Email Detail
Show an email
GET /hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/3EYQ27AZPVONP3M4XPK4XXO24MBX665B/?format=api
{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/3EYQ27AZPVONP3M4XPK4XXO24MBX665B/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+sovdDMJesUKN=xM4djUb=ezjc0-O_V52txv6=e+7StDY9g@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "3EYQ27AZPVONP3M4XPK4XXO24MBX665B", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/3EYQ27AZPVONP3M4XPK4XXO24MBX665B/?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-048 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2019-02-17T01:52:35Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-048\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* QO-100 released by QARS\n* ARRL Adds JO-97, FO-99, QO-100 to LoTW Configuration File\n* New Distance Record on AO-91\n* Call for Papers - Digital Communications Conference\n* KickSat 2 Is Alive And Kicking\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-048.01\nANS-048 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 048.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nFebruary 17, 2019\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-048.01\n\n\n\nQO-100 released by QARS\n\nFollowing the successful launch of Es'hail-2, the new Es'hailSat\nteleport was inaugurated on February 14, 2019.\n\nPrior to its official inauguration and opening the QO-100 NB Tran-\nsponder was opened for experimental use on February 12. The Qatar\nAmateur Radio Society (QARS) invited radio amateurs worldwide to\nmake good use of the NB transponder and make contacts with each\nother. In parallel to the experimental operation, Es'hailSat, QARS\nand AMSAT-DL monitored transponder performance and optimized trans-\nponder parameters.\n\nAccess the full article with photos on the AMSAT-DL website:\nhttps://amsat-dl.org/en/eshail-2-qo-100-teleport-inauguration\n\nStations finding themselves out of the footprint of QO-100 or\nthose who have not had the opportunity to acquire 10 GHz down-\nlink receiving capability can join in the action using on-line\nWebSDR resources:\n\n+ In co-operation with AMSAT Deutschland, the British Amateur\n Television Club will be operating a WebSDR for the narrowband\n segment, and a Spectrum Viewer for the wideband (DATV) segment.\n The Goonhilly Earth Station is supporting the project, providing\n hosting for the Ground Station facility at their world-famous\n site in Cornwall, UK: https://eshail.batc.org.uk/\n\n+ The IS0GRB Es'Hail2 (QO-100) SAT 26E WebSDR receiver, located\n in Dolianova, South Sardinia island, Italy, JM49OJ, operated\n by Roberto, IS0GRB, using a 100cm parabolic dish can be\n accessed at: http://websdr.is0grb.it:8901/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARRL Adds JO-97, FO-99, QO-100 to LoTW Configuration File\n\nOn February 14, 2019, the ARRL released version 11.7 of the Logbook of\nthe World configuration file adding the ability to confirm QSOs made\nthrough JO-97, FO-99, and QO-100 via LoTW.\n\nLoTW users should receive a prompt to update their configuration file\nwhen opening recent versions of TQSL. The file can also be downloaded\nat https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/config.tq6\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew Distance Record on AO-91\n\nPR8KW GI77 - Gustavo\n?Tks @eb1ao for new record on AO91 2019-02-13 14:23z 6133km.\nPR8KW GI77um73sc <> EB1AO IN52pf89tw.\n73 de PR8KW GI77um\n\n[ANS thanks PR8KW via Twitter for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n For a limited time, new and renewing AMSAT members\n will receive a free digital copy of\n \"Getting Started with Amateur Satellites\"\n Join or renew your AMSAT membership today at\n https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCall for Papers - Digital Communications Conference\n\nTechnical papers are solicited for presentation at the ARRL/TAPR\nDigital Communications Conference (DCC), to be held September 20-22\nat the Marriott Detroit Metro Airport Hotel. Papers will also be\npublished in the Conference Proceedings. Authors do not need to\nattend the conference to have their papers included in the\nProceedings. The submission deadline is August 5, 2019. Submit papers\nto via e-mail to [email protected], or via post to Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB,\nARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Papers will be published\nexactly as submitted, and authors will retain all rights.\n\n[ANS thanks Steve Ford, WB8IMY, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nKickSat 2 Is Alive And Kicking\n\nThe first couple of days after KickSat 2 was deployed from Cygnus NG\n10 no downlink signals were received from the satellite. But today I\nreceived several short and weak transmissions from KickSat 2. So it\nappears to be alive and transmitting short telemetry bursts on\n437.5077 MHz.\n\nKickSat 2, object 44046, is to deploy up to 104 small Sprite\nsatellites into its low orbit. All these Sprites will then transmit\non 437.240 MHz with 10 mW and are expected to reenter within weeks.\n\n[ANS thanks Nico PA0DLO via Amsat-bb for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.\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---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nEureka Nunavut (ER60, EQ79) – February 3, to March 29, 2019\nEureka ARC, VY0ERC, will be QRV from Eureka, NU (NA-008), February 3\nuntil March 29, 2019. Time and weather permitting, they expect to be\non the FM satellites from ER60 and EQ79. Announcements will be\nposted on Twitter at https://twitter.com/vy0erc.\n\n3A, MONACO (JN33) – February 15-18, 2019\nPhilippe, EA4NF, will be active as 3A/EA4NF from Monaco, between\nFebruary 15-18th. Priority will be given to FM and SSB Satellites to\nget confirmed as much as possible this rare DXCC country to the\namateur radio satellite community. HF activity will be on 20 meters\nSSB, but on the QRP mode (5w). QSL via LoTW.\n\nYuma Hamfest (DM22) – February 15-16, 2019\nPatrick, WD9EWK, will have an AMSAT booth at the Yuma Hamfest in\nsouthwestern Arizona on Friday and Saturday, 15-16 February 2019.