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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/33G4WPN5UKVZMNJMFK43PRPFXLU65T5D/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+soupgZGkrQ8oM3C3D6uRyz=a_NsP5Fq+8E2R-ErZjjpcaw@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "33G4WPN5UKVZMNJMFK43PRPFXLU65T5D", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/33G4WPN5UKVZMNJMFK43PRPFXLU65T5D/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "mccardelm (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel", "subject": "[ans] ANS-167 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2013-06-16T21:13:33Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-167\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* HAM Video for the ISS Announced by ARISS\n* AMSAT Videos from Dayton Hamvention\n* AMSAT Area Coordinator Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, now SK\n* RECENT AMSAT AWARDS\n* Fox-2 MPPT Team Selected In TI Design Contest\n* AMSAT Field Day 2013 - One More Time\n* Wilse Morgan WX7P (ex-KL7CQ) SK\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-167.01\nANS-167 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 167.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDATE June 16, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-167.01\n\n\nHAM Video for the ISS Announced by ARISS\n\nARISS-Europe Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF has drafted an overview\nof a new \"Ham Video\" DATV downlink\nsystem on S-Band being developed for placement on the International\nSpace Station later this year.\nThe equipment is being developed by Kayser Italia under contract\nwith the European Space Agency using\na Canon XF-305 camera provided by NASA. The equipment is currently\nslated for deployment to the ISS on\nJapan Space Agency's HTV-4 in August 2013. HTV is Japan's H-II\nTransfer Vehicle for resupplying the\nInternational Space Station.\n\nGaston's paper provides an overview of both the equipment that is\nbeing placed on the ISS as well as\ndiscusses ground station requirements. The ESA contract calls for\nKayser Italia to provide five\nground stations for placement in Europe that will be \"chained\" to\nprovide overlapping video reception\ncoverage, with the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) serving as\na central server site for\nreceiving video from these ground stations and making it freely\navailable to others via the internet.\nIt is hoped that amateurs will support other ground station \"chains\"\nin other countries as multiple\nstations are needed to provide up to 15 minutes of video in support\nof school contacts.\n\nGaston's paper with block diagram and photographs of key components\nwill be available soon on the\nAMSAT website (www.amsat.org).\n\n[ANS thanks ANS thanks Gaston Bartels, ON4WF for this information\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Videos from Dayton Hamvention\n\nA series of videos taken during the AMSAT Forum during The Dayton\nHamvention have been released.\n\n+ AMSAT ARISS Program Status, by Frank KA3HDO - 2013 Dayton Hamvention\n http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hju20svHK5k\n\n+ AMSAT Education and You, by Mark N8MH - 2013 Dayton Hamvention\n http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXzCRiNaTXw&feature=youtu.be\n\n+ AMSAT Status Report, by Barry WD4ASW - 2013 Dayton Hamvention\n http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGj5_wjomzI&feature=youtu.be\n\n+ FUNcube Satellites, by Howard G6LVB - 2013 Dayton Hamvention\n http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NSD39MNKe0&feature=youtu.be\n\n+ Fox Classroom Experiments, by Spence WA8SME - 2013 Dayton Hamvent\n http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl8HCBEGv4Q\n\n+ Fox-1 Status Update, by Tony AA2TX - 2013 Dayton Hamvention\n http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gub5182mowg\n\nYou can view these videos, collectively, and lots of other AMSAT\nvideo content by going to:\n\nwww.amsat.org and click on \"AMSAT YOUTUBE CHANNEL\"\nor by going to www.youtube.com/AMSATNA\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Steve N9IPand Andrew KO4MA,for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Area Coordinator Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, now SK\n\nKevin Smith, N3HKQ, age 59, passed away suddenly Monday night, 10\nJune. He had successfully battled a blood disorder for several\nyears, but was stricken Monday morning.\n\nKevin was an AMSAT Area Coordinator for many years and co-chaired\nthe team that hosted the 2007 AMSAT Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA.\nPrior to that, he was a key player in executing an ARISS contact from\nUpper St. Clair (PA) High School. An enthusiastic member of the\nWireless Association of the South Hills (WASH) local club, Kevin was\nalways upbeat and positive, and looked forward to the satellite\ncontacts at Field Day, even after the loss of AO-13 and AO-40, and to\nVHF/UHF operating. He worked hard at the easy contacts, developing\ningenious lightweight hand-held antennas and means of controlling two\nradios to make it all work for the one satellite contact. He moved\non to the microwaves, building a 10 GHz kit when he could have bought\nthe completed DownEast Microwave transverter, and was working on one\nof the W1GHZ transverters for 2.4 GHz. A few weekends ago, several\nWASH members did some work on his VHF/UHF antennas, and Kevin was\nlooking forward to the VHF contest this past weekend. `He is known\nto have made at least one 2-meter QSO.\n\nKevin is survived by his wife Peg, married son, Michael, and married\ndaughter, Jen. His obituary may be found at,\nhttp://obituaries.triblive.com/listing/226203/Kevin-Smith/\nIn lieu of flowers, Kevin's family suggests memorial donations be\nmade to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the MDS Foundation, or to\nBe the Match.\n\n[ANS thanks Jim Sanford, WB4GCS for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRECENT AMSAT AWARDS\n\nHere is our latest induction into some of the AMSAT awards\ncommunity. There is a pretty good batch since the last report in\nApril.\n\nThe following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for\nmaking their first satellite QSO.\nJim Whitfield, K5JAW\n\nThe following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award.\nAlessio Vacondio, IK4IDY, #555\n\nThe following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications\nAchievement Award.\nJoseph Fouquet, N5JF, #US185\n\nThe following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award.\nGeorge Carr, WA5KBH, #163\nZeljko Ulip, 9A2EY, #164\nAlessio Vacondio, IK4IDY, #165\n\nThe following have earned the AMSAT W4AMI Award.\nAlessio Vacondio, IK4IDY, #80\n\nThe following have earned the AMSAT W4AMI 5000 Award.\nDoug Papay, KD8CAO, #30\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-2 MPPT Team Selected In TI Design Contest\n\nAMSAT sponsored a senior design project at the Rochester Institute\nof Technology this academic year.\nThe students included senior EE majors:\nBryce Salmi KB1LQC\nBrent Salmi KB1LQD\nIan MacKenzie KB3OCF\nand Dan Corriero.\n\nThe project was to develop an MPPT circuit that could be used on a\nfuture Fox-2 (3U) CubeSat. The students completed a working prototype\nwhich was on display in our engineering booth at Dayton last month.\n\nWith my agreement and encouragement, the students entered this\nproject into Texas Instruments' 2013 Analog Design Contest for\nuniversity students.\nSee: http://tinyurl.com/mf6nzhr\n\nI am happy to pass along the great news that the AMSAT MPPT project\nwas selected as one of the top 10 semi-finalists and the students\nwere invited on an all-expenses paid trip to TI's contest summit to\nbe held July 21-23 in Dallas where the final winners will be\nannounced.\n\nCongratulations to the Fox-2 MPPT team!\t\n\n[ANS thanks Tony AA2TX for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Dayton Volunteers Thanked / Asked for Feedback\n\nFirst and most important, I want to thank each of you for your\nassistance at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention.\n\nI'm thrilled with our presence at Dayton this year. In my opinion,\nit went well because of the efforts of the 40+ volunteers who\nassisted in so many different ways. You made a difference.\n\nAs I'm wrapping up my Dayton notes, I'm looking for suggestions.\nHow can AMSAT make our presence next year at Dayton more effective?\n\nWas there anything we did that made things more difficult for the\nhams who stopped at the booth?\n\nWhat can we do to attract more potential members and communicate the\nexcitement we feel about building, launching, and operating\nsatellites?\n\nThanks again for all of your help. It was truly a privilege working\nwith you!\n\n73,Steve N9IP\n\nContact Dave with your feedback - seb at wintek dot com\n\n[ANS thanks Steve N9IP for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Field Day 2013 - One More Time\n\nEvery year AMSAT promotes a satellite version of Field Day during\nthe ARRL annual operating event which is held on the 4^th weekend in\nJune. This year Field Day will take place from 1800 UTC on Saturday\nJune 22, 2013 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 23, 2013.\n\nSaudiSat-Oscar-50 will be the only operational FM transponder\nsatellite this year. If you are considering only FM voice operating\nfor your AMSAT Field Day focus the single uplink/downlink channel\nwill be extremely challenging. As in prior years, this intense\ncongestion on FM LEO satellites drives the limitation in the rules\nallowing their use to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes the\nInternational Space Station. You will be allowed one QSO if the ISS\nis operating Voice. You will also be allowed one digital QSO with the\nISS or any other digital, non-store-and-forward, packet satellite (if\noperational).\n\nIf you have worked the satellites on Field Day in recent years, you\nmay have noticed a lot of good contacts can be made on the linear\ntransponder satellites including VO-52, FO-29, and AO-7. During Field\nDay the transponders come alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The\ntransponders on these satellites will support multiple simultaneous\nSSB or CW contacts.\n\nThe AMSAT Field Day 2013 event is open to all Amateur Radio\noperators. Amateurs are to use the exchange as specified in ARRL\nrules for Field Day. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of\nall amateur satellites, both analog and digital.\n\nFor the complete listing of the AMSAT Field Day Rules please refer\nto the documents posted on-line at:\n\nhttp://www.amsatnet.com/2013fd.docx\n\nhttp://www.amsatnet.com/2013fd.pdf\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWilse Morgan WX7P (ex-KL7CQ) SK\n\nWilse Morgan, WX7P (formerly KL7CQ) passed away June 13 in Rice,\nWashington. He is survived by his wife, Gimmie AL7LB.\n\nAn ARRL Life Member, Wilse was an Assistant Section Manager for\nEastern Washington and was very active on satellites, PSK31, DXing\nand contesting. In 2009 he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio\nHall of Fame.\n\nDuring his 20 year tenure in Alaska as KL7CQ, he taught courses in\nAmateur Radio at the University of Alaska and at Anchorage Community\nCollege, graduating more than 800 licensed hams. As a Volunteer\nExaminer, Wilse was involved in the very first VEC exam in the nation\nand was the first VE certified by the local FCC office in Anchorage.\n\nFor more information\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/view/wilse-morgan-wx7p-ex-kl7cq-sk\nhttp://www.sdxa.org/\nhttp://www.sdxa.org/?p=3321\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT The ARRL and Patrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nSuccesful Contacts\n\n+ A Succesful contact was completed with Belarus State Universtity,\nMinsk, Republic of Belarus.\nContact began 2013-06-04 21:00 and lasted about 9 minutes and 30\nseconds. Contact was direct.\n\n+ A succssful contact was completed with participants at Astronomy\nCamp, Tucson, AZ and Christopher J. Cassidy, KF5KDR, on 08 June. The\nevent began at 19:55 UTC. The duration of the contact was\napproximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was telebridged\nbetween NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact was audible over portions of\nAustralia and adjacent areas. The contact was conducted in English.\n\nAstronomy Camp is a week-long residential program held at Kitt Peak\nNational Observatory and the Catalina Observatories near Tucson,\nArizona. Several thousand teenagers from 49 states and 20 countries\nhave attended the program since 1988, participating in an informal\neducation program involving hands-on activities in astronomy and\nrelated subjects. The camp also operates workshops for adult leaders\nin Girl Scouts, USA.\n\nThe ARISS contact dovetails well with the camp's projects involving\nradio astronomy. The students engage in experiments with\nelectromagnetic energy, construct crystal radios, and tour the radio\ntelescope facilities at Kitt Peak, including climbing into the\nantenna structure.\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\nLiceo Scientifico Galileo Galilei, Catania, Italy, telebridge via\nVK4KHZ\nContact is a go for: Sat 2013-06-22 14:57:26 UTC 41 deg\n\nARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due\nto issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at\npresent, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts.\nARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.\n\nCurrent occupants of the ISS include\nExp. 35/36 on orbit\nPavel Vinogradov RV3BS\nAleksandr Misurkin\nChristopher J. Cassidy KF5KDR\n\nExp. 36/37 on orbit\nFyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI\nKaren L. Nyberg\nLuca Parmitano KF5KDP\n\nTotal number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 823.\nEach school counts as 1 event.\nTotal number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 806.\nEach contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.\nTotal number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44.\n\nA complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in\nthe file.\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Dave AA4KN, and Charlie AJ9N, for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ APRS Messenger Android app now released\n http://tinyurl.com/l2tes3v\n\n+ World QRP Day Monday 17 June\n\n Monday 17 June, is World QRP Day. Switch off the amplifier, turn\n down the power on your rig and try QRP power. How many kilometres\n per watt can you achieve. You will be amazed at what you can\n achieve with QRP. Best is, aim an antenna skyward and connect via\n a satellite using 5 watts or less.\n\n+ According to Frank, K4FEG, Look for AO-7 to be in Mode \"B\" the\n entire duration of Field Day.\n\n\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,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }