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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/YQWO6JANNWRCEM55VF6JHD4PYN22RW7N/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CADDbS5DC_7eG_XoTchHEuzF0dZU89xumt16ykzcdwHWHJWetSA@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "YQWO6JANNWRCEM55VF6JHD4PYN22RW7N", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/YQWO6JANNWRCEM55VF6JHD4PYN22RW7N/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "k0jm.mark (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Mark Johns, K0JM", "subject": "[AMSAT-BB] ANS-094 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2021-04-04T00:20:02Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information\nservice of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes\nnews related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities\nof a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active\ninterest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog\nand digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in\nSpace as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: [email protected]\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* 2021 AMSAT Field Day\n* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for April 1 2021\n* WOUB Spotlight: Broadcast Operations Supervisor Terry Douds, N8KI\n* NASA TV to Air First US Commercial Crew Port Relocation on ISS\n* Perseverance rover begins steps to deploy Mars helicopter\n* Launch Watch: Upcoming in April\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 1, 2021\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-094 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 094.01\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2021 April 04\n\n2021 AMSAT Field Day\n\nIt’s that time of year again; summer and Field Day! Each year the American\nRadio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a “picnic, a campout,\npractice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!” The\nevent takes place during a 23-hour period on the fourth weekend of June.\nFor 2021 the event takes place during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC on\nSaturday June 26, 2021 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 27, 2021. Those who\nset up prior to 1800 UTC on June 26 can operate only 24 hours. The Radio\nAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day\nfor operation via the amateur satellites, held concurrently with the ARRL\nevent.\n\nThis year should be as easy as last year since we have more than 10\ntransponders and repeaters available. Users should check the AMSAT status\npage at http://www.amsat.org/status/ and the pages at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ for what is available in the\nweeks leading up to field day. To reduce the amount of time to research\neach satellite, see the current FM satellite table at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/\nand the current linear satellite table at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/linear-satellite-frequency-summary/\n\nAdditional information is found at: https://www.amsat.org/field-day/\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards and Paul\nStoetzer, N8HM, ANS editor for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nVUCC Awards-Endorsements for April 1 2021\n\nHere are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL\nfor the period March 1, 2021 through April 1, 2021. Congratulations to all\nthose who made the list this month!\n\nCALL Mar Mar\n\nN9EAT 784 843\nNS3L 650 681\nW7QL 510 563\nKJ4EU 471 506\nVA3NNA 300 504\nK0JM 403 500\nN1PEB (EL98) 255 500\nMI6GTY 460 461\nKB9STR 353 431\nKC9UQR 400 427\nKS1G 360 413\nWA4HFN 102 413\nK5TA 302 400\nW8LR 353 400\nVE4MM 279 304\nWB7QXU 252 303\nVU2LBW 260 300\nW4ALF 200 300\nK4RGK 214 278\nNA1ME 200 225\nKN2K 155 200\nN7ZO 116 200\nXE2YWH 137 187\nLW2DAF 166 182\nNK1K New 179\nDL6KBG 125 150\nN8MR New 115\nN2CJ 100 103\nAF5D New 102\nW7KRS New 101\nAC9DX New 100\nW3FGP New 100\n\nIf you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at\n<mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was\ndeveloped by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a\nvisual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not\nmentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on\nthe birds. They are doing most of the work! - Ron W5RKN\n\n[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n Join the 2021 President's Club!\n Score your 2\" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin.\n This gold finished coin comes with\nFull Color Certificate and Embroidered \"Remove Before Flight\" Key Tag\n Donate today at\n https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n You won't want to miss it!\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nWOUB Broadcast Operations Supervisor Terry Douds, N8KI, AMSAT-NA member is\nhonored.\n\nATHENS, OH – During Broadcast Operations Supervisor Terry Douds nearly 16\nyears working at WOUB Public Media, there have been many changes in regard\nto technology and how the station runs. But, Douds has rolled with the\nchanges and couldn’t be more proud of the work he is doing.\n\n“I was originally hired as a broadcast technician and was promoted to\nbroadcast operations supervisor in 2008,” said Douds. “At that time, the\nEngineering Department oversaw Master Control. We worked 24/7 to insure\nthat WOUB stayed on the air. Later that part of operations shifted to the\nTraffic Department, so now we’re doing ‘regular’ engineering tasks, such as\ndesign of systems, installation of new equipment, and overseeing what we\ncall ‘In-House Engineering’; another team within Engineering handles field\nwork and our transmitter sites.”\n\n“A big part of the training for me for this job came from amateur radio. I\nbecame a ‘Ham Operator’ in November 1968, when I was in 7th grade,” said\nDouds. “I later became active in amateur satellite work, another part of\namateur radio where we designed satellites and have them launched into\nspace.” More at: https://bit.ly/3rKpBxI\n\n[ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM, AMSAT News Service Editor and WOUB.org for\nthe above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNASA TV to Air First US Commercial Crew Port Relocation on Space Station\n\nNASA's SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts aboard the International Space Station will\nmark another first for commercial spaceflight Monday, April 5, when the\nfour astronauts will relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft to prepare for the\narrival of new crew members in late April and the upcoming delivery of new\nsolar arrays this summer.\n\nLive coverage will begin at 1000z on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the\nagency's website.\n\nNASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG, Victor Glover, KI5BKC, and Shannon\nWalker, KD5DXB, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)\nastronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP, will undock Crew Dragon Resilience from\nthe forward port of the station's Harmony module at 1029z and dock to the\nspace-facing port at 1115z.\n\nThe relocation will free Harmony's forward port for the docking of Crew\nDragon Endeavour, set to carry four crew members to the station on NASA's\nSpaceX Crew-2 mission. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, and Megan\nMcArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, and ESA (European Space\nAgency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG, are scheduled to launch to the\nstation Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space\nCenter in Florida.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nPerseverance Rover Begins Steps To Deploy Mars Helicopter\n\nNASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is being lowered from the belly of the\nPerseverance rover this week as ground teams run through a choreographed\nlong-distance command sequence to safely release the $80 million rotorcraft\nonto the surface of Mars.\n\nThe slow, step-by-step deployment is projected to take around six days,\nassuming everything goes as planned. The first command uplinked from\nengineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was to release a launch lock\nthat kept the Ingenuity helicopter firmly attached to the belly of the\nPerseverance rover during the journey to Mars. Additional information may\nbe found at: https://bit.ly/3dv06vv\n\n[ANS thanks Stephen Clark of SpaceFlightNow.com for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nLaunch Watch: Upcoming in April\n\nThere will be several notable launches this month. Unfortunately there are\nno new amateur satellites in the immediate offing. A Falcon 9/Starlink #23\nlaunch is scheduled for April 7 from Cape Canaveral. April 9, The new\ncommand crew for the ISS will be launched from Baikonur to start Mission\n65. On April 22, SpaceX/NASA commercial Crew Flight #2 is scheduled for\nlaunch on the reused Falcon 9 from the Crew-1 mission and the Crew Dragon\ncapsule from the Endeavor Demo-2 mission. The Crew-1 astronauts will return\nshortly thereafter.\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceX, NASA, and ROSCOMOS for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n[ANS thanks for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all\nbegins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar\npanels, propulsion, and attitude control. Come along for the ride. The\njourney will be worth it!\n\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 1, 2021\n\nThe following satellites have been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE\nDistribution:\n\nMaya-2 - NORAD Cat ID 47929.\nOPUSAT-II - NORAD Cat ID 47930.\nCubeSX-Sirius-HSE - NORAD Cat ID 47951\nThanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the identification of these satellites.\n\n\nThe following satellites have been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE\nDistribution:\n\nOBJECT B - NORAD Cat ID 47310\nOBJECT D - NORAD Cat ID 47312\nOBJECT E - NORAD Cat ID 47313\nOBJECT G - NORAD Cat ID 47315\nOBJECT J - NORAD Cat ID 47317\nOBJECT K - NORAD Cat ID 47318\nOBJECT M - NORAD Cat ID 47320\nOBJECT N - NORAD Cat ID 47345\nThe above objects are non-amateur radio satellites associated with a launch\ncarrying amateur radio satellites. As the amateur radio satellites have\nbeen identified from that launch, these objects are no longer of interest.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\n from our Zazzle store!\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS: Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of April 4, 2021\n\nThe School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences, Southern\nHemisphere Space Studies Program 2021, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia,\ntelebridge via NA7V\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The downlink frequency\nis presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The latest information on the\noperation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html. The scheduled\nastronaut is Shannon Walker KD5DXB Contact is go for: Tue 2021-04-06\n11:27:49 UTC 34 deg via IK1SLD. Watch for livestream at\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ISSLINKUP2021\n\nKaluga Regional schools, Kaluga, Russia direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is\npresently scheduled to be RSØISS. The downlink frequency is presently\nscheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The latest information on the operation mode\ncan be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\nThe scheduled astronaut is Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Watch for Tue 2021-04-06\n13:10 UTC\n\nSt. Petersburg, Russia direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently\nscheduled to be RSØISS. The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be\n145.800 MHz. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html. The scheduled\nastronaut is Sergey Ryzhikov. Watch for Wed 2021-04-07 12:20 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors\nfor the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur\n radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.\n\n Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nQuick Hits:\nDN58 – look for #NO7G on SSB sats over the next week (3/25 – 4/4)\nAA5PK: Thinking a trip to EM01 Saturday (4/3) is in order.\nN3CRT: Activating ***Delaware*** via satellite -FM and Linear- at Fort Mott\nState Park FM29fo this Saturday April 3rd 12z-20z and possibly later.\nWL7T: Had to cancel Maine. Too expensive to change flights this close to\ndeparture. EL58 is rescheduled for April 11. Will be driving from EM26 to\nEL59, so might be stopping along the way for a few contacts starting a day\nor two before April 11.\n\nMajor Roves:\n\nCM93 Possibility: N6DNM Very long shot, but might want to put it on your\ncalendar for May 15th, if you can figure out where it is and for #SOTA\nfolks, that would be W6/SC-336, Santa Rosa Island, activated only once\nbefore.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com\nUpdated 03/31/2021\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nFrom Larry Manaev, RN3AG: \"We invite your members to take part in the Yuri\nGagarin International DX Contest 2021. Date: from 21.00 UTC on April 10\ntill 21.00 UTC on April 11, 2021. Modes: CW only.\nSatellite categories:\nSAT - Single operator - Satellite QSOs.\nSAT-GS - Single operator - Geostationary Satellite QSOs (QO-100).\nContest rules: http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32\"\n\nAMSAT Ambassador, Tom Zimmerman W9TTY, will be exhibiting at the DeKalb\nHamfest, Sandwich, Illinois on May 2, 2021. This hamfest SW of Chicago will\nfeature a presentation for hams curious about Amateur Radio in Space and\nhow to work the easy sats. Info on Kishwaukee Amateur Radio Club Webpage\nwww.kare-club.org\n\nAMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford K6CLS is planning a presentation on 06/15\nto a club in East Massachusetts.\n\nThink a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy\nSatellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or\nclub? Always includes are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS … and\npre-presentation questions are solicited and welcome. Send Clint an email\nor call!\nClint Bradford K6LCS, http://www.work-sat.com. Tel:909-999-SATS (7287)\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, Larry Manaev,\nRN3AG, and Clint Bradford, K6CLS AMSAT Ambassador for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ AMSAT Vice President - Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, appeared on the\nApril 1, 2021 episode of Ham Talk Live to discuss the latest status of\nAMSAT satellite development. A replay of the episode can be heard at\nhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/hamtalklive/episode-253-amsat-satellite-engineering-\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\n\n+ Frank Garofalo, WA2NDV sends a thank you note to all who participated in\nthe Last Man Standing special event. He says \"I had the pleasure to work\n111 contacts as W6S over the course of the week. If you made at least one\ncontact you can download a certificate in around 4 weeks time. Just check\nthe QRZ page for information. The official numbers are not yet in but there\nwere approximately 60 thousand contacts made across all frequencies and\nmodes.\" He continues: \"I was also very careful not to interfere with any\nrover operations during the event.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Frank Garofalo, WA2NDV for the above information]\n\n+ SpaceX’s latest high-altitude Starship test flight ends in another\nexplosion. SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight apparently ended with\nanother explosion Tuesday in South Texas, but dense fog obscured clear\nviews of the launch and failed landing. The Federal Aviation Administration\nsaid late Tuesday it is working with SpaceX to determine if light debris\nreported in a nearby town came from the Starship test rocket.\n\n[ANS thanks Stephen Clark of SpaceFlightNow.com for the above information]\n\n+Biden administration renews mandate for National Space Council. President\nBiden will renew the National Space Council, a space policy group revived\nby the Trump White House after 25 years of dormancy, to assist in\n“generating national space policies, strategies, and synchronizing\nAmerica’s space activities,” an administration spokesman said Monday. A\nspokesman for the National Security Council said the Biden administration\nis renewing the National Space Council “at a time of unprecedented activity\nand opportunity generated by America’s activities in space.”\n\n[ANS thanks Stephen Clark of SpaceFlightNow.com 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 donors to\nAMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Store.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled\nin at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a\nmaximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact info [at]\namsat.org for additional student membership information.\n\n73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ\nkd4iz at frawg dot org\n\n\n", "attachments": [ { "email": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/YQWO6JANNWRCEM55VF6JHD4PYN22RW7N/?format=api", "counter": 2, "name": "attachment.html", "content_type": "text/html", "encoding": "utf-8", "size": 21870, "download": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/YQWO6JANNWRCEM55VF6JHD4PYN22RW7N/attachment/2/attachment.html" } ] }