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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-206 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2016-07-24T01:49:34Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-206\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space\nincluding reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur\nRadio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,\nlaunching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio\nsatellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur\nRadio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\nans-editor at amsat.org.\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* AMSAT-UK Colloquium  29-31 July\n* AMSAT-NA 2016 Symposium at Sea\n* IARU President's Award to Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV\n* 70cm Satellite WebSDR Operational in the Netherlands\n* LibreCube CubeSat Open Standard Draft Open for Review and Comment\n* Satellite Operations From the Grand Canyon National Park\n* Radio Amateurs Invited to 10 Downing Street\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-206.01\nANS-185 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 206.01\n  From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nJuly 24, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-206.01\n\n\nAMSAT-UK Colloquium  29-31 July\n\nThis year’s Colloquium is less than a week away. The event, taking place as\nusual at the Holiday Inn in Guildford, will be held over the weekend of the\n29/31st July.\n\nA full programme of presentations, covering all aspects of the amateur \nsatellite\nworld, has been developed for the Saturday and Sunday and a “Beginners \nSession”\nis scheduled for the Friday afternoon.\n\nAs well as the presentations during the day, Libby Jackson, from the UK \nSpace\nAgency, with whom the ARISS UK team worked closely during the Tim Peake \nmission,\nwill be speaking during the Gala Dinner on the Saturday evening.\n\nOther highlights will include visits to the SSTL facilities (Friday \nevening and\nSaturday morning) and the opportunity to see the special ground station\nequipment that was used for all the ARISS contacts. This will be \navailable for\nuse for contacts during passes of all the available satellite transponders.\n\nVisitors can either turn up on the day, book day passes on the website.\nThe URL for the AMSAT-UK shop to book day passes is \nhttp://shop.amsat-uk.org.\n\nDay passes cost £10 per day (incl tea/coffee, etc) , please pay at the \nAMSAT-UK\nshop (not hotel reception). If you wish to attend the Gala dinner on \nSaturday,\nplease book at least 7 days in advance, either with the hotel (by booking\ndinner, bed, and breakfast), or at the AMSAT-UK shop.\n\nAs well at the AMSAT-UK shop, there will be a number of specialist suppliers\npresent, and we are hoping that the RSGB bookshop will also be present\n\nMembers and non-members will be made very welcome and booking info can \nbe found\nhere https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/\n\nThe Colloquium team are looking forward to meeting many old friends and \nmaking\nmany new acquaintances during the event.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Jim, G3WGM, Hon Sec AMSAT-UK, for the above information]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-NA 2016 Symposium at Sea\n\nGet ready to set sail for the 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual\nMeeting – at sea!  With only a few months between now and our sailing\ndate of November 10, cabins are starting to fill up quickly.  If you\nhave not made reservations, please consider doing so to ensure your\ncabin preference may be accommodated.  While our AMSAT group\nreservation has a negotiated rate for category 4B inside cabins, many\ngroup members have opted to reserve ocean view and balcony cabins.\n\nIMPORTANT NOTES:\n\n- Booking your Carnival Cruise does not register you for the\nAMSAT Symposium.  There is a charge for each Symposium attendee of\n$40.  This fee applies to those who will attend the technical\npresentations only and includes a copy of the printed Proceedings.\nAdditional guests are entitled to attend all other events. The\nregistration form is available from the AMSAT office or store website.\n\n- The AMSAT 2016 Space Symposium Cruise flyer included in the\n2016 Board of Directors ballot mailing lists an incorrect group\nbooking code.  The correct AMSAT group code is 8Z0FR5.\n\n- Ground transportation options have been added to the FAQ\npage on the AMSAT Symposium web page.  Carnival offers round-trip\ntransportation from HOU airport to the cruise terminal at\napproximately $74 per person, IAH airport $94 per person.\n\nCONTACT INFORMATION AND LINKS:\n\n- Symposium registration:\nhttp://store.amsat.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=130\n\n- Cruise registration: 1-800-438-6744 extension number 70005.\nOur group name is AMSAT and the group code is 8Z0FR5. Outside of the\nUSA, the number to call is +1 305-599-2600 extension number 70005 (not\navailable on weekends.)\n\nDATES AND LOCATION:\n\n- 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting\nNovember 10-14 aboard the Carnival Liberty departing from Galveston, Texas.\n\n- 2016 AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting\nNovember 9-10 at the DoubleTree Galveston Beach Hotel, Galveston, Texas.\n\n[ANS thanks Clayton, W5PFG, for the above information]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nIARU President's Award to Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV\n\nOn Thursday 21 July, Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, was informed by \nthe IARU\nSecretariat that the IARU President's Award has been awarded to him for \nhis many\nyears of service to the IARU and the contributions he has made to the IARU\nespecially in the area of satellite frequency coordination. The award \nwill be\npresented to Hans during an upcoming League function.\n\nCongratulations Hans.\n\n[ANS thanks the South African Radio League News for July 23, 2016 for \nthe above\ninformation]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n70cm Satellite WebSDR Operational in the Netherlands\n\nFontys University Eindhoven, Netherlands, has opened their PI5FTS WebSDR to\nthe amateur radio community. This site will receive the 70cm amateur\nsatellite\nband:\n\nhttp://vhf.pi5fts.nl/\n\nYou need both Java and JavaScript enabled for this page to work properly.\nIf you don't hear anything, probably Java is disabled or its version is too\nold (i.e., pre-1.4.2). A web chat feature for the SDR users is also included\non the site.\n\nIt is operated by Harry and Martin, e-mail pa3dsc-at-veron.nl.\n\n[ANS thanks the Fontys University Eindhoven for the above information]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLibreCube CubeSat Open Standard Draft Open for Review and Comment\n\nThe LibreCube standard project is engaged in the endeavor to write\non a handbook that surveys openly available space standards (mostly\nECSS and CCSDS) for potential application in CubeSat missions.\n\nIn a message posted to the cubesat.org list, Artur Scholz announced\nthat the draft of this handbook is now ready for review. It mainly\nconsists of two parts:\n\n   1. Processes (i.e. Management, Quality, and Engineering)\n\n   2. Systems(i.e. the Space System, composed of Space Segment\n      and Ground Segment).\n\nThe reasoning for standardizing Processes is to improve quality and\nreliability, and to allow for cross support in testing.\n\nThe benefit of standardizing Systems is improved reliability,\ncollaboration, and cross support during development and operations.\n\nThe table of contents is here:\nhttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_-jwG2gLchfa19KeHBsc1B6cWM\n\nEnd of the year this handbook will be published as freely available\nopen book. Before that, it would be extremely useful to get extensive\nfeedback and review of the draft.\n\nIf you would be willing to contribute as a reviewer and receive the\ndraft, please provide the editor, Artur Scholz ([email protected])\nthe following details of you:\n\n- full name\n- email\n- short background about yourself and experience with CubeSats/SmallSats\n\nYour feedback on the draft will be duly acknowledge in the final book!\n\n[ANS thanks Artur Scholz and the LibreCube Project for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Operations From the Grand Canyon National Park\n\nPatrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK, reported that the ARRL just released the\nJuly issue of their National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) newsletter for\nNational Park Service staff and volunteers.\n\nOn the last page of this month's newsletter is a short mention of one way\nto deal with an \"uncooperative ionosphere\" - work satellites. It shows\nFernando Ramirez, NP4JV, working a satellite from the South Rim of Grand\nCanyon National Park in northern Arizona.\n\nThese newsletters are at:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/npota-for-nps and the July issue is available at:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/files/file/NPOTA-News/NPOTA-July2016.pdf\n\nFernando commented, \"It was a nice surprise to find our picture on this\nmonth's ARRL National Park on the Air newsletter! I am humbled by the\nmention.\n\n\"I'm also happy to see that some of our trips and portable operations are\nhelping to promote AMSAT and their goal of 'advancing the state of the art\nin space science, space education, and space technology.'\"\n\nFernando frequently posts reports of his satellite operating activities\nvia Twitter where his ID is @NP4JV. You may also visit:\nhttp://twitter.com/NP4JV to see his activities, including the photo\nthat got his name in the news.\n\nSean Kutzko, KX9X, at the ARRL wrote via the AMSAT-BB, \"It was an easy\nchoice; that photo is amazing!\"\n\nCongratulations, Fernando!\n\n[ANS thanks Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK, Fernando Ramirez, NP4JV, and\nSean Kutzko, KX9X, at the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadio Amateurs Invited to 10 Downing Street\n\nRadio amateurs were invited to a reception at the UK Prime Minister’s \nresidence\nto celebrate the successful mission of UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI / \nGB1SS.\n\nSandringham school student Jessica Leigh M6LPJ and her head teacher Alan \nGray\nG4DJX attended the event with Tim Peake GB1SS. Italian astronaut Samantha\nCristoforetti IZ0UDF and the UK’s first astronaut Helen Sharman GB1MIR also\nattended.\n\nJessica was the first UK school student to establish amateur radio\ncommunications with Tim Peake during his six month mission on the \nInternational\nSpace Station. The contact took place on January 8, 2016 and was featured on\nnational TV and in the press.\n\nYear 10 pupil Jessica M6LPJ, along with two other students Polly M6POG \nand Emma\nM6GJQ, passed her amateur radio Foundation exam just before Christmas \n2015 after\ntraining with the Verulam Amateur Radio Club.\n\nSandringham school caters for 1300 students aged 11-19 with 100 teachers\nincluding specialist teachers of computing science and three female physics\nteachers all of whom have a specialist interest in space and astronomy. In\naddition, the head teacher Alan Gray G4DJX is a very active radio \namateur who\nwas extremely supportive of the ISS contact.\n\nSandringham School presentation by ML&S\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/28/sandringham-school-presentation/\n\nVideo of Tim Peake amateur radio contact with Sandringham School\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/09/video-tim-peake-sandringham/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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