\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 23, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-357.01\n\n Reminder!\n Participating in OSCAR SKN is fun and simple. No scoring and no\nneed to send in a log. Just operate CW through any OSCAR, using a\nstraight hand key, at any time between 0000 and 2400 UTC on January 1, 2008.\n\n In keeping with the friendly nature of this event, all participants\nare encouraged to nominate someone they worked for Best Fist. Your\nnominee need not have the best fist you heard, just the best of those\nyou worked. Please send your nomination to W2RS at [email protected]. Those\nnominated will be recognized in an AMSAT News Service bulletin, and in\nThe AMSAT Journal.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.02\nOSCAR-11 REPORT\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.02\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 23, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-357.02\n\n OSCAR-11 REPORT\n\n20 December 2007\n\nRECEPTION REPORTS REQUESTED!\n\nPlease send reception reports to [email protected] (please replace xxxxx\nby g3cwv) or post to amsat-bb. If you are able to record the satellite\nas a WAV file, please do so, but let me know what you have, before\nsending it!\n\nIf you need to hear what the satellite sounds like, please visit my\nwebsite www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ The satellite transmits on\n145.826 M Hz. set receiver to NBFM.\n\n---------\n\nDuring the period 15 November to 19 December 2007 the satellite has\nbeen heard from 18 to 20 November. Signals were variable in strength,\nmostly weak.\n\nThe real time clock has lost a further 4.29 days since 08 October. When\nlast heard it was 74.26876 days slow.\n\nI am indebted to Kevin WA6FWF, Peter ZL3TC, Armando N8IGJ and Thomas\nHB0SKA for their reports. Many thanks.\n\nEclipses have continued and are expected until mid January 2008.\nAlthough the maximum duration of the current eclipses is less than those\nearlier this year, it is doubtful whether the satellite will be heard\nfor any sustained period. Even in continuous sunlight during September\nand October the satellite was unable to support continuous operation.\n\nIt is likely than the satellite will only be heard by chance, by\nstations listening for other satellites on 145.826 Mhz.\n\nThe current status of the satel lite, is that all the analogue telemetry\nchannels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have failed. The status channels 60\nto 67 are still working. The real time clock is showing a large\naccumulated error, although over short periods timekeeping is accurate\nto a few seconds per month. The day of the month has a bit stuck at\n'one' so the day of the month may show an error of +40 days for some\ndates. The time display has switched into 12 hour mode. Unfortunately,\nthere is no AM/PM indicator, since the time display format was designed\nfor 24 hour mode.\nMore data is required to determine exactly when the date changes.\n\nThe spacecraft computer and active attitude control system have switched\nOFF, ie. the satellite' attitude is controlled only by the passive\ngravity boom gradient, and the satellite is free to spin at any speed.\nWhen telemetry was last received it showed that one of the solar arrays\nhad failed, and there was a large unexp lained current drain on the main\n14 volt bus. After 23 years in orbit the battery has undergone around\n100,000 partial charge/discharge cycles, and observations suggest that\nit cannot power the satellite during eclipses, or sometimes during\nperiods of poor solar attitude.\n\nThe watchdog timer now operates on a 20 day cycle. The ON/OFF times have\ntended to be very consistent. The average of many observations show this\nto be 20.7 days, ie. 10.3 days ON followed by 10.4 days OFF. However,\npoor solar attitude may result may result in a low 14 volt line supply,\nwhich may cause the beacon to switch OFF prematurely, and reset the\nwatchdog timer cycle. When this occurs, the beacon is OFF for 20.7 days.\n\nThe Beacon frequencies are -\n\nVHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry\n\nUHF 435.025 MHz. OFF\n\nS-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF\n\nListeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website. If you\nneed to know what OSC AR-11 should sound like, there is a short audio\nclip for you to hear. There is an example of the latest telemetry\nreceived from the satellite. The website contains an archive of news &\ntelemetry data. It also contains details about using a soundcard or\nhardware demodulators for data capture. There is software for capturing\ndata, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The URL is\nwww.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/\n\nIf you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please\nuse the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT140.CWV, to prevent duplication.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.03\nAMSAT YEAR End\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.03\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 23, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-357.03\n\nAre you looking for an end of the year tax deduction? Have you thought\nabout renewing your AMSAT Membership? What about joining the President's\nClub? What about a spanking brand new enclosure for the LVB tracker\nboard? There is even an AMSAT branded clock and weather station.\n\nThe AMSAT online store is awaiting your visit. Please follow the direct\nlink below to make your purchase.\n\nhttp://www.amsat-na.com/categories.php\n\nAfraid of embedded links... go to amsat.org and click on the Online\nStore from the left margin.\n\n73...bruce\nAMSAT Store Manager\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.04\nARISS Status - 18 December 2007\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.04\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 23, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-357.04\n\n\n1.\tARISS - Russian School Contact\n\nKursk State Polytechnic University in Kursk, Russia experienced an\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on\nFriday, December 14. The students and faculty had previously\nparticipated in other ARISS contacts from Kursk, Sochi and Mt. Elbrus\nwith Expedition 15 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI. On this occasion,\nthe students were scheduled to speak with flight engineerYuri\nMalenchenko, RK3DUP.\n\n2.\tARISS School Application Updated\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team has\nfinalized the updated ARISS school contact application forms. The\nupdated forms have been posted on the ARISS Web site. See:\nhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm\n\n3.\tKenwood Radio Software Approved\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team’s\nrequest to have the Memory Control Program (MCP) software added to the\nExpedition 17 SSC load has been approved. Once onboard, a crew member\nwill be tasked to restore the Kenwood radio to its proper launch\nconfiguration.\n\n4.\tARISS SuitSat-2 Status\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team has\nobtained solar panels for the SuitSat-2 project. Testing continues on\nthe RF and power systems.\nA SuitSat-2 status presentation was given at the 2007 Radio Amateur\nSatellite Corporation (AMSAT) Space Symposium held in Pittsburgh in\nOctober. It has been posted on the AMSAT Web site. See:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Presentations/AMSAT%20Symposiums\n/2007%20Symposium/Suitsat%202%20Rev%20E%20Symp%2007.pdf\n\n5.\tARRL Article on STS-122 Mission\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article on the STS-122\nshuttle mission status. The shuttle will deliver the Columbus module\nwith the installed Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) antennas. See:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/12/11/100/?nc=1\n\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.05\nPresident's report\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.05\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 23, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-357.05\n\nPresident's Report From the 2007 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting\n\n2007 Symposium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania\n\nOver the past year AMSAT has developed a well-defined mission and\nvision for an exciting future of amateur radio in space. In fact,\nsome of the items we have discussed here at the Symposium may perhaps\nbecome known as the weekend that changed amateur radio.\n\nIn response to input from the members, AMSAT's Board of Directors\nand Officers have undertaken a clearly defined Mission and Vision\nof our current and on-going work:\n\nAMSAT's Mission Statement\n\n + AMSAT designs, builds and operates experimental satellites and\n promotes space education as a non-profit, volunteer organization.\n + AMSAT develops and fosters partnerships with government, industry,\n educational institutions and fellow amateur radio societies.\n + AMSAT leads the way on technical and scientific innovation.\n + AMSAT develops and fosters an environment encouraging the\n training and development of designers and operators.\n\nAMSAT's Vision Statement\n\n + AMSAT will deploy high earth orbit (HEO) satellites, initially\n with daily coverage, evolving to continuous coverage.\n + AMSAT will participate in human space missions.\n + AMSAT will support a stream of LEO satellites which are developed\n in cooperation with the educational community and other amateur\n satellite groups.\n\nThe New Reality\n\nGoing forward, we are realizing a new reality of the future of Amateur\nRadio in space. There is a distinct shift away from the aegis of\ngovernment/military sponsored spaceflight to a field that will be\nmore and more driven by commercial consideration. This development\nsignifies that space missions will become driven by a business-case\nmodel. While our new missions will provide great new services to the\nAmateur Radio community, we cannot afford to pay millions for them.\n\nThe reality is that no one will pay for more \"toys\" for us to play\nwith. To gain the funding necessary our missions must excite the\nfunding sources. AMSAT will be required to fit into the business-case\nmodels of just about every launch opportunity we wish to pursue in\nthe future.\n\nYour Board of Directors and Officers have identified two key areas which\ncapture the attention and imagination of potential funding sources:\n\n + Education - The Phase IV geosynchronous satellite will enable\n TDRS-like support of ARISS. Ten minute school contacts will grow\n to hours-long contact with the Space Station. We are working on\n an expanded curriculum with the ARISS and NASA teams. We are\n planning the establishment of the AMSAT Institute which will\n train educators to bring space into the classroom using AMSAT's\n Phase IV facilities in conjunction with ARISS.\n\n + Emergency Communications - The Advanced Communications Payload\n is being co-developed as spaceflight and ground station gear\n available for rapid deployment or pre-positioning into disaster\n areas to provide 365/24/7 communication capability. This proposal\n is gaining some attention within the Homeland Security organization.\n\nAMSAT's Current Development Plans\n\nConsistent with our Vision Statement we are continuing development of\nPhase III satellites. Budget and staffing for the Eagle satellite will\ncontinue for 2007-2008.\n\nAMSAT-NA is contributing staff and money toward completing AMSAT-DL's\nPhase 3 Express Satellite in 2008. AMSAT-NA teamed with AMSAT-UK to\ndonate 25,000 Euros to AMSAT-DL for the completion of P3E.\n\nPhase IV is not a replacement program at the expense of Phase III. The\nsame transponder gear already in development for Eagle and P3E remains\napplicable to Phase IV. The new commercial launch reality mentioned\npreviously indicates we may actually be able to be launched earlier\nto a high orbit if we fit into the Intelsat ride sharing model. We\nneed to be ready for this event.\n\nPhase IV will enable AMSAT to concentrate more fully on the development\nof space communications. The Intelsat platform will provide hundreds\nof watts of power for 15 years eliminating the need for AMSAT to provide\nsolar cells, it will perform the station keeping and earth pointing\ntasks, internal housekeeping will be simplified.\n\nOnce we have shown funding sources what AMSAT is capable of additional\nlaunch opportunities will arise. Intelsat can drop off sub-payloads\ninto LEO, GTO, or GEO orbits on their way to their primary mission.\nThere are more doors open to the future if we realize and pursue the\nnew reality.\n\nI invite you join AMSAT's exciting future. As we recognize and work\nwithin the new reality of commercial spaceflight we will provide\nexciting new services for amateur radio, emergency preparedness, and\neducation. The side effect of developing \"services\" will be that we\nstill gain what everyone is asking - high orbit transponders for us\nto use and enjoy. AMSAT is to satellites what the Wright brothers\nwere to flight. We are \"Amateur\" only in the sense that we are not\npaid in much the same sense that Olympic athletes are \"Amateurs.\"\n\n73,\n\nRick Hamly, W2GPS\nPresident, AMSAT-NA\n\n\n[ANS thanks Rick, W2GPS for the above information]\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.06\nHoliday Greetings from the AMSAT News Service\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.06\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 23, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-357.06\n\nThe crew at the AMSAT News Service wishes you and your family the best\nof the holiday season and for an excellent, prosperous New Year too!\nThanks for reading! Please continue to send news and comments to the\[email protected] mailbox.\n\nThe weekly ANS bulletins are also posted on-line at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/news/ so you can read them there if you\nare away from your e-mail.\n\nBest wishes and Season's Greetings from all of us!\n\nGould WA4SXM Vice-President, User Services\nLee KU4OS, Editor\nDee NB2F, Editor\nJoAnne K9JKM, Editor\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\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 donors\nto AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nnb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }