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    "date": "2014-02-16T07:55:30Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-047\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* University of Louisiana CAPE II Cubesat Designated LO-75\n* CubeSats deployed from International Space Station\n* Brazilian students talk to Space Station using Amateur Radio\n* New launch dates for SpaceX and Soyuz-2.1b Fregat-M\n* FUNcube Data Warehouse Min-Max Values\n* Brown University LED CubeSat\n* Santa Catalina Island Activation on SO-50\n* $50SAT PocketQube Update\n* Upcoming AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts from All Over\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-047.01\nANS-047 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 047.01\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 16, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-047.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUniversity of Louisiana CAPE II Cubesat Designated LO-75\n\n\nOSCAR Number Administrator Bill Tynan, W3XO announced the University\nof Louisiana's CAPE II cubesat has been designated as University of\nLouisiana OSCAR 75 or LO-75.\n\nBill wrote to AMSAT mentor Nick Pugh, K5QXJ, and the CAPE II cubesat\nteam, \"I have been able to determine CAPE II has met all of the\nrequirements  for an OSCAR number. By the authority vested in me by\nthe AMSAT-NA president, I hereby issue CAPE II the designation Uni-\nversity of Louisiana OSCAR 75 or LO-75. I, and all of the amateur\nsatellite community, wish LO-75 the best of success\".\n\nCAPE II operates on 145.825 MHz with a CW beacon  with the callsign\nW5UL, it also includes a digipeater, text to speech operation, a\nsimplex repeater, email and tweet functions. The ground station soft-\nware can be downloaded from http://www.ulcape.org\n\nFUNCube was recently issued OSCAR designation as AO-73. CubeBug-2\nwas designated as LO-74.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Bill Tynan, W3XO for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCubeSats deployed from International Space Station\n\n\nOn Tuesday, February 11, 2014 astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA\nsuccessfully deployed the first of the 33 CubeSats that were launched\nfrom the Wallops Flight Facility, VA to the International Space\nStation (ISS) in the Cygnus freighter on January 9.\n\nThe first two of the Flock-1 constellation of 28 Dove CubeSats made\nby Planet Labs were deployed at about 0831 UT, it is thought there\nwere another two Dove CubeSats deployed at 1241 UT. Look for the\namateur radio satellites in the near future.\n\nIn addition to the 28 Planet Labs CubeSats there are four amateur\nradio CubeSats – LituanicaSat-1, LitSat-1, ArduSat-2 and UAPSat-1 as\nwell as a 915 MHz CubeSat SkyCube.\n\nLituanicaSat-1 carries a 145/435 MHz FM transponder while LitSat-1\nis thought to carry a 435/145  MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW\ncommunications.\n\nThe IARU coordinated frequencies are listed as:\n\nLituanicaSAT-1\n• FM Transponder Uplink 145.950 MHz Downlink 435.180 MHz\n• AX25 Uplink 145.850 MHz AX25 Downlink 437.550 MHz\n• CW Beacon 437.275 MHz\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/Lituanicasat1\n\nLitSat-1\n• SSB Transponder Uplink 435.180 MHz Downlink 145.950 MHz\n• AX25 Uplink 437.550 MHz Downlink 145.850 MHz\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/palydovas\n\nArduSat\n•  9k6 MSK CCSDS data format downlink 437.? MHz\nhttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/575960623/ardusat-your-arduino-\nexperiment-in-space\n\nUAPSAT\n• AX.25 Packet Radio uplink 145.980 MHz downlink 437.385 MHz\n\nKoichi Wakata KC5ZTA https://twitter.com/Astro_Wakata\n\nNanoRacks https://twitter.com/nanoracks/\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/nanoracks\n\nPlanet Labs https://twitter.com/planetlabs\n\nA Dove in Space https://twitter.com/adoveinspace\n\nSouthern Stars https://twitter.com/south_stars\n\nVideo of NanoRacks interview:\nDeploying CubeSats from the Space Station\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/01/31/video-deploying-cubesats-from-the-\nspace-station/\n\nCubeSats deployments are streamed live at\nhttp://m.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBrazilian students talk to Space Station using Amateur Radio\n\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school\ncontact took place at 17:24 UT on Thursday, February 13, 2014.