\nThis year’s hamfest also serves as the 2019 ARRL Southwestern\nDivision Convention. The hamfest will be at the Yuma County\nFairgrounds, along 32nd Street between Pacific Avenue and Avenue 3E,\nand south of I-8 exit 3, in Yuma. The fairgrounds is across the\nstreet from Yuma International Airport and Marine Corps Air Station.\nMore information about the hamfest is available from:\nhttp://www.yumahamfest.org/\n\nDuring the hamfest, Patrick will have demonstrations of satellite\noperating from outside the main hall on the fairgrounds. If you hear\nWD9EWK on passes during those two days, please feel free to call and\nbe a part of the demonstrations. Patrick may not be able to work\nevery possible pass from the hamfest, but hopes to work a variety of\npasses in FM, SSB, and even packet. The hamfest site is in grid DM22.\nContacts made with WD9EWK will be uploaded to Logbook of the World,\nand QSL cards for contacts made with WD9EWK will be available on\nrequest after the hamfest (please e-mail me directly with the QSO\ndetails).\n\nDuring the hamfest, he will use his @WD9EWK Twitter account to post\nupdates from the hamfest. If you do not use Twitter, you can still\nsee these updates in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK\n\nImperial Valley (DM12, DM22) – February 17, 2019\nAfter the end of the upcoming Yuma Hamfest, Patrick, WD9EWK, plans\nto make a drive west to the DM12/DM22 grid boundary along I-8 near\nthe west end of California’s Imperial Valley on Sunday, 17 February\n2019. He hopes to work passes for a few hours out there, with much\ncooler weather than what he experienced last July when he was\npreviously out there. ?? The DM12/DM22 grid boundary, at the town of\nOcotillo, is in Imperial County.\n\nPatrick will use his @WD9EWK Twitter account to send updates. Even\nwithout a Twitter account, these updates will be visible in a web\nbrowser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK\n\nHis travel out to the DM12/DM22 line should be visible on APRS as\nWD9EWK-9: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9\n\nIsla del Culebra, Puerto Rico (FK78) – February 22-24, 2019\nRadio Opordores del Este, KP3RE, is preparing for their Culebra IOTA\n(NA-249) Expedition 2019. Satellite operations are planned for AO-\n91, AO-92, SO-50, and IO-86.\n\nTurks and Caicos Islands (FL31) – February 28 – March 9, 2019\nAdrian, AA5UK, will be heading to Providenciales in the Turks and\nCaicos Islands from Feb 28th through March 9th, 2019. He will be\noperating holiday style on HF and Satellites as VP5/AA5UK from grid\nFL31UU14. Focus will be on the linear satellites, with some FM\nactivity depending on pile-up civility. Hope to work some European\nstations as location favors the East. Pass announcements will be made\nvia Twitter: https://twitter.com/AA5UK and periodically via amsat-bb.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org\nUpdated February 15, 2019\n\nFor most recent updates visit:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ 2019-02-13 20:10 UTC between David St-Jacques KG5FYI using ISS\n callsign NA1SS and College Park School, Lloydminster, Alberta,\n Canada Contact was direct via VA5ISS. ARISS Mentor was Brian VE6JBJ.\n\n+ 2019-02-14 14:30 UTC between David St-Jacques KG5FYI using ISS\n callsign NA1SS and Faith Christian Academy, Orlando, FL, USA.\n Contact was direct via W9DWJ. ARISS Mentor was Dave AA4KN.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nThere are no scheduled contacts this week.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign\n to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades\n on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to\n continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.\n We have reached a great milestone with $16,895 raised\n or about 11% towards our goal. This would not have been\n possible without your outstanding generosity!!\n\n Donations have recently stalled.\n We ask that you help us get back on track by donating today?\n\n For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:\n\n https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n 2019 is AMSAT's 50th Anniversary!\n Watch this space for announcements of special events coming in 2019\n Get ready to help celebrate with us at the Hamvention\n Symposium 2019 promises to be a special event\n Stand by for 50th anniversary operating events and awards\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nShorts From All Over\n\n+ Videos from the 2018 TAPR Digital Communications Conference are\n available at:\n http://tinyurl.com/TAPR-2018-DCC-Videos\n\n [ANS thanks TAPR for the above information]\n\n+ Information for a Raspberry Pi - based SSTV receiver can be found\n at:\n https://github.com/davidhoness/sstv_decoder/blob/master/README.md\n\n [ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM for providing the above information]\n\n+ Humorous Anecdote\n\nJohn, C6ATS, reports that while working an SO-50 pass from his boat in\nFL22 on February 12th, a wind gust caused his Elk antenna to fall off\nits handle and blow overboard. Luckily, it was still attached to the\ncoax and he was able to haul it back on board and work a few more\nstations before LOS.\n\n [ANS thanks @ItinerantHam via Twitter for the above information]\n\n+ Congratulations to Dhruv Rebba, KC9ZJX. who was the Keynote Speaker\nat the 'Students Involved with Technology(SIT) Conference-2019' on\nFebruary 9th at Heartland Community College. His inspirational speech\nwas addressed to the SIT Conference, 'For Students By Students',\nwhich was filled with workshops to showcase technology, tools and\nskills. Dhruv organized an ARISS contact with his school last year\nand he was a speaker at the AMSAT Space Symposium in Huntsville, AL\nin October, 2018.\n\n [ANS thanks Hari Rebba via AMSAT facebook\n\n+ Read this and past releases of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins at:\n http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/\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, AA8EM\naa8em at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }