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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-292\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* ARISS-US Accepting Proposals To Host Scheduled ISS Contacts In 2015\n* Design the Next AMSAT Satellite!\n* Russian 'Smart' Mini-Satellites to Go Into Orbit in 2016\n* UKSA announces CubeSat payload opportunity\n* 4M (Manfred Memorial Moon Mission)\n* Space Shuttle Thermal Protective Tiles Available for Educational Use\n* HamTV Bulletin #15\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-292.01\nANS-292 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 292.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE October 19, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-292.01\n\n\nARISS-US Accepting Proposals To Host Scheduled ISS Contacts In 2015\n\nYou are encouraged to share the following \"Message to US Educators\"\nwith teachers, administrators and leaders at your local schools,\nmuseums, science centers and scouting organizations.\n\nMessage to US Educators\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station\nContact Opportunity\n\nCall for Proposals\nProposal Window October 17 - December 15, 2014\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program\nis seeking formal and informal education institutions and\norganizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur\nRadio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates\nthat the contact would be held between May 1, 2015 and December 31,\n2015. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact\ndates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is\nlooking for organizations that will draw large numbers of\nparticipants and integrate the contact into a well-developed\neducation plan.\n\nTHE DEADLINE TO SUMBIT A PROPOSAL IS DECEMBER 15, 2014.\n\nThe Opportunity\nCrew members aboard the International Space Station will participate\nin scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are\napproximately 10 minutes in length and allow students and educators\nto interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer\nsession.\n\nAn ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via\nAmateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space\nstation and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford\neducation audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from\nastronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn\nabout space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an\nopportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless\ntechnology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human\nspaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the\nISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate\nchanges in contact dates and times.\n\nAmateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space\nagencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational\nopportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to\nenable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students\naround the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed\nby AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American\nRadio Relay League) in partnership with NASA.\n\nMore Information\nInterested parties can find more information about the program at\nwww.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. More details on expectations,\naudience, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times\nof Information Sessions are available at\nwww.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\n\nPlease direct any questions to ariss at arrl dot org.\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDesign the Next AMSAT Satellite!\n\nAt the 2014 AMSAT Space Symposium AMSAT Vice President - Engineering\nJerry Buxton announced the plan for the next generation of AMSAT\nsatellites.  \"The door is open for everyone, to submit their ideas.\nAMSAT Engineering has a long term strategy and this is the first\nstep.\"\n\nThe Engineering long term strategy includes the following goals\n\n* Advancement of amateur radio satellite technical and\n      communications skills\n* Enhance international goodwill\n* Grow and sustain a skilled pool of amateur radio satellite engineers\n* Establish and maintain partnerships with educational institutions\n* Develop a means to use hardware common to all opportunities\n\nWith respect to the last goal Jerry said \"Within the bounds of the\ntype of satellite it takes to achieve any of the various orbit\nopportunities, let's consider in those plans the possibility of\ndeveloping a platform that can suit any and all orbits.  Perhaps a\nmodular CubeSat, using a common bus as we did in Fox-1, which gives\ngreat flexibility in building and flying different sizes and\nconfigurations of CubeSats with simple common-design hardware\nchanges.\"\n\nSubmissions should be thorough and contain the following\ninformation.  The purpose of the proposal is not just in suggesting\nan idea; being an all-volunteer team AMSAT needs your help in\ncarrying out the idea.\n\n* Design\n* Implementation - CubeSat platform\n* Estimated timeline\n* Cost - volunteer resources, commercial (COTS) units\n* Launch - how does it get to orbit\n* Strategy - how it fits into AMSAT's Engineering long term strategy\n\nAs mentioned above the idea should be based on the CubeSat platform.\nThis is the standard through which we will look for launches in the\nforeseeable future.\n\nIn considering your proposal, Jerry encourages you to contact him\nfor more details on the criteria.  In particular, if you plan to\ninclude a university as a partner to provide experiments or other\nsupport and you are not representing that university, please contact\nJerry for assistance in working with our existing partners or\nestablishing a new partnership.\n\n\"Being amateur radio operators, it is easy for us to fall into a\nparticular trap because of our history of communicating with other\namateurs throughout the world\" says Jerry.  \"Specifically, most\npeople who are not already involved in the world of satellite\ntechnology are unaware of or simply overlook the provisions of the\ncurrent ITAR and soon to be EAR export rules particularly with regard\nto deemed exports which requires governmental permission to discuss\nsatellite projects with foreign nationals.\"\n\nWhile all amateurs are invited to submit ideas, U.S. amateurs must\ntake particular care of they choose to become involved in a\ncollaboration which includes individuals from other countries.  It is\npermissible to receive ideas and proposals from outside the U.S., but\nit is not permitted for U.S. Persons to export or share design ideas\nwith other countries unless they have taken the proper steps to\ninsure compliance with ITAR and deemed export rules.\n\nAdditionally, those wishing to work on proposals should use care in\npresenting themselves in their contacts.  While the goal is for AMSAT\nto build and launch the satellite, it is not an AMSAT project until\nit is accepted by the AMSAT Board of Directors.  It is acceptable to\nrepresent yourself as members of a project team that plans to submit\na proposal to AMSAT for a future satellite project, as the AMSAT name\nis well known.\n\n\"It is not our intention that ideas be submitted to AMSAT-NA which\nwould be more appropriately handled by an AMSAT organization in a\ncountry where AMSAT is established.  AMSAT-NA is seeking ideas from\namateurs in North America and will certainly consider ideas from\namateurs in countries which do not have an established AMSAT\norganization or relationships with an existing AMSAT organization.\"\n\nThe deadline for submissions is May 30, 2015.  After the submission\ndate the ideas will be screened for completeness and then reviewed by\na board consisting of the AMSAT Engineering Team, AMSAT Senior\nOfficer and Board of Directors representatives, and aerospace\nindustry members.  The review board may modify or consolidate ideas\nand will consider which meet the criteria to become a project based\non feasibility, cost, and the ability to bring value to the amateur\nsatellite community.  The review process is expected to be completed\nin September 2015.\n\nFor those ideas selected to become a project which satisfy the\nrequirements for an ELaNa launch, the idea authors will be asked to\nwork with the AMSAT Engineering Team on an ELaNa proposal.\nThe Engineering Team will then work on the details of execution for\nthe selected project(s) and present a proposal to the AMSAT Board of\nDirectors in October 2015 for final approval to begin work.  Once\napproved, any ELaNa proposals will be submitted in November 2015 and\nthe project(s) will move forward.\n\nNow is the time for YOU to begin working on the next AMSAT satellite!\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRussian 'Smart' Mini-Satellites to Go Into Orbit in 2016\n\nThe first group of Russian \"smart\" mini-satellites should be\nlaunched into orbit in 2016, Mikhail Sonkin, the Deputy Governor of\nRussia's Tomsk Region, said Wednesday.\n\n\"The signing of an agreement on the creation of an association to\ncarry out projects in the sphere of the development of groups of\nminiature satellites is in progress...The launch [of the satellites]\nis planned for 2016,\" Sonkin, who is responsible for the scientific\nand educational complex and innovation policy in the region, said at\nthe Open Innovations Forum in Moscow.\n\nA number of Russian universities and space industry companies are\nexpected to join the association, which will work on creating\nsoftware to control groups of mini-satellites and improve their\ninteraction with each other.\n\nAccording to Sonkin, members of the association, which will include\nTomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) and Tomsk State University (TSU),\nwill also be working on developing new materials for the space\nindustry and on establishing communication networks in remote areas.\n\nLast month, Chairman of the Presidium of the Tomsk Scientific Center\nof the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey\nPsakhie announced that Russian scientists were planning to create\nunique mini-satellites capable of group interaction.