\n\nInternational_Space_StationStudents at Escola Estadual ‘Gonçalves\nDias’, Boa Vista, Brazil, using the station of Paulo PV8DX, were able\nto talk to astronaut Michael Hopkins KF5LJG who was using the\ncallsign OR4ISS. The contact lasted about 9 minutes and took place in\nEnglish on 145.800 MHz FM.\n\nThe school, founded in 1977, works in two shifts, morning and\nafternoon with a total of 800 students. The school has a specialty\nprogram dedicated to Computer Science and related areas – students in\nthis area were directly involved in the ARISS event. These same\nstudents were involved in the development of questions and related\nstudies. The school has 70 teachers and 30 administrative support\nstaff.\n\nThe students asked these questions:\n\n1. Why did you decide to be an astronaut?\n2. How long can a person live in space?\n3. How do you communicate with your family?\n4. After the mission, what are the most critical physical and\npsychological effects on your body and mind?\n5. If someone is critically injured on the ISS, what would you do\nwith  them?\n6. In case of illness, how is aid provided?\n7. What kind of research are you doing on the ISS?\n8. Do you feel disoriented when you return home?\n9. Given the incredible commitment to become an astronaut, do you\never doubt your choice?\n10. How do you bathe on the ISS?\n11. What is the most interesting thing you have seen in Space?\n12. Is oxygen recycled continually on the ISS or do supply vehicles\nbring up new oxygen?\n13. What is a typical day like on the ISS?\n14. Since there are people from different countries on the ISS, what\nis the language spoken on the Station and what kind of food do you eat?\n\nMedia coverage can be seen at\nhttp://g1.globo.com/rr/roraima/noticia/2014/02/estudantes-de-rr-\nfazem-contato-com-astronauta-em-estacao-espacial.html\n\nhttp://g1.globo.com/rr/roraima/jornal-de-\nroraima/videos/t/edicoes/v/estudantes-roraimenses-tem-contato-com-\nastronauta-por-meio-de-projeto-da-nasa/3147827/\n\nhttp://www.rr.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129\n94:no-espaco-comunicacao-entre-estudantes-de-roraima-e-astronauta-\namericano-foi-um-sucesso&catid=198:2014fevereiro&Itemid=210\n\nSign up for the SAREX maillist at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station\nhttp://www.ariss.org/\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew launch dates for SpaceX and Soyuz-2.1b Fregat-M\n\n\nThere are new launch dates for both SpaceX CRS-3 launching from the\nCape Canaveral Air Force Station and the Soyuz-2.1b, Fregat-M which\nwill be launching from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.\n\nOn his website Mineo Wakita JE9PEL provides the following information:\n\nSpaceX CRS-3 (Dragon C5) Falcon 9 v1.1 is now planned for March 16,\n2014 at 0841 UT. It should be carrying these satellites:\n• All-Star/THEIA, Colorado Space Grant Consortium, 2401.700 MHz\n• Hermes-2, Colorado Space Grant Consortium, 437.425 MHz\n• Ho’oponopono-2, University of Hawaii, 427.220 MHz 9600 bps FSK /\nGMSK\n• LMRSat, Jet Propulsion Laboratory\n• SporeSat, Santa Clara University, 437.100 MHz and 2401.2-2431.2 MHz\n• TechCube-1, NASA Goddard\n• TSAT (TestSat-Lite), Taylor University\n\n\nSoyuz-2.1b, Fregat-M is planned for June 1, 2014 at 1625 UT with\nthese satellites:\n•AISSat-2, University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies,\nNorway\n• Baumanets-2, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia\n• DX-1, Dauria Aerospace, Russia\n• Meteor-M-N2, NPP VNIIEM, Russia\n• M3MSat, CSA / COM DEV, Canada\n• Relek (MKA-PN-2), Lavochkin, Russia\n• SkySat-2, Skybox Imaging, USA\n• TechDemoSat-1, SSTL, UK\n• UKube-1, UK Space Agency, UK\n• Venta-1, Ventspils University, Latvia\n\nUKube-1 communications subsystem:\n• Telemetry downlink 145.840 MHz\n• 2401.0 MHz S Band Downlink\n• 437.425-437.525 MHz UKSEDS myPocketQub Downlink\n• FUNcube subsystem beacon 145.915 MHz 1200 bps BPSK\n• 400 mW inverting linear transponder for SSB and CW\n- 435.080 -435.060 MHz Uplink\n- 145.930 -145.950 MHz Downlink\n\n\n[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL & AMSAT-UK for the above\nannouncement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube Data Warehouse Min-Max Values\n\nSince deployment on November 21, 2013 of FUNcube-1 (AO-73) the\nFUNcube team have been capturing the minimum and maximum Realtime\nvalues for each channel when they have been uploaded by a ground\nstation. This has given a good overview for the early operation and\ninitial commissioning.\n\nThe team have now moved into a steady state of operation and need to\ncheck for long-term trends. To achieve this, they have changed the\nmin-max data collection such that it resets every 7 days and we\ncapture the values each time it does so. At reset you will see the\nreference date change on the page and the min/max values converge.\nThey will diverge again within an orbit.\n\nThe team have considered a rolling 7 day period but that is quite a\nheavyweight process on the server as it has to be run each time we\nget an upload!\n\nAs always, many thanks to all those who are uploading data to the\nwarehouse.\n\nAny feedback to the forum as usual please: http://forum.funcube.org.uk\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBrown University LED CubeSat\n\n\nThe EQUiSat CubeSat will have an LED beacon visible to the naked eye\nat night and will transmit data about its health and position.\n\nEQUiSat, being built by a team of students at Brown University in\nProvidence, Rhode Island, has been cleared for launch.\n\nNASA has announced that EQUiSat is among 16 small satellites\nselected to fly on rockets to be launched over the three-year period\nbeginning in 2015. EQUiSat has not been assigned to a particular\nrocket, but the announcement assures that the student-led project has\na ticket to ride.\n\n“It was pretty great to hear the news on Thursday,” said Hannah\nVarner, a senior engineering concentrator and one of the team’s\nleaders. “We’ve all been in disbelief for the last few days.”\n\nThe launch will be part of NASA’s CubeSats Launch Initiative.\nCubeSats are miniature spacecraft — four-inch cubes weighing around\ntwo pounds — that can be included as auxiliary payloads on rockets\nflown for other primary missions. The program’s purpose is to spur\ninnovation in the design of relatively low-cost satellites and to get\nstudents interested in space technology. To get into the program, the\nBrown team submitted an application and made presentations to two\nreview boards that judged the project’s technical feasibility and\noverall merit.\n\nEQUiSat’s mission will be largely educational. The tiny satellite\nwill carry a flashing LED beacon that will be visible to the naked\neye as it passes through the night sky. In Providence, the beacon\nshould be approximately as bright as the North Star, flashing every\ntwo minutes when in the night sky. EQUiSat will also broadcast via\nradio data on the health of its systems and its orientation relative\nto the Earth and sun. The signal will be available to anyone with a\nsimple amateur radio receiver.\n\nThe idea is for EQUiSat to be a visible and audible ambassador from\nspace to students and space enthusiasts on earth. The Brown team\nplans to combine the launch with a public outreach program. An app\nwill help people track EQUiSat and know when it’s visible at their\nlocation. The team also plans to put together lessons that use\nEQUiSat to teach middle and high school students about satellites,\norbital science, and space in general.\n\n“Satellites have become so common but so few people know how\nimportant they are to everything we do,” Varner said. “They’re\ncrucial to cell phones and TV and everything. So exposing a younger\naudience and a non-science audience to satellites was important for\nus.”\n\nAnother aspect of the mission is to show that space can be\naccessible to just about anyone with enough interest to try to get\nthere.\n\n“CubeSats are a really great architecture because, compared to other\nkinds of satellites, you can build them really quickly and get a\nlaunch comparatively easily,” said Emily Gilbert, a physics\nconcentrator and an EQUiSat team leader. “They’re launched as\nsecondary payloads so you don’t need to commission your own rocket\nfor hundreds of millions of dollars. So it’s great for student groups\nwithout a lot of money and without a lot of time.”\n\nEQUiSat will be inexpensive even by CubeSat standards. The students\nare building their satellite essentially from scratch, despite the\nfact that CubeSat parts — chassis, solar panels, and other components\n— can be purchased. Those parts aren’t cheap, and the build cost for\nmost CubeSats is generally north of $30,000. But the EQUiSat team is\nworking on a budget of around $13,000. Ultimately the students hope\nthe design they develop for EQUiSat will lead to a CubeSat that can\nbe built for $3,000 or less.\n\n“We’re trying to prove that it’s possible to meet all of the\nspecifications and all of the requirements without the very, very\ncostly technology that is out there to build a satellite,” Varner\nsaid.\n\nThe students have worked for the last three years to design and\nbuild EQUiSat’s key systems. An attitude control system will align\nthe satellite with Earth’s magnetic field to keep the LED pointed at\na visible angle. A solar array will charge a set of lithium iron\nphosphate batteries, which will in turn power the LED and radio\ncommunications system. All of those systems will be carried on a\nchassis that can withstand the vibration of launch and the harsh\nvacuum of space. The team will spend the next year or so refining\nthose systems and putting them all together on their tiny spacecraft.\n\nThe EQUiSat venture was launched in 2011 as part of an engineering\ndesign class taught by Rick Fleeter K8VK, adjunct professor of\nengineering. The project morphed into a student club in 2012 and now\nhas around 30 student members. Fleeter, who founded a private\nsatellite company before coming to Brown, oversees the club. But this\nis very much a student-owned project, he says.\n\n“They’re just going on their own energy. I kind of got them pointed\nin the right direction, but it’s not like I have to encourage them or\nsay, ‘Gee, guys, we ought to have a meeting.’ They just go.”\n\nThe original student founders were Kelsey MacMillan, Alexander Neff,\nAlexander Carrere, and Michael Monn KF7DEC, all members of the 2012\nclass. They passed the torch to the current group of leaders,\nincluding Varner, Gilbert, Kelly Hering, Tyler Del Sesto and Casey\nMeehan. All except Meehan are seniors, so they’ll need to pass the\ntorch again. They’re quite confident that younger students will get\nEQUiSat into space.\n\n“We have a really enthusiastic bunch coming up behind us,” Gilbert\nsaid. “We have a lot of faith in them.”\n\nThe team could get its launch call anytime starting next year\nthrough 2017.\n\nBrown University Cubesat project\nhttps://mygroups.brown.edu/organization/CubeSat\n\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/browncubesat\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSanta Catalina Island Activation on SO-50\n\n\nThe Palos Verdes Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that it\nwill again be activating Santa Catalina Island, NA-066 as part of the\nRSGB IOTA program from Wednesday, 19 February to Sunday, 23 February\n2014. The K6PV/6 operation will straddle grid squares DM03rk/DM03sk.\n\nThe team will arrive on the afternoon of the 19h and will be on the\nair with at least two HF stations by evening, and three HF stations\nby the next morning. Operation is planned to follow propagation on\nall HF bands 80 through 10 meters , and on 6 meters if conditions\npermit. Modes of operation will include SSB, CW, and RTTY.\n\nSatellite operation is planned for SO-50 on available passes\nWednesday, Thursday, and Friday. QSL via K6PV.\n\n\n[ANS thanks the Palos Verdes Amateur Radio Club and the Work-Sat\nlist for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n$50SAT PocketQube Update\n\n\nMichael Kirkhart KD8QBA provides this update on the $50SAT\nPocketQube which transmits on 437.505 MHz (+/-9 kHz Doppler shift).\n\nThe TLEs on the Dropbox have been updated to reflect the latest\nelement set available from Celestrak. This probably is not necessary,\nas many (if not all) of you are probably pulling them down into your\nsatellite prediction programs straight from Celestrak’s WWW site.\n\nConstruction of the replacement engineering model (engineering model\n1 was promoted to flight model 1 and is what is in orbit) has been\ncompleted, and preliminary tests show it to be operating correctly. I\nposted a few photos of the build up on the Dropbox in the\nPictures/Engineering-Model-2 folder. Final mass is 202.1 g, which is\nabout 4 to 5 grams lighter than the flight model. This is in line\nwith expectations, as it only has 1 fully populated solar panel, and\nthe missing solar cells (18 of the 24 used on the flight model) would\nadd about 4 to 5 g.\n\nThe RTTY reports file has been updated to include all telemetry\nposted/collected as of 2014-02-11. This file has nearly doubled in\nsize from the last update, which was only 16 days ago. Thanks to\neveryone who has been feeding the data beast by posting their\ntelemetry; please keep doing so. QSL cards for those who have been\nposting telemetry should start appear in your mailbox in the next few\nweeks (or sooner).\n\nWhile it is still quite cold (and snowy) here in EN82, I have been\ngoing out with my FT-60 to listen for at least one pass per day. As\nthe terminator continues to move north (not fast enough for some of\nus who would like to get past winter), I have noticed the point where\nthe FM Morse beacon transitions to slow code speed (indicating it is\nnow warm enough to turn on the solar power) has been occurring\nearlier in the pass. As soon as it warms up a bit, I will gather some\ntelemetry just to see how much solar power is being generated.\n\nI have a bit more analysis to do, but thanks to some telemetry\ncaptured by Kristaps, we believe the low temperature of $50SAT to be\nabout -24 degrees C.\n\n73, Michael Kirkhart KD8QBA\n\n$50SAT is one of the smallest amateur radio satellites ever launched\nat 5x5x7.5 cm and weighs only 210 grams. Transmitter power is just\n100 mW on 437.505 MHz (+/-9 kHz Doppler shift) FM CW/RTTY. It uses\nthe low cost Hope RFM22B single chip radio and PICaxe 40X2 processor.\n\n$50SAT has been a collaborative education project between Professor\nBob Twiggs, KE6QMD, Morehead State University and three other radio\namateurs, Howie DeFelice, AB2S, Michael Kirkhart, KD8QBA, and Stuart\nRobinson, GW7HPW.\n\nFurther information in the $50SAT Dropbox\nhttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/l3919wtfiywk2gf/-HxyXNsIr8\n\nThere is a discussion group for $50SAT\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/groups/50dollarsat/\n\n50DollarSat http://www.50dollarsat.info/\n\n\n[ANS thanks Michael Kirkhart, KD8QBA and AMSAT-UK for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming AMSAT Events\n\n\nSunday, 23 February 2014 – Vienna Wireless Winterfest at Vienna VA.\nAMSAT will have a table at this hamfest, Steve Greene KS1G will lead\na forum, and there may be satellite demonstrations during this event.\n\nSaturday, 1 March 2014 – Irving Amateur Radio Club Hamfest at Betcha\nBingo Hall in Irving TX (between Fort Worth and Dallas).  AMSAT will\nhave a table at this hamfest, and there may be satellite\ndemonstrations during this event.\n\nFriday and Saturday, 7-8 March 2014 – Green Country Hamfest and ARRL\nWest Gulf Division Convention at Claremore Expo Center in Claremore\nOK.  AMSAT will have a booth at this event, and there may be\nsatellite demonstrations during this event.\n\nFriday and Saturday, 14-15 March 2014 – Acadiana Amateur Radio\nAssociation‘s Rayne Hamfest and ARRL Delta Division Convention at the\nRayne Civic Center in Rayne LA.  AMSAT will have a booth at this\nevent, and there may be satellite demonstrations during the event.\n\nSaturday, 15 March 2014 – Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club‘s Springfest\nin Scottsdale AZ (northeast of Phoenix).  AMSAT will have a table at\nthis hamfest, and satellite demonstrations are planned.\nDemonstrations at this hamfest will be done using the call sign\nW1AW/7 as part of the ARRL centennial commemorations, and QSLing will\nbe handled by ARRL.\n\nSaturday, 29 March 2014 – Radio Society of Tucson‘s 2014 Hamfest in\nTucson AZ.  AMSAT will have a table at this hamfest, and satellite\ndemonstrations are planned.\n\nSaturday, 5 April 2014 – The Greater Baltimore Hamboree and\nComputerfest 2014, including the Maryland Emergency Preparedness Expo\n2014, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium MD.  AMSAT will\nhave a booth at this hamfest, and other AMSAT-related events may be\nplanned.\n\nSaturday, 5 April 2014 – Amateur Radio Club of Parker County‘s\nWeatherford Hamfest at the Central Christian Church in Weatherford TX\n(west of Fort Worth).  AMSAT will have a table at this event, and\nthere may be satellite demonstrations during the hamfest.\n\nMonday, 28 April 2014 – presentation at Franklin County Amateur\nRadio Club meeting in Greenfield MA by Barry Baines WD4ASW (AMSAT\nPresident)\n\nSaturday, 3 May 2014 – Cochise Amateur Radio Association‘s Larry\nWarren Hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ (southeast of Tucson) – AMSAT will\nhave a table at this hamfest, and satellite demonstrations are\nplanned.\n\nSaturday, 7 June 2014 – Kachina Amateur Radio Club‘s White Mountain\nHamfest in Show Low AZ (eastern Arizona, south of US-60/AZ-77/AZ-260)\n– AMSAT will have a table at this hamfest, and satellite\ndemonstrations are planned.\n\nFriday and Saturday, 13-14 June 2014 – Ham-Com in Plano TX (north of\nDallas)\n\nThursday through Sunday, 17-20 July 2014 – ARRL Centennial\nConvention in Hartford CT.  AMSAT will host a day-long Satellite\nWorkshop on Thursday, and have a booth at the convention along with\nan AMSAT Forum and demonstrations throughout the convention.\n\nSaturday and Sunday, 30-31 August 2014 – Shelby Hamfest in Shelby NC\n(west of Gastonia and Charlotte) – Barry Baines WD4ASW (AMSAT\nPresident) will host an AMSAT Forum on Saturday of this weekend\n\nAMSAT maintains and updated list of known upcoming events at\nhttp://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=218\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above announcement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nNext planned event(s):\n\n  1. A telebridge contact with students at Delaware Township School,\nSergeantsville, NJ, USA  via  VK4KHZ is a go for: Wed 2014-02-19\n15:04:25 UTC 45 deg.\n\n\nDelaware Township School has approximately 400 students in pre-\nkindergarten through eighth grade.  It is a one school district\nlocated in a rural township in Hunterdon County, NJ.  Our school is\nnamed for the Delaware River, which runs through part of our\ntownship.  Students from Delaware Township School go to high school\nat Hunterdon Central Regional High School with students from four\nother sending districts, East Amwell, Readington, and Flemington-\nRaritan.  Something special about our township is that it celebrated\nits 175th anniversary this past year and the County of Hunterdon is\ncurrently celebrating its 300th anniversary during 2014. One of our\nformer residents, Daniel Bray, was instrumental in securing boats for\nthe Continental Army to cross the Delaware River when retreating from\nthe British during the Revolutionary War. Our township also has the\nlast covered bridge in use in New Jersey.   Our school is proud of\nnot only its township history but also its attention to science.  We\nhave three science labs in our school, one dedicated exclusively to\nelementary school classes and the other two for middle school\nclasses.  Every year we hold a Science Night showcasing student\nscience projects, research, and inventions.  Our fifth grade students\nparticipate in the Science Olympiad completion every year and have\nbeen known to bring home many medals.  Many of our students move on\nto honors science classes in high school. In preparation for this\nradio contact with the International Space Station, one of our\nstudents earned his amateur radio operator license and is helping a\nclassmate to earn his license, too. They will be leading a Radio Club\nEnrichment program for younger students this year.  We are very\nexcited to make this radio contact with the International Space\nStation.\n\n\n  2. A telebridge contact with students at Fort Belvoir\nElementary School, Arlington, VA, USA, hosted by Marymount University\nis a go for: Wed 2014-02-19 19:02:07 UTC  79 deg.\n\n\nFort Belvoir Elementary School (FBES) serves approximately 1,200\nstudents in preK-6th grade, 96 percent of whom who are military\ndependents.   Located on Fort Belvoir, an Army installation, FBES is\npart of the Fairfax County Public School System and one of the\nlargest elementary schools in the Washington metropolitan area. FBES\nis a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Focus\nelementary school funded by two consecutive grants from the\nDepartment of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) totaling more than\n3.1 million dollars.   The grant program is known as, Operation\nPatriotic STEM (OPS).  OPS has enabled FBES to create a fully\nequipped STEM Lab and hire a dedicated STEM Focus resource teacher,\nwho provides inquiry-based, hands-on lessons for all students.\nAdditionally, students participate in after-school and summer STEM\nenrichment programming and families enjoy STEM field trips and STEM\nfamily days.  These activities are specifically designed to increase\nstudents’ enthusiasm for STEM education and potentially encourage\nthem to pursue STEM careers.\n\nThe STEM emphasis is further supported through a partnership with\nMarymount University (MU). MU education and science faculty and\nstudents organize hands-on STEM activities for the annual family\nevents such as “Family STEM Day” and the “Science and Engineering\nFair and Family Day”.   