\n\nThe satellites, similar to CubeSat developed in the United States,\nwould be able to self-educate and repair each other without leaving\nthe Earth's orbit.\n\nSource: RIA Novosti\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUKSA announces CubeSat payload opportunity\n\nThe UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced an opportunity to fly\npayloads on the 3U CubeSat AlSat-1N.\n\nAlSat-Nano is primarily an education programme, its top level\nobjective is to teach Algerian students how to design, build and\noperate a 3U CubeSat. The programme involves a number of Algerian\ngraduate students who will be hosted at the Surrey Space Centre\n(University of Surrey) and focuses on the development of the CubeSat\nas a hands-on learning exercise for the students, to demonstrate the\npractical implementation of this type of low cost space technology.\n\nAs well as the practical element of the programme there will be a\nfocus on research modules around the use of low cost nano-satellite\ntechnologies and applications in developing nations such as Algeria,\nwhich would help to create sustainable growth and have practical uses\nsuch as earthresource management (agriculture, water), atmospheric\nmonitoring, and disaster management.\n\nThe design and build of the nano-satellite will take place at Surrey\nSpace Centre. Final assembly, integration and verification will take\nplace at the ASAL satellite development facility in Oran, Algeria.\nOperations will be carried out from Oran also.\n\nThe bus will be built using hardware sourced from UK suppliers and\nthe CubeSat will also carry payloads which will be supplied by the UK\nCubeSat community. These payloads will be selected in a competitive\nprocess following an Announcement of Flight Opportunity which will be\nissued in December 2014.\n\nThe precise interface specifications will be developed during the\nfirst trimester of the project to be integrated in the Announcement\nof Opportunity, however it is foreseen that a maximum volume of 1U\n(10cm x 10cm x 10cm) and maximum mass of 1kg will be available for\npayloads. The selection of the payloads will be carried out in early\n2015 via a selection panel.\n\nPayloads must be ready for functional testing and integration by\nSeptember 2015. Launch will be in Q2 2016. Because of the educational\nand collaborative nature of the programme there are two further\nspecific points that should be noted:\n* Payload providers must be actively engaged in all programme\nreviews and an active participant in the consortium\n* Payload providers must be willing to share payload data with the\nprogramme for research purposes, and to receive interpreted payload\ndata via the ASAL ground segment in Oran, Algeria\n\nSubmissions should be sent to Ryan King, UK Space Agency -\[email protected] with 'AlSat-Nano RFI' as the\nsubject line. The deadline for responses is 12 noon, November 14th\n2014. Submissions received after this time will not be read.\n\nRFI PDF http://tinyurl.com/ANS292-AlSat-Nano-Info\n\nUK Space Agency Announcement\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS292-alsat-nano-payload\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n4M (Manfred Memorial Moon Mission)\n\n4M or Manfred Memorial Moon Mission is a mission dedicated to\nLuxSpace founder, Prof. Manfred Fuchs, who died early this year. The\nmission is a lunar flyby of a spacecraft that is attached to the last\nstage of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket. The launch is scheduled for\nOctober 23, 2014 at 1800 UTC.\n\nBeijing plans to launch a Lunar spacecraft on a journey lasting 196\nhours that should take it around the Moon before returning and re-\nentering the Earth's atmosphere. It will carry a 14 kg payload known\nas 4M-LXS which was developed at LuxSpace.\n\nThe 4M-LXS amateur radio payload will transmit on 145.980 MHz +/-\n2.9kHz (-40°C to +125°C), Doppler max: -2200Hz, +1000Hz. The\ncontinuous transmissions will start 4670s (77.8 minutes) after launch\n(-0, +600s). Five successive 1 minute sequences are sent during the 5\nminutes cycle. The digital mode JT65B will be used, this can be\ndecoded by radio amateurs using the free WJST software, there will\nalso be 'human readable' tone transmissions. See the transmit\nsequence description on page 14 of 4M Mission: a Lunar FlyBy\nexperiment available at\nhttps://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/lxs-4m-eme2014-a4-v3.pdf\n\nDuring the lunar flyby, the range will be 399,636 km at the most and\nthe distance to the Moon will be between 12,000 and 24,000 km\ndepending on the final injection vector. The transmitter produces 1.5\nwatts to a simple Monopole antenna which should give a Signal to\nNoise ratio ( S/N) comparable to amateur moon bounce (EME) signals at\nthe Earth's surface.\n\nLuxSpace encourages radio amateurs around the world to receive the\ntransmissions and send in data. There will be a number of Experiments\nand Contests with prizes to the winners in each experiment and\ncategory. Details are given on page 19 of 4M Mission: a Lunar FlyBy\nexperiment.\n\nA Java client will be made available to automatically send the WSJT\nALL.TXT and the decoded.txt files to a central database.\n\nThe orbiter is one of the test models for Beijing's new lunar probe\nChang'e-5, which will be tasked with landing on the moon, collecting\nsamples and returning to Earth. The launch is aimed at testing the\ntechnologies that are vital for the success of Chang'e-5. The orbiter\nwill be launched into Lunar Transfer Orbit (LTO) then will perform a\nflyby around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere after 196\nhours (9 days).\n\nThe orbiter arrived by air in Xichang, Sichuan on Sunday, August 10\nand was then transported to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.\n\nThe integration of the LX0OHB-4M amateur radio payload was completed\non Sunday night, October 12 and is now ready to launch\n\nThe onboard clock has been adjusted to start JT65B (145.980 MHz) at\nthe UTC minute +/-1 second. It is likely to drift during the mission,\nand manual offset introduction will be required after a week or so.\nThe launch date is October 23 at 1800 UTC.\n\nBeginning of transmission of 4M will start between 1917 UTC and 1927\nUTC. Refer to the provided maps and animations links in the blog\nsection (see also older messages) to determine your visibility.\nAlternatively, use the 'tracking' section where you can compute your\ntracking elements by introducing your geographic coordinates. The\ntable can be copied/pasted into a text file. As the apparent movement\nwill be close (and closer) to the one one of the Moon, manual\npointing is easy but for the largest arrays.\n\nThe link budget is quite tight, but the first hours should give\ncomfortable signals. QSB is to be expected.\n\nAs JT65B is used: please remind those not yet too familiar with it\nthat the receiver must not be tuned during the transmission. A\ndedicated webpage is being written to detail the procedure.\n\nA dedicated java application is also available to automatically\ntransmit the decoded messages to the 4M website and ease the data\ncollection. (Thanks to LSE Space). Alternatively, you can also send\nthe decoded messages by eMail, sending the ALL.txt file.\n\nFor those not wishing to use JT65B, please record the signals\n(11025s/s, 8or 16 bits, mono), taking care not to saturate the\nrecording and NO MP3 please.\n\nSpectrumLab is an excellent choice, although some may wish to use\nsimpler recording software.\n\nYou can imagine that the team is quite eager to receive the first\nreports, so, do not hesitate to mail immediately, send decoded\nmessages or even phone or text me at +352 661 678 986.\n\nOur friends of IC CMalaga are also quite eager to receive the\nresults of their radiation dosimeter experiment.\n\nBasic rules of the contest have been delineated in the blog section.\nComplete rules will be published soon.\n\nStay tuned on our website or Facebook page.\n\nThe following is a tentative set of orbital elements that should\nremain valid from the launch to at least up to the October 27 when\nusing usual classical and simple tracking software which does not\nintegrate Moon.\n\n1 99999U          14298.79728009  .00000066  00000-0  00000-0 0 00006\n2 99999 030.6553 295.6956 9746689 147.2577 071.9585 00.10600338000010\n\nThe following set is to be used after the flyby from October 28\nonwards\n\n1 99999U          14301.79728009  .00000000   00000-0 00000-0 0 00009\n2 99999 049.9434 067.2017 6639865 045.9865 124.5019 00.06612018000010\n\nDetails on receiving signals from the Manfred Memorial Moon Mission\n(4M) can be found at\nhttp://moon.luxspace.lu/receiving-4m/\n\nGhislain Ruy LX2RG\nEmail [email protected] with \"4M Amateur\" in the subject\n\nManfred Memorial Moon Mission (4M) http://moon.luxspace.lu/\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/LuxSpaceSarl\n\nThe launch will be broadcast by CNTV/CCTV:\nhttp://www.cntv.cn/ or\nhttp://english.cntv.cn/ or\nhttp://english.cntv.cn/live/p2p/index.shtml\n\nInformation animations and some JT65B test files at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS292-Animations\n\nAMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk\nTwitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK\n\n[ANS thanks LuxSpace.lu, AMSAT-UK and Southgate ARN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSpace Shuttle Thermal Protective Tiles Available for Educational Use\n\nNASA invites eligible U.S. educational institutions and museums to\nrequest space shuttle thermal protective tiles and other special\nitems offered on a first-come, first-served basis while quantities\nlast. Organizations previously allocated thermal protective tiles may\nrequest an additional three tiles.\n\nThere will be a nominal shipping fee that must be paid online with a\ncredit card. To make a request for special items online, visit\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS292-ShuttleTiles.