Additionally, MU will begin a new program for\nthe spring semester 2014. MU pre-service teachers will come to FBES\nfor their “Math and Science Methodologies in Education” coursework.\nPre-service teachers will be bused to FBES weekly, during the spring\nsemester 2014, where they will be instructed by their professor and\nthen practice their newly acquired skills in the classroom with FBES\nteachers and students.  On the day of the ARISS contact, these\nstudents will be present to assist.\n\n\n  3. A telebridge contact with cadets at Australian Air League -\nSouth Australia Wing, Elizabeth, South Australia via IK1SLD (***) is\na go for: Fri  2014-02-21 08:36:46 30 deg.\n\n\nWe have approximately 100 cadets in South Australia, approximately\n25% being female. Currently we have three squadrons here in South\nAustralia. Parafield, Gawler and Port Adelaide. Each squadron meets\nonce a week, but also at many other times throughout the year for\nother reason, such as ANZAC day, citizenship ceremonies, flying days,\ncamps etc.  There are squadrons all over Australia.\n\nThe Australian Air League is a youth organisation for boys and girls\naged from 8 to 18 years which encourages an interest in aviation as a\ncareer or as a hobby for the youth of Australia. The organisation is\nentirely self-funding and is staffed by volunteers who give their\ntime to achieve its goals.\n\nThe aims and objectives of the Australian Air League include:\n1. To promote and encourage the development of Aviation in the Youth\nof Australia\n2. To promote good citizenship\n3. To promote ingenuity and resourcefulness of its members\n4. To develop the physical and mental abilities of its members\n\n\nARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering\nthe participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA,\nCNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from\nparticipating countries.\n\nARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the\nexcitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-\nboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and\ncommunities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS\ncan energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and\nlearning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on\nthe website\nhttp://www.ariss.org/\n(graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).\n\n\n[ ANS thanks ARISS for the above update]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts from all over\n\n\nSatellites in ARRLs Radio Waves Newsletter\n\nThe Winter 2014 edition of Radio Waves, ARRL's e-newsletter for\ninstructors and teachers, is now available.\n\nAmong  the selection of articles: High School Students Put Packet\nRadio to Work for Local Environmental Study, Club Boasts Fourfold\nIncrease in New Licensees/Upgrades, Instructor Corner, News, Ideas,\nSupport, and In The Classroom: Teaching Ohm's Law.\n\nThe newsletter also features the AMSAT-UK FUNcube satellite project.\n\nRadio Waves aims to provide information that will help educators and\ninstructors with licensing or classroom instruction and to share\nexperiences and stories of other instructors and teachers that may\noffer ideas for you to incorporate in your own activities.\n\nDownload the Winter Radio Waves at\nhttp://www.arrl.org/files/file/Radio%20Waves%20Newsletter/Winter%2020\n14%20Radio%20Waves.pdf\n\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above short]\n\n\nEL96 SO-50 15-16 Feb 2014\n\nJohn, K8YSE will try to operate on SO-50 from EL96 on Saturday\nand Sunday, 15 and 16 February as follows:\n\n15Feb2014   1302-1315utc  46deg elev max\n15Feb2014   2322-2334utc  31deg elev max\n\n16Feb2014   1149-1201utc  36deg elev max\n16Feb2014   2209-2221utc  53deg elev max\n\nThe morning passes will have limited visibility to\nthe north,  however, I will try to operate from a\nbetter location on the late afternoon passes.\n\nI cannot promise that I will be on all passes but I\nwill try.\n\nIf you work me and need a card, please send an email\nto my qrz.com address with qso details.\nDo not send any SASE's.\n\n[ANS thanks John, K8YSE for the above short]\n\n\nFox Satellites Description\n\n(The following is a description of the Fox's satellites that I\nexcerpted from an AMSAT-BB response)\n\nThe main point of Fox-2 is to develop and fly an\nadvanced, software defined transponder (SDX.)