\n\nQuestions about this opportunity should be directed to\[email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- Oct. 16, 2014 for the\n above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHamTV Bulletin #15\n\nHam Video reception with low gain antenna.\n\nTonino Giagnacovo IZ8YRR did an experiment with a low gain antenna\nduring the Ham Video commissioning.\n\nTonino wrote an article about this experiment, which was published\nin Radio Rivista, the magazine of ARI, Associazione Radioamatori\nItaliani, the Italian IARU society.\n\nTonino translated his article in English. It is now available on the\nARISS-Europe website:\nwww.ariss-eu.org\n\nPlease see left column.\n\nThanks to Tonino for making his article available in English.\n\n73, Gaston Bertels - ON4WF\nARISS-Europe chairman\n\n[ANS thanks Gaston ON4WF for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nARISS-US is Accepting Proposals To Host Scheduled ISS Contacts In 2015\nSee lead story above or visit\nhttp://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Team Sky and Rocket (NPO\nSora-To-Rocket-Dan), Aichi, Japan and Astronaut Gregory Wiseman\nKF5LKT using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2014-10-09 09:00 UTC\nand lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via\n8J2YSM.\nARISS Mentor was 7M3TJZ.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Pilton Bluecoat School,\nBarnstaple, United Kingdom and Astronaut Gregory Wiseman KF5LKT using\ncallsign NA1SS. The contact began 2014-10-08 10:08 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via W6SRJ.\nARISS Mentor was MØXTD.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Indiana Area School\nDistrict, Indiana, PA, USA and Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using\ncallsign NA1SS/IRØISS. The contact began 2014-10-17 16:41 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via\nIK1SLD.\nARISS Mentor was AJ9N.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\n>From 2014-11-10 to 2014-12-07, there will be no US Operational\nSegment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this\nperiod will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team.\n\nTotal number  of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 931.\nEach school counts as 1  event.\nTotal number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 909.\nEach  contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.\nTotal number of  ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.\n\nA complete year by year  breakdown of the contacts may be found in the\nfile.\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n\nQSL  information may be found at:\nhttp://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html\n\nISS callsigns:  DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,  RSØISS\n\nThe  successful school list has been updated as of 2014-10-10 06:30\nUTC.\n\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf\n\nCheck  out the Zoho reports of the ARISS  contacts\nhttps://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415\n\nExp.  40/41 on orbit\nMaxim Suraev\nGregory Wiseman KF5LKT\nAlexander Gerst  KF5ONO\n\nExp. 41/42 on orbit\nBarry Wilmore\nAlexander  Samokutyayev\nElena  Serova\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Yes, it is rocket science...  a nasty place to ride...\n\nBob Bruninga WB4APR offers the following link of interest.\n\nTo see the violence that a cubesat has to go through, here is a test\nwe did today on a power supply board.\n\nhttp://aprs.org/psat/Vibe-coil-test1724.MOV   (1 meg file)\n\nIt failed even before we got to the 22G requirement!\n\n[ANS thanks Bob WB4APR for the above information]\n\n\n+ Why radio hams should consider 3D printing\n\nMike Grauer, Jr, KE7DBX, asks radio amateurs to think about how 3D\nprinters can be used in home construction\n\nHe says:\n\nAs a member of the ham radio community, I have always been\nfascinated by the maker mindset which has existed since the early\ndays of radio. From making radio equipment from scratch, to kits and\neven modifying commercially available equipment, the maker movement\nand radio go hand in hand.\n\nThe 3D printing community shares many traits with the ham radio\nmovement. At the heart of it all is making, creating and inventing.\nAnd just like ham radio operators, those involved with 3D printing\nare constantly learning new technical skills that can be used in\nother areas of our lives.\n\nRead the full story at\nhttp://www.inside3dp.com/ham-operators-consider-3d-printing/\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n+ New Website For Indian Amateur Satellite Organization\n\nPosted by our UK friends on Southgate ...\n\nThe Indian amateur satellite organisation have launched a new website\n\nThe site describes two projects which AMSAT-India is currently\nworking on, a 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 435 MHz CubeSat\ncommunication sub system.\n\nSome back issues of the AMSAT-India newsletter are available for\ndownload.\n\nWeb http://amsatindia.org/\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",
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