\nAn SDX can be programmed to be any kind of\ntransponder. It will be a linear, inverting,\nmode-J transponder by default.\n\nWe would also like to try some new and\ninteresting digital modes perhaps including\ndigital voice which would be my personal favorite.\nThat is the tremendous flexibility you get with\nan SDX. You can change the transponder in software.\n\nARISSat-1 was our first attempt at an SDX and it\nworked very well. It could only be programmed on\nthe ground though. The SDX for Fox-2 will\nbe programmable in orbit.\n\nFox-2 will be a 3U CubeSat (3x the size of Fox-1)\nproviding a lot more power and space for the\nelectronics.\n\nThe source of confusion may be because we are\nbuilding four Fox-1 flight units. The idea is\nto have them available and ready to fly so\nwe can easily team up with universities that want\nto fly science missions and get free launches.\nBuilding them all at once is also a much cheaper\nway to build satellites.\n\nAll four Fox-1 units will have the same hardware\nand avionics. The universities will supply their\nexperiment cards and the software can be customized\nfor each satellite as needed.\n\nOnce the Fox-1 flight models are built, the engineering\nteam can begin working on Fox-2. That should start\nthis year.\n\nThe status of the Fox-1 satellites is as follows:\n\nFox-1 (Fox-1A) is scheduled to fly on NROL-55.\n\nRadFxSat (Fox-1B) is a joint project with Vanderbilt\nUniversity. It has already been accepted into the\nNASA ELaNa program but it has not been assigned a\nlaunch yet.\n\nFox-1C and Fox-1D are not currently assingned.\n\n[ANS thanks Tony Monterio, AA2TX for the above short]\n\n\nCorrections from ANS-040\n\nIn the \"Satellites News from the Magazines\" report, Hector Martinez\nCO6CBF/KF5YXV was mistakenly refered to as Victor.\n\nFCC Seeks Comments on WR-2015 Draft Recommendations (Correction)\n\nLast week's article on the FCC seeking comments on WR-2015 Draft\nRecommendations should have listed the ARRL as the source.\nIn the search for articles, and the many news reflectors that exist\non the internet (including the ANS), sometimes the source is\nmisidentified. ANS apologizes for any inconvenience in finding\nthe referenced material. A full reprint is below.\n\nFCC Seeks Comments on WR-2015 Draft Recommendations\n\nThe FCC has invited comments by February 18 on the latest batch of\ndraft recommendations of its Advisory Committee for World\nRadiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-2015).\n\nAt its January 27 meeting, the Advisory Committee (WAC) approved\ndraft recommendations on a number of issues that will be considered\nby WRC-2015. Some items, including one which could possibly lead to\nchanges to 60 meters in the long term, could affect the Amateur and\nAmateur-Satellite services.\n\nOf interest to the Amateur Radio Satellite community, WRC-2015 will\nconsider a number of issues that could impact amateur allocations\nabove 420 MHz, including a possible extension of the current\nworldwide allocation to the Earth Exploration-Satellite service in\nthe band 9300 to 9900 MHz by up to 600 MHz \"within the frequency\nbands 8700 to 9300 MHz and/or 9900 to 10,500 MHz\"\n\nIncumbent services in the 9900 to 10,500 MHz range include the\nRadiolocation, Fixed, Mobile, Amateur, and Amateur-Satellite services.\n\nThe Amateur Service is secondary at 10,000 to 10,500 MHz worldwide,\nand the Amateur-Satellite Service is secondary at 10,450 to 10,500\nMHz worldwide.\n\nThe FCC said comments provided by interested parties will assist it\nin its consultations with the US Department of State and NTIA in the\ndevelopment of US positions for WRC-2015. \"The recommendations...may\nevolve in the course of inter-agency discussions as we approach WRC-15\nand, therefore, do not constitute a final US Government position on\nany issue,\" the FCC Public Notice stressed.\n\nComments should reference IB Docket 04-286 and specific\nrecommendations by WAC document number. Interested parties may file\ncomments via the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) at\n\nhttp://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/\n\nThe ARRL plans to file comments in this proceeding.\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n/EX\n\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",
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